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A TESTY TOUR AT THE FED.
WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HANDED JEROME POWELL ON CAMERA…
AND HOW THE FED CHIEF RESPONDED.
PLUS FRANCE BREAKS RANKS.
A BOLD PUSH FOR A PALESTINIAN STATE.
WHAT MACRON JUST PROMISED.. AND THE SHARP RESPONSE FROM THE U.S. AND ISRAEL.
AND MAXWELL TALKS:
JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S LONGTIME ASSOCIATE FACES THE DEPUTY AG FOR SIX HOURS.
WHAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS SPECIFICALLY DIGGING FOR, THE MYSTERY BEHIND IT
AND DEMOCRATS :SUSPICIOUS.
“LIKE EXACTLY WHAT IS HE DOING THERE?”
HELLO EVERYONE I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI.
WE BEGIN WITH A BOLD MOVE FROM FRANCE… AND THE BACKLASH HAS BEEN IMMEDIATE.
OVERNIGHT, PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON ANNOUNCED THAT FRANCE WILL RECOGNIZE A PALESTINIAN STATE, FORMALLY, AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN SEPTEMBER.
HE MADE IT OFFICIAL IN A POST ON X.
THIS MAKES FRANCE THE FIRST G7 NATION TO DO SO.
MACRON CALLED IT A HISTORIC STEP TOWARD TOWARD A “JUST AND DURABLE PEACE” THAT WILL BRING RELIEF TO THE CIVILIAN POPULATION– BUT CRITICS CALL IT DANGEROUS.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SLAMMED THE MOVE AS “REWARDED FOR TERROR” … SAYING A PALESTINIAN STATE COULD BECOME A QUOTE “LAUNCHPAD TO ANNIHILATE ISRAEL”
THE UNITED STATES IS NOT BACKING FRANCE EITHER.
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO CALLED THE PLAN “RECKLESS — AND A “SLAP IN THE FACE” TO THE VICTIMS OF THE OCTOBER 7TH HAMAS ATTACK.”
BUT MACRON SAYS IT’S ABOUT RESTORING HOPE.. AND ENDING A WAR THAT HAS TURNED GAZA TO RUBBLE.
WITH GAZA STARVING, HE SAYS A CEASEFIRE AND FULL HUMANITARIAN ACCESS MUST COME FIRST… OR NO PEACE DEAL WILL MATTER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE *DOES NOT* THINK IT’S NECESSARY TO FIRE FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL … EVEN AFTER A TENSE, ON-CAMERA MOMENT DURING A TOUR OF THE FED’S RENOVATION PROJECT IN WASHINGTON D-C
TRUMP HAS BEEN HAMMERING POWELL OVER THE SOARING COST OF THE FED HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION… A PROJECT THAT’S BECOME A NEW FLASHPOINT IN THEIR LONG-RUNNING CLASH OVER INTEREST RATES.
SOME SEE THE CRITICISM AS A PRETEXT TO REPLACE POWELL BEFORE HIS TERM ENDS NEXT SPRING.
THE TWO MEN — BOTH WEARING HARD HATS — SPARRED OVER THE FINAL PRICE TAG…
TRUMP CLAIMED THE COST HAS BALLOONED TO 3.1 BILLION DOLLARS
WATCH
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“it looks like its about 3.1 billion….(all the way to) it was built 5 years ago”
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AFTER THE TOUR, TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS THERE WAS NO TENSION WITH POWELL AND THAT HIS REAL PRIORITY IS INTEREST RATES.
ON THAT NOTE – PRESIDENT TRUMP LATER WENT ON TRUTH SOCIAL AND CALLED THE TOUR **A GREAT HONOR** AND ENDED HIS ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT BY WRITING IN CAPS – LOWER INTEREST RATES.
NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES.. AND A HIGH-PROFILE MEETING STILL UNDERWAY.
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE REMAINS IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA… SET TO CONTINUE HIS INTERVIEW TODAY WITH GHISLAINE MAXWELL, EPSTEIN’S CLOSEST ASSOCIATE.
THE TWO MET FOR SIX HOURS THURSDAY AT THE U-S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.
MAXWELL’S ATTORNEY CALLING IT PRODUCTIVE… SAYING SHE ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION, HONESTLY AND FULLY.
SHE’S SERVING A 20-YEAR SENTENCE FOR SEX TRAFFICKING.
HERE’S WHAT HER LAWYER SAID AFTER THE MEETING AS HE WALKED DOWN THE STREET.
DAVID OSCAR MARKUS
We’re not going to comment on the substance, but there were a lot of questions and we went all day and she answered every one of them. She never said, ‘I’m not going answer,’ never declined. You know, this is the first time the government has asked questions, so we were thankful that the deputy attorney general came and asked her questions. The first time the government did it. So it was a good day.
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WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTERVIEW WITH TODD BLANCHE.. WHAT IS HE DOING THERE TALKING TO HER AND WHAT I’M CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHETHER ANY TYPES OF THREATS OR INDUCEMENTS MIGHT BE MADE TO HER, WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO BE SAID TO HER TO SOMEHOW SHAPE THE WAY IN WHICH SHE RELATES ANY FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE FILES OR WHAT TRANSPIRED WITH HER AND EPSTEIN.
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BLANCHE HAS SAID HE’S OPEN TO HEARING ANY INFORMATION THAT MAXWELL MAY HAVE ON OTHERS WHO COMMITTED CRIMES.
MEANWHILE, A HOUSE OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE HAS VOTED TO SUBPOENA THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR FILES TIED TO EPSTEIN… WITH VICTIM NAMES TO BE REDACTED.
AND LATE LAST NIGHT.. ON TRUTH SOCIAL… PRESIDENT TRUMP WEIGHED IN, WRITING:
“EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THE GRAND JURY FILES..”
AND CALLING IT THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN SCAM — SAYING IT’S TIME TO PUT AN END TO WHAT HE CALLS A HOAX.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE HIS NEXT MOVE IN A GROWING POWER STRUGGLE OVER WHO RUNS FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS IN NEW JERSEY.
TRUMP HAS NOW WITHDRAWN HIS NOMINATION OF ALINA HABBA TO BE *PERMANENT* U.S. ATTORNEY. BUT RATHER THAN SIDELINING HER… THE MOVE PUTS HER *BACK* IN CHARGE.
HABBA HAD BEEN SERVING AS ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY..,. UNTIL EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHEN HER TERM EXPIRED — AND. A PANEL OF 17 FEDERAL JUDGES, MOST APPOINTED BY OBAMA AND BIDEN.. REFUSED TO EXTEND IT.
INSTEAD, THEY INSTALLED DESIREE LEIGH GRACE IN HER PLACE.
BUT WITHIN HOURS, ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI FIRED GRACE.. AND HABBA RETURNS AS ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY.
SHE CONFIRMED IT ON X WRITING- ” I AM NOW THE ACTING UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. I DON’T COWER TO PRESSURE. I DON’T ANSWER TO POLITICS. ”
THE FCC HAS APPROVED AN 8-BILLION DOLLAR MERGER BETWEEN PARAMOUNT — THE PARENT COMPANY OF CBS — AND SKYDANCE MEDIA.
THE GREEN LIGHT COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER PARAMOUNT AGREED TO PAY A $16 MILLION SETTLEMENT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.. OVER HOW 60 MINUTES EDITED AN INTERVIEW WITH THEN-CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS DURING THE 2024 CAMPAIGN.
TRUMP CLAIMED THE EDITING MADE HARRIS SEEM FAR MORE ARTICULATE THAN WHAT SOME CALLED A “WORD SALAD” RESPONSE.
TO SECURE REGULATORY APPROVAL, SKYDANCE AGREED TO APPOINT AN OMBUDSMAN AT CBS TO HANDLE COMPLAINTS OF BIAS.. AND TO ELIMINATE ALL DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES ACROSS PARAMOUNT.
THE COMPANY SAYS FUTURE PROGRAMMING WILL REPRESENT VIEWPOINTS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.. AND THAT CBS NEWS WILL BE FAIR, UNBIASED, AND FACT-BASED.
FINALLY THIS MORNING — A BITE-SIZED DISCOVERY FROM THE DEEP PAST.
SCIENTISTS HAVE UNCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF ANCIENT SHARK — RIGHT INSIDE KENTUCKY’S MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK.
THE FOSSIL FIND — DATING BACK 340 MILLION YEARS.. REVEALS A MINIATURE SHARK CALLED (MAK-uh-denz OHL–suh–nye), NAMED FOR THE PARK AND A RETIRED SCIENTIST WHO HELPED DIG UP ITS STORY.,
IT WAS LESS THAN A FOOT LONG… AND PACKED A CURVED ROW OF TEETH PERFECT FOR CRUSHING MOLLUSKS AND WORMS,
RESEARCHERS SAY IT’S ONE OF FORTY SHARK SPECIES DISCOVERED IN THE CAVE SYSTEM JUST IN THE LAST YEAR… PROVING YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT’S LURKING BENEATH… EVEN IN KENTUCKY.
BEFORE WE HEAD OUT, HERE’S WHAT WE’RE TRACKING TODAY:
At 10 THIS MORNING, A FLORIDA JUDGE WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS ON WHETHER TO TOSS KEY EVIDENCE IN THE CASE OF A MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ASSASSINATE DONALD TRUMP.
AT NOON “DOOMSDAY MOM” LORI VALLOW DAYBELL IS SET TO BE SENTENCED IN ARIZONA ON NEW CONVICTIONS FOR PLOTTING TO KILL TWO FAMILY MEMBERS.
AT 2:30, PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVES IN SCOTLAND. HE’LL VISIT TWO OF HIS golf sites THERE.. AND HE’LL HAVE AN informal meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer
AND LATER TODAY, DISGRACED FORMER CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS IS EXPECTED TO REPORT TO FEDERAL PRISON TO BEGIN SERVING A SEVEN-YEAR FRAUD SENTENCE — TIMING STILL TBD.
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