JAMES TAYLOR SAYS VOTERS 'SENT CLEAR MESSAGE' OF DISPLEASURE WITH TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

At a Wednesday (7 NOVEMBER) soiree honoring recording artist Joni Mitchell, celebrity attendees shared their thoughts on the results of the Mid-terms.

Aactress and producer Rita Wilson said she was "hoping for a bigger blue wave."

"But I'll take what was there, because I think change was made, and I think it's important that that got done. Lots of women, for the first time, over a hundred (in the House). I think that's really important. And I feel a little bit like I can breathe a bit more tonight. (Laughs.)"

Recording artist James Taylor said he was "glad that we've managed to see some change, that there's some prospect of putting the brakes on this sort of runaway, kind of rogue government in Washington that, really, has been very alarming to a lot of us."

"And I think the nation's sent a clear message that they want some checks on this administration. And that a Republican congress, executive and Supreme Court is maybe not such a good thing. So, yes, I'm pleased. I do wish that we'd managed to do more. I supported a number of candidates and have skin in the game. So, I also just have a very powerful investment in what I feel my country is. I'm an unapologetic supporter of Barack Obama. And I miss him. And it's alarming for me to see the Republicans in Washington dismantling and disassembling all the good work he tried to do. So, you know, it's good to see there be some movement and in the direction of sanity. But, you know, it remains to be seen what can be done."

Actress Rosanna Arquette said she watched the returns with a group of high-profiled activists, including former California senator Barbara Boxer, and actresses Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.

"We all were there together, watching the outcome and, you know, we had some disappointments," Arquette reported. "We're still counting, because they're still counting in Florida -- and (Georgia gubernatorial candidate) Stacey Abrams: We'll see what happens there, please God. But women, we've got women in Congress. And we've got we have the House and we're, today more than ever, thank God we do, because we see the dictatorship coming, right upon us. You know, it started with the freedom of the press. Rights being taken away. (CNN reporter) Jim Acosta has been locked out of the White House tonight. Not OK."

English comedy star, Eric Idle (Monty Python) said he's on "the orange-monster fast."

"And I try and teach people: When you have a mad person who's trying to interest you every day in whatever he has to say, the important thing is to look the other way. That's what I do. Because I am not American, so I don't get to vote. So, as I explain in my book, 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,' available now, I have a whole passage, which I do a riff on why I'm not American. It's about tax-avoiding greedy bastards like this moron who drive me nuts. And I think everybody kind of gets a bit crazy."

Wednesday also saw Trump fire U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions," which Tom Hanks described as "Just one more crack in the vessel."

"We'll see how long it holds together," he added.

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Los Angeles, 7 November 2018

1. Recording artists Diana Krall and James Taylor pose for photographers at a celebration of fellow artist Joni Mitchell's 75th birthday

2. SOUNDBITE (English) James Taylor, recording artist:

"I'm glad that we've that we've managed to see some change, that there's some prospect of putting the brakes on this sort of runaway, kind of rogue government in Washington that, really, has been very alarming to a lot of us. And I think the nation's sent a clear message that they want some checks on this administration. And that a Republican congress, executive and Supreme Court is maybe not such a good thing. So, yes, I'm pleased. I do wish that we'd managed to do more. I supported a number of candidates and have skin in the game. So, I also just have a very powerful investment in what I feel my country is. I'm an unapologetic supporter of Barack Obama. And I miss him. And it's alarming for me to see the Republicans in Washington dismantling and disassembling all the good work he tried to do. So, you know, it's good to see there be some movement in the direction of sanity. But, you know, it remains to be seen what can be done."

3. Recording artist Emmylou Harris speaks to reporter

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmylou Harris, recording artist:

"Let's just say I had a very bad night last night. I mean, we had some good things. Grateful for the good. But I was hoping there would be more changes. I was hoping for more change. I'm hoping for more civility and compassion. Because I really believe that that is a very important part of our democracy and our country."

5. Setup shot actress Rosanna Arquette

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosanna Arquette, actress:

"I did watch the returns come in. I had a wonderful group of some powerhouse women. I was with (retired California Senator) Barbara Boxer and (her daughter) Nicole Boxer and Jane Fonda and Monica Ramirez and Maureen Farrell - all these great activists - and Lily Tomlin. We all were there together, watching the outcome and, you know, we had some disappointments. We're still counting, because they're still counting in Florida - and (Georgia gubernatorial candidate) Stacey Abrams: We'll see what happens there, please God. But women, we've got women in Congress. And we've got we have the House and we're, today more than ever, thank God we do, because we see the dictatorship coming, right upon us. You know, it started with the freedom of the press. Rights being taken away. (CNN reporter) Jim Acosta has been locked out of the White House tonight. Not OK."

7. Actor Eric Idle and wife pose for photographers

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Idle, actor:

"I'm on the orange-monster fast. And I try and teach people: When you have a mad person who's trying to interest you every day in whatever he has to say, the important thing is to look the other way. That's what I do. Because I am not American, so I don't get to vote. So, as I explain in my book, 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,' available now, I have a whole passage, which I do a riff on why I'm not American. It's about tax-avoiding greedy bastards like this moron who drive you nuts. And I think everybody kind of gets a bit crazy."

9. Actor-producers Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson pose for photographers

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rita Wilson, recording artist, actor, producer:

"Well, I was certainly hoping for a bigger blue wave. But I'll take what was there, because I think change was made, and I think it's important that that got done. Lots of women, for the first time, over a hundred (in the House). I think that's really important. And I feel a little bit like I can breathe a bit more tonight. (Laughs.)

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St. Louis, 9 October 2016

11. FILE: Then Senator Jeff Sessions, now former U.S. Attorney General, speaks to reporter

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Los Angeles, 7 November 2018

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Hanks, actor-producer, on the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions:

"I don't know. Just one more crack in the vessel. We'll see how long it holds together. (Laughs.)"

13. Push in actor-producers Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson posing for photographers

Violinist Itzhak Perlman said on Tuesday Donald Trump's mocking of Serge Kovaleski, a reporter with disabilities, was "horrible".

When asked during an interview with The Associated Press to comment on the incident Perlman said it showed the presumptive presidential nominee "has no political savvy".

Perlman who contracted polio in childhood himself uses a wheelchair for mobility.

One of the most acclaimed violinists of modern times, Perlman is in Israel to receive a one million US dollars Genesis Prize, for his accomplishments as a musician, teacher and advocate for the disabled.

Perlman said he hoped presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Rodham Clinton would secure the US presidency.

The Genesis Prize was inaugurated in 2014 and is run in a partnership among the Israeli prime minister's office, the private Genesis Prize Foundation and the chairman's office of the Jewish Agency, a nonprofit group with close ties to the Israeli government.

It is funded by a 100 million US dollar endowment established by the foundation.

Perlman is the third recipient of the Genesis Prize, which is to be presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 23.

Perlman intends to use his prize money for projects to assist individuals with disabilities and to develop young musicians of special talent, prize organisers said.

Violinist Itzhak Perlman said on Tuesday Donald Trump's mocking of Serge Kovaleski, a reporter with disabilities, was "horrible".

When asked during an interview with The Associated Press to comment on the incident Perlman said it showed the presumptive presidential nominee "has no political savvy".

Perlman who contracted polio in childhood himself uses a wheelchair for mobility.

One of the most acclaimed violinists of modern times, Perlman is in Israel to receive a one million US dollars Genesis Prize, for his accomplishments as a musician, teacher and advocate for the disabled.

Perlman said he hoped presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Rodham Clinton would secure the US presidency.

The Genesis Prize was inaugurated in 2014 and is run in a partnership among the Israeli prime minister's office, the private Genesis Prize Foundation and the chairman's office of the Jewish Agency, a nonprofit group with close ties to the Israeli government.

It is funded by a 100 million US dollar endowment established by the foundation.

Perlman is the third recipient of the Genesis Prize, which is to be presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 23.

Perlman intends to use his prize money for projects to assist individuals with disabilities and to develop young musicians of special talent, prize organisers said.

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Jerusalem - 21 June 2016

1. Violinist Itzhak Perlman

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Itzhak Perlman, violinist:

"Horrible, horrible, just horrible. I mean look, I mean it was a mindless kind of decision. It was something that it shows that he (Donald Trump) has no political savvy, you know, what's politically correct. Of course he says, 'I don't care about politically correct', and it was very funny, I don't know if you heard of (comedian) Steven Colbert, he has a show so he said something about how Trump doesn't care about being politically correct and he says, which is number 1 and number 2, he also doesn't care about being correct. So, I thought it is very funny. No it was terrible, it was terrible. You don't do that and what can you do? It is almost not worth commenting on because it is so outrageous."

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - 24 November 2015

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential hopeful:

"The Washington Post writes an article. And one of the paragraphs, it says, and by the way this was right after September 11th, this was September 18th, and right after, an amazing thing, right after, a couple of good paragraphs, and it's talking about northern New Jersey, draws the prober's eye, written by a nice reporter. Now the poor guy (Serge Kovaleski). You gotta see this guy. 'Ah. I don't know what I said. Ah. I don't remember!' He's going like 'I don't remember! Maybe that's what I said!' This is 14 years ago! They didn't do a retraction!"

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Jerusalem - 21 June 2016

4. Cutaway of Perlman in mobility scooter

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Itzhak Perlman, violinist:

"I try to be very, very non-political but of course it is very difficult to do that and in this particular election year in the states (US) it is very difficult, so of course you know I'm just hoping that Hillary (Clinton) will do it and... Because that (a Trump administration) will be impossible, that will be impossible. Everybody is talking about where do we move to if this will happen (laughing)?"

6. Perlman

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has spoken out against the practice of honour killing.

Speaking in Youngstown, Ohio on Monday Trump said if he was elected President his administration "will be a friend to all moderate Muslim reformers in the Middle East, and will amplify their voices.''

Trump cited the case of a prominent Pakistani social media star who was recently strangled to death by her brother for dishonouring the family.

Pakistan reports nearly 1,000 so-called "honour killings" every year, Trump said, adding that honour killing "is a practice that has reached our own shores."

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee:

"Our administration will be a friend to all moderate Muslim reformers in the Middle East, and will amplify their voices. This includes speaking out against the horrible practice of honour killings, where women are murdered by their relatives for dressing, marrying or acting in a way that violates fundamentalist teachings. Over 1,000 Pakistani girls are estimated to be the victims of honour killings by their relatives each year. Recently, a prominent Pakistani social media star was strangled to death by her brother on the charge of dishonouring the family. In his confession, the brother took pride in the murder and said: 'Girls are born to stay home and follow traditions'. Shockingly, this is a practice that has reached our own shores. On such cases and many, many cases have happened, one involves an Iraqi immigrant who was sentenced to 34 years in jail for running over his own daughter, claiming she had been 'too Westernised'. To defeat Islamic terrorism, we must also speak out forcefully against a hateful ideology that provides the breeding ground for violence and terrorism to grow, it's a breeding ground, it's a terrible, terrible breeding ground."

US Vice President-elect Mike Pence and the family of President-elect Donald Trump arrived at the US Capitol on Friday morning ahead of the new administration's inauguration.

Trump's strategy advisors Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway were also among the arrivals, as well as former President George W. Bush.

Another former President was also in attendance.

Bill Clinton arrived with his wife, the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whom Trump defeated in November's presidential election.

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Washington, DC - 20 January 2017

1. US Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, greeting Vice President-elect Mike Pence and his wife, Karen Pence, and posing for photo

2. Various of Donald Trump Jr., son of US President-elect Donald Trump, arriving at Capitol with his family, sister Tiffany Trump and brother Barron Trump

3. Various of Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway, strategists to President-elect Trump, arriving at Capitol

4. Ivanka Trump, daughter of President-elect Trump, arriving with her husband, Jared Kushner, who is also a Senior Advisor to the President-elect

5. Cutaway of cars outside Capitol

6. General Michael Flynn, National Security Advisor to President-elect Trump, arriving

7. Various of George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, and his wife, Laura Bush, arriving

8. Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, arriving alongside his wife, Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State and defeated Democratic nominee in November's presidential election

DICAPRIO MEETS DONALD TRUMP TO DISCUSS JOBS AND ENVIRONMENT

Leonardo DiCaprio and the head of his foundation met Wednesday (7 DEC. 2016) with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss how jobs centered on preserving the environment can boost the economy.

In a statement to The Associated Press, Terry Tamminen, the CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, confirmed the meeting at Trump Tower in New York City. Tamminen said the pair gave a presentation to Trump, daughter Ivanka, and other members of Trump's team on how focusing on renewable, clean energy could create millions of jobs.

"Today, we presented the President-elect and his advisors with a framework - which LDF developed in consultation with leading voices in the fields of economics and environmentalism - that details how to unleash a major economic revival across the United States that is centered on investments in sustainable infrastructure," Tamminen said. "Our conversation focused on how create millions of secure, American jobs in the construction and operation of commercial and residential clean, renewable energy generation."

The Oscar-winning actor has been a strong advocate of fighting climate change and preserving wildlife, and his recent documentary, "Before the Flood," addresses the peril that the world faces because of climate change.

DiCaprio previously met with Ivanka Trump and presented her with a copy of the film.

The meeting with Trump's team lasted for about 90 minutes. The actor also gave the president-elect a copy of the documentary, and Trump promised to watch it, according to a person who was familiar with the meeting but not authorized to speak publicly.

Tamminen, who was secretary of California's Environmental Protection Agency under former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said Trump was receptive and suggested they meet again next month.

"We look forward to continuing the conversation with the incoming administration as we work to stop the dangerous march of climate change, while putting millions of people to work at the same time," said Tamminen.

The meeting came after word got out Wednesday that Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a climate-change denier whose policies have helped fossil fuel companies, is expected to be announced as Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

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FILE: Los Angeles, 16 December 2015

1. Various of Leonardo DiCaprio at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Revenant"

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2. Various of Leonardo DiCaprio signing autographs for fans at the Rome premiere of "The Revenant"

3. Wide of Leonardo DiCaprio and director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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4. Medium of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet posing for photographers at the Oscars

5. Tracking shot of DiCaprio arriving at Vanity Fair party

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6. Medium of "Wolf of Wall Street" poster

7. Close up of "Wolf of Wall Street" poster

8. Various shots of Leonardo DiCaprio speaking to TV crews

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FILE: London, 9 January 2014

9. Various of Leonardo DiCaprio arriving at "Wolf of Wall Street" premiere

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FILE: New York - 16 June 2015

10. Donald Trump and wife Melania ride escalator near stage

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President-elect:

"Ladies and gentleman, I am officially running for president of the United States."

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12. Various of Trump at Celebrity Apprentice event

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13. People in line outside bookstore

14. Zoom out of Trump holding book

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FILE: Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 19 August 2016

15. Donald Trump's plane on tarmac shortly after touching down

16. Trump gets off plane, followed by Mike Pence

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FILE: Jupiter, Florida - 8 March 2016

17. Trump holding magazine

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FILE: Manchester, New Hampshire - 9 February 2016

18. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walks onto stage with family

19. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President-elect:

"We want to thank the people of New Hampshire, right? Do we love the people of New Hampshire?"

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FILE: Cleveland, Ohio - 18 July 2016

20. Trump arriving on stage at Republican National Convention

21. Trump appears on stage at Republican National Convention UPSOUND "We will make America great again."

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FILE: Cleveland, Ohio - 21 July 2016

22. Various of celebrations at end of convention

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Former US President Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden on April 14th, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party's biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures.

"This is a big deal for Biden because it helps him create some momentum, " says Julie Pace, Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief.

The endorsement marked Obama's return to presidential politics more than three years after leaving the White House.

He didn't mention his successor, President Donald Trump, by name and instead sought to bridge the ideological divide among Democrats.

"He's eager to get out there. He is eager to start drawing the contrast with Donald Trump, Pace said. "This is basically what he's been waiting for."

Biden now has the support of all of his former Democratic primary rivals except for Elizabeth Warren.

The Massachusetts senator is expected to formally endorse Biden soon, according to a person familiar with her plans who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss her thinking.

Two other prominent Democrats who have yet to publicly back Biden are former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the party's 2016 nominee.

Hillary Clinton has been in regular touch with Biden, including several times since Sanders dropped out of the race, according to an aide.

Obama avoided intervening in the Democratic primary, but followed the race closely from the sidelines and is eager to take a more active public role.

He's expected to headline fundraisers for Biden and public events in key swing states, if such gatherings can still be held given social distancing guidelines during the coronavirus pandemic.

After his endorsement was released, Obama sent a fundraising appeal to Biden supporters, asking for donations ranging from $5 to $100.

The endorsement will test whether Obama can transfer his personal popularity to Biden.

While the former president is seen favorably by a wide swath of Democratic voters, he was also a deeply polarizing figure during his two terms in office.

During his presidency, Democrats lost about 1,000 legislative seats around the country, starting with disastrous 2010 midterms that also cost the party control of the House and many statehouses.

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ASIAN AMERICANS ACTORS ON CALLING COVID-19 'THE 'CHINESE VIRUS': MAKING THIS BLANKET STATEMENT IS BAD

President Trump has stopped calling COVID-19 the "Chinese Virus" but some believe the damage is already done.

"I felt like it was a very uneducated statement," said TV personality Jeannie Mai, who was born in the United States to a Vietnamese mother and a Chinese father. "I think you have to be very responsible when you choose terminology to give people an idea of what to picture, what to visualize."

"The Good Doctor" actor Will Yun Lee, who was born in the U.S. to Korean parents, said blaming a group of people is dangerous because it only encourages xenophobia and racism.

"Making this blanket statement is bad. People take it the way they're going to take it. And unfortunately a lot of people have taken it to associate it to anybody who looks like me or is Asian-American or whatever Asian ethnicity you are. It becomes like the word 'chink,' right? It's a very harsh word."

Trump isn't the only person who has referred to COVID-19 in this way.

Earlier in April, TV host Bill Maher defended the notion of calling coronavirus the "Chinese Virus" on his HBO show, "Real Time with Bill Maher," saying it's logical because that's where it originated.

"Tigertail" and "The Farewell" actor Tzi Ma, who was born in Hong Kong and moved to the U.S. as a child, responded to Maher's statement saying, "For the moment it could be funny. For the moment it could give you some gratification or satisfaction by saying it. However you have to remember that there are ramifications."

Nico Santos of the NBC comedy "Superstore" was born in the Philippines and moved to the U.S. as a teen. He said this blame mentality rears its head whenever there is fear a community.

"We saw the same sort of thing happen when when the AIDS crisis was happening. People directed that sort of like fear and hate towards the LGBTQ community. When 9/11 happened, there was a lot of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim sentiment. Even people who actually weren't Muslim or who weren't of Middle Eastern descent, who said, if you just look like you work, if you're basically you looked like you were brown or maybe came from that part of the world, you all of sudden, you know, bore the brunt of that of that hate."

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The Justice Department on May 7th said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for Trump and his supporters in attacking the FBI's Russia investigation.

The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. It comes even though prosecutors for the last three years had maintained that Flynn had lied to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in a January 2017 interview. Flynn himself admitted as much, and became a key cooperator for Mueller as he investigated ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.

In court documents being filed May 7th, the Justice Department said it is dropping the case "after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information." The documents were obtained by The Associated Press.

The Justice Department said it had concluded that Flynn's interview by the FBI was "untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn" and that the interview on January 24, 2017 was "conducted without any legitimate investigative basis."

The U.S. attorney reviewing the Flynn case, Jeff Jensen, recommended the move to Attorney General William Barr last week and formalized the recommendation in a document this week.

The decision was quickly embraced by Trump, who has relentlessly tweeted about the case and last week pronounced Flynn "exonerated," and energized supporters who have taken up the retired Army lieutenant general as something of a cause celebre. But it may also add to Democratic concerns that Attorney General William Barr is excessively loyal to the president, and could be a distraction for a Justice Department that for months has sought to focus on crimes arising from the coronavirus.

The Justice Department's action comes amid an internal review into the handling of the case and an aggressive effort by Flynn's lawyers to challenge the basis for the prosecution. The lawyers cited newly disclosed FBI emails and notes last week to allege that Flynn was entrapped into lying when agents interviewed him at the White House days after Trump's inauguration.

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Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's onetime presidential campaign chairman who was convicted as part of the special counsel's Russia investigation, has been released from federal prison to serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement due to concerns about the coronavirus.

Manafort, 71, was released May 13th from FCI Loretto, a low-security prison in Pennsylvania, according to his attorney Todd Blanche. Manafort had been serving more than seven years in prison following his conviction.

His lawyers had asked the Bureau of Prisons to release him to home confinement, arguing that he was at high risk for coronavirus because of his age and preexisting medical conditions.

Manafort was hospitalized in December after suffering from a heart-related condition, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press at the time. They were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

Manafort was among the first people to be charged in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, which examined possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election campaign.

He was prosecuted in two federal courts, convicted by a jury in federal court in Virginia in 2018 and later pleaded guilty in Washington.

He was sentenced last March and was immediately hit with state charges in New York that could put him outside the president's power to pardon. New York prosecutors have accused him of giving false information on a mortgage loan application.

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US President Donald Trump's long-time personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was released from federal prison on May 21st to serve the remainder of his sentence at home, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Cohen had been serving a federal prison sentence at FCI Otisville in New York after pleading guilty to numerous charges, including campaign finance fraud and lying to Congress.

The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Cohen was released on furlough as part of an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus in federal prisons. Cohen, 53, began serving his sentence last May and originally was scheduled to be released from prison in November 2021.

Prison advocates and congressional leaders have been pressing the Justice Department for weeks to release at-risk inmates, arguing that the public health guidance to stay 6 feet (1.8 meters) away from other people is nearly impossible behind bars.

Attorney General William Barr ordered the Bureau of Prisons in March and April to increase the use of home confinement and expedite the release of eligible high-risk inmates, beginning at three prisons identified as coronavirus hot spots. Otisville is not one of those facilities.

The Bureau of Prisons placed Cohen on furlough as it continues to process a move to home confinement, another person familiar with the matter said.

The agency has the authority to release inmates on furlough for up to 30 days and has been doing so to make sure suitable inmates, who are expected to transition to home confinement, can be moved out of correctional facilities sooner, that person said.

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Joe Biden blistered President Donald Trump on June 2nd for directing authorities to drive back peaceful protesters outside the White House "in order to stage a photo op."

The former vice president said the commander in chief was "more interested in power than in principle."

Biden was delivering a speech in Philadelphia, addressing the civil unrest across America in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

Biden is also working to elevate his voice in the national debate after more than two months of the campaign for the White House being frozen amid the outbreak of the coronarvius.

He's also looking to provide a stark contrast to Trump who has struck a forceful tone against protests.

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It's official. After an almost year-long, often tumultuous battle, former Vice President Joe Biden has crossed the finish line, formally clinching the Democratic nomination.

The milestone sets him up for a bruising battle against President Donald Trump that will play out amid the backdrop of a pandemic, economic collapse and civil unrest, a daunting trifecta of challenges Biden hopes to use to his advantage.

"They're some of the sternest challenges our nation has ever faced," Biden said June 5th at an event in Delaware. "They need a president who cares about them, who cares about helping them heal now."

Biden became the presumptive nominee almost two months ago when his last opponent in the primary, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, dropped out of the race.

But he only pulled together the nearly 2-thousand delegates needed to seal the nomination after the latest round of contests this week.

The former vice president's path to the prize wasn't always so clear. While he consistently led the largest primary field in history in the national polls, his campaign looked to be in trouble after a string of losses in the early contests.

He rebounded with a resounding win in South Carolina. From there, he dominated Super Tuesday, launching what turned out to be an insurmountable comeback.

While Biden no longer has to battle Democratic rivals, he has a host of other issues to tackle, from winning over skeptics in his party's left wing to running a campaign essentially out of his Delaware home.

Though Biden has started to venture out more this week, the coronavirus pandemic has largely confined him to his Wilmington, Delaware, home for much of the past three months.

University of Virginia Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato says while that approach may irk his rival, Donald Trump, and challenge political norms, it could be just the right move during this unprecedented campaign year.

"The best strategy for Joe Biden may be a low-key strategy, which fits in pretty well. Do the events that you want to do, organize them from the basement and let Donald Trump deal with the problems. It's actually tougher this year to be the incumbent than it is to be the challenger," Sabato says.

"Most people know that Joe Biden was a two term vice president under Barack Obama and that he opposes, as Obama does, almost everything that Donald Trump has been doing or trying to do. That is enough of a contrast for most voters," Sabato adds.

With his place in the 2020 presidential race now set, all eyes are turning to what could be the most important decision of Biden's five-decade political career: choosing a running mate, something he says he hopes to do by August 1st.

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The Trump administration is suing former national security adviser John Bolton to block the publication of a book that the White House says contains classified information.

The suit follows warnings from President Donald Trump that Bolton could face a "criminal problem" if he doesn't halt plans to publish the book.

The administration has also said the former adviser did not complete a pre-publication review to ensure that the manuscript did not contain classified material.

Bolton's attorney, Chuck Cooper, has said Bolton worked for months with classification specialists to avoid releasing classified material. He has accused the White House of using national security information as a pretext to censor Bolton.

He has accused the White House of using national security information as a pretext to censor Bolton.

Trump said June 16th Bolton could face a “criminal problem” if he doesn’t halt plans to publish the book.

He said Attorney General William Barr will decide if Bolton will be charged.

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President Donald Trump “pleaded” with China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit to help his reelection prospects, according to a scathing book by former adviser John Bolton that accuses the president of being driven by political calculations when making national security decisions.

The White House was working furiously to block release of the book, whose China revelations carry echoes of Trump’s efforts to solicit political help from Ukraine that led to his impeachment.

Bolton, Trump's national security adviser for a 17-month period, called Trump's attempt to shift the June 2019 conversation to the US election a stunning move, and wrote that it was among innumerable conversations that “formed a pattern of fundamentally unacceptable behavior that eroded the very legitimacy of the presidency”.

Deeply critical of the president and much of his senior team, Bolton wrote that because staff had served him so poorly, Trump “saw conspiracies behind rocks, and remained stunningly uninformed on how to run the White House, let alone the huge federal government.” He added that while he was at the White House, Trump typically had only two intelligence briefings a week “and in most of those, he spoke at greater length than the briefers, often on matters completely unrelated to the subjects at hand.”

The 577-page book paints an unvarnished portrait of Trump and his administration, lending the most vivid, first-person account yet of how Trump conducts himself in office. Several other former officials have written books, but they have been almost entirely flattering of the president. Other former officials have indicated they were saving their accounts of their time working for Trump until after he left office in order to speak more candidly. The Associated Press obtained a copy of Bolton's book in advance of its release next week.

As for the meeting with the Chinese president in Osaka, Japan, Bolton wrote that Trump told Xi that Democrats were hostile to China.

“He then, stunningly, turned the conversation to the coming U.S. presidential election, alluding to China’s economic capability to affect the ongoing campaigns, pleading with Xi to ensure he’d win,” Bolton said. “He stressed the importance of farmers, and increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome.”

The book, titled “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” which is set to be released Tuesday by Simon & Schuster, has been the subject of a lengthy battle between Bolton and the White House.

Trump signed legislation June 17th that seeks to punish China for a crackdown on ethnic minorities, even as the Bolton book said the American leader expressed support for the brutal campaign in a private conversation with his Chinese counterpart.

The Uighur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 passed with overwhelming support from Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Trump signed it with no ceremony, issuing a statement in which he said a sanctions provision intruded on executive authority and he would regard it as non-binding.

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A top White House aide who handles President Donald Trump's trade policy toward China described John Bolton's controversial new book as "revenge porn," and said Bolton took no interest in China policy, despite his position as Trump's national security adviser.

"It's 'Big Lie' Bolton. It's 'Book Deal' Bolton." He's doing it for the money," said Peter Navarro, Trump's director of trade and manufacturing policy.

In his book, Bolton claims that President Donald Trump “pleaded” with China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit to help his reelection prospects,

He also accuses the president of being driven by political calculations when making national security decisions.

The White House has been working furiously to block the book, asking a federal court for an emergency temporary restraining order June 17th against its release.

Navarro said Trump has used tariffs to stand up to China in retaliatation to such Chinese actions as intellectual property theft, militarizing the South China Sea and cracking down on Hong Kong.

"I think there's a consensus now in this government that China is the single greatest strategic and existential threat to this country."

"It's not Russia. It's certainly not Venezuela. It's not Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan issues," Navarro said. "It's China."

"He took no interest in that whatsoever," he said.

***

Supporters of President Donald Trump faced off with anti-racism protesters on June 20th in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the President held a campaign rally.

Black Lives Matter activists flooded the city's downtown streets, and some got into arguments with Trump supporters who were shouting “all lives matter”.

Later in the evening, a group of armed men began following the protesters.

There were no reports of trouble.

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00:00:00

Barak Obama gives Biden a boost with endorsement

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ARCHIVE - Washington - 23 March 2010

1. Biden introducing Obama at healthcare law signing

++CONTAINS AUDIO OF EXPLETIVE++ Biden heard saying to Obama: "This is a big f------ deal"

ARCHIVE: Washington - 7 January 2015

2. President Obama speaks in the Oval Office with Vice President Joe Biden

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ARCHIVE: Chicago - 4 November 2008

3. Various, then President-elect Obama on stage after victory speech with then-Vice President elect Joe Biden

00:13:03

Asian American actors on calling COVID-19 the 'Chinese Virus': 'Having this blanket statement is bad'

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Archive: Washington, DC, 18 March 2020

4. UPSOUND (English) Reporter question:

"Why do you keep calling it the Chinese virus? There are reports of dozens of incidents of bias against Chinese Americans in this country - why do you keep using this?"

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"Because it comes from China. It's not racist at all, no.

Los Angeles, 6 April 2020

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeannie Mai, TV Personality - on Trump calling COVID-19 the "Chinese virus":

"It was a very uneducated statement. I think you have to be responsible when you choose terminology to give people an idea of what to picture, what to visualize."

00:38:19

Justice Dept. drops Michael Flynn's criminal case

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7. Michael Flynn leaves courthouse as competing demonstrators chant "lock him up" and "U.S.A."

00:45:16

Manafort released from prison due to virus concerns

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8. Former campaign chairman for US President Donald Trump, Paul Manafort leaves courthouse

ARCHIVE: New York - June 27, 2019

9. Paul Manafort in handcuffs walks in hallway of a Manhattan courthouse escorted by court officers

00:54:18

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen to be released from prison

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10. Various of Cohen testifying in Congress

01:05:10

Trump attorney Michael Cohen out of prison

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New York - 21 May 2020

11. Michael Cohen exits vehicle and walks into residence

01:11:19

Biden: Trump more set on 'power than principle'

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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden (D) Presidential candidate::

"We can be forgiven for believing the president is more interested in power than in principle, or just in serving the passions of his base than the needs of the people in his care. For that's what the presidency is, the duty to care, to care for all of us, not just those who vote for us, but all of us."

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Biden clinches Democratic presidential nomination

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Los Angeles, 3 March 2020

13. Joe Biden walks into rally after winning a number of Super Tuesday contests

Los Angeles, 3 March 2020

14. Biden on stage at California rally after winning a number of Super Tuesday contests

01:46:15

US Justice Dept. sues Bolton to block book release

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ARCHIVE: Washington, DC - 30 September 2019

15. Mid shot of John Bolton walking up to podium

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16. John Bolton arriving to meet South Korean officials

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17. Mid shot of William Barr at Justice Department news conference

01:59:20

Bolton book: Trump asked China for reelection help

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Washington - 17 June 2020

18. Bolton's book, "The Room Where it Happened"

02:04:03

White House aide calls Bolton book 'revenge porn'

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Washington, DC - 18 June 2020

19. Peter Navarro walking to microphone

20. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Navarro, Assistant to the President, Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy :

"Look, I knew John Bolton pretty well after he got in here and my take on him. It's big lie Bolton. It's book deal Bolton. He's doing it for the money. That's pretty clear. And my view is it's the Washington swamp's equivalent of revenge porn.

02:19:23

Pro and anti-Trump protests near Tulsa rally

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Tulsa, Oklahoma - 20 June 2020

21. Trump supporters holding banners reading (English) ''Make America Great Again!''

22. Armed men following the protest

STORY

On January 12th 2017 President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to run the CIA says Russian meddling in the president election was an aggressive action taken by senior Russian leaders. At his confirmation hearing on Thursday, congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas says it's pretty clear Russia worked to hack information and to have an impact on American democracy. Trump has voiced scepticism that Russia was behind hacking of political sites. But he said Wednesday for the first time that he believes Russia was responsible for the hacking. Pompeo also said he expected to be able to present the incoming administration with intelligence that is sound and that the leadership would make decisions based on that intelligence. US President Donald Trump said in his speech on January 20th that he will govern the country by putting America first. Trump said as president that "from this day forward it's going to be only America first". He said that every decision he makes, on issues from trade to taxes to immigration and foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and families. "We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries" taking American jobs, Trump said. US President Donald Trump signed his first executive order on January 20th, ordering federal agencies to ease the burden of former President Barrack Obama's sweeping health care law. No details were given on what the order contained. Trump was joined in the Oval Office by Vice President Mike Pence, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and other top advisers as he signed the executive order on the so-called "Obamacare" law that he opposed throughout his campaign. Trump also formally signed the commissions of incoming Defence Secretary James Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. Pence later swore them in at a separate ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, where the vice president's suite of offices is located. On January 26th White House press secretary Sean Spicer said US President Donald Trump will seek a 20 percent tax on Mexican imports to pay for a proposed border wall. The wall is part of Trump's plan to halt illegal immigration to the U.S., and he has long insisted that Mexico will pay. Mexican President Pena Nieto insists his country will not. On the flight back to Washington, Spicer told reporters travelling with the president that Trump will seek to impose a 20 percent tax on Mexican imports to pay for the wall. Congressional approval would be needed for such a step. Trump's brief trip to Philadelphia to speak with Congressional Republicans at their policy retreat, marked his first flight on Air Force One, the familiar blue and white government plane that has long ferried presidents around the country and the world. Trump spoke to reporters on board the plane, describing Air Force One as a "beautiful, great plane." On January 27th President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May were seen holding hands for a brief period of time as they walked along the colonnade at the White House, before Trump tapped on May's hand and they let go. The two appeared to be in conversation following joint remarks made earlier at a news conference. May's meeting with the US president in Washington, D.C. is being hailed by the British government as a sign that the tarns-Atlantic "special relationship" is valued by the new US administration. On January 29th protests have erupted for the second day after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order to temporarily bar refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US. Dozens of protesters gathered outside the White House, while a smaller group protested outside an airport in Morrisville, North Carolina, holding banners in support of refugees and immigrants and chanting anti-Trump slogans. Several thousand people gathered near Prime Minister Theresa May's London residence on January 30th to protest against a planned state visit by US President Donald Trump. Protesters held signs and placards, some branding May "shameless", and chanted "No state visit!" Many said they were protesting to express their anger over Trump's immigration ban. January 30th's protest near 10 Downing Street was the largest of a series of protests across the country, including in Oxford, Manchester, Newcastle, Cardiff and Glasgow. An online petition opposing Trump's state visit has more than 1.5 million signatures. Any petition with more than 100,000 signatures must be considered for a debate in Parliament, though not a binding vote. US President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates on January 31st after she announced she would not defend his controversial immigration order. He is naming Dana Boente, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, to serve in her place. The White House press office said in a statement that Yates "has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States." The statement calls Yates an Obama administration appointee "who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration." Trump's order from Friday temporarily suspends the US refugee programme and bars immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Trump has picked Senator Jeff Sessions to lead the Justice Department, but he has yet to be confirmed by the Senate. US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly on January 31st defended President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration. Kelly said that the order is "not a travel ban. This is a temporary pause that allows us to better review the existing refugee and visa vetting system." Nordstrom says it will stop selling Ivanka Trump clothing and accessories, creating some questions about the future of the brand elsewhere. The Seattle-based department store chain said the decision was based on the sales performance of the first daughter's brand. Neiman Marcus may be the next one to pull back on the label, as the branded jewellery is nowhere to be seen on the up scale retailer's website as of 3rd February. "We've said all along we make buying decisions based on performance," said Nordstrom in a statement emailed to The Associated Press. "We've got thousands of brands” more than 2,000 offered on the site alone. Reviewing their merit and making edits is part of the regular rhythm of our business." Nordstrom said that each year the chain cuts about 10 percent and refreshes its assortment with about the same amount. "In this case, based on the brand's performance we've decided not to buy it for this season," Nordstrom added. Lord & Taylor only said it continues to carry the brand. Neiman Marcus, Macy's and Dillard's, which also carry the label, didn't immediately reply to AP's query. The move by Nordstrom Inc. comes amid a social media campaign called "Grab Your Wallet," urging a boycott of stores that stock Ivanka Trump or Donald Trump products. In a statement emailed to The Associated Press late Friday, Rosemary K. Young, senior director of marketing at Ivanka Trump, said that the brand continues to expand across all categories and distribution, resulting in "significant" revenue growth last year compared to the previous year. "We believe that the strength of a brand is measured not only by the profits it generates, but the integrity it maintains," said Young in the statement. "The women behind the brand represent a diverse group of professionals and we are proud to say that the Ivanka Trump brand continues to embody the principles upon which it was founded." An unnamed spokesperson for the brand contradicted Nordstrom's statement, saying that Nordstrom did order both shoes and clothing for spring and moved forward with the purchase of clothing. Wendy Liebmann, CEO of WSL Strategic Retail, says that retailers walk a tight rope when it comes to celebrity brands but given the politics surrounding the Ivanka Trump brand, that only adds extra controversy, particularly given such a politically divisive climate. Liebmann noted a decision of whether to pull a brand is politically loaded even if it's based on poor sales performance. "The brand is vulnerable," Liebmann said. "Retailers view their role as having the right products for the right consumer, not being pulled in a political situation." She noted that some shoppers may not want to wear the Ivanka Trump brand because they may want to avoid making a political statement. Ivanka Trump announced earlier this month that she would take a leave of absence from her clothing and accessories business as well as the Trump organization. US President Donald Trump's embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned late on February 13th, following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia. His departure upends Trump's senior team after less than one month in office. In a resignation letter, Flynn said he gave Pence and others "incomplete information" about his calls with Russia's ambassador to the US. The vice president, apparently relying on information from Flynn, initially said the national security adviser hadn't discussed sanctions with the Russian envoy, though Flynn later conceded the issue may have come up. Trump named retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg as the acting national security adviser. Kellogg had previously been appointed the National Security Council chief of staff and advised Trump during the campaign. Trump is also considering former CIA Director David Petraeus and Vice Admiral Robert Harward, a US Navy SEAL, for the post, according to a senior administration official. The Trump team's account of Flynn's discussions with the Russian envoy changed repeatedly over several weeks, including the number of contacts, the dates of those contacts and ultimately, the content of the conversations. Late in January, the Justice Department warned the White House that Flynn could be in a compromised position as a result of the contradictions between the public depictions of the calls and what intelligence officials knew to be true based on recordings of the conversations, which were picked up as part of routine monitoring of foreign officials communications in the US. A US official told The Associated Press that Flynn was in frequent contact with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak on the day the Obama administration slapped sanctions on Russia for election-related hacking, as well as at other times during the transition. US President Donald Trump on February 16th said his ousted national security adviser was a "fine person" after offering his resignation amid reports of contact with Russian officials. Trump was recounting why he asked Michael Flynn for his resignation. The president said at a news conference that he was "not happy" with how information about Flynn's phone call to a Russian diplomat was relayed to Vice President Mike Pence. But Trump says what Flynn did "wasn't wrong" - and called attention to what he described as "classified information that was given illegally." Dakota Access pipeline protesters are ceremonially burning some of their living structures ahead of the closure of a long-standing camp in North Dakota. About 200 to 300 protesters remain at the camp near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. The Army Corps of Engineers has ordered the camp closed at 2 p.m. February 22nd, citing the potential for spring flooding. Those left in camp milled about peacefully Wednesday, many in prayer. At least four wooden structures were being burned in what protesters say is part of the ceremony of leaving. Authorities in North Dakota are offering assistance and services to Dakota Access pipeline protesters as they close a long-standing encampment near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. A White House spokeswoman said March 3rd that Vice President Mike Pence "did everything to the letter of the law" after public records revealed that he used a private email account to conduct public business as Indiana's governor. The Indianapolis Star reported that emails provided through a public records request show that Pence communicated with advisers through his personal AOL account on homeland security matters and security at the governor's residence during his four years as governor. The governor also faced email security issues. Pence's AOL account was subjected to a phishing scheme last spring, before he was chosen by Donald Trump to join the GOP presidential ticket. Pence's contacts were sent an email falsely claiming that the governor and his wife were stranded in the Philippines and needed money. As Trump's running mate, Pence frequently criticized rival Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as President Barrack Obama's secretary of state, accusing her of purposely keeping her emails out of public reach and shielding her from scrutiny. Hours before it was to take effect, President Donald Trump's revised travel ban was put on hold March 15th by a federal judge in Hawaii who questioned whether the administration was motivated by national security concerns. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson also said Hawaii would suffer financially if the executive order blocked the flow of students and tourists to the state, and he concluded that Hawaii was likely to succeed on a claim that the ban violates First Amendment protections against religious discrimination. A federal judge in Greenbelt, Maryland, has blocked US President Donald Trump's revised travel ban targeting six predominantly Muslim countries. Judge Theodore Chuang ruled on Thursday in a case brought near the nation's capital by the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and other groups representing immigrants, refugees and their families. It was the latest ruling against Trump's revised travel ban. On March 15th, a federal judge in Hawaii blocked Trump's revised travel ban hours before it was to take effect, marking the second time courts have thwarted Trump's efforts to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim nations. Government lawyers argued that the ban was substantially revised from an earlier version signed in January that was later blocked by a federal judge in Washington state. They said the ban was ordered in the interest of national security to protect the US from "radical Islamic terrorism." During his campaign as a Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump called for a "total and complete shut-down of Muslims entering the United States." Trump's campaign said in a statement that such a ban should stand "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." It said the proposal comes in response to a level of hatred among "large segments of the Muslim population" toward US citizens. At an evening rally in South Carolina in December 2015, Trump supporters cheered and shouted in support as he read his statement. An earlier version of the executive order, issued in late January, was blocked by a judge in Seattle, sparking harsh criticism from the president of both the judge and his decision. Trump said at the time that the court fight over his refugee and immigration executive order could end up in the Supreme Court. Speaking to reporters on 7 February 2017, Trump said he was going to take his fight to uphold the directive "through the system." A federal appeals court refused to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, dealing another legal setback to the new administration's immigration policy. In a unanimous decision, the panel of three judges from the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban and allowed previously barred travellers to enter the US. Moments after the ruling was released, Trump tweeted, "SEE YOU IN COURT," adding that "THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!" Declaring "the start of a new era" in energy production, President Donald Trump signed an executive order March 28th that he said would revive the coal industry and create jobs. The move makes good on his campaign pledge to unravel former President Barrack Obama's plan to curb global warming. The order seeks to suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels. Environmental activists, including former Vice President Al Gore, denounced the plan. But Trump said the effort would allow workers to "succeed on a level playing field for the first time in a long time." "That is what this is all about: bringing back our jobs, bringing back our dreams and making America wealthy again," Trump said, during a ceremony at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters, attended by a number of coal miners. In addition to pulling back from the Clean Power Plan, the administration will also lift a 14-month-old moratorium on new coal leases on federal lands.

SHOWS

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Pompeo: Russia aimed to influence US election

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1. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sen. Marco Rubio, (R) Florida:

"In your personal opinion, is Vladimir Putin and the Russians looking at all this and saying 'we did a really good job of creating chaos, division, instability in the American political process?"

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rep. Mike Pompeo, CIA Director Nominee:

"I have no doubt that the discourse that's been taking place is something that Vladimir Puttin would look at and say, 'Wow, that was among the objectives that I have."

00:20:23

Trump to govern by putting America first

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Washington, DC - 20 January 2017

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President: ++INCLUDES SHOTS OF CROWDS++

" From this day forward a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it's going to be only America First, America First." (++Crowds clapping)

00:39:22

Trump signs executive orders in Oval Office

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Washington DC - 20 January 2017

4. US President Donald Trump signing commission allowing General James Mattis to be sworn in as Defence Secretary

00:46:24

Spicer: Trump Seeks 20% Tax on Mexican Imports

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On Board Air Force One - 26 January 2017

5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary:

"If you tax that $50 billion at 20 percent of imports - which is by the way a practice that 160 other countries do - right now our country's policy is to tax exports and let imports flow freely in, which is ridiculous."

01:02:06

Trump, May hold hands outside White House

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Washington,D.C. - 27 January 2017

6. Tracking shot of British Prime Minister Theresa May and President Donald Trump walking outside White House, holding hands for a few seconds

01:10:09

US protests against Trump's immigration ban

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Washington DC/Morrisville - 29 January 2017

7. Protesters on ground gathering outside White House, holding banners and chanting slogans in support of refugees

01:21:12

UK protest against Trump's state visit

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London - 30 January 2017

++NIGHT SHOTS++

8. Protesters standing in front of Downing Street with signs and posters

9. Close of sign that reads (English) "Shameless May, Fascist Tyrant"

10. Close of sign that reads (English) "No to racism, no to Trump"

01:46:12

Trump fires Attorney General Sally Yates

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11. Various of Sally Yates, now former acting US Attorney General speaking at briefing while serving as Deputy Attorney General

01:54:19

US Homeland Security chief defends travel ban

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Washington DC - 31 January 2017

12. SOUNDBITE (English): John Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security:

" It is important to understand that there are terrorists and other bad actors who are seeking to infiltrate our homeland every single day."

02:02:13

Nordstrom will stop selling Ivanka Trump clothing and accessories

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New York, 29 June 2012

13. Medium of Ivanka Trump talking and showing her clothing line

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New York, 14 April 2015

14. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner arriving at the Vanity Fair Tribeca Film Festival party

02:17:16

US National Security Adviser Flynn resigns and Kellogg takes over as acting US National Security Adviser

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Washington DC - 20 January 2017

15. Michael Flynn arrives at inauguration

New York - 7 October 2016

16. General Kellogg, sitting next to Trump, speaking

02:30:06

Trump: Russia links reports are "fake news"

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Washington DC - 16 February 2017

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"I can tell you from speaking for myself, I own nothing in Russia, I have no loans in Russia, I don't have any deals in Russia. (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin called me up very nicely to congratulate me on the win of the election, he then called me up extremely nicely to congratulate me on the inauguration which was terrific, but so did many other leaders, almost all other leaders from almost all other countries, so that's the extent. Russia is fake news, this is fake news put out by the media."

03:03:24

Pipeline Protesters Set Fires to Close Camp

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Near Cannon Ball - 22 February 2017

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18. Wide pan of area with protesters and fire

03:16:18

Pence responds to use of private email account

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Janesville, Wisconsin - 3 March 2017

19. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Pence, Vice President:

(Reporter question off camera: "Why did you decide to use your private email accounts to deal with some public business?")

"I did. We issued a statement on that. I am very confident that our email practices were in full compliance with all of Indiana's laws. And in my service as a vice president will continue, will continue that practice."

03:31:02

Federal judge in Hawaii puts travel ban on hold

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Honolulu - 15 March 2017

20. Wide of press conference beginning

21. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Chin, Hawaii Attorney General

" It showed that they were trying even harder to mask what was a religious animus."

03:42:17

Trump suffers second travel ban defeat

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Mount Pleasant, South Carolina - 7 December 2015

22. Donald Trump walking to podium

23. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate:

"Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. We have no choice."

04:07:09

Trump signs roll-back on Obama era climate plans

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24. US President Donald Trump signing executive order

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President Donald Trump said Thursday he's considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, and pardoning lifestyle entrepreneur Martha Stewart, who served a stint in federal prison after being convicted of charges related to a stock sale.

The president's use of pardons is raising questions about whether he is doing so to send a message to allies who could face prosecution in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

"It's undeniable that with the least number of these presidential pardons people have read political motivation into these, said AP Reporter Jill Colvin.

"For instance when he decided to pardon Scooter Libby who was a former Vice President Dick Cheney's one of his top aides. Many people saw that as really a reaction to the Mueller investigation," she said.

Trump later shared his thoughts on Blagojevich and Stewart with the reporters accompanying him on Air Force One.

Both had connections to Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice" reality television show: Blagojevich was a contestant in 2010 and Stewart hosted the 2005 spinoff series, "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart."

Blagojevich was convicted on numerous counts of corruption, including for trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat that was vacated by Obama and for shaking down a children's hospital.

As governor, he had the right to name someone to fill the Senate vacancy, but he was caught on FBI wiretaps discussing ways to make money off it. He began serving a 14-year prison sentence in 2012 and is scheduled for release in 2024.

The Supreme Court has twice turned down appeals from Blagojevich, most recently in April. That appeal turned in part on the length of Blagojevich's prison term. Trump's Justice Department urged the court to reject the appeal.

Stewart was convicted in 2004 of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she unloaded stock just before the price plummeted. She served five months in prison. Her representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The federal prosecutor who oversaw Stewart's case in New York was James Comey, one of Trump's principal antagonists and the man he fired as FBI director last year. The prosecutor who led the case against Blagojevich in Chicago was Patrick Fitzgerald, a Comey friend who is also his lawyer. Fitzgerald was also the special counsel leading the case against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the Bush administration official pardoned by Trump last month.

Hours earlier, Trump said on Twitter that he will pardon conservative commentator and Obama critic Dinesh D'Souza, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud. The White House announced later Thursday that the pardon had been granted.

Watchdog groups criticized D'Souza's pardon, saying it signaled the president's contempt for the rule of law.

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1. Various of President Trump departing for Texas

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New York - 23 September 2018

2. STILL photo of Dinesh D'Souza outside federal court

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Washington, D.C. - 31 May 2018

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill Colvin, Associated Press Reporter:

"It's undeniable that with at least number of these presidential pardons, people have read political motivation into these. For instance, when he decided to pardon Scooter Libby who was a former Vice President Dick Cheney's, one of his top aides, many people saw that as really a reaction to the Mueller investigation. The president feels right now as though he's under attack, this is a witch hunt being done by a special counsel, which is exactly how many conservatives had framed the Libby indictment as thoughit was kind of a special counsel gone awry, and so you can see these parallels and other critics especially can read in as potentially the president trying to distract from issues when he chooses."

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New York, 18 July 2016

4. FILE: Medium of Martha Stewart posing for photos

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New York, 14 April 2016

5. FILE: Fashion pan of Martha Stewart, holding a dog

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Washington, D.C. - 31 May 2018

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill Colvin, Associated Press Reporter:

"I mean this is a White House for reporters covering it often feel a sense of whiplash. Once second you're talking about and asking serious questions about that upcoming maybe summit with North Korea, and the next minute you're staking out one of the entryways because Kim Kardashian, the reality TV star, is about to arrive. So, this is a White House that is always operating on multiple channels. You've got the president's Twitter feed, you've got official statements, you've got in meetings and discussions happening behind the scenes. So there were always a lot of things going on."

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Chicago, Illinois - December 2011

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7. Various of Rod Blagojevich and wife, Patty, at time of sentencing

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Washington, D.C. - 31 May 2018

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill Colvin, Associated Press Reporter:

"The president's approach to the pardon process has been very, very different from his predecessors when it comes to timing. Presidents Obama, President Clinton tended to wait until after their first two years to start the pardon process. They also tended to do it in big chunks of people. So there's a formal process here. There where the Department of Justice has somebody in place and an office in place that vets all of these different cases that come before them, brings them to the president and then the president will go through a list and decide who he wanted support and who he wanted to sentence to commute. The president has approached this in a very, very different way. It's been much more individual and in many of these cases, these are individuals who either had celebrity backin, they are individuals who have serious cases that especially conservative activists feel that there's been some sort of political motivation behind their convictions. In the case of Blagojevich, he actually appeared on the president's Apprentice TV show, so the two of them knew each other personally."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago, Illinois - 7 December 2011

+++4X3+++

9. Rod Blagojevich and wife, Patty, leaving home for sentencing

First lady Melania Trump described the scale of the opioid epidemic in the U.S. and says she is struck by how it has touched the lives of so many people.

Mrs. Trump is speaking Wednesday about the crisis at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She says the stigma of shame must be lifted from addiction and calls for more public discussion about it so people can get help.

President Donald Trump has called it a "national health emergency" and she says his administration is committed to fighting the opioid epidemic. Mrs. Trump decries how the opioid crisis has "truly taken hold of our country."

Nearly 48,000 people died last year from overdoses involving opioids. Addressing the opioid epidemic is a pillar of the first lady's Be Best youth initiative.

POOL

Lynchburg, Virginia - 28 November 2018

1. Mid of first lady Melania Trump on stage

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, First Lady

"Opioid addiction is an illness that has truly taken hold of our country. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, more than a 130 in the United States die each day due to overdosing on opioids. In 2017 those overdoses accounted for more than seventy two thousand deaths, more than any previous year on record. And in 2016 an estimated 40 percent of opioid deaths involved a prescription drug."

3. Mid of Melania Trump being interviewed by moderator Eric Bolling

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, First Lady

"I have learned that addiction can begin with something as innocent as injury. It could be a sports injury or from some kind of an accident. I have spoken with families and seen many news reports that talk about young athletes or people injured in accidents who became hooked on opioids after being given a prescription for real pain. Tragically many of those stories and with people who have later transitioned into using heroin and overdosing. In fact, data from the Department of Health Human Services shows that in 2016 and 2017 more than 17,000 deaths were attributed to overdosing on commonly prescribed drugs. I have learned that many people who become addicted to drugs are too ashamed to ask for help. I have also learned that addiction is a disease, and like any illness people need and deserve treatment."

5. Mid of Melania Trump being interviewed by moderator Eric Bolling

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, First Lady

"We must commit to removing the stigma of shame that comes with addiction and how things change public opinion, so that people find evidence based treatment before it's too late. I have learned that you have a responsibility to yourself and also to those around you who may be struggling. While you may may never personally become addicted the chances of you knowing someone who struggles with it are very high. And if you or someone you know needs help, you need to be brave enough to ask or strong enough to stand with them as they fight through the disease."

7. Mid of Melania Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Azar and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and moderator Eric Bolling.

First lady Melania Trump described the scale of the opioid epidemic in the U.S. and says she is struck by how it has touched the lives of so many people.

Mrs. Trump is speaking Wednesday about the crisis at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She says the stigma of shame must be lifted from addiction and calls for more public discussion about it so people can get help.

President Donald Trump has called it a "national health emergency" and she says his administration is committed to fighting the opioid epidemic. Mrs. Trump decries how the opioid crisis has "truly taken hold of our country."

Nearly 48,000 people died last year from overdoses involving opioids. Addressing the opioid epidemic is a pillar of the first lady's Be Best youth initiative.

POOL

Lynchburg, Virginia - 28 November 2018

1. Mid of first lady Melania Trump on stage

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, First Lady

"Opioid addiction is an illness that has truly taken hold of our country. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, more than a 130 in the United States die each day due to overdosing on opioids. In 2017 those overdoses accounted for more than seventy two thousand deaths, more than any previous year on record. And in 2016 an estimated 40 percent of opioid deaths involved a prescription drug."

3. Mid of Melania Trump being interviewed by moderator Eric Bolling

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, First Lady

"I have learned that addiction can begin with something as innocent as injury. It could be a sports injury or from some kind of an accident. I have spoken with families and seen many news reports that talk about young athletes or people injured in accidents who became hooked on opioids after being given a prescription for real pain. Tragically many of those stories and with people who have later transitioned into using heroin and overdosing. In fact, data from the Department of Health Human Services shows that in 2016 and 2017 more than 17,000 deaths were attributed to overdosing on commonly prescribed drugs. I have learned that many people who become addicted to drugs are too ashamed to ask for help. I have also learned that addiction is a disease, and like any illness people need and deserve treatment."

5. Mid of Melania Trump being interviewed by moderator Eric Bolling

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, First Lady

"We must commit to removing the stigma of shame that comes with addiction and how things change public opinion, so that people find evidence based treatment before it's too late. I have learned that you have a responsibility to yourself and also to those around you who may be struggling. While you may may never personally become addicted the chances of you knowing someone who struggles with it are very high. And if you or someone you know needs help, you need to be brave enough to ask or strong enough to stand with them as they fight through the disease."

7. Mid of Melania Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Azar and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and moderator Eric Bolling.

First lady Melania Trump has described the scale of the opioid epidemic in the U.S. and says she is struck by how it has touched the lives of so many people.

Mrs. Trump is speaking Wednesday about the crisis at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She says the stigma of shame must be lifted from addiction and calls for more public discussion about it so people can get help.

President Donald Trump has called it a "national health emergency" and she says his administration is committed to fighting the opioid epidemic. Mrs. Trump decries how the opioid crisis has "truly taken hold of our country."

Nearly 48,000 people died last year from overdoses involving opioids. Addressing the opioid epidemic is a pillar of the first lady's Be Best youth initiative.

POOL

Lynchburg, Virginia - 28 November 2018

1. Mid of US First Lady Melania Trump on stage

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, US First Lady

"Opioid addiction is an illness that has truly taken hold of our country. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, more than a 130 people in the United States die each day due to overdosing on opioids. In 2017, those overdoses accounted for more than seventy two thousand deaths, more than any previous year on record. And in 2016 an estimated 40 percent of opioid deaths involved a prescription drug."

3. Mid of Melania Trump being interviewed by moderator Eric Bolling

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, US First Lady

"I have learned that addiction can begin with something as innocent as injury. It could be a sports injury or from some kind of an accident. I have spoken with families and seen many news reports that talk about young athletes or people injured in accidents who became hooked on opioids after being given a prescription for real pain. Tragically many of those stories and with people who have later transitioned into using heroin and overdosing. In fact, data from the Department of Health Human Services shows that in 2016 and 2017 more than 17,000 deaths were attributed to overdosing on commonly prescribed drugs. I have learned that many people who become addicted to drugs are too ashamed to ask for help. I have also learned that addiction is a disease, and like any illness people need and deserve treatment."

5. Mid of Melania Trump being interviewed by moderator Eric Bolling

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Melania Trump, US First Lady

"We must commit to removing the stigma of shame that comes with addiction and how things change public opinion, so that people find evidence based treatment before it's too late. I have learned that you have a responsibility to yourself and also to those around you who may be struggling. While you may may never personally become addicted the chances of you knowing someone who struggles with it are very high. And if you or someone you know needs help, you need to be brave enough to ask or strong enough to stand with them as they fight through the disease."

7. Mid of Melania Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Azar and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and moderator Eric Bolling.

Donald Trump is out with a new book, "Crippled America," that reads like a campaign manifesto, boasting success stories but offering few details on how he would implement his policy goals as president.

Donald Trump is out with a new book, "Crippled America," that reads like a campaign manifesto, boasting success stories but offering few details on how he would implement his policy goals as president.

POOL

New York - November 3, 2015

1. Donald Trump approaches podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate:

"We wrote a book, and the title, "Crippled America" is very tough but unfortunately we have to do what we have to do and I think one of the reasons we've been doing so well in the campaign is because we tell it like it it. We tell the truth and America is crippled. We owe seventeen and now eighteen and now nineteen trillion dollars in debt."

4. Trump holding book

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate:

"I think it's a different book. We just had polls come out today from Iowa where I'm leading. You saw the new poll in New Hampshire where I'm leading big. A poll just came out in Florida where I'm leading big. Georgia, Texas. I'm leading all over the place, and look, we're doing well. If you add Ben and myself, we're beating everybody by a lot."

6. Trump holding book ++ MUTE+

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate:

"Do I think it's time to have some of the other Republican candidates drop out? Yes. They're too many people."

8. Trump holding book ++ MUTE+

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate:

"Well I think the Republican actually are doing a pretty good job over all. They coalesced, well I think it really started with me, the guy asked me a question. I think Harwood is finished as a credible reporter, and it was such a horribly put question and so obvious, and the Republican coalesced around each other. it was actually pretty beautiful when you think about it."

10. Trump holding book ++ MUTE+

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate:

"Janet Yellen should have raised the rates. She's not doing it because the Obama administration and the president doesn't want her to."

12. Trump holding book ++ MUTE+

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is getting his message out, not just on the campaign trail, but also in a new book.

It's called "Crippled America," and reads like a campaign manifesto.

In it, Trump touts success stories, but offers few details on how he would implement his policy goals as president.

Trump offers no apologies for that, saying he doesn't rely on polls and focus groups the way professional politicians do.

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is getting his message out, not just on the campaign trail, but also in a new book.

It's called "Crippled America," and reads like a campaign manifesto.

In it, Trump touts success stories, but offers few details on how he would implement his policy goals as president.

Trump offers no apologies for that, saying he doesn't rely on polls and focus groups the way professional politicians do.

POOL

New York - November 3, 2015

++AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING++

1. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump approaches podium

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential hopeful:

"We wrote a book, and the title, 'Crippled America' is very tough. But unfortunately we have to do what we have to do and I think one of the reasons we've been doing so well in the campaign is because we tell it like it is. We tell the truth. And America is crippled. We owe seventeen and now eighteen and now it's actually very soon going to be nineteen trillion dollars in debt."

4. Trump holding book

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential hopeful:

"I think it's a different book. We just had polls come out today from Iowa, where I'm leading. You saw the new poll from Iowa. You saw the new poll in New Hampshire, where I'm leading big. A poll just came out in Florida, where I'm leading big. Georgia, Texas. I mean all over the place. And look, we're doing well. If you add Ben and myself, we're beating everybody by a lot."

6. Trump holding book ++ MUTE+

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential hopeful:

"Do I think it's time to have some of the other Republican candidates drop out? Yes. They're too many people."

8. Trump holding book ++ MUTE+

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential hopeful:

"Well I think the Republicans actually are doing a pretty good job over all. They coalesced at that last debate, because - I mean it really started with me, the guy asked me a question. I think Harwood is probably finished as a credible reporter, he's a disaster, and it was such a horribly put question and so obvious, and the Republicans coalesced around each other. It was actually pretty beautiful when you think about it."

10. Trump holding book ++ MUTE+

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican presidential hopeful:

"Janet Yellen should have raised the rates. She's not doing it because the Obama administration and the president doesn't want her to."

12. Various of Trump holding book ++ MUTE+

LEADIN:

US President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to Britain this month as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II.

It will be the latest chapter in the president's relationship with the UK.

STORYLINE:

An oath of office and a promise to the people of the United States to "Make America Great Again".

Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States, January 2017.

Only a week into his administration, on January 27, Prime Minister Theresa May was the first foreign leader to visit Trump.

A signature welcome, May and Trump got straight to business, holding a joint news conference in the Oval Office in Washington.

Both spoke of mutual cooperation between the two countries and agreed to "lay the groundwork for a UK-US trade agreement."

"I'm convinced that a trade deal between the US and the UK is in the national interest of both countries, and will cement the crucial relationship that exists between us, particularly as the UK leaves the European Union and reaches out to the world," said May.

"I can often tell how I get along with someone very early, and I think we're going to have a fantastic relationship," confirmed Trump.

Hand in hand, the UK-US relations were solidified.

Hours before May's arrival, Trump signed an executive order blocking entry to the UK for citizens from some predominantly Muslim countries.

The order suspended all travel to the US for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen.

This erupted worldwide protests and ignited criticism of May's visit to the US.

April 2018 - it was announced that Trump would make a "working" visit to the UK on July 13th.

Taking the form of a giant "Trump Baby", preparations were underway ahead of his arrival.

Protesters organised an unflattering blimp for the president's visit.

July 12, Trump and his wife and first Lady Melania arrived at Stansted.

To greet them that evening, May and her husband Phillip May stood side-by-side at Blenheim palace's grand entrance.

That evening they enjoyed a lavish dinner with guests and owners Jamie Blandford and his wife Edla Griffiths.

While Melania Trump tried her hand at the centuries-old game of bowls while visiting the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London, Trump visited May's country residence, which is 40 miles (65 kilometres) from London.

May welcomed the president to Chequers in Buckinghamshire July 13.

The meeting was expected to be unusually tense after The Sun newspaper published an interview with Trump on Thursday night (July 12).

Trump was quoted as saying he didn't agree with her Brexit plan and backed Boris Johnson to be the next British Prime Minister.

But in front of the cameras, he had nothing but praise for May.

"This incredible woman right here is doing a fantastic job, a great job, and, I mean that. And I must say that I have gotten to know Theresa May much better over the last two days than I've known her over the last year and a half. I mean we've spent more time in the last two days. Yesterday I had breakfast, lunch and dinner with her, then I said 'What are we doing tomorrow?' which is today, 'Oh you're having breakfast and lunch with Theresa May.'"

"The only thing I ask of Theresa is that we make sure we can trade that we don't have any restrictions because we want to trade with the UK and the UK wants to trade with us."

That afternoon, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II welcomed Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to Windsor Castle.

A military band honoured Trump with a royal salute before playing the US national anthem.

The Queen and Trump then inspected the guard of honour before entering the castle where they were scheduled to spend about 30 minutes getting acquainted over a cup of tea.

The palace confirmed plans that Trump will make a state visit to the UK, June 3 2019.

Some of the traditional trappings of an official state visit are likely being scaled back.

Typically one of the highlights is a carriage ride procession that brings the visiting dignitary to the Buckingham Palace grounds escorted by a large number of mounted soldiers from the Household Cavalry as gun salutes are made from nearby Green Park and the Tower of London.

Officials have not said whether that will happen this time, and it may be truncated or eliminated in part due to concerns that a slow-moving procession of horse-drawn carriages could prove an irresistible target for protesters.

The president and first lady are also not going to stay at Buckingham Palace, where state visitors usually lodge, apparently because of renovations that are underway at the 775 room official residence of the Queen.

They are expected to stay at Winfield House, the spacious home of the U.S. ambassador, which has a private garden nearly as spacious as the palace grounds.

The Trumps and their grown children are expected to meet the younger generation of royals, including Prince William, a future king, and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge.

Prince Harry is also set to meet the Trumps, but his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is expected to be at home with their son Archie.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May extended the invitation for a state visit more than two years ago, but the trip has been deferred amid concerns about the president's reception and Britain's extended crisis over Brexit.

POOL

Washington DC, US - 20 January 2017

1. Donald Trump taking oath of office AUDIO (English) Chief Justice John Roberts, off camera: "So help me, God" UPSOUND (English) Trump: "So help me, God"

2. Trump shaking hands with Justice Roberts and hugging family

3. Fireworks over the Lincoln Memorial on Inauguration night ++NIGHT SHOT++

POOL

Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US - 26 January 2017

++NIGHT SHOTS++

4. British Prime Minister Theresa May walking down steps from plane on visit to US

5. Car driving away

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington DC, US - 27 January 2017

6. May's car arriving, US President Donald Trump walking to car, greeting May, May and Trump entering White House

7. May and Trump walking towards podium, holding a joint presser

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Theresa May, British Prime Minister:

"We are discussing how we can establish trade negotiation agreements, take forward immediate high-level talks, lay the groundwork for a UK-US trade agreement, and identify the practical steps we can take now in order to enable companies in both countries to trade and do business with one another more easily. And I'm convinced that a trade deal between the US and the UK is in the national interest of both countries, and will cement the crucial relationship that exists between us, particularly as the UK leaves the European Union and reaches out to the world."

9. SOUNDBITE (English) US President Donald Trump:

"I can often tell how I get along with someone very early, and I believe we're going to have a fantastic relationship."

10. Tracking shot of May and Trump walking outside White House, holding hands for a few seconds

ASSOCIATED PRESS

London, UK - 30 January 2017

++NIGHT SHOTS++

11. Close of sign that reads (English) "Shameless May, Fascist Tyrant"

12. Close of sign that reads (English) "No to racism, no to Trump"

13. Protest

ASSOCIATED PRESS

London, UK -  7 November 2018

14. Various of giant blimp balloon called "Trump Baby"

UK POOL

Stansted, UK - 12 July 2018

15. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump exiting plane, greeting others

UK POOL

Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, UK - 12 July 2018

16. US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arriving by car at Blenheim Palace, British Prime Minister Theresa May and husband Philip May waiting to greet them   

17. Trump and wife Melania shaking hands with May and husband Philip

18. Trump, Melania, May and Philip walking towards the palace

19. Trump, Melania, May and Philip clapping for military parade and band

20. Trump, Melania, May and Philip and owner of Blenheim Palace Jamie Blandford and wife Edla Griffiths walking into the palace

UK POOL

London, UK - 12 July 2018

21. Security helicopter leaving and flying over anti-Trump protesters ++MUTE++

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London, UK - 13 July 2018

22. Various of anti-Trump protesters walking on Regent Street towards Piccadilly Circus

23. Margo Steeden, protester:

"He is disrupting politics worldwide. I don't understand why the American people haven't actually removed him."

24. Tilt down on protest crowd at Trafalgar Square

25. Various of "Trump Baby" outside Westminster

26. Close of back of jacket reading: (English) "Trump Babysitter"

27. SOUNDBITE (English) Leo Murray, Trump Blimp organiser:

"We thought it would be funny, and it is funny. People are finding it hilarious."

UK POOL

London, UK - 13 July 2018

28. Various aerials of Trump blimp flying during protest ++MUTE++

UK POOL

London, UK - 13 July 2018

29. Melania Trump playing bowls at the Royal Hospital Chelsea

UK POOL

Chequers, UK - 13 July 2018

30. Trump and May posing for a photo outside the building

31. Various of Trump and May holding hands, walking to news conference

32. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President: ++CAMERA ANGLE CHANGES DURING BITE++

"This incredible woman right here, is doing a fantastic job, a great job, and, I mean that. And I must say that I have gotten to know Theresa May much better over the last two days than I've known her over the last year and a half. I mean we've spent more time in the last two days. Yesterday I had breakfast, lunch and dinner with her, then I said 'What are we doing tomorrow?' which is today, 'Oh you're having breakfast and lunch with Theresa May.'"

33. Wide of new conference

34. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"The only thing I ask of Theresa is that we make sure we can trade, that we don't have any restrictions, because we want to trade with the UK and the UK wants to trade with us."

UK POOL

Windsor, UK - 13 July 2018

35. US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arriving

36. Queen greeting Trump and Melania

37. Various of honour guard, Queen, Trump and First Lady as US national anthem is played

38. The Queen and Trump inspecting honour guard

US President Donald Trump on Thursday continued to air his grievances against news media, calling it "the fake, fake disgusting news".

Trump told a rally crowd in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania that the media refuses to give him credit for a long list of accomplishments, including his summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

He described how he told his wife about how he "just stopped missiles from being launched every two seconds" and thought the media was "finally going to treat me so good", but didn't.

He also mocked the press for saying he wasn't tough enough on Putin.

POOL

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - 2 August 2018

1. US President Donald Trump enters auditorium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

(++Speaking about election night 2016++) "We were way up in Pennsylvania and there was only 2 percent of the vote left and we were way up. If I lost every vote, we would have won the state of Pennsylvania and the fake news refused to call it, right? They refused to call it."

3. Crowd chants, UPSOUND (English): "CNN Sucks!"

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

(++speaking about his meeting with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II) "So here was the story by the fake news: 'The president was 15 minutes late for the Queen.' Wrong. And then here's the rest of the story. Now here's the rest. Here's the rest of the story. So they said I was late when I was actually early, number one. Number two, I guess the meeting was scheduled for 15 minutes and it lasted for almost an hour. 'The president overstayed.' So I was late and I overstayed. And honestly folks, it was such a beautiful, beautiful visit and afternoon but they can make anything bad because they are the fake, fake disgusting news."

5. Audience turns and boos the media

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

(++speaking about his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un++) "I go home, I see my wife, I said 'honey we're going to get the greatest. I just did something so great today'. You know. 'I just stopped missiles from being launched every two seconds in Korea. Baby, what I did with North Korea was great'."

7. Audience

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

(++on North Korea++) "And they're not launching missiles anymore, they haven't launched one in nine months. I said, 'the media is going to treat me finally so good. So good. I mean it's going be so great, baby, I'm looking so forward to getting up tomorrow and reading those dying papers'. And what do I read. What do I read? So, I left three months ago. What do I read? They've been working on this stuff for 75 years. Obama didn't do anything. In all fairness, other administrations did nothing. They've been working on it for so many decades. What do I read? I left three months ago. 'Donald Trump isn't moving fast enough.' Can you believe it?"

9. Audience

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"But I got along great with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. And everybody said 'wow that was great'. A couple of hours later, I started hearing these reports that you know they wanted me to walk up, 'here's the podium here'. They wanted me to walk up and go like this (++imitates boxing motion++) They wanted me to go up and have a boxing match. 'I said whatever happened to diplomacy?' And by the way, whatever happened to diplomacy? You know I used to study, not too much, diplomacy."

11. Wide of audience cheering

12. Trump waving goodbye

Filling in for her father on Sunday evening, Ivanka Trump spoke at the Tweeps 2017 Forum in Saudi Arabia and told a room full of young people that their generation "is one of entrepreneurs."

The Tweeps Forum is an interactive event that connects young people interested in social media

President Donald Trump was initially scheduled to speak at the forum.

"Social media is an incredibly powerful tool. It empowers the people, particularly the next generation, your generation. Your generation is one of entrepreneurs," she said.

POOL

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 21 May 2017

1. Ivanka Trump walking to stage

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump and White House advisor:

"I've long been told about the famous Middle Eastern hospitality and we've experienced that in spades over the last two days. It's been a remarkable experience, a remarkable journey. We want to extend our gratitude from the administration, my whole family, my father to King Salman, to the Deputy Crown Prince to the Crown Prince and to everyone here today. Social media is an incredibly powerful tool. It empowers the people, particularly the next generation, your generation. Your generation is one of entrepreneurs. I spent a lot of time today meeting with some of the great Saudi entrepreneurs. It was a privilege, it was an honor. I learned so much from hearing about the unique opportunities and challenges that face them every day. But I've also seen the entrepreneurial spirit here at Saudi very much at work. We just came from the opening of a new centre to combat terrorism and ideology around terrorism and we saw that it was built in 30 days. That is entrepreneurialism. And I may need to borrow those contractors for our next construction project. Maybe infrastructure. It was incredibly impressive and the message was very meaningful. Ultimately, this young generation across the Muslim and Arab world is a generation that can build a future of tolerance, of hope and of peace. And that's what this last day has been built around, tolerance and hope and peace. We saw that today when more than 50 leaders of Arab and Muslim countries joined my father to express optimism and unity. And this generation that will have their voices heard that will convene vis a vis social media to elevate their message can do so much in achieving that goal so this was a great initiative, really a tremendous one. I've heard about the speakers that have come through here over the course of the last several hours and it has really been exciting so we want to thank the Deputy Crown Prince for his vision, his hard work and for the flawless execution of two amazing days in Saudi Arabia. Hopefully the first of many many visits to come. Thank you all so much and have a great night."

3. Trump walking off stage

Filling in for her father on Sunday evening, Ivanka Trump spoke at the Tweeps 2017 Forum in Saudi Arabia and told a room full of young people that their generation "is one of entrepreneurs." President Donald Trump was initially scheduled to speak at the forum.

"Social media is an incredibly powerful tool. It empowers the people, particularly the next generation, your generation. Your generation is one of entrepreneurs," she said.

POOL

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 21 May 2017

1. Ivanka Trump walking to stage

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ivanka Trump, Daughter of Donald Trump and White House adviser:

"I've long been told about the famous Middle Eastern hospitality and we've experienced that in spades over the last two days. It's been a remarkable experience, a remarkable journey. We want to extend our gratitude from the administration, my whole family, my father to king Salman, to the Deputy Crown Prince to the Crown Prince and to everyone here today. Social media is an incredibly powerful tool. It empowers the people, particularly the next generation, your generation. Your generation is one of entrepreneurs. I spent a lot of time today meeting with some of the great entrepreneurs. It was a privilege, it was an honor. I learned so much from hearing about the unique opportunities and challenges that face them everyday. But I've also seen the entrepreneurial spirit here at Saudi very much at work. We just came from the opening of a new center to combat terrorism and ideology around terrorism and we saw that it was built in 30 days. That is entrepreneurialism. And I may need to borrow those contractors for our next construction project. Maybe infrastructure. It was incredibly impressive and the message was very meaningful. Ultimately, this young generation across the Muslim and Arab world is a generation that can build a future of tolerance, of hope and of peace. And that's what this last day has been built around, tolerance and hope and peace. We saw that today when more than 50 leaders of Arab and Muslim countries joined my father to express optimism and unity. And this generation that will have their voices heard that will convene vis a vis social media to elevate their message can do so much in achieving that goal so this was a great initiative, really a tremendous one. I've heard about the speakers that have come through here over the course of the last several hours and it has really been exciting so we want to thank the Deputy Crown Prince for his vision, hard work and for the flawless execution of two amazing days in Saudi Arabia. Hopefully the first of many many visits to come. Thank you all so much and have a great night."

3. Trump walking off stage

STORYLINE:

'ANGELS' PLAYWRIGHT BACKS DE NIRO'S REBUFF OF THE PRESIDENT DURING TONY AWARDS

With a bleep on live television and double fists raised in the air, Robert De Niro got the theater crowd on its feet at the Tony Awards with a rousing political introduction of his old friend Bruce Springsteen that was focused squarely elsewhere: on President Donald Trump.

De Niro, a staunch Trump opponent, dropped a couple of F-bombs heard clearly by the Radio City Music crowd Sunday night (10 JUNE 2018). The CBS television audience heard dead silence instead before he raised his arms -- twice -- and earned a standing ovation.

The legendary actor urged the audience to vote in November and lauded Springsteen for his own political commitment before the singer sat at a piano for a moving performance based on his "Springsteen on Broadway" show that had him singing his classic hit, "My Hometown."

De Niro said of Springsteen: "Bruce, you can rock the house like nobody else and even more importantly in these perilous times, you rock the vote, always fighting for, in your own words, truth, transparency and integrity in government. Boy, do we need that now."

The anti-Trump sentiment swept backstage as playwright Tony Kushner and others from "Angels in America" spoke to reporters about its three big wins: best play revival and acting trophies for Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane.

"I agree," Kushner said when asked about the De Niro moment, dropping an F-bomb of his own in relation to the president.

"I can't believe De Niro did that," Kushner said. "Good for him. I mean, it's Robert De Niro. Who's gonna argue with him."

Kushner went even further, calling Trump's presidency "the Hitler mistake" that put a "borderline psychotic narcissist in the White House."

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Kushner, Playwright - on Robert De Niro's expletive directed at Donald Trump:

"It's interesting. Everything tonight was, I mean the theme of the show is about devastation and communities in terrible pain and various possibilities of healing, starting with the Parkland kids, 'Band's Visit,' 'Angels', that's a very prominent thing and the country is in terrible trouble. I believe very deeply in the power of Democratic idea and I think our democracy is very old, 200-whatever years old and I think it's gonna survive this dreadful blight but it's terrifying and the damage that he's doing, not so much I think to the institution of governance but to the social fabric of this country and the way that he's cheapening and belittling this country's constitution and its history is appalling. One of the most stunning moments for the evening was when John Leguizamo talked about these kids who are now in cages in an abandoned Wal-Mart in Brownsville, Texas. The line from the poem 'What kind of times are these when to talk about trees is almost a crime because it implies silence about so many atrocities.' That's the world we're living in now but I really believe we're going to start the process of healing by getting control of congress and having a functional, at least 1/2 of a functioning congress again and I think after that the days of this entirely criminal and I think treasonous administration are numbered. So, I can't believe De Niro did that. Good for him. I mean, he's Robert De Niro. Who's gonna argue with him? I agree. (Expletive) Trump."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Kushner, Playwright:

"It's impossible to keep up with it. It's - what we can talk about now is the insanity and the terror of having a mad man and I'm not exaggerating in saying that, a borderline psychotic narcissist in the White House. It's the Hitler mistake. This person should never have been allowed anywhere near the seat of power and there are a lot of analogies in history, unfortunately they never end well, so hopefully this will end before he ends us."

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Washington - 24 April 2018

1. First Ladies Melania Trump and Brigitte Macron begin tour the National Gallery of Art

2. First Ladies Melania Trump and Brigitte Macron tour the National Gallery of Art's and view The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement" by Paul Cézanne, 1866

3. Various of the The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement" by Paul Cézanne, 1866

STORYLINE:

Melania Trump and Brigitte Macron are visiting with Paul Cezanne.

The French artist's work, that is.  

The first ladies of the United States and France ditched the White House compound Tuesday and headed across town to the National Gallery of Art's exhibit of about 60 works by the post-impressionist painter.

During the tour the two first ladies view 'The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement,"' a simple composition by Cezanne, the artist best-known for his dynamic and colorful still lives.

It was the second day of French President Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron's visit to Washington.

Later Tuesday, President Donald and Melania Trump are hosting the couple at the administration's first state dinner.

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