Summary: New details from the confession of the Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz have been released. The Broward State Attorney’s office released a transcript of Cruz’s hours-long confession to the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS. Paula McMahon, reporter for the Sun Sentinel, joins us to talk about the voices in Nikolas Cruz’s head and what they were telling him to do. Next, there is a new outbreak of Ebola in the Congo. Genetic tests confirm that this outbreak is different from an earlier outbreak that was declared over in late July. So far there are 43 cases, 34 deaths, and doctors are getting ready to use an experimental vaccine to treat those exposed to the virus. Andrew Freedman, Science editor at Axios, joins us to talk about how the vaccination program will work and also how security concerns may make it difficult to administer. Finally, Rick Gates continues to take the stand at the financial fraud trial of President Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort. While he continues to maintain that Manafort directed him to commit all the banking fraud, the defense got to cross examine him. Laura Nahmias, reporter for Politico, joins us for the defenses strategy to paint Rick Gates as a liar and also the news that he used some of the money to pay for an affair in London.
