The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. Its not an order. Its the president s opinion. Its ridiculous all the corruption and dishonesty thats gone on with the launching of the witch hunt, the president has watched this process play out. He also wants to see it come to an end, as he stated many times. We look forward to that happening. Hes fighting back. He stated his opinion clearly. Hes certainly expressing the frustration he has with the level of corruption weve seen from people like jim comey, peter strzok. Theres a reason the president is angry and frankly most of america is angry as well. Theres no reason he shouldnt be able to voice that opinion. Once again, as i said earlier, the president stating his opinion. Its not an order but hes been, i think, Crystal Clear about how he feels about this investigation from the beginning. You said a moment ago the investigation itself is corrupt, the Mueller Investigation. You mentioned comey and
could that tweet in and of itself be obstruction. It could. I did a trial we convicted someone of Obstruction Of Justice because he tried to get one witness to change one fact of her testimony. The bar thats it. Thats it. The bar for Obstruction Of Justice is low. You dont have to do much. To say lets just burn the whole thing down, which is essentially what the president is saying, is way beyond that. How do you, david, skplap Whats Going On with the white house, what Rudy Giuliani is saying, First Amendment rights, trump can say what he wants on twitter. This isnt an order. Its almost like this white house is trying to manipulate america but america isnt stupid. I agree with that. Theres something going on here that i dont think we fully understand. Something deeper. Something going on inside the white house. I dont know whether they have gotten some new information about the mueller team about what they know. They changed their whole story. First, no conclusion, no conclusion. Now the story is, hey, if there was conclusion, its not a
crime. Similarly, they are overreacting to the manafort case. Normally in a situation like this the white house goes quiet, the president stands back. He doesnt want to get engaged with a former why would he react to the manafort trial and say hes being treated unfavorably. By saying treated unfavorably hes giving himself a pass for the pardon. Hes laying the groundwork for possible pardon. Im not saying hes going to do it but he wants all his options open. If trump this made this request, what were going back, ellie to the tweet, if he made the request in private, Wouldnt Mueller be investigating every single witness who might have heard it, any sort of anything, just like they had had those conversations with regard to comey and flynn and what was said and who heard it. Whats unusual, the president is doing it out loud. Thats why mueller is looking at the tweets. People asked, is that fair game . Absolutely. Its a bedrock rule of courtroom procedure. You can use the defendants own statements against them. Twitter is nothing but the president s own unvarnished statements. The key in any Obstruction Case is intent, what is in the persons mind. One of the things judges tell juries in Divining Intent Science has not given us to look into someones mind. Twitter is close. Unusual to do it open but doesnt mean its not being done. Its worth remembering mueller, if they find a crime they are not going to indict. This is not going to a court of law. If theres a question of obstruction as its played out, its going to be within the impeachment proceeding. That is going to be a power play. The democrats who by then may be in control of the house, can define obstruction the way they want to and shift and said today
hes seeing it as obstruction. I dont think the kousht of law but within the politics of impeachment. April, can we go back to how sarah stands up there today and says the entire investigation is based off this dossier when that is entirely false. Not true. Yeah. You know, thinking about that press briefing, sarah was through the te flustered. She called on a reporter twice. She realized we werent buying it. The sad piece is they understand they can say these things and 70 to 90 of those who support President Trump believe it. They are not actually looking at the issues of the rule of law or issues on the table, they are saying some are believing it. The problem is we have to continue to come back and talk about how russia hacked into the dnc, how russia hacked into the pillar of our democracy. How russia is hacking, current day. Active verb. Which she did not mention. The president depending on the day is or is not doing. So at issue is they are trying to play this in the court of Public Opinion by spinning it or even im going to use the word and i dont like it, lying to the American Public so they can have people believe them and not believe the facts that are on the table from this or Justice Department or administration before. This is the real issue. It is not a witch hunt, russia started going into our process, sacred process, our elections process. Not the dossier. Yeah, theres a dossier but started with russian hacking that continues today. David gergen, put your self in the shoes of the Attorney General on the Receiving End of this tweet. Listen, theres a heck of a lot of things the president has said about them that hes been like hes ignored. Do you ignore i know the
president s attorneys are saying it wasnt an order. I dont know if you can have orders over twitter. Were in new space. What does sessions do. Theres not a lot he can do. First of all, he doesnt have authority. He recused himself from the case. He took himself out. For him to shut it down would be in violation of his own voluntary recusal. Does he understand that . He acts as if he doesnt. I think what sessions if youre in that situation he wants to save his job whatever pressure the president brings on. Is there a way we can hasten the conclusion here. Can we get to that point more quickly. Hes got to be careful because he cant Consult Rosenstein on this as far as i can tell. If hes recused, hes recused. People have asked is there such a thing as unrecusal . Not that ive heard of. Jeff sessions its incredible to
see the president in the course of two tweets, peter strzok sent tests, should have recused himself but Jeff Sessions who dealt with russian directly, part of the campaign, he should unrecuse himself some who you. Good point. Thank you. We have more on this coming up. Day two of Paul Manafort trial. Already a huge surprise. The Prosecutions Star Witness Rick Gates may not testify. Hear why. And a cnn exclusive Robert Mueller handing off several of his cases to new york federal prosecutors. What this could say about the Russia Investigation. And President Trump escalates the trade war saying u. S. Farmers hit by tariffs, quote, can take it. Well talk to an iowa Soybean Farmer coming up. Youre watching cnn, im brooke baldwin. Ive taken that advice to heart. And im using that advice to change our company. Moving forward, were taking into consideration whats good for our driver partners, our riders, and the cities that we operate in. And its going to make us a much, much better service. Back to cnn. Paul manafort day two, accused of hiding millions of dollars to fund his extravagant lifestyle. The trial a test for special counsel Robert Muellers team facing a jury for the first time. Prosecutors a little manafort committed bank and tax fraud, millions rallying for politicians in ukraine. He said he spent it on lavish items like a custom 15,000 jacket made from an ostrich, a 21,000 watch. And Court Documents indicate manafort spent nearly 850,000 at one Mens Clothing store in manhattan over this sixyear period. Manaforts defense team unveiling strategy, shift the
blame to rick gates, manaforts longtime associate and prosecutions star witness. Lets get to Jessica Schneider covering the trial for us. Lets start with rick gates. They talk about him in Opening Statements and now he might not testify. Thats the Possibility Prosecutors put out there earlier today. Really its probably not sitting well with manaforts defense team. As you mentioned, the strategy they laid out on day one of the trial it pins it largely on rick gates. They called him an embezzler. They said he flipped on manafort to save himself. Here is how it went down and interpret it how you will. The prosecutor was actually questioning an fbi agent who is part of that raid on manaforts condo last summer. The agent referenced a document found inside the home. It was called gates agenda. The judge, t. S. Ellis, who has been very involved in this stopped the proceedings and said if youre going to call mr. Gates, this is a waste of time. Obviously it said gates agenda. It gets interesting. The prosecutor responded, he may testify in this case, he may t not. That sent a shock wave through the courtroom. It is the prosecutors prerogative who they call in this case. The defense team, they may have showed their hand too soon saying they plan to lay the blame on gates. Even though he is one of the witnesses of 35 people on the prosecution, the prosecution is not bound to call everyone on the list. Who knows, they may decide not to call him. The big question, will they or wont they. Thats a question mark. What about the whole notion the judge today, we ran through extravagant items manafort bought like this ostrich jacket. The judge said mr. Manafort is not on trial for having a lavish lifestyle. Explain the judges decision making. T. S. Ellis is cracking the whip in court. The prosecution want to exemplify Paul Manaforts lifestyle. They want to do it in large part by showing some of the pictures of his clothing, showing the watch he bought, showing all of his expensive suits. The judge is trying it restrict some of the evidence here. Hes not letting in some of these photographs. Brooke, what the prosecution is doing right now on the stand as we speak is 29yearold maximilian katzmann, he works at his fathers highend Clothing Store in new york city, they are using him to talk about manaforts lavish lifestyle. They say manafort was one of their top five clients in this store. We know from prosecutors he spent hundreds of thousands on luxury clothing. Perhaps without some of these pictures, which might be more interesting for the jury, they are looking to get the evidence in through the latest witness, the 29yearold who is going to talk about how much manafort spent. Jessica, thank you so much. On the Manafort Trial Today Turning now to another development in the Russia Investigation, cnn has learned that Robert Mueller has handed off several cases to new york federal prosecutors according to people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors are looking at several highprofile american lobbyists and operatives to determine if they failed to register their work as foreign agents. With me, erica with the scoop, she has the story. Erica, tell me about the referrals. Sure. We know the referrals happened in the spring by Robert Mueller, u. S. Attorneys office for Southern District of new york. Looking at whether longtime lobbyist tony podesta and his firm, the Podesta Group as well as former congressman ben webber and his firm Mercury Public Affairs and greg craig, who is the former Obama White House counsel and also formally with this law firm performed work on
behalf of the Ukrainian Government without registering as foreign agents, which is a step thats required by federal law. Tell me why this is so significant. Sure. I should note that some of them have said that they did not form that registration because they were misled by intermedaries who were involved in the work. The significance of the referrals is that theres been an expectation as the Mueller Investigation has progressed that if mueller or the Special Counsel Team came across work or investigative threads that Werent Central to the question of whether Trump Campaign colluded with the russian government that he would then the Special Council Team might then farm them out or refer those cases out in part to protect against the idea they had gone beyond the scope of what they had been assigned to do or why the Special Counsel Team was convened. Big news. Erica, thank you for breaking
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forward in positive structure where we Work Together to resolve this situation. All right. So i hear you historically, yes, a struggle. Everyone wants to jump in and work forward. When we were looking how strong gdp was and how farmers have been stockpiling im curious, Soybean Experts rose 3 annualized in q2 as companies were racing to beat tariffs. Im curious, mark, did you, did your Family Stockpile Soybeans ahead of the tariffs . Stockpile is not the right terminology. Most farmers have the ability to carry their crops from year to year in storage, allowing us to sell at the most timely and profitable margin. For myself personally i have sold my 2017 crop prior to planting it almost a year ago. So a lot of the profit was in the markets using chicago trade
as future source to price with. A lot of my friends and neighbors have sold at a profit. I pretty much have or better my 2018 crop sold in advance as well. Not so much to beat the deadline of the tariff struggle but i think it was just the normal process that farmers typically use year to year. Are you supportive of what the president is doing . We talked to a lot i talked to a pork farmer last week about this whole 15 billion bailout for a lot of farmers who have needed it. Are you in support of the president and do you have any concerns that hes fighting this on multiple front . Are you worried about this hitting you longterm . Yeah. Everyone is concerned as far as the direction its going now, as far as whether we support the president or not, its a matter that the hand has been dealt. I think at this point in time
lets look at the Bigger Picture that china is they are abusing the intellectual property rights. There are a lot of factors involved here. Soubs are just 14 billion element in 300 billion plus maneuver here. So i think from that respect, we are probably the biggest target because we are the smallest population given that 99 of the people in the United States do not farm. But let me jump in quickly, the last question, you say the hand youve been dealt. The hand of this president. Do you support this president and what hes doing . At this point in time, yes, i definitely support what hes doing. I think moving forward for a longterm solution to a better agriculture, i think that effort is there. Theres only one source of food in this world and thats the farmer producing it. Nearly half, 43 of the soybeans grown in this world are produced in the United States. So china needs souybeans, they o need ours. Its just a matter of the final price we received. Were grateful for you, we need you. Mark jackson, thanks for talking to me. Thank you for the opportunity. You got it. Right now the remains believed to be that of 55 u. S. Service members killed in the korean war are finally on their way home. But for many more families of p. O. W. S, they have no idea what happened to their loved ones. Coming up next the son of one of those Service Members who was just 2 years old when his father was captured joins me live. Hopes you drive safely. Facty but allstate actually helps you drive safely. With drivewise. It lets you know when you go too fast. And brake too hard. With feedback to help you drive safer. Giving you the power to actually lower your cost. Unfortunately, it cant do anything about that. Now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . Todays Senior Living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, Exercise Rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. And theres never been an easier way to get great advice. A place for mom is a free service that pairs you with a local advisor to help you sort through your options and find a perfect place. A place for mom. You know your family we know Senior Living. Together well make the right choice. 55 flag draped caskets believed to contain the remains of u. S. Service members killed in the korean war are finally on their way home. Vice president mike pence will be there to receive the remains as they touch down later in hawaii. He will take part in a special ceremony before those remains are set to undergo further analysis and identification. The north korean government providing only a single dog tag to help identify the fallen. A process, according to the defense department, could take not just months but years. They are quite a lot. In fact, one of the largest unilateral turnovers weve ever received. We cant just assume any particular item such as a dog tag goes with any particular set of remains. We do hope that the individual whose dog tag that is is somewhere amongst these remains were taking back. It is a moment of hope 65 years in the making for these gold star family. The pentagon says more than 7800 american personnel are still unaccounted for. And the kim regime has still never explained what happened to many prisoners of war. One of those service mens is major samuel p. Logan. This is video from what is believed to be his capture way back in September Of 1950 after his aircraft was shot down. It is one of the only shreds of detail that the logan family has to explain what happened to him. Major logans son, mike, was just 2 years old when his father was captured. Hes good enough to join me today to share more of his story. Mr. Logan, thank you for being with me. Were so grateful to your father and his service to this country. Thank you, brooke. Thank you on behalf of all the
gold star family and family of p. O. W. S and m. I. A. S in increase. You and your family have fought really hard for answers about your fathers capture. Tell me what you believe happened to your dad. Because of the Video Evidence and information released russians and soviet union, weve always believed because of who he was, what he was, b29 pilot, his intelligence was very valuable to the soviet union and not really to much to the north koreans, so he was probably shipped through china to the soviet union for interrogation. He probably died there in a prisoner of war camp. They never would admit they had him, neither would the north koreans, for that matter. I had read that your grandmother, she was 91 years of age when she passed away without
knowing and still wondering if her son might still walk back in that door. What do you remember about that . Well, actually my grandmother was 98 years old. Forgive me, 98. My mother was 91 years of age. They fought hard to find out what happened to their husband and son. It really my grandmother was just a real tyrant to press the government for information. But it wasnt until 1954 that she and a band of fellow p. O. W. Mothers went to washington and demanded that the files be released and the information be turned over to them. It was only then that she found out that he was not an m. I. A. But, in fact, a p. O. W. And they had a lot of flchlation about that. So can you just talk to me about that. Is it frustration, sadness, anger toward even the u. S. Government that he has not been viewed in their eyes properly as a p. O. W. . I wouldnt say it was anger, but it definitely was frustration. His whereabouts were never released or the knowledge they had about his whereabouts was never released to us, or to anyone for that matter. It was a real battle to get that information. I dont think they really wanted to continue it, because the war was over. It was costing a lot of money to pursue it. I think truman, president at the time, and eisenhower thereafter, had other fish to fry, so to speak, and really wanted to move on from that issue. Now, mr. Logan, the story today is that north korea has said there are about 200 remains that they could return. Just a fraction of the number of
americans who are unaccounted for. They reported they provided this one dog tag among these remains. Do you have any doubt, first and foremost, that north korea is finally making good on its promise, that the remains in those caskets are, indeed, the remains of the American Military . I have every doubt those remains are of American Military. This is not the first time they turned over remains. There were all kinds of things in those remains. They even allowed us years and years ago before Nuclear Proliferation to go to sites and dig only to find out those sites were salted with remains just to collect money and, you know, to get the money the United States would pay them to allow them to come and look for remains. So i dont trust them at all. You dont trust them at all. There are a lot of gold star families praising President Trump for going all the way to singapore and meeting with kim
jongun. I just want to know how you felt, not having these answers for 68 years, and watching this moment where you see the president shake hands with kim. How do you feel about that . I think its great. I appreciate his efforts and those of his staff, mike pompeo and others to meet with him. Otherwise what has been done with the 55 would never have been done. Any chance of getting any more would never have been done. So i really appreciate President Trump and his staff for their efforts in this issue. Are you hopeful that your fathers remains will ever be found . Sure. Im hopeful, but very doubtful. I dont think hes in north korea. I dont think hes ever been in north korea since the late 1950s. I think hes been in russia since probably december, january of 1950. Mike logan, thank you. Thank you, brooke. Coming up next, back to our breaking news, President Trump launching his most aggressive attack on this whole Russia Investigation, telling his Attorney General over twitter to end this investigation right now. Is this Obstruction Of Justice In Plain Sight . Lets talk about that. If youre turning 65, youre probably learning about medicare and supplemental insurance. Medicare is great, but it Doesnt Cover Everything only about 80 of your part b medicare costs, which means you may have to pay for the rest. Thats where Medicare Supplement insurance comes in to help pay for some of what medicare doesnt. Learn how an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by United Healthcare Insurance Company might be the right choice for you. A free Decision Guide is a great place to start. Call today to request yours. So what makes an aarp Medicare Supplement plan unique . Well, these are the only Medicare Supplement plans endorsed by aarp and thats because they meet aarps high standards of quality and service. Youre also getting the great features that any Medicare Supplement plan provides. For example, with any Medicare Supplement plan you may choose any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. You can even visit a specialist. With this type of plan, there are no networks or referrals needed. Also, a Medicare Supplement plan goes with you when you travel anywhere in the u. S. A free Decision Guide will provide a breakdown of aarp Medicare Supplement plans, and help you determine the plan that works best for your needs and budget. Call today to request yours. Lets recap. There are 3 key things you should keep in mind. One if youre turning 65, you may be eligible for medicare but it only covers about 80 of your Medicare Part b costs. A Medicare Supplement plan may help pay for some of the rest. Two this type of plan allows you to keep your doctor as long as he or she accepts medicare patients. And three these are the only Medicare Supplement plans endorsed by aarp. Learn more about why you should choose an aarp Medicare Supplement plan. Call today for a free guide. President. We are watching this outburst on his twitter feed as trump launches his most aggressive attack yet against the Russia Investigation telling his Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end the investigation right now. Ill read the tweet for you. This is a key piece. Attorney general Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. It should be noted, however, that the sessions has recused him from all russia related matter and it is Rod Rosenstein overseeing this entire thing. The president s direct attack on his own Attorney General comes despite his aides say they arent worried about the trial under way of former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. Here is what the white house said today. Its not an order. Its the president s opinion and its ridiculous that all of the corruption and dishonesty thats gone on with the launching of the witch hunt the president has watched this process play out but he also wants to see it come
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