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Never acted without Campaign Officials permission. What is she revealing about members of the trump team . California fires spreading. New wildfires devour homes between los angeles and san diego as fires already burning cause more damage. How long will it be before weary firefighters and nearly 200,000 evacuees get a break from the weather . And strong job market. The president cheers some of the rosiest economic numbers in years. So is the big tax cut in Congress Really needed to help the economy . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following multiple breaking stories right now, including new information on the astonishing breadth of special counsel Robert Muellers investigation into former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and manaforts associate rick gates. According to Court Documents, investigators have used 15 search warrants to collect information from 36 Electronic Devices, including laptop computers. In all, theyve assembled some 400,000 documents, including financial records, corporate records and emails. Manafort and gates, theyre due back in court once again next monday. Also tonight, new information about George Papadopoulos. Hes the former Trump Campaign Foreign Policy adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi as part of the special counsel Robert Muellers russia probe. And now in an interview with cnn, papadopoulos fiance says he was, quote, everything but a coffee boy, which is how the president s allies have described him. She said papadopoulos worked with senior members of the Trump Campaign and didnt act without Campaign Approval. And were also following the growing wildfire disaster in california. Six large fires have burned roughly 250 square miles, almost 200,000 people have been forced to flee. The dry, strong winds pushing the flames down canyons and into neighborhoods. Our forecasts through sunday. And democratic senator richard blumenthal, a member of the Judiciary Committee, hes standing by to take our questions. And our correspondents, analysts and specialists, they will have full coverage of the days top stories. Lets begin with the latest information on the stunning scope of special counsel Robert Muellers russia investigation into former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate rick gates. Our justice correspondent Jessica Schneider has the latest on Court Filings in the case and, jessica, youre also getting some breaking news about another Trump Campaign aide, now the White House Communications director hope hicks. Tell our viewers what youre learning. Reporter well, wolf, tonight, new pieces of information about hope hicks, the current White House Communications director. Right now according to the New York Times, we understand that hope hicks has finally been interviewed by the special counsel Robert Muellers team. We know that that interview happened either thursday or today. Of course hope hicks has been of extreme interest to the special counsel. Of course shes been at President Trumps side for all of the campaign. Shes been with the Trump Organization before that. And, of course, now most recently shes been the Communications Director. We know the special counsel has interest in her because she was on Board Air Force one when that statement was drafted explaining what that meeting about the meeting at trump tower with donald trump jr. And the russians. So, again, the special counsel interviewing hope hicks late this week, either thursday or today, and secondly, the New York Times also reporting that fbi officials talked to hope hicks earlier this year in whats being described as a defensive briefing. They met with her twice in the situation room at the white house to warn hope hicks about some of the males that she w emails she was receiving at the beginning of went after President Trump took office. They warned her these emails that appeared to come from russian officials might not exactly have been who they said that they were. They warned about this. This was part of an overall briefing. They said that hope hicks did nothing wron wrong but they wanted to get the word out there. It was in january that the Intelligence Committee issued that report, saying that the russians had meddled in the lengths and then possibly in the weeks following, hope hicks continued to receive emails that were purportedly from russians, russian officials but, again, wolf, the news coming out tonight from the the New York Times that fbi officials met with hope hicks in the white house on at least two occasions in situation room to warn her about these emails and warn the emails may not be what they appear. Wolf . Jessica, there is also new information tonight about Paul Manafort. Thats right. The government releasing some information today, saying they so far have amassed hundreds of thousands of documents in its case against Paul Manafort and his deputy rick gates. So those are all being handed over to the defendants. And really the breakdown by number here. It showcases the enormous scale of this investigation. So here it is for you. Prosecutors so far have collected 400,000 documents, including financial and bank account records, corporate records and emails, and of those documents, 2,000 of them are labelled by prosecutors as hot documents. That refers to materials that are particularly relevant or important. There were also 36 laptops, phones, thumb drives and devices that were obtained during the raid at Paul Manaforts home in july. Investigators have also secured in this investigation 15 search warrants. But what weve learned today, perhaps the most intriguing disclosure in the prosecutors filing is this, that the government has, quote, deposition testimony given by the defendants in another matter. Now prosecutors, they are not saying exactly what that means, but depositions, of course, theyre out of court sworn testimony that can be used to discovery purposes or potentially at trial. So we know that Paul Manafort, rick gates giving those depositions. Now, the government we know has also handed over certain brady material, thats exculpatory evidence that could be beneficial to manaforts or gates defense. The government has also released all of this information, all the documents to both defendants as manafort and gates, they prepare for a Court Appearance monday morning. Both of them, of course, pleaded not guilty to Money Laundering and foreign lobbying among other federal criminal charges. And, wolf, we know that this case is moving forward steadily and its likely that this case will go to trial in the spring of 2018. Wolf . All right. Very good reporting, jessica, thank you very much. Jessica schneider reporting for us. Also tonight, new revelations about George Papadopoulos, the former Trump Campaign Foreign Policy adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi as part of the special counsel Robert Muellers russia probe. The president s allies maintain he was a lowlevel coffee boy who rarely interacted with the trump team. Our justice correspondent pamela brown has now spoken with papadopoulos fiance. Pamela, tell our viewers what shes saying. Well, wolf, this is the first time were hearing George Papadopoulos side of the story through his fiance. She wanted to share things that papadopoulos himself has not been able to discuss because on the advice of his lawyers he is not speaking publicly as he awaits sentencing. But his fiance, an Italian National who says she too was interviewed by the fbi in relation to the russia investigation strongly refutes claims by the white house and Campaign Officials that papadopoulos was nothing more than a coffee boy. What have you seen, what have you read that doesnt square with the George Papadopoulos that you know . George papadopoulos is everything but a coffee boy. Reporter his fiance says despite what the white house says about her fiance George Papadopoulos it was a volunteer position. He was the coffee boy. Reporter he was not a lowlevel volunteer in the trump compare or a rogue agent who acted without approval. He was a Foreign Policy adviser for the campaign. He helped those editing trumps speech on Foreign Policy. He attended many events and entertained contacts with highlevel officials of different countries. He was actively giving his input and insights on in terms of strategies and, of course, he was in contact with highlevel officials and got proved to knee initiative. Reporter in march of 2016, President Trump named him as a top Foreign Policy adviser. George papadopoulos, hes an oil and energy consultant. Excellent guy. Reporter later, papadopoulos met with the president and now attorney general Jeff Sessions where papadopoulos allegedly proposed setting up a meeting between trump and putin. Sessions claims he nixed the idea, but when news broke about his cooperation with the special counsel, President Trump slammed papadopoulos in a tweet. A young, lowlevel volunteer who has already proven to be a liar. What was your reaction when you saw that tweet . As the same person who called him excellent guy. So i agree with that. Reporter she says her fiance interacted with Campaign Manager corey lewandowski, steve bannon, Paul Manafort, including other Campaign Officials. And she says during the transition former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. They have all denied, downplayed or say they dont remember their interactions with him. You say that he was consistently in touch with these highlevel Campaign Officials. Yes. What was his interaction with Michael Flynn . He was in contact with mo Michael Flynn and he worked with Michael Flynn during the transition and he was actively contributing to develop the Foreign Policy strategies for the campaign. He didnt take any initiative on his own without Campaign Approval no sununu Court Documents show papadopoulos emailed Campaign Officials in march 2016 about setting up a meeting in moscow between us, the Trump Campaign and the russian leadership to discuss u. S. russia ties under President Trump. A Campaign Supervisor now identified as sam clovis, quote, great work, and later wrote, i would encourage you to make the trip if it is feasible. In a separate email, a Campaign Official now identified as Paul Manafort wrote, it should be someone low level in the campaign as to not send any signal. She tells cnn that papadopoulos even did an interview in the fall of 2016 with Russian News Agency interfax and says the campaigns deputy Communications Director brian lanza, who is now a cnn contributor, signed off on it. Lanza declined to comment. So the campaign approved him doing the only interview as far as you know with interfax . Yes. Signed off by the campaign. Yes. Was russia a big focus for him . Did he have a lot of contacts there . My understanding of his contribution to the campaign was really secondary. And he did big work with the egyptians, israel. Reporter she points to his role as a Foreign Policy panelist at the Republican National convention. At a meeting with Israeli Settlers around inauguration day. Seen here in video obtained by the jerusalem post. While she says papadopoulos communicated with bannon, dearborn and flynn later in the campaign, he never discussed russia with them. Why do you think the white house was so quick to come out and call him a coffee boy or a lowlevel volunteer . I think they wanted to disassociate from the first person who decided to actively cooperate with the government. I suppose this can be quite threatening for some people. Reporter she says she was interviewed by the fbi in october and that a key focus was on londonbased Professor Joseph mifsud, suspected of being a link between the Trump Campaign and russian officials. A lot of discussion reporter mifsud allegedly told papadopoulos during the campaign that the russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton. Thousands of emails. She says she met papadopoulos in september 2016 through linkedin because she was working at the London Center of International Law practice where he had worked earlier in the year. When they met, mifsud was running the center. I suppose that the fbi was interested in knowing my connection with mifsud. Which makes perfect sense. Its quite a strange coincidence that we both worked for the same person. Reporter she says despite that coincidence, she told the fbi she is not a russian spy. They asked me if i speak russian, if i know russian people. I think people got about me being a spy, thinking i was the russian you know, that was like a bit of fantasies and everything. Reporter she says despite everything theyve been through, she continues to stand by her fiance and his willingness to work with investigators. Im very proud of this choice to cooperate with the right side of history. And she says she hopes President Trump will pardon papadopoulos and she says she believes he will because he has been loyal to him. The white house did not provide a comment for this story. Wolf . Pamela, good reporting. Thank you very, very much. With us now, democratic senator richard blumenthal. Hes a member of the Judiciary Committee and previously served at connecticuts attorney general. Senator, thanks for joining us. Thank you, wolf. Good to be with you. Weve got a lot to go through. Lets start with this New York Times report that the past february the fbi briefed hope hicks about efforts by russians to contact her during the president ial transition. What does that tell you . What it tells me is that the fbi knew about contacts between the Transition Team and the russian government, as have been documented previously. They obviously were concerned about possible leaks of information from the trump Transition Team to the russians and contacts by flynn, which are now part of the charging documents and official files with the court show that, in fact, highlevel members of the trump transition were knowledgeable about flynns contacts. And the question really now is, what did they know and when did they know it . Not only flynn but also Jared Kushner and even the Vice President because he played a critical part in that campaign. And hope hicks may be a source of information about it. Well, the New York Times is also reporting, senator, that hope hicks, and shes the White House Communications director right now, was interviewed by the special counsels team this week. Actually today and yesterday. What other insight do you believe hope hicks could have provided Robert Muellers team . She has as much knowledge as anyone on the planet about the way that donald trump works, about his relationship with his son donald trump jr. , as well as soninlaw Jared Kushner, what the communications were between them that may involve not only collusion between the Trump Campaign and russian meddling, but also possible obstruction of justice. There is a credible case of obstruction of justice against donald trump and to take one specific instance the drafting of the explanation that was offered by donald trump jr. About that june 9th meeting involving Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner and russian agents where they were promised dirt on Hillary Clinton and where the president of the United States reportedly dictated a statement that was deliberately misleading, saying that the only purpose of that meeting was, in, in fact, russian adoption. Those kinds of evidence are very, very important. Hope hicks could shed a lot of light on it. Yeah, that was that trump tower meeting that is now very controversial. Senator, lets discuss the documents and electronics obtained by Robert Muellers team in their investigation of fan fort and rick gates. What does that tell you about muellers case, because the extent of the documents collected is enormous . The extent is enormous. The scope and scale reflect a methodical and meticulous investigation and they are clearly leaving no stone unturned. Theyre using every investigative tool available, as they should, and it is a thoroughly deliberate and professional investigation that obviously has produced a lot of evidence that has not been publicly disclosed. We know a lot of evidence that already is highly incriminating to Paul Manafort and others in the trump team, but this kind of disclosure is also a signal. And a message to Paul Manafort about the extent and scope and evidence on him, but also to other potential witnesses and defendants that they face this accumulating mound of evidence that are pieces in a mosaic that will be put together and most likely involve them theyre going to be witnesses, theyre going to be defendants. Better to cooperate now. Better to be on the train before it leaves. President trump, as you know, senator, has ramped up his attacks on the fbi leadership. Were you satisfied with fbi director Christopher Wrays defense of the agency yesterday . I think he could have been more vigorous and aggressive in his defense. The fbi is an institution of unexcelled professionalism and dedication. They dont deserve this kind of absolutely reprehensible criticism from donald trump. As president of the United States, he has a responsibility to have their back, not to be attacking them or calling their reputation in tatters. And i would have been far more outraged and angry than the fbi director was in his testimony about that kind of completely unjustified irresponsible criticism. Senator blumenthal, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you. Up next, President Trump touting some of the best economic numbers in years. He heads south for some campaigning tonight. Will his rally next door to alabama boost republican roy moores chances of going to the u. S. Senate . It can detect a threat using ai, and respond 60 times faster. It lets you know where your data lives, down to the very server. 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S. Senate race in alabama on his mind. Reporter thats right, wolf. While i expect you will hear the president touting those jobs numbers tonight, its certainly an issue he feels he hasnt gotten enough credit for. All eyes are going to be what he says this evening on alabama, if anything, including his controversial decision to wrap his arms around Alabama Senate hopeful roy moore. President trump putting politics first today, using the bully pulpit to back a gop Senate Candidate accused of molesting a teenage girl. Vote roy moore, trump tweeted today, reiterating his support for the Alabama Senate hopeful just hours before taking off for a campaignstyle rally in pensacola, florida. Just across the border from alabama. The white house still insists trump is concerned about the allegations against moore. We think that the allegations are troubling. Reporter but if trump has any qualms, he isnt showing them. Moore has been accused of sexual abuse or assault by four women. The candidate has denied doing anything inappropriate. A denial that appears to hold more weight with the president than the mounting evidence against moore. He totally denies it. He says it didnt happen. And, you know, you have to listen to him also. I know a lot about guns. Reporter while the Republican National committee initially said it would stop pouring resources into Moores Campaign, it has since reversed course. As the president places moores political value ahead of any concerns about his morality. We dont want to have a liberal democrat in alabama, believe me. We want strong borders. We want stopping crime. We want to have the things that we represent and we certainly dont want to have a liberal democrat thats controlled by nancy pelosi and controlled by chuck schumer. We dont want to have that for alabama. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Reporter the rnc is following trumps lead. Its up to the voters of alabama right now. This is democracy. Theyre going to see this play out. They get to make that decision. Its not up to me. And the president has said we want to keep this seat republican. The rnc is the political arm of the white house and we want to support the president s agenda. Reporter yet another controversy awaits the president on his southern swing, after trump scheduled a stop to attend the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum, two black congressmen say they will not attend the event. John lewis, a civil rights icon and Bennie Thompson say theyre skipping the event because President Trumps attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum. In a statement, White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders said, the president hopes others will join him in recognizing that the movement was about removing barriers and unifying americans of all backgrounds. Now, the president didnt seem particularly eager to discuss roy moore or the Sexual Harassment allegations that have been rocking congress. He left the white house this evening without stopping by to talk to reporters but well see what happens when he takes the stage in florida. Wolf . We certainly will. Coverage of that later tonight. Sara, thanks very much. Coming up, a growing concern and more evacuations as californias fire disaster now stretches from north of los angeles all the way down to san diego county. When will the hot, windy weather give firefighters a break . Lets get the one with the candy canes. Well, you know, the wrapping paper doesnt make the holidays. Its whats inside that counts. Its a phone for mom. Okay, well, its also whats inside the phone that counts, too. Circuits . No, the network. So the network is inside the phone . Well, no, the networks around the phone. And verizon is the most awarded network ever. Thats why more people count on it. 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What kind of role does she play . How big of a role does she play . And potentially, what might she be able to reveal . Well, look, she plays a Critical Role as a witness in this investigation because she has been by Donald Trumps side since the very beginning of the campaign up until now as head of communications for the white house. So she has been there and has been a witness to a lot of aspects of this investigation, including the crafting of the don jr. Trump tower meeting statement aBoard Air Force one, among other things. So we have been expecting this interview with muellers team was going to happen. The fact it happened over the course of two days clearly shows there was a lot of ground to cover here. Now in terms of what the New York Times is reporting, regarding the fbi warning her about these russian attempts to reach out to her, we do know that the fbi did meet with white house officials earlier in the year to warn them about the possibility of this happening but the times is reporting that, in fact, it did happen. Which is certainly very interesting, even after all of this news about the russia probe has been out there, theyre still making attempts to make inroads with trump associates. Very important, indeed. Very interesting. Susan, were also learning about the massive amount of information, documents that muellers team has already collected from Paul Manafort and his associate rick gates, 400,000 documents, 36 laptops and other Electronic Devices all collected through 15 search warrants. What does that tell you . Right. It seems like a surprising amount but its actually not all that unusual for a really complex white collar investigation to have sort of this amount of evidence being seized. The particular focus on Financial Information has caused some people for say, is mueller now getting into that red line territory, you know that trump said youre allowed to look at the collusion issue but not anything else . You know, i think the thing that is important to keep in mind here is that the people who determine the appropriate jurisdiction is going to be mueller and Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. There is a process at doj for requesting additional jurisdiction when needed. There is even a process for whenner rosenstein disagrees with mueller, notifying congress about any kind of disagreement. Whatever the president says here about whether or not mueller has gotten beyond his own jurisdiction, that really is just talk and there is no evidence that there is any kind of conflict at the doj level about what muellers looking into. And as far as George Papadopoulos is concerned, pamela, hes the Foreign Policy adviser who worked for the Trump Campaign. Hes pled guilty to lying to the fbi. What are you hearing about potentially what he might be able to reveal . Well, you know, up until now weve only really heard the white house version of events, calling him a lowlevel volunteer. A coffee boy. His fiance sat down with us to paint a different picture. His finance yeah Simona Mangiante said he was anything but a lowlevel volunteer. She says she was consistently in touch with highlevel Campaign Officials throughout the campaign as well as during the transition. She had many meetings with officials from foreign governments. What she really wanted to do was just defend her fiance in this case and provide his side of the story for the first time. As we know, he is a cooperating witness in the fbis russia probe. He was the first one that we know of to be charged and the first one to plead guilty. So clearly the fbi views him as an important person in this probe. If he had such an important role, mark, a central role in this campaign as his fiance alleges, where does that leave the trumps teams suggestion that he was merely a coffee boy . I think we have to go back and look at what his role and how the campaign was structured at that time. I think it goes to show, and we knew this at the time, that the folks who were in position of power were wholly unqualified for the positions of power they were in. Whether thats papadopoulos being overseas trying to broker deals with russia, you know, in order to set up a meeting between donald trump and putin. Whether you have sam clovis, who was his immediate supervisor who was the chief policy adviser for the campaign where he is in absolutely no position to be that person. I do think there is truth in the middle of it. I do think he was in touch with top campaign advisers. I dont know if they necessarily listened to him all the time, but that doesnt matter. The fact that clovis greenlighted him to do certain things that we look at and say, wow, that is terrible. That is a problem. Also what was new in the interview with her, she said the campaign approved him doing an interview and sitting down with russian News Media Agency interfax. She believed it was the only interview he did with interfacts. Her thought was why would you let a lowlevel coffee boy represent to the Russian Media with the campaign . Isnt that asking for potential trouble . This is all about creating distance between whoever that individual is and the campaign for the public consumption. They did it with manafort. They did it to a lesser extent with flynn. Flynn is a harder one to do because he was in the white house and a very Senior Adviser to the president. This is one we didnt know about until this information came out. So the further the more distance they can put between themselves and this person, at least in the public eye, the better. Everyone stand by. There is more information coming into the situation room. Well take a quick break. Resume our coverage right after this. If you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,. Isnt it time to let the real you shine through . Maybe its time for Otezla Apremilast . Otezla is not an injection or a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months,. With reduced redness,. Thickness, and scaliness of plaques. And the otezla prescribing information has. No requirement for routine lab monitoring. Dont use if youre allergic to otezla. 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He tweeted this earlier this morning. Last thing the make America Great again agenda needs is another liberal senator. The Pelosi Schumer puppet jones, referring to the opponent, would vote against us 100 of the time. Hes bad on crime, life, border, guns, vets, military. Vote roy moore. All in caps. Vote roy moore. The white house still insists the president is concerned about the allegation against roy moore. How do you square all of that . Well, the president s having his cake and eating it too, right . Theyre giving him enough wiggle room if something were to come out, listen, no blood on our hands, we said if something came out he should have to step down. The fact of the matter is, he is going to down to florida, which is basically alabama, because its only about 20 miles away and campaigning, as we saw from that tweet right there and from his comments, he is all in, including the Republican National committee pouring money into that race. However they try to square it, the fact is hes allin on roy moore for bad or good. For my tastes of it, its for bad. Hes going to be in pensacola, jackie. As you know, only about 20 or 25 miles from alabama. Hes going to be giving a Campaign Rally event there and presumably mentioning how important it is for the folks in alabama to support roy moore. And Moores Campaign is hoping that trump gives helps increase the momentum right before this very critical election day. That said, it didnt work for luther strange. So well have to see. This is an offyear election. There are powerful forces working on the other side. I understand that cory booker and other room nent democrats are going down to there to try to get more africanamerican voters out. So theyre really hoping that President Trump can deliver for this campaign in the 11th hour. Is it really a tossup right now, doug sloens roy moore, the senate race, which is next tuesday . I think thats the best way we can describe it. Polling in alabama is very difficult. We dont often poll in alabama. A lot of people are not going to put much credence into the polls. For this, its going to be who is the most energized. Youre talking about roy moore supporters who are definitely going to go to the polls. The democratic supporters, doug jones supporters, were not so sure theyre going to go to the polls. Thats where the rub is for him. If hes allin, the president , for roy moore, why not go to alabama and campaign for him between now and tuesday . Thats an excellent question. Why not . Theyve said logistics and other things. To that point, wolf, when he was in for luther strange, he went down and did a big event and when strange lost, said hey, it wasnt my fault. Hes giving himself some distance to say its not my fault roy moore lost. Well watch the Campaign Rally later tonight. Coming up, evacuations are now underway as new wildfires torch homes and businesses between san diego and los angeles. 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This started as a small half acre fire. It quickly exploded into 500 acres in just 20 minutes. The people who lived on this block, some 65 homes, were completely destroyed. They have lost everything. They have been aided, firefighters say, by calmer winds. What they have been doing today, wolf, they have been pounded it from the air, 1,000 firefighters on the ground trying to dig around this. Still a dangerous wildfire. 4100 acres. Zero percent containment. Thanks, kyung. Lets get the 150 north of fal brack. Sarah standing by. How are conditions there . Reporter wolf, conditions are better. But this blaze is now at 130,000 acres. That means it is three times the size of where you are in washington d. C. Take a look around you, this is just one neighborhood. And what you are seeing now are horses burnt to the left and right of me, behind me. One little stretch of a road here in this community of ventura. 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