how prosecutors could link manafort s lobbying work before the campaign to possible crimes during the 26th election. in rosenstein s memo, he gives mueller the authority to dig into manafort s payments from eukrainian politicians. that probe has already resulted in several criminal charges. manafort is aiming to have his case dismiss edismissed, insist charges are outside of mueller s purview, but they argued that interactions before the campaign are directly tied to probing russian meddling and prosecutors would naturally follow the money trail from manafort s consulting activities. in public, rosenstein has defended the probe, insisting it s not a free wheeling intersurprise. we understand the specific scope, so it s not a fishing expedition. the memo offers hint at the scope of the probe including
way, shape, or form. jonah? i agree, i agree partly what charlie crist is donald trump is not a conservative, did not run as a conservative. there is a tension between the republican party, what you call the establishment or not, most republicans in congress did better in the 26th election then donald trump did. when you heard steve bannon talking the way he s talking, if you are appearing on cnbc or fox business instead of 60 minutes, you would say, hey, he s just talking his book. he s talking up a narrative to promote clicks and made part in this utterly ridiculous claim that somehow the republican party should embrace a philosophy they don t actually agree with. the idea they are nullifying the presidential election is ridiculous. the idea that somehow we do not live in a parliamentary democracy where the president s party has to agree with them saying that they disagree with him with. too many people are trying to make it out as if the only true
is the most undisciplined member of the administration is the president. and that s why i say it s got to start with the president himself here. that will be how we get to the bottom of this. and resetting that relationship with the intelligence community. briefly, going back to the media. charles says, well, prosecution. they don t have to prosecute. they just aside as president obama did in a number of cases to really be aggressive in asking reporters to divulge their sources, subpoenaing their notes and things. that can end up putting reporters to disclose those sources in jail. that s right. if a judge decides there is merit in the holding a reporter in jail until they basically confess, then a judge can do that. the backdrops to this whole discussion is the russian investigation. it s not just they are personally opposed to donald trump. a lot of these folks are part of the apparatus that concluded that russia carried out a successful information operation to interfere in the
is the most undisciplined member of the administration is the president. and that s why i say it s got to start with the president himself here. that will be how we get to the bottom of this. and resetting that relationship with the intelligence community. briefly, going back to the media. charles says, well, prosecution. they don t have to prosecute. they just aside as president obama did in a number of cases to really be aggressive in asking reporters to divulge their sources, subpoenaing their notes and things. that can end up putting reporters to disclose those sources in jail. that s right. if a judge decides there is merit in the holding a reporter in jail until they basically confess, then a judge can do that. the backdrops to this whole discussion is the russian investigation. it s not just they are personally opposed to donald trump. a lot of these folks are part of the apparatus that concluded that russia carried out a successful information operation to interfere in the
dynamics how? steve: i am, i grew up with a family of six kids total, four sisters, so i m very accustomed to this dynamic. four wonderful ladies telling me i m wrong. i also have a wife and three daughters right now, so once again, for on one. i ve been lucky to be surrounded my entire life by smart, wonderful women. i do also have a son in additio addition. harris: let s begin with the news, shall we? russia s prime minister launched a blistering tirade against president trump just hours after the president signed a sanctions bill that punished russia for its meddling in the 26th election. in a facebook ranch, the russia russian p.m. and staunch putin ally says they hope for improving ties between our two nations and will trigger an all