Friends. Now it seems like its going to be a g 6. It looks like we are on the verge of getting kicked out of the g7. This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening imim katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. We begin tonight with breaking news. President trumps former campaign chief, Paul Manafort has been hit with new charges involving witness tampering and obstruction of justice. Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a third superseding indictment against manafort, which also charges one of manaforts longtime business associates. According to these new Court Documents, manafort and his associate conspired to influence two potential witnesses in the case. Guys, to stay that mueller is turning up the heat on manafort would be a major understatement. Todays new charges, manafort is now facing potential jail time for allegations ranging from conspiracy against the u. S. To Money Laundering to acting as an unregistered foreign agent, to false statements. An
Daca really over . We are not abandoning the discharge petition. This is mtp daily, and it stigarts rht now. Good evening. Im chuck todd here in chicago. Welcomily. We are going to tell you whats really going on with the president s lawyer, Michael Cohen. Is he flipping . Is he not flipping . Whats the deal with splitting with his lawyers . Whats it all mean for the president . This is a story thats been the subject of intense speculation today. But the key word is speculation. Okay . The only confirmed is he is going to get a new lawyer. We will get to the bottom of that later in the hour. We bin tonig with a development thats arguably much more urgent in this moment. Folks n the last 24 hours have seen multiple warn prosecution inside the Republican Party that presint trump isnt just overtaking the gop. Hes turning it into something that resembles a cult. All of a sudden, that word is starting to pop up more and more, and its all coming from the right. Heres republican senator bob co
Administration and president a graduate of yale college and yale law school, judge kavanaugh currently teaches at harvard, yale, and georgetown. Throughout legal circles, he is considered a judges judge. A true leader among his peers. Hes a brilliant jurist with a clear and effective writing style universally regarded as one of the finest and sharpest legal minds of our time. Some background now on judge kavanaugh in addition to what you just heard the president said. In addition to being a graduate of yale, yale law school. Hes a former clerk to Anthony Kennedy and that is critical. He served as an associate counsel to ken starr during white water. He was staff secretary to president george w. Bush and served on the d. C. Circuit of the federal bench since 06. He married the personal secretary to president bush 43. Together they have two daughters. Hes a catholic who would maintain a twothirds catholic majority on the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh is 53. Hes a product of d. C. And maryland
President of the United States lied, again, about who was at fault for separating families along americas southern border. Immigration is the fault and all of the problems that were having because we cannot get them to sign legislation. We cannot get them even to the negotiating table. And i say it very strongly, it is the democrats fault. Er ins obstruction they really are an instructionists and they really are obstructing. If the democrats would sit down instead of obstructing, we could have something done very quickly. Good for the children. Good for the country. Good for the world. That is a lie for so many different reasons. Remember, republicans control the house. They control the senate. They control the white house. Moderate republicans and democrats were trying to get a bill passed around leadership because leadership would not bring immigration to the floor. So that is just not true whatsoever. A reminder this is not a democratic law. This is the result of the Trump Administr
Sure casey. Today this lawsuit filed in california is a lawsuit against keith davidson, hes standards former attorney. And he was representing Stormy Daniels at the time when there was a lot of back and forth you will remember this there was an intouch article earlier this year. There were some questions whether or not Stormy Daniels actually had an affair with the prident or not. There were statements that were put out that standard said she didnt sign. She said may have come fro her attorney at that point. So this is a lawsuit that is directed at keith davidson. Its also directed at Michael Cohen, the president s personal attorney. The lawsuit says that the two of them, and i quote, hatched a plan, and quote, colluded, to get Stormy Daniel to appear on fox news can sean hannity and falsely deny that she had an affair with trump about a decade ago the complaint says in part mr. Davidson abt kated his role as an advocate and fiduciary of his client miss clifford and instead elected to