get over it. there are dumb days on capitol hill and there are dumber days on capitol hill and this is one of the dumbest i ve seen in a long time. house republicans reacting to a chaotic and at times childish day on capitol hill. we ll take you through what happened straight ahead. plus fulton county district attorney fani willis responds to leaks of video statements from three of donald trump s coconspiratorter in the georgia election interference case. and also ahead we ll preview the high stakes meeting taking place today between president joe biden and chinese president xi jinping. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 15th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for joining us. it is a busy day and we ve got a lot to get to. a potential government shutdown in just two days is now looking a lot less likely this morning after the house passed new speaker mike johnson s unconventional stop gap funding bill yesterday largely with the help
i m the only one in history e who got indicted, and my numbers went up. plus, setting the stage with the first general election debate less than two weeks away, president biden holds a star-studded fundraiser in los angeles with former president obama.ed the supreme court has never been as out of kilter as it is today. after his son hunter biden is convicted on gun charges.ct and i abide by the jury s decision. i will do that, and i ll not pardon him. my guests this morning, republican congressman byron donalds, a potential trump running mate.ts c and democratic congressman ro khanna, a top biden surrogate.ic and peace at any price? russian president vladimir putin responds to the new u.s.-ukraine security agreement with a cease-fire offer that includes sweeping demands for ukrainian territory. you cannot wait us out. you cannot divide us. we ll be with ukraine until they prevail in this war. is the cost too high? w joining me for inside analysis are nbc news
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Courthouse in alexandrialexandr virginia, cnns jessica schneider. So what did we learn today at the trial . Anderson, we learned a lot. It was only the first day here, but this courtroom is definitely living up to its Rocket Docket reputation. They managed to whittle down this jury pool of 65 people down to 12 jurors plus four alternates, and then, of course, we heard the fiery Opening Statements here. In this, prosecutors shed some light on Paul Manaforts lavish lifestyle, and they did it by talking about his 30 hidden Foreign Bank Accounts they say existed in three different countries. And they say that funded that lavish lifestyle that included seven different homes, ranging from virginia to manhattan, all the way to the hamptons on long island. They also talked about his 500,000 luxury clothing. They mentioned a 21,000 watch, and they even, yes, mentioned a 15,000 jacket made of ostrich. T
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Gates is all to blame here. Theyre saying he is the one who stole and embezzled money. Theyre saying hes the one who lied. And now theyre trying flip this on the government. Rick gates will be the governments star witness, but the defense team is saying how can he be your star witness . Rick gates is an admitted liar and he is now cooperating with the government. Whats next for the trial . What happens tomorrow . Just day one, weve already seen a lot. But day two were expecting that the prosecution will be calling two more witnesses. We expect another democratic consultant who worked with Paul Manafort. Were also expecting to hear from an fbi agent. The prosecution here says that they have a witness list of 35 people that they plan to call, but this trial is really only expected to go three weeks. We saw just how fast this trial moved just in the first day here. So who knows. It could wrap up
Something that he drives or in connection to this, the one live on the screen right now, and we will continue to get some more information as to what he is charged with. We should be hopefully getting that in the next hour or so. All right. Our justice correspondent pete William S Williams is also reporting that dna evidence played a role in his arrest. I am going to step aside and Andrea Mitchell reports starts now. Thank you, craig. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington, and breaking news with the 12 packages containing explosive devices. And we are told that florida resident Cesar Sayoc Jr. Has been arrested in a string of mailed bombs. We will have a Press Conference at 2 30 with more details. And to today, we are told that cory booker, and James Clapper, those men joining the growing list of public figures critical of President Trump, and that
list is two former president s, and democratic officials, and democratic Law Officials and a leading democratic donor. And now, joining me is Ke