Im leaving this set and going to get a latte because i will be here tonight at 9 00 for my good friend rachel maddow. There will likely be no shortage of breaking news from now until then. For now, my thanks to jonathan, doug, matt and elise. That does it for now. Who do we blame for no cameras in federal courtrooms again . You can blame me. Boy do i wish we had a camera in a courtroom right now. Thank you, nicole. If its tuesday, Paul Manaforts trial is officially under way. Tonight, collusion confus n confusion. The wild evolution of the president s alternative explanations with yet another dimension of denial. Plus, midterm sabotage. Our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. Facebook you have . S snuffs out coordinated attempts of Election Interference but as the u. S. Government done you have no protect the integrity of the vote . Mark my words, america wont tolerate this meddling. And day one of trial number one for the special counsels office. How the Paul Manafort tax evasion
Election. And i cant believe it. But Lindsey Graham last night at maralago said he wanted to continue investigating hillary clinton. And the clinton emails. Its just its absolutely rid its absolutely ridiculous. And i think the democrats have a constitutional responsibility to continue to conduct oversight of this administration. And just because the republicans didnt do it doesnt mean the democrats shouldnt. Thats exactly what they should do and let the facts like Robert Mueller let the facts lead them to their conclusions. So stick with us, if you can. Just want to reset for those who might be just joining us. It is 5 00 p. M. In washington, where were following and in new york and on the east coast entirely. Where were following breaking news. Last hour we received a fourpage summary of the Mueller Report. The summary was provided by Attorney General bill barr. Before boarding air force one, the president stopped to speak to reporters about those
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very difficult to predict what it means for russia in particular, but what it has exposed the fragility of the russian government and it is clear that ukraine is winning the war. peter, this is a nightmare, the shadow leveling up secretary completely agree, annoying but is their opportunity here for the opposition to exploit? i don t think there are, except to get as spacemen spokeswoman as they can. uk would ve taken this role anyway, but they re keen to position uk from a pr front, try to help as much as we can and that is a popular thing,
home. they understood this would generate criticism, but i m told the biden team wanted to avoid public disclosures and decided they would rather lose credibility with the press than the department of justice. a source familiar with the matter tells me bauer and his team don t regret that decision at all because above all they re willing to accept short-term pain on the pr front, even though the legal strategy as long as that legal strategy gets them where they want to be. now the question is in terms of future cooperation, will it continue? i m told by a source that, look, they want to continue that cooperation, but there could be disagreements between doj and the biden team about exactly what full cooperation means. jeremy diamond, thank you. coming up the rare conviction for the justice department and the jury s
really was, i think, a theologian and intellectual. whatever you think about his complex legacy, he was an incredible vessel of this accrued learning and knowledge over decades, this lived experience that was unrivaled in the catholic world. i ve noticed many of the tributes from faith leaders in particular have highlighted his intellectual theologian status, if you like. you were touching their own what is a very mixed legacy in some respect, given that he was there in his tenure coincided with the worst decades of the catholic church for many years with clergy and sex abuse and the like. how will history view him? on a pr front, he s nowhere close to pope francis, but he was obviously a very deep thinker. weill. obviously a very deep thinker. well, and some ways.