Im Chris Jansing in for stephanie ruhle. Right now, more news with hallie jacks jackson. Love that one. Chris jansing, thank you, my friend. Hallie jackson in washington, where this morning, it is all about the power of the presidency. Just how much control does donald trump really have, or really thinks he has, over our democracy . His new interview sending a shiver through the Justice Department. The president saying he could run the Special Counsel investigation if he wanted to. Yes, the investigation into his campaigns interactions with moscow. We have new reporting on What Don Mcgahn told the Special Counsel and the journalist who was facetoface with the president about all of this is here with us live. Yes, the investigation, by the way, is still happening, while attacks keep coming. One of the biggest names in tech, the kremlins latest target. Well break down what this microsoft hack attempt means for the midterms. The target for democrats right now, Brett Kavanaugh. You have de
Special counsel. Is he hoping for a pardon from President Trump . Not only is he not hoping for, he would not accept a pardon. We all knew that this was going to be used as a hush money kind of payment from Campaign Finances. You knew at the time . We knew. The conviction of Paul Manafort is another blow to President Trump and a boost for Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Mr. Manafort is disappointed of not getting acquittals all the way through or a complete hung jury on all counts. He is evaluating all of his options at this point. Its a bad day for the president and im sure he understands that. It looks like manafort and cohen only have more to say, only may cooperate more. This could get worse. I dont think he can be indicted while sitting in office, but well just have to see where this all works out. The heart and soul of this is about collusion with the russians and obstruction of justice. First of all, the House Of Representatives draws up articles of impeachment. Think of the hou
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Going to plead guilty but theres no cooperation agreement. Theyve been hoping for that, but there isnt one. What does that say in the Bigger Picture for the Mueller Investigation regarding the president , if anything . That litany you just laid out is correct. What it doesnt give the Mueller Investigation is any information mr. Cohen has specifically about the payments to those women. Not so much the taxi medallions. That Doesnt Interest mr. Mueller. But certainly the women, the money paid for on behalf of candidate trump. Youre depriving mueller of that inside information and you have to make the case some other case. If theres no criminal case to be made against the president , certainly a report to congress. Shepard either way, the items seized in the raid, if you will, on those three properties, those items can be used by the feds what ever way they chose to use them because they were legally obtained. Youre
White house, ken dilanyan in the washington bureau. Epic news week and the president is talking about all of this in this interview . Hes making a nonmarvel argument that what he pled to is in fact not a crime. The president of the United States Isnt The Ar Bitter of that. Its judges and prosecutors that decide and a jury that decides whether or not something is a crime. Also in that interview, you had a frank admission from the president that he made the payments. Hes trying to clarify things and make sure this wasnt a Campaign Violation but listen to what he had to say and well come back on the back end. He made the deals. And by the way, he pled to two counts that arent a crime, which nobody understands. I watched a number of shows. Sometimes you get pretty good information by watching shows. Those two counts arent even a crime. They werent campaign finance. Did you know about the payments . Later on i knew. Later on. But you have to understand, what
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We begin with Breaking News on this friday. Just 70 some days since the president s meeting with the north korean dictator and he is conceding that things are not going as he had hoped. He just tweeted this, quote, i have asked Secretary Of State mike pompeo not to go to north korea at this time because i feel we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. Additionally because of our much tougher trading stance with china, i do not believe they are helping with the process of denuclearization as they once were despite the u. N. Sanctions which are in place. Secretary pompeo looks forward to going to north korea in the near future. Most likely after our trading relationship with china is resolved. In the meantime, i would like to send my warmest regards and respects to chairman kim. I look forward to seeing him soon. Remember right after the summit
with kim jungun, trump praised himself saying that there was no longer a Nuclear Threat