Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Okay, this person is trying to move a conversation in this direction for this purpose. So it seems a little obscure, i dont understand where are theyre trying to go. Is it a pr strategy or is it a legal strategy . Is he a lawyer or a spokesman we have michael avenatti, lanny davis and Rudy Giuliani out there just talking away. I dont think any of them are actually coming up with a cohesive legal strategy for what they need to do because they want to win the pr battle. Lan ny is not allowed to talk. Whatever were talking about now, i have a feeling Robert Mueller has already been over that. But Rudy Giuliani is acting like a squirming coil an going all over the place. Hes saying donald trump never hacked the dnc. No one ever claimed that. Hes also saying that donald trump Didnt Attending T the me with russians. Take a listen to what else he said. This russian meeting, he wasnt there. He wasnt at the meeting. He did
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Job Approval Rating probably has seven or eight points, maybe even a little more of what i think of as 401 k trumpers right now. I think there are people who are looking at their statements, people who are on the right side of the economic equation any way. They see their numbers going up for all sorts of reasons. And so theyre willing to not really dive in to this russian novel story that no one can quite figure out. And theyre willing to suspend their bizarrely in my view, but they are willing to suspend their ordinary moral judgments about how this president conducts himself and is now representing us on the world stage. But i would not, if i were in the white house, count on that lasting until 2020. Well see. Joe, your latest column in the Washington Post really speaks to this entitled trump finally
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Sh issue. First time they have r had interesting way to take over the magazine. That does it for me. Hardball starts now. Crime and punishment. Lets play hardball. Today Paul Manafort, the president s campaign. Facing years in a u. S. Prison. Whatever you choose to call it, it is past. For a year and a half our country has been contorted into a reality tv show. This is the day we discovered
reality bites. Good evening, i am chris matthews. Heading into round one now. Investigation is underway at a courthouse just across the potomac. He is facing 18 counts of tax evasion and bank fraud. Charges that predate his time on the Trump Campaign. If found guilty, he could get up to ten years in prison. Facing similar charges in Federal Court in washington. Manafort joined the Trump Campaign in march of 2016. Manafort did work overseas. He also had Business Ties with russia. And he took part in that Infamous Trump tower meeting with russians. Where the Trump Campaign was promis promised damaging
The answers. What this means is the end of the Trump Presidency and not the United States tis. Itself. Nothing is as momentus as this. Don juniors meeting with a russian lawyer. Who knew about this meeting . What were they wearing when they met . Its on the questions like these that the face of nations hang. The huffing and the puffing. That puts donald trump in a conspiracy on this issue before the fact. That evidence on its face, if it was supported would be an impeachable offense. He had prior knowledge the russians were seeking to do this and gave them a green light. Until now we have not had a smoking gun that placed donald trump sr. The presidency in the
same people in congress who spent 3 years investigating who wrote the Talking Points would have hearing after hearing. Congress needs to do its job and have a hearing. Tucker we know the russian government aided the Clinton Campaign by giving false information to christopher steele. We dont know that. Tucker they testified before
Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im ana cabrera in new york np President Trump coming off several days of helsinki fallout. Secret tapes about center fold hush money. Who knew what about the Infamous Trump tower meeting. Michael cohen trumps former lawyer saying the president knew ahead of time balance the headaches for the president against news that the American Economy is soaring. And thats the kind of roller the white house rode this week. Boris sanchez is it in new jersey near the president s golf course. This is called by our analyst the week that Michael Cohen officially declared war on donald trump. To do officials see it that way. According to the president s attorney, rudy giuliani, he foresaw Michael Cohen doing Something Like this, saying he was expect being this of the
business. Administration officials hope the president doesnt continue wading into the russia investigation. Sources told cnn that aides try to keep the president busy, trying to keep him on the road and focus