A mix of newsmaker interviews, political analysis, cultural segments and media analysis. Fuel the future. And both of those approaches are american if you think of it in historical terms but only one of those approaches is patriotic. And i think what we want in our candidates and the candidates that i think are most exciting are the ones that are choosing the more patriotic path, the ones that are using that combustion to fuel the future. And theres a way to do that and there are many, many candidates who are showing it. I went out to visit collin allred, a wonderful young candidate, first time candidate in a Congressional District in north of dallas. He grew up in the district in modest background, went to baylor. Hes a lawyer. Hes working with his neighbors and his community. Hes talking to everybody, people who agree with him and people who dont. His first question is not whether youre a democrat. His first question is about who you are, tell me what you need. Tell me what youre loo
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Washington in the russia probe of special counsel Robert Mueller. It is not clear what prosecutors want to ask her. She volunteered with members of muellers team for an interview. One possible line is the connection to roger stone. The veteran political consultant and trump adviser who is a subject in the russia investigation. The prosecution is expected to rest in the trial of paul manafort. Over the last week, the jury heard about his wardrobe and offshore Bank Accounts and lifestyle and doctored loan documents. His long time deputy Rick Gates Flipping in the case. As the defense prepares to offer its case, a court filing from Robert Mueller is sending a signal gates is a key in the russia probe. We have more from kara scannell. Reporter a new detail in the special counsels investigation was not revealed in court, but in a filing. Kansas Secretary Of State chris kobach says he will recuse himself from the still undeci
Im phil mattingly. In for dave briggs. It is thursday, august 9th. Congratulations, you are on the back half of the week. Representative Chris Collins refusing to step down after indictment on Insider Trading charges. Federal prosecutors in manhattan accused the new York Congress member, his son and another man of securities and wire fraud. Charged with exploiting secret Drug Trial Information from the australian pharmaceutical company. Collins vowed last night he will continue his run for reelection in november. The charges that have been levied against me are meritless. I will mount a vigorous defense in court to clear my name. I look forward to being fully vindicated and exonerated ending any and all questions relating to my affiliation with innate. The company where collins was on the board of directors. He was the first sitting Congress Member to endorse donald trump for the white house. Collins indictment turns another safe republican seat into a battleground. The White House Leg
Gubernatorial race was not close at all and that, too, may be telling. Voters overwhelmingly chose the socalled establishment candidate Gretchen Whitmer over the Progressive Choice backed by Bernie Sanders among others. Lets start in ohio with ryan noble nobles. This race isnt called because there is a masmall marg between Troy Balderson and Danny Oconnor. Its a 1700 vote lead. The reason the election cant be certified yet is there are 8,000 professional and Absentee Ballots that have yet to be counted and it will take a week for all of that counting to take place and then the other variable that could take place that is if the margin shrinks to less than half a percentage
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. You snoozed in the makeup room. Theres a bag of wendys down stairs. Spicy chicken sandwich. Leave it alone. I had two of them. Fantastic. We have a lot to get to. Looking in ohio, so much money, so much time, so much energy spent for a thr
Manafort. And speaking of flipping today, Ruby Red District in ohio may be the latest to elect a democrat in a special election. We will get to that in a moment. First lets go outside of the federal courthouse in alexandria, virginia, on the trial of Paul Manafort. Joe johns is here with an update. Good morning, joe. Rick gates back on the stand, taking questions from prosecutors, laying out the government case. They say it is illegal conduct that goes all the way from 2008 to 2015. Thats seven years. Meanwhile, in 2016, mr. Manafort took over as the Campaign Chairman for the trump campaign, rick gates was right there beside him as his deputy. So what did we learn so far . Among the most important testimony is his testimony that
our Justice Correspondent Jessica Schneider is here, former u. S. Attorney greg bower joining me. And analyst xian wu. Lay out your representation previously of rick gates so its on the table. Right. We had represented rick from the time that he was indicted to