A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. Things he did 12 years ago. Paul manafort worked for me for a very short period of time. He worked for many other republicans. He worked for me for, what, 49 days . A very short period of time. And the prosecution wrapped up its first witness today. That was democratic consultant tad divine. He worked with manafort in ukraine. They expect to call two other witnesses tomorrow, another consultant as well as an fbi agent. And of course, this isnt the only trial manafort faces. His d. C. Trial is set to start in september, all the while, hes still in jail for allegations of Witness Tampering while he awaits these other trials. Thank you. Jessica schneider reporting. Tonight, President Trump is on the Campaign Trail as he embraces a new line of defense against the Mueller Investigation. Mr. Trump now echoing Rudy Giulianis argument that collusion is not a crime. Of course, this is the same president who frequently denies t
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. That and 300 billion after that. Basically the entire u. S. Trade relationship with china. Initially on the next tranche of 200 billion, the president was thinking about Levying Attacks of 10 . This afternoon were going to learn that the president is going to up that to 25 . The belief here among his trading Economic Team that china continues to be a bad actor when it comes to trade and they need very strong influence, if you will, to try to get china to change its ways. Listen to what Sarah Huckabee sanders. The president has made some head way the e. U. In terms of lowering trade barriers, taking steps towards levelling the Playing Field. Does the president and his team believe that is possible with china without taking some real punitive measures . Wed like to see the Playing Field levelled. The president as both he and i think about 15 members of his administration have said
repeatedly, wed like to see the un
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. So an engineer has stabilized the dam for now. You heard them state their plan. Claire stagers with us from the university of lynchburg. Good to take to you, claire. Good to talk to you. How are you doing today . Shepard good. Might have been frightening when they said 125 houses could be under 17 feet of water. Yes, sir. Im not part of that but im close to it. It would turn my tenminute commute to 30 minutes if i had to reroute. Shepard i guess three inches of rain in an hour, thats a lot for anybody, even your part of the world. Yes, sir, a lot of water. Came into our basement as well last night. Shepard thanks, claire. I know theyve been trying to shore it up. They have taken a 3 x 3 foot area, a spillway, to relieve the pressure. The problem is theres rain on the way. Lets get to Rick Reichmuth live
in the extreme weather center. How are they looking in lynchburg . We have one bad batch of storms but things g
Post is they are quoting officials with information on this matter. One or two icbms are currently being built. The liquid fuel Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles which means they take longer to set up because the liquid fuel is not easily stored inside the missile. What it does mean, according to the u. S. Official, it gives the United States a heads up when one is being mantled. A u. S. Official telling cnn that this report from the Washington Post is consistent with what they believe. The u. S. And Intel Community and Around The World has been saying that kim jongun is continuing his proper duduction activity. He did not fully agree to denuclearization. He said he would work toward denuclearization. Those were the words in the singapore summit. This is not much of a surprise. The big challenge for the United States at this point is to try
the president s press team is not coordinating with Rudy Giuliani concerning his comments on behalf of mr. Trumps legal team. That was apparent m
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. The government and for manafort to keep things moving along. They did. That is the same judge that challenged the special counsels office and accused them of just trying to use charges of financial crimes to squeeze manafort in giving them information that they could use against President Trump. The trial proceeded anyway and the former Trump Campaign manager that was a wakened by an fbi agent performing a noknock raid is being confronted with evidence that he hit 60 million from the irs which he received consulting ukrainian politicians. The charges are for falsifying income tax returns, bank fraud and failing to file reports. If convicted, manafort could face 305 years in jail. Theres Sentencing Guidelines for federal cases like that that would suggest that the judge would probably give him something less than that, shep. Shepard what is the next step in this trial, peter . Any minute, shep, we expect
the jury,