A look at the days top news and headlines. Plausible, innocent explanation although i cant see one here for building all these offshore accounts and funneling money there to escape reporting it to the irs. On the other hand, i dont think the manafort defense is working. His defense is essentially this he is batman, hes blaming robin for all the problems. And thats just not going to work. Dana like the jury is not going to buy that let me ask you a few things that other possible, you know, big shot lobbyists in washington, d. C. Are rethinking some of their own practices at this point. That is a great question, dana. I think one of the things people overlooking is that manafort is not the unusual one in a way. He is unusual in that he tried to hide the money and not report it to the irs. Its not unusual in the way that he is making the money. He, like a lot i think this is partially why trump campaigned against quote, unquote, the swamp. There are lobbyists. A lot of people who just rec
Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. A lot to get into. Stay tuned, its time for our breaking news opening monologue. We are going to start, we are going to go very slow tonight because a lot of new information. Robert mueller and his team of partisan investigators, they want to face off with the president of the United States number but today President Trumps attorneys flatly rejected, rightly so, muellers interview terms. They have countered with a proposal of their own. In a statement, the attorney for President Trump, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani wrote we are restating what we have been saying for months, it is time for the office of the Special Counsel to conclude its inquiry without further delay. The former mayor is not predicting that the investigation could be over by september 1st. He will be right here on the show with more details in just a few moments. Without a doubt, President Trump should be aware. Mueller, his merry band of antitrump deep
The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Box with maybe trump junior and several other people. Youre using a fancy word as you often do, inculpates for makes them look really suspicious and guilty. Glenn, let me play for you the way mr. Credico tried to limit his exposure to other people that could figure in as subjects or targets. This was on the subject of mr. Roger stone. Take a look. And youre in there as an associate, im not implying anything negative about you, but as a known associate of roger stone and julian assange. Dont say associating of stone. I know stone. What word would you use . Someone that has worked with stone before but not an associate. A former colleague . No. Ive worked on a campaign or two with roger stone in the past. 16 years ive known the guy. It sounds like youre going up from associate, not down. Glenn . So, ari, let me Say Something that you might not hear a lot of people say, but this is probably
Ill speak with congressman of the Armed Services committee. And our correspondents and specialists are all standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with jim acosta covering the president in new jersey. The president still hasnt made up his mind apparently about talking to mueller. What is the latest . Reporter thats right. It doesnt sound like it. He just wrapped up a Round Table Discussion on the issue of Prison Reform over at his golf club in new jersey. He didnt take questions from reporters about subjects like the mueller investigation. So what we have now here is the latest reality tv cliff hanger from President Trump. The president is keeping the country in response. Will he or wont he sit down with Robert Mueller in the Russia Investigation . Its the question of the moment for President Trump. The president Isnt Signaling to reporters which way he is leaning on whether to tell what he knows about the Russia Probe To Special Counsel robert
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Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. About. Can the legal system resist a Political Campaign led by the president of the United States. My favorite weird anecdote of yesterday, at One Point Giuliani was running out of so many people to talk to, he had to talk to a fellow lawyer. Jay sekulow had a radio show. Here is jay sekulow interviewing Rudy Giuliani, his boss as the attorney. Listen. Mayor, i know youve said and ive said we want to see this come to closure soon here. Mayor . Yeah, we do. Its about time that it ends. I also think, and i hope the Special Counsel is as sensitive to it as we are. We do not want to run into the november elections. So back up from that. This should be over with by September 1st. Is that a threat . Look, its throwing everything at the wall and trying to see what sticks. I think everything thats said here is correct. This is a political messaging campaign, but its not without peril, right . Everything Rudy Giuliani said