Tonight, seconddegree murder charges against the father of the georgia school shooter, eject new intensity into the national debate on gun plus the cost of a donald trump win economists say the former president s plans would take money out of american wallets. Also cell block, tango, trump makes a threat to imprison democrats and an indictment, accuses maga influencers of doing the kremlin s work as vladimir putin trolls the world by revealing who he wants to win in 2024 live at the table. Erin green ashley allison shermichael singleton, jamal hill, and brian stelter sure welcome to a special edition of newsnight, state of the race good evening i m abby phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about. A potential flashpoint in a national crisis? breaking news tonight, the father of the suspected school shooter in georgia. He is now under arrest and he has been charged with two counts of seconddegree murder, among other things, police say that colin gray gifted his
Kellyanne conway had to say about it today. That cannot be verified. Thats a classified briefing. We should all be increasingly confirmed that we have, quote, Intelligence Officials, divulging information unsourced, unnamed to the rest of us. Just to smear the President Elect of the United States we now have Intelligence Officials divulging information theyre sworn not to divulge. We should be very concerned about that. I dont even think this is fake news. I think its just fake. I would take the news word right out of it. Reporter so what were seeing from donald trump and his advisers is pushback against the Intelligence Community but taking issue with the underlying allegations that cnn has not cooperated and have not been reporting. And reince priebus, trumps chief of staff, said he asked donald trump directly about some of these underlying allegations. Donald trump apparently told him they were complete garbage but
in more colorful language. You can bet this will come up at the Pres
A look at the days news and headlines. A look at the days news and headlines. Dont want to put him in a position where he might injury himself, perjure himself or blow up the investigation and thats where Rudy Giuliani is. A possible circumstance for a sitdown. He has been clear when he said listen, the president could decide to do this but im not so sure they will actually let him do that. Well be watching as it all unfolds. Sandra more on that coming up. Kevin corke at the white house. Bill the trump team announcing a new round of sanctions against russia to hold russia responsible from a nerve attack that may have caused the death of a british woman and trying to kill a former spy. This move has to please the u. K. And some others in europe, i believe. Absolutely. Theresa may had been urging the Trump Administration to take tough action against russia after this poisoning, yution of
a Chemical Agent on british soil. This has to be seen in a much larger context, which is President Tr
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Close associate to Paul Manafort for 12 years, but now hes flipped, he pleaded guilty, and hes telling all he knows to prosecutors. So, it will be interesting when he is back on the stand for more Cross Examination this morning. Christine and phil . Jessica, thank you for that. Legal woes multiplying for michael cohen. The Wall Street Journal reporting President Trumps former lawyer and fixer is now under investigation for tax fraud. Sources tell the journal the federal prosecutor in manhattan is looking into whether cohen underreported income from his taxi medallion business. The Taxi Licenses yielded hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last five years. The Wall Street Journal also reporting federal investigators are looking into possible fraud against the bank that financed cohens taxi medallion business. Cohen has not been charged with a crime, and the journal reports he previously denied wrongdoing. Firefighte
Lawyer, Michael Cohen accepted his own fate in a deal with prosecutors. The Michael Cohen case thats shaking the political and legal worlds tonight. Michael cohen devoted more than a decade of his professional life to being the president s attorney and goto fixer. He once said he would take a bullet for donald trump. I said with Michael Cohen and he told me he could barely walk by trump tower because it made him so sad. To look at a place where they spent a decade together working side by side. Less than two years into the president s term, their once close relationship turned to mutual hostility. Things have shifted. I think he couldnt walk by trump tower now because he would get so angry. Cohens plea deal followed months of controversy. The media reported extensively on cohens alleged Hush Money Payments to a porn star and a maybe model. Whose claims of affairs with donald trump might have few people who knew Michael Cohen as a young man who would predicted he would one day be embro