Chris Matthews debates hot political issues with politicians, newsmakers and Washington leaders. Comes from giuliani, who attempted to downplay the criminal aspect of collusion with the russians. Rather than deny that collusion took place, he now today argued that collusion isnt illegal. Lets watch. Ive been sitting here looking in the federal code trying to find collusion as a crime. Its not. Collusion is not a crime. I dont even know if thats a crime, colluding about russians. You start analyzing the crime. The hacking is the crime. The hacking that certainly is the original the president didnt hack. Of course not. Thats he didnt pay them for hacking. Its so much fun. An apparent shift in strategy. Giuliani now appears to be saying that collusion is not so bad after all. You saw him there chuckling about it. And also 150e78d to undermined the credibility, however, of President Trumps frequent and categorical denials that there was no collusion. Which has been a familiar refrain from
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Another, oh, 20 yards down field. Which, i dont even know if thats a crime, colluding about russians. Keeping them honest, its not. That much is true, and thats all. There is no anticolluding with russians act anywhere on the United States code. But there is plenty about Campaign Conspiracy and finance abuses not to mention obstruction of justice. Not to mention most would agree, its just wrong to be scheming with a hostile power. Its a touchy subject, as you might imagine. Because of that, its not the first time theyve felt compelled to describe their transgressions downward. Just after the election, Campaign Spokesperson hope hicks said, quote, there was no communication between the campaign and any foreign entity during the campaign. It never happened, she said. Three months later, never became to
A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. Erin. Throughout the day we saw the president several times, the first time in the oval office with the italian Prime Minister asked questions about what is he talking about exactly with Conflicts Of Interest with bob mueller. He did not answer questions there. He did not answer our questions in the east room later on after that News Conference and he didnt answer questions later on again in the oval office. He clearly does not want to talk about publicly on camera about bob mueller. Erin, that does not mean he is not thinking about him and tweeting about him. There is one thing thats clear, it is its clear that bob mueller is in his head as this trial of Paul Manafort perhaps begins tomorrow, that may be the reason, there may be other reasons, but its clear the president wants to talk about this in a controlled environment of saying things online. Does not want to be asked about it. This anger and rage, erin, is more strategy tha
A roundup of the days events. A roundup of the days events. Both officers fire, Shooting Blevins four times. Blevins later dying. At a Press Conference today, members of a police union said the two officers acted heroically and believed their lives were in danger. The whole time, hes looking back, getting position on where the officers are at to acquire a target to shoot them. Reporter at a later Press Conference, the county prosecutor took to the podium to defend the police department. But before he could announce charges would not be filed against the two officers, family and protesters rushed the podium, cutting him off. We want the cops arrested within the next 48 hours and prosecuted to the fullest degree of the law, because this was murder. And alex perez joins us live tonight from minneapolis. Alex, emotions raw there. We saw the family and the protesters at that News Conference today. They want justice for their family member. And the city bracing for possible more protests . R
Good evening from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 557 of the Trump Administration, 99 days now until the mid term elections. And this might go down as the day we witnessed a change resulting in the new defense strategy. It is about something Rudy Giuliani has started to say. In the days after the president ial election Donald Trumps advisers had a message about contacts between russians and members of the campaign team. In the ensuing months as numerous such communications were revealed the message changed. There was no collusion with russias effort to disrupt the election. On monday President Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani presented a third line of defense, even if mr. Trump did collude with the russians he committed no crime. My client didnt do it. Even if he did it it is not a
crime. Hacking is the crime. The president didnt hack. He didnt pay for the hacking he said on cnn. The article goes on. It is just a word choice, said a Criminal Law Professor at georgetown. Im s