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
The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. There in alexandria, virginia. Joe, bring me up to speed on the trial at this moment. Reporter so, our question, of course, as you said at the top, brooke, is when will crossexamination begin . The assumption is its pretty close. What we do know is that the prosecution has asked a lot of questions and there was a break around, what, 2 30 p. M. Eastern time that was supposed to go until about 2 45 eastern time. The judge told the defense to keep questions and crossexamination sharply focussed. Sort of telegraphing the things to come. Now, lets talk a little bit about the last testimony we heard from rick gates. Hugely important, almost anything he says about the case. I think one of the most interesting points that was brought out by the judge at the very end of that direct
defense . Because cant the defense just say this guy is an admitted liar. This is the guy who should be on trial. And really attacking his credibility .
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
mueller. Instead he is letting the res
And the president needs something to energize his base. Nothing would energize republicans more than lets save the president. Good to see you and welcome back. A morgan, let me just try and start with you. Because giuliani is now saying maybe this whole investigation will help republicans come november. Well, yeah, i think the president has actually said that himself at amou lot of these rallies, of theyre going to try to impeach me, to motivate his base. Theyre looking for things to galvanize their base, and the president tends to turn things on their heads. He wants to energize the base, will it work . I think one thing Law Enforcement tends to be bad at and that eegsz mos politics. The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. The president s team doesnting want doesnt want to do that especially this close to the election. But their jobs are to protect him. Rudy giuliani is not a trial attorney, so hes not representing the president in a court of law, he is there a
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Trumps fixer in congress and the American People can judge for themselves, because they have now heard it for themselves. He is saying it is his job and the republicans job to clear the president. And some people have said, look, this is a part san politician making a partisan speech at a fund r fundraiser and to that, what do you say . Well, america was attacked by russia. They did not attack us to just screw around or test softwar