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
area, because that ship will just block large parts of that port now laying there, possibly still on fire but certainly impossible to move away, victor. another success for the ukrainians. what do you know about this, the fighting that s happening now in the town? reporter: yeah, i mean, there s a lot of fighting that is going on there. like in so many other places, i mean, you can see some of that video there right now of some of that epic destruction and you know, of course, one of the things that we have to keep in mind is that with all of that, i mean, you can just imagine the suffering of the civilians that are on the ground there, like video like this and images like this are things that, in the worst days of syria and some of the worst battles there, those are the kind of things that you would have seen, and this is something, obviously, that s progressed in the war here so quickly. there s so much destruction that s happened so fast and just these horrifying images as, of c
today with the japanese prime minister at his side. this is the first time we ve seen the president with people from the region there, announcing something together. this was something that the white house was planning all week. they had this up their sleeve, they ve been working on these sanctions for a while. it was designed as part of a strategy here. the fiery speech earlier in the week. and then the sanctions. it was very significant to have the president and the prime minister from the peninsula there in new york city. the chinese president not here for the u.n. meeting, but also weighed in. that was the most significant thing of all. having the sort of a three-pronged approach here, the question is, what effect will it have, we ve seen so many sanctions before. the trump administration does believe this will be a different moment here, because these sanctions really are stringent, we ll see. up next, the epic destruction in puerto rico.
the trump administration really does believe this will be a different moment here, because these sanctions really are stringent, we ll see. jeff zeleny, appreciate it. up next, the epic destruction in puerto rico. the whole island without power, possibly for months. and now catastrophic flooding, adding to the misery in some places. the latest from san juan when we come back. [fbi agent] you re a brave man, mr. stevens. your testimony will save lives. mr. stevens? this is your new name. this is your new house. and a perfectly inconspicuous suv. you must become invisible. [hero] i ll take my chances. find fast relief behind the counter with claritin-d. strut past that aisle for the steroid free allergy relief that starts working in as little as 30 minutes. and contains the best oral decongestant.