We will the jury will have this case tomorrow night. It seems like the defense was pretty restful before they rested. You know what i mean . Like not only did they not put the defendant on the stand, which of course would have been amazing blockbuster drama, but they didnt put any other witnesses on the stand, nor did they introduce evidence, substantial evidence. So its i mean, this is a legitimate and mainstream legal theory about how you defend your client, you try to create the impression in the jury that the prosecution doesnt even bear responding to their case was so weak. But those closing arguments tomorrow are going to be a big deal. Its going to be fascinating. Theres one line of evidence in this case that stands completely unrefuted by the defense. There was no crossexamination on this. And that was a treasury official getting on the stand and saying Paul Manafort did not report the existence of the following foreign bank accounts. Thats the description of a crime, for the d
It was bluster, and the wall was a farce. But you know what . Look. I dont have any problem with them building physical barriers. Its just not a panacea. Theres already a physical barrier in a lot of place. There is, but, look, they need more. If they had more, they wouldnt have the flow problems they have right now. I believe that. But they needed more than just that. And you know, tripp, roy, cicilline says we gave them that stuff too. It obviously wasnt enough. Now im going to go down there, and theyi guarantee you theyr going to say, we need, we need, we need. Everybody here is talking about longterm fixes and we have to have a deal and conservative this and longterm that. Deal with it now. Give them what they need. But i dont understand. Why cant he just be honest about it . Why does he have to lie about were already building the new sections of the wall . It is completely, 100 not true. It is a lie. Theres no new wall thats being built. There will be. If he keeps saying it long e
There, the government is giving in to the demands of antiausterity protesters. 2 01 on the u. S. East coast. Around the world, good day to you. The u. S. Defense secretary says President Trump has ordered all remaining u. S. Forces out of Northern Syria. A move with farreaching impolitical indications for the ongoing what are in syria. The kurds already feeling abandoned by this white house are facing an allout offensive by turkey ask now theyre turning to the Syrian Government, an ally of iran and russia, to help. They are sendi the kurds say it is part of the deal with damascus after u. S. Pulled its troops outs of syria. None of this is stopping turkey. That countrys proxy militias promise to push deeper and deeper into Syria Territory to set up what they call a safe zone. Now there are concerns that isis could use that chaos to regroup. Thats in part because the kurds were garden isis prisoners. They say nearly 800 people ties with isis fighters have escaped after guards at camps w
Wee begin with the 2020 lead and Kamala Harris making a moment for herself in last nights democratic debate and going for former Vice President joe biden. The Harris Campaign said their fundraising has boomed postdebate and one democratic source close to biden is calling the debate performance not great. Now as cnns kyung lah reporting, hes defending his record after getting quite a bruising. Reporter the day after the debate, joe biden defending his record on civil rights. I respect Kamala Harris but a 60second exchange on debate cant do justice to a lifetime committed to civil rights. And a civil rights organization. I never opposed volunteer busing. Reporter Kamala Harris challenged his past about desegregation of schools. There was a little girl in california part of the second class to integrate her Public Schools and she was bused to school every day. And that little girl was me. What is it that turned tonight and made you discuss that . I just think that on some of the issues, i
With the investigation. Authorities are investigating a document posted online and believed to have been written by the suspected terrorist. The document is filled with wight nationalist language and racist hatred towards immigrants and specifically toward latinos. As if that werent horrifying enough, shortly after 1 00 a. M. On sunday morning a gunman opened fire in a dayton Entertainment District killing nine innocent people and injuring 26. That gunman wore body armor and fired what is called a long gun and killed by police less than a minute after the shooting started, authorities say. Moments ago, President Trump tweeted out prayers for people of el paso and the people of dayton, yesterday he called the el paso shooting, quote, an act of cowardice. This morning lawmakers and president ial candidates already are beginning to call for change. Were going to talk with at least four president ial candidates today about what they would do to stop this epidemic of Mass Shootings and shoo