Ancestry story. Now with 100 million family trees, find your story. Get started fofree at ancestry. Com. Welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. We are live every sunday from washington from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Tonight, paper tiger. A document from the president s lawyers gives us a Breath Taking inside look at the mountain battle to come. Well dig into why the president s legal team says the president cant obstruct justice. And that he doesnt have to sit for an interview with robert mueller. Plus, the firstever admission that the president worked on the statement explaining his sons meeting with the russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. And later, an exclusive
interview with former Governor Terry mcauliffe. Well talk about everything from the Russia Investigation to the healthf his party when he joins me live onset. But first, the start of this week, believe it or not, marks 500 days of the trump administration, and the Mueller Investigation rolls on with it. This Su
Walter shaw said this, Imagine Nixon Waiting for a stack of pardons after the watergate breakin. He has the power to put his henchmen above the law. That is what trump is telling manafort and others with the pardon of dsouza. For more, we have jim acosta an at t acosta at the white house. Reporter the president is not only considering granting pardons with celebrities, but he granted a pardon for Dinesh Dsouza and considering Martha Stewart and blagojevich. Dsouza has made offensive and racially loaded comments over the years about former president obama. The president is considering each case on merits. Here is what Deputy Raj Shah
corruption charges. And the u. S. Is Hitting Tariffs and they are hitting back. The u. S. Slapped tariffs on the eu, mexico and canada. The three had Temporary Exemptio exemptions, but the white house let those expired after it did not get what it wanted in negotiations. The goal is to help u. S. Steel workers. Metal tariffs could raise prices. Think cars,
Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, breaking news and international stories. Interesting. And roger stone says he has no plans to testify against the president. Lets listen to what he said on ac 360 this week. I have not been contacted by the special counsels office. Ive made it abundantly clear that theres no circumstances under which i would testify against the president. I would not rule out cooperating if they think i could be helpful in some area. But beyond that, i have not spoken to them. And laura, what happens if roger stone is subpoenaed . I cant imagine he can flout a subpoena. Hell have to show up and say what he knows. He will, and again, youre seeing this theme play out from Rudy Giuliani and the like, to say that you can just thumb your nose a the a subpoena. Perhaps roger stone is becoming emboldened by this concept, which is actually a fallacy, that you can say, i just dont feel like doing it, im not going to show up. If i do come, here are the ways i will dictate the term
All the big moments and the networks new mission. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is tuesday, august 21st. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with the latest. Conservative think tanks in the u. S. Senate. United States Senate the latest targets of hackers linked to military intelligence. Microsoft stopped the attack last week. The company took control of six web sites operated by the same group behind the 2016 dnc hack. Lets bring in fred pleitgen. Reporter the organization that were talking about, the Hacking Group, called fancy bear. That is the group that hacked into the dnc and Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016. U. S. Intelligence highly likely believes this group is linked and possibly directed by Russian Military intelligence known as the gru. As far as the organizations and groups targeted by the attack, apparently, parts of the senate and then two think tanks. Hudson institute and International Republican institute. Both critical of President
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. The russian investigation. Thats now off the table the president Praising Manafort as a good man, but at the same distancings from his former campaign chairman. I still feel its a very sad thing that happens. It has nothing to do with washington collusion. This started as russian collusion. This has absolutely nothing to do. Its a witch hunt. It is a disgrace. In West Virginia last night the president whipped up the crowd with his attack on the Special Counsel. Russian witch hunt. We got a whole big combination where is the tlugs . You know, theyre still looking for collusion. Where is the collusion . Find some collusion. Despite all the devastating news for the president. His supporters still revived some familiar chances at this rally last night. Tomorrow, following charges from using Campaign Finance money for personal purchases. In one instance, buying clothing at a golf course and re reporting the purchase as balls