Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. Their way to keep trump out of the trial. Abc news reports that prosecutors have been coaching their witnesses not to mention trumps name or even that manafort lives in trump tower. The judge in the case has warned that bringing up manaforts ties to trump could unduly influence jurors. There is at least one thing about this trial that is important to the relationship between Paul Manafort and donald trump. The first witness today was tad devine, chief strategist for Bernie Sanders an president ial campaign who worked with manafort on political campaigns in ukraine. The prosecution called him as their first witness to have him describe how much work manafort was doing in ukraine and how lucrative it was. Before we came on the air, we got a rush version of the transcript from todays hearing. Im not going to be able to act out a whole conversation but heres one little bit of the prosecutors Opening Statement worth hear. Th
Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Thats right, katy. You know, the president tweeted sunday in response to our article that he is not worried about don jr. , but people who have been talking to him on the phone say in fact he is worried about his son. He is worried about a lot of aspects related to this russia probe, which is getting closer and closer to him, to his family, to his associates, to his orbit. Its uncomfortable at the moment. There is some concern that he has that his son may be found to have violated the law somehow, you know. One person speculated maybe his son could have perjured himself in interviews at some point. I mean, the president just doesnt know at this point what could be in store for his son. It is a source of concern and its one of many things thats fueling what were seeing, which is a real public lashing by the president of mueller again and again and again, tweeting more than he has before about the wit
Thanks so much for staying with me. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im ana cabrera in new york, and this memorial day weekend, looking in many places as close to normal as a deadly Global Pandemic will allow. Governors and safety officials in every state right now have eased stayathome restrictions to some degree, allowing people to hit the beach, maybe to have an outdoor barbecue or to visit public parks. Some new york beaches opened yesterday as well as beaches in new jersey, delaware, and connecticut. Strict safety guidelines are in place, though, in connecticut, for example, some park officials will cap parking at 25 to keep crowds from getting too big. But were also getting a heavy dose of reality that this pandemic may be far from over. Just moments ago, the governor of arkansas announcing that his state is already experiencing a second peak of the coronavirus. Already, Governor Asa Hutchinson said at a briefing today that the earlier high point of new cases was about 20 30 day
Charges. Alexandra field is in the courtroom and is getting to a live location to tell us what she saw. Obviously you see Joyce Mitchell was emotional. Lets bring in paul cowan who is here with us as well as gary hayward who worked as a prison guard and ultimately also served time in prison so has some experience on both sides. Paul, the deal, 2 1 2 years to 7 years in prison, pleading guilty. What does the county get out of, it what does she get out of it . She got a great deal. I think her attorney negotiated a very, very good deal. Lets face it, this is a very serious offense. These guys are murderers set loose on the community. They could have killed somebody. Ound this deal she could be out in as little as approximately 2 1 2 years. Its more likely shell serve more time but shes parole eligible after that short period of time. So thats a very, very good deal for her. Now, she could do the entire seven years depending upon what the parole board things. Good deal for her but then wh
The investigation is the biggest political scandal since watergate, and its everybodys hope that justice at last can be delivered. Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy. Both president ial candidates are trying to navigate the latest october surprise thats threatening to shake up the race just ten days before election day. And its not oppo from the Trump Campaign or wikileaks. Instead, courtesy of the fbi. Once again, the email issue that has dogged Hillary Clintons campaign almost from the start is at the center of the firestorm. On friday, fbi director, james comey, sent a willer to congress, announcing the fbi had uncovered new emails that may be pertinent to its investigation into clintons use of a private email server, while secretary of state. Those emails were apparently found as part of a separate investigation into Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of huma abedin. The sudden twist came as a surprise to the Clinton Campaign, to say the least. No. We have not been contacted