Union. That claim has already garnered a response from the head of the eu. Plus, capital offense. The indictment Rod Rosenstein accuses Russian Hackers of not only targeting Hillary Clintons campaign but also raises down ticket, including a congressional race in florida. A huge warning months away from the 2018 mid terms. We begin with President Trumps arrival in finland. He and First Lady Melania Trump landing in the last hour for the highstakes meeting between him and president putin, scheduled to take place tomorrow in helsinki. Heres President Trumps assessment of what he hopes will come out of that meeting. Nothing bad is going to come out of it. And maybe some good will come out. But i go in with low expectations. Im not going in with high expectation. President trump says he will consider asking russia to extradite the 12 russian spies indicted by special counsel, Robert Mueller. The russians who were indicted, would you ask putin to send them here . Well, i might. I hadnt thoug
Where jury deliberations are continuing in Paul Manaforts financial crimes kri s trial. Julia ainsley has been on top of every twist and turn. Whats happening this morning . Reporter the jury is back for their second day of deliberations, kristen. We just went inside the courtroom where the judge was speaking to both sides without the jury there. They were going over some administrative things, what he could lift from under a seal after this is over, but he made some comments i thought were interesting. He says, im no stranger to criticism, but this case brought it to a new level. No doubt that judge ellis has been paying attention to the media, as we talked about how much hes been disruptive to the prosecutions case during this trial. Other than that, were just on verdict watch. You know the questions the jury asked yesterday, they seemed to be asking some questions about what a reasonable doubt is. They also had some questions about, yes, right there, about his foreign bank accounts,
Between those who want to go forward and those who want to look back. Between those who want to divide and those who are seeking to bring people together. Between those who promote a politics of hope and those who exploit the politics of fear. I want to reach out to some republicans who kind of harken back to the values of a guy named abraham lincoln, the first republican president. And who say to themselves, i dont recognize whats going on in washington right now. Thats not what i believe. Thats not who we are. If we dont step up, things can get worse. Obama was less pointed in his criticism of President Trump and the Republican Party today than he was yesterday in illinois. Lets bring in the Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and chief policy adviser to the romney campaign. Msnbc columnist for the daily beast. Political reporter, the Los Angeles Times national correspondent. Does he get your vote. He wants to unite republicans. He doesnt get my vote, but the idea is to speak t
Dictators. So much of our politics, our public life, our public discourse, can seem small and mean and petty. Trafficking and bombpast and insult. The america of john mccain has no need to be made great again, because america was always great. Lets bring in Political Writer for the los angeles times, kevin cirilli, chief washington correspondent for bloomberg tv. Seema, you heard the clapping after that message. How do we take away what was the mood there . It seemed like the mood all week among people mourning senator mccain was in part, not just because of his life and service, which obviously Everybody Knows was incredible, but also there was a feeling of a loss civility we used to have something in washington, d. C. That in recent years has completely gone away, and for people who opposed were you epr trump, they see him as the epitome of that and we saw that with how he handled senator mccains passing. He had the flags dropped to halfstaff, and then he had them put right back up a
We want to look at several questions raised by the cohen filings. Could he still offer more cooperation in exchange for reduction in what is expected to be substantial jail time even after he is sentenced. Could cohen outline or what he outlines as trumps role be enough to indict the president either before or after trump leaves office, and what more have we learned about the russia investigation from what cohen told investigators. Here to break this down, katie fang. Greg brouwer, former u. S. Attorney. He is also a partner at brownstein, hyatt. And tulus, Bloomberg White house reporter. Thank you all for joining us. Let me begin with you. The Southern District of new york, if you look at those documents, wasnt really impressed by cohens cooperation. They are suggesting significant jail time. How long are we talking in terms of what significant jail time could be for what theyre alleging he did or at least agreed to in terms of the crime . And could he reduce it with more cooperation