Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Presidency took a giant step toward impeachment. It happened in a courtroom in manhattan when these words were spoken. At the direction of, meaning at the direction of the president of the United States. And when a defendant is Pleading Guilty in court, it is very difficult for the defendant to Say Something more important than the word guilty. Thats usually the most important word a defendant speaks during a guilty plea session. But today in Federal Court in manhattan Michael Cohen said guilty, your honor eight times and hes also said at the direction of twice. And both times he meant at the direction of the president of the United States. And so today donald trump made history by becoming the first president of the United States to be accused under oath in Federal Court of ordering someone to commit a federal crime to win a president ial election. At the direction of. Have to be illegally pu
Camera. Also developing this tuesday night, authorities before the cameras just a short time ago. The body of the missing College Student Mollie Tibbetts has now been found. Authorities have just revealed the suspect is an undocumented immigrant. The powerful storm system moving east tonight. Severe thunderstorms, dangerous winds. From virginia and d. C. , up through the northeast, and the major hurricane were tracking. And the stunning moment in court today involving the father and husband charged with killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters, as his slain wifes father breaks down. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a very busy tuesday night. We begin with the breaking news tonight. Two bombshell headlines involving two men who worked very closely with the president. A guilty plea for one, and a guilty verdict for the other. On the left, President Trumps former campaign chairman, paul manafort, found guilty on eight
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Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. We have to keep the majority. If we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away. Lets start in berkeley heights, new jersey, where the president begins his 11day working vacation. Thats where we find kelly odonnell. Good to see you. Last night giuliani said there were things that werent yet public About Mueller or potential wrongdoing and then today trump ended that tweet with stay tuned. What do you know about what we are waiting for . Reporter well, this has been an ongoing campaign, kasie, from the president s legal team to bit by bit discredit the investigation so that particularly trump voters and those in the Republican Party would give it less weight as things go forward and at the same time its also been about dragging out the really big ending game question. Will the president participate in any way submitting to an interview wit
A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. Lawyers and tweeting of the russians investigation, the president i dont know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job. I will tell you what. If i got impeached, i think the market will crash. I think everybody would be very poor. Reporter as Rudy Giuliani talked about rebellion. You only impeach him for political reasons and the American People would revolt against that. Reporter as for the white house has been saying manaforts pardon have not been under discussion. Sarah sanders came in and we have put it up on screen. This pardon is not something being discussed in the white house and the president has not made a decision on pardoning of Paul Manafort or anyone else. Wolf, you can look at how carefully worded that statement is. This discussion is not taken place inside the white house. Dems are running him up. No, mr. President , i am
A look at the latest news and headlines of the day features discussions of politics and culture, analysis of Political Correctness in Campus Craziness and. Good chemistry. But i can tell you, there is been no missile launches no, rocket launches, we got the hostages back. [applause] and we didnt pay 1. 8 billion in cash for the hostages. [applause] theres been no nuclear tests. And they say whats taking so long . I said, for 40, 50, 60 years, during the nuclear age, 25 years, youve been working and nobody complained about the fact that president obama was unable to do anything with north korea and he considered it, read the papers, youll see what he considered it. Ive been three months, i have a
he picked up 44 billion. He told that to the press, he didnt report it. 44 billion. And then i just left recently, and were going to pick up at least another close to 100 billion extra. I said to him, you got to pay your bills. The United States is paying close to 90 of the cost of protecting e