The two leaders will, after their sitdown, speak to the press in a joint press conference. All of this as President Trump weighs in on the latest indictments by blaming his predecessor instead of condemning russia or mentioning russia at all. Cnns White House Correspondent abby phillips, shes been traveling with the president. Shes in glass go, scotland. Has the president said this is a bad thing, we want to stop . Reporter hi, jim. Of all the things being said, both by the white house and by the president , that is the one thing that seems to be very much absent from these statements. The president , in this tweet this morning, talking about the indictments that were handed down yesterday by the Mueller Investigation, and he said this, the stories you heard about the 12 russians yesterday took place during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration. Why didnt they do something about it, especially when it was reported that president obama was informed by the fbi in septemb
Woodward book or oped. Today delaying another lifetime appointment to Supreme Court and why one Senate Democrat is calling the fbi. We begin with millions bracing for Hurricane Florence. Right now torrential rain and winds gusting up to 120 mile per hour thats battering the carolina coastline. Bringing warnings of life threatening storm surges. I want to go right to joe friar in jackson, North Carolina, braving the elements to report. Joel, what can you tell us . Reporter ari, just as the afternoon continues to go along the winds continue to get stronger, the winds picking up. This is the scene going to play out the next two or three days. This is jacksonville, North Carolina. It is not right on the ocean like some of the other reports that youve seen. But theres still concern about the conditions here. Take about a 20 minute trip that way and you will hit the ocean. So the rivers feed into the bays which then feed into the water. Even though were not right directly where the beaches a
Good evening once again from our msnbc headquarters here in new york. Im Nicole Wallace in for brian williams. The president has finally spoken about john mccain two days after he passed away. This as the flag at the white house was lowered to half staff to honor mccain. Well have more on that in just a moment, but first were following news on multiple fronts about Robert Muellers russia investigation. Less than a week after Paul Manafort was convicted on bank and fraud charges, the wall street journal is reporting that muPaul Manafort sought a dl in the next trial. Those discussions took place while he was deliberating in his last one in virginia. Quote, the plea talks on the second set of charges stalled over issues raised by special counsel Robert Mueller, one of the people said. It isnt clear what those issues were, and the proposed terms of the plea deal couldnt immedi e immediately be determined. President trump said, i feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family.
Paul manafort yet. He does face the potential of a life sentence on those charges. After two weeks of evidence from mueller and 27 witnesses, today was going to be the day that everyone started to hear the other side. When we cover trials, the beginning is usually tougher for the defendant. Because prosecutors lay out their evidence, we hear from the star witnesses, all the worst things the prosecutors found, whether it be from surveillance or a home raid or from other people. Owl of that piles up. And then today in this trial would be the day the defense steps up and starts poking holes in the case. And today, Paul Manaforts defense team didnt do that. Instead they rested without calling a single witness. Not one. And as weve reported they rested without manafort taking the stand either. Now, today the court heard directly from him for the very first time. Judge ellis called him up to the podium, this is a ritual familiar to anyone in court to confirm that the defendant understood tha
Were celebrated today at his funeral. We gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, more the opportunistic apprehension of those who live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served. The america of john mccain has no need to be made great again because america was always great. At various points throughout his long career john confronted policies and practices that he believed were unworthy of his country. To the face of those in authority john mccain would insist we are better than this. For all of our differences we shared a fidelity to the ideals for which generations of americans have marched and fought and sacrificed. And given their lives. We considered our political battles a privilege. An opportunity to serve as stewards of those ideals here at home and to be our best to advance them around the world. Mccain we are told played an active role in p