Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. And his time working with manafort was laid out by the prosecutors, the next thing was the Plea Agreement with the government and then more discussion later on of the same basic theme. Prosecutors seem to want to get that out on the table very early. Folks may remember the defense brought this up in the opening argument that gates had stolen money from manafort or from manaforts firm. And the prosecution definitely wanted that laid out before we quit court today. They wanted that out on the table and brought it out before they went through chronologically the different crimes that they may or may not have been involved in. They were cleearly trying on inoculate him. I think it is what giuliani called hanging a lantern around your problems. Covering the manafort case for politico, thank you for covering it for us as well. Now lets bring in our legal power panel. Barbara mcquaid, also in court today, and chuck rosenberg,
Jumped in. First responders came. He is a hero. Mostwatched, most trusted, most grateful you spend your evening with us. Good night from washington. I amoa shannon bream. Mark good evening, welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight, i am mark steyn in for tucker this evening. Right now, congressman Chris Collins is speaking after being arrested for insider trading. Lets go there live. Outside of the courtroom. As i fight to clear my name, rest assured i will continue to work hard for the people and constituents of the 27th Congressional District of new york and i will remain on the Ballot Running for reelection this november. Thank you very much, and have a great night. Mark that is Chris Collins speaking after being arrested for insider trading. In other legal news, President Trumps legal team says that it is a negotiation over the terms of any interview with robert mueller. Lets go live now to ed henry to break that down. Good to see you, mark. The president s legal team is saying that this
Thats paying it forward. Thanks for joining us. Im tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The president s move late today, revoking the Security Clearance of a former cia director who spoke out against the president. The white house citing john brennans, quote, lying and erratic behavior. And then issued a warning, a list of names of who could be next. Our reporter pressing the white house late today, is the president now targeting those who question him in public . Also, at this hour, the jury now set to decide the fate of Paul Manafort. Our team in the courtroom, Robert Muellers prosecutors telling the jurors to use your common sense. Does it make sense that Paul Manafort had 31 overseas accounts that he forgot he had to report them . Manaforts lawyers taking aim at rick gates. Will it work . Also breaking as we come on, we are just learning of a shark attack in the northeast. Paramedics called to the scene. Swimmers rushed from the water tonight. The deadly Bridg
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Represents what trumps lawyers expect to be their last word on muellers request for a sitdown interview. The letter from trumps lawyers leaves open the possibility of having trump answer some questions in writing. According to the two people familiar with the negotiations. Earlier today during a live radio callin show, conveniently hosted by his cocounsel jay sekulow, Rudy Giuliani called on mueller to end his investigation, but declined to get into details about these negotiations about the interview. We dont have an internal deadline. We are moving i use the phrase expeditiously through this, and understand the significant constitutional issues that are raised. But mayor, i know youve said and ive said, we want the see this come to closure soon here. Mayor . Yeah, we do. Its about time that it ends. I also think and i hope the Special Counsel is sensitive to it as we are. We do not want to run
A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. Judge kavanaugh is confirmed to be a justice in the spring court, he doesnt have a recusal obligation just because he was nominated by the president at issue. The law doesnt support that. Look, this is a constant fight between Special Counsels and president s. President clinton. They fought back hard and ultimately got a very constrained interview. That interview did blow up in the president s face. Its a cautionary tale for any president going before a Special Counsel. The Supreme Court has weighed in on these issues a number of times. They have not come down on the side of the president. In two nixon cases, one case they determine the president was immune from civil litigation. Prior to that, they decided the president was subject to a criminal subpoena which Richard Nixon the tapes. Its not clear the president is going to enact the battle. This is going to be an interesting battle if it comes down to it and i t