still inflict on communities compared to larger conspiracies. the bottom line, jim, from the report, thankfully it has been quite some time since the last major terrorist incidents in the united states, the intelligence community is looking to share best practices with federal, state, local counterparts to stay ahead of those that want to cause harm. josh, for the big directed attacks from abroad, do they still single out al qaeda as the number one? are they concerned that isis is capable of similar things? isis and al qaeda are key figures and other groups, spin offs that plot in other parts of the world, they continue to inspire. groups like the islamic state are being crushed on the battlefield, they have a kill kill kill messaging that continues to spread and inspire. it is still a main concern. and affiliates, aqap that has ambitions targeting commercial aircraft. thank you for walking us through
chairman. rick xwaets, face to face with the former boss first time since flipping and prosecutors say manafort and gates made millions consulting for the former pro-putin ukrainian president. jim schutto joins me now. reporter: that s the prosecution s argument, we had some brief excitement here moments ago when he was expected to be the next witness. prosecution instead called a woman. unclear her relationship, involvement in the case. but rick gates will come. defense attorney saying that earlier today. so in addition to having been paul manafort s deputy during their time at the head of the trump campaign, for years rick gates was his right-hand man and the prosecution believes he can detail how it worked and can then get at what paul manafort
is charged with here. bank fraud, lying to get loans, avoiding millions of dollars in taxes and we should note and remember that gates has pled guilty. pleaded guilty not only to conspiracy and also lying to federal prosecutors. pledded guilty for a lower term for the charges he faces and with that, of course, comes the promise he would have to prove his usefulness to the prosecution in coop rating and that testimony when it comes will be the demonstration of that cooperation and puts paul manafort in a risky legal position to have his long-time deputy in effect as witness for the prosecution. we were just told just a second ago they have called rick gates to the stand, jim. this is expected to be one of the most dramatic testimonies of the trial and we know the defense is planning on discrediting him in one key way. reporter: that s right.
russia investigation so, wolff, this is really nothing new and one thing that could be new, we re told by dana bash, the president may have a response to the mueller team whether or not to sit down with the special counsel s office for that very, very interesting interview that they have been seeking for sometime now. see if they make a counter effort to mueller on that. jim, thank you very much. let s go to chief national correspondent jim schutto in virginia. so, jim, getting that shortly but the president s lawyers are urging him as you heard to stop tweeting about the notorious 2016 trump tower meeting and the president tweets about the russia investigation. why are the advisers so deeply concerned about the comments of this meeting at trump tower the
they are supposed to limit direct communications on pending invest gages between the white house and fbi. appreciate it. jim schutto, as well. the second exclusive concerns the travel ban redrafted as you know to pass judicial muster. we have now reporting on efforts to provide a basis for and learning about the push back from some in the intelligence community given the job of evaluating the evidence. pamela braown has the reporting on this tonight. pam, what are you learning? anderson, according to sources that spoke to jake tapper and i, they made the request to bolster the case for why the seven countries listed should remain after it was blocked by the courts. as senior white house official tells cnn the department of homeland security and justice department quote are working on an intelligence report that will demonstrate the security threat for the seven countries is substantial and the seven