All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a wednesday night. And good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 720 of the trump administration. Day 19 of the Government Shutdown. And there is no sign of a way out as talks collapsed again today. Tomorrow the president travels to the u. S. Mexico border to make his case once again for a wall, or what he now refers to as a barrier of steel slats. The meeting at the white house came to an abrupt end when the president left the room. Both parties then rushed to the microphones in the white house driveway to give their own afteraction reports. Its cold out here, and the temperature wasnt much warmer in the situation room. The president walked into the room and passed out candy. Our meeting did not last long. I asked him to open up the government. The president then turned to the speaker and politely asked her, okay, nancy, if we open the government up, in 30 days could we have Border Security . The speaker o
Tore from liability and gives rise to legitimate questions about where his loyalties lie, specifically manafort lied about sharing internal Campaign Polling data with kilimnik in discussing a socalled peace plan that would benefit russia. As muellers prosecutor told mueller quote this goes to the heart of what the special counsels office is investigating. All of this begs the question why would manafort risk spending the rest of his life in jail to keep those discussions secret . Theyve floated the theory that manafort may hope to be parted by the president. Theres been reporting to show that a pardon has been considered since 2017, but trump was most direct about the possibility late last year, telling the new york post, quote, i wouldnt take it off the table. Yet the president can only pardon federal crimes, not state offenses. Now bloomberg is reporting that to ensure manafort isnt let off the hook, quote, new york prosecutors have put together a criminal case against Paul Manafort
Leaks. Previously prosecutors had only outlined how stone attempted to get in touch with Wikileaks Julian assange through intermediaries. Were also learning that white house secretary Sarah Sanders confirming to cnn that she has been interviewed by Robert Muellers team. The interview was conducted late last year. Its unclear what she was asked. A lot to get to. I want to bring in shimon prokupecz, Juliette Kayyem and michael moore. Good evening to all of you. At almost 70 years old, this is a life sentence. What are they saying about manaforts behavior . It is a life sentence, don. It really is an extraordinary day in terms of the Mueller Investigation and how much we learned in all of these filings today between the roger stone filing and then the Paul Manafort filing. And what we saw was just how prosecutors viewed his conduct, what he did here, what he did while he was part of the campaign, and then they even went further back talking about his conduct through all the years. Certain
As the white house plays both sides again do you believe in Climate Change . I believe there are signs on both sides that are accurate. The growing urgency for Climate Action on the left. This is an emergency in this country. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. A staffer on the trump 2016 president ial campaign has come forward to become the 16th woman to accuse donald trump of unwanted sexual contact. Ava johnson was a Trump Campaign staffer in florida. The day on the alleged incident and claims in a new lawsuit that he forcibly kissed her as he exited an rv in august 2016. Johnson says she turned away from trump as he tried to kit her on the lips and ultimately kissed her on the side of the mouth. This is the first Sexual Misconduct accusation against the president since he became the president. Its the first alleging misconduct while he was a candidate. It is also the first accusation made by a woman who worked on trumps campaign. Johnson who in
That defines this moment with legal and political history. Telling the court, quote, all of this appeared to reflect his ongoing contempt for and the belief that he has the right to manipulate these proceedings and the court order did not apply to him. All of this was a problem for me, because court is one of those places where facts still matter. And prosecutors in manhattan apparently another place where facts and crimes still matter, effectively pardonproofing manaforts sentence, moments after judge jackson issues a sentence p the manhattan d. A. Invited manafort on 16 counts of fraud and conspiracy. If you need a more glaring example how far we are operating from normal, pardon proofing, convicted liar, cheat and perpetrator of fraud from the president of the United States. Thats where we start with our favorite reporters and and friends, former assistant for counterintelligence at the fbi, frank figliuzzi, staff to joe buysen and al gore gore, rob blaine and with us at the table t