Inside the Trump White House from the president himself. The 11th hour getting underway on a monday night. On a monday night, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 284 of the Trump Administration and the special Counsel Robert Mueller has his first guilty plea and he has handed down his first indictments in a case that is clearly just getting started. And today came the most serious charge yet, that a foreign government, russia, had information damaging to Hillary Clinton in the form of thousands of stolen emails not yet known to the world and a member of the Trump Campaign worked to put the russians in touch with the Trump Campaign inner circle. The day started with news of two people being indicted, former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his longtime business associate rick gates, shown here prior to the republican convention. Both men are facing 12 charges, including conspiracy against the United States, Money Laundering and being an
The call had to do also with the fact that we will probably get together in the not too distant future. In his statement this morning, press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders tried to downplay this revelation, saying that a white house meeting was always on the table. Quote, as the president himself confirmed on march 20th, the two had discussed a bilateral meeting in the not too distant future in a number of potential venues, including the white house. When asked about it last month, sanders specifically declined to say the meeting would be held at the white house. Sarah, let me start i by asking you what the president said about potentially meeting with Vladimir Putin, quote, soon. Would that include either a visit of putin to the white house or the president going to russia . There are no specific plans made at this time. Well, its obvious why putin wants a white house meeting. It puts him on equal status with the United States, a clear goal of his. He has used other means to achieve
Campaign manager Paul Manafort and associate rick gates charged with 12 counts in a 31page indictment. Tonight, what were still learning about Robert Muellers sprawling investigation and where its headed next. And new reporting this evening on the reaction from inside the Trump White House from the president himself. The 11th hour getting underway on a monday night. On a monday night, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 284 of the Trump Administration and the special Counsel Robert Mueller has his first guilty plea and he has handed down his first indictments in a case that is clearly just getting started. And today came the most serious charge yet, that a foreign government, russia, had information damaging to Hillary Clinton in the form of thousands of stolen emails not yet known to the world and a member of the Trump Campaign worked to put the russians in touch with the Trump Campaign inner circle. The day started with news of two people bein
There was no collusion during the campaign with russia. His defenders say at worse this is about the minor league misdeeds, the unrelated misdeeds of his Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and rick gates. In short, they say its much ado about nothing. Tonight for the first time, cnn is learning a key figure in the investigation, a figure who is a cooperating witness is helping mueller make the collusion case. I want to underscore those two words. He is helping. That witness is rick gates. Tonight for the first time, we know how hes helping. For a time, it was believed mueller was manly using gates for information about manafort, his former close associate. Now cnn is learning mueller is not primarily interested in what gates has to know about manafort. Instead, cnn is learning that mueller is seeking information from gates about the central question, did members of the Trump Campaign work with a hostile Foreign Policy to win the election. Evan perez is one of the teams of professionals th
Cabinet controversy after a series of highprofile administration departures. The epa secretary is now under fire. The place that he calls home in d. C. Raising ethics questions. And questions about whether he will be the next to go. And higher ground. Have evangelicals ceded the moral high ground for political gain because of President Trump . Ill ask the author of god and trump. We start with russia today raising the stakes in whats shaping up to be a 21st century cold war. Relations between the two countries have reached a low not seen in decades. Thats because russia overnight tested a new interkontinental Ballistic Missile that Vladimir Putin says can reach any corner of the world. The test follows russias expulsion of diplomats and closing of the u. S. Consulate in retaliation for the ouster of Russian Diplomats across the west. Savannah guthrie in an exclusive interview with russias ambassador to the u. S. , asked him about that move. If anybody slapped your cheek, your face, wha