and mcconnell, well, he has suggested that he will run anything as it relates to the proceedings of that senate trial by the white house, specifically the white house counsel pat cipollone. so far there is no indication from the white house that they would agree to have any of these witnesses, of course, come forward. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. let s talk about the week ahead. i m joined from england by natasha lynn stat. she s a professor of government at the university of essex, natasha, thanks for coming in because it s going to be quite a week. let s first focus on that schumer letter to mr. mcconnell requesting witnesses. what do you think the chances are of that happening? i think there s absolutely no chance of that happening. the republicans have absolutely nothing to gain by this trial being long, by it dragging on, by it involving more witnesses and by allowing some of these documents to come forward. what they want is for this trial
should send waves of fear through the republican party at every level. jong king. north carolina will be represented by a republican dan bishop and now the big debate begins. even though the republican won, because this margin, two points is so narrow, is there actually a silver lining for the democrats as we head into 2020? let s first focus on the winner. how did he do it? number one, there s a reason the president claimed credit. the rally was over here in the eastern part of the state. it s not a huge win, just 30 or so votes for bishop, but dan mccready knew he needed to have this to win. in the suburbs, dan bishop ran even. where did the democrats see a silver lining? over at the other end of the lining. you come over here where charlotte is. it s the most votes in the district. you touch on charlotte. come down here in the eastern
those are the magic words today in trump world. because today former trump aide, rick gates, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy against the united states after being indicted on that charge by robert mueller s grand jury. gates also pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the special counsel s office just three weeks ago while he was negotiating a plea deal. another trump official was charged with conspiracy against the united states today, paul manafort, he was hit with a super ceding indictment laying out new charges, including conspiracy against the united states, conspiracy to launder money, failing to register as a foreign agent, making false statements about being a foreign agent and making other false statements. it s been a busy day for mr. mueller. we ll get to paul manafort in a moment but let s first focus on the top campaign official to plead guilty. the second highest to plead guilty since former national security advisor michael flynn
this is what we have the next four years with donald trump? we also do have to talk about the wall. we re waiting to hear from the president. he should be coming out any minute now at the department of homeland security. at the tiptop on that following through on his promise to build the wall. talking about voter fraud, is there investigation to be done? but let s first focus on the wall and listen to the president in a moment.
didn t all we did was look for bergdahl. all we were doing was going on leads. intel he was in a specific village or being moved from a village to another location and we would act on that intelligence. essentially chasing a ghost because we never came up with anything. in the months that followed, the 501st infantry division lost six soldiers. bergdahl leaving changed the mission. if he wouldn t have deserted us, these soldiers very well could have been in a different place at a different time. it was a very big betrayal. the military has promised a comprehensive review. let s get the facts, but let s first focus on getting sergeant bergdahl well. until then, the mystery surrounding bowe bergdahl and what happened to him that fateful night remains. bergdahl s hometown of haley, idaho, has decided to cancel the celebration that is planned for