interpret those e-mails. what did you understand manafort to mean when he said that? what were you saying to manafort, back and forth? walking through each one of the counts, each one of the charges against manafort and explaining exactly what was happening and how it works. they ll really use it almost like a preview of a closing argument, allowing the jury to see how rick gates interfaced with all the evidence, having him explain as an insider how the scheme worked. renato mariotti, appreciate it. jennifer rodgers as well. more now on the star witness, how he became one and how he got in a position to be so valuable for the mueller team. randi kaye has more on that. reporter: rick gates, a 45-year-old father of four, was once a senior aide to donald trump s campaign. he entered trump s orbit through paul manafort, trump s former campaign chairman. gates and manafort met in the 1980s when gates interned at manafort s lobbying firm. gates teamed up with his old boss again in 2006 a
testimony a full answer from the president. and finally, the president trump now has a dilemma that he s going to be asked by mueller did you know before that meeting about the meeting? and if he wants to protect his son, he is going say no, i never knew that. but that will be he would be possibly committing perjury on his own. if he said yes, i did know, then he throws his son under the bus, and his son has committed a perjury. and ambassador eisen, mueller would have access i mean, i ve talked to intelligence people. mueller would have access to the blocked number to know who the blocked number was that donald trump jr. called. i think there was a call before and i think there was a call after the meeting. we don t know if he called his dad, but that would certainly be one option. and if in fact he did call his dad and talked to him about the meeting, then they both have been lying. that s right, anderson. of course it never comes as a
her communications director released a statement that reads in part, quote, it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. just as she always has, the first lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today. mrs. trump would even consider visiting james new school in ohio. it s not the first time the first lady has contributed her husband, forged her own path. with more, here is cnn s randi kaye. i m standing very strong on the ground, on my two feet, and i m an own person. reporter: that was melania trump during the 2016 presidential campaign. as first lady, her independent streak continues to draw attention. take, for example, what happened during a recent trip overseas. melania trump was watching cnn onboard air force one when the new york times first reported her husband got upset, insisting all tvs be tuned to fox news. in response to that report, the
attack the nba star lebron james on twitter but his wife, first lady melania trump, is praising james for his charity work. her communications director released a statement that reads in part, quote, it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. just as she always has, the first lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today. mrs. trump would even consider visiting james new school in ohio. it s not the first time the first lady has contributed her husband, forged her own path. with more, here is cnn s randi kaye. i m standing very strong on the ground, on my two feet, and i m an own person. reporter: that was melania trump during the 2016 presidential campaign. as first lady, her independent streak continues to draw attention. take, for example, what happened during a recent trip overseas. melania trump was watching cnn onboard air force one. when the new york times first reported her husband got
manafort, back and forth? walking through each one of the counts, each one of the charges to manafort and explaining what was happening and how it works. they ll really use it almost like a preview of a closing argument, allowing the jury to see how rick gates interfaced with all the evidence, having him explain as an insider how the scheme worked. renato mariotti, appreciate it. jennifer rodgers as well. more now on the star witness, how he became one and how he got in a position to be so valuable for the mueller team. randi kaye has more on that. reporter: rick gates, a 45-year-old father of four, was once a senior aide to donald trump s campaign. he entered trump s orbit through paul manafort, trump s former campaign chairman. gates and manafort met in the 1980s when gates interned at manafort s lobbying firm. gates teamed up with his old boss again in 2006 at manafort s new firm to do business in the ukraine as lobbyists and political consultants. a decade later, in 2016, manaf