A recap of the days news. The idea that somehow this is floating out in the ether somewhere in orbit far away from the central focus of this investigation is just not true. Those lines of investigation are open. And this is a man who has shown himself willing to do some fairly dodgy work for people supported by the kremlin abroad in the ukraine. And thats one reason why hes standing in court today. And this is just the beginning and again, one of two trials. The first of two trials for Paul Manafort this summer. So this is and the first one as far as the russia investigation. Listen, theres they have to go a long way, as you said. Theres a long way to go, and april, the judges name is ts ellis. He banned any mention of President Trump, russia or collusion from the courtroom. I mean, that may be, but the trial is no doubt weighing on this white house. It is definitely weighing on this white house, don. From my sources, theyre saying
the white house is very concerned. They are trying to
Be asking themselves regardless of the nuclear deal, why do you want to do business with the Worlds Largest financer of International Terrorism . Bill Benjamin Hall has more. That story Live In London. Good morning, bill. What these sanctions do are give companies two options. One to deal with the multitrillion economy of the u. S. Or to deal with iran. What weve seen overnight is Companies Choosing to deal with the u. S. Despite European Countries trying to force them in other directions. President trump tweeted this morning saying the iran sanctions have officially been cast. These are the most biting sanctions ever imposed and in november they ratchet up to yet another level. Anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the United States. Im asking for world peace, nothing less. And the response was quick. Just in the last few hours the French Oil Giant has said it will quit its multibillion
the door was open for negotiations. Iranians refused. Bill. Bill we await
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. What it does is put a huge number of seats in play for democratic enthusiasm. Now, thats going to result in a lot more republican spending than we had before. Maybe both sides get motivated on the money but republicans will have more money. So thats a big concern for democrats. I think the ground game in a close election like this matters. That infrastructure is there, and we have the money for that. Its more speaking with the voters. Like i said before nancy pelosi could be the speaker, they could have Subpoena Power and essentially grind to a halt. Things are going well. They need tawao wake up and understand democrats are motivated. If we can motivate our base i believe that can happen in november. They all know its an election in november and we tend to turn out in higher numbers in midterms. The Complacency Thing is
november in almost every one of these races. Its about district. You know
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Later we learned exactly the opposite. President trumps legal team wrote in a memo to the special Counsel Robert Mueller and i quote have you received all the notes, communications and testimony indicating that the president dictate add short but accurate response to the New York Times article on behalf of his son donald trump jr. He dictated it sanders did not answer questions about how that could be that districted her original statement, which it did. Instead she referred reporters to outside counsel. President trumps admission on twitter comes as legal team and special Counsel Robert Mueller negotiate the terms of a possible sitdown between mueller and President Trump our chief house correspondent john roberts is live this afternoon on the north lawn. Hi, john. Good afternoon to you. The president and white house staff keeps saying they like this Mueller Investigation to wrap up as quickly as possible preside
1st. Now, he is saying he doesnt know if it will be over by September The 1st but he thinks that Robert Mueller should be able to wrap it up by then. He told me if it goes much past the beginning of september then everybody who is involved in this investigation could be accused in interfering with the election. Because if this thing does drag on, it gets closer and closer to those all important mid terms. The response to mueller went out about an hour ago. We got two statements from the president s lead attorneys jay sekulow saying quote we have responded in writing to the Office Of Special Counsel regarding its request to interview the president. It not appropriate at this time to comment publicly about the content of that response. From Rudy Giuliani millions of pages of documents along with testimony from dozens of witnesses have been provided. Were restating what we have been stating for months it is time for the Office Of Special Counsel to conclude its inquiry without further del