To bring figures down to the Tens Of Thousands. Labour targets child rens health, saying itll ban allJunk Food Tv Ads, before the 9pm watershed. A 2 Year Old Girl is seriously ill in hospital, a 2 Year Old Girl is seriously ill in hospital, after being mauled by Dogs Thatjumped into a garden in liverpool. Facebook launches a National Campaign with ten tips to spot fake news, helping users decide whats true and whats not. Good evening from paris, where the President Elect Emmanuel Macron has been celebrating his decisive victory over Marine Le Pen in yesterdays election and hes already started work on forming his government ahead of his formal inauguration on sunday. Hes already been congratulated by many world leaders, including the british Prime Minister theresa may. Mr macron won with 66. 1 of the vote, with Marine Le Pen of the Front National taking 33. 9 . The turnout was 7a , the lowest in nearly 50 years, and around 11. 5 Million People abstained. The transfer of power is already
Tonight, day one of the manafort trial. The first of the mueller era. The government argues Paul Manafort thought he was above the law, while his defense team plans to attack the star government witness against him. The president started his day declaring collusion is not a crime, ending his day with red meat for the crowd in tampa, and no talk of russia. He did declare himself the most popular republican ever. And with 98 days until the midterms, facebook announces its found fake accounts designed to further tear us apart, and well show you if they have a familiar look to them. The 11th hour begins right now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 558 of the Trump Administration, and day one of
the Paul Manafort trial, the first big test for Robert Mueller. It is a trial about taxes and not russia, though russia looms large in the background as it seems to in Everything Else these days. Manaforts being tried in Federal Court in alexandria, virgini
Not russia, though russia looms large in the background as it seems to in Everything Else these days. Manaforts being tried in Federal Court in alexandria, virginia. He was, of course, Trumps Campaign chairman, ran the rnc convention. Its the first of two trials for him, and this one hes looking at 18 counts of bank fraud, tax evasion, conspiracy charges in relation to his work for a prorussian party in ukraine before he went to work for the trump campaign. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. This trial is off to a lightning start. So far a jury has been seated. Opening statements have been delivered, and a witness has testified, all on day one. Manafort was a March To August Chairman back in 2016. He helped trump secure the nomination, make no mistake, and trump said so at the time. I have fantastic people. Paul manafort just came on. Hes great. He didnt need to do this, but he wanted to. Paul manafort has done an amazing job. He is here some place where. Is paul . However, more
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. And Donald Trumps name wasnt mentioned today. Robert muellers name wasnt mentioned today. This trial does not have to do with any connection to the 2016 campaign. Nor does rick gates involvement dovetail with what he did in the 2016 campaign, nor his work on the inaugural committee. Its a highly separate trial involving past clients of Paul Manaforts. I think if were reading between the lines, its the prelude to something that is supposed to be bigger. Obviously the prosecutors have a case that theyre bringing here, but it does seem like theyre looking down the road to try to get or compel Paul Manafort to participate in the larger mission, which is the investigation to collusion in the trump campaign. And were all sort of waiting to see what manafort does under this type of pressure. I do agree that the case the defense he is bringing seems highly uncompelling. Basically, he is saying my underli
A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. Dealing in u. S. Dollars, currency abroad, business and precious metals, aluminum, steel and coal. And thats only phase one. In less than three months the administration hits irans Oil Production and banking sector. Shannon thank you very much. Those new sanctions kick in against iran at 12 oh one eastern time. Lindsey graham, member of the Senate Armed Services committee joins us now to dig in further. The sanctions kick in and iran is complain about it, senator. Strong message is not just for them but also for our allies. The United States is fully committed to enforcing all of our sanctions and we will work closely with nations conducting business with iran to ensure complete complaints. Individuals or entities that fail to wind down activities with our brand with severe consequences. Who is that for . Thats for anyone, particularly the iranians that prop up the ayatollah. Theyve made the decision that
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