The wall street journal says charges have been filed against he and former business associate rick gates. As we wait to learn more many republicans say the continued leaks in the story are highly problematic. We dont know who is being charged or what they are being charged for or the time period. The only conversation ive had with Robert Mueller was stressing to him the importance of cutting out the leaks with respect to serious investigations. It is kind of ironic that the people charged with investigating the law and executing the law would violate the law and make no mistake, disclosing grand jury material is a violation of the law. Sandra kevin corke is live on the north lawn. Good morning. What a monday morning. Were off to a busy week here at the white house. As you pointed out Paul Manafort surrendered to authorities this morning. He has been a target of the Mueller Investigation. In case you dont know, manafort is a powerful lobbyist in washington other reports suggest that ric
Disaster relief funding along with shortterm debt ceiling increase and spending measures. Gop leaders say they were blindsided. Closed door testimony. With congress back in session, the russia investigations are clearly picking up steam. Donald trump jr. Will go behind closed doors at the Senate Judiciary committee as former Obama National security adviser susan rice sits down with the house intelligence committee. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. The breaking news, the latest forecast is just coming in for Hurricane Irma now hammering the caribbean with winds of 185 miles an hour. One of the strongest atlantic storms ever. Its on a path to wreak havoc in florida and potentially up the coast. Depending on irmas track in the days ahead, tens of millions of people could be in harms way. The storms are now battering puerto rico after beating up a cluster of caribbean islands. The four strongest government buildings there were destroyed. The concern is that similar scenes coul
To the success of our country. So again, the economic evidence suggests that this is exactly the wrong time for a big wasteful regressive tax cut like this. Lets start with politics and mountic speculation over the target of Robert Muellers indictment. New reaction from adam schiff, Ranking Member of the House Intel Committee on just how significant the person or persons could turn out to be. It could be manafort. It could be flynn. Many people have been pointing out that you generally go after the small fish first. Right. Those are not small fish. Were talking about the National Security adviser for the president and talking about the president s campaign manager. If those are the small fish, then the big fish has to be pretty big. Meanwhile, republicans on capitol hill weighing in on attempts by some to remove Robert Mueller from the investigation because of his ties to former fbi director james comey. Is this still a witch hunt . I dont know where hes going. It brings to mind a lot
What does he have to say . Lets get right to our reporters. Hans nichols at the white house, ken dalanian, carol lee, matt miller, msnbc justice and security analyst, danny, msnbc legal analyst. Ken, let me start with you. Tell us about this guilty plea. It was a standard and scripted event inside the courthouse. Flynn didnt have much to say. He admitted to committing a felony, lying to the fbi. Hes released on his own recognizance and he awaits sentencing because it could be months if not a year away because the question there is what cooperation does he offer Robert Mueller . Hes facing five years in prison, technically o this charge but a lot of factors suggest he may never serve a day in prison. The most important factor is what does he have to say and if Robert Mueller believes hes truthful and can help his case. Michael flynn has already said he coordinated his conversations with the Russian Ambassador, with two very senior officials in the trump transition. Those people are not
Tremendous spirit. I dont think chaos is too strong a word. Scaramucci trash talk his current chief of staff. The headline reads porn star sues president. People knew about this when they voted for donald trump. Hell have to continue to respond to it in a court of law. We are announcing a state of emergency. For the second time in just a week, a powerful noreaster threatening more than 50 Million People. Its a lot of snow. Going to be a lot more. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning. Welcome. Its wednesday, march 7, 8 00 in the east. Wall street is bracing for an ugly open. Look at the futures on your screen, all red arrows, never good. Why . Could be news that the president s top economic adviser is resigning. His name is gary cohn, the latest in a series of highprofile departures. Weve never seen talent bleed out of the white house like this. What was this about can cohn . There have been rumblings for a while that he wasnt happy. The president s positio