Expensive suits in the closet. According to another new report, manafort was under Government Surveillance before and after the election. Cnn reporting he was wiretapped under fisa warrants. According to that report, the government snooping continued into early this year, including a period when manafort was known to talk to president donald trump. Sharon lafraniere is a reporter who broke the story tonight. She joins me by phone. Your reporting is they told manafort they planned to indict him. How common is that . Thats not that uncommon that a prosecutor would say we dont believe your story, youre not really cooperating with us. Were going to indict you. The difference here, i think,
might be, as my colleagues found out is that they threatened an imminent indictment and this was in the summer and we havent seen it. One of the themes of the piece is the approach of mueller and how it differs particularly in white color investigations. The report says its more like that mafia investiga
Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. His son to cancel the meeting. He did not tell the fbi about the meeting. And if anything, he further encouraged and emboldened the russians to hack. Because he went out just about a month and a half after the meeting and said, russia if youre listening which is two years ago from today as you pointed out you would be rewarded for hacking Hillary Clintons emails. Lets go to Kelly Oconnell in new jersey also joining us u. S. Congressman Danny Heck Of Washington and glenn kushner. First to you, kelly in berkeley heights, new jersey not too far where the president is spending the weekend at the bedminster resort. I want to talk about the ten different ways weve counted that the president has refused to answer questions on camera regarding cohen in that 2016 Trump Tower Meeting in the month of june. Are we hearing any feedback from
the white house on this . And all of this Radio Silence on this matter,
A look at the latest news and headlines of the day features discussions of politics and culture, analysis of Political Correctness in Campus Craziness and. The out set, this will come as a surprise to clinton defenders its a crime we ought to take seriously if anyone lies under oath. We believe in punishing crimes. And donald trump jr. Lied. Tucker i dont know that. I dont know if cohen is telling the truth. I dont know why cohen would hire trump in the first place. The Core Accusation that its immoral to meet with the russian source to get dirt on your opponent is what Hillary Clinton did. But its treason when trump does. Explain how that works. What the email to don jr. Said it is how the russian government hopes to aid your father. That was in the email. If that email had gone to barack obama or Hillary Clinton the same people in congress who
spent 3 years investigating who wrote the Talking Points would have hearing after hearing. Congress needs to do its job and have a hearing. Tu
Thats it for me. Im gigi stone woods. The news continues right now with my colleague, david, whos been tweeting this whole hour constantly. Thank you very much. Great to see you. Good afternoon, im david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. We start this hour with President Trump who is spending the weekend at his golf resort in bedminster, new jersey. The president ending his week touting fridays economic numbers. Secondquarter gdp growth of 4. 1 , that is the fastest pace since 2014. Hes not been able to change the subject, avoiding all questions about the latest revelations from his former personal Attorney Michael Cohen who nbc news reports is prepared to tell investigators that President Trump had prior knowledge of that nowinfamous june, 2016,
view that meeting differently perhaps in light of what we heard on that tape, in light of what weve learned this week. Cnn reporting, other outlets following here, that Michael Cohen is willing to testify that donald trump did know about
Ukraine intractable, syria, extend the new star treaty for five years thats going to expire in 2021 as a result of these two president s coming together . Yeah. Can they agree for no Nuclear Proliferation and put pressure on north korea and also put pressure on iran . Is that possible . I think so. Paul okay. Lets talk about the domestic politics here because you know to have an effective Foreign Policy, you need domestic support. And the way the president handled that Press Conference has really hurt him in terms of his ability, i think, to maneuver inside congress and have the support he needs. Why did he get such at odds with the Intelligence Community judgment about 2016, when he really didnt need to . Yeah, i mean, listen, monday was a disaster. I think it was a low point of his presidency, to be sure. I dont get it to be frank, paul. I mean, i know that they put a
president . You know, theres a lot of misunderstanding about this. In talking to the people around the president , wh