Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Courthouse in alexandrialexandr virginia, cnns jessica schneider. So what did we learn today at the trial . Anderson, we learned a lot. It was only the first day here, but this courtroom is definitely living up to its Rocket Docket reputation. They managed to whittle down this jury pool of 65 people down to 12 jurors plus four alternates, and then, of course, we heard the fiery Opening Statements here. In this, prosecutors shed some light on Paul Manaforts lavish lifestyle, and they did it by talking about his 30 hidden Foreign Bank Accounts they say existed in three different countries. And they say that funded that lavish lifestyle that included seven different homes, ranging from virginia to manhattan, all the way to the hamptons on long island. They also talked about his 500,000 luxury clothing. They mentioned a 21,000 watch, and they even, yes, mentioned a 15,000 jacket made of ostrich. T
Translate in november . Interesting. For example, don, another thing id say about that is especially in goobvernors race. I think the voters want a degree of independence from the white house and president. When you hug that tightly, its hard to get that separation. I want to play this because we were talking about how much some of the candidates are hugging the president. This is the most recent campaign add in florida. Everyone knows my husband ron is endorsed by president trump. But hes also an amazing dad. Ron loves playing with the kids. Build a wall. He reads stories. Then mr. Trump said youre fired. I love that part. Hes Teaching Madison to talk. Make America Great again. People say ron is all trump, but he is so much more. Big league. So good. I just thought you should know. Ron desantis for governor. A recap of the days news. Profile losses. The there a lesson for democrats . I think democrats have to keep the attention on trump nationally. That energizes the base. Thats the n
A recap of the days news. Its the idea that in the Republican Coalition right now it is a cult of personalty around trump, and that ad is a perfect example of it. Its i am trump. I am trump. I am with them. And theres it is the only strategy. You cannot win a republican primary in this country right now without siding with trump. This is access is reporting tonight that trumps power over politics and republicans is growing. They say his sway often flows from fear. He is a powerful hold on supporters minds. Hes refined the social issues that animate the Republican Base and plucks candidates from obscurity and turns them into household names. How do you describe this president s control over understanding the understanding of his base . Well, i think its an addition and subtraction game. Hes adding to the republican
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Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Gates is all to blame here. Theyre saying he is the one who stole and embezzled money. Theyre saying hes the one who lied. And now theyre trying flip this on the government. Rick gates will be the governments star witness, but the defense team is saying how can he be your star witness . Rick gates is an admitted liar and he is now cooperating with the government. Whats next for the trial . What happens tomorrow . Just day one, weve already seen a lot. But day two were expecting that the prosecution will be calling two more witnesses. We expect another democratic consultant who worked with Paul Manafort. Were also expecting to hear from an fbi agent. The prosecution here says that they have a witness list of 35 people that they plan to call, but this trial is really only expected to go three weeks. We saw just how fast this trial moved just in the first day here. So who knows. It could wrap up
Unwanted, the poorly bred, those yearning to be free, and we will do whatever the hell we can to make it if were given a chance. It is the exception among us who doesnt have that in their blood. Remember who we are because who we are is the key to what we are and why this country has always been great. Thats our closing argument. Thank you for getting after it with us tonight here. Ill see you tomorrow night. D lemon picks it up from here. Its a great closing argument. Number one, lebron james talked to me about the kids being separated at the border. Again, hes saying thats not who we are. Number two, when you said that and talked about summer camp, you reminded me. I saw your wife this weekend. Didnt you pick up one of your kids from summer camp . She was in chicago, and she won best actor in her level of character she had. You know whats sad . I asked a guest a while back, do you think that its possible that some of these kids will never be reunited with their parents . The guest sa