With popadopouls process during a prefg. Sfl they could face prison time Money Laundering coy bring up to 20 years in prison. Blaine zarnder nbc news. Thanks blaine. A bay area congressman says its not manaforts indictment thats the story its the guilty plea from trumps Foreign Policy adviser. I think the most interesting news is around george popadopulus. That stipulation shows he was a senior Foreign Policy adviser, the someone the president called an excellent guy, working with the russians, traveling abroad during the campaign and taking meetings with russians about dirt they had on hillary clinton. He not only pleaded guilty to lying to the fiv. He has been cooperate wg the special counsel. Ton at 6 we speak with a bay area lawyer that says thats likely the case the white house fierce the most pch coverage continuing on nbc nightly news request lester holt. Nbc news has uncovered the russian ads on facebook during the election reached 126 million americans. That story coming up in
Never revealed sources, p or classified military operations. Lawmakers are expressing concerns about the report. News 4s tracie potts will have that part of the story later. Meanwhile, it has been one week since President Trump fired james comey from the fbi. The president said the process of selecting a new director is, quote, moving rapidly. Comey was invited to testify before closed doors. He has turned that down. According to reports he is willing to testify in the open. Hillary clinton launched a new group. Its called onward together. Clinton hopes the group will encourage people to get involved, organize and even run for office. Metro riders get can be put in but he doesnt have a time line for when that will happen. The cooling system for the Dupont Circle failed years ago. Leaking pipes is a problem. A permanent fix means ripping up a large part of connecticut avenue. A man accused of keeping the school safe is now accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. Mike lie
Distribution of the settlement money from the volkswagen emissions cheating scandal that, of course, was a case out of the federal court based here in San Francisco. He was to be in charge of the handling of the takata airbag settlement as well. No word what will happen to that responsibility now, but muller has always been viewed as a settlement expert and someone viewed as a most credible Law Enforcement official by both democrats and republicans. Larry and alma . All right, thank you so much, kristen. And we broke this news about mullers appointment to overseas russia investigation through the abc7 news app. Download the arp to get breaking news on your phone or tablet. New developments today in the child mole estation case. Doctor and nurse michelle. Abc7 news matt keller has the latest of the reporter the doctor looked out of sorts for his first appearance in the Santa Cruz County courtroom. He was known for his brain surgery in Dominican Hospital and suter Emergency Center in san
Democrats, right now, your governments not functioning and with this cloud over the administration and over the republican party, as they have not partnered with us to get to the truth, its very hard for them or for us collectively to govern. So the sooner we get to the truth, the better for the american public. Thank you for joining us today and giving us a limb insight. Lets tonight our coverage with nbc news anchor kristen . Naming former fbi director mueller as special counsel and right away President Trump has responded. President donald trump released a statement tonight reading as i have stated many times a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. The white house had only a 30minute heads up about this announcement. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had been pressuring acting attorney general Rob Rosenstein to get the appointmentep i after back to b allegations first that President Trump gave
Russian interference in the election. The white house didnt have much notice that the Justice Department had appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel. Lawmakers are scrambling now to react to the third bombshell in as many days. Jo congressman, do you think the appointment of mr. Mueller goes far enough here . No, but its a very significant step and we need to get to the truth and this is the way to get to it. Robert mueller is very well respected here in the bay area and nationwide, can you tell us how this investigation will work . From what i have read about director mueller is respected by his peers. What does this do to President Trumps agenda. Hes been taking one body blow after another. Does this grind all that to a halt . I dont think it grinds it to a halt, but it givens a process where we can govern collectively, congress and the administration, republicans and democrats, right now, your governments not functioning and with this cloud over the administration and over the r