Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Seated, the judge will give fairly long explanation. On. Reporter after the jury is seated, the judge will give fairly long explanation. Were not going to hear Opening Statements today. Its possible we could hear them tomorrow or thursday. Got it. Pete williams. Thank you very much. Let me bring in National Political reporter for the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst. Two msnbc contributors. Charlie savage. Let me go over briefly this reminder about Paul Manafort and why the Special Counsel is interested in him. Starts with donald trump. He hired Paul Manafort to run his president ial campaign in march 2016. Prior to his work on the Trump Campaign, manafort did political work overseas. Some for the prorussian
highlights which as you indicated, rick gates, all eyes will be on him. He was the right hand man to manafort. What hell have to do in order to fulfill his cooperation agreement, for the government
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Muellers team to the test here. Do you think he testifies . Thats a tough call. I would have to handicap it as being negative. I would not put him on. Shimon, lets remind people of the judge. His name is judge ellis and he said point blank to muellers team you dont really care about mr. Maufrts bank fraud, you care about what he could give you that would reflect on mr. Trump and lead to prosecution or impeachment. He hasnt always swung their way in the pretrial hearings and motions. In fact, President Trump used those words in a speech at a rally sort of thinking perhaps the judge would cite his words. So that was something the defense team was hoping they would get a dismissal on some accounts or perhaps some of the decisions would go their way. This judge is known to speak his mind. Hes very well known in the district and he mov
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. No collusion, which i knew anyway. No coordination, no nothing. No nothing, he says. No collusion. His response to the revelation his closest Campaign Adviser sought dirt on hillary clinton. His response after the house and Senate Intelligence committees re released their reports on russian interference. His response to nearly any question the president has ever gotten, no collusion. If not the two foundational words of his entire administration, then at least the linchpin of his defense that is until our reporting that his former lawyer and confidante is now willing to tie the president directly to that meeting with russians during the campaign. Now that Michael Cohens apparently ready to say that Candidate Trump knew in advance about what amounts to at best an attempted collusion or intended collusion or unrequited collusion. The line of defense has a new wrinkle, moving from never happened
A look at the days news and headlines. Lot of legal experts say he wins one in the district of columbia. Keep in mind in the last election in 2016 only 4 of district of columbia voters voted for donald trump. Not good odds in the district of columbia. Bill something were watching. Kellyanne conway Senior Counsel to the president from the white house. Good morning to you. I have a long list. Another slow news day here. Bill i have a long list. Paul manafort, how closely is the president watching this trial that begins today . We havent discussed that in quite a while. I would note for your audience, bill, that the judge has very strictly instructed no mention of Paul Manaforts role in the Trump Campaign, no mention trump, russia or collusion. This trial obviously centers on matters that have nothing to do with the campaign. I think that even mr. Manafort as i read it had requested that there be no mention of his
brief tenure at the Trump Campaign several years ago. I believe there is on
Post is they are quoting officials with information on this matter. One or two icbms are currently being built. The liquid fuel Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles which means they take longer to set up because the liquid fuel is not easily stored inside the missile. What it does mean, according to the u. S. Official, it gives the United States a heads up when one is being mantled. A u. S. Official telling cnn that this report from the Washington Post is consistent with what they believe. The u. S. And Intel Community and Around The World has been saying that kim jongun is continuing his proper duduction activity. He did not fully agree to denuclearization. He said he would work toward denuclearization. Those were the words in the singapore summit. This is not much of a surprise. The big challenge for the United States at this point is to try
the president s press team is not coordinating with Rudy Giuliani concerning his comments on behalf of mr. Trumps legal team. That was apparent m