Interviews with political figures and news updates. Agreement that collusion, if you look in the law books, isnt a crime, but conspiracy is a crime. If you speak to legal analysts, and pete probably knows a whole lot more about this, they would say its a part of the broader question that investigators are looking into, andrea. And pete, at the courthouse, this is so important, because its not related directly to the russia probe, but its so important for mueller to have a really strong case going in. Reporter Jury Selection is under way now, andrea. And it could end today. We could get Opening Statements tomorrow, if Jury Selection slops over into tomorrow. Its expected to last three weeks. It has nothing to do with the time that manafort worked on the campaign or was campaign chairman. It has to do with his work for another president , viktor yanukovych, former president of
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Potentially groundbreaking deal on u. S. And russian cooperation in syria. For the first time both sides will now be working together to try to end the conflict there, which could, if successful, as you heard the Secretary Of State there just a moment ago, could help battle isis in the country as well. The agreement comes after months of talks and at a time when u. S. russian relations have been pretty frosty. Today the United States and russia are announcing a plan, which we hope will reduce violence, ease suffering, and resume Movement Towards a negotiated peace and a political transition in syria. Working together, russia and the United States, and our teams, have devised what we think is a more prescriptive and farreaching approach than we have been able to put together to date. This as donald trump tries to dial back his praise for russian president Vladimir Putin after being slammed for calling him a stronger leader than president obama. She talks about me. Oh, donald trump likes
She got the kinds of questions and issues that donald trump didnt. I think she wants to make her case, both about the substance of what he says but also about his confidence to be the leader of this country. And before we dig into substantive issues, jeff, i just wanted to ask you about one thing. It did strike me that hillary clibten w e clinton was trying to joke with reporters. She was trying to sound like she was buddies with some of those reporters. I found that interesting. I dont think we have jeff zeleny i do have you, carol, if you can hear me. At the end of that news conference, she was getting a little bit playful with her press staff was trying to cut short the news conference. Andrea mitchell of nbc news had a question and that was the exchange you saw there with Secretary Clinton. But the question, in fact, was a very interesting and good one that elicited that response you saw at the end. I think the big takeaway from this, this is a brandnew moment in this campaign. She