Essentially an unindicted coconspirator. Yesterday we saw how the judicial system is supposed to work. Now, in a Functioning Congress, All Of The Lights would be blinking red today. In a Functioning Congress, the outgoing House Speaker would be directing the outgoing House Judiciary Chair to be beginning the very similar process of investigating cohens investigations. I wouldnt say you start an impeachment hearing, but you start the process. The president was accused of committing a crime in a federal courtroom. And if enough evidence is found in a Functioning Congress the committee would begin to draw up articles of impeachment. Of course this isnt a Functioning Congress. Right now it is sort of not around, controlled by republicans w. H. Ho have been unwilling to hold its party leader accountable. Is there a Point Riepublicans will decide enough is enough and abandon ship . The house isnt in washington
but heres what some Senate Republicans said today. These are serious charges. They
Updates of the days news. Tell bob mueller anything that would incriminate President Trump. There was also the caveat that had he witnessed a crime he would have resigned. Can that be known for certain, depending on what else mueller has learned throughout the probe that don mcgahn did not offer anything that is incriminating to the president . Well, absolutely not. What we have right now is the word of mcgahns attorneys, and so people who were not privy to the conversations cannot know for sure what was told. The reality is it is a bit comforting to the president , of course, because theres ongoing concern that people close to him could Say Something that would harm him. But perhaps Mcgahn Didnt Share anything that could Incriminate Trump because there was nothing to Incriminate Trump, which is the Argument Trump has been making all of this time. But the reality is the investigation is ongoing and we will see more in the near future. Speaking of the reality, eugene, we are talking her
to ukraine this comes as one russian official expressing disappointment over the u.s. s refusal to guarantee it will further expand nato. respondent paul has the latest on this international standoff tonight. good evening. good evening. will tensions remain high among the ukrainian border with russia, officials here in the u.s. saying they re still trying to de-escalate the situation. secretary of state antony blinken said today the u.s. delivered norman to make written responses to russia s demands. all he didn t disclose what was in that particular document, he says it sets out a series of diplomatic tasks going forward if rush is chooses to use them. along with the white house officials are making it clear there are core principles the u.s. will defend. one of those being ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity and the right of states to choose their own security arrangements and alliances. russia has tens of thousands of troops of the border. they have the ability also to
the rubrick of trying to influence a federal election. right. the crime he may have committed is failure to disclose. to george s point, you re sitting there saying, all right, so he didn t disclose. but it wasn t a campaign contribution to disclose. well, it was his own money. and it wasn t to the campaign. but it was to benefit the campaign. it serves as an in-kind contribution. exactly, which still requires disclosure. it still requires reporting as an expenditure. he didn t do those things. i mean the key here is that they didn t do it intentionally because they wanted to get around the campaign finance laws. and so this is an intentional violation of the law. this wasn t some accident. it wasn t because they didn t understand. what you read in the cohen plea agreement is that they intended to violate the law. you know, whether or not they actually ever end up going to the president on this i don t think that s the
a.m.son amazon is hiring a star cardiologist from massachusetts. the doctor announced the move yesterday on twitter. he didn t disclose which team he will join but that it would be an exciting and challenging role. part of many measures amazon made into the health care space. a few months ago said they were partnering with others on how to reduce health costs for employees. president trump is voicing unhappiness with fed chairman powell saying he s not thrilled about raising interest rates once more. what impact will this have on the fed september meeting? reporter: indeed. there criticizing the fed again. economists argue when unemployment is at a 60-year low, hike rates to prevent