No question about it. Talk to your doctor about chantix. Welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. We are live in washington from 7 00 to 9 00 eastern. Tonight the president lashes out against Robert Mueller claiming Conflicts Of Interest. Plus russia gate travels to the Worst Airport gate in america. Don junior and Robert Mueller treated to the lucid nightmare that is gate 35 x at Reagan National airport. At the same time the president s inner circle is fighting it out in federal court and the court of public opinion. Later well talk to senator Chris Van Hollen about matters
foreign and domestic. He floetsz new sanctions for months could you as tariffs start to turn politically toxic at home. But we begin with a series of tweets from the president late today including a Greatest Hits of grievances against special counsel Robert Mueller. Quote, is Robert Mueller ever going to release his Conflicts Of Interest with respect to president trump, including the fact that we had a very nasty and
Im phil mattingly. In for dave briggs. It is thursday, august 9th. Congratulations, you are on the back half of the week. Representative Chris Collins refusing to step down after indictment on Insider Trading charges. Federal prosecutors in manhattan accused the new York Congress member, his son and another man of securities and wire fraud. Charged with exploiting secret Drug Trial Information from the australian pharmaceutical company. Collins vowed last night he will continue his run for reelection in november. The charges that have been levied against me are meritless. I will mount a vigorous defense in court to clear my name. I look forward to being fully vindicated and exonerated ending any and all questions relating to my affiliation with innate. The company where collins was on the board of directors. He was the first sitting Congress Member to endorse donald trump for the white house. Collins indictment turns another safe republican seat into a battleground. The White House Leg
accounts to show the path of the money which flowed from ukraine business men to manafort s accounts. they showed bank account statements manafort signed. his passport photo included in the bank accounts. and showing funds which flew to u.s. vendors. the jury heard from those early in the week and last week detailing he paid for a mercedes-benz and ostrich jacket. and several other expensive real estate properties. the jury heard from prosecutors in total that meant manafort did not pay tax on $15 million. that is a key part of the case. prosecutors told the judge they have eight more witnesses to call. they could wrap by the end of the week. christine, phil. kara, thank you. the trump administration set to slap a new round of sanctions on russia as the punishment for the poisoning of former russian spy and his daughter. the state department says the sanctions are required under international law. banning the use of biological and chemical weapons. the first round of sanctions set
and showing funds which flew to u.s. vendors. the jury heard from those early in the week and last week detailing he paid for a mercedes-benz and ostrich jacket. bought several expensive real estate properties. the jury heard from prosecutors in total that meant manafort did not pay tax on $15 million. that is a key part of the case. prosecutors told the judge they have eight more witnesses to call. they could wrap by the end of the week. christine, phil. kara, thank you. i think she has been living in virginia over the last few weeks. thank you very much. the trump administration set to slap a new round of sanctions on russia as the punishment for the poisoning of former russian spy and his daughter. the state department says the sanctions are required under international law. banning the use of chemical and biological weapons. the first round of sanctions set to go in effect in two weeks. let s bring in correspondent matthew chance. live in moscow.
whath matthew, it is no secret the tension here. what is the reaction to moscow? reporter: phil, this will come as a major surprise to many here in moscow and authorities here because there is a lot of expectations of new sanctions from the united states. they would be congressional sanctions. they are debated right now in the u.s. they would focus on punishing russia for the alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election. to use anti-chemical weapons legislation by the trump administration, not congress, is unexpected. the reactions so far has been predictable by the russian diplomats saying this is an example of the theater of the absurd in the united states. there is no clue or no proof or logic. they are restating this russia position that russia had