A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Mandate was originally and whether or not there was any collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia to try to influence the election. In his response letter, mueller said, no, i want to talk about the issues that go to obstruction as well. Im not sure where that leaves things right now. I know that the president s attorneys are formulating a response. Theyll likely have that next week. They dont want to let the president sit down with mueller and talk oneonone about these issues of obstruction. They might be willing to submit some written answers on the question. Mueller has said he would accept written answers in person also. What is interesting as well today about the Press Briefing, President Trump has talked about there being no credibility of this russian investigation, calling it a witch hunt, talking about malign actors at the fbi. Chris wray was asked why we should believe what hes saying about protec
angeles averages a year in just a day. the l.a. times reported that 45 people were killed by that flooding and another 48 people were killed at sea. now part of the reason that storm was so devastating is that at the time, southern california didn t have its own government weather forecast office to properly warn the locals about what was coming. five months later, people set up shop. now today, more than eight days later, the national weather service issued its first ever tropical storm watch for the west coast of united states. that watch was in effect from the southern border of california all the way up to just north of los angeles. the storm named hurricane hillary is currently category four hurricane with sustained winds of hundred 30 miles an hour. it is expected to make landfall. as a hurricane in baja mexico before slowing down to 50 60 miles per hour and becoming a tropical storm as it crosses into the u.s. on sunday night. and for the first time in more
shepard: the big focus on manafort s spending, peter. right. he allegedly had millions of dollars in multiple accounts located in cypress that even his bookkeeper in southern california didn t know about. we heard about this today. witness number 12, heather washkun from the ssb firm, she said she didn t know manafort had any international accounts because he never told her. so when he is ordering a blazer from the beverly hills stores, he was generally using an account she didn t know about. same story when he wanted a $15,000 ostrich skin jacket. he used another jacket that he kept hidden from the feds and his own bookkeeper. shep? shepard: peter doocy live. another member of our thunder and lightning team. thank you. pope francis calling for the end of the death penalty in the whole world. he says it s an attack on human
road to democracy. she spoke to reporters after holding a second round of talks with hillary clinton. the u.s. secretary of state has called myanmar s reforms a positive step. she warned they need to make more changes before the u.s. will consider restoring diplomatic relations. jipgs wi s the militarys of egypt say they won t be ready until does he or sunday. democrats and republicans say an extension of the payroll tax cut will help the economy but can t agree on how to pay for it. the senate shot down proposals brought by both parties forcing more negotiations. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader, i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. happy friday and welcome to wbt i m andrew stevens in hong kong. these are the top stories. time to make a change. germany and france champion a major eu overhaul but differ on the details. it s all about jobs this friday. the big monthly nonfarm payroll number is out in a few hours from now. i