Sh issue. First time they have r had interesting way to take over the magazine. That does it for me. Hardball starts now. Crime and punishment. Lets play hardball. Today Paul Manafort, the president s campaign. Facing years in a u. S. Prison. Whatever you choose to call it, it is past. For a year and a half our country has been contorted into a reality tv show. This is the day we discovered
reality bites. Good evening, i am chris matthews. Heading into round one now. Investigation is underway at a courthouse just across the potomac. He is facing 18 counts of tax evasion and bank fraud. Charges that predate his time on the Trump Campaign. If found guilty, he could get up to ten years in prison. Facing similar charges in Federal Court in washington. Manafort joined the Trump Campaign in march of 2016. Manafort did work overseas. He also had Business Ties with russia. And he took part in that Infamous Trump tower meeting with russians. Where the Trump Campaign was promis promised damaging
Murder of 32yearold kate steinle. They found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The decision sending shock waves the country as Jose Ines Garcia zarate could technically be released from prison soon. The news prompting the Trump Administration to make sure justice is served. Were looking at pursuing federal charges in this case and i think its important to reassure everyone who is concerned about this that we will prosecute this the fullest extent available on the law. Melissa thats exactly what they did just hours ago. Trace gallagher is live on our west coast newsroom with a breaking story. Trace . When he was sentenced on september 14th, the man who fired Jose Ines Garcia zarate could get a 16 months in prison for a firearm possession. Each day behind bars counts as two days. He already has been in jail for 29 months meaning he has five years of credit which is more than enough to cover the crime. The department of justice has unsealed an arrest warrant for zara
Trump. Hell take the bench exactly four weeks out from the midterms which were the backdrop for his bitterly polarizing confirmation fight, and now loom larger than ever. Cnns abby phillip is at the white house this morning. Abby, the president says kavanaugh in his words is squeaky clean and that the protesters who tried to keep him out were, again, the president s words here, mob. Is that his message heading into the midterms in november . Thats exactly what republicans are hoping to run on. They say this bruising fight involving kavanaugh and these Sexual Assault allegations has actually galvanized their supporters ahead of the midterm elections with 29 days out. President trump is the one leading the charge, and what were seeing tonight at the white house is a ceremonial swearingin ceremony for kavanaugh that essentially serves as an opportunity for President Trump to take a big victory lap over this whole process. Now, kavanaugh was formally sworn in over the weekend surrounded by
Dont know where i am, and i need help. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. So glad to have you here with us. Its official at midnight, youre now waking up to the longest federal Government Shutdown in u. S. History. Yes, but the white house is now fighting another battle as news breaks that the fbi opened an investigation into whether actions by the president of the United States were a threat to National Security. First reported by the New York Times, this counterintelligence probe was happening at the same time as the obstruction of justice investigation. This all started after the firing of former fbi director james comey. The question behind both parts of the investigation was, was the president helping russia against u. S. Interests. So, i want to get an inside look at how this part of the investigation started there. Josh campbell is working for james comey at the fbi at the time. Listen to what he said drives this investigation like this. I
Highly transparent piece of political gamesmanship. Meanwhile another 1,000 people are genuinely risking their lives, they are trying to make it to the border. Congress so far as to be nothing to provide them with an orderly system to be processed. A fence system that encourages them to risk everything long on coyotes across the border. Juan williams on that issue at the heart of all of this. Border security and a moment, first live on the scene in honduras. Steve harrigan, good evening. Good evening we just crossed over that border from honduras into guatemala. People were held up, migrants at the border today for several hours while their identities were tracked. Also looking for criminals. Weve been washing them come across this Mountain Road, it is mainly young men we are seeing also some families, parents with small children and sometimes if not the parents caring them. Heres what we saw. We are seeing mainly small groups of five to ten people, some of them meet along the caravan.