Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Attorney for the Southern District of new york elly honing. Julia, start with you. Did somebody tell the president he could take over this investigation . Where is it coming from . Seems to just be coming out of his adlib interview as he frequently does. Sort of spins from the cuff here. Seems that this is coming from a place of increased rhetoric from President Trump. He wants to show that he has control over the situation. In fact a lot of times likes bringing up the russia investigation. Perhaps that plays to his base who thinks this is part of the witchhunt he describes treating him and others like Paul Manafort unfairly. It could be that hes watching what the coverage of the Manafort Trial, thats getting to him. Could be he sees people like don mcgahn, his white house Special Counsel speaking to Robert Mueller and heard a lot about the fact Robert Mueller could be preparing a slew of indictments to give himse
itself, take command, and do this in the right way. and i don t hear that happening. and it concerns me. well, it concerns you, it concerns a lot of us. maybe by raising this issue, we re going to see things get a bit better. john, ken, thank you so much. ken, excellent, excellent reporting. we need that reporting. next, we re going to get into brett kavanaugh s drinking. he admits to drinking quite a bit when he was younger. and there are plenty of witnesses who will back that up. i m going to break down what we know so far, and how his drinking could or could not affect his nomination to the supreme court. but first, we are counting down to the midterm elections here on velshi a velshi and rhule. 36 days to go. 36 days to go. breach your firewall in london & you start to panic. don t. because your cto says we ve got allies on the outside. .& security algorithms on the inside. .& that way you can focus on expanding into eastern europe.
hi. welcome back to velshi and rhule. nbc news learns this hour the jury submitted a question to the judge as day four of final deliberations in the paul manafort trial are under way. former campaign chairman charged with 18 counts of tax evasion, bank fraud and hiding foreign bank accounts and he s pled guilty to all charges. outside of the courthouse, elly honing with me in studio, and ken what do we know? reporter: the question is a rather dramatic one. jury is asking the judge what do we do if we can t come to consensus on one count? obviously, that suggests they may have come to consensus on the other 17 counts. we don t know whether that consensus is guilty or not guilty, but that s the question as it stands and the judge called a brief recess to determine how he wants to answer that question, and also asked the jury to work on a jury form.
ourselves. you have the right to speak on this one, sarah and i hope you main thain tain that passio. i hope we re not talking about this in 25 years. i m sorry for your loss. greg, sorry for yours and appreciate the energy that you ve put into it since the death of your son more than 25 years ago. father of a shooting victim at simons rock at bart college in 1992. thank you to you both. pennsylvania is set to matsch a major move that could ask an impact on national elections in years to come. we ll break down why pennsylvania is considered one of the most gerrymandered in the nation plus the latest on a security scare at mar-a-lago this morning. you re watching svelshi and rhule on msnbc.
these things, he s a former white house chief of staff for george w. bush, served in the reagan and george h.w. bush administrations, as well. we talk about the job, this man has done it, and it s not an easy one. andy, thank you again. president trump unveiling his $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan. emphasis on the plan. unclear where the dough is coming from. we re going to hear from the president any moment and tell you which problegrams will be c to make this happen. and details from the rest of the 2019 budget just delivered to the hill this morning. we re also keeping an eye on markets this morning. started out really strong. 1% higher. we ll have much more on this. what s happening in these markets, what you have to think about. should you be breathing a sigh of relief or be ready for more volatility. you re watching velshi and rhule live on msnbc. ere are op. ere are op. like an unjection™ . xeljanz xr. a once daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom