The Paul Manafort trial has closed its case. Joining us, julia ainsley. Reporter the defense has rested, andrea. They didnt bring any witnesses. Its important to remember they dont have to bring any witnesses, its the burden of the government to show that beyond a reasonable doubt what Paul Manafort did was criminal. The defense does not have to show anything, to the contrary, hes presumed innocent. If they tried to bring forth character witnesses, it wouldnt do enough for the jury. What they want to do is plant a seed of doubt on every one of these counts, so the bank fraud or tax evasion, they want enough for the jury to say on each of these 16 counts, perhaps thats not the full story, maybe what the prosecution is saying shouldnt be believed because of the way the defense conducted their crossexamination. Yesterday they were somewhat successful in how they crossexamined some people, putting some doubt on whether Paul Manafort actually committed bank fraud, for example. But another k
Take a listen to what he said and the awkward moment hours later sitting alongside Angela Merkel. Germany is a captive of russia because they they got rid of nuclear, theyre getting so much oil and gas from russia. We have a very, very Good Relationship with the chancellor. We have a tremendous relationship with germany. They made tremendous success, i congratulate you. Tremendous success. I believe our trade will increase and lots of other things will increase. Trump labeling germany a captive of russia. The president doubling down on his gripes with a tweet. What good is nato if germany is paying russia billions of dollars for gas and energy . Why are there only 5 out of 29 countries that met their commitment . The u. S. Is paying for europes protection and then loses billions on trade. Must pay 2 of gdp immediately, not by 2025. Joining us live from brussels, barbara starr. What is President Trump getting at when he calls germany a captive of russia . Any truth in it . Reporter well
President trump meetings with bikers for trump. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Be good to yourself. That is the advice this sunday morning. Good morning. That works for everybody. I love it when pete makes fun of millennials because hes one of them. Im on the edge. I could be either generation. I own the generation i want to be in when i want to be in it. You won yesterday. How do you feel today . There are a lot of people in social media wondering what happens to pete when the pressure is on. He seems to struggle. And a minute after he loses he bowls a strike. I was bowling last night, bowled a ton of strikes. What happened then . I dont know. Ed is intimidating, i know. Its true. They intimidate me, like they did hillary. Good morning to all of you. There is always a lot of news as we wake up on a sunday morning. Absolutely. So, you know, weve he
First cnns senior White House Correspondent je corporat correspondent. Reporter the president clearly had something on his mind today and it was clearly bob mueller. He talked about his decision to strip the security clearance of the former cia director. The president said he had gotten a terrific response from that. Thats true, but not all of it has been positive, some of it has been negative. Including tonight a letter he got from 60 cia officials saying the president is trying to silence them. President trump further closing the door tonight to the idea of sitting down wifor an interview with Robert Mueller. Go sit down and write a report, if hes writing an honest report, he would go to the other side. Leaving white house for a fundraising trip to new york, the president talked for the first time in days about the russia investigation and mincing no words about the special counsel. Mr. Mueller is highly conflicted. In fact comey is like his best friend, i could go into conflict afte
Now, while the president s former lawyer and fixer we just learned had at least 12 audio recordings possibly with the president on them, which federal prosecutors now have in their possession. This as the president himself lashes out in all Different Directions and provokes new fears about his apparent leejs to Vladimir Putin. One week since he stood next to putin in helsinki and sided with the russian president against the u. S. Intelligence community, the president has undone all attempts at cleanup by his white house, tweeting today about the discredited mueller witch hunt and how well he got along with putin. So well in fact the president is now hoping that putin will come visit him in washington this fall. Meanwhile, Paul Manafort got a brief reprieve from jail today to attend a Pretrial Hearing in virginia where a federal judge agreed to push back at his trial for bank fraud by six whole days. That means it is now set to start on july 31st. Thats Paul Manafort right there. One we