Potentially it could be big. I mean, looking at Michael Cohen, what this means is the same tactic that we have seen happening in this investigation out of the Southern District of new york, is happening, that we see happen in the Mueller Investigation. They go after other witnesses, encourage them to cooperate, and in this case you have this Business Partner who is cooperating, being offered significant being offered a potential sentence that is much smaller than what he could be facing. He could be facing 25 years for each count, owing millions of dollars in back taxes. All of that is being reduced, which says to me that he has some information that prosecutors would be interested in regarding Michael Cohen. That subsequently puts more pressure on Michael Cohen to cooperate to reduce his potential legal exposure and talk about whatever he knows that could aid the Mueller Investigation. It also, since this is outside of the jurisdiction of the Mueller Investigation, it really could tak
A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and Panel Discussions hosted by Bret Baier. Jurors making comments on the weakness of the defense. Judge ellis said i see no earthly reason for a mistrial. Judge ellis tipped the names of jurors under seal citing threats he received but duncan doesnt sense any danger. Im not concerned. Had the verdict gone in the other way, i might have been. One thing that hasnt changed, paula duncans devotion to trump which was on display to her way to court. Every day when i drove i had my make America Great again hat in the backseat just as a reminder. Judge ellis said publicly sharing details of the deliberations could cause injury to the process but he told jurors they could do whatever they want. Paula duncan insists she did what she was told and kept an open mind even though she did have a make America Great again hat in the Parking Garage here at the courthouse. Bret peter doocy outside
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public missile tests since kim met president trump in singapore nearly one year ago. in response to saturday s launch, president trump tweeting that kim knows that i am with him and does not want to break his promise to me. deal will happen! but today, after that second round of missiles, the president has changed his tone. we re looking at it very seriously right now. nobody s happy about it. i know they want to negotiate, they re talking about negotiating, but i don t think they re ready to negotiate. reporter: not only that, but with these provocations, kim leaves open the possibility he may begin nuclear or long-range missile tests once again. martha raddatz with us live tonight. martha, you and i have traveled to those summits together, and i know there is news tonight, the president now nominating patrick shanahan to officially become defense secretary. he s been in an acting capacity for months now. this all comes amid these rising tensions, not only with iran and venezu
floated this sunday from senator graham. what s your thought on senator graham s idea from a policy perspective and number two, why might democrats not like that? why someone like matt gaetz support that idea? how can we get to a policy solution that say 75 or 80% of the american, republicans and democrats would agree on. i think the proposal probably gets us a good way there. it combines funding for border security with one way of temporarily dealing with the challenge created by expiration or president trump s revocation of the daca policy. the president has put himself in a difficult political and policy condition. he said i ll own this shutdown if imcomes down t comes down to. on the policy the president has
we have to take each person coming to the border case by case. you have seen the offers that have been agreeable to both sides or both houses that have gone forth to the president. there s been three of those ideas. it s included funding. they never made it include. which do you think of those in the past would be most palatable moving forward once we get into the new congress? we re probably looking at what is the right thing to do. the senate passed the wednesday before the budget expired. if it had been brought to the house floor, that bill would have passed. paul ryan wouldn t bring it up because president trump said he