A look at the days news and headlines. At low containment. Bill its a big job. Probably something we deal with all week. Thank you live in redding, california. Sandra President Trump raising the stakes in the battle over the border wall threatening to shut down the government if he doesnt get the funding he has been demanding. The President Firing off this warning a short time ago tweeting quote, i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security. Which includes the wall. Must get rid of lottery, Catch And Release, etc. And go to system of immigration based on merit. We need great people coming into our country. Doug mcelway live at the white house this morning. Doug, an interesting tactic to see a republican president embracing the prospects of a Government Shutdown. It sure is. History has shown that whenever there has been a Government Shutdown in the past it is the Republican Party that takes the blame for it and in the aftermat
A look at the days news and headlines. Manafort into paying his American Express bill and may have fraudulently submitted personal expenses to be paid by the trump inaugural committee. The defense team says they exposed him as unreliable. After all the laws youve told you expect this jury to believe you . Gates said im here to tell the truth and take responsibility for my actions. Mr. Manafort had the same path. I am trying to change. He says if there are charges of financial funny businessman fort always knew where the money was. The judge jumped in to say manafort wasnt that great knowing where his money was if gates was able to steal as much as he was admitted to stealing. Gates was told that the Manafort Defense Team will have at least another hours worth of questioning for him this morning starting at 9 30 local
time. We dont know who the mueller teams next witness would be that they might call. We know they plan to wrap up their case, rest their case sometime this week. Sandra. S
Wasnt a player of significance . President trump he was a lawyer for me for one of many. They always say the lawyer and they like to add the fixer. I dont know where that term came from. He has been a lawyer for me. Didnt do big deals, did small deals. Not somebody that was with me that much. They make it sound like i didnt live without him. You hear the president s description there cohen pleaded guilty to Campaign Finance violations which is an interesting thing to plead guilty to, considering there are a great many attorneys, including some ive spoken to here, Who Dont Think that rises to the level. See how that all plays out in sentencing and moving forward. Jon, back to you. Jon more to come on both of those cases. Kevin corke at the white house. Sandra another exclusive interview for fox news shan an bream sitting down with one of the jurors in the Paul Man Fort Trial and how close the jury
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victim. the family was very positive for what they ve been through. the confusion, the hope, what they ve been through, what they ve done, they presented a positive message to all of us and encouraged all of us to remember the good things. eric: the suspected killer led police to her body. he has not been charged with first-degree murder. he is in our country illegally. sandra: meanwhile, president trump s approval rating holding steady in his new nbc wall street journal poll. it shows 44% of registered voters approve of the president s performance. a virtually unchanged from the previous week despite the criminal conviction of his one-time campaign chair and plea deal by his former lawyer. time for the america s newsroom marian marsh, for in your senior advisor to then senator john kerry. rnc spokesperson and
through. he finally have the bad actors, you isolate them and you work through the bureaucratic process to get rid of them but the upside for the president, the upside for the republicans is as long as you got him, you can just beat the stuffing out of him. as long as he s still there, you can go after him hammer and tongs and try to use him. sandra: is not going to happen tomorrow? he is going to have such a rotten day in the good news for americas is not going to be televised. eric: will probably hear about it because of leaks. what was bruce ohr doing? he was not part of the russian investigation, reported 60 contacts with christopher steel steele. did he cut a back door to the fbi, was there conspiracy? everybody forgets that it was the late great john mccain that turned over the dossier to the fbi because comey wasn t dealing with a fast enough. you hear the story time and time again, the dossier started with the free beacon, republican outlet. then went to two republican