meeting where former president trump discusses holding secret documents he does not declassify. listen. isn t it amazing? i have a big pile of papers. look. this was him. they presented me this. this is it ooff the record. but they presented me with this. this is the defense department and him. this was him. that wasn t done by me, it was him. all sorts of stuff. pages long. let s see here. isn t that amazing? this totally wins my case, you know, except it is like highly confidential, secret. as a president i could declassify, but now i can t. yeah, now we have a problem. isn t that interesting? so cool. we hear you probably almost didn t believe me, but now you believe me. no, i believed you. incredible, right? this conversation is a critical piece of evidence in the case of trump s alleged mishandling of classified information. and paula reid explains. reporter: this recording is from the summer 2021 at bedminster, speaking to two people working on an auto
begin at capitol hill for that that bill is almost a done deal. its past the seven and will go to the presidents test -. chad pergram s life with us on the hill. good evening it was a congressional crunch to get the bill approved before the government collided with the debt ceiling. tonight the scent with the hous and the vote 63 tash 36. all but five democrats voted yes . the democrats are feeling very good tonight we save the country from the scorch of default, even though there were was some on the other side who wanted default, who wanted to lead us to default. thirty when gop members vote no and they were suspect of the plan. people think this is dramati and mccarthy thinks this is the best deal ever. this is going to do nothing. president biden talked the nation tomorrow and signs the bill as soon as possible. the senate spreader through a series of votes before getting to the final passage. senate majority leader chuck schumer played the role of trac coach.
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. 17 angry democrats. They take value in the number 17. A potential sign. I hope he didnt use that number for them. He doesnt always use the number 17. I dont see that as being intentional. But who knows these days . But he has their interest. So what are they doing now . Well, they join in support of him and attacks of others. You saw what happened with jim acosta. If we go back to this video, when it gets to where jim was, youll see there were a lot of those q people who were in front of him. Theyre even stalking Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti. Why . Why go after Michael Avenatti . Because hes identified as one of trumps opponents. And they are now out to defend the president ial from their imagined array of opposition. And not a word from the white house about this. Actually, thats not true. Sarah sanders did say this today. Unfortunately, its now standard to abandon common sense ethical p
Only remfresh usesodys ionpowered melatonin to deliver up to 7 hours of sleep support. Number one sleep doctor recommended remfreshyour nightly sleep companion. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. A little l past is 11 00 o on the east coast. Live with breaking news. Details about what Robert Mueller proposed po the Trump Legal Team about the scope and format of an interview with the president and team trumps response. More on that in just a moment. So stay tuned. It comes just as the president s former Campaign Manager paul manafo manaforts trial wraps up its second day. Prosecutors painting a picture detailing not simply manaforts extravagant spending but how he allegedly paid for everything from homes to luxury cars. A recap of the days news. When theyre presented with a case, opulence meets arrogance, they tend to sit up and take note. I can tell you a very quick story, don, where i had a case like this where we executed a Search Warrant Out On Wone of or c coconspirators homes in a
A recap of the days news. Alive that hes willing to speak to the special counsel. You know, i really dont believe it. I dont think he want to sit down with the special counsel. I think his lawyers have impressed upon him the risks of doing that. I think they want to keep it out there in the public eye, were not afraid, we have nothing to hide, were willing to sit down. And them going on about this back and forth and this negotiation allows them to continue to claim thats true. So, michael, sources are telling our Gloria Borger that muellers team is willing to reduce the number of questions theyd ask about potential obstruction by nearly half . Is that what do you think of that, is that smart . I think glenn makes a good point and a good lawyer when you go in and youre talking to somebody of interest to you in an investigation, you know the answers. Youre basically pushing them to see what response you get. Whether you ask him ten questions about it or five questions about it, they alre