In egypt that wants to come to the floor as well. It is important for us not to say that our only two options are either the Muslim Brotherhood or a suppressed egyptian people. What i want is a Representative Government in egypt and i have confidence that iffy jipt moves in if egypt moves in that process we will have a government that we can work together. Those are tough boys, the Muslim Brotherhood. I wouldnt want them near that government. And of course it happened that the Muslim Brotherhood seized power and chaos and the military is running the show. And there you go. All in all the president after five years, not really accomplished very much. Congress is in disarray and we are a divided nation. Syria has spotlighted the weakness we have in washington and it is disturbing. Meeting with the russians in switzerland and they are trying to find a plan that will allow somebody, we dont
know who, to disarm assads chemical arsonal. The expectations are high. They are high for the United
The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. There in alexandria, virginia. Joe, bring me up to speed on the trial at this moment. Reporter so, our question, of course, as you said at the top, brooke, is when will crossexamination begin . The assumption is its pretty close. What we do know is that the prosecution has asked a lot of questions and there was a break around, what, 2 30 p. M. Eastern time that was supposed to go until about 2 45 eastern time. The judge told the defense to keep questions and crossexamination sharply focussed. Sort of telegraphing the things to come. Now, lets talk a little bit about the last testimony we heard from rick gates. Hugely important, almost anything he says about the case. I think one of the most interesting points that was brought out by the judge at the very end of that direct
defense . Because cant the defense just say this guy is an admitted liar. This is the guy who should be on trial. And really attacking his credibility .
Contained these suspected devices, there is also some kind of powder. That is being tested now downstairs. The mailroom area still being contained while we go through the various steps to test that, in a field test. Package it up safely for remova removal, and decon that area and anyone who came in contact with keep in mind, this happened a couple of hours ago, its still ongoing. [inaudible question] take a look at who was being targeted here right now, that is why we are doing this proactively, checking with security and making sure male rooms follow proper protocol. Thats where we are reaching out to the right people. [inaudible question] do you have a particular message for President Trump in light of what happened today . Look, i am going to Say Something. At a time when there is a lot of hatred and division it doesnt make sense to exacerbate it. Lets just say this to all Public Officials and all partisan affiliations, dont encourage violence. Dont encourage hatred and dont encoura
He never made the agreement. I think he knew he was looking at jail time. It was how much he could shave off. And i think thats what were beginning to get some idea at. I would throw this question to chuck, is one of the central key differences here between these two, between the flynn and cohen case, is that flynn cooperated immediately, early, right out of the gate and often. And that cohen was late . One of the big differences here is between early cooperation and late cooperation . Flynn was immediate, it was fullsome, it was timely and it was therefore substantial. Cohen was later and less. Look, to the earlier point about tension, theres always tension. Doj is a big family, but in the end its a family and theyre going to reach one point of view, its articulated in this document. Im going to thank joyce, chuck, ken, the reverend. Chuck is going to pick up our coverage right now. Hi, chuck. How are you doing, one down, two to go. Enjoy. What are you talking about here . This is wha
referral? well, the only thing i can say is highly unusual for anyone in charge of anything to watch what s going on and do nothing. now, what s unclear at this point is what was trump s intent and what was his mindset as the riots were unfolding and he was refusing to act for that period of time. and does that inaction amount to something criminal. that is what investigators are still working to determine. but bennie thompson did say that if they find a criminal act was committed, they have no problem making a criminal referral to the department of justice. paula? melanie zanona, thank you so much. joining me now senior political analyst and adviser to four presidents, david gergen and cnn analyst and staff writer for the new yorker susan glasser. david, the big headline from all of this is that someone talked. we don t know who, just that they were in the white house while trump was in his private