Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Bookminder, executive director for citizens for responsibilities and ethics. And Midwin Charles is an attorney. President trump reacted to cohens plea this morning on twitter where he writes if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest you that dont retain the services of Michael Cohen. Okay. Lets remind our audience, the president is downplaying this. Being funny, almost cute. Theres nothing cute about it. The president of the United States is the chief Law Enforcement officer. That is what he is. And yesterday, he has been accused as a coconspirator of a federal crime, maybe multiple. So, please, let that sit in. Midwin what is your take here . My take is this is consistent with donald trump. We have seen him react this way to a varietydifferent thinks
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he s not going to do it. he said, i m in charge, i ve been in charge since day one. my panel s going to stay with me. up next, any minute now, paul manafort s lawyers will be back in court. we re just three weeks away from his second criminal trial. we re getting our first hints of what to expect, including 1,500 pieces of evidence. later on. last night, serena williams won her opening match at the u.s. open. what she told stephanie ruhle about getting back into the game this year. technically i guess it is a comeback if you break it down, but for me, i was always there mentally. i ve always you know, was watching, being a part of it. i never wanted to hang up my racket at that point. so i m just still trying to compete and win grand slams and most of all do it while i have a daughter. i have a daughter introducing zero account fees for brokerage accounts. and zero minimums to open an account. we have fidelity mutual funds with zero minimum investment.
comeback, if you break it down. for me, i was always there mentally. i was always watching and being a part of it. i never wanted to hang up my racket at that point. i m still trying to compete and win grand slams and, most of all, do it while i have a daughter. does it show how tough people are on women? i m guessing when your husband went back to work after olympia was born, no one called it a comeback tour for him. he went back to work. exactly, right? isn t that weird? it is true. no one called his work a comeback. he had to take time off, too. women definitely have a double standard in so many different things. for you, is it more important to win as a mother than it was before? you ve got even more doubters. you know, it is hard to say. it is hard to say. for me, i want to win, whether i m a mom or not. obviously, i want to win while having olympia and say that one day, i ll tell her, you know, she was born, and i still kept
show. there s always good news somewhere, and we think good news ruhles. this is great. serena williams is back. this woman has inspired the world as a premier athlete. now, she s just like us, inspiring the world as a new mama. i had a chance to catch up with the tennis champion days before the u.s. open here in new york. we talked about her time away from competition last year, her triumphant return to the sport she had dominated for the last two decades. she said, this isn t a comeback. i never left. i was always there mentally. i was always watching and being a part of it. i never wanted to hang up my racket at that point. i m still trying to compete and win grand slams. most of all, do it while i have a daughter. you want to feel inspired? this time last year, she was eight months pregnant. today, she is getting ready for the u.s. open where she is going to try to win her 24th grand slam singles title. if that s not good news, i don t know what is.