The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. Giving this story way, way, way too much oxygen. Okay. The tweets that hes been doing brooke on mueller, on the witchhunt, on, you know, the democrats working for robert mueller, which is by the way not it is a red herring, that is not something the people working around the president on strategy are concerned with. This crossed the line. Specifically on the piece regarding getting dirt on a political opponent, this to you. The president saying its politics, everyone does it but federal law makes it a crime for any person to solicit accept a contribution for a u. S. Political campaign or for the purpose of influencing any action for federal office. What is the trump Tower Meeting peter against the law even though as they say they didnt actually get anything on her, the fact that that was the
intent. I would say they are all, everyone who participated in that meeting has a great deal of legality jeopardy. And certainly in the view of robert mueller, colluding, which it has been called in the press, is actually conspiracy, and mueller has already defined that activity as being illegal. Its hes indicted about a dozen people for violation of 18 u. S. Codes, section 371, which is conspiracy against the united states. And anyone who participated in that meeting, whether they succeeded in getting information or not, is in jeopardy of being indicted for conspiracy. Conspiracy is not dependent on success. Its simply an agreement. Once that agreement is made, if its illegal, and anyone any part of that conspiracy, any individual takes any steps to
further it, then they can all be charged with conspiracy regardless of whether it was successful. Peter, what difference legally speaking would it make if mueller can prove that trump actually knew about this trump Tower Meeting beforehand . Well, it puts the president obviously in jeopardy as well. You know, i dont think its going to be all that difficult to establish that. I mean, the trump Tower Meeting was on the 9th of june, as i recall. Two days before that, he had made a Speech Saying that he was going to have very interesting information about Hillary Clinton. On Hillary Clinton. He was going to be announcing in a short period of time, in a matter of days. Which he never followed through on, because he didnt get it. He never followed through on it. Right. Very strong circumstantial evidence that he was aware of that meeting before the hand and what the purpose of that meeting was. Also just on the hypocrisy
front, dana, not only does the president tweet out essentially no bigs, we got no dirt and by the way there was nothing wrong about doing that, every politician does it he then tweeted Hillary Clinton and her team 100 colluded with the russians. So did adam schiff. Essentially he is saying when hillary wanted dirt it was a total crime. Let me point out the obvious, there was no Investigation Pointing at Hillary Clinton and her colluding with the russians. Secondly, you cannot have it both ways. No. You are exactly right. But thats following a logical stream there of argument, brooke. And thats not the point that the president is trying to make here. Thats not the goal, i should say, here. The goal is to just throw things out there that confuse the
situation, that confuse the investigation in the publics mind. And thats it. I mean thats the goal, which is what keeps us so busy doing what you just did, doing the yeah, but, and the fact check. Its important. But for the president , when he has the echo chamber on another Cable News Network and in talk radio and on conservative website, thats his goal. Unfortunately, for the truth and the facts, he is successful on just stirring up mud in the waters so that you cant really see whats really in there. How about can you just say that go ahead, peter. Bob mueller is not going to be confused by that. Hes not going to be distracted by it. No. So he is going to speak much more loudly by way of indictments. And i would suspect that individuals who participated in that trump Tower Meeting will be there will be charges
brought related to that meeting. So this yeah but hillary did it too is not going to get mueller off the track. How about, peter, just one more to you. One of the key witnesses at the center of that meeting and so many others was this woman, hope hicks, who was just getting on Board Air Force one over the weekend which has a lot of people scratching their heads. You know, she doesnt work there anywhere. Is the president at risk of Witness Tampering with her here . You know, im sure her lawyer would have preferred her not to have that contact. But my guess is that hope hicks has been interviewed. I know shes been interviewed on the hill. And i strongly suspect and by mutualer. That mueller has already interviewed her. Yes. So he may feel ultimately that her testimony is locked in. Okay. Its going to be very hard at this point for her to change her
view of what the events were. She testified under oath in the grand jury. She is sort of locked into her story now. All right, dana and peter, i appreciate both of you so very much for that. Come up next, Breaking News in the trial of former Trump Campaign manager paul manafort. The prosecution star witness, rick gates, is expected to flip and reveal what he knows. We will have a live report from the federal courthouse coming up next. Also ahead, taking sides. Is First Lady Melania Trump supporting lebron james over her own husband . What were learning about melanias very interesting comments appearing to contradict the president. And cnn goes inside the Worlds Largest motorcycle gathering, sturgis, South Dakotaa where some bikers are not shy, debating politics, and sharing their thoughts about this president. Are you a fan of the president . Do you think he is doing a good job . He is doing a lot better unanimous what obama did. Unfortunately, it cant do anything about that. Now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . The show stopper. He is manaforts former deputy at the Trump Campaign. He is awaiting his own sentence after pleading guilty to making false statements and conspiracy to defraud the united states. Plus he is cooperating with prosecutors as part of a plea deal. Simone is following this story for us from washington. Lets start with the bookkeeper who has been testifying. Tell me about the bookkeeper and any connection to gates. She is under crossexamination. The defense is questioning her. We dont have exact details yet but its clear they are going to paint her as someone who may have been been confused or uncertain. I think one of the thing that the defense may try to do is ask her why She Didnt Report she is alleging all sorts of things that manafort made her do. Why didnt she report to it anyone. The other thing, they are going to question her immunity deal, whether or not she is testifying, whether or not she is giving up this information because she herself is afraid
that she is going to be prosecuted. Those are typical Defense Things that attorneys would ask in these kinds of cases. The other thing is who is going to testify after her . We dont know yet. We thought maybe there would be fbi agents that would come in this afternoon and testify after her. That is not the case now we are told. But when does rick gates come in . We still dont know. It could be like you said, this afternoon. Or it could be tomorrow. One of the things that i think is important this the gates testimony we are going is learn some details about his cooperation. We may even get to see documents that he signed with the special counsels office in this Cooperation Agreement which will give us some perhaps maybe eyes into what he has been doing these last months with the special counsel. Obviously he is a big Witness For The Prosecution, but i think even a bigger witness for the defense. Because as you know, hes been sort of portrayed as the mastermind behind this. I mean, rick gates is important as a key Witness For The Prosecution but hes not their
only witness. They have all of this other evidence including this bookkeeper and other book coopers and accountants who are going to testify. But rick gates really is an important Witness For The Prosecution. But probably more important for the defense. We will be following it and talking with you all week. Thank you for the update on what is happening in alexandria. Coming up next here a growing trend. Members of president trumps inner circle, including family and top officials publicly disagree it was the president on a number of issues. The latest, his own wife. If first lady, melania, praising lebron james while her husband lets just say, isnt. Whats behind this . We will take a deeper look, next. When i touch you like this its so hard to believe but its all coming back me. Baby, baby, baby. All you can eat is back, baby. Applebees. Sometimes a day at the ballpark is more than just a day at the ballpark. Stadium pa all military members stand and be recognized. Sometimes fans cheer for those who wear a different uniform. No matter where or when you served, tmobile stands ready to serve you. Thats why were providing half off family lines to all military. Are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec®. Its starts working hard at hour one. And works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Alicewhich is Breast Canceratic that has spread to other parts of her body. Shes also taking Prescription Ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptorpositive her2 Metastatic Breast Cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. Ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus letrozole. Patients Taking Ibrance can develop low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infections that can lead to death. Before Taking Ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection, liver or kidney problems, are pregnant, breastfeeding, or plan to become pregnant. Common side effects include low red blood cell and low platelet counts, infections, tiredness, nausea,
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the president says regardless whether it is true or not, regardless of whether its right or wrong. Now we are seeing several people close to the president seeming to distance themselves to some of what he said. Lets start with Melania Trump, the first lady who of course broke with the president on the issue of lebron james after the president criticized him in that tweet you just showed the first lady released this statement saying it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. And she also said that she would be willing to visit Lebron Jamess school. We are still waiting to see if an invitation is forthcoming on that. But she is not alone, of course. There is also the president s daughter. Ivanka trump was recently asked if she agreed with her fathers use of the term enemy of the people to refer to journalists. Heres what she said. I am very vehemently against Family Separation and the separation of parents and children. I have some sensitivity around
why people had concerns and gripe especially when they sort of feel targeted. But no, i do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people. That was the president s daughter not only disagreeing with the term enemy of the people but also on the policy of Family Separations at the border. But she is not alone to disagree with the president s use of the term enemy of the people within the administration. The president s chief defender oftentimes Kellyanne Conway put it this way. I dont believe journalists are the enemy of the people. I think some journalists are enemy of the relevant and enemy of the news you can use. Kellyanne conway there of course. The white house is always spin doctor putting a little bit of spin on there beyond just saying that fake news that journalists are not the enemy of the people. That is not all. Sarah sanders, the White House Press secretary has stood by the president s terminology the enemy of the people. He was pressed just last week to
disavow that term. She refused to do that. That was in an interaction with jim acosta. But the president himself is sticking by this term enemy of the people. Yesterday he once again reiterated that and also called reporters disgusting. That was just of course the president s latest attack on the news media. Brooke. Jeremy, thank you. Lets go to the woman at cnn whose job it is to follow all things Melania Trump. She is kate bennett, our White House Reporter. Kate, jeremy laid out other members of the family or trumps inner orbit who have gone against the president on x, y, or did. Again to have his wife totally split with him over, over lebron james. Do you know, whats the thinking behind the first lady here . Well, i mean, i think this is a first lady who just expresses her opinion and expresses what shes feeling, whether it disagrees or agrees with her husband. She is going to say it. This wasnt just a minor correction, wasnt a Statement Issued by her office. I asked the question, and that was the answer. I think the difference here between the east wing and the west wing is that oftentimes the answer feels like, you had know, its come from the first lady. Its direct. Its truthful. And it doesnt mean to cause waves. Its not released to cause the waves. But by the nature of what shes revealing of course it does. We are all talking about it. Again, Melania Trump demonstrated several times she has an independent streak, whether thats going to the border to talk about the border crisis, whether thats Something Like drawing attention away by wearing the white hat or clapping back at Rudy Giuliani when he tried to put words in her mouth and said she believed her husband about the Stormy Daniels situation. Her spokeswoman says i dont think mrs. Trump has had a conversation with Rudy Giuliani about anything, actually. These are all steps that we are seeing the first lady sort of make her mark in a very
independent way, in a way that quite frankly can be very opposite of what her husband is saying or feeling. And she doesnt seem to mind. And he doesnt seem to mind. So, certainly, its a very different sort of first couple that we are witnessing here in this administration. Listen, i love a good independent streak. And a wife should not always have to agree with her husband, right . But it is it is of note. You just rattled off she went to Barbara Bushs funeral you can continue down the list of things where she has gone this way when her husband has gone the other. Im wondering what you think thats about. I honestly think its about the first lady in my opinion is one of the few people who doesnt react in response to something that the president does. So we see a lot of the president doing something and then people respond. Whether it is about the russia investigation or you know a policy issue. The first lady is not reacting necessarily to what the president did. In fact i think she is more
reacting to what lebron james did. He said i dont want to sit across from the president and talk about this. The first lady is saying in the effort of kids and education i will sit across the table from you. Uhhuh. I think its more her in the interest of pushing forward her agenda regard of what the president is thinking that motivates her. And thats also something that we are seeing in other flourishes of her personality. She is very mysterious, very private. So we have to look into these things and read into them a bit. But i truly think that was a response more to how lebron was responding even more so than how her husband was. Coming up next, two historic landmarks targ