Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. The issue of adoption, did that come up . Like i said, that was the primary thing we had spoken about in the meeting. Thats not the premise that got them in the room. Then it was essentially a bait and switch to talk about that 6789 everybody has basically said that in. The already. There is this another intere interesting thing over the weekend. Hope hicks boarded Air Force One and flew to the president s rally in ohio and back. You may recall, hope hicks resigned from the white house one day before a Congressional Committee that she had told white lies on behalf of donald trump. She is now living here in manhattan and she too has come under scrutiny for crafting that
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A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. Fair to say both sides are going to claim victory in was went down tonight in ohio 12 . Yes but your speaking facts. This is a numbers game and these should not be the numbers. The winner is the winner but we will see what happens again in november in the real election, some would say. When we look what this would do to those in my party it will encourage more to come out. When you look at numbers, how many people republicans had in this constituency, this district, so many more republicans here and not just because of the republican candidate but the number of people who voted that way in the past, you have a lot of democrats, interesting to see the exit polls, it is a victory to have such a tight margin for democrats but i didnt think this would be one of the seats that would make it 22 but i said
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But i think there that was clearly the question that was asked and when they came back after the break he went in a completely different direction. I surmised thats what happened in the moment. Thats why you need pros in the courtroom watching these things for us to explain it to dopes like me. Barbara mcquade, former u. S. Attorney in meche mitch. Thank you so much, barb. I really appreciate it. Thanks for having me. I even got to ride in an elevator with brandon van grek. Did you really in the Counterespionage Prosecutor guy . I did. Did you say hi to him . I did. Its been great fun. I love your life. Thanks, barb. That does it for us tonight. We will see you again tomorrow. May we all someday have the opportunity to ride in an elevator with a veteran Counterespionage Prosecutor when were in a position to know who that is. Imagine the thrill. Now its time for The Last Word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And imagine the thrill for Rachel Maddow v
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Election again this november. Over the next three months im going to do everything i can to keep America Great again. To keep America Great again. That sentence doesnt even make sense. Sex, lies and betrayal. Manaforts defense team goes after rick gates painting him as the ringleader who stole millions from manafort to support a lending. Had a great day. A great day. And turn signal, teslas ceo elon musk comes Out Of Nowhere on twitter, suggesting he has securelied funding to take the Company Private in what would be the biggest buy outin history. Hearings the question, is it for real . Or is it musk to punish the sellers of the stock and the doubters of what he thinks is his genius . We begin, of course in the state of ohio where critical special election for an open
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Plus, why is facebook reportedly asking banks for your Financial Information . Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im Phil Mattingly in for dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is tuesday, august7th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with Paul Manaforts right hand man rick gates. Back on the Witness Stand in the onetime Trump Campaign chairman trial on tax and fraud charges. The stakes are high for the white house. Manafort and his deputy know a great deal of what went on Behind Closed Doors during key months of the 2016 campaign. Yesterday, gates admitted under a grant of immunity he committed crimes alongside his former boss and against him as well. Cnn has more from the federal court in alexandra, virginia. Reporter rick gates took the stand in the showdown we have been waiting for as gates
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Every time he weighs in. It complicates the previous explanations for it. We are hearing from the president s aides that in t