Not russia, though russia looms large in the background as it seems to in Everything Else these days. Manaforts being tried in Federal Court in alexandria, virginia. He was, of course, Trumps Campaign chairman, ran the rnc convention. Its the first of two trials for him, and this one hes looking at 18 counts of bank fraud, tax evasion, conspiracy charges in relation to his work for a prorussian party in ukraine before he went to work for the trump campaign. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. This trial is off to a lightning start. So far a jury has been seated. Opening statements have been delivered, and a witness has testified, all on day one. Manafort was a March To August Chairman back in 2016. He helped trump secure the nomination, make no mistake, and trump said so at the time. I have fantastic people. Paul manafort just came on. Hes great. He didnt need to do this, but he wanted to. Paul manafort has done an amazing job. He is here some place where. Is paul . However, more
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. And Donald Trumps name wasnt mentioned today. Robert muellers name wasnt mentioned today. This trial does not have to do with any connection to the 2016 campaign. Nor does rick gates involvement dovetail with what he did in the 2016 campaign, nor his work on the inaugural committee. Its a highly separate trial involving past clients of Paul Manaforts. I think if were reading between the lines, its the prelude to something that is supposed to be bigger. Obviously the prosecutors have a case that theyre bringing here, but it does seem like theyre looking down the road to try to get or compel Paul Manafort to participate in the larger mission, which is the investigation to collusion in the trump campaign. And were all sort of waiting to see what manafort does under this type of pressure. I do agree that the case the defense he is bringing seems highly uncompelling. Basically, he is saying my underli
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suddenly outraged by this. so this is a long standing problem here and everywhere else in the country, and it is i think it is just now becoming a national discussion point. better late than never. thank you both for being here. quick break. and then the pentagon, why it s not holding on camera briefings anymore. and what fox news host isn t telling his viewers. that s coming up. are you? oh, hey jeff, i m a car thief. what?! i m here to steal your car because, well, that s my job. what? what?? what?! (laughing) what?? what?! what?! [crash] what?! haha, it happens. and if you ve got cut-rate car insurance, paying for this could feel like getting robbed twice. so get allstate. and be better protected from mayhem. like me. when it comes to reducing the evsugar in your family s diet,m. coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you.
don t have more on camera briefings here at the pentagon. every time the president says something controversial, how much you want to couch it, it puts his senior officials in difficult positions. we with say do you agree and that s a very difficult position for guys like jim mattis to be in because in many ways the president s comments are indefensible. there s many people inside this building that have great respect for all he did in his special forces community. they don t want to be in a position to choose publicly between their boss and their friend. kevin. yes. hans the right. there s two stories that are involved in this. one is the history of the treatment of president and the press. that s how he got involved in this conversation. now it s a whole different story. the other is the way he treats the generals including some like bill.