The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. Crime. Colluding about russians. You start analyzing the crime, the hacking is the crime. The hacking is the crime. The president its a sign the president s legal team is is trying move the goal posts on the probe as the investigation moves closer to President Trumps inner circle, hes trying to distance him from manafort. He was never involved in intimate Business Relationship with donald trump. The president s lawyer is doing the talking for the president on all things russia. All things Michael Chone and hes doing quite a lot of talk ing. Jake. Jeff, thanks so much. Lets talk to our experts. Laura coates, our former federal prosecutor, i want you to listen about what the crime might have been. I dont know if thats a crime. Colluding about russians. Start analyzing the crime, the hacking is the crime. The president didnt hack. Before we get to the moving of the goal posts going on here,
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and they re recognizing they need to take a step back. i have to ask. talking about being frank. you ask the question what do white supremists think. did everyone recognize the betsy ross flag as a symbol that white sprem cyst were using in we know the confederate flag. swastika. the frog. this surprised some people as being an association. have they appropriated? or was this known. i don t think so. i m not a liberal. i m conservative. but, i know that i have a lot of conservative friends that today after i did my first hit on a dimpb station today, they all called and thanked me. they didn t see it that way. that s what this is about. it s about education. this is america. we re made of all kinds of things. most are immigrants. some were slaves. i ll say it again.
i got to say r sorry, made a mistake. when asked if the president would ever f pardon cohen if he was charge wd a crime, rudy giuliani said that was the president s prerogative, but that obviously the president would never pardon anyone during an ongoing vest dpags. jake. thanks, jessica. and we have just received a brand-new statement from donald trump jr. s lawyer. about michael cohen claims that president trump knew about that trump tower meeting ahead of time. quote, we have investigating this matter for over a year. we are fully confident of the accuracy and liability of the information that has been provided by donald trump jr. in the various investigations. unquote. whether he told the committees investigating this. because michael cohen, whatever you think about his crede bability, he is saying something dimpb.
the news that president trump had ordered the firing of mueller in june and only backed down after his white house counsel threatened to quit. many in your party are calling this obstruction of justice. take a listen to connecticut senator richard bloomen that will. there s an incredible case of obstruction of justice against the president of the united states. and it s unfolding right before us in real time with the actions and statements that he s making. now he s talking about not just the attempted firing of mueller but also the firing of comey and other examples. do you agree that there s a case of obstruction of justice against the president? jake, i vice presidehaven t that road. i believe in the rule of law and it pertains to all of us and if any of this has happened it will come out. but you know, people from new york have a dimpb way of talking and speaks and i take that, you know, literally.
days? they talked about some of the strategy. there seems not to be they don t appear to be in lockstep with the president-elect. i think might be an example of that. there is a situation where republicans normally get in behind their white house. we saw this in the george w. bush years. democrats can be more unruly. republicans sometimes control the white house. they usually march in line. but donald trump presents a different thing. you look at foreign policy whether it s russia, china, dimpb from other republicans. economics could be different. we have to wait and see the policy proposals. thank you, mark. have a good day. you, too. coming up, we shine a light on stopping violence and how to help victims on this giving tuesday. up next a special look inside safe horizon and how on this giving tuesday, you can help. beyond is a natural pet food