Tonight, day one of the manafort trial. The first of the mueller era. The government argues Paul Manafort thought he was above the law, while his defense team plans to attack the star government witness against him. The president started his day declaring collusion is not a crime, ending his day with red meat for the crowd in tampa, and no talk of russia. He did declare himself the most popular republican ever. And with 98 days until the midterms, facebook announces its found fake accounts designed to further tear us apart, and well show you if they have a familiar look to them. The 11th hour begins right now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 558 of the Trump Administration, and day one of
the Paul Manafort trial, the first big test for Robert Mueller. It is a trial about taxes and 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, virgini
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
Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets get to the breaking news. Three men living in new york they are now in custody at this hour accused of trying to join isis. One suspect was arrested today at new yorks jfk airport before a flight to turkey. Court papers say the men allegedly discussed carrying out attacks here in the United States and one suspect is said to have spoken about shooting president obama. Senator chris murphy of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is standing by live along with our correspondents and our analysts and the u. S. As the u. S. Helps Iraqi Forces Gear up for an offensive against isis i will speak with the u. S. Army chief of staff. But lets begin with an extraordinary terror bust today. Our justice correspondent pamela brown is joining us. Whats the latest youre hearing about this plot . What were these men allegedly planning . Very disturbing here wolf. The fbi arrested these three men, these three Brooklyn New York men, on Material Support
. Republican frontrunner donald trump is defending his use of a word widely considered to be vul vulgar to attack his democratic rival Hillary Clinton. He said he used it to show that she was, badly beaten by barack obama. Now clinton is firing back. You are looking at somebody whos had a lot of things said about me. A not so subtle dig at donald trump today after a young girl asked Hillary Clinton about bullying. We shouldnt let anybody bully his way into the presidency. Just when you thought politics couldnt sink any lower, trump went there, talking about clintons 2008 defeat by barack obama. She got shlonged. She lost. Its a yiddish word that meant, well, you guessed it. And he didnt stop there. Where did she go . I know where she went. Its disgusting. I dont want to talk about it. Hes talking about this moment when clinton went missing for a few moments of the democratic debate. When she returned, she had only one word to say sorry. How do you respond to Donald Trumps comments . Re
We started with one person, now we have an auditorium of russians he was speaking to or whatever the hell it was, and its ridiculous. And the senate is expected to vote this week on health care, but as of now, Republican Senators May not even know yet which version of the Health Care Bill that theyll have to vote on. This week the senate will vote to begin the debate to repeal and replace obamacare once and for all. The president and i are calling on every member of the senate to support. But first, to congress. Its put its foot down on the white house, and as soon as this week it will prove new sanctions against russia. President trump would need lawmakers approval to lift them and after it became clear a trump veto would be needed to stop, the white house changed its attitude. Listen. The administration is supportive of being tough on russia, particularly in putting these sanctions in place. The original piece of legislation was poorly written, but we were able to work with the house