Ukrainian government which have links to Russian Politicians and operatives. The memo says the link compels investigators to examine russian efforts of interference in the 2016 election. The payments from ukraine to manafort is the basis for financial crimes charges he faces. Manafort wants the charges dismissed claiming beyond muellers scope because ukraine is unrelated to the campaign. The Declassified Memo was written in august by Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. It shows rosensteins strong backing for the special counsel despite attacks from the president. Lets discuss this with julian selzer. Good morning. Good morning. The constant attacks against the word collusion. The word he said the most in the first 14 or 15 months. How significant is this development . It doesnt seem there are any new findings here, but it shows
there is legitimacy to looking at the financial ties with officials in the trump orbit and russia. This just provides credibility for mueller looking into t
Now word overnight the next round of tariffs could escalate dramatically. Shifting blame. Heated statements and a 15,000 coat. A fast start to Paul Manaforts trial on financial crimes. Good morning, and welcome to early start. Im Laura Jarrett in for christine romans. Good to see you, my friend. Im dave briggs, wednesday, august 1st, already, if you can believe it. 5 00 a. M. In the east. We start with a chilling story for Many Americans this morning. A federal judge flocking a Government Settlement that would allow for 3d printable guns for sale. You could print out the instructions to guns on the internet, if you can believe it or not. This is a terrifying ordeal for many parents in this country who simply know that their kid could be printing that at the moment. Now, the founder of the Gun Rights Group Defense Distributed says his companys site is going dark until he can review the judges order. Before the ruling came down, he spoke to cnns Laurie Segall
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Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Paul manafort spent 2. 2 million on Home Entertainment technology. Including 10,000 on a karaoke system. A lot of details prosecutors packed in. We will hear more from his accountant today as they delve into his finances. Dave and kaylee. Thank you, jessica. Can the u. S. Economy keep up the pace of swift job creation . We get a look at the labor market this morning when the July Jobs Report is released. Economists are expecting 190,000 new positions. The Unemployment Rate is expected to tick down to 3. 9 . It rose in june as more than 600,000 americans got off the sidelines and entered the labor market looking for work. The big mystery has been wages. That number expected to hold steady at 2. 7 annual rate. Wages have been stuck in that range for the past three years. As the labor market tightens, wages rise, but the growth has been slow since the great recession. Wall street is looking at where the jobs are created. S