Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Okay, this person is trying to move a conversation in this direction for this purpose. So it seems a little obscure, i dont understand where are theyre trying to go. Is it a pr strategy or is it a legal strategy . Is he a lawyer or a spokesman we have michael avenatti, lanny davis and Rudy Giuliani out there just talking away. I dont think any of them are actually coming up with a cohesive legal strategy for what they need to do because they want to win the pr battle. Lan ny is not allowed to talk. Whatever were talking about now, i have a feeling Robert Mueller has already been over that. But Rudy Giuliani is acting like a squirming coil an going all over the place. Hes saying donald trump never hacked the dnc. No one ever claimed that. Hes also saying that donald trump Didnt Attending T the me with russians. Take a listen to what else he said. This russian meeting, he wasnt there. He wasnt at the meeting. He did
The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Thursday, a Sanctions Bill against russia. This will be a heck of a lot easier if there was a white house who actually carried and was willing to get in the fight. Clearly continuing, the russians are not going to slow down. The last point is the problem that hangs over this entire news tonight. It appears the fbi and facebook are acting in realtime, which indicates some learning compared to 2016. The president himself though hasnt only undercut past intelligence about russia attacking in 2016, he also says he doesnt think its happening now either. Is russia still targeting the u. S. , mr. President . Press, lets go, make your way out. You had a chance to speak with the president after his comm
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Another round of Election Sabotage is underway. And the trump official who says his warnings about the psychological damage of separated families was ignored. Good evening, from new york, i am chris hayes. Paul manafort is a shrewd liar so says the prosecution in the Opening Statement in the trial. Opening statement and even the testimony of first witness hours ago, Paul Manafort facing 18 counts. Bank fraud, tax evaluation, and conspiracy charges. Work with should note which predated his duties on the campaign of donald trump. And zoe fillman. I wrote down the word astonishing greed. We knew the outline of this tale from the indictment and court documents. But another thing to hear it lay out in court. This scheme Whereby Manafort was earning 16 million. But instead of taking the money in a wire transfer, he concocted this elaborate scheme to accept it in loans which werent really loans all to evade taxes. And interestingly, when his client was
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Allegations in the u. S. So we talked about this sort of circumventing the american tax system. Overseas payments and overseas Bank Accounts and never reported which is what is alleged. What is the bank fraud part of the case. It is the prosecutors allege that after 2014, when the spigot of cash was turned off, he needed to fund his lavish lifestyle. What he had was Real Estate Holdings that he purchased through the bogus loans. What he did, was he began overstating the value of these property. Faking a profit and loss statement for his company. Showing cash that he didnt have for bankers including while he was chairman of the campaign. They call it bank c and that is
the kind of fraud that they are alleging. Prosecutors are going to show that in fact it was false. Zoe, tad davine was there. He was a partner with manafort in his work in ukraine, what did he have to say . So tad talked about being brought in starting in 2005 to head Media Strateg
Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Influence american voters, including a Covert Campaign to spread Divisive Political messages. That has raised questions about what the government is doing to stop them. As the Washington Post reports lawmakers and independent analysts say that Voting Systems are more secure against hackers thanks to action at the federal and state levels and that the russians have not targeted those systems to the degree they did in 2016, but russian efforts to manipulate u. S. Voters through misleading social media postings are likely to have grown nor sophisticated and harder to detect. There is not a sufficiently strong Government Strategy to combat Information Warfare against the u. S. Outside experts say. Joining me now nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander at the white house, Nbc National Security and intelligence reporter ken dilanian, White House Bureau chief for the Washington Post, phil rucker, Nation