On a potential Gag Order Violation by donald trump will have all the moments as this rather salacious case, it gets going was one key name on the witness list. What former Trump White House aide hope hicks, has already said on the record and what that might mean for her former bosses case. And israels war cabinet meets again weighing how to strike back after irans unprecedented direct attack. What cnn is hearing about the calculations theyre making welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper. We begin with our Breaking News Jury Selection in former president Donald Trumps criminal trial in new york city is underway, but moments ago more than half of this first batch of prospective jurors were sent home packing. Why . Well, they said they could not be filled here or impartial. And just about 30 minutes, Donald Trumps first day in this trial will come to an end. But before Jury Selection even began, prosecutors were already asking judge juan merchan to find donald trump. They were accusing him o
Telling the truth. He has no Shadow Hanging over him. The uncertainty is gone. He has stepped up to the line and he has admitted what he did wrong, but he is now liberated to tell the truth. Everything about donald trump that he knows. From this point on youre going to see liberated Michael Cohen speaking truth to power. And we will hear a lot more from cohens lawyer who you just saw there, he is going to be joining morning joe later this morning. After four days of deliberations the jury in the fraud trial of Paul Manafort found President Trumps former Campaign Chairman guilty on eight of the counts against him. The jury has unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the other ten counts manafort faced. His trial marked a critical first stage for Robert Muellers investigation. Pete williams has more. Reporter the jury found Paul Manafort guilty of intentionally dodging taxes on millions of dollars that he earned as a
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Stunts that we have seen from the democrats, think again. Just as a reminder, this is what they were saying about judge kavanaugh before the still uncorroborated allegations emerged. Im going to do everything i possibly can to speak out against this nominee. Youin have demonstrated an extraordinary hostility to the right and liberty, precious in this country, that make this nation great. He is the most Unpopular Supreme Court nominee in the last 40 years. In a moral moment, there is no bystanders. You are either complicit in the evil, you are either contributing to the wrong, or you are fighting against it. Laura very understated from corys booker. Think about all the baseless smears, their media brethren and sisters engaged in following that. Like despite her call for anonymity, the democrats leaked christine blaseys name. That was the plan from the beginning. Then in the form of a jane mayer piece, we are expecting big things from that, they proffered another pathetically noncorrobor
Russias top diplomat summing up the meeting with near xoouberation calling it better than super. So if its better than super for russia what did the u. S. Agree to, and what did we get out of it . We and most of the senior members of the government are still waiting for answers to those questions from the white house. And the while we wait, more news coming from moscow today. Cnn learning about a highlevel u. S. Russia phone call that took place and learned it from a kremlin website between secretary of state mike pompeo who spoke with the foreign minister of russia, Sergey Lavrov. They talked about the socalled american initiative, its said, and a normalization of relations. With all of this swirls, where is President Trump today . At his new jersey golf course declaring war over a secretly taped conversation by michael cohen, his former fixer and lawyer. The president tweeting today, its inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client. Go to cnns ryan nobles near the president s golf
Michael cohen to visit russia during the campaign to meet Vladimir Putin in person. Special counsel muellers team learned that cohen lied in front of congress with witnesses in the trumps orb. Cnn has not yet confirmed the report. We have a lot to get to, lets begin with sarah murray. This is stunning of this buzzfeed report that President Trump directed his attorney to lie about the mos tcow project. Tell us what you are hearing. It is a wild story. Cnn has not independently confirmed it. Now the way that buzzfeed said two Officials Say President Trump directed Michael Cohen, the discussion ended earlier than it did so it did not look like donald trump was trying to negotiate this project while she was the gop nominee in 2016. And internal Company Emails and Text Messages and a case of other documents, don, you can bet in the special counsel is planning to rely on this and if it is true, they have to have documents to back it up. Michael cohen is a witness with a lot of problems. He p