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And more troubles for former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort who they say lied to him and doubledealing with the Trump Administration after signing a a plea agreement. And brothers in a arms, two of the the president s favorite strongmen have a connection today. They are both pariahs at the g20. Goodday, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york. The president at a world summit in argentina, but judging from the tweets theday, he started the day thinking of the dramatic events in the russia probe. Sworn testimony indicating an active coverup by former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen about the trump organizations effort to get a trump tower in moscow well into the 2016 campaign. The president tweeting this morning that he had quote only lightly looked at a business deal while frequently denying it on 2 campaign trail, and Sarah Sanders is is now referring to the Mueller Investigation as the russian witch hunt hoax at an ish statement she issued from the summit. And now joining us is Peter
Jordan, kimberly atkins, Michael Schmidt and joyce advance. Joe and mika have the morning off. Good morning to all of you. Lets dive right in. Just days after we learned the special counsel wants to scrap Paul Manaforts plea deal, President Trump is now publicly discussing a possible pardon for his former campaign chairman. In an oval office interview, President Trump left open the possibility of a pardon telling the paper, it was never discussed, but i wouldnt take it off the table. Why would i take it off the table . In that interview, the president criticized Robert Muellers investigation claiming that manafort, roger stone, and stone associate jerome corsi were all asked to lie. If you tell the truth, you go to jail, trump said. You know this flipping stuff is terrible. But i had three people, manafort, corsi, i dont know corsi, but they refuse to say what he demanded. Its actually very brave, the president said, of the trio and im telling you, this is mccarthyism. We are in the mc
Shutdown. There appears to be little or no negotiating going on with even republicans being kept in the dark. I dont know. If the white house has a plan, theyre keeping it to themselves. I i just dont see the end game. No Christmas Lights in washington. And bearing down, im talking about the markets. They continue their losing slide yesterday losing 500 points, and the president , he is taking aim at his fed chair again this morning as they prepare to raise rates. All right. A lot to cover today. Beginning with the president of the United States of america wishing good luck to Michael Flynn over twitter. Michael flynn, his disgraced former National Security adviser whos about to be sentenced for lying to federal investigatorin. Beginning this morning with the president of the United States wishing good luck on twitter to a man who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russia. That, let me remind you, is a federal crime. I have a great team here this morning to brea
Republican senator. It is wednesday. Im bill hemmer. How are you doing . Sandra good morning, ifm owe sandra smith. Republicans dominating control of the senate. Hyde smythe beating out mike espy by nearly 8 last night making the republican the first woman elected to congress from the state of mississippi. Here is what she told supporters last night. I am so grateful. Im so humbled for the honor you have given me to elect me as your United States senator. It shard to describe the feelings tonight for me and my family. Tonight in this victory the reason we won is because mississippians know me and they know my heart and thank you for stepping up, mississippi. Bill that victory gives republicans 5347 edge in the Upper Chamber and thats where we stand now. Sandra Jonathan Serrie is live from jackson with more this morning for us. Good morning. Good morning, sandra and bill. Cindy hydesmith is wasting no time getting right back to work. She is on an early flight back to washington, d. C. T