Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. You need a recount. If that is correct and get what it is, the other thing we know is they have apparently under state law until august 24th to certify this election. Were sitting here on august 7th, weve got 17 days, more than two weeks until this has to be certified. If you have that tenday waiting period and then it comes under 0. 5, you know, youre short of that certification. So the law isnt putting a real lot of pressure on them here to get this certified. The law as we understand it is saying its going to be ten days before they can open these. Again, if im a betting man, if you come out here and say, kornacki, your life is on the line, who is going to win this thing, i would tell you balderson, he looks in much better position than oconnor to win this thing. Are you telling me are you sure hes going to win it by more than 0. 45 points and therefore avoid a recount, oh, no, i wouldnt tell
donald trump made fun of ted cruz s wife s likes, implied his dad had assassinated john f. kennedy, his trolls at the national enquirer er spread rumors about his personal life. he got booed off the stage at the republican national convention when he suggested the people vote their conscience. but you know in, politics, apparently it s easy to fib and ted cruz has proven that he is willing to get in line with the trump administration. i mean, he is not just on the trump train, he s enthusiastically on the trump train. charlie about tonight and what we re witnessing and what steve kornacki s been covering all night, what does tonight mean for you? okay, let me give you three data points. i don t want to be misunderstood that whoever wins tonight matters less than trend that you re seeing. this is a district that the democrats won once since 1938. the last republican congressman
the phone banking, the door knocking, all of it. it s been phenomenal. it s a great honor for me. i would like to thank president trump. i would also like to take the time to thank vice president pence for coming. and the big shoes that i ll be filling, i wouldn t have got through a lot without him through this process. congressman pat tiber. i would also like to take this opportunity and time to also thank chairman steve stiver, he s been a great asset to me through this process. chairman, thank you. there s many others.
before he agreed to a plea deal. they brought up an extramarital affair that gates had and asked him about the money he had embezzled from manafort s operation. most of the testimony centered on the financial schemes that prosecutors say manafort developed to avoid paying taxes and maintain his lifestyle even as his income dried up at one point. gates told the court that manafort directed him to disguise millions of dollars in foreign income as loans and to funnel money through shell companies outside the u.s. gates portrayed manafort as a man who essentially went broke after his income stream as a consultant to russian-linked candidates in the ukraine vanished. also today donald trump s name was mentioned in front of the jury for the first time in this trial. and prosecutors presented evidence that manafort tries to use his leverage in the trump campaign to get one of his lenders a job in the administration. it never stops. with us tonight, barbara