is not being made everywhere. we are seeing crime overall, retail theft overall up across the country and especially in new york city, los angeles, and even dallas. john: prosecuting shoplifting, what a novel concept. dan, thank you. israel is ready for another humanitarian pause and additional humanitarian aid. the problem was and has been and remains hamas. the question is whether they are willing to resume this effort. john: big news out of israel, suggesting they are open to a temporary ceasefire with hamas in order to free more than 100 people still held hostage. no word on whether the terrorist group will return to the negotiating table. sandra: and while fierce battles rage up and down the gaza strip, the u.s. is urging israel for a more targeted approach to spare civilian lives. netanyahu says the idf will keep on with its operation to eliminate the terrorist group. john: so begins hour two, john roberts in washington. good to be back with you again, sandr
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. His plea agreement, including that he stole some hundreds of thousands of dollars from Paul Manafort, rick gates did, by filing false expense claims. So really, just a long list. It was remarkable to be there in the courtroom as rick gates over the course of 80 minutes detailing that long list of alleged crimes. So allegedly, theyre both Stealing Money through not paying taxes and other means, and then gates is also Stealing Money from manafort . Thats exactly right. So you have listen, this is one of those cases when i was inside there, anderson, having followed a mob priel or two, it struck me as you had the case of the bob boss there with his capo testifying against him. Of course in many cases like this, the person who is gates witness doesnt have the cleanest record himself. And that certainly holds true for rick gates. I should mention he also pleaded guilty to lying to federal prosecuto
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Knowing that was illegal. Cnn chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is covering the trial. He joins us. Now what more did gates say on the stand . Anderson, you had the deputy there sitting within ten feet of his former his longtime boss, documenting by his accounts numerous crimes, alleged crimes by his boss, Paul Manafort. And the list started with them setting up 15 Foreign Bank Accounts which they did not report to the government for the purposes of hiding taxes. He said that they filed false income tax returns. He said they failed to file as foreign agents even though they were working as agents for a Foreign Government, in this case the prorussian Government Of Ukraine at the time. And rick gates said he did all of this, his words, all of this at the direction of Paul Manafort, saying these are crimes we did together, in
and that certainly holds true for rick gates. I should
president trump in the u.k. where he s getting royal treatment. he s there for a three-day state visit packed with plenty of pomp and circumstance. protests expected in the streets. next up on his schedule, an elaborate state dinner at buckingham palace. first, here s some of what you may have missed. after landing the u.k., the president and the princess got a ride on marine one. they landed on the lawn where prince charles and his wife camilla met them. a royal gun salute heralded their arrival. president trump then attended a private lunch with her majesty, the queen, before a special showing from the royal art collection. they looked at artifacts with historical significance to the united states, including a 18th
these days melania trump is pushing back against the president s lawyer too. after news broke of mr. trump s alleged affair with porn star stormy daniels, rudy giuliani said this. she believes in her husband. she knows it s not true. reporter: the first lady s communications director issued this terse response. i don t believe mrs. trump has ever discussed her thoughts on anything with mr. giuliani. melania trump certainly isn t afraid to go it alone. after reports of another alleged affair, this time with a former playboy playmate, mrs. trump skipped a ride on marine one with her husband, instead taking her own motorcade to andrews air force base to meet him on air force one. people think and talk about me like, oh, melania, oh, poor melania. don t feel sorry for me. don t feel sorry for me. i i can handle everything. reporter: randi kaye. cnn, palm beach, florida.