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Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U.S. and around the globe. howard fineman, an nbc news analyst who spent his tuesday in judge ellis courtroom marveling at paul manafort s wardrobe. anyway, mimi, let me start with you. define obstruction of justice and is it something that has to be done in secret for it to be a crime? sure, chuck. i want to answer the second part first. it does not have to be done in secret. the definition of obstruction of justice, there are different prongs of it, depending on whether you re trying to interfere with witnesses or tamper with evidence. it s basically trying to impede an investigation corruptly, with corrupt intent, which simply could mean you re trying to stop an investigation because you don t like that that investigation is zeroing in on you or your close friends, so it can t be it has to be for a bad purpose and those would be bad purposes. and that s why this tweet right now looks so incriminating because what s happening ....
essentially an unindicted co-conspirator. yesterday we saw how the judicial system is supposed to work. now, in a functioning congress, all of the lights would be blinking red today. in a functioning congress, the outgoing house speaker would be directing the outgoing house judiciary chair to be beginning the very similar process of investigating cohen s investigations. i wouldn t say you start an impeachment hearing, but you start the process. the president was accused of committing a crime in a federal courtroom. and if enough evidence is found in a functioning congress the committee would begin to draw up articles of impeachment. of course this isn t a functioning congress. right now it is sort of not around, controlled by republicans w.h.ho have been unwilling to hold its party leader accountable. is there a point riepublicans will decide enough is enough and abandon ship? the house isn t in washington but here s what some senate republicans said today. these are serious ....
good evening. i m chris matthews in washington. federal prosecutors in new york have accused the president of criminal violation of the federal campaign laws. they say trump directed that s the word michael cohen to cover up a campaign contribution in the form of payments with two women with whom he had sexual relations. this comes from the southern district of new york, not robert mueller, not the so-called 17 democrats the president says are working against him, not the deep state, not from a witch hunt. it s from one of the two sentencing memos filed in the case of trump s former lawyer, michael cohen, today, which are shedding new light on the president s potential legal exposure. as trump s longtime fixer, cohen pleaded guilty in august to campaign finance violations and making hush payments to two women on trump s behalf. and now, tonight s sentencing memo makes clear that with respect to both payments, cohen acted in coordination with and at the direction of individua ....
made missiles and the fleet s headquarters in sebastopol was struck by missiles last year, the repeated humiliations pushing russian ships further and further away from ukraine and eventually leading to the dismissal of russia s navy chief in march, not so long ago, russian state media would celebrate the navy s single aircraft carrier, the admiral, cuz nets off the jewel in the crown. but the ship has long been plagued by mechanical problems and has been in dark for years and more months, some western analysts predict it will never set sail again despite putin s glorification of russia s naval prowess, many of its warships here are vulnerable to both air and sea attacks and lack the technology to compete with western navies. or even cheap maritime drones made and ukraine an air in the ukrainian say that while the russians might be gaining ground in other areas, they feel that they ve really hurt. moscow is black sea fleet and essentially rendered it ineffective and the ....
and ultimately humans and what s really best for society. you headed isabel. it s a threat to their power structure. family faith first. the government is not so important suddenly and neither is politics. as a you getting married it? you are about to get married yourself? i am on june 29th, right around the corner. i think there s a revival toward the things that matter most the things that have enduring importance in our lives. congratulations on that, best wishes. we are going to do a lot longer segment later on. that s it for us tonight. make sure to follow me on social media, thank you for watching. remember it s america now and forever. jesse watters is going to take it from here. jesse: welcome to jesse watters primetime p. are tonight. we have great unity, we have great common sense, we have one thing in mind that s making our country great. reporter: trump back in washington. biden in italy getting lost. i think she should step down. it should t ....