Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Primary, Cnn Projects State Attorney General Bill Schuette will be the republican candidate in november. Former state legislative leader Gretchen Whitmer will be the democratic candidate. And cnn projects john james has captured the gop nomination for u. S. Senate in michigan. James, an africanamerican iraq war vet endorsed by President Trump. He will face off with democrat Debbie Stabenow in november. Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manaforts longtime righthand man back on the witness stand today. Manaforts Defense Lawyers expected to pick up where they left off yesterday, trying to undermine rick gates credibility in the eyes of the jury. Gates admitted to a host of transgressions. So far, manaforts defense team has not done much to pin the bank and tax fraud their client is charged with on gates alone. That part of their Cross Examination may come later today. More now from cnns jessica schneider. Reporter christ
A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and Panel Discussions hosted by Bret Baier. Ahead but there are about 8,000 provisional votes that need to be counted. Can you believe how close this is . [cheers and applause] we are in a tied a ball game. For Democrat Danny Oconnor to be in a race this tight in the district, no democrat has won this in 38 years and that had him delivering wet sure sounded like a victory speech last night. You believed in us in a race that the pond and said we had no chance even being in. You proved them wrong. By getting close wont be enough to help democrats retake the house this november. They have come close and for other special elections in reliably red districts, but they have only 11 of those. They are banking on a wave of energy. Do you believe that President Trumps support is the reason you wanted . I dont believe its the full reason i want but it was deftly helpful. Our numbers really surged. President trump came in and put Troy B
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Close associate to Paul Manafort for 12 years, but now hes flipped, he pleaded guilty, and hes telling all he knows to prosecutors. So, it will be interesting when he is back on the stand for more Cross Examination this morning. Christine and phil . Jessica, thank you for that. Legal woes multiplying for michael cohen. The Wall Street Journal reporting President Trumps former lawyer and fixer is now under investigation for tax fraud. Sources tell the journal the federal prosecutor in manhattan is looking into whether cohen underreported income from his taxi medallion business. The Taxi Licenses yielded hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last five years. The Wall Street Journal also reporting federal investigators are looking into possible fraud against the bank that financed cohens taxi medallion business. Cohen has not been charged with a crime, and the journal reports he previously denied wrongdoing. Firefighte
A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and Panel Discussions hosted by Bret Baier. Guilty to one count of filing fraudulent information to get a bank loan but the ones that could be most problematic for President Trump are counts seven and eight in which he said he coordinated with a candidate for federal office whose name was not revealed and worked at the direction of that candidate to provide payments of 150,000 to one woman which would likely be Karen Mcdougall. Remember that payment she received from the National Enquirer was 150,000 and that was classified as an unlawful corporate contribution and a contribution of 130,000 to Stormy Daniels that was made on october 27th just a week before the election. Again, cohen saying he did this on behalf of and the direction of and in coordination with a candidate for federal office, that person unnamed. Just heard from Rudy Giuliani a
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That. It doesnt involve me, but i still feel, you know, its a very sad thing that happened. This has nothing to do with russian collusion. This started as russian collusion. This has absolutely nothing to do. Its a witchhunt and its a disgrace. Harris the president also claimed a double standard in the charges against his former attorney tweeting. This. Michael cohen pleaded guilty to two counts of Campaign Finance violations that are not a crime. President obama had a big Campaign Finance violation and it was easily settled. But democrat leader nancy pelosi says, quote the guilty verdicts are further evidence of the rampant corruption and criminality at the heart of trumps inner circle, end quote. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts. John, day two of this and a lot of movement. Yeah. And still a lot to talk about. First of all, let me just reflect back on what you illuminated in the president s tweet about obama Campaign Finance
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