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The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. arguments. this afternoon. this means this trial is on its way. it s a very important trial, as you know, brooke, this is the special counsel investigating russian interference in the 2016 election facing off against donald trump s campaign manager. of course, he was only there briefly, but for a very critical period. and as you know also, this means a lot of things for the state of play, at least in politics during a midterm election here in the united states, especially because the president has said so many times that in his view the russian investigation is a witch hunt, if paul manafort ends up being convicted, it will be a lot harder for the president to throw shay on the investigation. if paul manafort is found not guilty, that gives a lot of support for the trump side in this national conversation over russia meddling in the 2016 election. so, brooke, we have 18 charges in this indictment. and we don t ....
todd whitman is my guest. let s if out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. breaking news, a shrewd leader, how president trump s lawyers are painting paul manafort. a jury of six men and six women listening as heweller s team outlined its case describing manafort as a con artist who ran a global scheme to avoid paying millions in taxes. prosecutors say manafort made $60 million in ukraine and that he didn t report to it the irs. they say he had 30 bank accounts in just three foreign countries which he used in part to store untaxed income to spend on luxury goods like range rovers, a watch costing $21,000, a $15,000 custom made ostrich jacket. who doesn t need one of those, right? the defense hitting back saying manafort is the victim that he was taken advantage of by the man he trusted most rick gates, his right hand man in ukraine and his deputy in the trump A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. countries. he owns seven homes, including in the hampton ....
Brian Williams examines the day s top political stories and current political-campaign news. washington post also reports tonight the white house is preparing an executive order that authorizes the president to punish foreign interference in u.s. elections. the post writes, quote, the eight-page draft order appears to be an effort to stave off aggressive legislation, including a bill introduced in congress this month and to quell criticism that trump seems to give more credence to russian president vladimir putin s denials of interference than to u.s. intelligence agencies conclusion to the kremlin sought to undermine the 2016 election. that comes to us as florida democratic senator bill nelson, whose running in a tough reelection fight, tells the tampa bay times, quote, russian operatives have penetrated some of florida s election systems ahead of the 2018 mid terms. he said any further information is classified. today the white house actually did impose new sanctions on< ....
i ll speak with congressman of the armed services committee. and our correspondents and specialists are all standing by with full coverage. let s begin with jim acosta covering the president in new jersey. the president still hasn t made up his mind apparently about talking to mueller. what is the latest? reporter: that s right. it doesn t sound like it. he just wrapped up a round table discussion on the issue of prison reform over at his golf club in new jersey. he didn t take questions from reporters about subjects like the mueller investigation. so what we have now here is the latest reality tv cliff hanger from president trump. the president is keeping the country in response. will he or won t he sit down with robert mueller in the russia investigation? it s the question of the moment for president trump. the president isn t signaling to reporters which way he is leaning on whether to tell what he knows about the russia probe to special counsel robert mueller. instead he ....
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U.S. and around the globe. about. can the legal system resist a political campaign led by the president of the united states. my favorite weird anecdote of yesterday, at one point giuliani was running out of so many people to talk to, he had to talk to a fellow lawyer. jay sekulow had a radio show. here is jay sekulow interviewing rudy giuliani, his boss as the attorney. listen. mayor, i know you ve said and i ve said we want to see this come to closure soon here. mayor? yeah, we do. it s about time that it ends. i also think, and i hope the special counsel is as sensitive to it as we are. we do not want to run into the november elections. so back up from that. this should be over with by september 1st. is that a threat? look, it s throwing everything at the wall and trying to see what sticks. i think everything that s said here is correct. this is a political messaging campaign, but it s not without peril, right? everythin ....