Lib, yemen, turkey and iran, warning this war will plunge the region into an unspeakable disaster. What does that mean . And did President Bidens meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu help the situation or hurt it . Hes on his way back to the United States right now, and though his inperson meeting with the leaders of egypt, jordan and the west bank was cancelled after that Hospital Explosion, the white house says hes still going to be talking to those leaders. What u. S. Intelligence will he show them to try and prove the Hospital Explosion was not an israeli rocket. But a misfire from gazas Islamic Jihad as our intelligence in the u. S. Suggests it is. And will those leaders even believe it, and even if they do, is it going to matter to the arab street . Joining us now from israel is nbc news Foreign Correspondent, raf sanchez. I know there are Big Questions surrounding all of this. Let us start with what we know right now, what we can say right now. Reporter katy, its been
Takes the stand in the trial of former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. Will the jury hear what rick gates has already revealed to prosecutors . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. The governments key witness is now testifying in the trial of the former trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. That comes as President Trump is urged to stop tweeting about that 2016 Trump Tower Meeting between his top advisers including manafort and several russians. A source tells cnn is president is told his tweets are only giving oxygen to the topic. That followed the president s stunning Weekend Admission via twitter that the meeting indeed was about getting dirt on Hillary Clinton which he insists was totally legal. Ill speak with congressman and
correspondents and specialists with full Coverage Lets First Go To Chief White House Correspondent jim acosta covering the president in new jersey. Hes letting his twitter fingers do the talking. Reporter absolutely, wolff of. The pre
proceeding and for conspiracy to defraud the united states. is that true? do you have enough evidence to refer trump for criminal charges? well, we have not made a decision about referrals on the committee. i think it is absolutely the case, it s absolutely clear that what president trump was doing, what a number of people around him were doing, that they knew it was unawful. they did it anyway. i think you certainly saw that in the decision issued by judge carter a few weeks ago where he concluded that it was more likely than not that the president of the united states was engaged in criminal activity. i think what we have seen is a massive and well organized and well-planned effort that used multiple tools to try to overturn an election. you ve seen just in the last few days a plea agreement from one of the leaders of the proud boys which lays out in really chilling detail the extent to
we re following multiple breaking stories including word that president trump s top advisers urging him to stop tweeting about the 2016 meeting between a group of russians and top officials of his campaign including his own son donald trump jr. let s discuss the implications. joey jackson, let me read the relevant part of the law as far as contributions are concerned. this is the u.s. code on contributions. quote, it shall be unlawful for a foreign national directly or indirectly to make a contribution or a donation of money or other thing of value or expressly or impliedly promise to make a contribution or donation in connection with a federal, state or local election and unawful for a person to
aide. she s been with the president from the beginning of his campaign. is there an expectation that miss hicks might also stay quiet as well? well, it s very interesting. democrats point out that there was another interview yesterday with rick dearborn who s the deputy chief of staff at the white house and there was no attempt by the white house or even his own counsel to refuse to answer the same kind of questions that steve bannon was. the question now, with hope hick, who s obviously a very key player in the congressional investigation. also with special counsel mueller s investigation, would she attempt to reserve the right to invoke executive privilege on behalf of the president to refuse the same testimony. democrats are going to be very interested to see whether that takes place. there seems to be one standard with steve bannon that the white house is applying. i want to play something that eric swalwell said this morning. member of the house intel committee. here it is.