Assistant to george w. Bush. Scott, let me start with you, were there echos of the axis of evil speech that president bush spoke about before the war against Saddam Hussein in 2003 . This definitely had shades of that remark and im glad to see that because during the campaign, donald trump ran as something of an isolationist and if you watched todays speech, he took you on a World Tour Of American Priorities and american engagement. If you were expecting donald trump the isolationist you did not get that today. It was a firm and measured speech today, he spoke in clear terms. I was proud to see him call out the programs on petfar and malaria that the United States has invested in. I think he hit all the right notes for his american audience. I think his base will love it. I think a lot of americans agree with his message on reforming the u. N. And some gallup polling conducted earlier this year, only 37 of americans felt the u. N. Was doing a good job and
60 thought it was doing a bad
Expensive suits in the closet. According to another new report, manafort was under Government Surveillance before and after the election. Cnn reporting he was wiretapped under fisa warrants. According to that report, the government snooping continued into early this year, including a period when manafort was known to talk to president donald trump. Sharon lafraniere is a reporter who broke the story tonight. She joins me by phone. Your reporting is they told manafort they planned to indict him. How common is that . Thats not that uncommon that a prosecutor would say we dont believe your story, youre not really cooperating with us. Were going to indict you. The difference here, i think,
might be, as my colleagues found out is that they threatened an imminent indictment and this was in the summer and we havent seen it. One of the themes of the piece is the approach of mueller and how it differs particularly in white color investigations. The report says its more like that mafia investiga
this investigation is, did anyone affiliated with the trump campaign encourage russia, participate with russia, in those efforts to help trump? that presumably is at the heart of what mueller is looking at. one of the many things that he is looking at at this very moment. stick with me. we re going to bring in to join the conversation a cnn legal analyst who conducted classified investigations of suspected foreign agents to the point that jeffrey was getting at, ash shah, to wiretap manafort investigators had to get a fisa warrant of course. what did they need to do, what did they need to show, what exactly did they need to say in order to convince a judge to go along? yeah. so i got fisa warrants when i was in the fbi and i can assure you it s very difficult. you just don t walk into a court and order a fisa. it s not a starbucks. so you have to actually have conducted an investigation for
we are following two late breaking stories tonight on the russia investigation. a report that prosecutors told paul manafort they plan to indict him, according to two people close to the investigation. and a report that u.s. investigators obtained court orders to wiretap manafort before and after the election under the fisa statute. the president s lawyers are feeling the pressure and it s making them par enjoyed and sloppy. last week two of his attorneys met for lunch at a d.c. steak house and discussed the probe, a conversation that was overheard by new york times reporter ken vogel. he heard a contention behind the
we are following two late breaking stories tonight on the russia investigation. a report that prosecutors told paul manafort they plan to indict him, according to two people close to the investigation. and a report that u.s. investigators obtained court orders to wiretap manafort before and after the election under the fisa statute. the president s lawyers are feeling the pressure and it s making them par enjoyed and sloppy. last week two of his attorneys met for lunch at a d.c. steak house and discussed the probe, a conversation that was overheard by new york times reporter ken vogel. he heard a contention behind the