Other from controversial issues, from immigration issues, and theyre doing it again. Thats why we have to pass this bill so that you have clear information about whos paying for these ads and what they are. Its called the honest ads act, and its a bill im leading with senator mccain and senator warner. Senator, appreciate your time. Thank you very much. The news continues. I want to hand it over to chris. Cuomo prime time starts now. Thank you, anderson. I am chris cuomo. Welcome to prime time. Collusion is not a crime except when it is. And remember this isnt about words. Its about behavior. We have a lawmaker who is going to tell you the facts of what could be headed for anyone who did collude. He was also in that hearing today, and you will not believe what the government admitted about its plan to force families apart. Theres senator coons. Well be with him in a second. The Mueller Probe faces its first courtroom test today with
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Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. America and everywhere around the world, the one that keeps people home from voting is as serious if not more serious. Yeah, i think thats exactly right. This is much broader than just about elections, as i mentioned earlier. Its broader than changing votes or anything like that. A lot of the activity that we see that is ongoing did not stop after 2016 and in some ways has actually grown. What we are seeing is a concerted effort to Pit Americans against one another, to make polarization more extreme. We are a pretty polarized country. But russia and others are taking advantage of that trying to turn us against each other in order to weaken us. One of the examples i cited this morning was actually of a fake page created by the Russian Internet Research Agency that used an issue like the Flint Water Crisis and Police Brutality as a way to try to influence americans views on an issue like syria. So theyre basically t
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Reporter well, poppy, probably the headline at this point is, out of the earshot of the jury this morning, judge t. S. Ellis who is a veteran of these sometimes complex and controversial criminal cases in Eastern Virginia advised attorneys on both sides in an attempt obviously to avoid any prejudicial inferences being drawn by the jury, told attorneys on both sides to avoid, if they can, the use of the word oligarch. And thats important because some of the bosses and people in power in ukraine have been referred to as oligarchs. Obviously the meaning of oligarch is a member of a Power Structure in which the power rests with the few, as opposed to suggestion or inference that an oligarch might be a criminal. This case is the Defense Strategy and the Defense Strategy here, susan, is my client, Paul Manafort, knew nothing, did nothing wrong, hands are clean. It was all his deputy, rick gates. Thats a bold move,
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Gates is all to blame here. Theyre saying he is the one who stole and embezzled money. Theyre saying hes the one who lied. And now theyre trying flip this on the government. Rick gates will be the governments star witness, but the defense team is saying how can he be your star witness . Rick gates is an admitted liar and he is now cooperating with the government. Whats next for the trial . What happens tomorrow . Just day one, weve already seen a lot. But day two were expecting that the prosecution will be calling two more witnesses. We expect another democratic consultant who worked with Paul Manafort. Were also expecting to hear from an fbi agent. The prosecution here says that they have a witness list of 35 people that they plan to call, but this trial is really only expected to go three weeks. We saw just how fast this trial moved just in the first day here. So who knows. It could wrap up
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. All right, shannon, why should the average person who is home right now having a cup of coffee on their way to work, why do they care about Paul Manafort and rick gates . These are just two guys who seemed to embezzle money for themselves. I would say to Pay Attention to today. They were just yesterday starting to get into these connections to ukraine. That could be really i guess enlightening to show just how deeply tied Paul Manafort was to prokremlin interest in ukraine. We already know about the 60 million payment. But there is a sense that theres a lot more here. We could get a lot more clarity on how tied he is to the ukraine. I would also note that even though this had nothing to do with the election, there is nothing ruling out that there wasnt be further indictments that could come. I have no reporting to indicate there are any more indictments coming, but i would just say leave open the possibility in
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