The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Yesterday, trying to defend his client, talking about a lot of these issues related to Michael Cohen. Seemingly, creating more chaos and confusion in his wake. After an interview with cnn yesterday morning, giuliani seemed to open two new fronts in this whole saga, claiming, first, that collusion may not even be a crime, which is different from what we have been hearing from the president. The president has been saying there was no collusion all along. Now we are seeing President Trump backing giuliani up in a tweet this morning, reiterating that collusion isnt a crime, even though he himself just two days ago suggested that democrats should be investigated for what he claims is their collusion with the russians. Then on a second matter, giuliani starts talking about a meeting, a Planning Meeting that he claimed happened before that Infamous Trump tower meeting with don junior and russians promising dirt on
Good evening. Im jim sciutto, in again for erin burnett. Out front tonight, breaking news. First polls just closing on election night. Right now we are standing by for the first results from florida. What happens tonight will set the stage for a costly and contentious november election there, one that could be key to determining the balance of power in the senate. We are also watching arizona where polls will close shortly. Republicans casting their ballots in what has become a nasty, competitive contest to replace senator jeff flake. Flake, sometimes a fierce trump critic, yet all three candidates have embraced the president , though trump has as yet stayed out of the race choosing not to endorse a candidate. First, the fate of Jeff Sessions. Tonight there are renewed doubts about the embattled attorney generals future, a man the president has publicly bashed on twitter and in private, talked about firing. Now republican senator Lindsey Graham in a stunning aboutface, apparently openi
everything together, piece every message together. lynn is right. dershowitz would be perfect. he is always on message. he is always very articulate. he explains things, not always in the way that benefits trump, but in a way that people understand. i agree, this is a chaotic tactic. it s working. it s working. when it comes to the trial that ann laid out exactly what s at stake for mueller s team here, how do you think this plays among his voters and among the biggest supporters of the president? how critical is a win in this manafort case, the first one, for the president? well, it s critical because if this case is lost, then it will force the mueller team to regroup and say, what are we
i can t tell you. i m not sure i know the conflict. i have a good idea what it is. it is one that would kept me out of the investigation. we will see what today brings in terms of whether rudy juli giuliani will try to clarify more of his statements. president trump is heading to tampa bay, florida. abby, thank you so much for explaining all of that. now it s clear. joining us now is john avlon and ann milgrim. so there s many things to dive into with what rudy giuliani told us on the air on new day yesterday. first, they ve gone from saying no collusion. you saw donald trump or president trump having written in big, black letters on his speech. he added it to a speech that said no collusion in all caps. then yesterday his lawyer rudy giuliani said, well, collusion is not a crime.