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That cover a wide range of issues, not just these allegations of sexual harassment, but handling of nursing homes and death data, and the use of state resources when he wrote a memoir, as well as the bridge. if he is charge, that is a whole different ball game. >> and theres sure to be major developments, anna scheckter, thank you. were following breaking news. taliban has captured another key city in afternoon. im going to talk to a reporter on the ground there. plus we have more on the new...

Where trump held a rally. and anna scheckter has the latest on the indictments. ali, what else did trump say last night? >> yeah, guys, he was here in florida for a rally but clearly in a new york state of mind. reacting for the first time publicly since those criminal indictments that came just a few days ago. and painting them as he has in the past when hes gotten into legal trouble as a partisan political witch hunt. take a listen. >> think of how unfair it is. never before has new york city ...

Russian conspirator gives rise to length legitimate questions about where his loyalties lie. stone faces seven charges including one count of obstruction. five counts of making false statements and one count of witness tampering. a gag order was ordered on stone prohibiting from him from speaking to the press. joining me now is anna scheckter. how is this unfolding so far. >> he is apologizing to the judge, he says he is sorry and he let his family down. he said yes, he sounds pretty contrite. h...

Quote, stuck in a bunker mentality and largely resigned to a plan to wing it. one former white house official telling the paper a war room. are you serious? theyve never had one. well never have one. they dont know how to have one. with that, id like to welcome in my panel. with me on set, business and politics reporter for "the wall street journal," shelby holliday. editor of commentary magazine, john podhoritz and investigative reporter anna scheckter. also with us from tucson, arizona, msnbc ...

Day, particularly if the president feels his family members are threatened with indictment, that we see some irrational act occur where truly mueller or rosenstein are threatened. i dont see a strategy other than deny, deny and when you need to shift to saying, i did it but it wasnt that bad. thats what well see to the point where he cant defend himself anymore and dont rule out the possibility that mueller and/or the southern district of new york will attempt an indictment either while hes in o...

One former white house official telling the paper a war room. are you serious? theyve never had one. well never have one. they dont know how to have one. with that, id like to welcome in my panel. with me on set, business and politics reporter for "the wall street journal," shelby holliday. editor of commentary magazine, john podhoritz and investigative reporter anna scheckter. also with us from tucson, arizona, msnbc national security analyst frank figliuzzi. and washington senior adviser for m...

Theres a window of time before william barr takes his seat at the department of justice while whitaker is sitting there. dont be surprised if on a bad day, particularly if the president feels his family members are threatened with indictment, that we see some irrational act occur where truly mueller or rosenstein are threatened. i dont see a strategy other than deny, deny and when you need to shift to saying, i did it but it wasnt that bad. thats what well see to the point where he cant defend h...

Briefing the presidents lawyers with his meetings about the special counsels teams. manaforts attorney repeatedly briefed the presidents attorneys with meetings with muellers team. according to the report, rudy giuliani, one of the presidents personal lawyers, acknowledged the arrangement on tuesday and defensed it as a source of valuable insight into the special counsels inquiry and where it was headed. giuliani said in one example that manaforts lawyer told him prosecutors hammered away as whe...

When the special counsels office asked jerome corsi about that, what theyre saying now in this draft charge is that corsi lied to them when he told them that he turned roger stone down. he said, no, no, i wont get in touch with wikileaks, that would get us all in trouble. special counsels office is saying in fact that is not at all the way it went down. corsi lied to them. we get more detail in this document, which is the draft statement of the offense, which has also been sent to jerome corsi, ...

This thing was to help president trump? >> it certainly appears that way, that that is what he was going for. >> its pretty astounding to a guy who agreed to a plea deal, to do the opposite and work with the presidents side. >> its fairley common in cases where you are several defendants on a joint indictment that their lawyers communicate with one another. its highly unusual for someone who has cut a plea deal and separated themselves from other defendants to continue cooperating like that. the...