Register as saudi lobbyists. Are we saudi lobbyists . Also, new links between that story and former trump aides roger stone and carter page. Plus, donald trump heading down to beto country in el paso as republicans keep bailing on his wall. And my special report on muellers attack dog prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. Inside the tactics he uses to make people flip, and what it means for the Mueller Probe. We have all of that for you on a packed show this monday night. But we begin with new clues about where muellers investigators are headed. This is not a disclosure that muellers team wanted to make, the clues we have. But in order to defend their new charges against Paul Manafort in court, Andrew Weissmann laid out a key theory that the, quote, heart of muellers probe is still looking at a potentially illegal deal between russia and trump aides. Here is the line that is getting attention. Weissmann saying manaforts alleged lies go, quote, very much to the heart of what the special counsels
course is an open question. we re not reporting that tonight. but he is already part of a team that has indicted people on obstruction crimes and cover-up that include, as you know, the president s campaign chair, national security, long-time lawyer and longest serving political adviser, many on similar cover-up style crimes. and there is one thing that weissmann s critics and allies agree on, we all know this. this pit bull prosecutor that mr. mueller tapped and his team, they re not even done sifting through the rubble. the enron task force is continuing to sift diligently through the rubble that was enron piece by piece, scheme by scheme, and lie by lie. i am now joined by acclaimed business journal bethany mclane, a contributing editor at vanity fair, author of the smartest guys in the room: the amazing rise and scandal louis fall of
3 points. it was at another historic tuesday. the dow gains ground for the 9th straight tuesday. bob pisani, what can you tell us? 19th straight tuesday. an absolutely remarkable record. take a look at the dow industrials, up again, but off of the highs as we went towards the close. important thing is, fed speakers moved the day. we ve become fed analysts these days. take a look at the two fed speakers, mr. dudley ahead of the new york federal reserve came out earlier and said they might adjust the pace of bond purchases up or down. he s not sure, it could go either way and he made a point of saying that. mr. bullard, the head of the fed in st. louis also came out and said that the recovery has been slower than anticipated. both of these were basically dovish comments, indicating the fed may continue to keep the pace of bond purchases just the way it is, into the near future. so some doubt about whether they re actually going to cut back or not. in terms of sectors, take a