rick gates says he broke the law for paul manafort and also stole money from him. we are going to put all of the sanctions back in as they were before and more. economic sanctions on iran now back in effect as of midnight. will the pressure on tehran force a further split? two fast moving fires merging into one inferno becoming the largest ever wildfire in california history. plus, why is facebook reportedly asking banks for your financial information? good morning. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m phil mattingly. coffee straight to the veins. paul manafort s right hand man rick gates. back on the witness stand in the one-time trump campaign chairman trial on tax and fraud charges. the stakes are high for the white house. manafort and his deputy know a great deal of what went on behind closed doors during key months of the 2016 campaign.
yesterday, gates admitted under a grant of immunity he committed crimes alongside his former boss and against him as w
i m phil mattingly. in for dave briggs. it is thursday, august 9th. congratulations, you are on the back half of the week. representative chris collins refusing to step down after indictment on insider trading charges. federal prosecutors in manhattan accused the new york congress member, his son and another man of securities and wire fraud. charged with exploiting secret drug trial information from the australian pharmaceutical company. collins vowed last night he will continue his run for re-election in november. the charges that have been levied against me are meritless. i will mount a vigorous defense in court to clear my name. i look forward to being fully vindicated and exonerated ending any and all questions relating to my affiliation with innate. the company where collins was on the board of directors.
he was the first sitting congress member to endorse donald trump for the white house. collins indictment turns another safe republican seat into a battleground. the w
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washington in the russia probe of special counsel robert mueller. it is not clear what prosecutors want to ask her. she volunteered with members of mueller s team for an interview. one possible line is the connection to roger stone. the veteran political consultant and trump adviser who is a subject in the russia investigation. the prosecution is expected to rest in the trial of paul manafort. over the last week, the jury heard about his wardrobe and offshore bank accounts and lifestyle and doctored loan documents. his long time deputy rick gates flipping in the case. as the defense prepares to offer its case, a court filing from robert mueller is sending a signal gates is a key in the russia probe. we have more from kara scannell. reporter: a new detail in the special counsel s investigation was not revealed in court, but in a filing.
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question that goes to congress and reviving congress again next week. big question. so, rick, with that said, what vulnerabilities did this highlight, do you think? not just, is it the airport, the airline? i mean, who are they really going to be looking more closely at here? well, every airport is different. so, they re going to have to come up with specific guidelines for each airport. and the problem is, once somebody does this, he puts a lot of people at risk. one guy gets in one airplane and he takes off in a crowded metropolitan area and look what happens. not only deuz oes it tie up the traffic system but no one knew what his intentions were. he could have easily turned north and gone through downtown seattle. he could have caused countless deaths on the ground. this is a real vulnerability that they have to address. it s not, they say this is one guy, one plane. but the potential damage he could cause needs
all the big moments and the network s new mission. welcome back to early start. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. it is tuesday, august 21st. 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s start with the latest. conservative think tanks in the u.s. senate. united states senate the latest targets of hackers linked to military intelligence. microsoft stopped the attack last week. the company took control of six web sites operated by the same group behind the 2016 dnc hack. let s bring in fred pleitgen. reporter: the organization that we re talking about, the hacking group, called fancy bear. that is the group that hacked into the dnc and hillary clinton campaign in 2016. u.s. intelligence highly likely believes this group is linked and possibly directed by russian military intelligence known as the gru.
as far as the organizations and groups targeted by the attack, apparently, parts of the senate and then two think tanks. hudson institute and international republican institute. both critical