Relationship with trump. Did this break Campaign Finance laws . Lets go outfront. Good evening. Outfront tonight, shutdown victory. President trump taking a victory lap as more than 30 Democratic Senators join all republicans in a vote to end the threeday shutdown. The house voting moments ago to end the impasse. The deal was done in congress and it was done by senators. Thats who made the deal. The president was silent. Today President Trump only issued a Brief Statement which said in part, quote, i am pleased the democrats in congress have come to their senses and now willing to fund our great military, Border Patrol, First Responders and insurance for Vulnerable Children. The short term spending deal came after mitch mcconnell, declared his quote, intention. Intention to hold a debate on the dreamers in the come weeks. Thats it. Intention to hold a debate in a few weeks. Theres no formal mechanism to
repeatedly brought up this threeday bill to keep the government open but to force d
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Muellers team to the test here. Do you think he testifies . Thats a tough call. I would have to handicap it as being negative. I would not put him on. Shimon, lets remind people of the judge. His name is judge ellis and he said point blank to muellers team you dont really care about mr. Maufrts bank fraud, you care about what he could give you that would reflect on mr. Trump and lead to prosecution or impeachment. He hasnt always swung their way in the pretrial hearings and motions. In fact, President Trump used those words in a speech at a rally sort of thinking perhaps the judge would cite his words. So that was something the defense team was hoping they would get a dismissal on some accounts or perhaps some of the decisions would go their way. This judge is known to speak his mind. Hes very well known in the district and he mov
A recap of the days news. And beyond. You had this growing up, what do you think . If you had this . Youre successful but i think early on i would have been able to start my path earlier in my life and start it a little bit later. But i dont even know if i would have this school if i didnt have the trials and tribulations i had when i was a kid and the upbringing that i had. It let me know when i was younger if i ever had the means or became successful or anything i want to be able to give back. Do you ever like look around and get down and depressed . I know you said you always want to be positive with dr. King and those guys when you see whats happening in the country, oh, man, were going backwards . Absolutely. Thats human nature. No way you can look at certain things and not feel like, why are we not pushing forward. For me, as one of the leaders of america or one of the leaders of my community, its my
responsibility to stay as positive as i can and let people know we can go furthe
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. A furjry trap. You have to be thinking the president has to be thinking well if i dont sit down with mueller at all and if i never grant this interview how do i go out there and explain to the American People i wouldnt do an interview even though i didnt do anything wrong. I think thats exactly right and part of the calculation that is creating such hesitancy on team trumps part about whether to sit down, two ways to look at this interview politically and legally. Politically as you point out it might make sense for the president to sit down. He could try to wrap up this investigation quicker, before the midterm elections potentially and tell the public look, i am cooperating like ive been saying im doing nothing wrong legally as the lawyers pointed out his lawyers feel like its a massive risk for the president. Legal experts ive
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Manafort and its clear in the attempt by the defense to establish reasonable doubt. In The Big Picture its important to say that prosecutors putting on their case now are trying to delve into what they called the extravagant lifestyle of paul manafo manafort. They say he parked money in Offshore Banks and evaded taxes. Evade it had Internal Revenue service so today we expect to hear more of the deep dive into how u. S. Political consultants of both parties were hired to work for ukraine. We expect on the stand today among others daniel rayban. The first witness was another Democratic Political consultant, tad devine, the chief strategist for the democratic president ial candidate bernie sanders. Also on the stand, an fbi agent who is expected to go through the nuts and bolts of what the fbi learned. The rocket docket. Another big day. Joining me now, Crime And Justice reporter Shimon Prokupecz and former fed