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
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Or distorted what happened in the election campaign. But what is Donald Trumps core point that he wants to say even more than no collusion, no collusion, no collusion . It didnt change a vote. So this is a problem. So if they had stepped up their game in 2016 and the Obama Administration was asleep at the switch, maybe they did change some votes. Trump is not stupid well, i wont say stupid or not. Trump wants to deny that russia could have had an influence in 2016 and theyre saying russia could well have had an influence. I understand that some of us are being too cynical about this briefing, but again without the president on it, how do you take it credibly. If makes a big difference. If it were the president , it would be Something Else. The white house continues to want to say and they say this repeatedly, this administration has been toughe
Judge tonight is calling the Trump Administration reunification efforts unacceptable. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. At the close of the first week of Paul Manaforts trial, things do not look good for the former Campaign Chairman of the trump campaign. And today in particular, the testimony about manaforts alleged tax evasion and bank fraud took on a Very Human Dimension when his accountant admitted under oath on the stand that she had in fact knowingly falsified Tax Documents in order to save Manafort Hundreds Of Thousands of dollars in taxes. Manaforts accountant, Cindy La Porta testifying i knew it was wrong, i could have refused but that would expose the Accounting Firm to the risk of litigation or i could have called longtime clients liars. I very much regret it. This is the first of two trials of Paul Manafort being brought by special counsel robert
wire transfers to prove that Paul Manafort was hiding millions of dollars of income from
A recap of the days news. A recap of the days news. A recap of the days news. Straight about the steel industry. U. S. Steel Just Announced that theyre building six new steel mills. If you care about the truth, nope, thats not the truth. The only thing u. S. Steel has announced is that it will restart two blast furnaces, restart two blast furnaces, not six new steel mills. And its probably no coincidence the president seems to be especially truth challenged when it comes to russia. And this tweet from july 24th, he famously claims russia will be pushing for democrats in the midterms because, according to him, they dont want trump. But i want you to listen closely. This is Vladimir Putin himself coming from his own mouth, he said at the Press Conference after the disastrous summit in helsinki. President putin, did you want President Trump to win the election and did you direct any of your officials to help him do
that . Translator yes, i did, yes, i did because he talked about bringing
Chris Matthews debates hot political issues with politicians, newsmakers and Washington leaders. Chicanery. The president said putin was unhappy he won. Ill tell you what, russia is very unhappy that trump won, that i can tell you. Well thats a far cry from what putin himself said in helsinki. Did you direct any of your officials help him do that. Translator yes, i did. Because he talked about using the u. S. russia relationship back to normal. Joining us now. And malcolm nance, msnbc analyst. First to the reporters, michael and then john. Isnt that what is going on, this split screen . They had to show they were doing something and it left them exposed to critics who said you are not doing anything. You are not taking this threat seriously. You laid it out well in the beginning of the show. He charts its own path. He is going to say what he feels whether it is on twitter or at a rally. And in terms of collusion, the idea of interference, he cant separate the idea between the Mueller P