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Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Our colleague Kristen Welker there is still a steep hurdle to an interview with robert mueller. It would, quote, raise significant article ii questions going to the heart of president ial authority. Its not just about this president but about the presidency. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani spokes with axios. They report, quote, there are two topics the president s lawyers want to rule out in order to agree to a t...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Election, that means the more careful you have to be in how overtly you investigate or charge someone who is going to be on the ballot in that election. First of all, donald trump, as far as i know, is not on the ballot in 2018. So this whole issue about them affecting the election is actually pretty tangential. Its not clear how much it applies. But mueller is so clearly cautious and observant of preceden...

By the thousands still left. Theres approximately 8,000 of those still left. And so we will not have a winner, we will not have a concession by a loser, in this race until all of those votes are counted by august 18th. That is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. Tonight, President Trump calls the russia investigation an illegally brought rigged witch hunt but says stay tuned. While Rudy Giuliani puts the chance of a sit Down With Mueller at 50 . In the manafort cour...

Where this trial is taking part. youve had your fair share of time to watch this judge. what do you make of all of it? ive heard straight down the middle reporters say kind of straight up that he has been prejudicial, he has clearly and provably been tougher on the prosecution. >> you know, brian, ive seen him be tough on the prosecution. ive seen him be tough on defense counsel. but there i think is a better way to do it, right? i mean, if a judge has something she needs to say to counsel, defe...

Irs witness should have been allowed to testify after having been allowed to be in court, judge t.s. elliott told the jury, quote, it appears i may well have been wrong. he went on to say, this robe doesnt make me anything other than human. i sometimes make mistakes. paul manafort, a reminder, facing bank tax fraud charges, charges he denies. this is his first trial as a result of the investigation by muellers office. with us tonight to talk about it, were so pleased to have chuck rosenberg back...

Paul manafort, a reminder, facing bank tax fraud charges, charges he denies. this is his first trial as a result of the investigation by muellers office. with us tonight to talk about it, were so pleased to have chuck rosenberg back, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia, who has spent his fair share of time in that very courtroom where the trial is being held. he also happens to be a former senior official with the fbi. and eric tucker is back with us, justice department rep...

He was in court for todays proceedings. chuck, ive thought of you so many times because, in plain english, you were u.s. attorney where this trial is taking part. youve had your fair share of time to watch this judge. what do you make of all of it? ive heard straight down the middle reporters say kind of straight up that he has been prejudicial, he has clearly and provably been tougher on the prosecution. >> you know, brian, ive seen him be tough on the prosecution. ive seen him be tough on defe...

Been allowed to be in court, judge t.s. elliott told the jury, quote, it appears i may well have been wrong. he went on to say, this robe doesnt make me anything other than human. i sometimes make mistakes. paul manafort, a reminder, facing bank tax fraud charges, charges he denies. this is his first trial as a result of the investigation by muellers office. with us tonight to talk about it, were so pleased to have chuck rosenberg back, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of attorney, ...

>> you know, brian, ive seen him be tough on the prosecution. ive seen him be tough on defense counsel. but there i think is a better way to do it, right? i mean, if a judge has something she needs to say to counsel, defense or prosecution, she can call them to the bench. she can excuse the jury. she can even yell at us, that happens too. but it should be done in private, because judges have so much authority in their courtroom. and the jury listens carefully to what they say. the concern i have...