Of whom are former very senior fbi officials. Now one of these guests who were going have tonight is someone who you have met before. He has been on the show a number of times. Thats chuck rosenburg. Chuck rosenburg is going to be here to help us get through a number of different legal stories that broke this evening, all related to the Trump Administration, including some very puzzling new news about Robert Mueller and the special counsels investigation. Chuck rosenburg is in new york tonight. He is going to be joining us in studio a little later on in the show. But i also need to tell you were going to be joined tonight by another very senior former fbi official who you have not met before, who has never done this type of interview before. In just a few minutes, were going to be joined by jim baker. Jim baker was the general counsel at the fbi, meaning he was the top lawyer at the fbi. He left that position earlier this year in may. Hes one of the handful of former senior fbi officia
Earlier this year and now apparently back to conflicted. And this a short time ago. If mitt romney spent the same energy fighting barack obama as he does fighting donald trump, he could have won the race, maybe. Senator romney one of the very few republicans in Congress Speaking out against the president. He reacted to the release of the Mueller Report yesterday, saying he was sickened by what he called dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office in the land, including the president. Trump has ripped the Mueller Report as crazy, fabricated, and totally untrue. But remember, just recently he felt a whole lot differently. Mr. President ive been totally exonerated. No collusion. No obstruction. The special counsel completed its report and found no collusion and no obstruction. So what happened . Maybe he read what was actually in the report. Or more likely, he saw what people were saying about it on tv. That instead of exonerating him, muellers report actually exposed
Daughter and mr. Kushners very famous lawyer appear to have made direct detailed and very false public statements about this matter before now. Were seeing tonight some sort of confused and to my eyes, slightly desperate efforts tonight to clean up some of those false statements. But this story is still developing tonight. Well have more on that ahead. Were going to start tonight, though, with a little bit of breaking news. This document has just been filed tonight in the criminal case involving the president s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. Paul manafort, as you know, is due to be sentenced next week, thursday next week but a federal judge in virginia. This new filing tonight is manaforts best effort with his defense team to argue for lenience in that sentence from that virginia judge. Quote, defendant paul j. Manafort comes before the court for sentencing after having been convicted at trial of five counts of subscribing false income tax returns, one count of failing to file a For
Nation off the Southern Coast of india. Right now Officials Say there are at least 207 people dead, another 560 injured after a wave of eight coordinated bombings across the country on Easter Sunday. Three of the explosions targeted Christian Churches during easter services. There were also bombings at three hotels popular with foreign tourists. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo says several u. S. Citizens are believed to be among the 30 foreigners killed in the attacks. Sri lankan Officials Say there have been seven arrests so far, but no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Cnns sam kylie is in sri lanka and joins you us now on the phone. What more are you learning about the horrific attacks . Well, fred, this was undoubtedly a coordinated effort hitting seven different locations in the end in the west of the country, and one almost multi simultaneously on the east side. Most of the attacks have been centered around hitting western targets or targets popular with wester
This day of the week. Weve got a lot to get to tonight, including the still expanding, stilldeveloping story first broken in the New York Times last night that President Trump overruled career National Security officials and ordered that his soninlaw, Jared Kushner, be given a security clearance, despite whatever it was that turned up in kushners fbi background check and in a cia review that led to him being denied a permanent security clearance until his fatherinlaw had to intervene. The president , the president s daughter and mr. Kushners very famous lawyer all appear to have made direct, detailed and very false public statements about this matter before now. Were seeing tonight some sort of confused and to my eye, slightly desperate efforts tonight to clean up some of those false statements. But the story is still developing tonight. Were going to have more on that ahead. Were going to start tonight, though, with a little bit of breaking news. This document has just been filed toni