Has found when the boxes came back from north korea. A very meaningful, important moment for that Mcdaniel Family and for all americans its an honor to show it to you. Thanks for joining us, everyone. Im dana perino. Up next, shep smith. Shepard its noon on the west coast. 3 00 here in New York City where republican congressman is facing a judge on charges of Insider Trading. The lawmaker denies he did anything wrong. Were live at the courthouse. President trumps lawyers making what they are calling a Counter Offer for an interview with the special counsel Robert Mueller. Ahead, the details on what they call the last chance to avoid a possible subpoena of the president. And the star witness on the defense at the trial of President Trumps former Campaign Chairman. But rick gates says he has a very good reason to tell the truth about everything Paul Manafort did. Lets get to it. Shepard smith reporting live from the Fox News Deck. And first from the Fox News Deck this afternoon a sitting
Manafort. And speaking of flipping today, Ruby Red District in ohio may be the latest to elect a democrat in a special election. We will get to that in a moment. First lets go outside of the federal courthouse in alexandria, virginia, on the trial of Paul Manafort. Joe johns is here with an update. Good morning, joe. Rick gates back on the stand, taking questions from prosecutors, laying out the government case. They say it is illegal conduct that goes all the way from 2008 to 2015. Thats seven years. Meanwhile, in 2016, mr. Manafort took over as the Campaign Chairman for the trump campaign, rick gates was right there beside him as his deputy. So what did we learn so far . Among the most important testimony is his testimony that
our Justice Correspondent Jessica Schneider is here, former u. S. Attorney greg bower joining me. And analyst xian wu. Lay out your representation previously of rick gates so its on the table. Right. We had represented rick from the time that he was indicted to
A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. But i had said earlier today that if its 2 or less, republicans are going to be talking in a back room and theyre worried. Byron said theyre worried. They know this is a tough midterm coming up, and i agree with him. And it absolutely is for the president in power. Theres no question about that. Very few acceptation. As we wait to see balderson take the stage, i want to ask you quickly, todd, about this, the rnc said it would have made a big difference to have a president on the ballot. They say the special elections are different. Heres rnc chair. I think these special elections are called special elections for a reason. Theres only two candidates on the ballot. Turnout is a huge issue in august in ohio, the week before school starts. Turning out that vote is going to be critical. And i will tell you, President Trump would win this district today and he would win it in november. What do you think, todd . This is
A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. Are in c committeewoman, hameed dylan, two of the best legal eagles to bring in on this. So lets talk about Alan Dershowitz, a wellknown attorney in his own right had this to say about what the president s legal team is presenting as an option to robert mueller. They will make mueller an offer he cant accept and in the end mueller will say i cant accept this so we are going to subpoena you. The president will be able to say i wanted to testify. It was mueller who turned it down. Does this go to the Supreme Court if they tried to issue a subpoena . Probably so. Hopefully we are not going to go there but i agree with What Dershowitz had to say about this which is you can only get the president s testimony if he is the only person and it is the only way to get that testimony. I dont think the case has been
shown for that. The area of focus so far has been obstruction of justice, which he has the right to do under art
This country what it is. Im proud of you and your family. Dont ever forget where you came from, boy. Yes, maam, absolutely right. Amen to that. Thank you, chris. See you soon. This is cnn tonight, im don lemon, Chris Collins of new york stands indicted in an alleged Insider Trading scheme. Accused of multiple counts of fraud. It is rare for prosecutors to indict a sitting elected official, particularly in an election year. The u. S. Attorney in new york says that collins acted as if laws, well, they didnt apply to him. Donald trump has accomplished in this primary, is unprecedented. Donald trump is absolutely brilliant, and Donald Trumps a
swamp of washington, were going to have fun doing it, were all doing it together. When it comes to washington, d. C. , it is time to drain the swamp. Not only has that swamp not been drained, this administration is building all over it i know that Chris Collins is a congressman and a trump supporter, hes not a member of this administration, trump tol