Just Hand News Today

Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Howard fineman, an nbc news analyst who spent his tuesday in judge ellis courtroom marveling at Paul Manaforts wardrobe. Anyway, mimi, let me start with you. Define Obstruction Of Justice and is it something that has to be done in secret for it to be a crime . Sure, chuck. I want to answer the second part first. It does not have to be done in secret. The definition of Obstruction Of Justice, there are different prongs of it,...

You feel sorry for them? yes, a empathise. my biggest fear out there _ empathise. my biggest fear out there was getting captured. russian _ there was getting captured. russian prisoners, surrendered. i wanted — russian prisoners, surrendered. i wanted to _ russian prisoners, surrendered. i wanted to kill— russian prisoners, surrendered. i wanted to kill them. _ russian prisoners, surrendered. i wanted to kill them. they- i wanted to kill them. they wanted to kill them. there is a high chance...

Rhetoric that the president throws out to his supporters. >> are you willing to take his word for it, whoever trump says to vote for, you vote for. >> i do. anything he says. he hasnt -- everything he says is true. it comes true. >> trump is a genius. put your mind -- his mind and my mind together, we dont match trumps brain. the mans a genius and hes cut from a different cloth, a different material. >> well, there you go. with me now from orlando is nbc news political reporter ali vitali who wa...

Looking back on history, who was treated worse, alfonse capone, legendary mob boss, killer and public enemy number one or paul manafort, political operative and reagan/dole darling, now serving solitary confinement, although convicted of nothing. where is the russian collusion? the president has gone back and forth on whether to be nice to manafort or distance himself from manafort. today it was be nice to him. he fears a lot about this trial. what were not 100% sure of yet. >> right. what he fe...

People trying to yell over them, prevent them from doing their jobs and yelling that their network sucks on live tv. do you support that or not. >> while we support freedom of the press, we support freedom of speech and think that those things go hand in hand. >> again, i presenting it to the three of you. she didnt use the phrase. sounds like shes condoning verbal abuse. >> shes not saying its a bad thing. she didnt say the president wished they hadnt done that. you know, i think this is the sa...

Service. >> i had that by somebody and it totally threw me off. whoa, whoa, whoa, you put yourself in harms way. no, you are too. i hope not, frankly. >> that is striking to me that there are americans who see this as -- americans who are not journalists who see this as threatening. >> hes effectively declared war on journalists in this country. hes made them the scapegoat for all of his shortcomings and failings and its an easy target to go after because, again, you represent a broader piece of...

You know, going back months seem to be trying to almost pressure certain witnesses. you know, there were tweets that he didnt want people to sort of -- it seemed like he was trying to get people to not be cooperative with the special counsel. now this seems more about trying to get it to end. and, you know, the idea that he can just end it any time, yes, i guess thats true. but even trump knows that that would cause quite a political storm and hes trying to get somebody else to do is dirty work ...

So then delineate between the point of cnn sucks and talking to an independent reporter whos just standing in front of them asking them questions at a rally. >> i was wondering because the other experience i know youve had and i hope you share with viewers, the president will do this rally and beat the living day lights of the press and see the jeers come in. and then theres the whispers, hey, by the way, i respect what you do. did you get some of that last night? >> actually, no. >> welcome to ...

Manafort, at this age and station, if hes facing a long jail sentence, and they threw the book at him just in this tax and fraud case, is going to want to -- is going to want to flip. and i think the president is calculating now, number one, whether -- when he can pardon manafort. if. if and. when and if and when he can fire or somehow get mueller off the case. and i think hes looking to see after the rally last night, after the rally last night where he was absorbing all the fan love, whether h...

Incriminating? you have said you thought this was obstruction in plain sight? >> i would say its a good piece of evidence of obstruction in plain sight. and heres why the plain sight part doesnt matter. take what he wrote in the tweet, put it in a text to a close confidant and assume -- lets pretend the government found that text and read it. would it look like evidence of obstruction? i think here what were saying, as you said, i mean you said it perfectly. if he called sessions into his office...