The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Yesterday, trying to defend his client, talking about a lot of these issues related to Michael Cohen. Seemingly, creating more chaos and confusion in his wake. After an interview with cnn yesterday morning, giuliani seemed to open two new fronts in this whole saga, claiming, first, that collusion may not even be a crime, which is different from what we have been hearing from the president. The president has been saying there was no collusion all along. Now we are seeing President Trump backing giuliani up in a tweet this morning, reiterating that collusion isnt a crime, even though he himself just two days ago suggested that democrats should be investigated for what he claims is their collusion with the russians. Then on a second matter, giuliani starts talking about a meeting, a Planning Meeting that he claimed happened before that Infamous Trump tower meeting with don junior and russians promising dirt on
A look at the latest news and headlines of the day features discussions of politics and culture, analysis of Political Correctness in Campus Craziness and. Good chemistry. But i can tell you, there is been no missile launches no, rocket launches, we got the hostages back. [applause] and we didnt pay 1. 8 billion in cash for the hostages. [applause] theres been no nuclear tests. And they say whats taking so long . I said, for 40, 50, 60 years, during the nuclear age, 25 years, youve been working and nobody complained about the fact that president obama was unable to do anything with north korea and he considered it, read the papers, youll see what he considered it. Ive been three months, i have a
he picked up 44 billion. He told that to the press, he didnt report it. 44 billion. And then i just left recently, and were going to pick up at least another close to 100 billion extra. I said to him, you got to pay your bills. The United States is paying close to 90 of the cost of protecting e
Doesnt stop there. Cohens attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to Start Talking to the Special Counsel. Meanwhile, Paul Manafort who two years ago literally ran Donald Trumps campaign is now a felon. He is facing serious prison time and like Michael Cohen sits atop this list of Trump Associates who are indicted or convicted criminals. That is a lot of witches. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 22nd. Joe is off. Hes tweeting. Hell be filing for the Washington Post. Weve put together an allstar lineup for this mornings incredible amount of news. A Small Law Firm of legal experts, msnbc legal analyst danny savalas, John Thnathan Tu and Barbara Mcquade and two experts or the cohen stories
i do not think theres a parallel. Well see what you come up with. A legal landslide like none other in the history of the presidency. What the Conservative Drudge Report described as trump hell hour. His 2016 Ca
you. what do you make of mueller s investigation? it seems to be landing on mostly the bid players who at best were on the periphery of the trump campaign. you have to look at their end game. from wikileaks to corsi to stone. that does not establish what they are after. they are trying to flip people. i think the manafort story is a tragedy. this man has been in solitary confinement, because he so-called lies. he s going to serve life in prison. people saying why is he lying? who is he protecting? is anybody saying he s just not going to say what they want? he s just not giving up the president? doesn t the president deserve the same presumption of innocence that everybody else has? sometimes i think i m living on another planet. when you hear mr. corsi and mr. stone going on television and saying they are going to be
young republican elections were knock down drag out fights. and manafort was the master of this universe. he teamed up with a guy called roger stone. who is a recuring character in the manafort story and the story of donald trump. with manafort s help. stone became president of the young republicans. establishing the two as potential king makers. paul manafort almost came out of the womb as an operator. before his journey to washington, manafort story began here. in new britain, connecticut. in 1949. new britain is known as the hardware city. it s the home of stanly black and decker. hard scrabble place. still, paul s grandfather an italian immigrant thrived. starting manafort brothers. a demolition company that became