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Starts with jury selection tomorrow. the charges include bank and tax fraud based on more than $60 million. prosecutors say manafort earned as a consultant for a russia-friendly ukrainian political party. which he apparently spent on everything from multimillion-dollar properties to luxury cars and even a $21,000 watch. this trials expected to last about three weeks, but manafort also faces separate charges in d.c. and that trial starts in september. even closer to the mid-terms. for more on wha...

Clintons 2016 campaign, and leon wolfe, managing editor of "the blaze." benji sarly my colleague made the point today that usually shutdowns are this annoying blame game but its refreshing to have the president just come out and say, he also tweeted over the weekend, he basically wants a shutdown. he will be responsible for a shutdown. >> yes. absolutely. and i think its clear he doesnt understand how shutdowns work. he also doesnt understand how the optics of a shutdown are supposed to work in ...

He clearly basically thinks the president is an idiot when it comes to this stuff specifically and hes going to run his chaim befr how he runs his chamber. >> and that only goes so far. but i think for the most part mcconnell has been -- hes been death on shutdowns for a long, long time. and i would argue look -- and im not in favor of the wall, but i would say, look, the last two shutdowns we had were in 2009 and 2013. the 2010 mid-terms and the 2014 mid-terms didnt turn out so terrible for the...

He borrowed money from banks based on these properties by inflating the value of the properties, inflating jobs -- >> because hes totally squeezed and hes totally -- hes got way too many expenses to make up for. nick akerman and paul butler, thank you both for that. next, the president says he has no problem doing a shutdown. that is, shutting down the government over the immigration fight. jess macintosh and leon wolf on calling the bluff before the mid-terms after the break. we got married aft...

>> because hes totally squeezed and hes totally -- hes got way too many expenses to make up for. nick akerman and paul butler, thank you both for that. next, the president says he has no problem doing a shutdown. that is, shutting down the government over the immigration fight. jess macintosh and leon wolf on calling the bluff before the mid-terms after the break. im april kennedy and im an arborist

Point yesterday when he said one of the things going for democrats in the mid-term election better educated voters are more likely to vote. that has been a good thing for republicans in mid-terms. this time its going to be a good thing for democrats because these are the kind of voters that have been in the past predominantly republican but disturbed and moved away from the gop because of issues like these family separation policies. >> i want to ask you something, the reality of separating chil...

91 people. in sweden 60 fires are raging as far north as the arctic circle. in siberia of all places nearly 800,000 acres have burned and the smoke has drifted all the way to washington state. it is very, very hot right now, and it is deadly out there this year. there have been record temperatures all-time in dozens of cities across the world from ireland to iran. in the u.s. we saw a record-breaking 117 degrees in van nuys, california. 114 degrees in waco, texas. thats all happening right now. ...

We always put the military and law enforcement very high. but i would be certainly willing to consider a shutdown if we dont get proper border security. thank you. >> the president today the president follows through on the threat he just issued, the federal government fully controlled by republicans could shut down just about a month before the midterm elections. which to be clear is the last thing the republican leadership in congress wants. we know that because paul ryan and mitch mcconnell m...

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Tomorrow. the charges include bank and tax fraud based on more than $60 million. prosecutors say manafort earned as a consultant for a russia-friendly ukrainian political party. which he apparently spent on everything from multimillion-dollar properties to luxury cars and even a $21,000 watch. this trials expected to last about three weeks, but manafort also faces separate charges in d.c. and that trial starts in september. even closer to the mid-terms. for more on whats at stake for paul manafo...