The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. Russia investigation because we now know special counsel Robert Muellers team has just interviewed a woman who once ran a high prized new york call girl ring, a woman who went to jail as part of this whole scandal surrounding former new York Democratic governor elliott spitzer, a woman othersquies known as the Manhattan Madam. Investigators appear to be interested in Kristin Davis ties to long time trump adviser roger stone who she knew for years and years. So to sara murray we go, our cnn Political Correspondent on this Breaking News. So, sara, we know that she voluntarily sat down with muellers team. What was the focus of the interview . Well, brook, we are not sure exactly what muellers interest is in Kristin Davis. As you pointed out shes had a checkered past when it comes to Law Enforcement, this is someone who ran a highend prostitution ring, but its also someone who has been close to roger stone both personally as w
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Manafort. That is a fact. That is news. That is legally concerning for donald trump and politically concerning as confessions are not a great message heading into the midterms. But donald trump has his own plan. While he didnt know this trial of this Campaign Trial would be on track for a verdict heading into labor day, which is of course a key time for the midterms, he has long known he has his own plans divert attention. He told a confidant he would revive his attacks on the nfl over people that kneel in protest leading up to the midterms because trump believes its return to the headlines will help republicans win votes. There it is. Today donald trump reupping his attacks on nfl players over the kneeling. This is on a friday heading into the anniversary of course of that Charlottesville White power
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Midterms because trump believes its return to the headlines will help republicans win votes. There it is. Today donald trump reupping his attacks on nfl players over the kneeling. This is on a friday heading into the anniversary of course of that Charlottesville White power rally. Were not going to read the tweet tonight from the president attacking the players in last nights game because it is not particularly newsworthy and were not going to show you all the headlines it sparked. You can imagine there were many of them. The actual developments we are going to show you because that is what trump is distracting from. They include mueller pressing for a wider interview with trump than hes willing to give which would launch a Supreme Court fight, an associate of roger stone in the Grand Jury Box today and getting another roger stone aid held in contempt today for refusing to testify at all in this probe. It includes the issuance of a new subpoena to an associate of
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Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Appoint him. If hes a superior officer, the senate has to confirm him. And hes not really being supervised closely by rosenstein. Hes basically given free rein. Hes indicting Russian Foreign agents. He has a specific mandate. Rosenstein reviews it. Weve seen that decisions have been made to parse out Different Things that mueller started looking at and then went to the Southern District so that, you know, theres been a judiciousness in terms of what he can do. I dont see why you think thats a clear question. Well, no. It is because in terms of the supervision, Rod Rosenstein basically does not effectively control the actions why not . Well, because you see that there has been no limits on rosensteins on muellers jurisdiction and authority. He is now going after manafort, which is has nothing to do with the russian investigation. But in the mandate, it says that things that arise from it. Sure. And it
We have to wear these goggles because the ashes coming off of there so fast, the winds are speeding up so much right now. This is the problem every afternoon here. And theres no end in sight right now. Theyre expecting these red flag warnings to continue. Stephanie, thank you. Stay safe. The news continues right now. I want to hand it over to chris and cuomo prime time. Chris . Thank you, anderson. I am chris cuomo and welcome to prime time. A roger stone confidant is facing a Contempt Charge in the Special Counsel probe. Is this about hiding the truth . His lawyer says, no, its about exposing it. Hes here to make the case to you. And looks like trump wants to give himself another tax cut. A rule that is good for him and people like him, not so good for the rest of us. One of the architects of the original trump tax plan is here to test it. And as charlottesville braces for the return of White Supremacist marchers, trump calls out wouldbe protesters. The problem is hes talking about nf