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Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Our colleague Kristen Welker there is still a steep hurdle to an interview with robert mueller. It would, quote, raise significant article ii questions going to the heart of president ial authority. Its not just about this president but about the presidency. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani spokes with axios. They report, quote, there are two topics the president s lawyers want to rule out in order to agree to a t...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Election, that means the more careful you have to be in how overtly you investigate or charge someone who is going to be on the ballot in that election. First of all, donald trump, as far as i know, is not on the ballot in 2018. So this whole issue about them affecting the election is actually pretty tangential. Its not clear how much it applies. But mueller is so clearly cautious and observant of preceden...

By the thousands still left. Theres approximately 8,000 of those still left. And so we will not have a winner, we will not have a concession by a loser, in this race until all of those votes are counted by august 18th. That is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. Tonight, President Trump calls the russia investigation an illegally brought rigged witch hunt but says stay tuned. While Rudy Giuliani puts the chance of a sit Down With Mueller at 50 . In the manafort cour...

Irs witness should have been allowed to testify after having been allowed to be in court, judge t.s. elliott told the jury, quote, it appears i may well have been wrong. he went on to say, this robe doesnt make me anything other than human. i sometimes make mistakes. paul manafort, a reminder, facing bank tax fraud charges, charges he denies. this is his first trial as a result of the investigation by muellers office. with us tonight to talk about it, were so pleased to have chuck rosenberg back...

>> im so glad we finally have something on you. its really unfair that the judge goes by t.s., but its ellis, not elliott. that one is on me, i apologize. what do you make of the room, of the dynamic, and the reporters who have been saying today that hes unmistakably tough on the prosecution, do they have it about right? >> no question, brian, it was an extraordinary moment for everyone coming into the courtroom this morning for the judge to basically tell the jury to put out of their minds some...

Been allowed to be in court, judge t.s. elliott told the jury, quote, it appears i may well have been wrong. he went on to say, this robe doesnt make me anything other than human. i sometimes make mistakes. paul manafort, a reminder, facing bank tax fraud charges, charges he denies. this is his first trial as a result of the investigation by muellers office. with us tonight to talk about it, were so pleased to have chuck rosenberg back, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of attorney, ...

Too. i told a story earlier today where i accidentally, and it wasnt a crime against humanity, came back from lunch with a piece of chewing gum in my mouth and a federal judge in the eastern district of virginia asked me to come to the bench, handed me a tissue and politely and discreetly we took care of the problem. he wasnt happy with me, but like i said it wasnt a crime against humanity. he didnt do it in front of the jury. these judges have to be so careful. the government has no appeal. for...

It was a good day. >> an attorney for president trumps former campaign chairman paul manafort sounding confident. day eight of the manafort trial. todays testimony focused on charges that manafort lied and committed bank fraud to qualify for bank loans. the more notable moment may have come before any witnesses even took the stand this morning. it was in the form of a rare mea culpa from this judge, who has clashed frequently with the special counsels team, the government prosecutors. referring ...

Something on you. its really unfair that the judge goes by t.s., but its ellis, not elliott. that one is on me, i apologize. what do you make of the room, of the dynamic, and the reporters who have been saying today that hes unmistakably tough on the prosecution, do they have it about right? >> no question, brian, it was an extraordinary moment for everyone coming into the courtroom this morning for the judge to basically tell the jury to put out of their minds something that he in fact had said...

Areas, but also in other places of the world, you think of yemen, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, hes been pretty successful. so we have got other threats all going all at the same time. >> in the past, you suggested that the administration was guilty of conducting lawfare instead of warfare, you needed general patton, not elliott nest to go after the bad guys. are you persuaded that this president knows how to be general patton? >> well, today really is the day to talk about our differences....