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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Presidency took a giant step toward impeachment. It happened in a courtroom in manhattan when these words were spoken. At the direction of, meaning at the direction of the president of the United States. And when a defendant is Pleading Guilty in court, it is very difficult for the defendant to Say Something more important than the word guilty. Thats usually the most important word a defendant speaks du...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Former Chief Of Staff at the cia and at the pentagon. Robert, i would like to begin with you. What is the degree to which the trump camp was Caught Off Guard by just the idea of 30 hours of don mcgahn testimony in front of the special counsel . Its not tonight trump camp Caught Off Guard. It was mcgahn himself a year ago who was found this whole strategy by john dowd and ty cobb, the president s lawyers, t...

President s former attorney yesterday surrendered to the f. B. I. And pleaded guilty to eight charges and he took Donald Trumps name with him cohen told federal prosecutors that trump wanted him to use Campaign Funds in order to affect the outcome of the u. S. President ial election at almost the same time yesterday paul mann afford trumps former Campaign Manager was convicted on charges including tax and bank fraud now the comparisons with the Watergate Scandal are obvious and abundant never in...

The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. The elements of a crime. I had cases trying to plead guilty and he said what you said is not a crime, i am not accepting your plea. Yesterday, heard what Michael Cohen said, said that is a crime, i accept your guilty plea. When they say he wasnt implicated in the cohen plea deal, john, is that a lie . Well, actually the president was not named in the indictment or in the plea agreement. Michael cohen did an audible during his allocu...

A recap of the days news. Mr. Trump, helped along by aras and amon. Its clear from the very beginning the information being offered to the Trump Campaign was coming from russia. And it was clear that the information being offered was dirt on clinton. Its the first thing they said. Despite trump juniors initial claim the meeting was about the adoption of russian children. That claim coming in a statement we later learned was dictated by President Trump himself. After White House Press secretary S...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Inaugural address, which my old boss had colorful language to describe. George w. Bush called it some crazy bleep. I was thinking about the line about carnage and i was thinking that the real carnage and it was all in motion when he came that day. The real carnage is the people closest to donald trump. The lives that are being destroyed for crimes theyve committed. I mean, you know, its not a night to feel...

Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. He said that initially. They later reversed themselves and flynn was indicted for making a false statement to an fbi agent. But as point of fact, judge, hes told them things that were not true and things that he should have known and recollected in realtime. Right. Maybe he did. And maybe he did it because he thought there was some impropriety about having the conversation with kislyak. Thats why sally ...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. No comment on cohen who was released on 500,000 bail. His sentencing, interestingly, is scheduled for december 12th. The judge noted that cohen could serve up to 65 years in prison, though we should hasten to add the prosecutess recommended sentence is something closer to four or six years. Manafort is expected to be...

Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Today had as much to do with the president but now that you have people that the Justice Department indicts, like congressman Duncan Hunter adopting the president s rhetoric, the chief Law Enforcement general in this country felt like he had to push back. We have to consider the context in which this is happening. The Justice Department has extracted guilty pleas or convictions for the president s former lawyer and fixer, hi...

Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. In other words so that they will sing or compose to either prosecute or impeach the president of the United States. And if so, how is that not political, selective, persecution and not prosecution . I dont care if you are liberal or conservative we better look at where the country is today. We learned lessons. Pay your taxes, dont lie on a loan application, dont lie to the f. B. I. But this is it . Robert mueller, are you proud of this . Di...