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Im leaving this set and going to get a latte because i will be here tonight at 9 00 for my good friend rachel maddow. There will likely be no shortage of breaking news from now until then. For now, my thanks to jonathan, doug, matt and elise. That does it for now. Who do we blame for no cameras in federal courtrooms again . You can blame me. Boy do i wish we had a camera in a courtroom right now. Thank you, nicole. If its tuesday, Paul Manaforts trial is officially under way. Tonight, collusion ...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Washington post also reports tonight the white house is preparing an Executive Order that authorizes the president to punish foreign interference in u. S. Elections. The post writes, quote, the eightpage draft order appears to be an effort to stave off aggressive legislation, including a bill introduced in congress this month and to quell criticism that trump seems to give more credence to russian presiden...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. He said, any further information is classified. Today the white house actually did impose new sanctions on russia, but not for election meddling. The administration is penalizing the kremlin for using chemical weapons against an exspy and his daughter in the uk, a decision that congress had to push the white house to...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Represents what trumps lawyers expect to be their last word on muellers request for a sitdown interview. The letter from trumps lawyers leaves open the possibility of having trump answer some questions in writing. According to the two people familiar with the negotiations. Earlier today during a live radio callin show, conveniently hosted by his cocounsel jay sekulow, Rudy Giuliani called on mueller to end...

Indictment. that vance had to bring these charges in the effort to fend off a pardon by the president so now hes having his perp walk through the courthouse to make the point that the state is here and they are here for a reason with thighs charges. >> danny cevallos, just remind us how we got here. obviously manafort has already been tried and sentenced once, but of course this looks considerably different. what are we seeing unfold here? >> many months ago just as paul manafort was completing ...

As this investigation wraps up, the political stakes are as high as ever. >> julia, we expect the sentencing. we dont have a lot of timing guidance as it relates to paul manafort. what might we find out given this is one of the last things mueller will do before turning the report in to bill barr? >> reporter: thats right. the public time line is the last thing we know mueller has on his agenda. this could go one of two ways. this could be the shoe that drops where we get a lot of information ab...

Presidents supporters? >> well, i think hes defending his handy work and his reputation is caught up in this. and i dont think the question really is whether bob mueller is a terrible man and, you know, biassed himself. i think the question here that rosenstein will have to answer to history eventually is could this have been handled by a special commission, some sort of independent commission that would have looked into the russian meddling and then the crimes that were committed. and rosenstei...

Did and im not worried about any of that. that doesnt mean they will try to create that. but, again, im not. >> your thoughts? your witness. >> what do you want him to say? right? im terrified. my pants are wet. right? youre not going to say that. look, i would -- my mother would not put me in this kind of jeopardy, right? >> yeah. but his father would. >> thats the problem. >> his father would. thats a huge problem for don jr. obviously manaforts next -- i think muellers next targets are going ...

Manafort tonight, what would it do to manafort and what might it do to the president himself. thank you for being here. appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. >> i am not a lawyer but i read lots of court documents these days. was there anything that struck you in particular about this cooperation agreement that mr. manafort agreed to today? was this a boilerplate cooperation agreement? was there anything that stood out to you as unique or worth paying attention to? >> its pretty standar...

People around him, he feels that sort of muellers opening act. even though this trial is not about russia, but he feels muellers hand is involved, obviously manafort was a prominent part of his campaign and its a sense of what could still be to come. even though he doesnt believe his son did anything wrong, but he suggests that a, he inadvertently broke the law, perhaps, or b, he is simply the victim of a witch-hunt. stop me if youve heard that before from the president. and in this case, he fee...