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Bitter campaign there was sadness, disbelief and tears shed around the white house this morning. But President Obama stepped up and made a strong call for unity. I had a chance to talk to President Elect Trump last night, about 3 30 in the morning i think it was, to congratulate him on winning the election. And i had a chance to invite him to come to the white house tomorrow to talk about making sure there is a Successful Transition between our presidencies. And tonight there are peaceful antitr...

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 ...

You both. and we have a lot to get to this hour, including another member of former president trumps inner circle just indicted. next, well talk to our legal expert about what tom baric could be facing. well drill down on the covid messaging, well drill down on whats behind the change. messaging, well drill down on whats behind the change get decision tech from fidelity. [ cellphone vibrates ] youll get proactive alerts for market events before they happen... and insights on every buy and sell...

Preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. republicans on the house committee issued a minority report disagreeing saying there is no evidence to support the claims. the white house did not respond to a request for comment. joining me now is congressman from illinois serving on the house oversight committee. thank you for coming back on the show. . >> good morning, hallie. >> we should note that barretts representatives have defended themselves and their client to the "new york times", to others,...

Cohens foreign contacts, specifically with russians, including a company linked to victor vessel beberg, who, of course, a ally of vad vlad. the only probe far he is facing tonight. because the team trump missed a deadline today to turn over records to the house judiciary committee. the judiciary committee remember has those 81 requests out that sweeping investigation into whether trump has abused power. two key people are cooperating, former adviser steve bannon and friend of his inaugural comm...

>> thank you very much, matt bradley for us in london. now to the other big story of the day, this one at home, a potential key witness into the investigation of the presidents inaugural committee said he would cooperate with congressional investigators. tom baric, the billionaire friend of the president and chairman of the inaugural committee told cnbc he will work with the document after he and 80 others received a request. the white house is pushing back after a tepid official response. sarah...

The manafort trial. >> hes now the first prosecution witness on the stand. lets be clear, in the swamp as weve learned to call it, a lot of democratic political consultants and a lot of republican political consultants made tons of money advising foreign candidates. he is busy testifying that, in fact, paul manafort was the one who ran the show. and rick gates worked for paul manafort. >> the joke was politics at the waters edge, the reason for that, everybody had a bunch of money to be made in ...

By the time manafort was under that kind of scrutiny. >> yeah, thats right. and there were people who did -- who were around the president who did try to keep rick gates away. but one of the things that rick gates had going for him that allowed him to have some access to the administration was the blessing or the foreseen blessing of tom baric, one of donald trumps actual friends and a major donor, who was the chair of the inaugural committee for which rick gates worked. tom baric had rick gates...

And thats the practice of selling access to this white house and this president. can you pull that thread through for us? >> yeah, absolutely, nicolle. one of the things that you just alluded to, that these payments came even as rick gates was emerging as a key figure in muellers investigation and investigation of congressional committees looking into connections between trump and russia, it is notable. because in past administrations, as you know, when there was someone who was ahanger-on, or e...