Will Rick Gates News Today

>> i would think it would. paul manafort who does not have a fifth amendment right any longer, he pleaded guilty, will be their star witness as will rick gates and the presidents former lawyer michael cohen and roger stone. >> shepard: with democrat-held congress or house, theyll be doing same sorts of things that robert mueller has been doing. >> they will be conducting sort of shadow investigations by which is meant a parallel investigation but one thats open to the public. mueller has to rema...

Meeting that he had in congress up on the hill, with a member of congress. in fact, that meeting with congress happened in 2013. they were asking him questions about that meeting, and according to this, he lied about %-pf the meeting was about ukraine. he apparently lied to the special counsel and to the fbi about that meeting, and so that is one of the things hes going to be pleading guilty to. its just fascinating that it is something that happened in 2013. thats how far back this indicates to...

>> was he there when the shooter was still inside the building? >> yes, he was. >> what should he have done? >> went in. addressed the killer. killed the killer. >> how much time went by that he did not go in that he could have gone in? >> minutes. minutes. i think he remained outside for upwar upwards of four minutes. >> the shooting lasted six minutes? >> correct. >> what is he doing on the video? >> nothing. >> the president asked moments ago about the new plea deal of rick gates. >> mr. pres...

Its two counts that rick gates is expected to plead guilty to this afternoon. its criminal information that hes pleading guilty to. this is normal in these kinds of cases where people will cooperate. the prosecutor is filing information and then the defendants would plead guilty to it. and theres two counts here. one of them has to do with fraud and defrauding the united states, and that has to do with more of his tax violations and foreign violations and not registered as a foreign agent. hes g...

Would go. today we know hes going to come in here and plead guilty at 2:00 p.m., wolf. >> the guessing is over as far as rick gates is concerned. evan perez over at the federal courthouse, thanks very much. lets talk about this, get some analysis. joining us, our chief political analyst gloria borger and jim zeleny. gloria, youve obtained this very important letter that rick gate wrote to family and friends. >> yes, and it gives you some insight of the pressure he felt given what hes going to do...

If they make a threat, theyre going to follow through on that threat. i think that all of us should be looking out for when the gates plea agreement comes out. each one of these agreements that mueller has done had three aspects. theyve had the criminal information or the indictment, theyve had the plea agreement itself, and then they have the statement of the offense. you cant plead guilty unless you stand in front of a judge and say, this is what i did. and the statement of the offense is real...

Calculations? >> even in a white collar case, even when you have really good documentation, it is always very good to have an insider who can explain things and say, yeah, this is what it looks like, this is what he did. theres no question it helps bob mueller against paul manafort immensely. theres no question it makes the case stronger, a case that looked pretty strong already, that it makes it look even stronger. on the other hand, if i were manaforts attorney, i would be pretty happy with th...

Counts that he is now facing in alexandria, virginia when were filed yesterday, wolf, he says hes innocent of those charges as well, the pressure is now on him. because rick gates is going to be a key witness. we expect that as part of this agreement, this plea deal with the government, rick gates is going to have to provide some information to the government. and that would obviously be very bad news for paul manafort. until this point, wolf, one of the things about this case is the government ...

I dont know, sorks l, if you c hang out. weve received the charging document just now. this is the deputy campaign chairman of the trump campaign. hes not the campaign for the entire campaign but he was at the campaign for big moments. so you have the adviser they want to call the copy boy. george papadopoulos has flipped. rick gates, we dont know if he has anything to do with the campaign or knows of anything bad that happened during the campaign. but hes about to enter a plea deal which at lea...

Kaylee hartung is joining us at the meeting of the governor in parkland, florida. what does the governor want for this to implement? >> he wants $5 billion to introduce gun laws, school safety and mental health. this after spending a week talking to students of stoneman douglas, the teachers, law enforcement, as well as leadership from state agencies and mental health experts. bottom line, he wants it made virtually impossible for anyone with a health issue or anyone with a threat to others to b...