And it certainly seems that this has to do with some of roger stones more personal life, perhaps maybe his finances. We know that thats something that the Special Counsel has been looking at. Others who have come before the Special Counsel, there have been others who have been asked questions about roger stone, but exactly why her we dont know. Roger stone always the colorful person that he is issued a statement in response to this. She was at the Special Counsel on wednesday and here is what roger stone had to say about it, he says that Kristin Davis is a long time friend and associate of mine, i am the fod father to her twoyearold son. She knows nothing about russia collusion, wikileaks, collaboration or any other impropriety related to the 2016 election which i thought was the subject of this probe. He then says that he understands that she appeared voluntarily. I am highly confident she will testify truthfully if called upon to do so. We dont know if she actually testified before the grand jury. We believe, though, that she just met with Special Counsel and, again, really this story,
this investigation just has everything as to what her role here is and what exactly the Special Counsel wants from her, we really dont know. Thank you so much for the reporting piece of this. Lets get some legal analysis. With me now joey jackson and bob bianchi who is the former Head Prosecutor in morris county, new jersey. So, gentlemen, joey, let me start with you. So the fact that muellers team met with davis this week, this Manhattan Madam as she is known in a previous lifetime of hers, what does your gut tell you about what theyre looking for as a lawyer . Brooke, always a pleasure. Always a pleasure with you, bob bianchi, too. The reality is we cant look at this isolation, you have to look at this in the broader context. We have this probe going on by the spenl counsel and what shoe has not dropped . The shoe relating to i wont say collusion because its not a crime, conspiracy which is the agreement to commit an illegal
act. If you do an illegal act with a foreign power its problematic. How does all this relate . Stone happened to be an adviser, strategist to the campaign and stone apparently was in contact with a twitter handle that was tied back to the russians and russian intelligence officers. So it demonstrates to me that the Special Counsel is focusing on stone. We cannot look at this interview in isolation. Who else were they looking at . They were looking at Andrew Miller another associate of stone, they are looking at other people who are of, relating and concerning stone. So what it means to me is they are trying, that is the Special Counsel, to get that nexus to russia. What does roger stone know and who would know what he knows but people familiar with him, his associates and people who have an understanding of his m. O. , mod does operandi and that would be of course someone who you are the godfather to your twoyearold son. It should be noted the Special Counsel asked the question as to whether he was actually the
father of the son. It demonstrates to me that the Special Counsel is trying to establish that link to russia so once and for all we can put to bed the question who if anyone on Trumps Campaign was excluding excuse me, conspiring with russia. Its what she knows, if she knows Anything Injury Ma Inn to what request he you posed. I was talking to this document tearian on roger stone. They are all this footage, they were saying the most recent part of the arc of the relationship that was Kristin Davis and roger stone was the fact that she was his personal assistant, his clerical assistant and that a lot of information would have come through her. That said, bob, the fact is that she went in to talk to the mueller team on wednesday voluntarily. What would that tell you . Brooke, great to be on with you and joey. Always a measure. It tells me that there is disaster, storm clouds looming over mr. Stone. The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. Servers, guccifer 2. 0, wikileaks. They are not looking at these things as coincidences, they are looking at it and saying was somebody else involved in this higher up the food chain so if i were representing him i would download all the data hes got, i would go to the u. S. Attorneys and say, hey, guys, are you interested . Gentlemen, a pleasure. Thank you so much. Thank you, brooke. Thank you. Still ahead here, a suspected russian spy working inside the u. S. Embassy in moscow not for one year or two, but for more than a decade. Details on how she was caught and what information she had access to. Also ahead, china strikes back, threatening a new round of 60 billion in tariffs as pay back for President Trumps latest escalation. So we will talk about whether the trade threats are enough to derail an otherwise booming economy. And later a black woman trying to help the homeless is instead accused of stealing, and police show up to question her. We will talk to her live about
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not a bad thing. Thats a really good thing. Now were being hindered by the russian location. Its a hoax, okay . Those comments coming mere hours after the heads of the fbi, homeland security, National Intelligence warned the threat is real from russia. All of them saying the interference is still happening. The Intelligence Community continues to be concerned about the threats of upcoming u. S. Elections. Both the midterms and the president ial elections of 2020. Our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. Make no mistake, the scope of this foreign influence threat is both broad and deep. With me now cnn contributor frank bruni an oped columnist for the new york times. Thank you for coming back in. His intelligence chiefs just about this time yesterday could not have been more Crystal Clear and to see trump later that
night refer to it as a hoax its almost like two different foreign policies from the same white house. Its a tug of war within the administration, i think its been going on for a long time. Donald trump is all over the place, it is the russians, it isnt the russians, its a 400 pound person. Weve heard almost everything. The people around him, the more steady people around him, the people that were at the White House Briefing room yesterday in that extraordinary assemblage that you saw, they get this and theyre steady on it and certain about it. I guarantee you that donald trump did not ask them to go out and do that, but the good thing is they would never have done that without his permission. So for that moment in time and it means there are moments in time he did understand the graffiti of this, he did understand that his white house, his administration has to be sending a message to the American People that he gets it, but of course he gets it momentarily and then later on hang on a second. Youre saying you dont think he sent them out there, but it certainly would have had to have his blessing to do that. Then whose idea would that have been . I dont think that was his
idea. I think it was the idea of those officials. Those who convinced him we need to be unwavering. Conversations like ours they know there are reasonable americans who have serious doubts about whether this president is compromised about russia, about why this president cant say that there was russian interference and its an enormous problem for this democracy. For a moment in time they were able to communicate to the president this Administration Needs to make a strong statement. Just visually that was an unbelievably strong statement. You had the National Security adviser, the director of national you had a lineup of people. Which is so different normally from various guests who come on at the beginning of a briefing who stand there and filibuster and almost they hope to be this bright shiny object to deflect off what needs to be addressed in the briefing. Right. So this next monday will mark three weeks since helsinki. I know. Three weeks. I know. And the director of National Intelligence dan coats stood up there and fielded a question and it is clear to everyone in the room and everyone watching that he still doesnt know what happened between trump and putin. Watch. Im not in a position to either understand fully or talk about what happened at helsinki. Not only did he not he wasnt able to answer, he then deferred to john bolton comes up and john bolton stands up there and quotes putin. Right. Alarm bells being raised . I dont think we are ever going to know exactly what happened in that conversation. What about the director of National Intelligence, though. A, i dont think theyve been able to get a briefing from trump that they trust. Here is the thing, i mean, they can sit down with him, he can say here is what we talked b im not sure any of them because i think a lot of them are very seasoned people im not sure any of them think for a moment they are getting the full story from the president. I dont see that to imply something nefarious went on. Something nefarious may have
gone on, we dont know, but they work for a man whose unsteadiness they see minute by minute, hour by hour and they know he cannot be trusted to remember fully what he said, to be fully honest about t how often do we talk about this president s strange relationship with the truth. That is not only when he is at a Microphone Speaking to the American People or speaking to reporters, its throughout the day. Frank bruni, thank you so much. Thank you. The 15,000 ostrich coat, the 18,000 python jacket, the stories of his lavish lifestyle setting the stage. Now prosecutors are diving into the heart of this case, the details about Paul Manaforts alleged bank and tax fraud. Day four of this trial is under way and we are still waiting to hear from the star witness from the prosecutions side, manaforts former righthand man rick gates. Manaforts legal team has signaled they plan to make gates a key portion of its defense, trying to blame gates for manaforts alleged crimes and
because he controlled them and under u. S. Law he is supposed to declare these Foreign Bank Accounts on his taxes. We also heard from one of the first this is the first of five witnesses who have been given immunity to testify against Paul Manafort. Cindy laporta who is one of his accountants, she talked about how she saw some very suspicious some very strangelooking loans, one for 900,000, 1. 5 million was another one, and she didnt see all the documentations for these loans, which raise concerns for her. We also heard that from one of his other accountants that he was being asked by Paul Manafort to assure a bank that one property that he owned on fifth avenue, trump tower property, was being used as his personal residence when, in fact, it was being used as a rental property. Of course, that affects his taxes. So according to the government this is the key part of this case, right . That Paul Manafort lied to his
accountan accountants, loo id to his bookkeeper, lied to the fbi. We briefly heard, by the way, brooke, from Paul Manaforts main defense lawyer, Kevin Downing today in court and he really kind of focused on the complications of Paul Manaforts taxes. I think what were going to get from them, from the defense, is, look, Paul Manafort was a wealthy guy, his taxes are really, really complicated, Jurors Dont Buy what the government is telling you if there were mistakes made its because its so complicated. Evan perez, again, waiting for rick gates to testify. Thank you so much for the update on all things Paul Manafort. As the Unemployment Rate falls again, China Retaliating in the president s trade war. Look at the numbers today. Up 135 points here with 40 minutes to go. Here the dramatic move and we will ask how far will this go economically speaking. And new details on the accused russian spy who got close to everyone from republicans to treasury officials, how she
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on the throat of growth and stop it. We dont need that. Richard quest is with me now and, you know, so the Unemployment Numbers continuing to go down, wonderful news. Jobs the wage not as fast as it should be. Whats going on . Well, that is a slight concern, not only because americans want to have higher wages. Yeah. But at this point in the cycle we should be seeing more wage growth. Effectively to all intents and purposes the United States is now at full employment. Arguably anybody who wants a job there is a job for them. Okay. And that creates a Pricing Pressure because suddenly companies cant find workers. Suddenly employers are having to bid up wages and were not seeing that fully yet. Now, it could still happen. So there are still great uncertainties. A lot of unease about what is happening longer term in the economy, but make no bones about it, the president is right in
the sense of the economy is is in sparkling form and now is the time to sort out the trade issues if you want to have a trade battle. Well, on that i was talking to a pork farmer last week, we were talking about that 12 billion bailout. While the farmers are grateful for the help he was saying that that is not the longterm solution at all. Its not even enough. Its not even enough. If this carries on, that 12 billion will be spent and gone in no time at all. The thing i think we should focus on today, besides look at the market, its on a frol lick of its own. On