The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Or attempt to do either a thing of value from a Foreign National. So arguably, a meeting sought to receive something of value from a Foreign National as a contribution would violate that statute. And then second, title 18, section 371, which is the conspiracy to defraud, the possibility is that the prosecutors could look at this meeting and the events surrounding it and say this was a conspiracy to deprive the federal Election Commission of an honest and fair election. And that violates that title 18 statute. So there are two statutes to answer jays, you know, Rhetorical Question that could apply. But i wanted to add one thing, which is, this is, in fact, poppy, the first, you know, Public Statement by the president about this meeting, as shimon indicates. But my recollection is that in the production of information from the white house to the Special Counsel back in july, they did send a letter
indicating that their initial statement about this meeting on Air Force One was incorrect. So i think they tried to correct it back then. This just is a more public assertion of that which was corrected to mueller previously. And april, david irvin brought this up and points to the july 13th quote, unquote, correction from the white house on this one. Whats your read . The bottom line is, theres a lot of back and forth as to a correction, did this happen, did this not happen . What happened this way or who put input, who didnt . The bottom line, this is not a cliffhanger in a soap opera. This is real. And, you know, the press it all basically surrounds the president and his tweet this weekend. And im going back to something that i saw this weekend from ben rhodes of the obama Administrations National security council. He said that this is not something that happens all of the time in politics. He said, its immoral, unpatriotic and part of the broader issue that it could be illegal. And im thinking about the fact that once this plays out and how mueller could play this out, this president could ultimately, with all of this back and forth over this meeting this new york meeting, all of this back and forth could basically have this president of the United States as an unindicted Co Conspirator in this. And this is real. There are legal repercussions, tentacles that come out of this tweet, be it from this person or that person or the president s tweets. And then it becomes a political issue. And then if the house if dems do get the house, and there is impeachment, people want removal. Its not just impeachment. So this president could wind up being an unindicted Co Conspirator in all of this and have repercussions in an Impeachment Trial that could lead to impeachment and possible removal if dems get the house. April, even as the story keeps changing, right, and the lawyers have to clean up their
statements and, you know, sekulow saying to the best of my knowledge, and the president is putting this out there clearly for the American People to see. You wonder, is he sort of The Unsinkable Molly Brown in terms of his Approval Rating . While not high, it doesnt change. I mean, its not going anywhere. So just the legal issue to decide for one moment, politically youre a white house reporter. Politically politically, you have to remember. Okay, im looking at these polls. Politically, this president s base is solidly behind him on russia. They believe him. But we havent heard from mueller yet. And see, this president and all of his team, including rudy guiliani, are playing to the court of public opinion. And its not about the court of public opinion. People need to remember, this is about the rule of law. The rule of law. And if laws were broken. Yeah, collusion may not be a crime. But there could be a crime of obstruction of justice. There could be a crime against the logan act. We dont specifically know as of yet. And theres also credibility
issue with everyone involved. You have to find out the proof now. Its not about the credibility. Its about the proof of what can be found. So the bottom line is, theyre playing this to the court of public opinion, yes, they have their base. But there is still a vast majority, when you do these polls that disapprove of the president. The Approval Rating of mueller, as you know, has also been going down in terms of how hes handling the probe. But we have to wait for the proof. Right. We do. Its all about proof. Its not about he said she said. Its about what mueller has. So we have to wait for that. And well see what happens if that does lead to impeachment. Thank you all, april, ryan, shimon, michael. Nice to have you. Still to come, Paul Manaforts trial resumes in just a few hours. This is week two. And there is a chance that his former deputy, rick gates, could take the stand today, as the prosecutions star witness. Also, could another summit between President Trump and kim jongun be in the works . And could it even be before the mid terms . What north korea is saying. A live report ahead. And its down to the wire for a pivotal Special Election in ohio. The republican forced to make an allout push in a district that has sat safely in gop hands for three decades. So cnn is finding out what voters there think about all of this. The president and the state of the republican party. Trump is doing exactly what he said he was going to do when he was elected into office. If he had had some help, we would be okay. This is a story about mail and packages. And its also a story about people and while we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget. That your business is our business the United States postal service. Priority you
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denuclearization and calling the United States to take sincere efforts to help north korea build confidence. In order could have confidence in the u. S. , they need things like sanctions relief and a peace treaty to formally end the korean war. This source telling me that not only is a trump kim summit likely to happen, but sometime later this year. One possibility, poppy, the United Nations general assembly, which kicks off next month. Thats when a lot of World Leaders fly to new york. Well have to watch and see what happens. But there is concern, will, the optics of it, right . That this was a huge boon for kim jongun just optically and being put on a level Playing Field with the president of the United States, leader of the free world. And what, if anything, the u. S. Did or will get as a result of that. We did get the remains, right, of 55. There are still many more. But is there concern about that . And what is the white house saying about this . Reporter no response directly to these reports that the north koreans are saying
there might be a second summit. But the north koreans are aware that if they were to come out publicly and declare the Singapore Summit A failure and to say they simply cant work with the u. S. , thats also going to put the Trump Administration in a bit of a corner here. So the north koreans feel at this point they have some leverage. But yes, the u. S. Does have to wonder, are they going to be perceived to be taken for a ride once again . Will ripley, thank you for the reporting. And now on to iran, because tonight at midnight, the u. S. Will slap back those sanctions on iran. This is 90 days after President Trump pulled the United States out of the iran nuclear deal. We are expecting to hear from irans president in the next few hours. His response said to be aimed directly at President Trump. And iran is not happy about this, because of what it will mean for its citizens economically, right, putting the squeeze on them. This is one of a twopart punch against iran and the sanctions coming in november will be Even Stronger . Reporter right, yeah. These are Snapback Sanctions starting at midnight. The first round involves irans ability to bank or do transactions in the earn dollar. That is a big deal. Also targets aviation and automotive sectors, also potential big hits, as well as its trade in metal. So, of course, this depends on the u. S. Being able to get others on board, as well. Thats been the harder part. Because november 4th, thats when Oil Sanctions and Energy Sector sanctions, as well as sanctions on Irans Central Bank snap back. And the European Union has said that they want to keep the existing iran nuclear deal. They want to continue to protect their companies abilities to do business with iran. Thats where you have a stalemate. We just heard from the administration. Of course, their tone is optimistic. They say theyre not too concerned about what the eu is trying to do to preserve the nuclear deal. They said they will aggressively
enforce sanctions, and that means continuing to sanction European Companies, which is the plan that will do business in iran. A couple of quick takeaways. First of all, the u. S. Insists, it is not advocating for Regime Change in iran. Just for a change in the leaderships behavior. And also there are no preconditions, they emphasize that, for the u. S. Talking to iran. Theres been some ambiguity, but they said the president is willing to talk to iran any time, again, without preconditions, poppy. Michelle kosinski. Thank you. We have a unique perspective on this, of course. Lets just touch on first what michelle just mentioned. That is the white house remaining to being open to a meeting between, you know, President Trump and his iranian
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