Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. We will watch the situation very closely. Paula, thank you for the report. Jury selection begins later this morning in the federal trial of the former Trump CampaignPaul Manafort for alleged financial crimes. The first test for special Counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors although russia is not the center of the trial. We have more from evan perez from washington. Reporter dave and laura, Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman, is going on trial in Virginia On Federal Tax and bank fraud charges. This is the first trial to come from Robert Muellers investigation. Dont expect the trial to be about russia or collusion or President Trump. Prosecutors and attorneys plan to stick closely to the issues in the charges which have to do with the governments accusations that manafort used secret Foreign Bank Accounts to hide millions of dollars he earned working for the Ukrainian Government and failed to report it to the irs. Crime. For context, the Criminal Code doesnt use the word collusion, but it could include crimes like conspiracy. Giuliani suggested before the meeting in 2016 at trump tower, several aides met for a premeeting to discuss the strategy. Lannie said there was a meeting two days before with donald junior and jared and manafort and two others. Gates and one more person. It is important to know, rick gates, the righthand man to Paul Manafort, is cooperating with the Robert Mueller investigation. After requests for clarity, Rudy Giuliani later said the meeting never happened and insists his description came from questions by reporters. Speaking overnight, giuliani appeared to blame the confusion on the New York Timesreporters who suggested he spin a potentially damaging story. The former head of the Human Resources of fema accused of trading sex for jobs. Cnn reviewed a summary of the preliminary investigation. Finds cory coleman experienced relationships with female subordinates. He pressured the women and demoted them if they tried to deny him. The first accusation dates 2015. Coleman resigned when approached for an interview. His name does not actually appear in the summary, but a source confirms he is the subject of the report. Coleman resigned when they approved him for the interview. The allegations are deeply disturbing. Cnn has been unable to Reach Coleman for comment. A federal court in california ordering broad changes in how the government detains and treats Migrant Children in the facilities. It is requiring the government to stop imposing conditions that delay releasing minors to parents or relatives. The judge said the government violated a 1997 settlement that
dictates how refugee children are to be treated in the system. The Justice Department declined to comment. Progress is slow, but it is being made as crews battle the carr fire raging in northern california. The monster blaze has consumed more than 103,000 acres and it is 23 contained. Six people have died and 19 are missing. More than 1,100 structures burned making it the seventh most destructive fire in california history. One girl doing what she can to help. Chelsea recording her daughter handing out burritos to firefighters working the carr fire. We get more from nick watt in redding, california. Reporter dave and laura, firefighters fighting this fire have described it as chaotic and unpredictable. They talk about how a gust of wind at any moment can cause a
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