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the oval office, president trump declined to weigh in on the russia investigation. at a news conference with the italian prime minister do you feel betray ed by michael cohen, sir? a question about cohen and no response. instead, the president unloaded in his usual safe space where there are no questions, on twitter, tweeting there is no collusion and slamming the russia investigation with a personal attack taz robert mueller rigged witch hunt and just after the president was tweeting there was no collusion, his outside lawyer was claiming on cnn that collusion isn t a crime. which i don t know if that s a crime. colluding about russians. you tart analyzing the crime. the hacking is crime. add about that, the president relied on his aides. if there s no collusion there s no crime in collusion. giuliani suggested the special counsel may have a conflict and couldn t say what it is. you have to hear the conflict. not the president. i can t tell you. not sure ....
reporter: you were talking about tests up at the top. i can tell you there s one other test right now for the courts, that is to find a fair and impartial jury. 65 perspective jurors were ushered into the court on the ninth floor of the courthouse in virginia. the judge first describing the charges against paul manafort to them, including bank fraud, conspiracy and failure to report offshore bank accounts. of course, that s where they re going to fight this case out over the next two or three weeks. after doing that, he began what is traditional for any judge, and that is to question the jurors about whether they know any of the attorneys in the case, introducing all the attorneys and the defendant paul manafort to them. then essentially trying to get at a question of whether any associations these jurors might have would affect their ability to reach a fair and impartial verdict in this case. of course, no one responded affirmatively. they have moved on to private and perso ....
The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. tr review the changing narrative on this famous sit-down meeting. first, don t forget the initial line was, there was no meeting, right? remember, it took place back in june of 2016. not a peep about this. and then take a look at this from donald trump jr. so don jr., this is nine months after it happened, quoting him, did i meet with people that were russian? i m sure, i m sure i did, but none that were set up. and certainly none that i was representing the campaign in any way, shape or form. that was then. then in july of last year, the new york times broke this story. and the story became that, yes, there was a meeting, but it was on russian adoptions or more accurately sanctions. very soon after the trump team was then forced to fess up that the meeting was actually to get dirt on hillary clinton, and then the public was told, okay, yes, there was this meeting, but no dirt on hillary clinton actually came fr ....
Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. the smoking gun against donald trump. watch your fake news media and action from earlier today. child a one from trump s former campaign manager paul manafort. he s facing a slew of charges and this is also the first high-profile test of special counsel robert mueller. for for example mr. mena ford is found guilty, that makes it a real problem for the president of the united states. paul manafort. paul manafort. paul manafort. the campaign is accused of hiding at least $30 million. we will learn the nitty-gritty details about paul manafort s financial situation. did you see what color type paul manafort was wearing? he did not either because he sat with his back to us. there is your media obsessing over a 2005 tax case. up aggressive prosecution from a special counsel who is supposed to be investigating russia, is one more clear example. in the united states of america today, sadly we have a two-tier ....
dream more, dream faster, and above all. now, i ll dream gig. now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america s largest gig-speed network. we got to stop it. we got to stop meddling. we got to stop everybody from attacking us. russia is there. china is there. according to sources close to the white house, the president is scared for his son. lying about whether the president knew about the trump tower meeting with the russians, that would be perjury. i think they have taken this very seriously and their denials what do we have on the other side? the word of michael cohen. do you think he uses that as a scapegoat? at times. . at times. reporter: i think the first lady is underscoring it is an option. no greater mystery in the world than a relationship between husband and wife but it is astonishing and gets to the wonder about the marriage. good morning to you. it s sunday. we are happy to have you here. i m christi paul ....