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The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. A furjry trap. You have to be thinking the president has to be thinking well if i dont sit down with mueller at all and if i never grant this interview how do i go out there and explain to the American People i wouldnt do an interview even though i didnt do anything wrong. I think thats exactly right and part of the calculation that is creating such hesitancy on team trumps part about whether to sit down, two ways to look at this intervie...

Alexandria, virginia. prosecutors are expected to c el manafort's bookkeepers and accountants to the stand. prosecutors allege he hid money from the irs and the big we hanging in the air is will his deputy, rick gates, testify against him? our crime and justice reporter shimon prokupecz joins us now. i was stunned to see this headline cross that it's a question as to whether rick gates will take the stand. we know with rick gaits flips but he might not testify? >> we were shocked. reporters in the courtroom ran out to report the news. that was a surprise because we had anticipated that. though...

Are accurate, i think you have a technical case of obstruction of justice. >> jill, i have to go to the secret session today. what i find extraordinary in the filing we're able to read, it's one thing to say any disclosure about the reasons the lawyers want to leave the case could be prejudicial to the defendant, that's enough. why would they add "and embarrassing" to the defendant? that's not legal language. what's this about? >> it is so strange. normally when you go to withdraw from a case you simply are vague. you don't specify anything. the most common reason is your client hasn't paid yo...

Criminal case against former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and his former deputy rick gates held a closed door hearing today on a request by three of rick gates' attorneys to leave the case. you heard before that these lawyers want to leave the case. and in a court filing that was unsealed today the defense lawyers leaving the case said they had a problem with their client, rick gaits. the undersigned counsel wish to inform the court that irreconcilable differences have developed which make our effective representation of the client impossible. last month rick gates' attorneys made the...

About the reasons the lawyers want to leave the case could be prejudicial to the defendant, that's enough. why would they add "and embarrassing" to the defendant? that's not legal language. what's this about? >> it is so strange. normally when you go to withdraw from a case you simply are vague. you don't specify anything. the most common reason is your client hasn't paid you. that certainly isn't an irreconcilable difference that would mba ras the client. it says to me they suspect the client is going to perjure himself. he has taken a step towards that and they don't want to be part of. some...