borrow up to $100,000 with low rates and no hidden fees. find your rate in just two minutes, and take on your debt at sofi.com. happening now, rejected offer. president trump's long-time security chief tells the house intelligence committee he rejected a russian offer to send five women to donald trump's hotel room back in 2013 because he thought it was a joke. are there other bombshell revelations in his testimony? more allegations for alabama republican senate candidate roy moore denies a "washington post" story quoting a woman who says moore initiated a sexual encounter with her years ago when he was 32 and she was only 14. moore denies wrongdoing but

shocked republicans say he should quit the senate race if the allegations are true. is his candidacy doomed? putin sit down. after praising on the chinese leader, president trump is heading to vietnam with a possible one-on-one meeting with vladimir putin. will they talk about russian's meddling in u.s. politics? and just as the house approves for huge tax cuts, senate republicans unveil their own plan and it's significantly different. will the conflict ruin the republicans' chances for a much needed victory on capitol hill? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're following multiple breaking stories, including revelations about a possible salacious offer president trump's long-time security chief says he received back in 2013.

keith shiller says he rejected a russian offer to send five women to trump's hotel room when they were in moscow for the miss universe pageant. sh keith shiller thought the offer was a joke and brushed it off and trump laughed wh-- and a member of the white house senior policy adviser stephen miller has been interviewed as part of the special counsel robert mueller's probe. miller's role in the firing of james comey was among the topics discussed. also breaking, a shorking "washington post" report quoting a woman who says alabama senate candidate roy moore initiated a sexual relationship with her when she was only 14 and roy was 32. the woman's stepfather tells cnn

their family stands by the accusations. on capitol hill, very worried republicans say if the story is true, moore should quit the race before next month's special election. we're covering all of that and much more at this hour with our guests, including democratic congressman john garamendi of the armed services committee and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. let's begin with a bombshell testimony from president trump's former security chief. manu raju is here. >> earlier this week, keith shiller did testify before the house intelligence committee and said that he rejected this russian offer to send five women to then private citizen trump's hotel room in 2013 when they were there for the miss universe pageant. shillor, trump's former bodyguard, testified that he took that offer as a joke and on the way up to trump's hotel room that night, shiller told the

billionaire about the offer and trump laughed it off. after he left trumped hotel room, he did not know what happened after that. keith shiller did not know who the russian was who made the offer but it was someone tied to a russian pop star aguilera. while some of the allegations in the dossier have been verified, some has not been. that's why lawmakers want to know if russians had dirt on trump just as they were meddling in the election. >> what else did shiller say? >> they interviewed him for hours about trump and russia connections, about advisers meeting with russia and he claimed he didn't know much since he was in charge of the security for candidate trump but not involved in policy decisions. plus, he was asked about what he knew about the firing of fbi director james comey given he was the one who delivered that

letter to the fbi and the day of comey's firing. he said he was not involved in the deliberations leaving lawmakers with more questions. >> a very explosive story. standby, manu. breaking news right now that another trump associate being interviewed by robert mueller's investigators. it's a key member of the white house's inner circle. i want to bring in our justice correspondent pamela brown. tell us who the investigators wanted to talk about and why. >> we have learned that white house senior policy adviser stephen miller has been interviewed as part of robert mueller's special counsel russia probe. so this brings the special counsel probe right into president trump's inner circle within the white house because stephen miller is a top aide and he is the highest level aide that we know of who has been interviewed by robert mueller's team and stephen miller has been by trump's side until now and he's been there for key moments

that we know robert mueller is interested in, including the circumstances surrounding the firing of james comey and a meeting in march 2016, a national security meeting where george papadopoulos talked about setting up a meeting between trump and putin. so he is someone that we would expect to be interviewed in this probe. >> what are else are you learning about why the investigators specifically wanted to question him? >> we have learned that one of the lines of inquiry surrounded his role in the firing of james comey during a weekend and explaining why trump wanted to fire james comey, the former fbi director. we also learned, interestingly enough, my colleague gloria borger and evan perez were told that the memo mimicked the memo that rod rosenstein used that was stated as the reason for firing james comey. and so stephen miller really has a front row seat to trump's

mentality, his mind, his thinking through the firing of james comey and that's part of the obstruction of justice probe. anyone in that march meeting where the idea was brought up to set up a meeting between trump and putin, anyone who was there, we're told he was there, would be questioned by mueller about the circumstances of what exactly happened in that meeting. so there certainly were various topics that were discussed, we're told. >> mueller's investigation clearly heating up right now. guys, thanks very much. let's get more on today's potentially devastating allegations about roy moore of senate candidate of alabama. >> the allegations though troubling, if proved to be true, four women spoke to "the washington post" alleging when they were teenaged girls, roy moore, who was then a 32-year-old assistant district attorney at the time, had sexual contact with them.

one of the accusers lee, says back in 1979, when she met moore, she was 14 years old. she told the post she met moore in court with her mother during a child custody hearing. later, he had two encounters with her where he kissed her and hugged her and then guided his hands to her genitals. the consent age in alabama is now 16. three other women said when they were teenagers back in the '70s and '80s, they had alleged sexual encounters with moore. moore's campaign calling all of these allegations, quote, garbage. part of what the campaign called democrats' attempt to discredit him. rad roy says that these allegations are false and a desperate political attack. wolf? you spoke to the accuser's stepfather.

what did he tell you? >> right. i spoke to him late this afternoon. he says the family stands by what was reported in "the washington post." he also said the following. he said lee is a very strong woman and women are often stronger than men and this is an example of that. i asked if the family was concerned about a fallout from all of these allegations and wells told me, we are not worried about any fallout. wolf? >> jason carroll, thanks very much. despite roy moore's denial, the reaction has been sharp and swift on capitol hill. let's go to sunlen serfaty. what are republican senators saying, sunlen? >> reporter: they are calling this deeply disturbing and horrifying news and many calling on moore to step aside if these allegations hold up. that coming from the senate's top republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who says tonight in a statement if these allegations are true, he must

step aside. but much stronger words here from senator john mccain who says, look, i don't need any proof. he calls the allegations disqualifying to roy moore. he says of moore, he should immediately step aside and allow the people of alabama to elect a candidate that they can be proud of you here's more from republican senators up here on capitol hill today. >> if they are true, he should step aside. >> it's very, very disturbing and i'll have more to say about it, i'm sure, after i learn more. >> i think our folks are looking into what the laws allow for in alabama in terms of replacing someone on the ballot but a lot of things would have to happen before that. >> that is pretty significant from the senate's number two republican, senator john thune, who says that they are already potentially looking into what the laws youallow for here. the process is that moore

himself or the alabama republican party can withdraw his name from consideration. but moore's name will remain on the ballot because you have a lot of absentee ballots that have already gone out, oversea ballots that have gone out and there's no chance to change the name on the ballot. any votes for him, if he were to withdraw, would be decertified, which means republicans right now, wolf, are facing this problem if he withdraws the way that they could win with republicans would have to be through a write-in. keep in mind, this special election is just over a month away. >> four weeks away. sunlen, thank you. let's go to congressman john garamendi, a member of the armed services committee. i want to get your reaction from the testimony of the president, then candidate and keith shiller

who said that these five women were offered up to them. >> this goes back to the dossier that came out almost a year ago now. it shows a lot of it was at least down the right track, a correct track that there was something going on, that there was an attempt. what came in that attempt, apparently nothing came in the attempt to compromise the president but there are many, many other things that this president has attempted to do in moscow that could and would compromise him which has led us to, why is he kissing up to putin? why isn't he holding that government accountable for its misdeeds in crimea and other places around the world? >> because keith shiller, former security chief for president trump, he's saying he laughed it off and then mr. trump laughed

it off and suggested nothing came of that. but do you know that nothing came of that? >> i have no idea. what i do know is the dossier is at least leading in a direction that is -- that was accurate. they were saying that things were going on in moscow. shiller says nothing came of it. well, even if that is the case, we do know that russia was attempting to compromise trump in 2013. we also know that even in the election process, 2016, that trump was reaching out trying to do a deal in moscow. again, that's a compromising situation. now, whether there was a compromise, we don't know. but what we do know is that this president has never held russia accountable, accountable for taking over crimea and for the war and the rest of it in the ukraine area. >> we now know in cnn's exclusive reporting, stephen miller has been questioned about the special counsel's investigators, a top policy adviser to the president.

>> well, we'll see what comes of that. this man was involved, according to your own reporting, that he was involved in trying to figure out how to write the document that led to comey's firing. so what we do know is that there's a lot of smoke here. there's a lot of things going on that really need to be answered. and we know that russia clearly involved itself to change the course of the american presidential election. there is no doubt about that. some may try to move the arrow away from that investigation as the republicans are attempting to do going back to hillary clinton. hillary clinton's not the president. trump is the president. this is where the action has to be. did this man -- was he compromised? did he engage himself in trying to stop the investigation by firing comey and right now we see a continuing effort to

discredit mueller. all of this is -- leads up to the question, is there a crime committed, the crime being obstruction of justice. >> in the firing of comey? >> and beyond. >> what other crimes? >> well, let's talk about what the white house is doing in trying to discredit mueller, going after mueller trying to discredit him. that is an effort to obstruct mueller's investigation. is that obstruction of justice? in my account, yes, it is, if mueller were to somehow be removed from this investigation or the investigation curtailed in any number of ways, cutting back on the money available, limited it in some way, all of those things add up to obstructing an investigation which is an obstruction of justice. >> you think your republican colleagues are looking for the facts right now in all of this or simply trying to protect the

president? >> two nights ago i was on the floor of the house and i wanted to talk about the tax bill. preceding me were about eight republicans moving the issue away from the russian investigation and trump over to the russian investigation of hillary clinton. hillary clinton is not the president. trump is. we have to focus on the man in power. and was he kocompromised? what was his involvement in the russian effort to change the course of the american election. i think we have a situation where the house of representatives has to undertake its obligation looking towards the impeachment. we'll see. this is not yet over. the mueller investigation is moving along. it used to be a drip, drip, drip. now it's an open faucet. one thing after another coming.

we've had two -- well, three -- two indictments, one guilty plea. what's the next step along the way? the republicans are trying to deflect this away from trump over to hillary. again, there may be something there on the hillary side but this nation needs to focus on this president. >> you heard the allegations -- sex allegations against the republican senate candidate roy moore. >> right. >> first of all, i want to get your reaction when you read that story in "the washington post." >> i'm not surprised that there was yet another shoe to drop on this senate candidate. >> why? >> take a look at his history. his history of being removed twice. why was he removed? for the way in which he conducted himself. so there's a lot of questions about his conduct, the way he campaigned, his -- the way that he -- the positions he held with

regard to same-sex marriage, to all of these issues that are current -- he was way out of line and now we find out that there are allegations that he was out of line when he was a prosecutor dealing with young women. >> because the special election is december 12th. that's not very far from now. only four weeks or so from now. how do you prove it either way? there's like 20 or 30 sources in "the washington post" article but he says that's fake news and you hear a lot of republican leaders in the senate say if the allegations are true he should step aside. but that's a big if. >> well, we have an election. we have one of the candidates charged with a very serious charge about what he did with young women, underage women when he had power over those women. that's a campaign each. will that play out in the campaign where the alabama voters will say, i don't think we want this man as our senator? what then will they do? will they vote for the democrat?

perhaps they will. we've seen this shift occur in virginia and other elections. >> you want him to stay on the ticket because you think the democratic ticket will beat him, is that right? >> i think this is a question that republicans will have to answer. it may be that they cannot take him off the ticket. but ultimately, it's always the choice of the voters. they have information now, additional information about the character of moore, his personal character. that's a fundamental question in any campaign. it's the character of the individual. we know that moore was compromised, that he carried out activities and held policies that caused him to be removed twice from the alabama supreme court. we now that there are these charges there now. the voters of alabama can elect a flawed person or choose another candidate and in this case a fellow who has a good reputation, that would be a good representative, would provide

the balance necessary to get things done in the u.s. senate. >> john garamendi, stand by. we're going to have much more on the political aftershocks from today's breaking news in the russia investigation, including what the president's former security chief told the house intelligence committee. excuse me, are you aware of what's happening right now? we're facing 20 billion security events every day. ddos campaigns, ransomware, malware attacks... actually, we just handled all the priority threats. you did that? we did that. really. we analyzed millions of articles and reports. we can identify threats 50% faster. you can do that? we can do that. then do that. can we do that? we can do that.

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the revelations that president trump's former security chief and personal aide keith shiller told the house intelligence committee that he rejected a russian offer to send five women to donald trump's hotel room when they were both there in moscow for the 2013 miss universe pageant. let's bring in david swerdlick. how does this influence your understanding of the allegations in that so-called russia dossier? >> so now you've got an on-the-record statement by someone who puts themselves right there saying what is in the dossier is not in fact what happened. it will be interesting now to see, as the investigation progresses, what comes out from testimony that christopher steele, the apparent source of the dossier, gives to the mueller investigation. on the other hand, wolf, they had ten months to say, oh, yes, we've heard that story, too, and here's why that story is false and give the account that we got

today. >> you know, jeff, it's interesting because from a legal perspective, jeffrey, what do you make of this revelation today? >> well, it's ex ssculpatory. that's the only way you can view it. it suggests that the russians try to use this kind of technique but if shiller's testimony is true and it's the full story of the nature of this particular approach to trump, it goes to trump's defense. >> i agree with jeffrey. it does put the allegation from the -- move it from the sphere of kind of something constructed out of cloth to something rooted in what appears to have been an attempt. but if this is the end of the story, then it's the end of the

story. >> let's see if it's the end of the story. there's another development, rebecca, that we're following. we learned today here on cnn, stephen miller, a top policy adviser to the president, he's now been interviewed by the special counsel robert mueller's investigators. what do you make of that? >> it shows that this investigation is progressing, accelerating when you get to the president's most inner most circle, the next step is to really talk to the president himself and it's worth remembering that donald trump has insisted to "the new york times" that he himself is not under investigation. all of the evidence we're seeing out of the mueller investigation and the moves that he is making suggest the opposite. he is looking into potential obstruction of justice here and that's part of the reason he's interviewing stephen miller because stephen miller was involved in that process with the president of deciding to fire james comey. so very significant development here. >> just because someone is interviewed once doesn't mean they are going to be interviewed

again. we are ticking off the people who have been interviewed but in a major investigation like this with complicated facts, it certainly wouldn't be out of the ordinary for mueller's team to go back to these people more than once, more than twice. >> because it really looks like mueller's investigation is heating up. last week, two indictments, a guilty plea, a lot more revelations emerging. this train is moving. >> the train is moving. it's heating up. i think we'll hear more things. one interview in and of itself does not tell you the whole picture. if he was involved in the deliberations around firing director comey, there are two documents already out there that are inconsistent. one is the rob rosenstein memo that lays out reasons related to hillary clinton that suggest the president lost confidence in director comey. the president sent a letter directly to director comey saying i asked you three times if i was under investigation. i didn't like the answer,

therefore, i'm letting you -- >> ron, let me get your thoughts on these awful allegations against the republican senate candidate roy moore. >> i think this is a big test for how tribal our politics have become and whether we've grown so divided that it's no longer possible to hold public officials to any kind of objective standards of behavior or performance. i think the initial reaction from the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was a dodge. he said roy moore should step aside if the allegations are proven. four women are speaking on the record. one aged 14, one 16, one 17, one 18. the mother of the 14-year-old is on the record talking about the most direct sexual contact in there. in hollywood, harvey weinstein was kicked off of the academy

essentially on this kind of testimony and now senate republicans who are often quick to brand hollywood as lacking morals are going to demand a different standard before they will act? and it doesn't end there. it comes down to the voters. in 2016, plenty of voters exposed personal unease about donald trump's character and said they were willing to vote for him and this will test how far voters are willing to go in that regard because it's not clear to me whatter other kind of evidence you could have than what you've already received in the "washington post" on the record. >> let's remember, the president himself, donald trump, when he was a candidate, was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and assault. not blind quotes. these were women on the record attaching their names and faces and reputations to these allegations and even though republicans spoke out against the president at that time, it

didn't matter to voters. voters supported president trump anyway. we might see the same with roy moore. even if republicans come out as so many are and say he should get out of this race, roy moore says he is staying in this race. and it's up to voters at that point. >> and i agree. it's entirely possible that's the outcome. that's quite a statement about the tribal nature of the politics that you're willing to accept even someone who has been accused of these kinds of actions again on the record which were criminal, at the time, according to the testimony at least, and still vote for them. that says something about where we are and the level of division. >> everybody stand by. a very important note to our viewers. stay with cnn for more on this important conversation. later tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern, tune in to a special cnn town hall "tipping point: sexual harassment in america." in just a little bit, president trump will be leaving china to head to an important

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in just a few hours, president trump will be attending a summit of pacific leaders in vietnam. vladimir putin is going to be

there as well and the two leaders may meet one on one tomorrow. let's bring in our own brian todd. if they do meet, both leaders could have a lot to discuss? >> they sure could, wolf. anticipation is building over this possible meeting between the president and vladimir putin. the u.s. and russia are at odds over syria, over north korea but it's the lingering controversy over russian meddling in american elections which is still going on that puts the charge into this possible meeting and puts more pressure on mr. trump to get tough with putin. >> it's an honor to be with you. thank you. >> reporter: their first meetings this summer in germany were a political fiasco for president trump and vladimir putin's aides are eager for a second act saying that they will meet at the summit on friday. president trump says that meeting is not confirmed but secretary of state rex tillerson was asked by cnn, if they do meet, will trump pressure putin on russian election meddling.

>> is that on a list of things to talk about? >> it stays on that list. >> reporter: tonight, some oh observers believe the president is under considerable pressure to hold putin accountable for the interference which is continuing. the team is already under fire for not implementing on sanctions on russia fast enough. many are complaining that those sanctions passed overwhelmingly by congress are still behind schedule but some believe the president has no interest in pressuring putin. >> i think he's doing everything possible to bury this story that there was russia meddling. he doesn't want there to continue to be these accusations of collusion. >> reporter: at the g-20 summit in july, they met for two hours.

trump said at that meeting he pressed putin twice, did russia interfere in the 2016 election. trump says putin denied it twice and they moved on. the white house denies russia claims that trump accepted putin's denials. >> of course trump let putin off the hook. he has repeatedly tweeted that russian election meddling is fake news. >> reporter: at that same summit, trumpb initiated an impromptu meeting. the white house didn't initially disclose it and then said it was a brief conversation but sources told cnn the meeting stretched for almost an hour. recently, trump had its cia director, mike pompeo, meet with a conspiracy theorist. analysts say this is part of a larger, unsettling pattern of president trump trying too hard to befriend the man in the kremlin. >> putin really thinks that he wants to be putin, if he could be an american putin, that would be his dream come true.

putin is a lot more skeptical about trump. he considers him a fool. he considers him uncontrolled and inconsistent. >> analysts say if trump does not stand up to putin at their next meeting, it might put the u.s. at greater risk from north korea. they say not standing up to the russian president after the attack on the election process may single to the north koreans that trump won't totally destroy north korea as promised if kim fires missiles at the united states. >> thanks, brian. what are the potential risks of a trump/putin meeting? >> you know, this relationship, wolf, has unfolded so differently and certainly a year and a half ago or two years ago, you can correct me, the fruit of a poisoned tree, that has really infected everything that has happened in all of the

expectations from both putin and trump that could reshape russia/american relations that has been undermined by this cloud over what russia did and their reluck stantance to confr. there are reports that automated bot accounts were involved in the virginia's governor race in trying to stir up some of the controversies along race-related lines and whether russia is continuing to try to interfere in our elections. i think there are obviously places where a good relationship with russia could be valuable and any leverage that you could bring to bear on north korea but until the president, i think, is able to directly confront and deal with this overriding question, it's hard to see much good coming out of this relationship. >> jeffrey? >> this is something donald trump has never wanted to deal with. he's never acknowledged that it existed. all of our intelligence agencies have said russia tried to interfere in our election. the president has rejected that

view. and throughout the campaign and even into the presidency, he's never said a bad word about vladimir putin. that's not even true of most american politicians. he says terrible things about the nate majority leader. >> rebecca, very quickly? >> i don't think this is going to be a meeting that changes our perception of the president and his relationship or view of putin. even skeptics of trump would probably be pleased if he could get some concessions out of russia to help on a pressing issue like north korea. >> there's more breaking news we're following. the house republican tax plan makes it through the committee. the senate unveil a plan of their own. can they resolve some major differences?

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more breaking news now, the house gop tax plan has made it through a party line vote and now goes to the floor as senate republicans unveil their own version of the tax bill. our senior washington correspondent brianna keilar is up on capitol hill. there are major differences between these two tax plans? >> reporter: there certainly are. this would reduce the number of americans that itemize their deductions but so many key differences between the house and senate that when you're looking at this tight timeline,

hammering out those differences is going to be a tall order. >> the committee will come to order. >> reporter: today, the republican-led house ways and means committee putting the finishing touches on overhauling the tax code. democrats charged them with attacks overhaul through congress with only limited hearings. >> speed of light in the dark of night and back rooms without even their own members. what an insult to the intelligence of their own members, what an insult to the intelligence of the american people as they make an assault on the middle class. >> reporter: their sweeping victories in the gubernatorial and legislative races should send a signal to republicans to tap the brakes. but house speaker paul ryan insisting the final product will help the middle class, says republicans are going to fulfill their campaign promise. >> this is about actually

improving people's lives and making a positive difference and i fundamentally believe when we do, this make good on our word and promise and make people's lives better, we're going to be just fine politically. >> reporter: in the senate, republicans revealing their tax proposal with significant differences from the houses. the house would eliminate the current seven tax brackets in favor of just four new ones. the senate's plan would have se seven. a tax paid annually by wealthy americans and a few dozen farms study by the tax policy center.- the senate plan repeals it only in part. the house plan gets rid of the state and local income tax and the senate plan does away with it entirely. these differences, a potential problem since republicans are promised to send a bill to president trump by the end of the year. another challenge, some estimates show the plans actually growing the federal

deficit and some in the middle class paying more. republicans struggling when asked if every middle class american will pay less in taxes. >> i would never try to guarantee anything like that. >> can you guarantee that every single filer might have some different experience? >> reporter: nou, one sticky point is that lawmakers in high tax states and cities have a big concern when it comes to getting rid of the ability of taxpayers to deduct property tax. that is getting rid of the salt deduction, the state and local tax deduction. that is going to be a sticky point. >> thanks very much. we have much more news coming up, stay with us.

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as we await president trump's departure from china, a possible face-to-face meeting with vladimir putin in vietnam, we are closely watching as a texas jury deliberates in the first tribal involving a brawl among motorcycle groups. security cameras captured part of the shootout. ed is joining us from waco, texas right now. the leader of one of the groups could be facing life in prison if he's convicted. >> reporter: that's right.

not only are all eyes focused on his position, but the ramifications of how this jury rules could have an impact on how the other cases unfold. >> keep your hands up! >> sounds like a gunfight. bang, bang, bang, one right after another. >> reporter: two and a half years after the gun battle at twin peaks in texas, the case against the first biker on trial is just now headed to a jury. he faces up to life in prison. nearly 180 bikers were arrested in may of 2015 after the violent shootout that killed nine people. this mug shot soup was an unprecedented round up. 154 bikers indicted on a charge of organized criminal activity.

it was a simmering battle between rival motorcycle clubs. jake is the president of the bandito's dallas chapter. he spoke with cnn for the documentary, biker brawl, inside the texas shootout. he was one of the first bandito's to show up. waiting on the patio was the other group. as he parked his motorcycle, they moved in, seconds later, the confrontation erupted. punches turned to gunfire and all out mayhem. >> we were ambushed in a war zone. i have never been that scared in my life. >> reporter: they say they were there to make peace. the bandito's say they showed up to surprise them and start a

violent fight. >> it seemed like just seconds later i started hearing gunshots go off. i had guys all over me. >> reporter: an all-out brawl on the ground. he acted in self-defense that day. surveillance video shows another biker walk up to him and take aim. you actually see four plumes of smoke and he's pointed right at you? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: boom, boom, boom. you fall to the ground. you can't get hit? >> no. a cop took him out. >> after he fired four times? >> yeah. >> reporter: wow. prosecutors say he instructed the crew to bring their tools, slang for firearms and the bandito's came to revenge for assault on their fellow brothers that occurred in the months before the twin peaks shootout. >> may 27, 2015, our community

was forever changed by the actions of some people who believe that a patch, a piece of clothing is more sacred than life. we have that 1 in a million case where the crime was committed on video. >> reporter: jake testified over two days at the end of the first biker trial, the exchanges with prosecutors were often tense. >> you live to be a bandito, is that right? >> i live to be a good brother. >> you would die for your patch, would you not? >> i would die wearing it, yes, sir. i hope to be buried as a bandito. >> reporter: a lot of people paying attention. there are 150 other bikers anxiously waiting to see how this trial is going to turn out. on top of that, federal investigators are going after some of the top leaders of the national organization. that investigation continues as well. wolf? >> you are working the story

from the very, very beginning. the documentary you did was excellent. thanks for your hard work. we'll stick around and see what is going to happen. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the "situation room." erin burnett out front starts now. breaking news, the special counsel interviews stephen miller as trump's former body guard makes a bombshell observation. plus, more breaking news. the gop nominee from alabama, a crucial race rocked by shocking allegations of making sexual allegations toward a 14-year-old. is he out? s she was offended by an officials joke and she ran against him. she won. she's my guest. i'm erin burnett. outfont tonight, the breaking