almost as much as ainsley. ainsley: almost. brian: thanks, ainsley.r has been outspoken critic of president trump's policies. >> thanks to the president's actions, we have seen a crisis unfolding on our southern border and across the country. crisis was willfully and purposefully created by this president through his zero tolerance policy at the border. >> we all know how we got here. the situation is a big mess. brian: how did we get here and where did you stand? schumer hasn't always sounded so opposed to illegal immigration. here's a look back director of policy studies for the center for immigration studies jessica vaughn. hey, jessica. >> hey, good morning. >> i'm amazed when i look back at some of the comments harry reid made on the senate floor how much is he like where the republicans are at today. and now we are finding chuck schumer said exactly the same things as president trump d. does in 2018. >> that's right. i mean, it's amazing to see this because, you know, i have been at this on the immigration issue for almost 30 years. it wasn't as

ainsley? ainsley: thank you, steve.or andrew cuomo stunning the crowd after saying this about our country. >> we're not going to make america great again. it was never that great. [gasps and. [laughter] the republican candidate who wants to take his job disagrees and calls on the governor to apologize. mark, thank you so much for being here. you are definitely the republican candidate and you will be running against him or vicinity nixon. >> or both of them. she can remain on the ballot as working families party candidate. it's a strange thing that happens in new york. she can stay on the ballot through november. ainsley: obviously he is saying he doesn't think america is great. hasn't ever been really that great. what is your reaction for that? >> i was raised by saying gel mom grew up on food stamps. tell me america isn't great. i was the youngest mayor in america for a short period of time. here i am the most unlikely maybe for candidate for governor of the state of new york. america has always been great. i was so a

brian: ainsley.embrace their masculinity that is healthy and productive they are leaders, warriors and heroes, when they are denied their masculinity they run away from responsibilities. leaving destruction in their wake. >> thank you. ainsley: i know you release the weekly monday videos. why was it important for you to send a message to men? >> there seems to be growing trend particularly among leftists feminists, trays all of society as problems inequality or injustice, going back to toxic masculinity, in some cases patriarchy. maybe if men took a back seat, less aggressive, less assertive, all of our problems would be fixed, we would have better, more equal society. this idea that society would be better if men were weaker is not backed up by statistics. if you look at fatherlessness, for example, which is epitome of male passivity, kids who grew up without dads are far more likely to be incarcerated, depressed, suicidal, then kids that grow up with dads. what we see in the family we see reflected

ainsley? ainsley: thank goodness, wow.y start laying off employees, the company wants to try growing their business here in the united states. fox business network gerri willis is live at the regal marine industries in florida with more on the plan. hey, gerri. >> that's right. hey guys ainsley, steve good morning. these folks start early, 5:00 a.m. take a look at this facility. a recreational boat facility. we are regal boats. this is an american made, american owned company for three generations. and every 92 minutes, one of these babies, one of these babies right here gets kicked off the production floor and they are pumping these boats out. but this industry is under incredible pressure from retaliatory tariffs from china, from the eu, canada, mexico that is impacting their business. the eu tariffs as high as 25%. if they make one of these boats for $100,000 they sell it eu buyer. it cost $125,000. so, this industry under duress right now. we talked to the ceo this morning. he says he is not taking any action right now

ainsley: mr.you believe that this has happened and are you saying that maybe she ran away maybe with someone else or that someone abducted her. >> oh, no, no, no. not like that at all. i'm sort of hesitant to even discuss. this again, this is just a hope more than a theory. but, the longer we go without finding mollie, the more i believe she is somewhere where we can get her back. steve: you would like that person to return her before they get further into trouble rob, what would you say -- if the person you feel abducted her, if that is the case, if that person were watching tv right now, what do you want that person to know? >> you have made a horrible mistake. you obviously don't want to harm mollie, to just let her go. and then deal with the consequences of what have you done so far. don't escalate this any further. ainsley: all right. if you are watching and you have any information, even if it's small and you think it's insignificant, please call the sheriff's office. the number is 641-623-5

ainsley. >> ainsley: wow. thank you so much. steve. ainsley: is there antibias in the classroom.ublic school teachers. history teachers in massachusetts pledge to reject the call for objectivity while they conspire to hide their prejudice. one teacher reportedly writing to his colleagues, quote, i'm finding it really difficult in the current climate to teach kids to teach other perspectives. the other viewpoint might be just blatantly racist. next guest outraged to this. one of the parents to one of the students in that school ed, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. good morning. ainsley: how was this exposed? these teachers are pledging not to support this president after he was inaugurated. they are pledging to reject objectivity and teaching your kids. how was it all exposed it? >> for me it started a couple years ago when a small group of kids went to the trump rally there was a teacher taken and all the kids were branded on the internet by dozens of other fellow students with anti-semitic and hateful remarks. in my case my son is jewish and he was branded a nazi. photo s

ainsley: it's friday. steve: coming up in two hours and 30 minutes the jobs numbers are going to come out. they are expecting a good one. but, there is a number that has not been getting a lot of attention. keep in mind, this white house generally gets, what, 91, 92% negative coverage from the mainstream media, and when you look at this new poll from rasmussen, you wonder how is his number that high given so much bad publicity. brian: rasmussen tends to be a friendly pool they are tracking and phone calls. it shows a trend. it shows a trend because when the "wall street journal" nbc poll says 45%. other major polls show going up. you wonder if most of the press is negative and all these stories of these other channels, 80 to 90% are negative stories and then people talking about negative stories. you wonder if the media is being bypassed because the president has the social media leapfrog to go right to them and other people see the results in their paycheck, their home, their house. ainsley: that's what t

ainsley: i know.d people kneeling for the flag and the anthem and it's just we're getting so many of you guys are writing us and sending us your emails. when you look behind us and you see the flags flying. people talk about new york city being so liberal or new yorkerss being liberal or connecticut with the kneeling. you look out here and that gives me hope. drive up sixth avenue. steve: avenue of the americas. ainsley: sixth avenue is called avenue of the americas. brian: in new york city they have an attorney general candidate that not only wants to crack down on ice, would actually like to arrest some ice people. steve: prosecute them. brian: prosecute them who they think is breaking the law. really, instead of enforcing it, they are putting on kevlar vests and putting their life on the line and not to become rich millionaires. joining us now to talk about that is the acting director of ice ron vitiello. ron, great to see you again. what's your response to this new york attorney general comment? >

ainsley: right. >> but it's one of those things. ainsley: speaking of, yesterday, huge news day. there is a lot breaking today as well. michael cohen. tell me about your relationship with him. >> well, he was a lawyer for me for one of many, you know, they always say the lawyer and then they like to add the fixer. i don't know if he was a fixer. i don't know where that term came from. but, he has been a lawyer for me. didn't do big deals, did small deals. not somebody that was with me that much. they make it sound like i didn't live without him. i understood michael cohen very well. what turned out he wasn't a very good lawyer, frankly. but he was somebody that was probably with me for about 10 years. and i would see him sometimes. but when he i had big deals i had outside lawyers and inside lawyers too in addition to michael. i always found him to be a nice guy. ainsley: he said one story you didn't know anything about the payments. >> no. ainsley: now he is saying that you directed him to make these payments. did you direct him to make these payments? >> he made the deals. by t

ainsley: u.s.rrested in 2015 accused of spying and terrorism. he denies those charges. channeling the power of prayer. the father of missing iowa college student mollie tibbets is opening up about his meeting with vice president mike pence. >> his chief of staff said a very beautiful prayer. we all bowed our heads and it was very emotional moment. and the whole meeting was very touching. jillian: mollie tibbets has been missing for a month. new website has generated 200 new tips just this week. ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t ♪ what it means to me ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t ♪ jillian: tributes pouring in this morning for legendary singer aretha franklin. the queen of soul aretha franklin is dead a great woman with a wonderful gift from god, her voice. she will be missed. nasa tweeting out a photo of this asteroid named after franklin saying it will continue orbiting beyond mars. pop star ariana grande paying tribute singing natural woman on "the tonight show" ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ woman jillian: franklin

ainsley: people relate to her? brian: not really. ainsley: come on. whole thing about kissing babies, going to fairs and eating friday bananas and things like that. have you ever been put in a spot like that, okay you want to be governor or win this, where you have to do things you are not comfortable doing? >> you are asking me if i have ever done some really dumb things and the answer is yes. all i could do is hope they were not recorded on video it may have happened before everybody had a video camera on their cell phone. please god let it be. brian: have you rhythm. you are a musician. let's talk about what bruce ohr said starting to get some information about what was said behind closed doors. and it turns out the man that worked for the department of justice. whose wife worked for fusion gps. who seemed to be in regular contact with christopher steel was also also in contact with a lot of people, including the fbi. including weissmann who ends up being in the future being one of the could henchmen for robert mueller. bruce ohr this is becoming s

ainsley? ainsley: all right. thank you, jillian. the star says it is time to let the election go. people in america love trump. those in big cities hate him and haven't gotten over the fact that donald trump is the president. jimmy walker launched a new stand-up special with michael winslow, called, we are still here. download it everywhere where it is streamhe joins us from his hometown of las vegas. jimmy, good morning to you. >> it is always fun to be on with you guys, thank you very much for having me. steve: you bet. why can't the coastal elites get over the fact that hillary clinton lost and donald trump won? >> i have no idea. it is beyond my comprehension. i think what we've done though, we lost the civil behavior that we need. people have, they are not civil to each other anymore now. i mean if you look at what happened with sarah huckabee sanders, unable to go out and eat. these things are ridiculous and people are going with it. they're saying okay, it is okay. but see, if that happened to a minority, they said we don't w

ainsley: oh, wow.r dad's german we discovered earlier. probably some of that is mom as well. next one we have is europe east. that is the polish that you were learning b so that is east. that is 30%. tell me about the irish, what do you have there? >> says mayo -- >> ireland, scotland, wales, 19%. you have the ireland region like your dad. you have mayo slaga overlaying that what we talked about earlier. the area about 100 kilometers and narrowed it down to 80 kilometers. >> oh, wow. >> we have specific area to look for your family. >> i can go over there and knock on doors. >> figure out exactly where they're from. the other one i wanted you to notice this europe south. that 4%. that is italy. >> only 4%? >> you're 4% italian. >> what? steve: you have another page. >> we'll show this to you, we knew the mayo sligo area. we looked at your family history. found a record of your baptism of your great, great-grandmother, bridget. what is really great about this record, it tells exactly where in ireland sh

ainsley: wow. why is it important? >> it's really important on my side because what i see and when we interview some of these people that we get later, what they are seeing is the people on the south side are telling them oh, yeah, it's just a day, you will be fine. you only need a gallon of water. that gallon of water is not going to take you there. steve: thank you both for your service. actually all three of you. [laughter] ainsley: enjoy new york. brian: when we come back ric grenell joins us from germany about the nazi we just found in queens, new york. comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to put your pedal to the metal. and now, all beds are on sale. save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus, 24-month financing and free home delivery. ends saturday. sleep number. proven, quality sleep. oh! oh! . . ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may l

ainsley: u.s.ts from the special operations regiment reportedly flying the aircraft back to base after a raid. a military official says that the crash is likely the result of a mechanical malfunction. brian: this marks the third military aircraft crash in iraq. it happened this year. the last one march killing all seven service members on board. the other happened back in february. no one died in that one. so wool find out the latest there. a lot going on in iraq in syria on a daily basis let alone what's going on the chaos in afghanistan. steve: this was not during the raid. it was on the way back. we will keep you posted on other details u in other news. john brennan who once upon ran the cia and insists he is not political. he is so steamed that the man picture left right there, the president of the united states, donald trump. yanked his security clearance last week. by the way, what does the president think of mr. brennan he referred to him as a loud mouth partisan political hack. easily the w

ainsley: all right. is a boyfriend and his brother is supposed to get married this weekend in the dominican republic. they were all planning heading to the wedding. we hope she is found. she is definitely in our prayers. thank you so much, ted, for following this story. >> my pleasure. brian: meanwhile, 10 minutes before the bottom of the hour. the remains of 55 fallen u.s. service men's in the korean war heading back to the united states. it was a powerful moment in south korea happened hours ago. retired ranger sean parnell joins us live on the significance next. come together at the lincoln summer invitation sales event. get 0% apr on select 2018 lincoln models plus $1,000 bonus cash. (burke) so we know how to cover almost anything.en almost everything even "vengeful vermin." not so cute when they're angry. and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ it's a high-tech revolution in sleep. the new sleep num

ainsley: yeah.t's heart-breaking on every level to imagine what she went through, how scared she must have been when is he running behind her, running beside her. and then the parents. imagine what they are feeling not knowing where their daughter was for so long and to know that she was probably just terrified beyond belief when she took her last breath. this could have been prevented. the system let the families down. we have heard from so many angel families in the past. and they say that their child would still be with them at the thanksgiving table, at the christmas dinner if the laws had not failed them. this is in the middle -- we have all been to iowa. we were there during the campaign. we were there during the iowa state fair. these are wonderful individuals, hometown, my kind of people because we all grew up in towns like this. everyone knows everyone. they didn't expect this and have you this illegal immigrant that's working there and terrorizing this young girl and ultimately killing her

ainsley: and tires.on the notion that maybe they were not such a threat to the community one child died already in their care. i think it was a 3-year-old. 3-year-old is dead. ainsley: they were charged with abuse, abuse of children. you saw the conditions they were living in it was filthy. prosecutors had 10-day rule. had you to go before a judge and have a hearing to establish probable cause. you had 10 days to could that. if they had just done their jobs and done that within that 10 day window then these suspects would stillable behind bars. brian: not splitting the atom. seems like a open and shut case. working this case, maybe been ahead of the investigators. listen to his reaction. it? >> is frightening. these three individuals. the three of the five that were leading the compounds are very dangerous. and at this moment, they have the maximum ensign incentie to try to flee or carry out an attack and die. they don't want to go to jail. if you are jihaddist. you want to die as a martyr and they know

ainsley: cody, i love.ike the perfect man. steve: sounds like the perfect country western song. >> i will quote you on that tell my wife after the show. steve: back in the day when you were growing up in texas. you and a bunch of your fellow future farmers of america decided to put together a band. >> actually told me, look, man you are good at a lot of things putting this band together and play. forced me into it played first little competition and after that it was over. brian: you have the clearest, purest, strongest voice and i said where did it come from you said my parents. your parents sang. you are the one making money with that ability. >> music has been a part of my life u both sides of my family it was always what we did. it wasn't thought of a dream i was going to chase until i saw garth brooks at central park i thought maybe -- i don't know if i thought i could do that but i thought man, i sure want to. ainsley: married and two little girls. >> two beautiful little girls. ainsley: how old are t

ainsley: 76 days away from the mid terms, hard to believe. if the democrats take back power, do you believe they will try to impeach you? >> well, you know, i guess it says something like high crimes and all -- i don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job. i will tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash. i think everybody would be very poor because without this thinking, you would see -- you would see numbers that you wouldn't believe in reverse. if hillary clinton got elected. instead of 4.1 up and each point is $3.5 million and 10 million jobs. when i took it over it was at 1. and it was going to be down -- it was going down. i freed up, i got rid you have regulations. the tax cut was a tremendous thing. but even before the tax cut, right from first day i got rid of regulation, i approved the pipelines, 48,000 jobs. but, i did a lot of things. had hillary and the democrats gotten in. had she been president, you would have had negative growth. we picked up $10 trillion in worth. china, by t

ainsley: all right.

ainsley: commissioner, you met with the president yesterday. what was that like at the white house. >> it is. have our agents honored for the work they do. narcotic seizures and rescues which agent thomas' efforts. steve: agent, how did that make you feel to see some of the rank and file people you work with being recognized by the president saying come on up here and tell us what you do. get in the publicity that they deserve? >> it's great to see, actually feel appreciated, that's a big thing for us. it's nice to see boots on the ground. brian: commissioner, how do you feel about this whole abolish ice movement that's out there. local law enforcement being told not to work with you? what does that do for you? what do you tell your men and women? >> right.

ainsley earhardt's interview with the president from earlier today. we will also bring an important update on the horrific murder, that case in iowa, 20-year-old mollie tibbetts senselessly murdered. the illegal immigrant who admitted to the horrific crime appearing in court earlier today. and the president responding with a video on twitter. we will show you that tape. sit tight, buckle up. we have a lot to get to in tonight's breaking opening monologue. ♪ >> sean: since march of last year i have been warning you, the american people about five forces that are working to destroy president trump. you have partisan deep state bureaucrats. we learned a lot about them in the last year and a half. liberal democrats. you're corrupt, pathetic media. at week establishment republicans and this group called never-trumper or less. today what we have been telling you for more than a year is playing out as we predicted. the deep state has successfully now targeted several trump associates. they never would have been targeted if they weren't friends with the presi

joining me again is nbc's julia ainsley who's been in court with me this morning. dan goldman, and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. julia, even though gates got back on the stand for cross-examination this morning, that are was quick, we've seen that wrap up and now the prosecution has their second shot, right? >> reporter: that's right. so this is the redirect. we could see this go back and forth. judge ellis seems to be able to allow them to come back in, ask a lot of questions. judge ellis also jumps in there himself a few times. that might be something that could be a takeaway at the end of this trial. he's interjecting. sometimes he tells the prosecution to ask a different question and gets gates to answer it again. one of the key things that the prosecution asked this morning is whether or not the fbi -- or whether or not the government had promised him a sentence at the end of this for his cooperation. and gates said, no. that's really key because the prosecution needs to convince the zwlar thejury that there ar set deals

the president was asked by ainsley about a possible pardon.nd we'll get a quick response. >> are you considering pardoning paul manafort? >> i have great respect for what he has done in terms of what he has gone through. he worked for ronald reagan for years, worked for bob dole, he worked i guess his firm worked for mccain. he worked for many, many people, many, many years and i would say what he did, some of the charges they threw against him, every consultant, every lobbyist in washington probably does. >> sandra: it wasn't a no or a yes, either. >> i'm a consultant and a lobbyist in washington and i didn't do that. most of the people i do know have done that or come close to that. paul manafort is a bum and he needs to face the music. he is a traitor to america. he didn't pay his taxes, he lied to banks to get loans that he did not deserve. no, the jury did the right thing. and the president, this is where i disagree with the president. he owes nothing to paul manafort. >> sandra: what would the fallout be if he decided to pardon him. >> g

julie ainsley keep us posted on the manafort's recess. we are waiting to hear. >>> we'll talk about the immigration crisis, a judge ordered a plane carrying a deported mother and daughter to salvador to turn around. immigration actions did not stop there. he threatened to hold jeff sessions in contentive court.mh sessions in contentive court.oh sessions in contentive court.he sessions in contentive court.he sessions in contentive courtivp. what's the #1 new skincare product in 2018? olay whips. absorbs faster than the $100, $200, and even $400 cream. feels amazing. i really really love this. i will 100% swap up my moisturizer. can i have it? olay whips. about the colonial penn program. here to tell you if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? you c

let me ask you about the little snippet of interview with ainsley earhardt we just heard.nt saying he knew afterwards. michael cohen say he did it at his direction, what difference does that make based on who is telling the truth? >> goes to potential of illegality made by campaign contribution made by a corporation not be done or in excess of the limits. what the president is saying. this is my lawyer, he took care these things for me. i expected him to do things in legal way, and i found out about it afterwards, which is a legitimate defense. melissa: not part of the campaign, that you pay somebody to keep it quiet. >> that was the john edwards defense. no, exactly that is valid defense to a campaign contribution if you say listen i was doing it for family reasons to protect my wife and kids, no the in relationship to the campaign. the obama administration brought a prosecution against john edwards, a democratic nominee. that case fizzled just on those grounds. melissa: so, if he, instead did it, lanny davis today was trying to make the point it was in order to sway an e

earhardt that aired this morning, ainsley asked if the president was going to fire jeff sessions. the president ducked that part of the question. but levelled criticism at sessions for recusing himself from the russia investigation and accused sessions of being a weak leader. listen here. >> the dems are very strong in the justice department. i put an attorney general that never took control of the justice department, jeff sessions. he never took control of the justice department. it's an incredible thing. i put "justice" with quotes. jeff sessions recused himself, she shouldn't have done. >> in a preemptive strike before heading over to the white house, the attorney general released a statement saying he won't be bullied by the president. he said while i'm attorney general, the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. i demand the highest standards and where they're not met, i take action. no nation has a more talented or more dead greated group of law enforcement and prosecutors than the united states. sources tell fox n

from outside the courthouse in alexandria, julia ainsley and former u.s.ist enattorney for the southern district of new york, mimi rocca. julia, first to you. i know the judge has been talking to the court and he mentioned something about receiving threats. a u.s. marshal is taking him to and from the courthouse? >> that's right. we are waiting for a verdict. we did just get a little insight into the stakes for everyone involved in this trial. we saw a u.s. marshal with his jacket on go into the courtroom today. wasn't sure why he was there. we got some clarity on that where the judge said he is not going to unseal the names of these jurors because he, himself, has had security threats. that's why he has that u.s. marshal there for his own security. he said he was surprised by the public response to this. he didn't have any idea just how big this case would become. and so he wants to be able to protect the jurors by not unsealing their names. a coalition of media organizations had pressed for their names. he has decided not to unseal that. he also isn't go

. >> i am joined by nbc national news reporter julie ainsley. . was there any discernible action when the lawyer rested the case. >> more of something that we wanted to see if they had anything to put up but in some ways it wasn't that surprising. all through this case, the defense has had a strategy of in their cross examination of taking chips away. whether that is bank fraud, tax evasion. they want to cast doubt. is this really mr. manafort's signature. that was their strategy. particularly with gates who probably the most notable this this entire case. the prosecution knew he was going to be dangerous and they attacked gates' character. they used that strategy all along and i think, and of course dan can get into this as well, they didn't want any defense to be just a few character witnesses and say manafort is a good guy. their best defense is to say the offense didn't go far enough. >> that is interesting. what are the options? they used that strategy all along and i think, and of course dan can get into this as well, they didn't want any de

as you know just to paraphrase what he said to ainsley.said what kind of man is he to recuse himself without telling me from the russia investigation or not stepping aside when he realized he had to recuse himself. here's the president. >> the dems are very strong in the justice department. i put an attorney general that never took control of the justice department, jeff sessions. never took control of the justice department. and it's sort of an incredible thing. steve: okay. so there have you got the attorney general's boss, bad mouthing him on television. essentially buyer's regret. that was ainsley's question about there are rumors up on capitol hill that jeff sessions and rod rosenstein may get fired after the mid terms and he responded that way. well, mr. sessions, extraordinarily, issued a paper statement and, rachel, he fought back at the president. rachel: he absolutely did. he defended his position. he defended the people who work for him in the doj. but, you know, here's what he said. he says while i am attorney general, the acti

. >> julia ainsley is here with the latest. what was it like in the court room today? >> interesting. my colleague ken dilanian was there and he was saying the government was knocking it out of the park. today the defense did an entertaining cross examination, and they left this bombshell that lingered. they said to gates did you tell the special counsel that you had four -- and of course that did a lot to damage rick gates' credibility which is a big goal of the defense of the case. i shared an elevator with manafort's lawyer and we were asking him how he thought the day went and seemed confident and made a joke on how the end of the day ended up on a lot of people could get sleepy. he said i am happy you said that, at least, my part of the show was entertaining. to him, it was a compliment. more entertaining part of the day. because then we got into taxes and charts and back and forth. and showed mueller's style of being a tedious investigator and thorough. did seem to kind of start putting a lull over the court room as we went back over transactions that we heard ov

ainsley ehrhardt getting an exclusive sitdown with donald trump. a sneak peek of that.the president's talk about the big news of the day, michael cohen. what the president know about the payments. paul manafort, asked if he was going to pardon him, jeff sessions, rumors he could be firing jeff sessions after the midterms. we asked about the media. many editorial pages across the country writing that the president is the enemy of the people or the press is the enemy of the people, that is what they thought the president felt about the media. this is a clip of a response. >> is the press the enemy of the people? >> not at all but the fake news is in the fake news is comprised of a big chunk. what is the chunk? 80%. it is a lot. if i do something well it is not reported. other -- the new york times cannot write a good story about me. they are crazed, they are like lunatics. >> we asked about mollie tibbetts, what he thinks about ice and how the abolish ice movement is spreading across the country and the midterms, democrats impeachment push, it was a fairly long interview,

julia ainsley is at the courthouse with the latest. a lot to get to, at the heart of this case, the prosecution is a financial web of financial tracti transactions. what are we expecting to hear from the defense? >> reporter: the prosecution took about an hour and 45 minutes going through details with a lot of documents and reminding the juror of testimony they heard from witnesses and showing how paul manafort should be found guilty of bank fraud and tax evasion and not reporting his foreign bank accounts, which he had 31 and did not report $60 million that fundamental funneled through it. the documents are the star witness of this case. they are saying that chris because they expect in a few minutes for the defense to start their closing arguments and say look, we would not be here if it were not for rick gates. paul manafort's partner who testified against him. he's not a credible witness, he had affairs and he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars on his boss, paul manafort. the prosecution is gearing up for that. look, rick g

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our julie ainsley is joining us live. great to have you with us.s up to speed. >> reporter: today is not as sexy and flashy as the ostrich and python jackets as we see. we are going through the meat and potatoes of the case here. they have been kmexamining and w they are crossed examining. what we are hearing is that phillips never told -- he was also asked to lie. we got to see e-mails that paul manafort sent to him saying, presumably to get a loan, you will be contacted by these people. tell them that the property that my wife and i have in new york is not business related. he said flat out, i am not going to tell them that. it is clear at this point that paul manafort's journey when things have fallen out economically for him around 2015 and 2016, he was getting to a desperate point and that's the case that the prosecution is making. he's a desperate person who would have done a lot in order to keep living that lavish lifestyle. >> let me pick up on that point. that's an important point in this trial. we learned from testimonies from his bookkee

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right now, julia ainsley is outside the courthouse. there has been a little development, a delay this morning. what do you know? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, kristen. there is a delay. we expected to get started at 9:30 this morning. they still haven't let the public into the courtroom, as both sides are talking to the judge about an issue that is under seal. it is something they both filed motions on yesterday. it could be a holdover from what we saw friday, when the judge took a three and a half hour recess and seemed to go talk to the jury during that time. it could be they are making a case that a juror has been spoken to or talking about the case, which they're supposed to be independent minded. it has to get through this, kristen, before the defense can move on. we're not sure if they're going to bring evidence or witnesses. they really don't have to. that's up to the prosecution to carry that burden to prove that paul manafort is guilty. of course, if we do hear from the defense, we're going to expect that they will try to t

joining me now is julia ainsley outside the courthouse.lia, i want to start with you, what do you expect to happen today? >> reporter: well, we do expect for the government to finish making its pace in calling all witnesses. we only have one or two more witnesses it will witnesses. it will be a short day. they'll turn to the defense to see if mr. manafort's teams have any witnesses or evidence to present. they don't have to present anything. it is up to the government to make the legal case, of course, he should be guilty as innocent as it is presumed. the judge wants to be sure that the burden is on the government here and if the jury does not see any evidence from manafort's team to persuade them otherwise, it does not mean he's necessarily guilty. today we expect a shorter wrap up to the prosecution's case. >> dan, pick up on that point, if you can take out your crystal ball. do you expect that manafort's team is going to be calling many witnesses? i have been talking to a lot of folks who say they are betting against it. >> i think it

julia ainsley is an nbc national security and justice reporter.he is also our eyes and ears inside the manafort trial. and harry litman is a former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general. julia, tell us about how both sides made their closing arguments today. >> we heard a really firm case from the prosecution. they took an hour and 45 minutes to walk through everything that paul manafort did on bank fraud, on tax evasion and on not giving the information he should have on his foreign bank accounts. the defense really put a lot of their eggs in the basket of discrediting rick gates. they wanted to say he is the one who led this double life, he stole from his boss. you can't believe what he is saying and they said that the prosecution is actually kind of nit-picking and cobbling together some evidence that they wouldn't have brought otherwise if it hadn't been for the special counsel's office. they said that's the only reason why we're here is because of the special counsel's office. but then there was a rebuttal from the prosecution.

nbc's national security and justice reporter julia ainsley joins me with her exclusive reporting.jolenea maxwell, director of progressive programming at sirius xm, also an msnbc political analyst. this is a proposal that's going to hit immigrants working jobs that don't pay enough to support their families especially hard. you report those earns 250% above the poverty level could be affected. how is the administration justifying targeting immigrants who are potentially self-such fshant? >> i want to be clear about who though would affect. they're trying to get legal permanent status, which would be a green card, or they're trying to become u.s. citizens through the naturalization process. for a lot of these people, they're working in low-wage jobs and they have to use some social safety nets. obamacare being one of them. it doesn't necessarily mean they're destitute. a lot of these cases, they could be making as much as 250% of the poverty level to qualify for some of the programs that the government is talking about using now as disqualifiers for citizenship and green cards. so t

but you have to understand, ainsley what he did, and they weren't taken out of campaign finance. that's a much bigger thing. did they come out of the campaign? they didn't come out of the campaign. they came from me. >> that statement about the timing, so provably false that, for only the second time in its existence, "the washington post" fact checkers call it a lie. his explanation of the payments, they've concluded, is an outright lie. in the bigger picture it does bring to mind a watergate-era question, of interest to investigators now. >> what did the president know and when did he know it? >> the president also doing something of an about-face on paul manafort. remember, that's the guy he once dismissed as only working for him for a very short period of time. but now, not ruling out a pardon. and, in fact, had nothing but praise for convicted manafort. though he was very critical of his attorney general, jeff sessions, for his decision to recuse himself from the investigation. >> what kind of a man is this. by the way, he was on the campaign. you know, the only reason i gav

joining us now, nbc news national security and justice reporter julia ainsley from outside the courtuse along with chuck rosenberg, msnbc contributor. julia, even though today ended a bit early, it was an interesting day. the jury asked to go home early and the judge announced that he is getting death threats and he's concerned about the well-being of the jurors as well. >> reporter: that's right, katy. so right now we're in a weekend recess. they'll come back at 9:30 on monday to continue these deliberations. what's clear so far is that this is a jury that wants to take its time. it's a complicated case, it's not like you can -- the case of a smoking gun and someone being in one place at one time. this is more complicated when it comes to tax and bank fraud. there are 18 counts. some are conspiracy to commit the crime and some are committing the crime itself. the questions they asked yesterday, particularly the requirements for filing on foreign bank accounts, it's clear they want to be really careful. they also have mountains of documents, even more evidence than we saw during the