. >>> "erin burnett outfront" >>> "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.commp seething and unusually silent after his long-time fixer gets three years in prison and hints there's a lot more to come. >>> plus "the national enquirer" reaching a deal with prosecutors tonight, admitting it paid hush money to a play mate and here's the key, to influence the election. >>> and a top contender for trump's chief of staff out of the running. who is going to take the job? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" this evening, president trump seething, watching his former fixer, his

i'm erin burnett.aking news, criminal investigation, president donald trump's 2017 inaugural committee is now under criminal investigation by dpral

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comom the oval office, the president goes off the rails. cameras rolling as trump gets into a shouting match and says he's proud to shut down the government. >>> plus republicans brushing aside accusations from prosecutors that implicate the president in two felonies. wait until you hear what they said when it was bill clinton. the tapes are stunning. >>> no plan b for a chief of staff for trump. one man, though, reportedly on the list of candidates is "outfront" tonight. does he want the job? let's go out front. good evening, i'm erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, making a joke of the oval office, president trump turning a privat

. >>> "erin burnett outfront" >>> "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> president trump seething and unusually silent after his long-time fixer gets three years in prison and hints there's a lot more to come. >>> plus "the national enquirer" reaching a deal with prosecutors tonight, admitting it paid hush money to a play mate and here's the key, to influence the election. >>> and a top contender for trump's chief of staff out of the running. who is going to take the job? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" this evening, president trump seething, watching his former fixer, his long-time lawyer, the man who knew where skeletons were buried, get ready to go to prison. this is, we're learning, michael cohen might do even more damage to the president. cohen sentenced to three years in prison in part for crimes that according to federal prosecutors were committed, their words, in coordination with and at the direction of donald trump. >> mr. president, reaction to michael cohen's sentencing. >> mr. president, is michael cohen

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, live from the oval office, the president goes off the rails. cameras rolling as trump gets into a shouting match and says he's proud to shut down the government. >>> plus republicans brushing aside accusations from prosecutors that implicate the president in two felonies. wait until you hear what they said when it was bill clinton. the tapes are stunning. >>> no plan b for a chief of staff for trump. one man, though, reportedly on the list of candidates is "outfront" tonight. does he want the job? let's go out front. good evening, i'm erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, making a joke of the oval office, president trump turning a private meeting public, letting the cameras in, putting on what he does best, a reality show. it had a shouting match, finger pointing, the full deal here, take a look. >> no we don't have the votes, nancy because in the senate we need 60 votes. >> in the house, you could bring it up right now. >> i can't. excuse me. >> and you want to shut

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comhouse insisting the fbi ambushed michael flynn even as flynn himself admits he lied. and drops all his attacks on the fbi. >>> plus the trump foundation shuts down amid allegations trump used it as a personal piggy bank. are the walls closing in? >>> and the outgoing interior secretary ryan zinke accuses sitting congressman on twitter of being a drunk. congressman raul responds in his first television interview about that ugly attack. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, ambushed on

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the special counsel's secret, mueller's team shutting down an entire floor of a washington courthouse to secretly make the case for a very important client to testify in front of the grand jury. who is it? >>> this as the list of investigation grows again for trump tonight. >>> plus, breaking news, president trump naming an acting chief of staff, a surprise announcement days after the president was adamant he would not accept anyone as acting chief of staff. >>> and california's chief justice, lifelong republican, quits the republican party. was it because of trump? she's going to come "outfront." let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" this evening, mueller's big secret. today, mueller's team making a move on the russia investigation, shutting down an entire floor of the d.c. federal courthouse. keeping out the press for more than an hour .all to hide a vip's identity. so, attorneys secretly entered the courthouse. they were making the case for thi

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, the white house insisting the fbi ambushed michael flynn even as flynn himself admits he lied. and drops all his attacks on the fbi. >>> plus the trump foundation shuts down amid allegations trump used it as a personal piggy bank. are the walls closing in? >>> and the outgoing interior secretary ryan zinke accuses sitting congressman on twitter of being a drunk. congressman raul responds in his first television interview about that ugly attack. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, ambushed on a lie. the white house defending the president's former national security adviser, even as he admits that he lied knowingly to the fbi in the russia investigation and yes, michael flynn knew it was a crime when he did it. general michael flynn was in court today, walking back an earlier claim that he was basically tricked into lying by the fbi. previously, flynn's lawyers had suggested that he was questioned by fbi officials without a l

>>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, defense secretary jim mattis quits. in a stunning letter to the president of the united states, the four star general calling out president trump for not backing american allies, for supporting authoritarian regimes. i want to read the entire letter, because this is a turning point for this administration, for president trump, and for this country. here is the letter from defense secretary mattis to the president of the united states, which he handed him today, in which he quit.

>>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, defense secretary jim mattis quits. in a stunning letter to the president of the united states, the four star general calling out president trump for not backing american allies, for supporting authoritarian regimes. i want to read the entire letter, because this is a turning point for this administration, for president trump, and for this country. here is the letter from defense secretary mattis to the president of the united states, which he handed him today, in which he quit. "dear mr. president, i have been privileged to serve as our country's 26th secretary of defense, which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women of the department in defense of our citizens and our ideals. i am proud of the progress that has been made over the past two years and some of the key goals articulated in our national defense strategy. putting the department on a more sound budgetary footing, improving readiness and lethality in our forces, and reformi

good evening, i'm erin burnett. comey lashing out at trump and the entire republican party. jim comey on the hill today, he was there for another closed door hearing with congress. after nearly six hours behind closed doors with members. comey came out to take the latest shot in his growing war with the president. this time he called the president a liar. no hesitation with that word, and he did so repeatedly. >> the president of the united states is lying about the fbi, attacking the fbi and attacking the rule of law in this country. the fbi's reputation has taken a big hit because the president of the united states has lied about it constantly. >> comey's anger and personal slams come as trump in the past week, six tweets slamming comey and the fbi, including personal slams like, "comey had no right heading the fbi at any time but especially after his mind exploded." i didn't make that up. that personal insult did not cause comey to go in front of the cameras. that happened and days with no comment from comey. remember, michael cohen only became a rat after the fbi did som

>>> i'm eriner burnett. president trump announced he's going to pull troops out of syria, something putin wants more than anything. it could not get better for putin today. and trump in a new white house video tonight sticking by his syria announcement. and he did it on a video. he didn't speak to the nation, he didn't answer questions on the decision, he's not answering questions from congress, no, he hid away and put out a video. here's a clip. >> we've won against isis, we've beaten them back badly and now it's time for our troops to come back home. >> he could say it as much as he wants to say it but he said that without taking questions to anyo anyone. his own party is livid. >> this is a terrible mistake. it's an obama-like move. >> there isn't anybody that's stunned by this precipitous decision, like you just woke up and made it. >> that shock and anger again from his own party. coming in response to trump's twitter announcement that he's going to withdraw those u.s. troops fighting isis in syria. so

let's go out front. >> good evening, i'm erin burnett.ent trump doing it

good evening, everyone, i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett.looks like it's going to be a long ride. tonight lawmakers are no closer to ending the government shutdown. that has now lasted six days, despite a handful of lawmakers

let's go out front. >> good evening, i'm erin burnett. dangling another pardon, is president trump doing it again? trump lavishing praise on roger stone, the man who's ties to wikileaks are a focus of robert mueller's russia investigation. during a morning tirade, the president congratulating stone for his guts, tweeting, i will never testify against trump, this statement was recently made by roger stone, stating he will not be forced by a rogue and out of control prosecutor to make up lies and stories about president trump. somehow that's in quotes. nice to know some people still have guts. stone publicly insisted that he had nothing on trump. >> there's no circumstance under which i would testify against the president, i would have to bear false witness against him. i would have to make things up, and i'm not going to do that. >> stone already named in at least one mueller indictment. he's not been charged, he is important to mueller, and that is developing, he has known trump a long time many the president clearly thinks he has a lot t

let's go "out front." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. anything for a pardon. ro

let's go "out front." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. anything for a pardon. roger stone speaking out today lay iing the flattery on thick. hoping that president trump is listening. >> i pray that he runs for reelection. i believe that he can be reelected if the next two years are anything like the last two years and i will be proud to stand with the president through thick and thin. thank you and god bless you. >> this after the president praised the guts and standing up for him in a tweet. robert mueller is investigating the efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. the special counsel has spoken to several associates, but hasn't spoken to stone himself. today stone was publicly defiant, even as he made it clear he knows the walls are closing in. >> mr. mueller and his strike force have examined every aspect of my life. x my personal life, my family life, my social life, my business life, my political life, my sex life, fbi agents have been seen rummaging through my garbage, my cleaning lady was interviewed by the federal bureau of investigation. >> stone i

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, breaking news. roger stone pleading the fifth. this has bob mueller is about to drop a major court filing about michael flynn any moment. >>> plus, the dow dropping 800 points today. is trump to blame for this plunge? >>> and more evidence tonight of possible voter fraud in north carolina. you've got to see this to believe it. and we actually went to talk to these people. some of them say they were completely duped into filling out absentee ballots. our drew griffin investigates. let's go outfront. good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront this evening, the breaking news. roger stone pleading the fifth. the president's long-time confidant, roger stone, tonight rejecting a request from the senate judiciary committee to testify and turn over documents. senator dianne feinstein, the top democrat on the committee, requesting the interview and information. that committee is still conducting its investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. election. stone's snub coming just days after he insisted he had

good evening, everyone, i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. "outfront," buckle up, it looks like it's going to be a long ride. tonight lawmakers are no closer to ending the government shutdown. that has now lasted six days, despite a handful of lawmakers returning to washington today for the first time since the standoff began. both chambers gathering about 4:00 in the house, a brief disruption as one democratic lawmaker tried to purpose a short-term funding bill on the floor. right then and there, no border wall money included, but he was ignored. and within minutes then both chambers gaveling back out for the rest of the week. meanwhile at the white house, president trump lashing out, firing off a another of tweets, blaming democrats for the shutdown. even saying the following, quote, this isn't about the wall. this is only about the democrats not letting donald trump and the republicans have a win. are you confused? you are not alone. earlier, trump also tweeted this -- do the democrats relieds that most of the people not getting paid are d

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comnsel's secret, mueller's team shutting down an entire floor of a washington courthouse to secretly make the case for a very important client to testify in front of the grand jury. who is it? >>> this as the list of investigation grows again for trump tonight. >>> plus, breaking news, president trump naming an acting chief of staff, a surprise announcement days after the president was adamant he would not accept anyone as acting chief of staff. >>> and california's chief justice, lifelong republican, quits the republican party. was it because of trump? she's going to come "outfront." let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening, i'm

good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront this evening, the breaking news.ading the fifth. the president's long-time confidant, roger stone,

good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, mueller dropping a major bomb on trump in a new court filing and we've got a few of them here tonight. in a new filing, mueller says president trump's former attorney general, michael cohen, has, quote, gone to significant lengths to assist the special counsel's investigation. mueller goes on to say cohen helped in multiple, quote, significant respects. okay, so multiple significant respects and in this filing, we learned that there are multiple russia related issues that are core to the investigation. so, let me read to you mueller's words here to that effect. this is from page 6 of the seven-page filing. cohen provided the sco, the special counsel's office, with useful information concerning certain discrete russia related matters core to its investigation that he obtained by virtue of his regular contact with company executives during the campaign. matters, plural, core to the investigation. also, the time frame, something very, very important here, could be cha

good evening, i'm erin burnett.outfront" tonight, mueller dropping a major bomb on trump in a new court filing and we've got a few of them here tonight. in a new

if you hear white house advisers speak about it as peter navarro did last night to erin burnett, presidentknow about this arrest beforehand. >> the president was unaware of it going into that dinner as were all members of the team and, look, i think what's interesting to observe here is that the fact of the matter is, the reason why we're having such trouble with china and they do stuff like this all the time. they lie, they cheat, they steal, they force technology transfer. so on any given day, there have been actions taken against china over the course of the a administration. >> so look, in china, generally speaking at the upper echelons of got, there's a relation that generally in the u.s. there's a split between the judiciary and diplomatic activity. so the chinese might be willing to forgive this, perhaps, if donald trump really didn't know. but if the chinese determine that president trump knew about this going into the dinner with xi jinping and didn't disclose that, it could make these negotiations over trade that much harder. these negotiations were going to be brutally difficult

erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> trump lashing out as the words jail time and impeachment are swirling. a russian spy cooperating with prosecutors. what is she telling investigators tonight. >> job vacancy, trump humiliated and super pissed over his chief of staff opening. the job in washington seems no one wants. >>> anxious, super pissed and alone. president trump afraid of his political future as democrats are preparing to fake over the house. this coming after the president's former personal lawyer implicated him in two campaign finance felonies, which some democrats say are already grounds for impeachment. president trump tonight lashing out at michael cohen. saying the hush money payments to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal were find. democrats can't find a smoking gun, because there was no collusi collusion. now the dems go to a simple act, calling it campaign contribution. it's false. collusion is not related to the felony payments to mcdougal and daniels. these are two separate problems the president has. john brennan, now a trump critic, ridiculing the president

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> the president's new threat. warning he may shut down the entire southern border if he doesn't get his wall. this as he tries to shift the blame for the government shutdown. >>> help wanted. democrats are recruiting lawyer, lots of them as they gear up to investigate donald trump. >>> republicans raising new concerns about the russia investigation. well teal you what they are taking issue with tonight. >>> good evening. shut it down. this time i am not talk about the government. the president tonight threatening to shut down the entire southern border. all 48 points of entry. that is if he doesn't get the money he wants for his border wall. tweeting this, we will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall. in the shut down's 7th day this is the new wrinkle. more money or else. just how much money will the president settle for? 2 billion, 5 billion. more or less? the white house now unwilling to say. >> you give us any idea what the p

erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next, breaking news. the president in a big way tonight, holding the saudi crown prince personally accountable for the murder of jamal khashoggi. why is president trump covering for the saudi crown prince? >>> plus a white house under pressure. mueller's latest filing raising questions about trump's inner circle. >>> and the former president george h.w. bush returning home to texas for the last time this evening. that emotional homecoming about to begin this hour. let's go out front. >>> out front tonight, taking a stand against president trump. a bipartisan

erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next, breaking news. trump allies breaking with the president in a big way tonight, holding the saudi crown prince personally accountable for the murder of jamal khashoggi. why is president trump covering for the saudi crown prince? >>> plus a white house under pressure. mueller's latest filing raising questions about trump's inner circle. >>> and the former president george h.w. bush returning home to texas for the last time this evening. that emotional homecoming about to begin this hour. let's go out front. >>> out front tonight, taking a stand against president trump. a bipartisan resolution on capitol hill just announced moments ago. holding the saudi crown prince of saudi arabia personally accountable for among other things, quote, the abhorrent and unjustified killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. it is a stunning rebuke by president trump led by republican senators including marco rubio who tells cnn tonight, quote, there's no doubt the saudi crown pirince was involved in khashoggi's murder. and

he was on with erin burnett last night, and this was really interesting.said. >> david pecker had given the trump organization free reign to dictate the coverage, and of course, you know, cover up any unflattering stories about the candidate during the election. >> what struck me in that was his argument that pecker gave the trump organization, quote, free reign to dictate coverage. did you witness that at all? >> not in that situation, but in any situation where he was dealing with someone he wanted to have influence with -- >> pecker? >> yeah. he would open up the store. what can we do, what kind of photos? is there a reporter we have you would like to work with? anything to make it as easy as possibility because at the end of the day, he wants to cultivate the people and the people he's doing it for. >> you said you would not be surprised if ami had a, quote, safe on trump. a black box of other damaging information. why do you believe that? what kind of information? >> once again, considering the enquirer, not ami as a whole. the nature of the magazine

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> holiday surprise, the president makes his first trip to a combat zone visiting u.s. troops in iraq. >>> plus, the stock marketo roas back to life after the president may have sent it into a tail spin with a tweet. >>> and the man who taught the president to tweet is my guest. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone, i'm kate baldwin. president trump's surprise visit to iraq, his first visit to a combat zone since taking office nearly two years ago. the president and first lady arriving at al assad air base around 7:00 p.m. local time outside baghdad. the president spending three hours on the ground meeting with some of the 5,200 troops that are currently serving in iraq. he also met with the u.s. ambassador to iraq as well as commanders on the ground. asked if he was concerned about flying into a war zone, the president said, absolutely. >> i had concerns for the institution of the presidency, not for myself personally. i have concerns for the first lady, i will tell you. but if you would have seen what we had to go through with the da

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> holiday surprise, the president makes his first trip toing u.s. troops in iraq. >>> plus, the stock marketo roas back to life after the president may have sent it into a tail spin with a tweet. >>> and the man who taught the president to tweet is my guest. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone, i'm kate baldwin. president trump's surprise visit to iraq, his first visit to a combat zone since taking office nearly two years ago. the president and first lady arriving at al assad air base around 7:00 p.m. local tim

erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> trump lashing out as the words jail time and impeachmentrosecutors. what is she telling investigators tonight. >> job vacancy, trump humiliated and super pissed over his chief of staff opening. the

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> breaking news, a government shutdown hours away. the big question for the president tonight, apparently is when his wall is no longer a wall. now apparently it's a steel slat barrier and it's a different thing. plus breaking news, new details on trump angry at his acting attorney general. why? and wait until the president hear what is mick mulvaney said about his wall or his steel slat barrier. let's go outfront. good evening. the breaking news, hours away from shutdown, the outcome is hanging on the wall. president trump trying to get his wall by calling it something else. here's the tweet. a design of our steel slat barrier, which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful. obviously look at that, trump's image zooming in on the razor sharp spikes, effective because they impale? beautiful because -- well. it could be lethal. but it's not a wall. it's a steel slat barrier, capital s, capital s, capital b and the president serious thinks democrats are dumb enough or desperate enough to vote for a steel slat barrier when t

drew, thanks for the excellent report >>> to our viewers, thanks for watching, erin burnett out frontconcessions to vladimir putin, saying he'll put all american troops out of syria, that's what putin has been begging for on the same day trump lifts sanctions on two major companies. plus, breaking news, bob mueller calling for the transcript of roger stone's congressional testimony. is mueller about to charge stone? and new evidence of how well trump knows campaign finance laws. does this prove that the president of the united states committed a felony? >>>ri

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> breaking news, a government shutdown hours away.r the president tonight, apparently is when his wall is no longer a wall. now apparently it's a steel slat barrier and it's a different thing. plus breaking news, new details on trump angry at his acting attorney general. why? and wait until the president hear what is mick mulvaney said about his wall or his steel slat barrier. let's go outfront. good evening. the breaking news, hours away

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> the president's new threat.e entire southern border if he doesn't get his wall. this as he tries to shift the blame for the government shutdown. >>> help wanted. democrats are recruiting lawyer, lots of them as they gear up to investigate donald trump. >>> republicans raising new concerns about the russia investigation. well teal you what they are taking issue with tonight. >>> good evening. shut it

i'm erin burnett.outfront" tonight, the breaking news, criminal investigation, president donald trump's 2017 inaugural committee is now under criminal investigation by dpral federal prosecutors in new york and again, the source of damaging information is michael cohen. according to the "wall street journal," the investigation linked to materials seized from the investigation into cohen and tonight the president is desperately trying to run away from his decade-long, more than decade-long fixer. here's white house spokesperson sarah sanders just moments ago. >> the biggest thing the president did in his engagement in the inauguration was to come here and raise his hand and take the oath of office. >> sanders' attempts to keep the president away from cohen's damning tapes, e-mails and other evidence coming hours after the president himself tried to say that anything illegal his fixer did has nothing to do with the boss. >> i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did, he did on his own. >>