when donald trump initially hired manafort to write his campaign in 2016 that's what paul manafort specialized weakening other countries by installing popular lies corrupt russian profits who would do putin's bidding in the political leadership of other countries. that's what he was doing for a living. and then trump hired. him weird, why would we want that in america wedowee are kills set to bring to an american campaign. anyway, and ukraine's work on ukraine manafort's most famous client was ukrainian prime minister he got elected there a pro putin puppet name yanukovych, and a covid you might remember flight to moscow when ukrainians rose up and threw him out of office. and you might remember from segments here on this show that after ghana covid ship vlad ukrainian people started going in his various -- palaces that he had all over ukraine. and that's how they learn that him do had gold toilets. what is it with these guys, at least yanukovych had a toilet with weird gold lizard-y feet, and a gold flusher and yes a gold big day for the squirting. now nicola at a private zoo, in his case he

paul manafort. justice department is now suing him for millions of dollars. the reason may surprise you. stay with us. stay with us >> when donald trump ran for president in 2016, he hired as his campaign chairman this guy. paul manafort. it will never not be an absolutely crazy thing that our last president chose as his campaign chair a guy who had spent the past many years and ukraine working for a pro putin political party, and helping install a kremlin friendly autocrat as ukraine's president. the reason he was available to run donald trump's campaign was that the people of ukraine had finally risen up in a revolution, and that pro putin autocrat had split to russia. it sparked vladimir putin's invasion, an annexation of crimea, and everything that came after. we are also living through the historical consequences of this. what he got out of the years of working for the pro putin political party in ukraine, was money, lots and lots of money. in 2018, he was convicted of using secret foreign acco

when donald trump inexplicably hired manafort to run the campaign in 2016, that's what he specialized in. weakening other countries by installing compromised corrupt russian puppets who would do putin's bidding in the political leadership of other countries. that's what he was doing for a living. and then trump hired him. weird, how do you want that in america? what a weird scoop with an american campaign. with his work in ukraine, manafort's most famous client was the ukrainian prime minister who got elected there, a pro-putin puppet, you might remember, went to moscow when ukrainians rose up and threw him out of office. and you might remember, from here on the show, after yanukovch fled, they went into the houses and that's how they learned that he too had gold toilets. what is it with these guys? yanukovich had weird gold lizard seats and a gold flusher and a gold bidet, with the squirting zoo, and not a gold plated personal train car and he had a gold plated personal spanish galleum on his private lake and used as his own private vaunt. classy. and now it is victor medvedchuk, the

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this is just the latest in a long line of legal woes for manafort. back in 2019 you will recall he was sentenced to 47 months in prison on fraud and tax charges and released early in 2020 due to health concerns, because of the pandemic. trump later gave him a full pardon shortly before leaving office. >>> young children in the united states may soon finally be able to get some protection from covid-19. moderna has asked the fda to authorize its vaccine for children under the age of six. this comes after cases in that age group have spiked over the last few weeks in this recent covid surge. nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk has more on this long-awaited announcement. >> a year and a half after the first covid-19 vaccine for adults was authorized, moderna now says it has a version for childrens age six months to five years old that is safe and provides robust protection. >> when we look at effectiveness, we see excellent level of antibody in these children. >> the vaccine is two shots taken four weeks apart, 25% of the adult dose. the company says

if you take a look at the manafort complaint, there are striking similarities what we see in the laptopmind, in the laptop you actually have hunter biden saying let's avoid registering under farrah. that's the reason i'm talking about how this is not a sophisticated operation. it's very clunky. and he says we don't want to register but he has got all of these contacts that would be indictable and with paul manafort they were. the similarities are similar. including these contacts paying off debt. hunter biden was in debt. he was the type of person that foreign interest look for. he was an easy touch. and so they poured a lot of money into these accounts when he needed a lot of money. >> bret: last thing, quickly. is there political pressure, enough political pressure, do you think, that they will have to appoint a special counsel? >> well, this is where i don't understand what the attorney general is thinking in terms of his analysis. i'm not saying that the delaware u.s. attorney is not going to do an independent job or be aggressive. there is going to be lingering questions. this is t

. >> amazingly enough you had trump who is campaign chairman had been paul manafort who was literally the political impresario behind yanakovich who had been forced out in the revolution. that must have given you a lot of claws. >> i arrived after manafort had to resign so fortunately i didn't have to confront that issue directly. >> but it's the context for what happens next . let's flash forward. your memoir is not what happened in that almost prologue meeting in the spring of 2017 but it's the event that began on the notes to you in the summer of 2019. and then explodes in your world in the spring and that's the story you recount here although you have to go backwards because there's this impeachment that brings it all to the public view and your own view you learn a lot in the fall of 2019 and it causes you as with many things. crisis clarify, scandals clarified, they clarify so for you to feel like you write this story as a series of revelatory, shocking but also clarifying moments. so tell us what some of those moments were as they unfolded for you. what was the big time that yo

. >> amazingly enough you have trump whose campaign chairman who had been paul manafort had about the impressario and that would have given you pause, as ambassador. >> i arrived after manafort had to resign, and so, fortunately, i didn't have to, you know, confront that issue directly while i was ambassador. >> host: it was the context for what happens next. okay. >> let's flash forward, the reason you're here, the memoir is not what happened in that almost prologue meeting, you know, in the spring of 2017, but it's the events that began unnoticed to you following summer, summer of 2018 and then explode in your world in the spring of 2019. and that's a story that you recount here although it has to go backwards because there's this impeachment that brings it all to the public view and your own view, you learn a lot in the fall of 2019. and it really causes you, you know, as with many things, you know, crises, clarify, scandals, clarify, wars as we now see and they clarify and for you, i feel like you write this story as a series of revelatory, shocking, but also clarifying moments. s

but if you apply the paul manafort standard an indictment would be quite likely.t manafort was indicted for in failing to register as a foreign agent and what this laptop suggests about hunter biden, there is great overlap. in fact, at one point hunter biden says you don't want to register under fara, the foreign agents registration act. there will be great pressure on the department of justice to show they are applying consistent standards between cases like manafort and cases like biden. >> bill: nice to see you. thank you for coming back today. here in new york city violent crime showing no signs of slowing down. nypd says major crimes are up 44% compared to this time last year. the city's police commissioner is blaming bail reform. >> we need tangible changes with a balanced system that puts victims first. it must first and foremost favor the people it was designed to safeguard and protect. >> bill: the number of shootings victims in new york city is up more than 14% from a year ago. felony assaults 19%. robberies an astounding 47% in the big apple. >> while t

to corruption right and yet amazingly enough you had trump who's campaign chairman had been paul manafort who was literally the political in presario behind victor. yanakovich the pro russian leader who'd been forced out in that revolution and that must have given you as well a lot of pause, you know, it seemed almost incredible. i imagine as the ambassador. yeah. well i actually arrived after manafort had to resign and so fortunately i didn't have to, you know confront that issue directly while i was ambassador. yeah, but it's the context for then what happens next. so, okay. so let's flash forward. the reason we're here your memoir is not what happened in that almost prologue meeting, you know in the spring of 2017, but it's the event that began unbeknownst to you unfolding the following summer in the summer of 2018 and then explode in your world in the spring of 2019. and that's a story that you recount here. although it has to go backwards because there's this impeachment that brings it all to the public view. own view you learn a lot in in the fall of 2019 and it really causes you, y

housed it together not too fare' away and jim baker gives some advice at that point they had paul manafortorking for baker at the 76 convention and one reason or another he goes to meet trump but he is smarter than a lot of i characters becae he recognizes a lot of people go to meet with trump and then they spin t out they got an endorsemt that he didn't want to endorse thisis guy. they didn't like him, didn't want to endorse him so they brought in a memo saying here are the things now that you have this nomination to win the general election and they include things like reach out to thee middle, stop saying these crazy things and so forth. stop talking about an arms race. all these things politics would have been obvious but trump rejects all of it of course. that is the last time baker tried to advise him i think they may have had some communications. he did recommend rex tiller's and for secretary of state but that didn't work out so well either. >> the bottom line is he votes again in 2020 so a lot of the leaders ask about that and say i don't understand that. he's not an ideologue and

. >>> and the government is bringing a lawsuit against paul manafort. his attorney claims the lawsuit is simply ans attempt to embarrass his client. trump's former campaign chair was first investigated for financial crimes back in 2018 during the mueller probe and was convicted on m fraud and obstruction, though he was pardoned by former president trump in december 2020. he still does owe the government for those financial offenses. >>> and coming up, what dr. deborah birx says about her time at the white house and that infamous moment. you know which one. she joins me next.mo one she joins me next. — cut. liberty... are we married to mutual? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ (vo) verizon is going ultra! and now, you can too with the offer you just can't miss. for a limited time, get a 5g phone on us! (mom) delightful. (vo) with no trade-in required. (dad) i love it. (vo) what's not to love! verizon is going ultra, so you can get more. if rayna's thinking about retirement, she'll get some help from fidelity to envision

proceedings we've covered here over the years including lots of trump era favorites such as paul manafortnd steve bannon and the supreme court justices themselves at work. arthur lane started work as a court artist in 1976, an unparalleled talent in a very important part of public life, the only courtroom artist allow nad the first military tribunals at guantanamo bay, and in the early days of pandemic he adapted to virtual supreme court proceedings by getting lawyers to send photos of themselves making oral arguments and turned those photos into sketches. this sketch captures stephen breyer's last case as a supreme court justice and arthur lean is retiring, you have no idea how much we have depended on you all of these years. happy retirement, great respect. that's going to do it for us tonight. and i will see you again here monday. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> the cost of this fight is not cheap but keeping the aggression is more costly if we allow it to happen. russia is the aggressor, no if's, ands, or butt's about it, and russia is the aggressor and the world

at that point paul manafort was working for baker. for one reason or another baker goes and needs trump. baker recognizes people meet with john can and they didn't want to endorse this guy. him.t like they didn't want to endorse him so he brought in a two-page memo saying here the things that think he needs to do now that you have this nomination sewn up to win the general election date include things like reach out to the middle stop saying these things that are racist and sexist and stop talking about an arms race. normal politics would have been obvious. trump rejects all of them. and that was a waste -- last time baker tried. he did recommend rex tillerson for secretary of state.e >> the bottom line is he votes for trump and 2016 in votes for him again in 2020s so a lot of% ask about that. he'sot not an ideologue, he's a conservative. he was a democrat in texas so why is he so stuck on voting for donald trump and he told us in the thing about this as we started this book before trump came into office but a lot of interviewsn would

trump that point had hired manafort and he worked for baker in the 76 convention.er is smarter than a lot of characters as heot recognizes as soon as they leave ther trump people's's been out in aker did not want to endorse this guy. he didn't likell him. he didn't like him and didn't want to endorse him. he sent a memo saying here the things i think youhi need to do now that we see this nomination sewn up in the general election they included things like stop sayingng these things, stop talking about an arms race. all these things that normal politics would have been obvious. trump did all of that of course and that was the last time baker tried. it. he did recommend rexex tillerson but the bottom line is he votes for him in 2016 any votes for them again in 2020. this is a guy who's not an ideologue, he's a conservative and he wasn't even republican until the 40s. so why is he so stuck on a party they would vote for donald trump? the funny thingk about this a lt of their interviews to place on the scene in the interviews we did would inevitably be about trump. we

in other words, he was participating with manafort and trying to undercut the validity of the moral investigations. so even on this for a. longtime these checks bring home, and a very driven way, just how intertwined sean hannity with the white house. particularly in those final weeks, to be part of a. >> speaking of the fox host, look, there are other texts from fox hosts maria. cnn has one from never internet 2020 just before she interviewed trump. and it seems to start with some advice, quote, high, the public wants to know if you will fight this? they want to hear a path to victory. and he's in control. and then the tech seem seemingly to go on to feed the cost and she is going to ask trump. writing, you've said many times that this election is rigged, and the facts are on your side. let's start there, what are the facts? characterize what took place here. and here's our actual question to trump on the air later that's a morning. >> mister president, you've said many times of this election was rigged. that there was much fraud. and the facts are on your sides. let's start there. please go to t

republican plank at the convention in 2016, lethal aid to ukraine was removed in part because of paul manafort'sts and certainly he had deep connections to pro russian forces in ukraine, and time and time again, russia didn't need to use force or threaten the use of force because it was very apparent that trump was willing to do everything in his power to try and, you know, allow that to happen without conflict, so i don't buy that had he been reelected or in power that putin would not achieve what he wanted in ukraine. he would have walked in with little resistance because there would not have been pushback from the united states and donald trump. >> i wonder if you're vladimir putin and you're looking at the american landscape right now, and, you know, we're a couple of years away from another presidential election, one that is very much up in the air, are you taking that into consideration if you are vladimir putin, especially when you look at the way that nato has been unified over the past few months in the face of his invasion in ukraine. our intelligence suggests that he has been surprise

not quite be finished with paul manafort. but does it for us tonight, rachel will be here on monday, and i will see you sunday night at 8 pm on my show here on msnbc. next week back on peacock. now it is time for the last word. jonathan is in for lawrence tonight, good evening jonathan. good evening mehdi. the downside of this is that you're in the studio i think right next to me, so i don't think i'll get the chance to shake your hand. >> where are you? >> thanks a lot, mehdi have a good night. we are nearly six months out from the midterms, and somehow, the party downplaying the january 6th insurrection, defending overthrowing elections when they lose, and prosecuting an unrelenting culture war against kids in library books could possibly win control of congress. seems crazy, it's crazy to joe biden. cnn's reporting today that biden is gearing up for intense midterm campaigning. and is eager to unleash on the gop. and for that campaign, he wants democrats to return to the simple truth, one of his favorite catchphrases. don'

it also included paul manafort who was actively working at the time with a known russian intelligencerative. there are many more, but we don't have time to go into it. fast forward to today, there are odd relationships, we don't know exactly, there's some information out there, "newsweek" and others have covered, madison cawthorn's weird trip to russia. the russians, the only thing we need to know, they would like to turn us against one another, basically corrupt our politicians by using information they have against them, by using dirty money in our campaigns, another tactic they used in 2016 and 2018. what's really dangerous about it is this is a situation now where ukraine is fighting for democracy, but it's fighting for democracy not just for ukraine but for all of us. what's at stake is the international order. frankly, these members of congress are siding with a brutal dictator who is murdering women and children on live television. there's no excuse there should be no place for any of these members of congress to hide with that kind of rhetoric. >> evelyn, the domestic battles

the proceedings we've covered here over the years including lots of trump era favorites like paul manaforttarted work as a corn artist in 1976 he's an unparalleled talent and a very niche and important part of public life. he was the only quorum artist allowed into the first military tribunals at guantÁnamo. and the early days of the pandemic he adapted to virtual supreme court proceedings by getting lawyers to send him photos of themselves making their oral arguments. he then turn those photos into sketches. this sketch captures stephen breyer's last case as a supreme court justice. it's also art's final sketch for the supreme court because he is also retiring at the end of the supreme court term. he is retiring at the height of his powers, so art lien you have no idea how much we have dependent on you all these years. happy retirement, mr. lien. great respect. that's going to do it for us tonight many hassan is going to be here tomorrow night i will see you again here monday. now the last word with lawrence o'donnell.

including lots of trump era favorites like paul manafort and steve bannon the supreme court justices themselves at work. arthur lane started work as a corn artist in 1976 he's an unparalleled talent and a very niche and important part of public life. he was the only quorum artist allowed into the first military tribunals at guantÁnamo. and the early days of the pandemic he adapted to virtual supreme court proceedings by getting lawyers to send him photos of themselves making their oral arguments. he then turn those photos into sketches. this sketch captures stephen breyer's last case as a supreme court justice. it's also our's final sketch for the supreme court because he is also retiring at the end of the supreme court term. he is retiring at the height of his powers, so art lien you have no idea how much we have dependent on you all these years. happy retirement, mr. lien. great respect. that's going to do it for us tonight many hassan is going to be here tomorrow night i will see you again here monday. now seven last word with laura jean coming or it's. good evening rachel, this r

so trump at that point had paul manafort working for him matter for to work for baker at the 76 convention. one that leaves you another in baker goes and meet trump but baker's smarter than a lot of characters because he recognizes that a lot of people go into meet with trump as soon as they leave the trump people spin out that they got an endorsement and baker did not want to endorse this guy didn't like him. okay, he would eventually vote for him. we didn't like him. he didn't want to endorse him. so he brought in a two-page memo saying here are the things i think you need to do now that you seem to have this nomination sewn up. to win the general election and they include things like reached out to the middle, you know, stop saying these crazy things that look racist and sexist and so forth. stop talking about an arms race, you know, all these things that you would normally normal politics would have been obvious, but trump rejects all of it, of course, and that's you know, that was a really the last time baker tried to advise him. i think even though i think they may have had, you know

something that we have seen over and over in these cases, i remember the prosecution of paul manafort of enterprise from the court of public opinion. >> joyce vance, thank you so much. >> coming up, what's driving the day on wall street? andrew ross sorkin is here with business before the bell. "morning joe" is coming right back. when you join ihop's new rewards program, the international bank of pancakes, and start stacking pancoins toward free food, you get a smile on your plate. download the app and join the rewards program today. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire why do people who live with generalized myasthenia gravis want a new treatment option? because we want to be able to get up and get ready for work. because the animals need to be cared for, and we like taking care of them. because we want to go out to dinner with our friends. because, in family photos, we want to be able to smile. a ne