mr. papadopoulos a month in jail but he cut in it half because he was impressed by papadopoulos' remorse over what he had done. so george papadopoulos impressed the judge with his remorse. he will doll 14 days in jail plus a year of supervised release, plus 200 hours of community service plus a fine of $9,500. that sentence led to these ecstatic tweets from george's mom. kiki papadopoulos. it is amazing the number of people i've learned about who i would never otherwise encounter because of the criminal cases involving people close to the president and his campaign. mrs. papadopoulos said there had today after the sentence "just left courthouse. amazing judge. judge gave george two weeks of jail time! amazing. god bless america." a few minutes later, judge moss is a fair and good man. everything went amazing. he is great. like tony the tiger. grreat. so george papadopoulos will go to jail for a very short stint. a dude holding a team putin sign outside the courthouse did throw an orange jump suit at him which landed on him outside the courthouse. his lawyers told the judge today in the c

mr. papadopoulos a month in jail but he cut in it half because he was impressed by papadopoulos's remorse over what he had done. so george papadopoulos impressed the judge with his remorse. he will do 14 days in jail, plus a year of supervised release, plus 200 hours of community service, plus a fine of $9,500. that sentence led to these ecstatic tweets from george's mom. kiki papadopoulos. it is amazing the number of people i've learned about who i would never otherwise encounter because of the criminal cases involving people close to the president in the campaign. she said this. just left courthouse. amazing judge. judge gave george two weeks of jail time. amazing. god bless america. a few minutes later, judge moss is a fair and good man. everything went amazing. he is great. like tony the tiger. great. so george papadopoulos will go to jail for a very short stint. a dude holding a team putin sign outside the courthouse did throw an orange jump suit at him which landed on him outside the courthouse. his lawyers told the judge today in the courthouse that george papadopoulos's lack of co

mr. papadopoulos's appropriatings. >> i have a feeling this is going to not going to bode well for the sessionsmp relationship, the new claim of papadopoulos. but let me move to another plea deal we learned of yesterday in the mueller probe, this time involving washington lobbyist sam patton who apparently paid $50,000 for tickets to trump's inauguration on behalf of a prominent ukrainian oligarch. this is important because it's the first time the justice department has publicly charged a person for helping a foreigner secretly funnel money into a trump political even. carrie, how significant is this. >> ana, i actually think this is a significant development. it's in the contours of a very limited plea agreement between mr. patton and the government. so he was only charged and pled guilty to one count of violation of the foreign agent's registration act. what's interesting is in his plea documents there is another appraise labeled other conduct. and that other conduct, which was not charged, pertains to his facilitating the payment from a -- the foreign person threw a strawman, a u.s. person w

when mr papadopoulos was questioned by officers investigating alleged collusion between russia and theduals with ties to russia before he worked for the president. in fact, he had met them after that point and it's this lie, which he pleaded guilty to, which has led to his sentence of 1a days injail. 0utside court, mr papadopoulos‘ lawyer said his client had acted stupidly by following the president's line on the russia investigation. he was tweeting seven days before george was interviewed, and he's the president of the united states, that based on all of his information, i would assume, that this was a witch—hunt and that it was fake news that russia had meddled in the election. donald trump has always denied ever seeking help from the kremlin to win the election, and his reaction to the sentencing was typically bluff, complaining about the cost. but this investigation is worrying the white house. no evidence of russian collision has so far been revealed, but several people close to the president have been found guilty of various other crimes. john mcmanus, bbc news. now with the lat

mr. papadopoulos is an admitted liar and a convicted liar.st sessions and trump will rest on shoulders of george papadopoulos. i would agree they are trying to make him more important than he is for purposes of the sentencing. remember there is somebody who was in the room at the time of that meeting who says sessions did push back. so i don't think this is going to be a big hinge in going forward in the mueller investigation. >> okay. let's get to the other developing story on the front page of the "new york times." this is fbi/doj working to try to flip russian oligarchs. again, allegedly very close to the power structure there in russia. the follow-on question, julia, is why would they want to flip? if they were able to flip, would this lead then to information that might have been vrelevant o the question of working with russians in the trump campaign? >> well, the answer appears to be yes. that is to say, that is what the fbi may have been looking for in their outreach to oligarchs, including mr. darapeska about a range of topics, includ

mr. papadopoulos -- >> pardon me? >> is mr. papadopoulos believed now there was collusion by the trump campaign? >> that's a word thrown around. i'm saying that i think all fair minded people who listen to the facts in the case would conclude that russia meddled in the election. i thought even president trump had come around to this. >> did mr. papadopoulos know anybody in the campaign that had dirt on hillary clinton while the campaign was going on? >> he does recall doing that and if he does he does not recall who it would be what he told it to. that was not his primary interest. his primary interest was to do what he thought the campaign wanted him to do which was put russian officials together with the united states officials to work on some better relationship with russia. >> when was the last time you talked to joseph -- >> sorry. when's the last time he -- >> talked to -- >> hold on. let me try to think. you know, i don't know the answer to that. i know that he spoke to him i think it was on april 24th but i do not know i

as we discovered, wherever george papadopoulos goes, international intrigue follows. >> mr. president, what's your reaction to george papadopoulos's guilty plea? >> thank you very much. >> your reaction to the guilty plea, mr. president? >> so president trump in a tweet after you were arrested he said, "few people knew the young low-level volunteer named george who has already proven to be a liar." is that a fair assessment of your role in the campaign, low-level volunteer? >> it's all relative. i was certainly not a campaign chairman. i was certainly not steve bannon or michael flynn. but i also wasn't serving coffee and i also don't think the campaign would have invited me to speak at the rnc the way they did if they viewed me as a coffee boy. >> you spoke at the convention? >> yes. >> well, not exactly. papadopoulos spoke at an event in cleveland that occurred during the republican national convention. albeit it was alongside heavyweights like senator bob corker. still, resume padding is part of the papadopoulos m.o. especially after trump announced him as a foreign policy

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mr. papadopoulos' belief that he was in over his head.k at this as a piece of a larger picture, you see some of these threads that we've looked at throughout the campaign, the transition, about who some of the people were who were advising the president and whether, you know, what their political experience was, not just in the energy sector but in terms of politics and how that affected both the guidance the president was getting and who he was surrounding himself with. >> okay, but margaret, i have to ask you quickly, there's a new "washington post" poll that says 60% of people polled do not think sessions should be fired. notably, 47% of those are republicans. >> well, and i think that is why you see congressional republicans having urged the president so consistently in recent weeks. look, we know you have the power to do this, please don't do this until after the elections. republicans don't want this to shake the confidence of voters who might vote to put them back in office. it could affect control of either chamber of congress. >>

mr. papadopoulos attended but i have no clear recollection of details he said at that meeting.er reading his account and to the best of my recollection, i believe i want to make clear to him he was not authorized to represent the campaign with the russian government or any other foreign government, for that matter. >> he's saying that he wanted -- he remembers, or at least he's claiming he remembers telling you don't do it. that doesn't square with what you remember? >> what i remember was the senator at the time was enthusiastic. >> how did he convey that enthusiasm? >> as far as i remember, this is a meeting that occurred two years ago, this is a good idea. >> this is a meeting that is a good idea. he says he testified before congress he quote pushed back when you raised the possibility of a meeting with russia. that's not true, you're saying? >> i don't remember that. >> you don't remember him pushing back? >> no. >> you remember him saying this was a good idea? >> i remember him being enthusiastic about a potential meeting between the candidate and president putin after i r

mr. papadopoulos.ed about -- it's reported in the paper that he said something about going to russia and dealing with the russians. and i pushed back and said you shouldn't do it. >> greg? >> yeah, i think we need to be very careful here to not overinterpret what we see in defense counsel's sentencing memorandum. as you mentioned at the outset, it is implied in the memorandum filed on behalf of mr. papadopoulos that the attorney general and the president may have had one reaction to his floating this idea. but there's no quote, there's no transcript, obviously. we simply can't tell exactly what happened in that meeting from this sentencing memorandum filed in an effort by papadopoulos' defense team to get a lighter sentence for him. it's simply not clear. >> then there is also this development. front page today on the "new york times," and the headline reading, u.s. agents tried to turn oligarch into an informer. they're alluding to one example, oleg deripaska, katie, also involved in this story, by th

mr. papadopoulos. nobody wants to spend even 14 days in jail. i do think it strikes an appropriate balance when you lie to the fbi as part of a federal investigation, you are now a convicted felon and you will spend two weeks in jail and you'll be on probation and any more missteps will land you back in jail. it is one baby step on the road to justice. >> and last question, about a minute left and the back and forth over whether or not there is an interview between the president and bob mueller's team continues. i was struck by something i read in axios this week, a source with direct knowledge of the trump legal team machinations said there is no strategy behind the p.r. attack on mueller and attempted to bruise him as much as possible. in effect saying that you have rudy giuliani colleagues trying to goad bob mueller into subpoenaing the president. is that happening here. >> robert mueller will not goad into anything and here is the picture and i think it is coming into full focus, the president will not sit down for a voluntary interview and

mr. papadopoulos. if every one else remembers it the way papadopoulos does, so be it.ust on what we know public lip sitting here right now, it doesn't strike me as a good purge perjury case. >> very good point.doesn't stri perjury case. >> very good point.sitting here doesn't strike me as a good perjury case. >> very good point. whether trump will sit down with mueller or not, at what point does mueller run out of patience and realize this is just a stalling tactic, if he thinks it is, and ends up subpoenaing is president? what would you be doing? >> i think the mueller team has long ago, many, many months ago realized you can't rely on what mr. rudy giuliani says and it's a stalling tactic. does the mueller team absolutely have to talk to the president? they'd like to. it would be nice, but they don't have to. often in federal criminal cases we don't get to talk to the target. maybe he's overseas or maybe she just doesn't want to talk to us. that happens. the question is can you conclude the investigation without talking to the the president and the answer is absolute

. >> gorge papadopoulos -- george papadopoulos, you may remember seeing him with mr. ump and now attorney general jeff sessions at a campaign meeting in 2016. papadopoulos says sessions was enthusiastic about his offer to set up a meeting between mr. trump and vladimir putin. >> on friday, mr. trump says he doesn't know mr. papadopoulos. he says he has hindered the russian investigation more than his client ever did. let's listen. >> the problem i have with the fake news twitters that go out or tweets that go out is that he was tweeting seven days before george was interviewed that he's the president of the united states that based on all of his information, i would assume the information that he had that this was a witch hunt and that it was fake news that russia had meddled in the election. well, i think we're all somewhat satisfied at this point in time at least that we know russia meddled with the election. there is no doubt about it. >> papadopoulos had plenty more to say. >> like this when our colleague jake tapper asked him, who he told in the campaign about sup

mr. papadopoulos who gave a wrong time frame for some of his conversations with people and wound up being, the collusion between the fbi and the doj and possibly even the cia over the trump dossier and christopher steele, the author of that dossier and fusion gps funded by the hillary campaign. that collusion story continues to get fleshed out more. and some of it came from bruce ohr's testimony. but he, the husband of a woman who worked for fusion gps was the one spreading the dossier even before the fisa warrants were issued by the fbi. the fbi knew about his relationship to chris steele. he was quite open about that before they issued the fisa warrant, something they should have put in the fisa warrants, no? >> yes. they left out a lot of information that should have been included. in fact since the entire thing was made up. there should never have been any fisa warrant applications to begin with. i think nellie ohr had a greater role in this than we know now. it wouldn't surprise me to find out she had as much a role in writing the steele dossier and mr. steele did. gps fusion was one

mr. papadopoulos.an blame the fbi and justice all he wants, but they didn't cause the russians to approach the trump campaign or to be well received by the trump campaign. the fbi and the department of justice didn't cause mr. manafort, flynn, or cohen to commit their crimes. the fault lies squarely with the trump campaign. >> president trump vented about the russia probe, james comey, andrew mccain and strzok and lisa page on twitter. do you believe this is an abuse of power by the president? >> it's one step in the abuse of power. this president has gotten nervous recently. all investigations begin on the periphe periphery. this has gotten very close. his only private attorney and national security adviser. his campaign chairman have all pled guilty. one implicated him. he has at least four top people close to him who are cooperating with the mueller investigation. the president's recent tale is really full of sound and fury signifying absolutely nothing, but creating a great risk for our country. th

mr. papadopoulos said just took place. so it puts attorney general sessions in some potential jeopardy.et another piece of the puzzle that, again, you look piece in a vacuum, what the hell does it mean? but when you have it laid out on the table and click themming to, this is yet something elsewhere we are left as citizens saying, my god, is it really possible. >> in the mean we have the president continuing to attack the investigation. this week he called it illegal in an interview with bloomberg. he went to rally, threatened to get involved. in the meantime look at the bigger picture. we have the investigation securing more than 191 criminal charges against 35 people and entities. six people have now pled guilty. one paul manafort was found guilty. on top of that four separate federal judges have upheld mueller's appointment and constitutional authority. randy, do innocent people try to shut down probe that is are securing convictions and guilty pleas if in the end they will not be convicted because they are completely innocent? >> that is an extraordinary question. because the flipsi

mr. papadopoulos sees it quite differently, saying sessions was very enthusiastic about the idea. >> enthusiasticery different. on the other key question, papadopoulos of course became a player to some degree because he got early word that russia apparently had hillary clinton's hacked e-mails here. he claims to you that he didn't tell anybody in the campaign, and you went after him multiple times to say no one. but then he reverted to that old iran-contra answer, right? you remember? i do not recall. as you were listening to him there, did you believe his denial that he told no one in the campaign? >> well, here are the facts as i see them. one, there is a guy named john mashburn. he worked on the trump campaign. he now works in the department of energy in the trump administration. and mashburn, according to "the new york times," testified before the senate judiciary committee earlier this year that he remembered an e-mail from papadopoulos that talked about how the russians said they had hillary clinton's e-mail. now, that said, there has been no evidence that anyone has been able to find that

mr. papadopoulos. we would love to talk with him as well on the senate intelligence side. one thing that's fairly clear, this is an ambitious guy who wants to be a player in the trump campaign. trump had chosen him as part of his foreign policy team. it just stretches i think most people's credibility that if papadopoulos had this knowledge and he wanted to try to further ingratiate himself with the campaign, he wouldn't have shared that with somebody on the campaign. >> so democrats floating that possibility out there. but they haven't called george papadopoulos. however, jim, papadopoulos hasn't been sent to serve those 14 days yet. he still out, awaiting when he'll actually go to prison. so it's possible maybe he could be called to capitol hill. >> he is available right now. >> exactly. >> justice correspondent, jessica snide e thank you very much. >>> let's get more on all this with democratic congressman, mike quigley of illinois, a member of the intelligence committee. congressman, thanks for joining us. the white house still wants to investigate this writer of the a

mr. papadopoulos is saying actually goes in the same direction that all the evidence has gone with the trumpllingness to do all they could to work with the russians, and so we have asked the republicans to bring back attorney general sessions, clear up his testimony, to bring in people like george papadopoulos rather than to just close these investigations. >> let me ask you this. in the past, since sessions has been attorney general, i've heard you say that sessions should no longer serve. when asked if sessions should step down, you've said yes. do you think that is still true? do you think he no longer should serve? >> i don't think he should serve any longer. i think he should resign for not being straightforward, and i get it. i hear all the time, we have to keep sessions there to protect bob mueller. i understand that argument. however, you can't keep somebody who has had ethical lapses there just to protect the personal you want there. we have to rely on the senate to only confirm someone that would keep the mueller investigation in place, so i don't like this, you know, enemy of my e

mr. papadopoulos and we would love to talk to him on the is in the intelligence side.s fairly clear, this is an ambitious guy who wants to be a player in the trump campaign. trump had chosen him as part of his foreign policy team. it just stretches, i think, most people's credibility that if papadopoulos had this knowledge and he wanted to try to further be involved with the campaign he wouldn't share that with somebody on the campaign. >> you don't know of any evidence proving that he did share it with anybody on the campaign? i will -- i believe and i will leave that to the mueller investigation. with all of the people who are now flipping on this president and i think starting to come clean, my hope, again, is mueller will move expeditiously on these matters. >> a trump administration official, sent a person spinning and kellyanne conway said the person upended washington and they are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda. the president is calling for this person's name to be revealed for the sake of national security. do you see this a nat

mr. george poppel papadopoulos was not up one of those elite guys and he was an easy target to set up becauset had this experience in the arena in the past. the set up narrative is very credible if you look at it. >> martha: i do want to ask you about what donald trump jr. had to say about the fallout at the white house. after this op-ed appeared from a disgruntled senior administrator official. he says the circle is getting very small of trust. watch this. >> i think there are people in there that he can trust, it's just a much smaller group than i would like it to be. >> who do you trust? >> i will keep that to myself. >> and they are not family? >> outside of family, i think that goes without saying. >> martha: what do you make of that? >> it sad that it comes to this. we have a duly elected president of the united states you are free to disagree with or not. he can't even get advice from an elite bunch of people out there because they don't trust anyone and this op-ed was just a cowardly, really despicable act. martha, i don't speak with forked tongue on this, i don't look for anyone's ap

papadopoulos said mr. sessions appeared to like the idea. the campaign should look into it. >> it's hard to know who to believe. there's credibility issues on both sides of that but papadopoulos is so shredded as a cooperator i wouldn't bank anything on him. clearly the mueller team has written him off. he started as a potentially promising cooperator but he's misstated so many things that have been disproven so i don't know who i'd bet with that. >> before you go, the "washington post" moments ago is reporting fbi deputy director andy mccabe, who has been fired, is now still under investigation, significance of that? >> it's significant, i wouldn't draw too many conclusions but the inspector general's report recommended a criminal investigation. if these reports are correct that would be what a criminal investigation is. >> for specifically? >> for lying to congressional investigators. mccabe it appears was behind a leak to the media about the fbi's involvement in the clinton foundation and appears to have denied he was the leaker to investi

sessions told congress under oath that he pushed back on the plan but papadopoulos says sessions was thenthusiastic and mrosed. >> he nodded at me and he was open to the idea. >> papadopoulos was convicted last year of lying to the fbi. the white house continues its search for the anonymous writer of the new york time op-ed slamming president trump. the president has asked to find the source and calling it >>> still ahead, the nfl season is officially here and some players continued to take a knee protesting racial and injustices. what colin kaepernick is saying of today's latest stance when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you ♪ yeah, because you're mine ♪ with chase atms serena can now grab cash on the go, all with the tap of her phone. ♪ stop the things you do no card? no problem. life, lived serena's way. chase, make more of what's yours. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ players, once again, took a knee >>> it is the first sunday of themzy÷ñ 2018 nfl football seas players took a knee during the anthem. the number were was two. you are looking at kenny stills kneeling. the gesture got the attention of colin kaepernick twee

papadopoulos one of mahler's main targets. while some in the room rebuffed george's offer mr trump nodded with approval the document came as a hopeful defense for papadopoulos who admitted to lying to the f.b.i. during the meddling investigation the picture papadopoulos as lawyers are painting though describes anything but a criminal with them saying that his motives were not sinister as the government suggests they say he was just trying to show loyalty to his master the lengthy document aside though trump's nod might help to revive the investigation which some say has become frustrating as hell i'm sure there will be people at the end of this who feel that we came to conclusion that they vehemently disagree with i know the trauma commits its integrity standpoint we've got to prove what we find and if you can't prove that then we can't make the claim oh that might be frustrating especially when just days ago other hopes for reviving the investigation were to railed as the probe into trump's lawyer michael cohen rages on cohen's attorney promised a bombshell of information baiting the mainstream media he told c.n.n. that cohen had i

papadopoulos one of mahler's main targets. while some in the room rebuffed george's offer mr trump nodded with approval the document came as a hopeful defense for papadopoulos who admitted to lying to the f.b.i. during the meddling investigation the picture papadopoulos his lawyers are painting though describes anything but a criminal with them saying that his motives were not sinister as the government suggests they say he was just trying to show loyalty to his master the lengthy document aside though trump's nod might help to revive the investigation which some say has become frustrating as hell i'm sure there will be people at the end of this who feel that we came to a conclusion that they vehemently disagree with i know the trauma committed to standpoint we've got to prove what would find and if you can't prove that then we can't make the claim oh that might be frustrating especially when just days ago other hopes for reviving the investigation were to railed at the probe into trump's lawyer michael cohen rages on cohen's attorney promised a bombshell of information baiting the mainstream media he told c.n.n. that cohen had info

papadopoulos one of mahler's main targets. while some in the room rebuffed george's offer mr trump nodded with approval the document came as a hopeful defense for papadopoulos who admitted to lying to the f.b.i. during that meddling investigation the picture papadopoulos as lawyers are painting though describes anything but a criminal with them saying that his motives were not sinister as the government suggests they say he was just trying to show loyalty to his master the lengthy document aside though trump's nod might help to revive the investigation which some say has become frustrating as hell i'm sure there will be people at the end of this who feel that we came to conclusion that they vehemently disagree with i know that commits integrity standpoint we've got to prove what would find and if you can't prove that then we can't make the claim oh that might be frustrating especially when just days ago other hopes for reviving the investigation were to rail as the probe into trump's lawyer michael cohen rages on cohen's attorney promised a bombshell of information baiting the mainstream media he told c.n.n. that cohen had informati

papadopoulos one of mahler's main targets. while some in the room rebuffed george's offer mr trump nodded with approval the document came as a hopeful defense for papadopoulos who admitted to lying to the f.b.i. during that meddling investigation the picture papadopoulos as lawyers are painting though describes anything but a criminal with them saying that his motives were not sinister as the government suggests they say he was just trying to show loyalty to his master the lengthy document aside though trump's nod might help to revive the investigation which some say has become frustrating as hell i'm sure there will be people at the end of this who feel that we came to a conclusion that they vehemently disagree with i know that from a commits its integrity standpoint we've got to prove what we find and if you can't prove then we can't make the claim oh that might be frustrating especially when just days ago other hopes for reviving the investigation were to rail as the probe into trump's lawyer michael cohen rages on cohen's attorney promised a bombshell of information baiting the mainstream media he told c.n.n. that cohen had info

in a new claim lawyers for papadopoulos said, mr. ith approval when papadopoulos said he could facilitate a meeting between the republican president and russian president vladimir putin. >> the lobbyist who admitted brokering access to president trump's inauguration for a pro-russian ukrainian oligarch is the latest catch by special counsel robert mueller's russian investigation. samuel patten faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty in fed wral court in washington friday. it marks the first time prosecutors have made a connection between a foreign interest appearing to buy influence in the new administration. patten once worked for former trump campaign chair paul manafort. he was convicted last month of multiple counts of bank fraud and tax evasion. >>> president trump is spending the holiday weekend at the white house with trade concerns likely on his mind. trade talks between the u.s. and canada hit a snag on friday after a canadian newspaper obtained off-the-record remark mrs. trump made to bloomberg new. that raise

papadopoulos says jeff sessions did support his proposal that mr.with vladimir putin during the campaign under oath before congress. sessions said that he pushed back on that idea. president trump blasting the russia probe, nothing new to that, he is stepping up his attacks to a new level as a new poll number suggests his words may not be working. our jeff zell my explains. >> reporter: president trump flashing a thumbs up but giving no answer today on why he's offering his favorite punching bag attorney general jeff sessions a bit of a reprieve, consumed with anger over the russia investigation the president berated, badgered and all but black listed the tomorrow. in an interview with bloomberg news he says session's job is safe, at least to the mid-term elections. after that, he wouldn't say. >> i'd like to have jeff sessions do his job. if he did, i'd be very happy. but the job entails two sides, not one side. >> reporter: yet that didn't stop the president from railing against the justice department last night in indiana of what he perceives as

sessions told congress under oath he pushed back on the plan, but papadopoulos says sessions was enthusiastic and that mrrump was not opposed. >> candidate trump at the time nodded at me. i don't think he was committed either way. he was open to the idea. >> papadopoulos was convicted last year of lying to the fbi. the latest accusations come as the white house continues its search for the anonymous writer of that "new york times" op-ed slamming president trump. the president has asked for a department of justice investigation to find the source. he calls it treason. >>> cbs's embattled ceo, les moonves is now. tonight the announcement comes after at least 12 women came forward the accuse moonves of sexual misconduct during his time at cbs. according to sources close to the settlement talk, how much severance he could receive depends on the outcomeñd+j of a independent investigation. the company announced tonight that moonves and cbs will donate $20 million to organizations that support the me too movement and women in the workplace. >>> well, it is the first sunday of the nfl season, and once again, two

now papadopoulos' team in court in this filing are saying, no, mr. dea and stated the campaign should look into it. why is that significant? >> i think what papadopoulos is trying to do here is to take some responsibility for what he has done. the judge never wants someone to sit there and say, you know, i'm -- i didn't do very much, it's not a big deal. he is saying, i was on trump -- team trump. that's why i lied. now i'm not. i'm taking responsibility for my actions. as part of that, i will tell you that when i raised this issue of a meeting, they were all over it, they were into it, they were smiling and nodding. i think that's his way of trying to gain credibility with the court to say, listen, i'm not under the thumb of trump and sessions anymore. i'm my own person and i regret what i did. >> what about roger stone's associates? two men tied to roger stone who we know is a close and has been an adviser to the president. one of them spoke to mueller's grand jury yesterday. one went into court this morning to talk to the grand jury today. and yet

from the former campaign adviser george papadopoulos and the attorney general of the united states jeff sessions. sessions said under oath that he had pushed back on mrg with vladimir putin but, again, according to pop papadopoulos, sessions seemed to support that idea. where does this leave the attorney general who is already facing a great deal of heat from his boss? >> well, i think the attorney general after the november elections may well become the sacrificial lamb thrown up by the trump administration in part because of trump's pan moanimos towards him. i'm sure that jeff sessions if forced will say mr. papa do sluss not recounting what happened. the problem is, is that we've known for some time that trump campaign officials like campaign managers encouraged the interactions with kremlin linked officials and they do so through august of 2016, which is more than four months after this was raids at the trump campaign meet pgtd so ing. so i think this statement by papadopoulos just reinforces the idea that all the way up to president trump they were authorizing exploratory talks which linked back to vladimir putin on the surface about a meeting b

campaign manager rick gates, and other campaign advisors, including george papadopoulos and michael flynn. earlier this month, mr. manafort pleaded guilty to, quote, conspiracy against the united states, unquote. mr. rosenstein has played an integral role in ensuring that the mueller investigation can continue without interference. unfortunately, this work in mr. rosenstein's long and distinguished service at the department of justice could come to an end if he is fired by the president. from day one, president trump has systematically worked to obstruct special counsel mueller's investigation into russia's attack on our nation. he's attempted to fire, to demand loyalty of, and to interfere with any official with oversight of this matter. just by way of example, this is a president who has fired the director of the f.b.i. and later admitted in a television interview that he had done so with the russia investigation in mind. this is a president who has repeatedly attacked the very attorney general that he nominated, suggesting that the department of justice should do his political bidding. this is a president who

mr. trump's recognition was prominent during the days that followed. the problem here is george papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. some would question his credibility. there are other people who are in that meeting who back up jeff sessions' version of events. we do know that obviously papadopoulos has been, as you said, described as a coffee boy. he was the first witness really to flip here in this investigation. so he is a very important witness as far as the robert mueller investigation. we will see whether the judge buys this explanation at this point. we expect that the prosecutors will push for a little jail time in return for papadopoulos's co cooperation. but also he is pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. >> thanks so much, evan. >>> c thpaul callan is joins me. why would george papadopoulos and his legal team put this information and this accusation in his sentencing memo? >> i think it's a great move by them as defense attorneys. they're trying to demonstrate to the mueller team that we are being totally cooperative, totally transparent. in fact, we may be handing yo

mr. sessions who appeared to like the idea and stated the campaign should look into it. now, after that meeting, papadopoulos's attorney told the court he was giddy of the approval. this court filing contradicts both what trump has said and jeff sessions told congress in sworn testimony last year. >> i have no clear recollection of the details of what he said at that meeting. after reading his account and to the best of my recollection, i believe that i wanted to make clear to him that he was not authorized to represent the campaign with the russian government or any other foreign government for that matter. i pushed back against his suggestion that i thought may have been improper. >> now, the justice department had no comment about this court filing in which papadopoulos is asking for leniency from the court for lying on the contacts with russia and, also, jim, democrats quiet, yet to hear from the top democrat and that's perhaps because democrats are concerned if they go too hard after sessions it could give the president pretext to fire him and install a loyalist to look after the mueller probe. jim? >> ye

papadopoulos attorneys on the meeting with putin saying while some in the room rebuffed george's offer, mrd with approval and deferred to mr. sessions who appeared to like the idea and stated that the campaign should look into it. it almost looks like they're trying to squeeze any juice they can out of this lemon to look like they were cooperating. >> i think that that's true and it's dangerous to take this sort of a statement at face value. it's really very vague and says it appeared to be and looked like this. that's not what federal prosecutors look for when they want cooperation. they're looking for evidence that can be backed up with hard proof that can be used to make additional cases. so that, i think, is the distinction between what we see with papadopoulos and what we may see in other cases where defendants have in fact cooperated with prosecutors. >> this is one of those instances where the trump administration any time anybody gets arrested or charged with anything, they throw them under the bus and say they weren't that influential. it might be george papadopoulos wasn't that i

the president noted the papadopoulos sentence today, tweeting, "no collusion, a great day for america." while traveling on air force one today, mr. trump said he's expecting a positive letter from kim jong-un in the next few days. it has been nearly three months since the north korean leader agreed to work toward getting rid of his nuclear weapons. e n tracy is in north korea for the country's 70th anniversary. ds reporter: thousands of north koreans have been seen practicing for this weekend's elaborate anniversary celebration. kim jong-un's regime is expected to stage a massive military parade on sunday. analysts will be watching to see if the north once again shows off the intercontinental ballistic missiles it claims are capable of hitting the united states. if it doesn't, it may be a sign kim is serious about denuclearization. owrth korea feels it has already shown goodwill by not testing any missiles this year. but since meeting with president trump at a summit in june, hardly any progress has been made in getting the north to hand over its nuclear weapons. it has not yet revealed how many it has or where they are. and wea