i said oh, yeah, it looks like sam patten just had a guilty plea. remember. maybe he is at a different level, but he is someone close to constantine kilimnik who was a big fish, a russian oligarch in all of this. he is the type of person who could have been on the radar. like any lawyer, any defense lawyer, and the president has a team of them beyond just rudy giuliani, they try to know as much as they can. they do really try and do their due diligence. the lawyers who go in, they have a joint defense agreement, do debrief the president. they definitely will be aware of how many things they don't know. >> joyce vance, we've been hearing over and over again from the president's team that it's time to wrap it up. the president said that several months ago to my colleague, andrea mitchell. what based on your knowledge as a former prosecutor do you sort of deduce about the stage of this investigation? does it appear to be anywhere close to wrapping up? >> well, every criminal target of an investigation wants prosecutors to wrap it up before they have ti

sam patten was an eagle with paul manafort -- an equal with paul manafort.hery: could this push paul manafort to cooperate with the mueller investigation? >> it could. sam patten is not pleading guilty to the special counsel investigation of russian interference, he is pleading guilty to the justice department national security, several prosecutors. the fact he could support the government's case against the other man and is corporate in may be annexed or factor that team paul manafort is weighing before the second trial. shery: they had a conviction in virginia and 10 counts there was no agreement on. could we see a retrial? >> an interesting point, it was quiet this week with a deadline coming for the special counsel robert mueller to decide whether to retry paul manafort on those 10 counts. they asked a judge for more time and got an agreement from defense counsel to waive the deadline. possibility both sides may be thinking about paul manafort cutting a deal. no evidence but circumstantial evidence the fact that paul manafort's team and robert mueller's

that's part of patten's cooperation agreement. we can expect for him to talk to mueller as well as prosecutors federal prosecutors in d.c. they are a part of it. >> you have written on this topic. these names may not be new to you. what do you make of the news and the development. and the idea the inaugural committee donating getting tickets in exchange. what do you make of that? >> we know federal prosecutors have been interested in contributions to the committee. and mother jones who reported on six figure donations that came in from the cousin of a russian oligarch. who runs his business. he's an american. he's not a russian. that too is very suspicious. so it's interesting that finally some of this is turning into legal matters. criminal prosecution. the other big thing here that tom didn't mention is that in this plea deal, of sam patten. admitted to lying to congress. he came before the senate intelligence committee. and gave testimony privately. and he lied about what he was doing in terms of representing ukraine in the str

sam patten today convicted. twelve russian spies chargedp 13 russian nationals charged. rick gates convicted. a couple of other small fries for lying to the fbi. and again, i think bill is right. at the peak of that attack on the justice department, had mueller started tripping and falling, and frankly had they lost the manafort case, we'd be in a different position. but so far they are batting 1,000 and that's pretty good. >> so to that effect, francesca, what are you hearing in terms of the white house's sentiments with the president's approach, trump's approach. is this attack -- we've heard this from rudy giuliani, he's wanted to make this a public argument against the credibility of the mueller investigation. you can't look at it and think it's working when you have 3% of americans m's on this pole support the mueller probe. >> the white house has been letting him do the talking. we didn't have a white house broefg although the president has addressed reporters and taken questions in different settings. the white house distancing themselves from the mueller probe an

patten's, i guess, dossier here, if we want to call it that. the senate intel committee put out an interesting statement that only raised more questions. here it is. we can confirm that mr. patten produced documents to the committee and was interviewed by committee staff. due to concerns about certain statements made by mr. patten, the committee made a criminal referral to the department of justice. while the charge and resultant plea do not appear to directly involve our referral, we appreciate their review of this matter. okay. >> that's pretty interesting. >> that's very interesting. >> you would think it would have been about the foreign lobbying but apparently that's not what it was. this guy was in business with a man named konstantin kilimnick who had ongoing ties to russian intelligence. all these figures appear to be linked. the question we don't know the answer to, was this all a conspiracy to funnel russian help to the trump campaign? >> but i also want to go back, this is the first known criminal referral from the senate intel commi

police say patten rammed some of the cars he burglarized including a police car with officers inside. he has been in jail since last november. now the sf chronicle reports patten agreed to plead guilty to most of the charges next week and a judge is expected to put him on probation and release him next friday. meantime the d.a.'s office said reports of car break-ins through june are down 20% from this time last year. it's believed to be due to increased media attention and more signs warning people to leave nothing in their cars. >>> we all know someone with a nightmare dmv story to tell, but you may not know about a secret dmv office, one that is just for lawmakers. we've learned the dmv office located inside the legislative office building in sacramento is not open to the public. it's also unmarked with a locked door. this revelation comes just two days after a request for an official dmv audit was denied. >> i've been here six years and i'm not surprised that legislators have given themselves special privileges and perks that typical californians just don't get. >> the dmv insists

it is known that samuel patten at one point was the boss of a man nawho is a co-defendant wit manafort in the trial coming up in washington. me and manafort are accused of witness tampering, trying to influence people who might testify in the trial with manafort. there is no allegation that what patten was doing in this work involved him, but there is a connection. these people sort of all knew each other. there is the development here. not a huge thing as these things go. interesting, incremental movement, you might say. >> pete williams from our washington bureau. thank you. >>> this morning, we are honoring the lives of two iconic americans. one, a pioneer in the world of music. the other, a driving force in american politics for generations. coming up, much more on the lives of aretha franklin and john mccain. live, next. live, next crest 3d white removes... ...95% of surface stains in just 3 days... ...for a whiter smile... that will win them over. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. >>> we're back. as you take a look at live pictures out of detroit, where luminaries, music

so this is samuel patten. he was right here in washington, d.c. he was a lobbyist, and he pleaded guilty essentially to acting as an unregistered foreign lobbyist. he also lied to the senate intelligence committee. one of the other things that he admitted to was that he used a third party to essentially funnel money from a ukrainian oligarch and use that money to buy tickets to donald trump's presidential inauguration. now, foreigners are not supposed to be allowed to use money and pour that into inaugural committees, but this man, samuel patten, helped this ukrainian oligarch do so as part of his work. and it is interesting because as part of, you know, his statement of defense and part of this plea agreement he signed, he agreed to cooperate including with special counsel mueller's team. mueller team did not strike this deal. it was other prosecutors. but as you pointed out, all these prosecutors do tend to work together. rudy giuliani was asked about this plea deal today. he took a pretty dim view of it saying, they're really nothing to see her

on patten has been charged friday with failing to register in the u.s.s a foreign agent for his work lobbying on behalf of a ukrainian political party. we are now hearing that he caused foreign money to be paid to the inaugural committee here in the u.s. we will get you more updates as we get them on this developing story. for now, let's get a quick check of the major averages. we are seeing u.s. stocks a little mixed at the moment with the dow falling 3/10 of 1%. the s&p 500 is also losing ground. the downhe fact that days for u.s. markets, we have seen a very strong august, which could be the best august since 2014. tech stocks gaining ground at the moment. deadline whenrade it comes to the nafta negotiations between the u.s. and canada. energy and financials are leading the losses on the s&p 500. take a look at auto stocks. they are underperforming the broader market. ford, which is her this morning, they are canceling their imports of suvs from china, given the tariffs imposed on chinese goods. the 25% and the trade tensions ongoing between the two s

. >> what is the patten for this program? in san francisco we have different ethnic groups. do they have bilingual people in different languages? >> that's a great question. right now services are provided in english and spanish. i.o.a.cesp program looks to engage diverse communities within san francisco to get individuals to come in that speak multiple languages. there's active involvement when they're out doing their training education and their promotion to seek out bilingual individuals to help with the program. at times, we're able to get more people. there's a low. they did have chinese-speaking capacity with some of the volunteers later in the last fiscal year. those people have since moved on and now they're actively looking to recruit more volunteers from the chinese community. >> we have a large asian population in the city. i thought, you know, maybe with all the staff at least they could be actively recruiting bilingual-asian and volunteers just are volunteers. >> correct, yes, my understanding is they are actively pursuing that and it's part of the interview pro

and soon is giving that same thought process patten with a manual came with those folks still back in arkansas that would say to themselves . but i'm ok with asking for permission. are you ok with them i'm not going to judge somebody that's not the same place in life that i'm not some yeah you made jeremy go no i think they're dumb don't in the wake up and i looked him in the head with a loaf of bread you know. everybody's on their own journey all i can do is plant seeds and hope that a beautiful flower grows i'm not responsible for the flower. so much just changed since i was president of the united states. i learned some of those students. very dark and bunnies. and a blank and to chat for a minute. then we chat a little bit. now your friend can wait we're after stock serious business this is a serious business there is nothing serious when a man is dressed like that. yeah i'm rambling can we have to chat it was or lose your other friend reports of one thousand century stocker are currently rolling in . oh no there were no windows up the new president took my office at the white hou

patten,ciate, sam charged with this. let's check in with the first word news. here is kailey leinz. iley: according to a toronto newspaper, negotiations hit a roadblock last night. canada has offered concessions in an attempt to maintain independent trade mechanisms but robert lighthizer will not go for it. erdogan erdogan is sounding defiant about the u.s. and president trump. he said no one can make turkey neal with dollars or succumb to economic pressure. president trump said everyone let him down by not releasing an american pastor being held in turkey on terrorism related charges. president trump said the iranian regime may collapse because of policies. when he took office, it was a question of when it would take over the middle east. now it is a question of whether the regime will survive. president trump pulled the u.s. out of the nuclear agreement and reimposed economic sanctions. the president says democrats should not try to impeach somebody who is doing a great job. strong economy, his performance on foreign policy and the danger of setting a precedent of making it too ea

. >> we heard from katrina pearson and lynn patten and they said she did this to -- it is plausible.o you think? >> anything is plausible when you talk about omarosa and donald trump. i don't have to have a deep faith in omarosa to believe he could be using the "n" word. a efrbg he's done, his base has said and done is consistent with using the "n" word and if he doesn't then he treats people like the "n" word. i'm serious, man. i would not be surprised. >> don, are we surprised -- are we surprised we're having this conversation? >> yes and no. this is my question and you can -- this is sort of where you're going. sarah sanders said she cannot guarantee we won't hear president trump saying the "n" word on a tape. what reality are we living in? >> alternate reality. i can't imagine saying can you guarantee me if i say this to the world that i am not saying something that is factually inaccurate? and to be able to have a seufpbuation where there's the case is unfortunate. and the highlight on the media saying the use of the medium the media is using is what is furthering this narrative

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sydney at twenty one woman still of course in brisbane and about seventeen mark in steady weather patten in perth so the bites breeding them but it's not throwing that rain far enough in one i'm afraid is catching the edge of new south wales in tasmania that across the tasman sea towards new zealand. clearly piling in that looks five the time being and that's certainly reflected for thursday's forecast but the rain coming into the western coast of south sound fine in the north but the day after such as leading up to the weekend it's a chance i get a bit of rain virtue wherever you are certainly a cloudy a picture though by no means soaking wet which has been the story in japan forecasts wise the rain has just gone north of honshu it's not left you completely dried to be out as this is humid and pretty warm with the potential of heavy rain still hawk-eye there things improve greatly from the point of view of rain on friday and it cools down a bit. tensions are high. little has changed and new village officials are struggling to demonstrate goodwill. among. comrades who sacrificed his life

he is samuel patten, the washington lobbyist with busy ties to a russian national who himself was a closeof failing to register as a foreign agent, and he admitted to making false statements, obstructing the u.s. senate intelligence committee and causing foreign money to flow into the trump inaugural committee. what he's got to offer the special counsel remains to be seen. what he represents, though, is clear. another reminder on top

former trump organization employee lynn patten and spokeswoman katrina pearson where pearson said shenew he used the word. omarosa's allegations coming with wide-spread denials from people quoted in her book. >> that is absolutely not true. i have no sources with that tape. she was the only one that brought this tape up. people that i've checked with who she mentioned have no idea what she's talking about. >> while defending himself against omarosa's attacks, president trump apparently confirming white house staffers are asked to sign non-disclosure agreements. omarosa claims the trump re-election campaign offered her a $15,000 a month job in exchange for signing an nda where she would have to promise and agree to not demean or disparage the administration and trump family members. >> i never signed that draconian nda they presented to me when i walked into the white house. >> reporter: am rosa coming under fire for secretly recording a conversation with chief of staff john kelly in the white house situation room and a phone call she had with president trump after she was fired. >> om

also today, washinobbyist samuel patten pleaded guilty tof illegal lobbyi a ukrainian group. it included steering money to the trump inaugural committee. in eastern ukraine, the leader of russian-backed sepatists died today in a cafe explosion. russia accused ukraine of assassinating alexander zakharchenko to destabilize the region. kiev denied it. b zakharchenkoecame head of the so-called "donetskeople's republic" in 2014 after rebels overtrew a regional governmen loyal to ukraine.ed the untates has formally ended support for the u.n.en that helps palestinian refugees. the state department today called the program "irredeebly flawed." u.s. contributions make up 30% t-of the u.n. agency's bud nearly $300 million. rebels in northwestern syria blew up bridges today, hoping to slow a government offensive that appears imminent. war monitors reported bridges in idlib province were destroyed after rebels spotted government troops moving. avanwhile, russia's foreign minister, sergeiv, said moscow backs syria's right to attack an al qaeda-linked grp that controls much of idlib. >> (

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a couple of weeks later, i had another chris patten gully scan, —— i had another great scone.into labour naturally, they would leave me to try to deliver him. gosh. at 36 and two days pregnant, i was admitted to the antenatal ward with hypertension and i stayed in the 24 hours, but i was in and out of hospital having monitoring after that because my blood pressure was going up, i must trust, awful, and when i went in, i asked if i could have the c—section brought forward andi have the c—section brought forward and i was given no end of excuses as to why they would not do that.” will bring rebecca from birthrights and anna and balvida, consultant obstetrician. that kind of story is horrific, isn't it? it is. sadly, not the first time i have heard a story like robyn's and it is never 0k story like robyn's and it is never ok but it is a story about a breakdown in trust in her first birth and then having to fight and jumped down bleep through hoops continually in pregnancy and not being listened to —— and jump through hoops. tell our audience exactly what the guidelines say so eve