awaiting trial from jail, which is what happened to paul manafort.s is the kind of thing where, at the very least, i think the judge needs to be tightening up the bail restrictions, but also, you know what happened with roger stone, when he posted an image of the judge with cross-hairs to the right of her head, there was a hearing of what his intent was and what happened. after that, the judge made various conditions about his bail conditions. same thing happened with paul manafort. all of that can happen under new york law as well. i don't think it will change the trial date. you can be sure that donald trump will try that avenue. he'll try everything under the sun, because it's two weeks from day he goes to trial, but i think he's run out the string on that one. >> i was going to say if in fact that is construct under new york law, i would say judge merchan understands that, so make tighten restriction, further the gag order and detain him if he refuses to comply with the rule of law. either you do that or throw up your hands and admit we have a tw

some of the other authors published by skyhorse include ted cruz, paul manafort, chris hedges and julian lennon. what where did the name skyhorse come from? the name skyhorse came from an employee who worked at the company many, many years ago. i really liked the name. it doesn't really have much to do with the person that it that it came from, but i had started off thinking that i was going to going to call it pegasus books. and what i what i liked was the idea of something sort of soaring into the clouds, you know, something big some some big idea, some new way of publishing. and but at the time that that trademark was taken, you know, there's there's another publisher called pegasus books. so skyhorse seemed like a like a good alternative to that. and it's a name that i that i really like now, you know, totally separately from the from the history of where the idea of it came from. well, tony lyons, you started with lions press. does that still exist? yes. so my father started lions press in 1985. he was a professor of literature in new york. he he wrote, i believe, 26 books and liter

paul manafort could have broken open this entire russian investigation.he bodies were buried, he knew about the russian agent that he was dealing with and providing detailed information about various parts of the battleground states, in order to microtarget voters. he wound up clamming up, and low and behold, he was pardoned. so when walt nauta listens to donald trump, he sees a history of an individual that's covered a few people's backs. and this is all part of donald trump's pattern that he's been conducting since he got into office. >> there's something about all of this that feels very mauf yauso. >> very mafioso. it definitely is. it's like you have to pledge allegiance to the cappo, and everything is an idea, like the futile system of providing benefits to the futile people out there, the serfs so they do the work for you. they'll take care of destroying tapes so that the government doesn't get evidence of people moving boxes in and out. i mean, it's like he is the guy in charge, and what he says goes. and you have two people that are now defendant

you didn't hear him talk about paul manafort.anafort, steve bannon, those names did not tulable out of trump's mouth. he would invoke rona and hope dozens of times a day, often in the same breath. they were the people who had the most access to him. the one who is ran his life in different respects, one more administrative, one more in politics, but i think she will be a fascinating witness. she has -- she occuied and may still, but certainly then occupied an incredibly important place psychically for him and had access to things that even rona, who was more mechanically involved in where is he going, what is he doing, who does he have to answer to, hope is more at that nexus where politics, scandal, law, staff, internal politics were involved and came together in communications. she knows better than literally anybody. >> it seemed that the defense team spent a lot of time today trying to impugn david pecker's memory when it came to hope's presence in that meeting. >> memory and a not so subtle he's a liar that didn't colt out a

during deliberations of the paul manafort criminal trial. and that was listed as a form. that was one of the ten grounds of potential obstruction of justice in volume two of the mueller report, because why on god's green earth would the current president be weighing in about paul manafort and how wonderful he is at the moment of the jury deliberations in a criminal case. so he clearly has indicated his propensity to do this. his willingness to do this, a history of doing it and i do agree that the district attorney is correct to say that this is something we're hearing does need to happen on this as soon as possible. >> let me just press you a little bit. by saying people shouldn't be worried about making him a martyr, are you saying he should be imprisoned if he's viewed after he's had a chance to defend his conduct as violating the gag order. >> i do think that if the judge finds that this this is the notes first time. this is the th incidents of this. the judge short of prison, you couldn't say for some of the violations but we know incre

i'm not going to fire a paul manafort because of allegations of what he did in ukraine. in fact, i'm going to hire a felon. i'm going to run on pardoning people who have had due process as janet napolitano so rightly put out. he's become, really, much more brazen, but it's become a strategy. >> brazenness is such a good -- speaking of brazenness, he compared himself to nelson mandela in the last 24 hours. he said he was willing to go to jail. he's, of course, attacked judge mershon despite the gag order. how does this impact -- it seems like an obvious question, but how does this impact his case? >> nelson mandela is a step down from his comparison to jesus christ, but legally none of this is going anywhere. you know, that's the beauty of the american criminal justice system. it's 12 jurors, rules of evidence and the like, and these kinds of nonsense arguments go nowhere, and so that's why i suspect he'll be convicted and despite judge cannon's machinations of the stolen documents down in florida and it goes to trial, he's going to be convicted there certainly as well. >

paul manafort. his accountants that he worked with for decades. rick gates. trump doesn't want to join those ranks. just ask michael cohen. >> he could at the end of that line, he could end up in prison. based on your long years of service with him, how will he process that? >> very poorly. as i like to call them sometimes in my tweets, diaper donald will be filling up that diaper. because this is not something that donald is capable of either understanding or contending with. he, as you stated accurately, he believes he can control every situation. this is not a situation that he has any control over, and that's making him sick to his stomach. >> you think you will feel genuine fear? >> yes, i think right now he is beyond petrified. >> underneath the bravado isn't elderly man facing the possibility of the same fate so many of his associates. time behind bars. >> in the very same manhattan district attorney's office that is prosecuting trump. a former litigator, non-msnbc legal correspondence. and they join me now. let me start with you, lisa, and i'll move t

paul manafort, not cooperating, that was good.en cooperating or rick gates cooperating, that was bad. very unusual stance for someone who is in the government and leading the justice department to take. you are seeing something no different here, which is he thinks a judge is favorable to him. he is going to be commending her and saying, stick to your guns. if it's a judge who he disagrees with, he is going to use his megaphone to denigrate the person, sometimes in terms that are quite threatening and have been the subject of numerous gag orders at this point. i think that with respect to judge cannon, the idea that something the government did is sanctionable is really laughable. what jack smith did is said that we need a ruling. if we think it's wrong, we have a right to seek review in the court of appeals. that's the way the justice system works. there's nothing wrong with anything that anybody has done in terms of seeking to take advantage of the legal process. but i do think that judge cannon does owe a decision here and real

paul manafort is a convicted felon eventually pardoned by donald trump, now rumored to be in the running to be campaign advisor. an architect of the heinous policy and insurrection enthusiasts. he has plans to focus on quote antiwhite racism and would likely play a key role in a second trump white house. the guardian takes another look at a potential front-runner for something big. rick grinnell currently running a shadow foreign-policy campaign alarming experts. served as a rambunctious ambassador to germany and acting director of national intelligence. carved a niche as an -- articulated in chief to global maga affairs echoing his political masters voice. policy and arms-control specialist told the guardian there are many aspects to what he is doing. one is gripped. looking for business deals, particularly in serbia where trump has long-standing business interest income seems to be helping him pursue this. another is more sinister. grinnell is said to be building up a network of right-wing leaders to authoritarian access that trump might governed by ranging from putting to others. anti

michael cohen, paul manafort, alan weisselberg, his accountant he's worked with for decades, peter navarro, george papadopoulos, rick gates, trump doesn't want to join those ranks. just ask michael cohen. >> include at the end of that line potentially he's legally presumed innocent, he could end up in prison. based on your long years of service with him, how will he process that he'll >> very poorly. as i like to call him sometimes in my tweets, diaper donald will be filling up that diaper because he -- this is not something that donald is capable of either understanding or contending with. he, as you stated accurately, he believes he can control every situation. this is not a situation that he has any control over and that's making him sick to his stomach go >> you think he'll feel genuine fear? >> yes, i think right now he's beyond petrified >> underneath all the bravado is an elderly man who is genuinely facing the possibility of the same fate so many of his associates, time behind bars. catherine pearson spent over 30 years as prosecutor in the very same manhattan district attorney's o

napolitano, the brazenness that now he's openly saying there's no shame, i'm not going to fire paul manafortlegations about what he did in ukraine. i'm going to run on pardoning people who have had due process, as janet toledano put out, so he's become more brazen, but it's the same strategy. >> the brazenness is such, speaking of brazenness, he compared himself to nelson mandela. in the last 24 hours. he said he was willing to go to trail, he's attacked judge merchan despite the gag order, how does this impact? this seems like an obvious question, how does this impact his case? >> nelson mandela is a step down from his earlier comparison to jesus christ. msnbc you can't make it up sometimes. >> legally none of this is going anywhere. that's the beauty of the american criminal justice system, 12 jurors, rules of evidence and the like, and these nonsense arguments go nowhere. that's why i suspect he'll be convicted and even despite judge cannon's machinations in florida in the stolen documents investigation, should that case go to trial, she's trying to make it so it may not but if it does go

the president's lawyer inside trump world, blanche represented trump's 2016 campaign chairman paul manafort on state fraud charges that were later dismissed. he's also defended rudy giuliani is former associate, igor freeman, and trump's legal and political advisor, boris epstein in this current case, it was blanches aggression that actually got him in trouble with judge1 were shot when he persisted in defending trump against a gag order violation charge. judge merchan told blanche, quote, your losing all credibility with the court. analysts say these are the pitfalls of representing donald trump. >> you have a client who is very strong headed, who expects things from his lawyers that they cannot deliver. >> who after his many decades of entanglement with the legal system often appears to believe he knows better than his lawyers what should happen a source close to the former president's legal team downplay the idea of possible tension with trump and the team telling cnn a criminal trial is an inherently stressful situation that the team is just fine and focused on the witnesses that matter

. >> and of course there was the paul manafort's and the michael flynn's, who could forget those characterslly mccue, always a pleasure. thank you so much. greatly appreciate your insight this evening. we're coming up, iran mocks israeli weapons as toys. is it more spectacle than strategy? we'll dissect that and more next. next. pneumonia vaccine. so am i. because i'm at risk for pneumococcal pneumonia. come on. i already got a pneumonia vaccine, but i'm asking about the added protection of prevnar 20®. if you're 19 or older with certain chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, copd, or heart disease, or are 65 or older, you are at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia. prevnar 20® is approved in adults to help prevent infections from 20 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumococcal pneumonia. in just one dose. don't get prevnar 20® if you've had a severe allergic reaction to the vaccine or its ingredients. adults with weakened immune systems may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects were pain and swelling at the injection site, muscle pain, fatigue, head

i mean, we've heard that like paul manafort might thank you. back in the fold, ma there's subpri king of the subprime car loan, who i guess maybe an ambassadohip. i mean there's also nversations about thfact that trump team nes lot calculating, making y are calcations about who might be brought in based on the donor there's that they could bring inhat is the impact on governance quite frankly, because i think there are a lot of people who feel like, well, there were some adults in the room and the first trump administration and those adults are largely going to be absent. >> i think chew things just real quick on the money for it. it kinda goes back to what we talked about initially with blood bath and stuff cannot underestimate how trump talks is also reflective need of how much he needs low dollar and online fundraising. so he isn't to say things and do things in a way to try and get attention bringing low dollar money. oh, as well as the high-dollar money that's number one. but you're right, number two, with the start in 2017, you saw a lot

what did not help was when paul manafort went ahead and coached two witnesses to lie and he got thrown reporters and the idea that you would say to me, i need to tell you something. this is what i am doing with one political candidate, it is so anathema to democracy. that is what happens in russia. >> i do want to ask you the political question. these are not facts that trump is running on. he is running on the facts of mar-a-lago. he is running on the insurrection. he pays tribute to the insurrection is at all of his rallies. this is different for him, politically. i want to ask you if that extends. we need to speak in a quick break. we will all be right back. thanks brandon. with usps ground advantage®. ♪♪ they need their lawn back fast and you need scotts turf builder rapid grass. it grows grass 2 times faster than just seed alone. giving you a stronger lawn. smell that freedom, eh? get scotts turf builder rapid grass today, it's guaranteed. feed your lawn. feed it. after advil: let's dive in! but...what about your back? it's fineeeeeeee! [splash] before advil: advil dual action fig

much later, once michael cohen had indeed cooperated with authorities, paul manafort, his former campaign as an example of initial witness intimidation and then attacking a witness. and i think you are going to hear a lot more like this, jake. is interesting the only time that i saw trump issue, a genuine last was when he was laughing at his own words, read saying something to the effect of in that tweet, if anyone wants a good lawyer hur don't hire michael cohen and trump was in museums >> all right. >> new york times pulitzer prize winner maggie haberman, the author of confidence man, a great book about donald trump. thank you so much for joining us, our coverage of donald trump's first criminal probe continues after this quick break >> new ally fight against climate change. this is new >> car business blue carbon. we just need to protect nature will do the rest in >> carbon plus cnn field sunday at nine >> okay. someone just did laundry. how i add one light. so the question is really last yeah, most set itself gives me a headache, but this is just right and i don't like anything, but i

and then there is paul manafort. he's rumored to be in the running for a campaign adviser.lans to focus on anti-white racism. he would likely play a key role in a second trump white house. and there is brand-new reporting in the guardian that takes another look at a potential front-runner for something big. rick grenell is currently running a shadow foreign policy campaign that is alarming experts, quote, grenell who served as an ambassador to germy an the acting director of national intelligence during trump's first term has carve carved a niche as the articulator and chief of noble affairs that appears to echo his political masters voice. a veteran washington foreign policy and arms control specialist told the guardian this, quote, there are many aspect to what grannel is doing, one is grift, looking for business deals in serbia where trump has long standing business interests and trump is helping him pursue this and another is more sinister. it looks as though grenell is trying to build up a authoritarian network to form access that trump might govern by reaching from pu

he engaged in pardon abuse in his first term with paul manafort and mike flynn and other military contractorst to cure that forward as he's under trial right now. what would he do with it? he thinks he has the power to self-pardon. that would potentially put america in a very dangerous position. in preparing for the possibility of a trump second term, we really have to examine that issue and push back on the idea that there is unfettered presidential power, because there is not. the pardon power like any other power outlined in the constitution is constrained by other elements in the constitution. you can't license law breaking, whether that's egging on rioters to the capitol or ordering seal team six to eliminate your political enemies. >>> in just a few moments, the opening statements at donald trump's criminal hush money trial are set to begin. we'll go back to the courthouse to see what's happening there. >>> also, the biggest name in women's basketball has a new shoe deal. we'll tell you how much the wnba's number one pick is expected to earn. it's a good number. >>> plus, taylor swift c