now, we have reached out to tony podesta, his lawyers for comment. tonight, we have not heard back. that's not all. more bad news from democrats coming out of the manafort probe. breaking just moments ago, we now have learned the federal prosecutors weighing whether or not to charge craig greg, why? for failing to register as a foreign agent. mueller is moving away from the fabrications of trump-russia collusion and pursuing other leads might finally be a good sign that we might in this country possibly be returning to equal justice and equal application of our laws. this witch-hunt may actually be coming to an end sooner than we thought there is one other reach that mueller made this deal with manafort today. now, to be very blunt. there is now in this country a cancer now growing on every single intelligence agency that we once respect interested in this country. we are now at a tipping point. as a result of all of the corruption, it's taken a long time that we have exposed on this show, including all week this week, at the highest levels, corrupti

tony podesta was a name on everyone's lips at some point. vin weber, republican congressman from minnesota, a huge firm internationally. help us understand here what this means now that that focus shifts to those three gentlemen in particular. >> david, it's clear that washington needs to do another overhaul of their ethics rules. that's been obvious for a long time. especially given the changes in campaign finance that they had this sort of rule where it send if you spent less than a quarter of your time lobbying, you didn't have to register as a lobbyist. they abused. in the case of paul manafort or in this particular case the podesta group and mercury -- the p.r. firm, they represented this kind of like -- you know, at one point tony podesta's group called the hot dog stand in ukraine, that was their client. it was essentially this non-profit set up to sort of represent ukrainian interests but it was really shady and it was clear that that money was coming from somebody else. it wasn't actually this non-profit that was sort of a grass roo

tony podesta, of course, is john podesta's brief. hillary clinton's former campaign chairman.found to have maybe violated some farrah violations because special counsel was investigating paul manafort. paul manafort was working with the john podesta group and setting up a series of commitments to ukrainian and pro-russian governments overseas and the question is now whether the podesta group actually violated fara by not telling the special counsel what they are actually doing. they said it was nonprofit work. in these documents it shows they are actually doing work for the government. the question is whether they will see some fara violations in the future. steve: katie, is the concern about the podesta group the same as it was with ma man 40 ty didn't register as a foreign lobbyist? >> with manafort the special counsel went into all his taxes, nailed on tax fraud and tax evasion. his business dealings. in this case it looks like the special counsel from, what we know so far, is only looking at whether tony podesta and those working for his firm violated fara. this is somethi

some of the names that come up include tony podesta, the democratic superlobbyist here in washington whose brother john podesta was ill-equipped and campaign chairman. we don't know what paul manafort knows. we don't know what question a special counsel is going to ask. clearly come in manafort -- the said 19 guys think manafort has something valuable to drop the charges read seems to be a significant news, but at the end of the day what exactly is molar going to ask paul manafort and we don't know quite yet whether it relates to trump for on the other side of things. you think it is safe to say the special counsel have a lot of questions. >> the information paul manafort has provided the council has implicated people like tony podesta and greg craig who are highly connect to democratic power brokers. >> exactly. that is why it's really critical to wait out and see at the end of the day what mueller comes up with. this is a special counsel investigation for well over a year. we have seen indictments and plea deals coming that we haven't seen before. ultimately at the end of the day w

manafort pointing to the actions of democratic lawyers like tony podesta and greg craig and their involvement in his illegal lobbying on behalf of the ukrainian government. this is a deep violation that goes really to the heart of the street and lobbying in washington. >> meaning the federal registrations act. >> yes, tony podesta's firm and mr. manafort were all working together along with rick gates in order to illegally lobby on behalf of the ukrainian government and actually malign ukrainian political actors that were seen opposed to the pro-putin government at that time. >> thank you. >> thanks for having me. jon: florence claiming the lives of at least 15 people now as that storm continues to crawl across the carolinas pummelling the low-lying region with relentless rain causing catastrophic flooding. forecasters now warning the worst is yet to come. with evacuations still underway in some areas, north carolina senator tom tillis is urging people not to take chances. we have fox team coverage of florence's impact across north carolina. steve herrigan is in north carolina. first we go to

as you say, tony podesta did precisely the same thing.counsel gregory craig, the same thing, same crime. ápñ?ñ while paul manafort has a the book thrown at him -- ed: michael? you can complete your thought, but i'm wondering also, you're right, because the fbi went into his home in west virginia at wife still in a nightgown ready to seize computers, files, whatever. we haven't heard a single time that they've done anything like that with greg craig, tony podesta -- and i'm not advocating it, but why do they do that to paul manafort and none of the democratic lobbyists? is we haven't heard about them being squeezed. >> paul manafort's real crime is not misleading federal investigators like tony podesta has done, it's because it's committing the unforgivable sin of working for president trump. and it lends credibility to a widely held perception that this investigation is not an honest undertaking of justice, but dulygzñ?ñ elected president. pete: how does the media continue to peddle the same message that the walls are closing in when it's

and people mentioned by name included tony podesta.oins a longer list of those who have agreed to cooperate with mueller's team. and it demonstrates with manafort the government hold all the power completely. he never took a plea deal until now. so the pressure became too great. his family wants to move on and manafort wants to insure their safety. it remains to be seen all the pressure the government brought. this could up reply kate others in d.c. as well as the campaign. it remains to be seen. arthel: let me look at the details of the manafort terms he agreed with mr. mueller. interviews, briefings with special connell. turning or documents. testifying in other proceedings. will any of this lead to president trump? >> it certainly could, absolutely. we have seen both side where some are arguing absolutely not, this is a witch hunt and it will come up to the line, it cannot implicate the president. it would have happened already. representative schiff says this will absolutely be what topples everything. with that broad scope that co

might be more reasonable to expect he is going to cooperate against tony podesta is on the like thatr than something to do -- none of us know, but to speculate when there's not been one scintilla of evidence, not one scintilla of anything dealing with collusion in the 2016 election seems also a reason. >> we know it's not collusion. >> but he was in the meeting. >> nothing compared to the russia probe itself which is yet to be investigated and all by the mueller probe. >> bret: as we continue to look at all those investigations, the secretary of state is talking about the former secretary of state. >> what secretary kerry has done is unseemly and unprecedented. former secretaries are not allowed to engage in that kind of behavior. it's inconsistent with what the foreign policy of the united states is directed by this president. and it is beyond inappropriate. >> i think everybody in the world is sitting around talking about weeding out president trump. >> bret: secretary pompeo pretty hot today at the state department, saying that secretary carey is undermining secretary as it is now

manafort to cooperate in the ongoing investigation by mueller of tony podesta and 6 others including gregory craig formerly of the law firm asking a and. i would walls are closing in but not on the president. >> laura: alan dershowitz called this a big deal today. he said basically this was not great news for the administration. he also then discussed the issue of a possible pardon and the timing of a pardon for paul manafort. let's watch. >> wouldn' once he agrees to cooperate he has to cooperate with everything. know such thing as partial cooperation. the question is did he cooperates too late. would he have been better off cooperating before his first trial. i think he was prantsdz hoping for a par con. the question comes up did the president act too late if he was requesting to pardon he would have been much better than cooperating early. >> laura: kendall, your thought on the issue and overall plea. >> it doesn't look like going to hand. manual for the may have hopes for one and then he decided to turn nut towel. i don't believe this is a make make event. if indeed he had the pr

he has himself also information on other lobbyists that the government is going after including tony podesta and greg craig. >> want to dil dg into all of t. barbara, you were covering the first trial involving paul manafort in the eastern district of virginia. help me understand the timing. we were looking ahead to the next trial in washington, d.c., speculation about a possible pardon has been swirling for some time now. what do you make of the timing here? >> well, i think in some ways it is not surprising. paul manafort i think wanted to take that test run on the radio radio case, which was sort of the tail of the dog. remember just the tax charges and bank fraud. the real meat of the case was in the district of columbia. but i think the evidence was very strong. there was the one holdout jury on some of the counts, but convicted on eight counts. i'm sure he realized that conviction in the second case was likely as well. and so that was sort of his last chance. jury selection begins on monday. and so really his last opportunity was this week to finally say i surrender. so i think he wait

that includes tony podesta who did he work in the ukraine.ple like the former white house counsel under a democratic presidency. there is a lot that he could be providing and i think it is a mistake to try to guess too far what it could be. >> manafort has been convicted, as we know, and is facing decades in prison. what does it tell that you mueller was willing to offer manafort a deal? is it simply to avoid going through hassle of a trial? >> i think mueller had all the cards here. he was convicted in virginia, looking at a very long sentence. he was likely to be convicted in washington and the trial was starting next week. he had no options. mueller gave him a cap of ten years on a sentence. frankly, he probably was not going to get more than that anyway. and he has the opportunity now, mueller has the opportunity to have an inside view of the campaign at a very critical time when collusion, which is after all, mueller's main jurisdiction, that is the time that it may or may not have been taking place. so mueller gave up very little in ret

importantly, spinal both greg craig, a senior democratic lawyer, and tony podesta, for investigationshere in new york. it is not like mueller is spend a very prominent democrats that come in his path either. behink it certainly will questions going for if rosenstein is fired. but don't forget, rosenstein himself is a very conservative person. he knows brett kavanaugh from back when they worked on the starr investigation together, the whitewater investigation. so it is not like we're dealing with any screaming liberals here. these are all conservative people. things tol will do prevent a runaway investigation, but i am not clear that they're well to overturn a very substantiated prosecution. and that seems to be what mueller is running. juan: what about the person who was supposedly the top law-enforcement person, jeff sessions, in terms of what he would do in the eventuality of rosenstein leaving or being fired? because he is that in the past he would guess he could not stay on if that happened with rosenstein. >> i think everybody on all sides are sort of -- i have actually heard thi

we learn on friday that one of his friends, a clinton ally, tony podesta failed to register as a foreignsident of ukraine as our client. it diminishes his claim he didn't know he needed to register. why didn't mueller go off podesta. that's the definition of a witch hunt and the president is right to point it out. >> sandra: good to see you this morning. >> thank you. >> bill: smitty, florence cutting a path of destruction through the carolinas. we have seen it. hitting one coastal community especially hard. the mayor of atlantic beach how things are going today. a u.s. border patrol supervisor arrested and suspected killing spree. what's the story on the southwest border? hi i'm joan lunden. today's senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. and there's never been an easier way to get great advice. a place for mom is a free service that pairs you with a local advisor to help you sort through your options and find a perfect place. a place for mom. y

mueller cooperation is way more likely to result in a prosecution of other lobbyists, including tony podesta, john podesta's brother, then anything to do with president trump. you know, this conviction has nothing to do with russia. it has everything to do with ukrainian politics that happened 10 years ago. she doesn't even mention this. russia,le thing about as the president says, is nothing but a witchhunt. the president's name is thrown out again and again and again, but there is no connection between the president or any of this stuff that people are being prosecuted or convicted of. host: let's go to john, who is calling from new jersey on the republican line. good morning, john. caller: good morning. i look at manafort -- not manafort, mueller as a straight up guy. really do. i am amazed at how this gone in then has direction of, obviously, paul manafort was an easy target. it just proves that they were not interested in what he did. in trying torested squeeze in on trump. even bob woodward in his book, it's amazing, said they saw no evidence of russia collusion. he said that last nigh

podesta's e-mails. there's a story on the cnn site that again takes my tweet but omits the word "the." referring to john and tony. >> the coincidence, roger -- i'm not saying it's proof. i'm not saying he has you. i don't know what he has. i don't know what your people have been telling him. i don't know the truth of what you know. the timing, july 22, wikileaks publishes the hacked e-mails. you said you were kidding. i will give you that august 21, the tweet you are talking about, trust me, it will soon be the president -- be the podesta's time in the barrel. you say, it's a typo, you meant both of them. i will give you that. >> plural possessive. it may be correct now that i look at it. they write about the involvement in the ukraine working for the same political party as paul manafort. in april of 2016, in the panama papers, the podesta brothers are involved in russian business, including banking, aluminum, all of this is public. >> sure. >> there's no state secret here. yes, it is a coincidence, there is no evidence to the contrary. >> their activities and having proof maof e-mails being taken some coincide