that in just a moment. >>> also, breaking news in the mueller investigation. roger stone, to appear in court any moment. the one time campaign official was arrested at his florida home this morning. his apartment here in new york also raided. an unsettling sight for president trump who says stone had guts for saying he'd never testify against the president. fbi agents, unpaid we should point out, arresting stone just after 6:00 this morning. seven counts in the indictment against stone, including false statements to investigators and witness tampering. the indictment also contains a lot of colorful anecdotes about a very colorful operative. the mueller team says that stone's intimidation tactics including telling one person, prepare to die. the indictment says that stone threatened this person's dog. even telling him to do a godfather ii reference. in a statement to nbc news, his lawyer said this, quote, there were no charges of russian collusion. these were charges they brought specifically to go against roger stone. they started looking atlution a and if they had found collusion they

to it all take place. [ banging ] >> fbi, open the door. fbi. >> roger stone was then taken into custody. the indictment said stone sought stolen e-mails from wikileaks to damage donald trump's opponents at the direction of, quote, a senior trump campaign official. let's get to sarah murray with the breaking details. what's the big headline from that very dramatic rude awakening roger stone got before dawn this morning. >> roger stone has been arrested and is expected to appear in court in ft. lauderdale this morning. i can tell you he and his lawyers were convinced as of last night this was not coming today. they did not believe if roger stone were arrested that he would be taken into custody in this manner. we have not seen this from other people who have been targets of this investigation. this is stunning the way it was done. in the indictment he's facing seven counts at this point. one for obstruction of justice, five for making false statements and also witness tampering. this has to do with the house intelligence committee. that's where the making false statements charge c

presidential confidant roger stone is arrested from an apparent raid. he is talking with campaign officials with e-mail hacks. his first lawyer, his first national security adviser, his deputy campaign chairman and his campaign chairman. but -- >> all things that again have nothing to do with the president. just because they had some association with the president at some point doesn't mean things they did in their private lives and personal lives that may or may not have been right or wrong, that doesn't have anything to do with the president. >> back to that explanation in a minute, but we begin with the images you see. that is roger stone, fresh out of court. now free on a $250,000 bond after a surprise visit from fbi agents. fbi agents arrested the long-time associate in his home. obstruction of justice, lying to congress and witness tampering. robert mueller details five separate lies stone is said to have told congressional investigators about his attempts to reach out to julian assange. investigators found no collusion or they would have charged him with it. the president's

includes new threats. >>> mueller gets stone. roger stone is arrested in an early morning raid, accused by robert mueller of obstruction, lying, witness tampering and more. stone is defiandefiant, vowing won't testify against president trump. >>> clear links. the stone indictment reveals the most direct tie so far between the trump campaign and wikileaks over the stolen e-mails that were released to damage hillary clinton. who is the mystery trump campaign figure the indictment says coordinated with stone? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following mu ining mul breaking stories, including president trump caving to democrats on his demand for border wall funding. with chaos spreading to some of the country's busiest airports today, the president agreed to end the government shutdown for now. that came hours after his adviser roger stone was indicted by the special counsel robert mueller's grand jury on charges that show a direct link between the tru

development in the russia probe. the arrest and indictment of roger stone, president trump's long time associate. stone was arrested at his home in florida by the fbi. on the left side of your screen we are showing you the exclusive cnn video of that arrest that happened just this morning. this hour, roger stone will be making his first appearance in federal court. we have reporters, correspondents there. we will bring you all of those developments when they happen. this moment is a huge moment in the russia probe by robert mueller. mueller accusing stone in this indictment of seeking stolen e-mails from wiki leaks that could damage hillary clinton during the 2016 campaign and laying out that a senior trump campaign official was quote directed to reach out to stone for that information. that's just the beginning of it. seven counts he is charged with. you are looking at live pictures of the courthouse in fort lauderdale. . sarah, let me begin with you. you broke the story of the arrest. talk to us about this indictment and stone's alleged outreach to wiki leaks. >> when you look at the

experts. the stone indictment is not like any, any we have seen thus far. roger stone isn't like any of the other people involved and bob mueller knows it. he has his reasons for pressing forward with what appears to be public. stone posted his bond. channelling his old boss, richard nixon, waving his arms in front of the courthouse. that's the kind of spectacle mueller expects with a confident that tattoos nixon's face on his back. declaring loyalty to trump and fit in an apparent pardon pun for good measure. >> you think the president will pardon you? >> pardon me? >> if you are convicted, do you think the president will pardon you? >> the only person i advocated a pardon for is marcus. i am one of his oldest friends. i'm a supporter of the president. >> how much? consider the chair of donald trump's campaign, paul manafort, a former business manager of roger stone, has never spoken after his ensbitment, let alone praise trump on the court steps. manafort was back in court quietly. they tell a different story of anyone else charged by mueller. stone has seven counts on obstruction, ly

us coming up, the roger stone indictment and the potential for the president. who the indictment implicates. >>> and just a short time ago, stone speaking for reporters and going after robert mueller >> this was an egregious overreach by mr. mueller, the fbi director who had to have approved this raid should in my opinion be fired over it >> former roger stone associate and person number one in his indictment, he joins me live right here on set, in just a moment with his reaction to what is -- is happening over the last 24 hours >>> the government is back open for business after 35 days why some conservatives are accusing the president of caving to the democrats. >>> but we'll start this hour for you here on msnbc for the fallout from the latest bombshell in the mueller investigation. in a moment we'll speak with the person identified as person number one in the 24 pages of the special counsel indictment of roger stone that is jerome corsi but first the latest for you long time trump associate roger stone will head to federal court on tuesday morning for his arraignment. he was a

the shutdown and the arrest of roger stone. our cameras were there. she didn't have to come on. we appreciate her coming to represent the white house's position. >> it is a very busy day with developments left, right and center. cnn newsroom picks it up now. >> very good friday morning. i'm jim sciutto in washington. john berman pressed sanders repeatedly and said did the president encourage a senior aide to reach out to wikileaks and she didn't answer the question. >> again, a very telling interview there between john berman and sarah sanders at the white house. really direct questions about communications roger stone had with wikileaks about getting stolen information. there was a lot she didn't answer. we'll play some of it for you. >> it would have been an easy one to answer definitively. it raises the question, does she know for sure? is she perhaps protecting herself if it turns out that the president was involved in those communications, right? finds out later. this is a situation we have been with before with white house spokes people when the truth comes out later after de

work out a deal on border security. roger stone was arrested in florida. he was indicted on obstruction, witness tampering, making false statements to investigators. the indictment detailed efforts to obtain information from wikileaks at the request of a senior trump campaign official. house speaker, a member of the intelligence. our correspondents and specialists will have full coverage of all of the breaking news. we'll have much more on robert mueller's indictment in a few moments. first let's begin with jim. >> that's right. no wall just a cave. the president did agree to sign a short term spending deal to get the government up and running. it could lead to a damaging shutdown in just a few weeks. president trump's demand for a wall came tumbling down as he backed off over the government shutdown and made an unthinkable concession. he agreed to sign a spending bill. >> i will sign a bill to open our government for three weeks until february 15th. the president cautioned it will only last three weeks warning a shotdown could happen all over again raising the prospect that he could de

trump adviser roger stone now in federal custody. not a surprise. it is significant. here's the deal. early this morning, stone was arrested by the fbi at home in florida. he'll appear in court in fort ladder dale in two hours from now. cameras are not allowed in court but you can see we've got live coverage surrounding that building. stone faces seven criminal charges stemming from the mueller investigation including false statements, witness tampering and obstruction. the special counsel says stone lied about what he told congress. about his interactions with the trump campaign and wikileaks and robert mueller has receipts, text messages, to prove it. stone has denied he ever passed alock any information to the trump campaign about wikileaks. here's what the indictment says. during the summer of 2016, stone spoke to senior campaign officials about organization one, which we believe to be the trump campaign and information you might have had that would be damaging. stone was contacted by senior campaign officials to inquire about future releases by organization one wikileaks. we're

adviser roger stone will be appearing before a federal judge. stone is expected to plead not guilty today. seven charges including witness tampering, lying to lawmakers and obstructing justice. when asked that ever present question when it comes to the russia investigation whether stone could be pardoned by the president, the white house press secretary didn't say yes, but she didn't rule it out either. what you expecting in court right now? >> reporter: roger stone just entered the courtroom wearing a blue suit and a blue tie. he is expected to be arraigned in just a few moments once the proceedings get underway on the seven charges of witness tampering, false statements and obstruction. roger stone has said he has been on quite a publicity tour. he said he will plead not guilty to the charges. each charge faces as much as five years in prison. we are expecting to hear from roger stone after the hearing. he is expected to speak outside the courthouse to reporters. over the weekend in one of these many interviews that roger stone gave he was asked specifically about the pardon quest

predawn raid and is now latest mueller indictment. roger stone, the man with the nixon tattoo, gives the nixon wave after being charged with seven counts what the president calls a witch-hunt has resulted in 199 criminal counts, 37 charged, seven guilty s and four prison sentences. >> he gets no wall in return but public servants will get paid and his hometown paper , "the daily news", just couldn't resist this headline for tomorrow as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a consequential friday night good evening from nbc headquarters in new york day 736 of the trump administration, and after 35 days the shutdown is over for now. this afternoon the president announced that the government would reopen, and he signed a bill that does just that about 90 minutes ago there is no money for the president's wall the central and signal promise of his campaign along with mexican financing for it the stark "new york times" front page headline tells the story tonight. "trump accepts deal with no wall money. writers could not resist calling the president's wall a cave instead. much more on that ahead. b

. >> donald trump's longest server adviser roger stone. mueller indicted him for obstruction, tampering and lying about the efforts to get clinton's stolen e-mails the first indictment of a trump associate directly 1r068ed in the clinton e-mails that russia stone and unlike every other trump associate indicted by mueller, stone wasn't quiet today. he came out in front of a florida courthouse to defiantly address the charges against him, proclaiming his innocence and as this scene captivated the nation, donald trump picked this day to cave on the shutdown, agreeing to temporarily re-open the government without a single dollar for the wall. now tonight we'll go through all of this with some of the best experts available. here is the first thing to know. the stone indictment is not like any, not like any we've seen thus far roger stone isn't like any of the other people charged and bob mueller knows it, so he has his reasons for pressing forward with what looks to be a very public rhetorical brawl. stone posted his $250,000 bond and then seized the moment right here you see it, channelling his

happened? >> we are tlaerng roger stone, who is president trump's long time political adviser was arrested at his home in fort lauderdale this morning. he has been indicted. this has been confirmed. roger stone's attorney as well as the special counsel's office. i believe we also have some exclusive video from this morning since he was indicted it's on seven counts, one of obstruction of justice of an official proceeding. five counts of false statements and one count of witness tampering. roger stone, of course, as you know has been under scrutiny from the special counsel for years, basically. we've seen about a dozen of his associates interviewed before the grand jury and stone's team had no idea that this was coming today. i talked to his lawyer last night. they said stone heard no word from the special counsel whatsoever. so it was a huge surprise this morning that they showed up and they took roger stone into custody this morning. >> sara, do you know who arrested him? what agency? >> we believe it was the fbi that arrested him at his home this morning. to be honest, i called his lawye

>> roger stone's time in the barrel at the trump shutdown finally ends >> we do not need 2,000 miles of concrete wall from sea to shining sea. >>> for the first him to special counsel links the trump campaign to wickey leebs. >> roger's a good guy and a patriot. >> plus what it all means for the president. >> russia f you're listening >> and all the president's men and it was a shutdown inspired by steve king. ann coulter and trump tv enabled by mitch mcconnell executed by president donald trump. >> i am proud to shut down the government >> the political fallout begins as the trump shutdown ends >> read my lips. >> build that wall >> when "all in" starts right now. it was a bad day for donald trump and a good day for america. in a presidency that's had its fair share of low points, today has to be one of the worst the president backing down in total abject humiliation from a fight that he himself started conceding to end the record government shutdown for a border wall he promised mexico would pay for. in the face of opposition and beginnings of what looked to be a full-scale u

obstruction, five accounts of false statement and one charge of witness tampering. roger stone said he expected to be indicted by mueller's office. his role in the campaign was loose. he was not officially under the campaign and the trump campaign, but what he was accused of doing was working with wikileaks. right now it seems like everything he's been charged with is about lying, witness tampering, false statements. we're still looking to see what the meat on the bones is. what's clear is he covered it up and he was arrested this morning in florida. >> julia, remember we got in november, i believe it was, text messages that showed roger stone discussing the wikileaks and sort of the chronology of when things were going to come out and what exactly they might say. what else do we know about roger stone's role in the campaign as we refresh our viewers this early in the morning about who he was. he's had a long relationship with donald trump personally but who was he in the campaign? >> he's had a long relationship with the republican party. he has a tattoo that says "nixon" on his back.

right, whether roger stone speaks to the cameras as we keep it rolling. kasie hunt is picking up for craig melvin. >>> thank you so much. good morning from washington, d.c. i'm kasie hunt in for craig melvin. a busy day on the russia investigation front. right now, trump associate roger stone is about to be arraigned at a federal courthouse in d.c. a seven count indictment. one big question, will the judge put a muzzle on the camera hungry confidant? >>> also happening right now, the senate judiciary committee is hashing out the qualifications of a man who may one day receive the mueller probe. attorney general nominee willimn barr. however, republican chairman lindsey graham told msnbc he doesn't know how matt whittaker would know that. >>> we're following the senate intelligence committee on world wide threats. dan coats says russia is stepping up efforts to divide the west. so much to unpack this morning but we're going to start with the roger stone hearing and our nbc reporters. julia ainsley is at the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. jeff bennett is at the white house.

associate roger stone. he's appearing before a judge in ft. lauderdale and signing a $250,000 signature bond before his arrest on charges stemming from the russia probe. stone's travel is restricted to washington, d.c. and parts of florida and virginia. the grand jury indictment includes one count of obstruction, five counts of false statements to congress during his testimony before the house intelligence committee, and one count of witness tampering. all five counts of false statements are connected to comments stone made to the committee in relation to wikileaks labeled organization 1 in the charging documents. stone has repeatedly denied any direct connection to julian assange in wikileaks. stone originally attracted attention after tweeting in august of 2016 that it would soon be hillary clinton campaign chairman john podesta's time in the barrel. stone has repeatedly denied having advanced knowledge of the hack of podesta's e-mails. >> just a coincidence that two days later, voila, the podesta e-mails dropped? >> the answer to your question is yes, that would be based on

associate roger stone left federal court in ft. lauderdale, florida just a short time ago after his indictment by special counsel robert mueller's team. stone is accused of coordinating with trump campaign officials about the release of stolen wikileaks e-mails, e-mails that could have damaged trump's opponents. he said he's going to fight the charges and won't testify against the president. stone was indicted on seven counts. there was one count of obstructing an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, one count of witness tampering. roger stone seemed to be enjoying the attention as he stepped to the microphone moments ago. he talked about his arrest, the charges and his undying support for president trump. >> after a two-year inquisition, the charges today relate in no way to russian collusion, wikileaks collaboration or any other illegal act in connection with the 2016 campaign. i am falsely accused of making false statements during my testimony to the house intelligence committee. that is incorrect. any error i made in my testimony would be both immaterial and wit

news. long-time donald trump associate and former adviser roger stone has been arrested and indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by the special counsel roblt robert mueller. our cnn cameras were there exclusively when fbi agents, you can see them in riot gear approached stone's house before sunrise at a round 6:00 this morning. they raided his home and they arrested roger stone. here is a moment of that arrest. [ pounding on door ]. >> fbi, open the door. [ pounding on door ]. >> fbi, warrant. >> the indictment reveals stone saw the stolen e-mails from wikileaks that could damage donald trump's opponents at the direction of a senior trump campaign official. let's get right to cnn's sara murray who broke this story less than an hour ago. tell us what you've learned. >> you showed the video there. this was a huge surprise i can tell you to roger stone as well as his legal team that he was arrested this morning. he's been a target of this investigation for essentially almost two years. but he had never been contacted by mueller's office up until this point. now, shortly

political advisor roger stone or his attorneys possibly this hour. after his arrest in florida this morning in a predawn raid. stone is facing several charges including obstruction, lying, and witness tampering in a rush investigation as we are getting the reaction paper will bring that life. this is "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. here today, fox news contributor rachel campos-duffy. fox news contributor morgan ortagus. and, fox news contributor jessica tarlov. joining us in the center seat, andy mccarthy, former u.s. attorney and fox's contributor as well. and he is "outnumbered." let's get right into this indictment, which you have been going through. roger stone, released on a $250,000 bond, his passport taken, told through his people moments ago that he will speak this hour or someone on his behalf. would you be expect to hear as you take a look at this indictment? >> andy: ordinarily what we did expect is that you have no comment. or that they would advise them not to have comment. but stone has made so many statements at this point, he probably figures that ship has saile

era it started with an early morning raid and arrest of roger stone within mueller indicting him for obstruction and witness tampering. this is the first indictment of someone involved, and unlike oth every other associate, he came out to defiantly address the charges against him. and donald trump picked this day to cave on the shut down aagrees to temporaryly reopen the government without a single dollar for the wall. now tonight we will go through all of this with some of the bex exports available. first, the stone indictment is not like any that we have seen thus far roger stone is not like any of the other people charged and bob mueller knows it, so he has his reasons for blepressing forward stone pressing suggestion quarter million dollar bond, and channelling his own boss richard nickson, waving his arms in a victory sa lute, it is not what he expected, and then he fit in an apparent pardon pun for good measure. >> pardon me >> if you were convicted would the president pardon you >> the only person i advocated a pardon for is marcus garby >> how strong is your allegiance to tru

americans ended today. the same day that roger stone, the longtime donald trump adviser who invented the idea of building the wall as a trick to remind donald trump to talk tough on immigration at his campaign rallies was taken into custody in the early morning hours by more than two dozen federal employees working without pay. armed fbi agents and indicted by robert mueller donald trump's terrible friday started with that news and ended with him violating one of roger stone's cardinal rules of politics, never admit defeat >> i am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and re-open the federal government [ applause ] as everyone knows, i have a very powerful alternative, but i didn't want to use it at this time >> you know, donald trump put a brave face on that, but that is what total abject defeat sounds like that is what complete surrender to nancy pelosi sounds like. >> we're grateful to democrats on both sides of the capitol for their unity. that was very, very important in these discussions. it's sad, though, that it's taken this long to come

adviser, the self-promoting republican party gad fly roger stone. we will be talking about the end of the shutdown tonight at the moment that the president declared the end of the shutdown today. it displaced from the headlines momentarily this indictment. roger stone was actually it turns out indicted yesterday under seal the special counsel's office had requested that the federal court in d.c. keep that indictment secret yesterday, keep it under seal until stone could be arrested this morning. quote, the united states of america by and through special counsel robert s. mueller iii respectfully moves this court to seal the accompanying indictment and arrest warrant and to delay entry on the public docket of this motion to seal and all related matters until the defendant named is in custody. quote, law enforcement believes that publicity resulting from the disclosure of this indictment prior to arrest will increase the risk of the defendant fleeing and destroying or tampering with evidence it is therefore essential that any information concerning the pending indictment in this distric

the shutdown announcement hours after roger stone was indicted in florida >> i'm in for the fight of my life, but i will not quit. i will not fold. i will not bend. i will not bear false witness against the president. i intend to fight. >> adding more allegations of criminality in the president's inner circle >> the president of the united states has surrounded himself with. >> saturday, january 26th, only four weeks into this new congress and nancy pelosi is already flexing her new muscle. >> for 35 days, he's like there will never be a deal without wall funding and nancy pelosi said, oh, yeah? hold my beer. >> nick akerman and the editor of abovethelaw.com well, another one of president trump's confidants in trouble after his pre-dawn arrest in florida telling prosecutors he will not plead guilty. >> i will plead not guilty to these charges. there is no circumstance whatsoever under which i will bear false witness against the president. i have made it clear i will not testify against the president. >> there was no mention of roger stone yesterday in the rose garden at the white hou

predawn fbi raid caught on tape by cnn. >> fbi! open the door! >> roger stone, a man president trump has known for decades, indicted by robert mueller. the special counsel says stone went after e-mails from wikileaks that could damage mic's campaign. he says it was all done in coordination with the trump campaign with trump campaign officials. the judge laid out the charges in a federal court in fort lauderdale today. >> mr. stone, you are here for an initial or first appearance on an indictment that has been returned against you. the indictment charges, in count one, obstruction of a proceeding. counts through through six are false statements to a legislative branch of the government. and count seven is witness tampering. >> roger stone is defiant tonight. he says he is not guilty and will defeat the charges in court. but the special counsel's 24-page indictment is damnings. mueller's team writes in part after the july 22nd release of stolen dnc e-mails by organization 1 or wikileaks a senior trump officials was directed to contact stone about what other releases and damaging inform

presidential campaign, for a time he worked for roger stone. and because of that affiliation with roger stone, andrew miller last year got a subpoena. he was subpoenaed to hand over documents and communications that he had related to roger stone. roger stone and wikileaks. and the dnc and the stuff that was stolen from the democratic party and the clinton campaign by russian government hackers. andrew miller complied with that request for documents and communications. he did hand stuff over to the fbi. but when he was also subpoenaed to testify about those same matters, to come to washington, d.c. and testify in person to the grand jury convened by the special counsel, to that subpoena, andrew miller said no. and the reason anybody has paid any attention to andrew miller's case since then is because his no, his refusal to testify to the grand jury, that has become a legal vehicle for conservative legal groups who are using mr. miller's case as a way to try to attack and derail the special counsel's investigation overall. andrew miller saying no to that subpoena, him subsequently being h

the president's goes before a judge. roger stone in district court within the hour expected to plead not guilty to multiple federal charges. on capitol hill senators hearing from the nation's top spies and law enforcement officials about threats around the world. russia and china and venezuela and more. we'll fill you in on what we've heard so far. you'll find it chilling. the judiciary committee getting ready to clear the way for william bar to . we start at the federal courthouse in washington where roger stone will go before a judge officially charged after last week's vooimt filed by the special counsel. stone faces seven criminal counts including obstruction, making false statements, witness tampering. prosecutors say stone lied about his communications with senior trump campaign officials in 2016. roger stone is now person number six inside the trump orbit to be charged by the special counsel. stone says he's innocent and so is the president. >> i'm not going to testify against him because i possess no negative information. there is no russian collusion. this is a witch hunt. i

feds surrounded roger stone's house in fort lauderdale with a warrant for his arrest he's now been indicted on seven counts roger stone and donald trump go back over four decades special counsel robert mueller's indictment pulls the russia inquiry one big step closer to the inner circle of the presidential campaign. prosecutors describe stone as a key link between the campaign and wikileaks, which released russian-hacked e-mails at critical times during the 2016 election the indictment also focuses on two keystone associates, the author, birther, and conspiracy theorist jerome corsi, and new york radio host and comedian randy credit coe who was an endear immediate aria between stone and wikileaks founder julian assange digesti a comparison of key dates in the 2016 campaign we found this truly helps, and mueller's latest allegations about stone helps to fill in some of the blanks about what was happening at the time. we start with may 2016 the dnc found out it had been hacked then according to today's indictment in june and july 2016, roger stone told, quote, senior trump campaign o

shutdown but a bigger battle looms. new reaction moments ago from roger stone about his indictment plus, michael cohen and threats he says made him postpone his house testimony. >>> the secrets of mar-a-lago and how president trump bought it for less than $3,000. how did that happen? the author of a new book about the president's gilded palace explains in minutes. but first, new this hour, long time trump friend roger stone emerging from his home in fort lauderdale one day after the special counsel charged him. he spoke with nbc news just moments ago. >> this was egregious overreach by mr. mueller, the fbi director who had to have approved this raid should be fired over it because it was unwarranted i guess it's an effort to intimidate me, but i am not intimidated. the allegation that two campaign officials instructed me or inquired of me about wikileaks is false i expect they can get somebody to say that but they will be people with an ax to grind or seeking reduction in their sentence. >> stone was charged with seven counts of lying to congress, obstruction and witness tampering.

break down the latest developments and analysis. we may know more in 60 minutes when roger stone appears in court. he's facing oing five counts ofe statements related to statements in front of the house intelligence committee in 2017. we'll get to what they say roger stone lied about in the testimony. there is new background information now that robert mueller's office is sharing for the first time about stone's alleged interactions with trump campaign officials and about what the special counsel refers to as organization one or what we believe to be wikileaks. from page two of the indictment, during the summer of 2016 stone spoke with senior trump campaign officials about organization one, wikileaks. and information it might have had that would be damaging to the clinton stone. the indictment says stone was contacted by senior trump campaign officials to inquire about future relaess. after the july 2016 release of stolen dnc e-mails by wikileaks, a senior official was directed to contact stone about any additional releases and what other damaging information they had regarding the count

>> we giveth and taketh. what did you think of roger stone in you and i have covered him. he would seem to enjoy part of the spectacle today. >> which is why -- part of me thinking as "new york times" wrote, he's too hunting of a suspect. if you were watching the drama, you would be, like, that's too hunting. >> i'm heard that theory and one of his possibility defenses. >> it's the best defense he's got. >> if you get past people who follow this in and out the way we do, at trial a jury says, maybe this guy sort of messes around a lot and that's the way he wiggles out. >> maybe. maybe. >> maybe. >> yeah, i don't know. i sometimes worry he's too available and that's why he seems like the center of the story. >> the zelig theory? is that right? >> exactly. now i took way too much time. >> we're good. we're good. >> i'll see you. >>> welcome to this episode of "the beat." democrats using their congressional power to deny a key trump vote in this battle to protect any potential mueller report. >>> also, new backstabbing inside the white house. we don'tal do palace intrigue on "the beat

former trump aide roger stone posting this picture today of him traveling for his mueller court appearance tomorrow. and you can see the caption, "and so it begins." here is how that actual scene looked today. this is real footage we just got. stone arriving in arlington, virginia, swamped by different cameras, bantering, chatting, generally stepping into a circus-like atmosphere that appears honestly comfortable for a self-declared dirty trick center and messaging guru like roger stone. he looked pretty comfortable this weekend. he did a range of press appearances. and tonight the nation knows a lot more than it knew when the fbi agents first raided stone's home on friday. because unlike most defendant, roger stone is talking. >> are you willing to cut a deal with mueller to avoid the case going to trial? >> i don't answer hypothetical questions. >> i will not fold. i will not bend. >> any chance you'll cooperate with special counsel robert mueller if he asks? >> this was an egregious overreach by mr. mueller. >> these are gestapo tactics. >> i don't think this is the end by an

discussion when corsi was speaking out on "the beat," speaking of roger stone and what prosecutors want to know find it sunday whenever you get your podcasts. you can always check out the beat on msnbc. >>> caveman. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening i'm chris matthews in new york what a day it's been we're covering two smashing news stories tonight. both pummeling the trump presidency the arrest of his long-time dirty trickster in the russia probe, roger stone and trump's big cave in the shutdown reopening the federal government without getting a single penny for his prized wall. the president now faces the wrath of his far right base like ann coulter who tweeted trump is the biggest wimp ever to serve as president of the united states wimp much more on that crushing trump headline coming up >>> we begin with the predawn raid of the fbi in florida where roger stone was later hauled before a judge in shackles he's been charged with several criminal counts including obstruction, and five counts of making false statements to the congress most significant is it draws the russia inves

the news the u.s. president's a close ally roger stone has been arrested as part of special counsel robert miller's investigation into possible russian collusion in the twenty sixteen election stone was arrested at his home in the state of florida following a grand jury indictment he's been charged with obstructing official proceedings making false statements and witness tampering stone is due to appear in court later on friday so who is roger stone while a self described dirty tricks the sixty six year old began his career as a campaign aide for the former president richard nixon he worked as an informal advisor to donald trump and was a driving force in his presidential campaign before quitting in twenty fifteen questions have been raised about stones communications with the russian hacker and his alleged contacts with wiki leaks but stone has long maintained that he's had no connection to russia's attempts to meddle in the twenty sixteen presidential election. a white house correspondent joins me now from washington d.c. is quite early in the morning where you are when this arres

predawn raid. roger stone is charged withts seven con the russia probe. he says he is innocent. , ger: i will plead not guilty to these chargeswill defeat them in court. rajini: and he spent 544 days in an iranian prison. we hear from journalist jason rezaian on his harrowing ordeal. rajini: welcome to our viewers on public tevision in america and around the globe. after 35 days of a partial shutdown, president trump has put forward a new deal to reopeh u.s. government. but it is only for three weeks, and the proposal does not include funding for a wall onso thhern border. the president threatened to declare a national emergency ift the demoand him cannot agree on border security. as if that was not enough dramal this morninggtime ally of president trump was arrested in a predawn raid. political strategist roger stone has been charged in connection with the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. he says he is innocent. our north america editor jon eventful day in u.s. politics. jon: friday morning, and the extraordinary sight of the main domestic airport in new york at

raid caught by cnn. >> fbi, open the door. >> roger stone, a man president trump has known for decades indicted by robert mueller and special counsel says stone went after mails from wikileaks that could damage hillary clinton's campaign and says it was all done in coordination with trump campaign officials. the judge laid out the charges in a federal court in ford lauder dale today. >> you're here for an initial or first appearance on an indictment that has been returned. states charge one, obstruction in proceeding. two through six are false statements to a legislative branch of the government and count seven is witness tampering. >> roger stone is defiant tonight. he says he is not guilty and will defeat the charges in court. but the special ounceal's 24-page indictment is damming. writes after the release of stolen dnc emails by wikileaks a direct official was directed to contact stone about any additional releases and what other damaging information organization had regarding the clinton ampain. this is the key can part. mueller writes this senior official was directed to

decades so dangerous he doesn't quit. what roger stone said about being infamous rather than not famous at all. that's what i can see richard nixon saying that's something i can imagine richard nixon himself saying if he were as outrages a character as roger stone "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >> disturbing that the special counsel's office released a press release prior to informing -- >> roger stone's time in the barrel >> oh, my god, i'm busted. >> as the trump shutdown finally ends >> we do not need 2,000 miles of concrete wall from sea to shining sea. >> tonight for the first time, the special counsel links the trump campaign to wikileaks. >> i love reading those wikileaks. >> roger stone charged with seven counts. >> well, roger is a good guy and a patriot. >> plus what it all means for the president. >> russia, if you're listening >> and all the president's men and it was a shutdown inspired by steve king, ann coulter and trump tv enabled by mitch mcconnell, executed by president donald trump >> i am proud to shut down the government >> the political fallout

. >> you look at all the conduct that roger stone isn't actually charged for. he's charged with lying, for persuading witnesses corruptly. that relates to everything after the investigation began. but far more compelling is what happened before roger stone committed those crimes. and does the special counsel have enough information about roger stone's conduct with wikileaks or whatever the organization is to charge him or do they not yet have it and they're waiting until they get an air tight case to charge him? because then and only then when those dots conup will we have evidence of russian collusion. >> i have a different view. i think roger stone knew dam well it was coming from russia because everybody on the planet knew it was coming from russia and as being a link, is the key word, in the mandate of this probe. get all the links between russia government people and the trump campaign. he clearly is a link. your thoughts. >> this is an incremental step towards a bigger conspiracy indictment that is coming. this indictment reads like a conspiracy indictment. has the building blocks of

. roger stone, provocateur, flamboyant, lifelong republican operative, specialist in dirty tricks, one-time aide hard nixon. as of 4:00 this morning, when the fbi moved in, the latest person to arrested in the mueller investigation into collusion betwn the trump campaign and russia. after stone's cot appearance, he emerged the very picture of defiance, almost emulating richard nixon. roger: i will plead not guilty to these charges.i ll defeat them in court. i believe this is a politically motivated investigation. i am troubled by the politicals motivati the prosecutors. jon: his indictment containing details of texts he sent that read as though they aken from "the godfather" or "the sopranos." to one hwrote, "you are a rat, a stoolie. u backstab your friends. i am so ready. let's get it on. prepare to die. [expletive]" the indictment alleges he was the conduit between wikileaks anhe release of emails from the democratic national committee deeply damaging to hillary clinton. today the white house was saying, so what? sarah: this has nothing to do with the president, nothing to do with t

doing the right thing. >>> also, long-time trump ally roger stone indicted is robert mueller closing in on the president? >> i will plead not guilty to these charges. i will defeat them in court. >> we have this mueller investigation becoming more serious. it now ensnaring a long time friend of the president. roger stone is not a peripheral figure >> motivated investigation >>> the countdown is on to avert another government shutdown. yesterday, the longest shutdown ended after 35 days. under pressure, president trump backed down. he signed a bill to reopen the government temporarily the deal does not include money for his promise of building a border wall. the halt expires in 21 days. both parties now trying to reach agreement on border security by february 15th. house speaker nancy pelosi hailed it as a victory >> and the fact that our diversity is our strength. differences in so many ways, including differences of opinion. that is our strength our unity is our power that may be what the president under estimated. >> 800,000 federal workers missed the second paycheck yesterday. the pr

, between the trump campaign and wikileaks. roger stone told chris cuomo, they're all 100% wrong. >> first of all, i always said there could be some process crime. >> yes. >> there's no evidence whatsoever that i had advanced knowledge of the source of the wikileaks disclosures. i never received any of the disclosures. i never communicated with assange other than on twit ter which i gave to the house committee last september, i believe it was. >> shimon procopez joins us. he signed, we may soon know who they are. >> they are named. they're referred to as campaign officials, a senior campaign official and in that paragraph where they referred to the senior campaign official. what the indictment says is that the senior campaign official is directed by someone in the campaign to go and reach out to roger stone to find out what kind of information he had. certainly roger stone denies having any kind of outreach to or talking to anyone in the campaign about it. he would know who he spoke to, obviously the mueller team knows everyone they spoke to. and here's how roger stone described

roger stone. >> look, you know, you don't have to emphasize what is already obvious, okay? and, again, the reason i built this argument around the three amigos, the fact that when manafort and stone got into the stink, people said, like sarah sanders today, it has nothing to do. it can't have nothing to do. he knew these people the longest and the best. the idea that he didn't know what they did for him and what they're capable of and what they're like and who they know, it strains keducredulity. he had to know. did he commit a crime? we don't know anything about that. did he collude they may have? but that he didn't know what they were doing? hard to believe. >> look, you grew up here, meaning new york city. i started in new york city in the '90s, and i knew about donald trump and some of these characters. i'm looking over my glasses to say, really? you're going to fell me you didn't know what these people were about and what they were capable of before you sought their counsel, before you put them on as advisers, before you hired them? really? i may have been born yesterday, but it

new resistance from the top senate republican. >>> stone cold witness. as roger stone pleads not guilty, there are new signals that the special counsel may be considering an additional indictment of the longtime trump adviser. what does robert mueller hope to learn from a witness fighting his subpoena? >>> silence by russia? a self-style sex coach who claims to have evidence of collusion says kremlin agents tried to keep her quiet. she's speaking out in an exclusive interview with cnn. >>> a deadly deep freeze is endangering millions of americans. one-fourth of the population will suffer subzero temperatures. we will tell where and when the snow, the ice, the bitter cold hitting the hardest. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." top u.s. intelligence officials are openly contradicting president trump's assessment of some of america's most dangerous adversaries. the intel chiefs telling congress that isis is far from being defeated, that north korea isn't likely to give up its nuclear weapons an

and whether a 2020 run will guarantee trump's re-election. >>> roger stone pleading not guilty. john podesta is my guest. let's go outfront. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. counter trump's intelligence. the nation's most senior intelligence officials testifying to congress today contradicting trump's claim about mayor national security threats to america again and again and again and again. take isis. >> isis is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> we have beaten them and beaten them badly. they're all coming back and they're coming back now. >> talking about the troops. on top of this, the president's top intelligence add viviser released this report about threats facing the united states. on page 11 he continued on isis. it maintains eight branches. icy will continue to pursue external attacks against add ver sa -- adversaries including the united states. there's that. couldn't be more opposed to each other. take north korea. >> we assess that north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities and unlikely to completely give up it