Who came forward saying that they themselves had been abused by r. Kelly, both sexually and physically and other ways. They also talked about being minors, a few saying they were minors when r. Kelly engaged in Sexual Activity with them. As you know, engaging in Sexual Activity with a minor is considered statutory rape. So we should also mention that r. Kelly all these years, all the accusations that have come forward against him, he has denied each and every one of them. Hes been very clear, saying that he is innocent of any of the allegations and accusations, and in 2008 when he was charged with 14 counts of child pornography, he was acquitted in that case. That case involved a girl who was on a videotape, a girl who the jurors said they could not positively identify beyond a reasonable doubt. The prosecution said the girl was 13 or 14 years old. They said that it was also r. Kelly on the videotape showing involving several sex acts. What we know about this new videotape because we have viewed it is that there is a girl on the tape, there is a man who appears to be r. Kelly on the tape. And it is a much clearer, better version of the video. We have learned that she has said on the tape, herself, out of her own mouth, more than five times that she refers to her 14yearold genitalia. And he, in turn, clearly hears her because he then also a couple of times refers to the age of her genitalia being 14 years old. We do not know if that plays a role in the charges that have come forward. What we do know is that Attorney Michael Avenatti is in town, and he handed that tape over to the prosecution a week ago. And that he says that he has clients, as well, and we understand now from sources that at least one of his clients has spoken with the States Attorneys Office, as well. There are lots of moving parts here. We do not yet know exactly what hes been charged with. We know that an indictment has happened. That charges have been filed in court records. And that there is a warrant, a nobail warrant out for Robert Sylvester kellys arrest. Brooke . Wow. Sara sidner. Were going to take your shot the second we see kim fox, the cook county states attorney, with those details any moment now. Let me say this todays indictment comes just weeks, sara mentioned this, this devastating lifetime documentary called surviving r. Kelly. It is a series that spotlights several women including the singers exwife who allege that they suffered physical and emotional and sexual abuse at the hands of this r b star. Several of those women were asked what they would say to r. Kelly if he were watching them. Watching them speak their truth and tell their stories. And here are some of their responses. I just like, you know, know that you really hurt me. I was a little girl in like a bad mans world. I never really recovered from it. You need to see the effects of your behavior. You need to see how you have ruined lives. How you have damaged relationships. How you have torn up other peoples families. I would hope that he would want to be a better person and quit hurt iing. Quit quit hurting people, quit hurting these girls. Jamilla, former Senior Editor at ebony magazine. She was speaking in that surviving r. Kelly documentary. Joey jackson is a criminal defense attorney and analyst. We have adit back, as well. Jamilla, before we see this, you know, states attorney in cook county, you know, hearing the word of more than one county within the indictment arrest warrant, how are you feeling . Im just im overwhelmed. I think a lot of us that participated in this documentary series including the director believe that this moment could finally bring something resembling justice to r. Kellys victims and accusers. And when kim fax came out and said im looking for stories, you know, if theres something we need to know about this person, we will pursue it, take it seriously, talk to us, i think that was a sign that things could play out a bit differently at this time than they did after the 2008 trail. Im hoping that this is it. What is it . The moment in which those young ladies that are said to still be in his care whose parents cant reach them, that they go home. Theyre taken away from him. That robert is forced to be accountable for what he has allegedly done is on so many young girls and women over the years. That he will have to answer these things, and that he wont be able to pay or shine his way out of this. That there wont be any more world cut performances or being the grandmaster in chicagos bud bulliken backtoschool parade or getting awards. All these things happening after the first tape. That this is the moment in which our society at large and our system of Law Enforcement can no longer ignore who this person very likely is and who hes been to so many people. What are we about to hear from kim fox . I think were about to hear what this indictment is all about. What it means, what it represents, what are the charges, who they relate to, when it occurred. As a cautionary tale, an indictment is a mere accusation. An indictment lays out, you convene 16 people from the county, and you need nine. A minority to vote out the determination theyre determining is there reasonable cause to believe a crime was committed and that r. Kelly committed it. Having said that, its very significant because if it because it brings the process. Although the people are not crossexaminationed in any way, certainly the people there felt it compelling enough and generally indict to move the matter forward. Now brooke, i think well see the evidence challenged, and well see, you know, if mr. Avenatti brought a videotape and, of course, people have looked and seen the tape. The first time around, 2002, there was such a tape. Weve been here before. He was acquitted of the charges, of course. It involved allegedly him having sex with a minor. That person didnt testify at the trial. There was disputes as to whether r. Kelly was on the tape. This tape apparently theres a lot more clarity. Still, youre going to question where the tape came from, the authenticity, it was superimposed. Youre going to look and evaluate the testimony because the grand jury doesnt just look at a tape, they hear testimony. And you cant help as we all sit here, im sure anyone at home, to listen to all the women who had something to say just a few minutes ago. It has an effect. And the open question for me is during the course of the trial, how many judges, if there is a trial, theres a lot that could occur, how many of those women will the judge permit to testify as to his alleged prior bad behavior. People listening and sitting to that, you know im certain you find it compelling. And it goes to show your motive it goes to show your intent tissues goes to show your m. O. Who are you, and that matters when a jurys considering guilt or look thereof. As were hearing about this nobail arrest warrant, no bail, i presume, because they see him as a flight risk. Yes . Absolutely. A judge has to assess several factors. And one of the factors is, is the defendant a flight risk, does he pose a danger to himself or the community . And so for the underlying offense or whatever was charged in this indictment, is indicative of a possible child predator, right. A sexual predator. With the means and access that r. Kelly has, the court is afraid that he would be a possible flight risk. They want to ensure that he is going to be in court and is going to confront these charges, and also keep the the community at large safe from his actions because clearly victims have come forward, family members have come forward, and theres just been rumors for over 20 years about this man. So the court does not feel comfortable in letting this person loose while this case is pending. Reporter so all right, mark omeara, if you are r. Kellys attorneys and again, you know, throughout they have vehemently denied any of these accusations, what are you doing . Are calling, kelly and essentially saying calling r. Kelly and essentially saying, sir, you need to turn yourself . Whats happening . At this point he needs to make it as easy on himself as it can be. We know theres a significant indictment thats come out. I found it to be significant because it sounds as though there were four different victims in the indictment. We dont know if theres more than one victim or complaining witness in the tape. That suggests to me as joey mentioned that theres a lot of what we call similar fact evidence. That type of evidence, evidence of other women arguing that the same thing happened to them, is devastating evidence. Yeah, exactly. A jury may give you that benefit of the doubt, the presumption of innocence in a oneoff event, but when you have it happening time and time again, you dont need prior convictions, you just need prior similar acts, thats going to be devastating evidence. R. Kelly needs to come in. Hes going to be placed under arrest. The judge will consider though its a nobond warrant at this point, the judge will have a bond hearing to determine if hes and he will under the charges, take away his passport, large bond, security bond, we will see him out on bond somewhat soon to get ready for the defense. The defense is going to be fact intensetive. His response to it is going to be important. 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And we got handed this from sara sidner who is in the room looking at the screen lets listen. Good afternoon. Earlier today robert kelly was indicted before a cook county grand jury on ten counts of aggravated criminal Sexual Abuse Involving four victims. The first victim, initials h. W. , was involved in incidents which occurred between may 26th, 1998, and may 25th, 1999. A grand jury returned an indictment on four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse based on the victim being under the age of 17, and robert kelly being more than five years older than the victim. The second victim, initials r. L. , was fiscal cliffed in an incident which was involved in an incident which occurred between september 26th, 1998, and september 25th, 2001. A grand jury returned an indictment on two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse based on the victims being under the age of 17, and robert kelly being more than five years older than that victim. The third victim, initials l. C. , was involved in an incident which occurred february 18th, 2003. A grand jury returned an indictment on one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse based on the transmission of semen by robert kelly upon any part of the body of the victim for the purposes of sexual gratification during the course of an underlying felony of attempt criminal sexual assault. The fourth victim, initials j. P. , was involved in incidents which occurred between may 1st, 2009, and january 31st, 2010. The grand jury returned an indictment on three counts, three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse based on the victim being under the age of 17 and robert kelly being more than five years older than the victim. Aggravated criminal sexual abuse is a classtwo felony with the sentencing range of three to seven years per count. It is also probationable. We anticipate that mr. Kelly will appear in bond Court Tomorrow afternoon. Thank you. All right. There you have it. We were wondering how many counts ten. Ten counts, four victims, four women ranging from the years i jotted down between essentially 1998 and as recent as 2010. Jamilla, joey, guys, let me know when saras up. I think its significant inasmuch as, look, a critical question is the statute of limitations. And of course the statute of limitations for a minor is 20 years after you reach the age of 18. And so if youre in that applicable period, it can go forward. Seems as though from the charges she listed off that theyre in the applicable period, number one. Two, theres four victims. Thats compelling. Think about a trial when you have one witness testify as to things that are significant and what is significant having sex with a minor. Then you have another witness testify, and there are multiple counts as to east. Theyll be describing different circumstances, different scenarios, et cetera, and then you have the third witness testify. And then you have another. So i think, you know, again, havent evaluated evidence. She state her piece. Im not surprised she didnt take questions. Prosecutors get into trouble when they start taking questions. She laid out what the accusations are. But the accusations are significant. And so whats happening with r. Kelly . Where is r. Kelly . Whats next for him . She mentioned a bond hearing tomorrow. At some point generally what happens is when theres an arrest warrant, usually Law Enforcement gives you the opportunity with counsel to surrender yourself. When you surrender yourself, youll go to the bond hearing. At that hearing, the judge will make the determination as to whether or not you get bail. Remember, the purpose of bail, brooke, is to determine whether or not you come on this court. Its not punitive it sets an amount that gives you incentive to come back. At that hearing, his lawyers will argue hes a good risk to return. People who know r. Kelly is, im sure hell have to surrender a passport. There will be other conditions. The bail may be substantial, but certainly its improbable that hell be granted bail tomorrow. These alleged incidents have been going on for decades. And i asked you this i want you to make the point again. I asked you why has this allegedly been going on so long. And its taken this long to indict the man. And you said what . You know, i stand firmly in the belief that were only now hearing this because these were black girls. That he was not tried or successfully prosecuted in the past because these were young, black girls. These were not black girls typically of means, these werent celebrities with the exception of allaliyahaliyah. These were regular, working class girls like places like the south side of chicago, from the south. Girls that are believed to be adults from the point that they grow breasts, you know, or can walk the streets unaccompanied at 11 or 12. Girls that are thought to be more responsible for what happens to them in the care of an adult than the adult themselves. You know, that people who believe that r. Kelly is guilty have said bylut what about tho girls . At 14, i knew better, or at 16, what are you doing in the company of a grown man . Blaming the victim blaming the victim over and over again. I think that this particular demographic of victims has been blamed so often that people dont see them as victims. They see them as coconspirators at best, and the actual villains at worst. Until that buzzfeed piece, until the surviving r. Kelly, until she, you know, the states attorney came out and said, please, come forward if you are a witness or if you, you know, are a survivor, come forward and please share your story. Therefore, that brings us to today. Sara sidner is in the room. There you have it. Ten counts, four victims. Reporter thats right. Ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. What was interesting to listen to there is that she gave the initials of the alleged victims names, and she also mentioned something else. She said that they are expecting to see r. Kelly, Robert Sylvester kelly, in the bond hearing, which means there should be or there is likely conversations going back and forth between him or him and his attorney and somebody from the States Attorneys Officers as they are trying to figure out whether or not he will turn himself in or whether or not he will be arrested. I want to read a little bit of what we have gotten from the States Attorneys Office here. Just to be able to digest all that we have learned. If you dont mind. So she talked about the first victim, she gave the initials of the first victim. And whats interesting here are the dates. So this she says occurred between 1998 and 1999, and that was a year that she has listed there, may 98 to may 99. She talked about a sexual abuse victim under the age of 17 and that robert kelly was more than five years older than the victim. That could, we do not know, that could well be referring to the girl that we saw on the videotape that was handed over to the prosecution a week ago. I will also read you the next one which was from september 1998 to 2001. Think about the length of time that these cases that they have been looking into. This may mean that they have not just witness testimony that they are aware of, but that there are some other things and other pieces of evidence that they are looking at, as well. We know, obviously, that there is a videotape that they have in their possession in this particular case, and that the third victim it said, there was an incident that occurred, and its a specific date on february 18th, 2003. The last victim, may 2009 to january 2010. In the last case, it was a victim being under the age of 17. The reason why 17 is so important here is because that is in illinois the age of consent. And so those are we are talking about minors in a couple of these cases, specific, and i think in three of the four cases it is specifically about a victim being under the age of 17. In other words, a minor who cannot consent. And theyre talking about aggravated criminal sexual abuse. These are major charges. We in order to be, you know, open and honest about what all has gone on, we should mention the grand jury has been meeting for some time, hearing witness testimony, seeing potential evidence in the case, and that they did indict the states attorney Going Forward with charges. There has now been an arrest warrant that has been filed, thats been confirmed by chicago police. Now we are waiting to find out when r. Kelly is going to, if he is going to turn himself in, whether or not he will be arrested. Certainly there is a bond hearing scheduled between 12 30 local time and 1 00 tomorrow, in which the states attorney said they expected to see r. Kelly. It gives you some idea that they are expecting him to be there. In other words, he will be picked up or will turn himself in with the help of his attorney, steve greenberg. We should also mention steve greenberg, well aware of whats happening here. We are hoping to hear something from him. All this time that r. Kelly has been accused, over decades, over decades of time where there have been accusations about him having inappropriate sexual contact with young girls, with girls who were minors, he has always maintained his innocence. Hes always said that he has done nothing wrong, nothing illegal, with young girls. He did an interview, for example, with black entertainment television, b. E. T. , in 2008 and was asked do you like teenager girls. His response was, well, depends how old they are, and went on to say that, of course, these teenagers, a lot of them are his fans, and he has friendships with teenagers. But that he has done nothing illegal. He has maintained that he has not done anything illegal over the years. Weve not heard anything from him or his attorney now. This just came forwards. All of this information is obviously going to be handed over to his attorney, and then we will see where we go from there. This is a Major Development in a story that has been permeating this area of chicago and the rest of the country for years. Yes, decades. Reporter there is the element, brooke and you have talked about this, this is importance, there is the element here that these black women what came forward to talk about what they said they had gone through in the surviving r. Kelly series, they felt ignored by us, the media, felt ignored by Law Enforcement, they felt ignored by so many people when they tried to get help, when they tried to explain what was happening to them. And they also felt that because r. Kelly was who he was, because he was such a superstar, because he was such a big moneymaker, that he had the power and has always maintained the power in their relationship. It is important to note that now there is an indictment. Were talking 11 years after he was acquitted in a 2008 trial on child pornography charges, theres an indictment where he is facing aggravated sexual abuse charges. This is big, brooke. You have been incredible on all of this, sara sidner, thank you so much. A major moment for women. A major moment for women of color across this country. Again, he will be in custody at some point for the bond hearing tomorrow. So thats the latest on the r. Kelly news. I want to make a right turn here because weve got some breaking news involved in this special Counsel Robert Mueller probe. Our crime and justice reporter has been reporting out the win, seeming that it would be imminent. The Mueller Report dropping when bill barr, the a. G. , would be getting that. Do you have an update on the timeline . Yeah. We dont have an update on the timeline. What we know is this is not expected to land on William Barrs desk next week. Mueller is not expected to deliver his final report next week. As has been anticipated. We were told that it could happen next week. Were now being told actually our justice correspondent Laura Jarrett at the department of justice has been told that that is not now expected to happen next week. One of the reasons why were told is that the president who as we know is planning his trip on monday, is planning to leave, its obviously a big trip, were told officials do not in any way want to step on that trip. So out of concern for that given the obviously the attention once mueller would be done and a report would be delivered, that landing on William Barrs desk, obviously the news it would create. Theres concern it might step on the president s trip, and the officials at the department of justice do not want to do that. All we know is as much as we have been anticipating that this would come down next week, thats now unlikely to happen. Keep in mind this doesnt mean theres been a new development and that the team has found something new. Good point. And that theres new parts of the investigation that are going to come forward. For all intents and purposes, from everyone weve been told, that the investigation is pretty much complete. There wasnt going to be any major announcements from the investigation. The only thing that tell now is that the department of justice from everything weve been told just does not want to step on this trip. And so they are not going to be doing this next week. Mueller is not going to be delivering his report. Okay. Got it. Thank you for the update on the timeline there. I have Nelson Cunningham standing by, former white house general counsel under president clinton, as well as a former assistant u. S. Attorney and former federal prosecutor. So nelson, your response to the fact that team looumueller, the dont want to step on the white house and the big trip to vietnam. Id like to know the sourcing on all these stories. Ive been following this investigation closely since it began, and im wondering color me skeptical on whether or not were actually going to see a report from mueller in the coming weeks. Heres why hes in the middle of so many big things right now. Hes just indicted roger stone. Roger stone is somebody who if he ever became a cooperating witness could give mueller an incredibly useful roadmap into his conversations with the president , with manafort, with assange. Now would mueller ever want to call him to the witness stands, absolutely not. Hes a walking credibility gap. He could paint a road for mueller a roadmap for mueller, though it would be useful in painting the picture and leading him to other good evidence. Theres other pieces of litigation that mueller is still pursuing including one that was recently up before the supreme court. That has not yet been decided. Leads me to wonder why would he conclude his investigation right now. Is it because Rod Rosenstein is leaving . Rosenstein has been his protector. But bob barr, the new attorney general, is somebody who mueller has known for 30 years if not longer. They served together yes, yes. Let me ask you on bill barr, bill barr, the new a. G. Yes, bill barr, hes now to this job. I mean, he served before. Hes now to this position, right, in this in this time. What do you think hes thinking . Barr himself is a very wellknown, very wellknown person in washington. Hes got a reputation as a principled man. Hes a mainstream lawyer. Hes a mainstream conservative. I might not agree with him on, say, his juice views on judges, will agree on his views on Law Enforcement and the principles behind the justice department, the fbi, and the way the proper investigations are conducted. I ask myself as somebody who comes from the democratic side, i look at him and say, you know, hes already been attorney general. He didnt need to job. Would he take this job a second time just to tarnish his reputation . And that doesnt strike me as realistic. It strikes me that he if problems land in his lap, i think he will handle it the way we would expect, say, Rod Rosenstein to handle it or any other truly professional prosecutor. In other words, im actually one of those who has reasonable confidence that attorney general barr will handle this, any report that hes given, in an appropriate fashion. Back to your point, nelson, on maybe mueller taking a bit more time. I think what im hearing from you, you mentioned roger stone, there are several sort of loose ends. One scenario thats been tossed around is that mueller will refer those openended cases to other prosecutors. So that he would have his own report, that he would drop to mr. Barr, and then refer the others to other prosecutors. Could that not be the case here . Yeah. It could be. We dont know what mr. Mueller is thinking inside his ad to see what his role is. His head as to what his role is. We have two recent examples of what prosecutors have done with gentlemjawarsky and star. And jawarsky ended with no conclusions to chronology and boxes of evidence. Starr ended it with a fullpledged report that went into every jot and tittle. They were operating under different statutory schemes. Mueller is somewhere right in the middle. Having watched him a long time, i will say what he will come up with will not be as fulsome as what ken starr came up with and not part of impeachment, part of ken starrs legislative remit. I doubt it will be a barebones chronology. I think hes done a lot of work, his team has put a lot of work into this. I would imagine that any prosecutor would want to put the results of his work into one detailed document for the attorney generals consideration. That does not mean that it will become public. It does not tell us what will become public because barr is is limited by the regulations that govern him. And barr will have to decide what can be made public. Of course, the house will have to make a determination what do we subpoena, how do we get our hands on this. Thats how jaworsky made its way to the house in the watergate era. The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed it, and the d. C. Circuit, the court of appeals here in washington, approved that subpoena and ordered the documents turned over. We could see that here. Which is i believe its judge beryl howell. I was reading too much yesterday, who is presiding over the mueller case. Theres that whole piece of it. Let me play this this is what the president said moments ago from the oval office. Release the Mueller Report, have you spoken to no, i havent. Youve had nothing i have not. Do you expect to . At some point i guess ill be talking about it. You know, the nice part it was no collusion. It was no obstruction, there was no anything. Thats the nice part. There was no phone calls, no nothing. We have i won the race because i was a better candidate than she was. Had nothing to do with russia. And Everybody Knows its a hoax. Its one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated on the country. I look forward to seeing the report. If its an honest report, it will say that. If its not an honest report it wont. Hes referring to the Mueller Report. Nelson, what are his lawyers both inside the white house, outside the white house, what are they telling him do you think . Any good lawyer will prepare his client for the worst. And then prepare for best. If anybody has the courage to tell him what they fear might be coming, those could be sobering conversations. Its pretty clear that the president has not always followed the advice of his lawyers. In fact, he seems rarely to follow the advice of his lawyers. And so you could just imagine a situation where the lawyers inside the white house are busy preparing for what could be a bombshell. It could be a nothing burger it could be somewhere in between. Without knowing how their client is going to react or how to keep their clients thumbs off of his phone. Nelson cunningham, thank you so much for all of that. I appreciate it. Thank you. Again, the news from shimon procopez a moment ago saying there were thoughts that the Mueller Report would be coming out next week. Now according to shimon and his sourcing, it wont be next week. The special counsels office doesnt want to step on the toes of the white house in this big trip to vietnam next week. I want you to listen to what the president said about his labor secretary who a judge found broke the law in this sweetheart deal. Mr. President , do you have concerns about the labor secretary in the epstein case . I dont know too much about it. I kbhees doknow hes done a gre job as labor secretary. That seems like a long time ago. Hes been a fantastic labor secretary. Thats all i can tell you about him. Thats all i know. What about the charges against bob kraft . Okay. Doug high is with me. Do you think the the labor secretary is going to resign . I dont think at least in the short term. The one thing weve learned over all the scandals weve seen in washington or in virginia is that if a politician hunkers down, unless they are told directly that you need to resign by their boss, in this case trump telling the secretary to resign, theyre not going anywhere. Thats a very different world than we were in just two or three years ago. But thats where politics are right now. Okay. Were going to talk to this investigative journalist who had been doing so much reporting on epstein and the plea agreement and how it related back to the labor secretary and the fact he had been appointed. How this looks in washington, the fact this person is still in the job. Its just we wait for the developments. I want to switch gears. I was talking to Nelson Cunningham about the news about mueller. Im sure everybodys paying attention to when will the report come out, what will bill barr do, the new a. G. , the house could subpoena this report. What do you think . It shows we knew that next week was going to be chaotic. Now we know its going to be slightly less chaotic. More things are coming. It seems almost an hourly basis. Were prepared for them to do on fridays. Its less absolutely chaotic than it was an hour ago. Still, washington is going to be out of control next week. And some of this actually i think benefits trump. You know, when everything is so chaotic, its very hard to focus on any one thing. Okay. Actually hold on. Im being told lets listen to to President Trump talking about Election Frauds in North Carolina. Mr. President have you condemned the North CarolinaElection Frauds . This is a big story, the republican candidate is calling for a new election. Why can you not condemn that given you condemn other kinds i condemn any Election Fraud. And when i look at whats happened in california with the votes, when i look at what happened as you know, there was a case where they found a million fraudulent votes, when i look at whats happened in when you excuse me, excuse me. When i look at texas, when i look at that catastrophy that took place in florida where the republican candidates kept getting less and less and less and less. And fortunately rick scott and ron ended up winning their election, but it was disgraceful what happened there. I look at a lot of different places all over the country. I condemn any voter fraud of any kind whether democrat or republican. But when you look at some of the things that happened in california in particular, when you look at what happened in texas with all of the votes they recently found muthat were not exactly properly done, and that concludes california i guess theyre doing a final report. I would like to see the final report. But any form of Election Fraud i condemn. This is about the ninth Congressional District of North Carolina. You and i were texting yesterday, was it yesterday, two days ago, when i had the head of the Democratic Party on, you know, this is before this was after we learned about the absentee bolts and the woman saying ballots and the woman saying she was paid to do what she said she did. We were waiting to see the president weigh in on this. He had yet to until this afternoon when he was pressed on it. Mark harris, the republican leading in this race, had said, you know, lets have a doover. What do you make of the president s comments . In a normal world, i think donald trump not weighing in, a president not weighing in on something being investigated would be a good thing. Obviously were not in a normal world, and hes conflating this with california its not clear what happened there. Yeah. Being from North Carolina, knowing the district pretty well, this has been an Ongoing Program, bladen county, an Ongoing Program where there are questions in past elections, too, about what was going on with absentee ballots. And in the primary. What weve seen here, though, is obviously a very different world where you had the candidates son say, you know, i told dad. And you dont hear the word dad often in this context in politics. I told dad this is going to be a problem and dont do it. To say so under oath. Not only forced the candidate out, but essentially in communications terms gave donald trump permission to finally speak out against this. He did. He also said this i want to play this. This is what he said on Michael Cohens testimony which is slated for next wednesday. Public testimony up on capitol hill. Here was the president Michael Cohens testimony no, no. Lawyer client. You know, hes taking his own chances. Just jogging back, you know, we were supposed to be hearing publicly from Michael Cohen earlier this month. Then it was going to be behind closed doors. Then it was stopped. Its been the stop, start, stop, start. Its now happening next wednesday. Do you think that there will be bombshells, or it will be much more tame than people anticipate . I think to assume, knowing how Michael Cohen has been the past several years, that there will be fireworks even if there arent bombshells. We know capitol hill is in no mood to put up with shenanigans from Michael Cohen. I worked for senator who said any goodwill we might have had has been worn out because Michael Cohen has delayed and delayed and said im too sick to come in, and then is at dinner at a restaurant that night. Capitol hill, House Republicans and democrats, Senate Republicans and democrats, theyre not looking for games in this case. They want to find out facts, and there will be fireworks from Michael Cohen. He has to be careful and protect himself, as well. Nelson cunningham, weve got a microphone on you. Let me ask you the same thing with your legal mind. What are you expecting from the public hearing wednesday . I think there will be a lot. Michael cohen has made it clear in the last few weeks that hes got a story to tell, and he wants to tell it. Im not quite sure why hes delayed his testimony. I do know he persuaded a judge to put off the beginning of his criminal sentence by two months. Judges dont take those things lightly. They tend to do that only when theyre given good medical evidence. I have to assume hes got a real medical issue. I would think that what were going to see next week is going to be Michael Cohen taking a last stab before he goes in to try to rehabilitate his public image. Okay. And weve been talking about the coast guard story, the cache of weapons, this plan to murder, you know, he wanted to murder something like, you know, everyone on the planet. And having this list against members of the media and members of hollywood, Sarah Westwood is on this. Were told the president did finally weigh in on this, this coast guard lieutenants alleged massacre plot. What did he say on that . Reporter thats right. This is the first time that this socalled white supremacist quart hcoast guard white supremacist coast guard was weighed in by the president. He said he thinks the language is nice. He denied that his rhetoric could have inspired this person whos been described as a domestic terrorist who had a hit list that included democrats, that included media figures and some critics have said that perhaps the incendiary rhetoric used by President Trump and his allies could have created the environment in which this coast guard official allegedly did develop this plan for a mass killing. Of course, President Trump not taking responsibility for that, saying that its not his fault. This was an isolated incident. White house officials throughout the day had sort of shied away from weighing in on this, from taking any responsibility, commenting on the link to President Trump. So this was the first we heard President Trump condemning the attack, but not accepting responsibility for his rhetoric. Here was the president briefs on the coast guard member who was arrested for threatening democrats and other members im actually getting a very final briefing and a very complete briefing in about two hours after this. Any thoughts on this man i think its a shame. Yeah. I think its a very sad thing when a thing like that happens. Ive expressed that. Im actually getting a very complete briefing in about two hours. Do you think you bear any responsibility for modifying your language when it comes to that . No, i dont. I think my language is very nice. [ inaudible ] from china, from china. The conflict is one year its a shame sound bite i want to play talking about this, you know, white supremacist coast guard lieutenant and plot to massacre so many people. And the president , you know, until five seconds ago essentially hadnt weighed in but was quick to jump in on, say, jussie smollett. Yeah. Again, if youre waiting to determine all the facts, we have a lot of politicians might be wanting to do that more. There was a great piece about how people are rushing to weigh in and offer condemnation before they know whats happening. Thats fine for donald trump waiting normally is a good thing. He waits, he picks and chooses on what he waits in or weighs in on. Thats ultimately the problem. When he gives the milquetoast thats a shame, it seems hes not doing enough and picking and childhoo choosing his battles. Thank you so much. Good to see you. As you see, a busy friday. Were going to have more coming up next on the indictment of r b singer one. 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