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Pentagon officials telling cnn, they didnt know the announcement was coming. This was a president seizing the momenting and goi and going rog. We saw the same dynamic a few hours earlier, when he signed a measure putting a 25 tariff on imported steel and a 10 tariff on imported aluminum. Even though his top economic adviser quit over the tariffs. And then, theres the lawsuit anxiety by Stormy Daniels. President trump said to be furious as Sarah Sanders acknowledged he was a party to the lawsuit. She claimed the arbitration was won in the president s favor. That was before we learned that a woman who previously accused trump of inappropriate sexual contact, was named in the nondisclosure agreement by Stormy Daniels of having information about the alleged affair with donald trump. Paul manafort entered a plea of not guilty to bank fraud and tax crimes. On capitol hill, former campaign manager, cory ley lewandowski refused to answer questions about the trump tower meeting with russians. Theres a lot to discuss. We want to begin with the breaking news on north korea. And i want to bring in michelle kaczynski, caitlin kallca collin kirby and matt lewis. We have a lot of ground to cover. Admiral kirby, i want to start with you. Cnn was told that President Trump was being told not to go along but yet, here he is. Hes going to meet with north koreas dictator by may. The president is doing what he wants. I think it depends. I was flab ghasted that the invite was accepted. And the timeline is only eight weeks away. Thats incredible to me, the amount of work that has to be done between now and then, to i have any effective summit with kim jongun, a man who is a brutal dictator and wanted the status that comes with a president ial dialogue like this. Im a little concerned. Very concerned about the timeline and about the chances for success. But im always a fan of diplomacy. In general, we have to look at this as a positive development. We have to hope that the administration will work diligently to make this a success. Not only will the timeline be hard for them, but it will be harder because they dont have expertise. We dont have an ambassador in seoul, the special envoy to north korea has decided to resign. They have a long road to go and a short while to get it done. I cant let that concern slip. Why are you very concerned about this . Were dealing with a regime that has been developing Nuclear Missile program for a very long time. And theyve axccelerated that development. They know what theyre doing. It is their insurance policy. What they want more than anything else is regime survival. I see very little incentive for them to give that up, unless were willing to offer them something that really insures that survival in a tangible way. And legitimacy. They want legitimacy, and standing on the world stage gives them legitimacy. They want to be the soviet union of today. Thats what they want. They want that recognition. What are we doing to give up for that . What are they going to get from us to get us to get them to denuke. Im concerned about what this administration will be willing to barter away. Were at this point. Lets hope it works out. Where is secretary tillerson in all this . The president said, the secretary of state was wasting his time on north korea. Yeah, wasting his time ptryig to negotiate with north korea. That would hardly be the first time that the president has undercut what the secretary of state has done or said, in the work hes trying to do. In the few hours before this stunning announcement, secretary state tillerson was asked about the situation. He talked about skepticism. He thinks were a long way off from negotiations. We have to have talks about talks before we know if north korea ready for negotiations. Weve seen a difference in the language the administration is using between talks and negotiations. It used to be, were a far distance away from talks. But now, its more along the lines of, we can talk, we can talk about what were going to do before we start to negotiate. It was a much different tone from the secretary of state. You can see why this announcement, then, from the white house, might have come as a surprise to tillerson. Theres a time difference. He was in africa. He was up and talking to the president before the announcement. We know he talked to the japanese prime minister. But tillerson was still characteristically silent during this. He didnt make a statement an hour after the announcement, the state department did put out a paper statement. At the end, again, referring to the white house for more details. Thats pretty consistent with what weve seen. Just days ago, as this was brewing, as we knew the south korean delegation was about to come to the United States, the president was talking about north korea having called up and said they wanted to talk. Everybody wanted to know what that was all about. We asked tillerson directly what he thought about the situation or could he lend some clarity . And as he stood there as the secretary of state, he had absolutely nothing that he wanted to say. Its interesting because i was reading about Nicholas Kristof who they dont think tillerson is even a player in washington, the North Koreans, at least. Here it is. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson would be a possibility but the North Koreans have scoffed at me that he isnt a player in washington. Im going to talk to nick about this. Its interesting in the conversation that were having. Michelle, where might this proposed meeting happen . Thats one of those question marks surrounding all of this. You cannot, in a million years, imagine kim jongun coming here to the United States. And what that looks like. Were not sure if were ready for negotiations. Not sure if were ready for a visit like that. People like to speculate about the spectacle and the strangeness. Thats not going to happen. It would be something, too, if President Trump traveled there, maybe to the demilitarized zone. I think south korea is a likely place. It would be seen as the president going to kim jongun. Exactly. Either some neutral zone that could show goodwill on both sides. South korea has been motivating this. It seems like that could be a likely spot. Somewhere, you would think would be neutral. You dont like to predict whats going to happen with this administration. And remember, were dealing with President Trump and kim jongun. You know, we dont know what ideas they have. Two unpredictable characters or personalities to say the least. Together. Im going to bring caitlin in on this. The president came into the briefing room, notified reporters. Our reporting was an inrun around everyone. They were caught offguard. The chaos emanating from this white house has been constant. It seems like the president is taking charge, creating more confusion in the process. But hes doing what he wants. He certainly is, don. But the chaos is on full display when Something Big like this happens. As small as the president not letting his other officials know that hes going to pop into the briefing room, something hes never done before. A big announcement about north korea. To think hes not on the same page as the secretary of state. Rex tillersons comments that michelle was referencing that he was making earlier today. Mike pence made it seem like any negotiations with korea were a ways off. When the National Security adviser was making the announcement, he referred to the National Security as visor of the United States, h. R. Mcmaster, as aextensively, the president and the National Security adviser do not have a good relationship. The president has been searching for a replacement for him. It seems that his departure could come as early as by the end of this month. We have all of that going on, while such a monumental decision, as this could be made with the president. Really goes to show the stories, sometimes it seems humorous that the white house can be so chaotic and complicated. But on a day like today, when Big Decisions are being made, its stunning that the president so quickly accepted north koreas offer to meet, it makes you question how things are going down in this white house. Kaitlan, let me ask you, why would a third party, another leader outside of the white house not even inside of the white house make this announcement and read a letter . It was just odd. Seems like it was something that the president wanted to do. Or maybe some joint news conference. At least it would be done inside the white house. The announcement seemed very odd. What happened . It certainly is odd. Why would the president , not himself, make this decision that he had accepted north koreas offer to meet with kim jongun. He didnt. It was an oral letter. A message, basically given to him. That raises the question, after he was briefed at the white house today, as well as h. R. Mcmaster, thats when this response was made. It raises those questions. This is a president who likes to outdo other president s. Thats something we have to keep in mind. His decisionmaking here. He likes to do things differently. If you advise him, past administrations have done x, y and z, the president likes to do k k. You can see that playing in his decision here to accept a meeting like this. We still have many questions surrounding this. Its important to keep that in mind, that the white house has not given any indication of when this meeting will happen. We do not know this meeting would happen. Just a few days ago, the president was expressing skepticism about Something Like this happening at all. Theres a lot of ground to cover between now and then, even when this meeti ining happens. Matt, you have been sitting there patiently. I want to talk about the president going his own way on a different issue. Thats the issue of tariffs. Every republican didnt want the president to do this. They warned of a trade war. He didnt listen. Are we going to see the president go his own way even more now, you think . Yeah. I any so. So, the tariff issue is something that hes been talking about for 30 years. You know . There was a sense early on that steve bannon was pulling the strings. Steve bannon was calling the shots, leading him down in nationalist path. Trump was in favor of protect n protectionism and he was talking about japan gaming the system 30 years ago on Oprah Winfreys show. This is donald trump being donald trump. I dont think hes going to be able to pass a lot of, maybe, anything through the legislative process this year, with the midterms around the corner. What hes going to do is going to be unilateral. What good is it to be president , to be elected president , if you cant do the thing youve been complaining about for 30 years. You mentioned the midterms. How much is the special election for congressional seat in pennsylvania and steel country, a factor in the president s decision to impose the new tariffs . I think it has something to do with the tiline in timing. This is something that donald trump wanted to do for 30 years. Theres a story back in august that he was saying, bring me tariffs. I want tariffs. This isnt duonald trump decidig to do this. But the timing of it, its hard to say that the timing isnt suspicious, right . Yeah. Let me get your thoughts on north korea. How is this going to play in peoria . I think it will play well in peori peoria. Donald trump, this is a guy that the American People want to see something good to come out of it. Maybe its the triumph of hope over experience. But they want diplomacy to work. 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And in agreement, even though it has a provision for a signature, that can be waived by the conduct of the other party. And these agreements are upheld all the time. Earlier, you were on another network and you said, in agreement, you need the signature of both parties. If theres no signature by him, its not valid. I have to acknowledge that i was incorrect. A study of the jury instructions says even though the signature was not there, if she took the money and acted in a way to waive his signature because she took the money, she cant have it both ways. She cant take the money and claim the agreement was invalid. As i told you, i have a leading case on the subject. Im going to go on. She what if she forfeits the money . Still, it is legal and binding . The agreement, the conduct spells out a waiver of the need for him to sign the agreement. It spells out how condoning the fact that he didnt need to sign the agreement. Unless the agreement says it doesnt become binding until its signed by the party, he can waiver, estople. It means what it sounds like. You cant assort a right. You think she will lose this case. She will lose the case, without question. Why so . Because these agreements are upheld. A party can waive the First Amendment rights. The fourth amendment, fifth amendment. Constitutional rights can be waived. And she chose to sign the document, take the money and run. Right. To use woody allens expressi expression. If she had waited his signature, maybe she might have a case. But she didnt. She wouldnt have. She acted as if the agreement was valid. Valid. If he allegedly signed it, then she would be clearly out of court. Right. Thats what the Appellate Division held. You said you had the leading case in new york. In regards to the enforceability of a nondisclosure agreement. It went to the Appellate Division and the court of appeals refused to review the decision of the Appellate Division. Its a reported case. And it stands for the proposition these agreements are enforceable. Now, conduct is also of great moment. She took the benefits of the agreement. And now claims that there was no agreement because he didnt sign it. Assuming her story is correct. He was involved with her. You said you were wrong after your initial appearance this morning. Did you speak with anyone . No. I consulted and i still have it here for you, the jury instructions. I have the pages for you. This lays out what the law is. And all judges in the state have to comply with the patent jury instructions. And theres no question, its 1000, that she would lose. If you were advising Stormy Daniels, now, what would you adviser, mr. Goldberg . What would you say to her . She cant give the money back because she wouldnt give the money back. Shes off on a tour, attempting to profit from a great deal of publicity. I wonder whether her story is correct. The fact she has a picture with trump Means Nothing to me. People have pictures next to politicians all the time. Or people of note. And that doesnt prove her case. The payment of 130,000 and the arbitration, that doesnt mean anything . Well, i would have to speak to cohen on that. I havent done that. All im here to tell you is her taking of the money condones the lack of a signature. The agreement doesnt say, it doesnt become valid until he signs it. Doesnt say that. And these agreements, like they are written in cement. They are upheld all the time in new york. I was mistaken when i said to the contrary. Let me ask you something, the whole whats happening about the metoo agreement, theres a discussion of whats happening with the nondisclosure agreements. Its believed that it takes away the womens right to free speech. What do you say to that . The lower court in the case that i was involved in, held that very same thing. That it impacted negatively on the right of free speech. But the Appellate Division held that a person can waive the right to free speech, can waive constitutional rights. The fourth amendment, the fifth amendment and the like. And the court upheld it in the Appellate Division. And even if court of appeals, which is the highest court, refused to review it. It would disturb the holding below. This is a situation where theyre taking the money, the benefits of the agreement. And claiming the agreement is invalid. No judge would go for that. No jury would go for that. Fascinating conversation. I appreciate your expertise. Thanks for coming in, jay goldberg. Thank you very much. When we come back, much more on the president s upcoming meeting with kim jongun. Some of his staffers and pentagon officials surprised by tonights announcement. Im going to talk to a member of the house foreign appears committee next. Whats going on here . Im babysitting. Thatll be 50 bucks. You said 30 dollars. 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Ambassador to south korea. His own special envoy recently resigned. It would be like playing a highstakes game of basketball against your opponent, with half your team missing. Its disadvantageous to the United States. You think its a good first step. But you would hope that he was more prepared and more readin . What are you saying here . Absolutely. This is going to occur quickly, in a matter of a couple months. We dont have a full team there to prepare the president or the state department or other members of the negotiating team. Were missing the ambassador to south korea or envoy to north korea, who has experience and is resigns. Do you think the president s unconventional style worked in his favor here, the tough language . If this meeting is to happen, could this be a historic first step . Yes. Its possible. We have not had good relations with north korea. We still may not. Lets see what happens with this first leading. Anything that talks about diplomacy over war is a good thing. And this, if we went to war, it would be totally catastrophic. Without nuclear weapons, they could devastate seoul. They could launch missiles at japan, that has americans and potentially strikes guam. This is your tweet from last night. Its concerning Michael Cohens payment to Stormy Daniels. Only two possibilities. Michael cohen used 130,000 of personal funds to silence Stormy Daniels, which means it was a massive in kind contribution. Or cohen wouldreimbursed, saying that, either way, he committed a federal crime . Absolutely. Federal election laws say a contribution is anything of value. Michael cohens 130,000 payment to silence Stormy Daniels, was value to donald trump and his campaign. Even without Donald Trumps knowledge . Stormy daniels filing shows there is an agreement with Donald Trumps name on it, even though its a pseudonym. And its hard to believe that Donald Trumps attorney never talked to donald trump about this issue or about this payment. Thats just inherently unbelievable claim. Wall street journal says that, cohen was expecting reimburs reimburseme reimbursement. If thats the case, thats a separate prosecution. Theres successful contributions all the time. I think Michael Cohen is in big trouble, either way. The interesting thing that someone brought up last night, how would Stormy Daniels know to go to Michael Cohen. How would she know that hes the personal attorney . Wouldnt she get that information from donald trump . Is that a valid perception . Or assessment . That is possible. Its hard to know how this agreement happened. Theres nothing legally wrong with an agreement to silence someone. But its completely illegal during a campaign and for purposes of helping the campaign. And every indication was this was going to help Donald Trumps campaign because she had all of this negative information that could torpedo his campaign. Representative lieu, thank you for your time. When we come back, a trial date was set for paul manafort, facing a number of charges and a lot of potential prison time. What are the chances he will make a deal . I want to talk to former white house counsel, next. Youre still here . Were voya we stay with you to and through retirement. I get that voya is with me through retirement, im just surprised it means in my kitchen. So, that means no breakfast . Voya. Helping you to and through retirement. Than you. Imagine if the things you bought every day. Earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag. Two united club passes. Priority boarding. 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Jo jack lynn is the former counsel in the Clinton White house. Corey lewandowski appeared before the House Committee today, telling reporters he abcabc answered all relevant questions. We have requested that he is subpoenaed to answer questions that he didnt answer today that were pertinent to our investigation. These included questions about the production of the false statement concerning the trump tower meeting. Mr. Lewandowski did answer other questions, concerning his time after the campaign. But nonetheless, witnesses dont get to pick and choose when it comes to very relevant testimony to our investigations. If hes answering other questions about events after the campaign . Can he get away with answering the other questions, john . I think he can, with this committee. I think he did. I think he can and did. Well, that seems to be the pattern in front of this committee. Republicans control it. They will not exercise any kind of contempt on anybody they find is connected with the Trump Administration or the trump campaign. Its a bit of a sham out of the investigative procedures. So, hell get away with it, don. You know, jack, the House Intel Committee has can we go back to that . You said hes going to get away with it, john. Then what is the purpose of this Committ Committee . Well, it is an intelligence committee. It used to be nonpartisan. It doesnt look like it has teeth. They have no teeth. And the reason it has no teeth is, it takes the majority of the committee to put them in contempt. The full house is controlled by republicans. Theyre not going to do it. Even if they did do it, it goes to the u. S. Attorney, who is a republican appointee and hes not going to enforce it. Theyre going to get away with it. And good night, folks. Seriously. Jack . Yeah. Look, i mean, it does go back to speaker ryan. If speaker ryan wanted this committee to act like a Congressional Committee and get to the bottle at bottom of thes and not have their way with the committee, things would be different. But johns quite right. Its up to the majority, whether to hold somebody in con cement, until, you know, perhaps the other party after the elections is in the majority. And then, things will be different. And then, with rmt to any witnesses in this committee, and before the special counsel, theyre not going to have their way with mr. Mueller, the way theyre having their way with these house and senate committees. Didnt they subpoena bannon and he refused . He did. You mean mueller . No. Hes cooperating with mueller. Im talking about the House Intel Committee. Right. And in the political investigative bodies, they have no desire to see this, apparently, move forward and be conducted as a true investigation would be. So, as long as their party is in control, you cant expect to see anybody held in contempt. Well, isnt that something . That were the case in real life, the employees would take over the company. I mean, think about that. Let me ask you this, john. Paul manafort was in court today. He pled not guilty to bank fraud and tax trcrimes. His trial starts july 10th. Did you see he would make a deal before then, july 10th . I would say, the judge put pressure on him because he has a september date in the district of columbia. And now, to get a july date, earlier date, in the eastern district, is going to put a lot of pressure on him. So, this actually helps the prosecutor if theyre trying to flip him, to get to that goal. After he spoke to his former chief of staff about the interactions with the special counsel, a white house official told cnn that the chief of staff, john kelly, has warned President Trump about speaking to witnesses, from a legal perfective. How much trouble could the president be in talking to the witnesses after the fact . Its not illegal. Its just unprecedented and not a good look, right, jack . First of all, hes clearly ignoring the advice, not only of general kelly but certainly of his lawyers, who must be telling him not to do this. But youre right. On both counts. Number one, in and of itself, these probing of various employees is not does not amount to obstruction of justice or witness tampering. Having said that, its incredibly unwise on his part. Its unwise because it creates a terrible appearance. You know, innocent people may get nervous and want to find out what other witnesses are saying. Guilty people do this all the time. And somebody who is doing this, looks to be guilty. Wouldnt you be curious if you had all of these people testifying about something that could lead to your impeachment or put you in jail . I would be curious about it. I would follow the advice of my attorneys and say, did you ask them . What did they say . The way to do this is for his lawyers to be talking to the lawyers of the people who are testifying. Yeah. This should be a lawyertolawyer conversation. The lawyers should have said to him, do not speak to any witnesses. Do not speak to my lawyers other than us. And preferably, dont talk to anybody. Yeah. I want to give you the quick last word here, john. Were hearing that its clear, kelly, this is what an official told jim acosta. Kelly admonishes him constantly. Hes not the only one. Do you get a sense that those closest to the president are starting to get nervous about this investigation . If they havent, they should be. I think the drive is going to continue. Its going to be ongoing. Theyve made a lot of mistakes so far. They would be smart not to make a lot more. Thank you, john. Thank you, jack. Pree appreciate it. When we come back, the interior Department Spending 140,000 on doors for secretary zinkes office. 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And they must be rare doors for 139,000. Thanks for having me back. And look, i served in government as did congressman jolly. I had a series of positions six years. If somebody had spent 139,000 on doors in my office, i would have flown about it. Zinke claims he didnt know about it. Its hard to believe, don, because theres been a series of other allegations about excessive expenditures. He is under investigation by the i. G. For travels, planes, going to political events, meeting with donors. If he didnt know about it thats a problem too i think in the pattern it stinks. Let me ask you this. I dont know what the office looks like. I dont know how many doors it was. I dont know if there are maybe they are reinforced doors for security. I dont know. But i mean would that make a difference. He still said he didnt know about it. Maybe its an old building that requires, you know, special doors. I dont know. Well, here is what they say. They say its that he didnt know about it and that its a series of doors. Its an old building where they have to retrofit them. And water was leaking due the doors. Don, maybe thats true. But how many lies do we need to hear fl the Trump Administration before we start to questions the explanations they offer . The president alone who after all is the spender in chief, a quarter of his expenses at golf courses. The president alone told 2,000 lies in the first year. Im not believing it. I think the Inspector General should look into the case of expensive doors. David, are these Republican Values . No, of course not. And look, this may have happened before in incidents in past administrations. But that doesnt matter because its happening right now under Donald Trumps administration. You mentioned several examples. Listen we have interior under scrutiny, h. H. S. With tom prices travel that we already saw the investigation of. We saw carson at h. U. D. , the v. Am and mnuchin at treasure. This is first rate gristers, the beverly hillbillies donald trump edition without the innocence. S in what trump should be ashamed. And zinke is lying when he says he doesnt know about the doors. S in from the department of interior, talking about the doors. The project was requested by career facilities and Security Officials at interior as part of the decadelong modern sedation of the f. D. A. Era building. The secretary wasnt aware of the contract but agrees its a lot of money for demo and install of materials. The costs for everything from pencils to printing to doors is a perfect example of why the secretary believes we need to reform procurement processes. I thought its fair in all fairness we needed to put it up there because we dont know the underlying issues are. Don, if i may, i serve with several people in in administration. And in Public Office once you are elected you either realize you are replaceable or believe youve been coronate. And ryan insisted on a flag over the building when he is in office. He misused travel and now the doors. The reality is even if fls a security reason to spend 140,000 there is not a wise taxpayer reason to do so. You are saying there are too many example was this. So listen, health and Human Services secretary tom price was forced to resign in september following reports he spent 400,000 in taxpayer funds on private jets. Do you attribute any of this to the fact that the president is a billionaire and known for lavish living . Is the cabinet trying to keep up do you think, norm . Don, i dont think its that. I think its the president s example of exploiting government. Breaking a four decades long bipartisan tradition of giving up businesses. He is hanging onto them, raking in cash and benefits from foreign governments all over the world, expressly prohibited by the emolument clause of the constitution. He brought his son and daughter soninlaw and daughter into the government. Any hang onto their businesses. So people see what he is doing and say, well he is getting rich off the presidency. He and his family, why cant i live a little bit . Tone at the top, don. Its the key to successful organizations and a rotten tone at the top is the key to failed ones. And thats the kind of Administration Trump created. We hear ive heard emoluments a andy investing ee monthly mts. And nothing ever comes of it. It keeps rolling on. David, the president filed his filled his cabinet with many millionaires, even billionaires. He believes these are the best and smartest people. Do they need to think again about what Public Service is about that they are actually serving the public and not themselves and lining their own pockets . Sure. Look and in also speaks to character, both of the president and people we put in office. We cant overlook that. Some are plunders some are doing it out of a enlightened sense of selfenrichment. But at the end of the day this is a matter of character for officials. Members of congress are lourd to purchase first class tickets but they dont because they feel accountability. In in administration there is in accountability. And to norms point, tone is set at the top. And so whether or not these individuals are representing the president in the right light or in the light that he believes is correct, they certainly arent reflecting the values of most taxpayers across the country. Its fair to judge them on that. David, norm, thank you. Thanks, don. 139,000 on books. Man thats a lot of books. Must be good reading. I know its a door. That was a joke. Producer are like, door. Thank you, guys, see you next time. More on the breaking news tonight, the white house announcing President Trump will meet with kim jong un, nick kris you have a calling it a dangerous example and bad idea. He joins me next. You can do it. We can do this . We can do this. 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