A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Levelling at Robert Mueller. Its much more personal than it has been in the past. The president used to sort of question the genesis of the Mueller Investigation, suggested there were a lot of conflicts of interest among his team. Now hes really going after mueller. This is of a piece with a decision that were told will be coming very soon in which the president and his legal team are likely to say and theres always a chance it could be different but were told they are likely to say that there will be no interview with Robert Mueller. The president has got the final say, but theres pretty much unaminomt. There was question that i was going to ask at the Press Conference had i been called on. The two people that were called on did not bring it up. Theres reasons why, a multitude of reasons why the president s attorneys believe that he should not sit down with him. First and foremost, they believe
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Trump about a payment to playboy model Karen Mcdougal before the 2016 election. Could be a recording of a recording, were not sure yet. That they can probably determine. Youre right. We may never be able to determine that but we have determined the fact that he campered with the tape in the sense that he abruptly midconversation turned it off. Giuliani told abc news we have complained to them that Michael Cohen has violated the Attorney Client privilege publicly and privately. In a statement to nbc news, lanny davis, cohens attorney, fired back saying mr. Giuliani seems to have been confused. He expressly waived Attorney Client privilege last week and repeatedly and inaccurately as proven by the tape talked about and talked about the recording, forfeiting all confidentiality. Joining me now is timothy
bag. Loyalty in trumplandia is a oneway street. He doesnt have much loyalty towards the people around him apart from his nuclear family. Sometimes his wives but not even often with his wi
Business news and analysis. The book, so maybe the president could be right about that. Something that the president knows hes got some backup on when pushing this issue, trish, of immigration and his national security, he was standing there with guiseppe conte, the new Prime Minister of italy that won office based on wanting to reform italys Immigration Laws and tighten Border Security there. Angela merkel, who is not exactly a huge fan of the president , has recently said that germany is going to tighten up its borders as well. So perhaps public sentiment is moving in a direction that the president believes if he were to pull the trigger on a Government Shut Down, might be one that he could benefit from politically. That really would be bucking history, trish. Trish thanks, john. The president pushing ahead with his shut down threat despine warnings from gop leaders, especially with the midterms coming up around the corner. Here with me right now, u. S. A. Today congressional reporte
conversation with the president and karen mcdougal, a playboy playmate. rudy guliani said about a dozen of recordings are of any substance and all of them there exonerate president trump. shepard: well find out. new other response to michael cohen? we heard that rudy guliani would waive attorney client privilege to release the tapes. the statement reads from lanny davis, mr. guliani waived attorney client privilege last week and repeatedly and accurately as proven by the time forfeited all confidentiality. we also heard from michael avenatti, the attorney for stormy daniels who got a $130,000 payment from cohen and signed a nondisclosure agreement about her affair with trump. avenatti posting on twitter at
guliani himself approved the release of the recording writing mr. guliani seems to be confused. he expressly waived attorney client privilege last week and talked about talked about the recording for hitting all confidentiality. the government has 183 of cohen s recordings according to guliani who says a dozen directly involve the president and all of them will exonerate president trump. trish: okay. lots of recording. he does. trish: thanks, rick. how will it play out? i m just by doug byrnes, former federal prosecutor. where to start. all right. first of all, this whole idea, the tapes themselves, it s all a question of what is on it. but last time i checked, although it s kind of seedy and none of us like it, it wasn t illegal to pay off a woman that