Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. Also on this, just breaking tonight, minutes ago, the Associated Press is reporting that the National Enquirer kept a safe with documents on hush money payments and other killed stories that were damaging specifically to trump. A safe. Do you know anything about that . I actually dont know anything about it. I havent been at the company for quite a while. But then again, it wouldnt surprise me. Because when you have ammunition, it gives you a lot more ability to get to people who you want david pecker owns a stable of publications. Its not just the National Enquirer. And theres actually been stories of him using killing a story in the enquirer to get someone to do something with his other publications. So. All right. So carrie, lets talk about the law here. At the same time the National Enquirer was catching and killing these stories about trump, it was also taking on his opponents, hillary cl
he s a man of integrity. i ve worked for him 20 years up here and you get to know people. and i wish him the best. reporter: now, poppy, let me explain the behind the scenes here, one that s really been prevalent for the last couple of months, and that is, what would the fallout be here. essentially, it would shut down the senate. you heard senator jeff flake talk about the ramifications for the russia investigation. firing somebody who s recused and trying to install somebody who wouldn t be recused to oversee the special counsel. democrats would lose their mind and they would never be able to get someone confirmed. you have the potential fallout shortly before a midterm election. and the most interesting element of all of this, you mentioned it, the attorney general was at the white house today for a prescheduled meeting. what we are told from both white house sources and justice department sources, the issue never even came up. so as you noted, kind of awkward. this is a dance t