of lying to pay off a porn star. duelling trump world figures, michael cohen, the star witness in this case, he was disbarred after he did time for multiple felonies. this man, new york attorney robert costello who spent over two years yesterday testifying in front of the grand junior saying that michael cohen, who he once advised cannot be trusted. watch. do you have anything on donald trump? he says no. repeatedly. i swear to god, bob, i don t have anything. then you know, you ve got a guy that probably doesn t have anything. it s a typical donald trump play out of the playbook. figure out how you can muddy the water as best as you can, denigrate the person, disparage them. martha: boy, this is a tangled web. first to john yu a former deputy atist about the attorney general, law professor at the university of california berkeley. great to have you here today, john. you know, it s interesting to see what s going on here. we watched robert costello when he came out. he
missiles has been curtailed because of the economic steps that this administration has taken to curb his war-making machine. so this is a guy for all the ballyhoo going to maripol who has to know that his military is way underperforming and overspending in terms of its ability. its resource ability. you made this concerted effort to ahead of the visit with the president to down play it. it s not uncommon, not intended. i m not down playing. it s true. it s not uncommon. they have happened before. it s not about down playing. it s about being factual. all right. there s been this concerted effort. any question is if does that not sort of tacitly acknowledge concern within the administration that china may overreact or overreaction to