in support of the request for a search warrant that gave the fbi legal license to enter mrara lag on. on one side of this dispute the doj strenuously opposing the release and on the other side donald trump and a media of organizations including nbc news urging that the affidavit be made public. there was little to no chance that the judge reinhart would approve the release of the affidavit and at the conclusion of today s hearing that judge reinhart was, in fact, open to releasing a redacted version of it and asked the department of justice to submit a proposal for what a redacted version might look like by next thursday at which point he will make his ruling and it will feature counterintelligence jay brat and he attended the team deeply involved in this case. he told the court that the investigation is still in its early stages and that the affidavit needed to be contained under wraps because it contained sensitive information in a unique case with national security overton
America reports. We are in the fourth week and there is still no evidence whatsoever connecting trump with any criminal wrongdoing. A crime that is not charged. Its a crime that prosecutors wont tell the defendant what it is. I dont know what they were going to do. This trial is rigged. It is dishonest, its a disgrace to new york, its a disgrace too the country. Sandra that was earlier and now a live look outside this newark Supreme Court where a jury has been hearing directly from the prosecutions star witness Michael Cohen. X attorney for former President Donald Trump. Hello and welcome everyone. I am sandra smith in new york as we kick off a new week. John center, glad to have you backward im john roberts in washington and this is america reports. Ct. In lunch break now. So far Michael Cohen has testified that his duties at the Trump Organization included killing negative stories about his boss. He started detailing the steps to shut down the Stormy Daniels story before the lunch br
listening. so important to show up. this week marks a personal milestone for me. exactly ten years ago, i quit my job many the obama white house under fire. the administration named me the special adviser for green jobs. in the middle of the recession i was helping to steer billions of dollars to creating green energy jobs. a dream come true. it didn t last. his right wing opponent went after my left wing past. they took statements out of context and created a big media circus. my dream job became a national media nightmare. i quit and fell into a very dark place. i was a father of two little boys who didn t have a job. my reputation was in the toilet. thought my career was over and might end up homeless. friends say i would bounce back. i didn t believe them. i was too depressed. small handful of people did rally around me and help me. just as important i got counsel, therapy and it helped me a lot.
kyle busch waiting for the first daytona. lagonna came in fourth. look at the images from inside the car. we saw one and another and another and came through. one of the fun things last night after the race joe gibbs racing what they did in 1993. they took the championship trophy and went down to a local steak and shake and they hang out with folks at steak and shake. breaking out the trophy. heather: i m from north carolina, nascar country and i know all these folks, they re good guys. great guys. denny hamlin back to business. getting ready for the big media circus. bill: enjoy monday.
early weeks of the administration. at least before he was fired. ten months after that, he admitted he lied to the fbi about conversations he had with russia s ambassador to the united states during that transition. and today flynn will be sentenced for that crime, only after speaking with robert mueller s investigators a total of 19 times. nbc s ken delanian is outside the courthouse. jeff bennett is also with us. give us a sense of what it s like out there. reporter: it s a pretty big media circus. a lot of satellite trucks out here. there s a ritual to these kinds of hearings and a procedure. so what will happen is both sides will talk about the presentencing report for mike flynn, which has been sealed up to this point. then they ll discuss their recommendations. as you know, both sides agree that mike flynn does not deserve prison time. the only wild card here, though, is that flynn s lawyers made that unusual argument in presentencing that he was