People have made to congress to buttress the russian side of the collusion investigation. Thank you for that. We thank you for watching this hour of msnbc live throughout, i mean, from the very beginning craig melvin whos about to pick up our coverage from the day that Robert Mueller was appointed thrappoin appointed, this story has never been far from the headlines. Among these many days, this is huge. This is an infection pointing deep. Were going to continue our coverage. Good morning, craig melvin, msnbc headquarters here in new york city. That Breaking News on the Mueller Investigation is where we start. Shortly before President Trump left for his meeting with World Leaders in argentina, last hour just a few moments ago he called his onetime attorney and fixer Michael Cohen a quote, weak person, who is lying. Cohen made a surprise appearance in a Federal Courtroom in manhattan this morning. He named the president. He named President Trump in a shocking new plea deal involving Trum
senate remain, like lindsey graham. kevin mccarthy on 60 minutes didn t help out either. jonathan lemire, jonathan tyler, big thanks to you. and thank you jeffrey rosen. joe biden s dual threat, president trump s attacks and a tightening primary race. it s reportedly raising a key question among mr. biden s supporters, is he up to the challenge? plus, defending the president. that s what some republicans tried to do this weekend as jonathan just mentioned there. but are they having trouble with their message? how do you expect the president s defense to roll out going forward? the defense of what? well, there s an impeachment inquiry. yeah.
discussions with the campaign, and payments to the kremlin-backed hackers and so those two pieces of information and the extent to which mr. cohen has verifiable facts or testimony relating to, i think that those two pieces could blow this up for the president. and then the question will become, what happens next? is there going to be accountability through the congress? is there going to be accountability through the justice can department, and now of course we have mr. whitaker in charge which is a huge question mark as to how much he is going to or he can, but would be willing to interfere with this process. kim wehle, big thanks to you and danny cevallos, one of our legal analysts. thank you so much. and again, breaking news here, and we will continue the follow michael cohen, the president s one-time personal attorney and fixer with a surprise appearance this morning in a federal courtroom pleading guilty to a new charge, and it would also appear that he is cooperating
wedding cakes and he s asked to make standard run of the mill wedding cake? because i agree with you and courts agree that it does not have to have words on it to be protected expression. i have no idea what jackson pollock is saying in his painting but those are protected speech. what if it s any cake for a gay couple? it s if just a standard cake, then it s just like, say, cooking a batch of buffalo wings or hors d oeuvres. you re not talking about artistry, commandeering talent. it s fascinating because i would assume the justices of the supreme court are going to be having a very similar conversation about what constitutes cake and what exactly is cake. so thank you, danny, big thanks to you, david fringe, enjoyed your article, sir, it was thought provoking. congressman john conni yencs out. abruptly pulls support for paul
victim blaming saying he s going to sue these women, go after these women. these women are not to be believed. problem liars. exactly. it s out in the open and it s our role as a society to decide where we want to go from here. here s the thing, i want men, all men, not just famous ones, need to reflect on this kind of behavior. have you treated women like they were not full human beings deserving of respect snits not to say all men are criminals or abusers, but i think men should reflect on their behavior. if that s what we get out of this moment, then men are taking stock of their own treatment of women, then we ll have made some progress. jessica, big thanks to you. always good to have your insights. special counsel robert mueller subpoenas the trump campaign to produce russia-related documents as senate leaders say president trump s son-in-law has failed to disclose all the e-mails related to their investigation. also nbc news investigates what are the president s