about the $130,000 payment, in fact, he reimbursed his attorney for it. that bombshell admission making headlines not only here in the u.s. but around the world. the u.s. president donald trump may not like the mainstream media as he calls it, but he is in the headlines an awful lot, pretty much every day, isn t he? and the big story is stormy daniels. as giuliani tried to walk back some of his statements a number of international papers the independent calling giuliani a brawling knuckle duster political unanswering loyalty to the president and in the aftermath of giuliani s tv appearance, the white house is struggling to control the stormy daniels narrative. earlier the president spokeswoman had a very hard time at a briefing trying to dodge
is trolling the white house again, this time over the bombshell admission of rudy giuliani that trump repaid his attorney $130,000 hush money for porn star stormy daniels. legal experts say this admission could put trump in legal jeopardy and conway s husband seems to agree. this morning he tweeted, the ffc rules on loans and how they are considered campaign expenses. kaitlyn collins is live outside the white house. kaitlyn, this isn t the first time the public has questioned the president s actions, essentially undermining the white house s boss. have we seen any reaction from the white house? they haven t responded to that particularly today, but they know kellyanne s husband is tweeting things out there about this, and because president trump repaid michael cohen that
i ll give you a fact now that you don t know. it s not campaign money. funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. a stunning admission from rudy giuliani. the president s lawyer admits mr. trump repaid his personal attorney $130,000 michael cohen used to quiet stormy daniels. and this, the release of three americans being held by north korea is imminent. when could it happen and how does it tie into the nuclear talks? we are live in seoul. welcome back to early start. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. 31 minutes past the hour. let s start with the bombshell admission. damage control does not begin to describe what is going on at the white house this morning.
whole system is corrupt. that was the theme of his whole election. [ talking simultaneously ] he lays that ground work, and you saying it s more serious than nixon, given your experience, i think it s something else that i m thinking about and having read you, all the way through law school. i always appreciate you coming on the show. thank you. thank you so much. thanks, ari. ahead, we re going to show you this video, undercover, sting video, an executive from trump s digital firm touting entrapment and a bombshell admission on keeping stormy daniels silent. her attorney joins me and he has an observation about fox news. and a billionaire who bankrupted a news organization
and the answer is some people in the campaign clearly were. papadopoulos clearly was, some others. whether the president knew anything about that is still a question. the real question is what are we going to do to protect our next election. what we learned from the indictment is some of these trump officials were unwitting, right? yes. but even if they were unwitting, could they then have unknowingly helped the russian effort? well, yeah, but the people who were unwitting were helping arrange rallies and so forth. could other people have been who are unwitting have helped in a more major way, quite conceivably, certainly. congressman jerry nadler, thanks so much. have a wonderful weekend. thank you. we have breaking news continuing next with much more on the mueller indictment of 13 russians now charged with meddling in the u.s. election. plus the bombshell admission by the fbi. why did it fail to act on the tip warning the florida high school shooter was poised to a