Before cohns announcement. Let me bring in our senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny with the why, the when and Gloria Borger to sort of go through some of this. First, jeff zeleny, to you. When did kudlow accept and why did the president pick him . Brooke, were told that the president offered a job in a phone call formally last evening and was accepted at the time. It could be announced as early as tomorrow. The president is flying from los angeles to st. Louis. He will be holding an event on the economy this afternoon and wants to draw attention to the economy. Look, he is trying to reshape his circle of advisers and is turning to loyal and trusted friends in many respects. Of course, larry k can udlow fits that directly. He has not always been on the same page but has always been on the president s side. He is a key adviser back during the president ial campaign, back when many republicans and conservatives were keeping at arms length, larry kudlow has been supportive. He has
Conversation between the president and his loyal confidant, Michael Cohen. This is a conversation where they discussed a payment to a former playboy model who says she had a ten month affair with then private citizen donald trump. The president s new attorney, Rudy Guiliani, tells cnn President Trump had no idea he was being recorded, and to add to it, the source says when he was told about the tape, this is what the president said. I cant believe michael would do this to me. The white house has denied, denied macdougals claims of this affair, and while the tape was seized in the fbi raids on cohens property, they say theres a trove of other recordings as well. Start with cnn justice correspondent evan perez in aspen. What do we know about this particular recording . Reporter well, brooke, this is a recording that Michael Cohen did apparently talking to the president about a payment to Karen Macdougal, former playboy playmate that claims she had an affair with then donald trump as a pr