i point out that when the president called for strikes one year ago, he roundly received support and praise from the international community. could you argue i was part of the voice goading the president into war? probably. but i m illustrating this as the broader point of how you make those calculations. it s a reality that that happened. i don t think there is inherent bias in stating that. howie: i can see where everybody is positive just briefly, the new york times is laying out the dilemma saying the contrast between his man told chest thumping, and his convictions specially after 2001, american involvement in the middle east has cost us a lot in blood and treasure. this is part of his platform. i am going to disentangle us
case? i can t quite see what the testimony would be on the michael cohen side of the case that could lead to a finding in favor of michael cohen if there is, in the end, virtually no testimony? well, lawrence, i agree. we ve heard for weeks from david schwartz, michael cohen s spokesperson and others, all this chest thumping about how they were going to sue my client for $20 million and take her for everything she s worth. if michael cohen takes the fifth amendment, that s never going to happen. and i agree with you, and i mentioned this earlier on ari s show. i think the likelihood of him being able to testify and not take the fifth amendment is very, very slim. however, regardless of whether he takes the fifth amendment, whether the president takes the fifth amendment, if we get his deposition is a completely different story. michael, can he now get is he likely to get continuances in this civil case because there is a criminal case that has entered
going to go forward and michael cohen, for example, is going to be deposed to try to determine the validity of the confidentiality agreement that he will have to take the fifth amendment for virtually every question after his name and address. so i want to know in your civil case if michael cohen takes the fifth amendment in that case, does that pretty much close the case? i can t quite see what the testimony would be on the michael cohen side of the case that could lead to a finding in favor of michael cohen if there is, in the end, virtually no testimony? well, lawrence, i agree. we ve heard for weeks from david schwartz, michael cohen s spokesperson and others, all this chest thumping about how they were going to sue my client for $20 million and take her for everything she s worth. if michael cohen takes the fifth amendment, that s never going to happen.
warheads hitting florida. the site of the mar-a-lago estate. top judgment ou.s. officials un. let s bring in matthew chance in moscow. putin is facing an election soon. this was all about chest thumping for the domestic russian audience, no? reporter: i think it was. at least in large part. in 16 days, he has the presidential election here. he is certain to win it. no one is suggesting otherwise. you know, he likes to take every opportunity he can to present as a strong leader and macho image who rides bare chested on horses. he has the security of his nation and his nation s military on his mind. he takes every opportunity to push that image of himself
it does reflect this idea among russians if they need to step it up and be a world player, when the u.s. introduces a whole knew of nuclear weapons a few weeks ago, it s not surprising russia would respond in this way. i think what has gone from the conversation of course is any kind of notion of cooperation of trying to address these thing through arm s control or something. so i think we overall have a situation where, the great powers if you will, are not working together in any way shape or form and i think there s much to be concerned about in looking at events in china, russia and frankly the united states. listen, i was in the briefing room and sarah sanders addressed this chest thumping from vladimir putin. but as richard has noted, president trump has not come out and talked about it himself. we have seen this president reluctant to call out vladimir