Said on hannity that the president reimbursed Michael Cohen for the 130,000 payment as the nondisclosure agreement. But he cast the payment as a retainer for Services Rendered and expenses incurred on Michael Cohens behalf, that the president was not reimbursing him for paying off Stormy Daniels. Merely reimbursing Michael Cohen for expenses he said he had. At the heart of the case is the potential for the violation according to Rudy Giuliani. A that is what he believes he is pursuing. And the fact that the president reimbursed cohen for the payment to Stormy Daniels takes it off the table. Listen to what he said. He was definitely reimbursed. No doubt about it. Why did he say he wasnt . Maybe, maybe first of all, if we had to defend this as not being a campaign contribution, we could do that. This was for personal reasons. The president had been hurt personally. Not politically. Personally so much. And the first lady by some of the false allegations that one more false allegations six
Telling her story of an alleged affair with donald trump now to set the record straight. Shortly before the 2016 president ial election, mr. Trumps Attorney Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels 130,000 to sign a nondisclosure agreement to keep her from telling her story. Cohen says he made the payment with his own money, and thats raising questions about whether Campaign Finance laws were violated. After that payment was reported in the media, daniels signed statements denying the affair. In an interview on the cbs program 60 minutes, daniels explained why she should be believed now. How do we know youre telling the truth . Because i have no reason to lie. Im opening myself up for, you know, possible danger and definitely a whole lot of [ bleep ]. Reporter the president watches 60 minutes. If he is watching tonight, what would you say to him . He knows im telling the truth. Our Brian Stelter has more on that interview. Hey there, yes, a porn star breaking her silence about her alleged aff
Just in. The Unemployment Rate dropped below 4 for the First Time Since 2000. Now, we could hear from the president on all of this very shortly. He leaves the white house just minutes from now. We are watching it very closely to see if he addresses either the jobs or the credibility gap. Kaitlin collins is there. Reporter well, john and poppy, this disclosure made by Rudy Giuliani is setting off another credibility crisis here in the white house because these staffers for months have been telling reporters that the president didnt know about that payment and didnt know where it came from. Of course the president himself blew all of that out of the water when he tweeted roughly 24 hours ago that he did. So we caught up with the white house counselor, kellyanne conway, to ask when she found out that this payment had been made to Stormy Daniels and the president had in fact reimbursed mr. Michael cohen for that payment. And this is what she told us this morning. Kellyanne, when did you fi
Between the two leaders. Was kim nice to imprison them in the first place . Well have full analysis of that. Also this morning, more questions around whether President Trumps personal Attorney Michael Cohen was peddling access to and cashing in on his association with donald trump. The Washington Post reports that cohen told an associate in the summer of 2017, quote, im crushing it. Well dig in to the implications for cohen and the trump white house. Welcome to morning joe. Its thursday, may 10th. With us we have msnbc contributor, Mike Barnicle. Washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay, and in washington, columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d. C. On msnbc kasie hunt. Let me turn right back. Joe, you tweeted last night, bloodthirsty tyrants get no credit for kidnapping americans, using them as bait and releasing them for cheap headlines. North korea is a terrorist state. That has
The three folks. Theyre great people. You know, i got to speak to them on the plane, these are great people, theyve been through a lot, but its its a great honor, but the great the true honor is going to be if we have a victory in getting rid of few clear weapons. It was a very important thing to all of us to be able to get these three great people out. We very much appreciate that he allowed them to go before the meeting. It was sort of understood that wed be able to get these three terrific people during the meeting and bring them home after the meeting, and he was nice in letting them go before the meeting. I mean, frankly, we didnt think this was going to happen and it did. Two of those men tony kim and kim hak song were held since last spring. While Kim Dong Chul spent 900 days. Theyre getting further evaluation and medical treatment. The three expressed their quote, deep appreciation to the United States government, President Trump and the people of the United States for bringing