good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 474 of this trump administration brings new allegations that president trump s personal lawyer took half a million dollars from a russian oligarch. much more on that in just about 30 seconds. but first we want to catch you up on tonight s primary races across the country. if you ve been watching, you know we ve been keeping a close eye on that west virginia republican senate primary. president trump weighed in on that contest, urging voters to choose anybody but don blankenship. it appears they have done just that. nbc news has called this race for patrick morrisey tonight in west virginia. blankenship, the coal baron ex-con came in third. we have complete results from steve kornacki at the big board coming up a bit later on in our broadcast. back to our lead story. more on this bombshell news that the company michael cohen used to pay $130,000 to a porn star also received massive sums of money fro
half a million dollars from a russian oligarch. much more on that in just about 30 seconds. but first we want to catch you up on tonight s primary races across the country. if you ve been watching, you know we ve been keeping a close eye on that west virginia republican senate primary. president trump weighed in on that contest, urging voters to choose anybody but don blankenship. it appears they have done just that. nbc news has called this race for patrick morrisey tonight in west virginia. blankenship, the coal baron ex-con came in third. we have complete results from steve kornacki at the big board coming up a bit later on in our broadcast. back to our lead story. more on this bombshell news that the company michael cohen used to pay $130,000 to a porn star also received massive sums of money from an investment firm with ties to a russian oligarch, who was in turn close to vladimir putin. a document first released tonight by stormy daniels attorney, michael avenatti, l
our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 474 of this trump administration brings new allegations that president trump s personal lawyer took half a million dollars from a russian oligarch. much more on that in just about 30 seconds. but first we want to catch you up on tonight s primary races across the country. if you ve been watching, you know we ve been keeping a close eye on that west virginia republican senate primary. president trump weighed in on that contest, urging voters to choose anybody but don blankenship. it appears they have done just that. nbc news has called this race for patrick morrisey tonight in west virginia. blankenship, the coal baron ex-con came in third. we have complete results from steve kornacki at the big board coming up a bit later on in our broadcast. back to our lead story. more on this bombshell news that the company michael cohen used to pay $130,000 to a porn star also received massive sums of money from an investment firm with tie
providing information to federal prosecutors. weisselberger s ties to the president go back decades. he acted as trump s financial gatekeeper overseeing the trump oregon and trump foundation. now he has been granted immunity and is talking to prosecutors about hush money payments to two women ahead of the 2016 presidential election. this a day after trump s long-time media ally david pecker accepted his own immunity deal and two days after his former lawyer implicated him in a campaign finance violation. yesterday, i said the walls were closing in on this president. today this is how time magazine is illustrating a presidency in peril. they filed this cover in the deep. our in deep. excuse me. the new york times reported that manhattan district attorney s office is considering criminal charges against the trump organization, and two senior executives. a probe would focus on the documentation of $130,000 payment to trump s long-time attorney michael cohen and whether b
let s begin our coverage with abby phillip. when you look at why the white house is very comfortable, according to jeff zeleny s reporting, putting this out there, they think this is another way to play to the base with the deep state argument. what else are you learning? reporter: that s right. if there s anything that this white house knows how do very well is it change the subject. that s what they re doing with another potentially very controversial move. what sarah sanders said yesterday that president trump is looking into removing security clearances of former obama administration officials. it was brought up by senator rand paul who said he talked to president trump about it in a meeting yesterday. sarah sanders added several other officials to the list. former cia directors john brennan, michael hayden, james clapper and former national security adviser susan rice as well as former fbi officials james comey and andrew mccabe. the problem, as you can see on that lis