A lot of things coming at the white house and the president. We have examples of the president engaging with witnesses about matters that they had discussed with the special counsel. Nbc news has learned that trump Attorney Michael Cohen is trying to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels from speaking out about her, quote, intimate relationship with donald trump. President trumps lawyer obtained a secret restraining order against the porn star suing the president. The order issued by a private a arbitor bans daniels from speaking about her situation. Keeping her quiet about the alleged relationship shes alleged to have with President Trump over a decade ago. The nondisclosure agreement, daniels says, is not legal because at the time, trump didnt sign it. Did the president approve of the payment that was made in october of 2016 by his longtime lawyer and adviser Michael Cohen . The president has directed these directly, and made very well clear that none of these allegations are true.
Sprint. The former Campaign Manager Cory Lewandowski was seen leaving a hearing in front of the House Intel Committee and special Counsel Robert Mueller investigation is heating up. Hes now gathering evidence that a secret meeting in the seychelles before the inauguration was meant to establish a back channel between the Incoming Administration and the kremlin. Okay. To walk us through all of this, joining me now is white house nbc news correspondent kelly odonnell. Kelly, lets start with the announcement were supposed to be hearing, we think something is happening at the white house. And we just played the comments from the president earlier which seemed all over the map. What do you think is happening. Reporter there is so much buildup on this. It is going on for a week and the president and his sort of showmanlike style tweeted about it and talked about today and we know that at 3 30 there is a scheduled event for the president to sign some proclamations to kick the tariff into moti