Plus the news breaks from New York Times, the president speaking to rod porter, the disgraced former aide out because of spousal abuse as donald trump hopes to bring him back to the west wing. And Stormy Daniels goes after it in a court filing. Good evening once again from our news headquarters here in new york. Day 431 of the Trump Administration and the dwindling legal team of this president are back in the news. Another high Profile Defense firm declined to take on the lead counsel in this case writing a prominent chicago defense attorney said monday he declined an invitation to lead President Trumps legal Team Responding to special counsels Robert Muellers investigation. Tonight nbc news has received this statement from attorney dan webb, quote, President Trump reached out to dan webb and tom buchanan to provide legal representation. They were unable to take on the representation due to business conflicts, however, they consider the opportunity to represent the president to be the
Dowd, the president s legal team has essentially come down to e one, john sekulow. A source tells cnn that the president has spoken with rob porter multiple times, essentially using him as a sounding board. Porter, who never obtained his full security clearance when he was working at the white house, was pushed out a couple of months ago after reports of Domestic Abuse involving not just one but both of his exwives. But, according to some reports, the president may want him back. And growing questions today around the president s tweets. Ridiculing his critics, typically a mainstay of his feed. Noticeably absent, any mention whatsoever of this woman, Stormy Daniels. Cnn has new reporting that the president knows he must handle the topic with more care than he does other matters and he, quote, unquote, knows the stakes. Lets start with senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny, waiting for that to begin. First on this thanks but no thanks from more lawyers to join team trump. You cer
Began with whats believed to be kims train. Cnn asiapacific editor Andrew Stevens in the Chinese Capital what can you tell us about this surprise twoday trip . The big news, it is kim jongun. That was the general feeling, that it was kim, given the level of security that there has been in beijing for the last couple of days. He arrived with his wife, were just finding out that it was at the ins equation of the chinese. President xi jinping inviting kim over to talk. Obviously about whats going to be happening at the talks, interkorean talks, the big summit with donald trump later in may. What im just getting now, this is a the Xinhua State News Agency quoting kim jongun himself saying, if south korea and the United States kindly respond to our effort, create an atmosphere of stability and peace, and take gradual and simultaneous steps, the issue of denuclearization on the peninsula can be resolved. Thats what were getting at the moment. Now confirmed, i think its been confirmed now bec
Went further closing this consulate in seattle american officials said moscow used to spy on a boeing factory and a navy base with the nations largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. Time will come. They will understand what kind of grave mistake. This morning the white house is firing back at Stormy Daniels. The president strongly, clearly and has consistently denied these underlying claims. He doesnt believe she was threatend . No, he does not. Her attorney, michael avenatti, telling msnbc, theyre getting closer to determining who made that threat. In light of the 60 minutes interview weve received a handful of leads a couple which are promising. The porn star is suing Donald Trumps personal lawyer Michael Cohen for defamation. Were suing him for telling effectively a lie about my client and his lie was that the affair did not happen effectively. Were going to prove, in fact, it did happen and, therefore, his denial was inaccurate. If you have an Android Phone and you use Facebook Messen
President , because essentially Stormy Daniels and her lawyer, her lawyer Michael Avenatti, have been taunting the president , encouraging him to basically respond and, of course, television is his favorite medium. It is not just Stormy Daniels, but also Karen Mcdougal, that other playmate, who says she also had an affair with the president , that had been going on television telling their stories, their accounts of their relationships with the president , but publicly he has not responded yet, but the question now is how much longer can that silence last, john. Rob porter, the former staff secretary at the white house, he was pushed out after the reports of Domestic Abuse surfaced. Now the president s calling him. Why . Reporter thats right. Maggie haberman of the new york tim times is reporting that the president stayed in touch with rob porter when he met amid a nasty departure at the us whwhi house. We have now learned from the New York Times that the president has stayed in touch