From our msnbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 452 of the Trump Administration, and we learned today beyond a doubt that the case involving his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is indeed shaping up to be a big problem for this president. Lawyers for trump and cohen have been trying to protect records that were swept up and seized in that fbi raid exactly one week ago. Today a federal judge rejected that request but ruled prosecutors would have to share findings of the raid with cohens and trumps lawyers on a, quote, rolling basis while the judge decides on the next steps here. The proceedings also brought this unexpected revelation. Fox news host sean hannity was outed as a client of Michael Cohens, something cohens lawyers had taken great pains to keep secret. Hannity has been a fierce defender of the president and his policies and a harsh critic of this fbi raid. It is clear, as i have been warning, mueller is out to get the president , and it appears at any cost. Heres what h
Have arrived in douma according to syrian state tv, 10 days after what is believed to be a chemical attack and four days after syrian and russian officials took control of douma. Russia and syria have denied chemical weapons. U. S. And france say they have proof. They were delayed due to security concerns. Ominous warning out of israel. A source released pictures are iranians are supporting the fight in syria. One image is an airport where a source says syrians are establishing a base. Also an image that israel says is an iranian drone in east syria and a picture of the airport in tehran saying its the location where iran is flying personnel and supplies into syria disguised as a civilian flight and released a picture of the commander of the revolutionary guard. All these can be targets if tensions between iran and israel flares into further conflict. Netanyahu has long said his military will not tolerate iran establishing forward bases in syria. Back to you. Thank you. Jon breaking ne
James comey calls the sitting president of the United States a liar who might be vulnerable and wait until you hear how President Trump responded today. Plus the rift growing between the worlds Biggest Nuclear powers after President Trump orders airstrikes on syria. Is there a plan for after the dust settles . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead and words that surely have never before been said by any news anchor in any circumstance. The president s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen who is under criminal investigation is appearing in court right now alongside Stormy Daniels and there is already a bombshell revelation. We know now that among Michael Cohens clients is fox news host sean hannity and we know that because the judge ordered the identity of the client who requested to be unnamed revealed. This comes as the judge will decide if prosecutors can look at material the fbi seized during the raids on the president s Lawyers Office and hotel and home and
Wichita in kansas. Teeny teeny teeny tiny. So when you see this many people coming out to all do one thing in iceland, not only is that impressive, it means youre looking at a not insignificant proportion of the whole population that have country. And in this instance, what all these icelanders are out there doing is doing their special cheer for their soccer team. The world cup is about to start. World cup starts in june. The world cup is like the olympics, happens once every four years except unlike the olympics, not every country gets to send a team to the world cup. You have to qualify to get your countrys soccer team into the world cup and thats very hard to do. For example, the United States mens team did not qualify to be in the world cup this year. But iceland did. Iceland with a population of 330,000 people total. The head coach of the iceland Mens National soccer team has a second job, he also works as a dentist. Seriously, the whole country transforms itself into a Cheerlead
Prosecutors would have to share findings of the raid with cohens and trumps lawyers on a, quote, rolling basis while the judge decides on the next steps here. The proceedings also brought this unexpected revelation. Fox news host sean hannity was outed as a client of Michael Cohens, something cohens lawyers had taken great pains to keep secret. Hannity has been a fierce defender of the president and his policies and a harsh critic of this fbi raid. It is clear, as i have been warning, mueller is out to get the president , and it appears at any cost. Heres what happened. Upon referral from special counselor robert mule ir, the fbi has raided the office, the home, and the hotel room of Michael Cohen. Cohen was never part of the Trump Administration or the Trump Campaign. This is now officially an all hands on deck effort to totally malign and, if possible, impeach the president of the United States. On his Radio Program today, sean hannity made a point of denying that Michael Cohen repre