Investigation. And the fact that barr has been really the only voice speaking out on this has fed that perception. So with mueller now finally adding his voice, that will hurt the president s ability to continue this line of total exoneration, jim. Especially when its not true. Doesnt match the facts. Sarah westwood, thanks very much. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Top of the hour here. I am jim sciutto in new york. Our breaking news, a bombshell in the making. Robert mueller, the Special Counsel, who has not said a word in public since he took over the Russia Investigation two years ago this very month, is set to make a Public Statement, his first Public Statement one hour from now. This comes amid weeks of negotiations with the House Judiciary Committee over whether and how he will answer questions on the hill about the report that he submitted in march and will he take questions, will he take them in public . A lot of open questions there about the testimony. But no question n
On, punching and kicking him. He got hit in the head, got hit in the neck. Kicked in the ribs. And more unrest in our Nations Capital as protesters burned American Flag. The group cheering as old glory goes up in flames. Steve look at that man o man. Good morning. And thats whats going on across the country right now. There is just a feeling in this country that things are a little off the rails, right . Well, we have heard from the president of the United States. He has made it very clear this kind of stuff will not be allowed. Then you see that this state lawmaker in wisconsin, Tim Carpenter was attacked protesters. Protesters one thing but then for them to attack the guy and where were the police in the g. O. P. Assembly speaker in wisconsin robin advisors said this is absolutely despicable. Im saddened the officials to deal with these thugs. Where is the and the question goes on. Where is the democratic Governor Tony Evers . Why didnt he stop the destruction of the statue . There w
Good morning, everybody. We again with new reports of team trump possibly trying to silence Stormy Daniels. Buzz feed was the first to report that Donald Trumps lawyers are considering filing an injunction to keep the 60 minutes interview from airing on march 18th. There has been no. Response from cbs nor from the president s legal team on that matter. But in a brief interview with the Washington Post Stormy Daniels said, all i can say is it was never going to air tonight. I guess well see what happens. This comes as nbc news has learned that Michael Cohen used his business email to arrange the personal funds for the payment and neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump Campaign reimbursed him for that payment. Cohen now tells nbc news that he uses his trump email for personal and Business Communications and that the funds were transferred from his home equity line. Here is cliffords lawyer talking to nbcs andrea mitchell. Where do you think the money came from, do you think it came
Wednesday night. Its one of those wednesdays. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 468 of the trump administration. We have breaking news that were going to break down on several fronts for you tonight. Well catch you up on all of them. Were going to begin with a stunning admission from Rudy Giuliani about that 130,000 hush money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels. This money was paid to ms. Daniels, you recall, by Donald Trumps personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. He used a household line of credit, his own money to pay him. You may recall that on air force one, april 5, just a few weeks back, the president told reporters on air force one he had no knowledge of the payment. Well, appearing with sean hannity tonight, here is what Rudy Giuliani said on fox news just a short time ago. That money was not campaign money. Sorry, im give you a fact now you dont know. Its not campaign money. No Campaign Finance violation. They funneled it through
Petrifi petrified ra. You cant be petrified. Thank you, kanye. Good evening from new york. Im joy read in for chris hayes. Donald trumps efforts to clean up the mess made by his new personal attorney Rudy Guiliani have managed to make things worse. Speaking to reporters this morning, the president suggested that giuliani didnt know what he was talking about when he said trump reimbursed mike cohen for his hush money payment to Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election. Ill tell you what, rudy is a great guy but he just started a day ago. But he really has his heart into it. Hes working hard. Hes learning the subject matter. And hes going to be issuing a statement, too. But he is a great guy. He knows its a witch hunt. Thats what he knows pep started yesterday. Hell get his facts straight. Hes a great guy. Well, that flies in the face of what giuliani told nbc news last night. Youre not going to see daylight between the president and me. Trump today distanced himselves from that Giul