Shell never forgive donald trump for the birther rumors he spread about her husband, threatening her familys safety, the president lashes out at both obamas. And florida, florida, florida. 18 years after the hanging chad left the president ial election hanging in the balance, florida is again involved in very close races, recounts and lawsuits that could impact the balance of power. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. Federal investigators reportedly have evidence that donald trump was deeply immersed in the hush money payoffs to porn star, Stormy Daniels andmodel karen mcdougal, saying he intervened, possibly violating Campaign Finance laws. That comes as President Trump arrives in paris, leaving behind growing fallout over his pick for acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, who is under scrutiny for his criticism of Robert Muellers russia probe, which he now oversees. Ill speak with the attorney for Stormy Daniels, Michael Avena
Court . Democrats pounced on the leadership, they were looking to pivot from the russia investigation to pocketbook issues. No one has seen the mueller report. No one here either. Adam schiff, the chair of the house intelligence committee, tells the Washington Post that undoubtedly there is collusion. That is his view. Even though the special counsel said there is not enough evidence to establish a case. We heard overnight from critic George Conway from kellyanne conway. He flat out declared the president is guilty. Guilty of being unfit for officer. We want to bring in maggie haberman, the White House Correspondent for the New York Times and a cnn political analyst who gets to share the table with allison in washington. Maggie. Very lucky. Let me ask you. You got a recording of what happened behind closed doors yesterday. The president was with republican members of the senate and those senators said, yes, he was enthusiastic, postmueller. But he was talking about a number of things.
But could it put more risk than reward and how much truth to those rumors. But we start with the ticktick, to the Mueller Report. Time closing in and the president appears to be restless. Moments ago the president left the white house for a roundtable discussion with business leaders. That happened just a few hours after special Counsel Robert Mueller arrived at work. You can see him there in his ball cap both literally and metaphorically in the drivers seat. There in the driveway, the president spent nine minutes answering question. Five of those minutes about the Mueller Report. He now says he wants the public to see that report. Of course, he spent a good deal of time muddying the waters, the process that brought us here. Which begs the question on this thursday morning, if President Trump is right and if the report does exonerate him, then why spend the time flooding the zone with disinformation . That is where we start. Nbc News White House correspondent Kelly Odonnell here at 160
Sucking up the most oxygen. Is it a gender thing . Weve got that deep dive coming up later in the show with our team here, covering all of it on whats turning out to be a busy tuesday. So we start this hour with that news surrounding the investigation into Michael Cohen. Those redacted search warrants, right, related to that fbi raid on his house, his officer, his safety deposit box, et cetera, just released. Let me get right to nbcs tom winter whos been reading these documents. Also with me, joyce vance, msnbc contributor. Paul butler, nbc legal analyst, former federal prosecutor, professor at georgetown law. And ana palmer, senior washington correspondent for politico. Sahil kapur joins us too, National Political reporter for bloomberg news. Tom, you have had a good hour, i think, 50 minutes, at least, to look through these documents. Bring us the headlines. What are we learning . And maybe, as importantly, what are we not learning from these . Well just go right to what were not lea
Despite growing condemnation from across the political spectrum, President Trump is not relenting in his attacks against john mccain slamming the late senator once again seven months after his death. Trumps latest broad sides came yesterday during an appearance at an Army Tank Plant in. Ohio in front of a military audience. The president criticized mccain again in front of a military audience. That one has more of a sting as well. Considering the late senators history. Also differing disparaging remarks while taking credit for the senators funeral. A lot of people ask me because they love me and they ask me about a man named john mccain. Should i tell you about it or not . Yes . Yes. I have to be honest. I never liked him much. Hasnt been for me. Ive really probably never will. John mccain received a fake and phoney dossier. Did you hear about the dossier. What did he do . He didnt call me. He turned it over to the fbi hoping to put me in jeopardy, and thats not the nicest thing to do.