crucial questions and allegations tonight. thank you very much. i want to go to former prosecutor outfront. you heard stormy daniels lawyer as he was replaying key lines today. he said some of the accusations in this case from daniels occurred when trump was president. what does this mean for the president, wendy? well, the first question is who did it. because if it wasn t the president himself, then a threat made to stormy daniels wouldn t lead to any kind of charge against the president unless he ordered it, was a coconspiracy, knew about it and aided and a betted, and he s not stupid of the he would not do that. this is a guy, if nothing else, he s very good at building walls that somewhat insulate him as being the prime bad guy. he s good at that. so i don t see that as the likely answer to the question. but what i want to know is how
reporter: the press secretary had to know more scorching questions about stormy daniels were coming but her answers proved luke warm at best. obviously, we take the safety and security of any person seriously. reporter: had she discussed the late west the president? no. could she answer anything more? i would refer to you the president s outside personal attorneys. clearly. sarah sanders does not know what the president is thinking. clearly you missed me. all smiles all the time. reporter: it wasn t always this way. when she took the job eight months ago she decidedly slapped down unfavorable questions about trump s conduct, fast and present. knock the crap out of them. even when she was patently wrong. the president in no way form or park has ever promoted or encouraged violence. the president tweeted that a
gave a firing note, you are fired by twitter. but, erin, you have to remember, let s go back, it s not even, i don t think it s been a week, when it hasn t been a week. because remember when the president was in pennsylvania? and talking about, you know, if i was presidential, you would be bored. this is who is he. he wants to entertain us. but this is also about stability. how are americans looking at the president and how is the world looking at this president, the leader of the free world or once was the leader of the free world. and also i m going to say this, erin, we are not totally out of that window of possible firing. we have yet to hear from sessions, if i m correct, attorney general jeff sessions about mccabe. right. we ll be here tonight. yeah, so still in that window. and thes white house really was upset with what mccabe did.
representing stormy daniels. is there anything in the litany of accusations you would call them facts that surround this case that happened while donald trump was president? yes. can you go any further than that? no. okay. mj lee is outfront, mj, obviously a pretty big thing to say, while trump was president, yes, but wouldn t say yes. do you have any sense what he means and what other accusations he s putting out there tonight? well, the stunning accusation from avenatti is stormy daniels has been physically threatened to keep silent about her affair with donald trump. we knew there was temporary restraining order taken out on her just last month. but first time we heard the lawyer saying physical threats against the porn star.
colleague would do anything for campaign contributions. was that filled with sexual undercurrent. no. reporter: critics said videos were staged. the threat is real, that is what the president is talking about. reporter: now her tone appearance clearly more cautious. asked if the president knew about a payment to stormy daniels by his attorney. her answer. not that i m aware of. reporter: has the president talked to his attorney about it? i don t know. reporter: and on it goes. in one briefing she was asked is trump glad the phasa courts are being investigated. i haven t spoken with him about that. reporter: does he think would resign. i haven t spoken to him about that. reporter: would the president allow a resident on the no fly