Seemed to dial things back a bit. Particularly with regard to previous reporting about what cohen was prepared to tell the Special Counsel about President Trump and that meeting at trump tower. So Michael Cohen does not have information that President Trump knew about the trump tower meeting with the russians beforehand . No. Does not. At some point, mr. Cohen might be able to be useful to the Special Counsel about whether President Trump knew ahead of time about the hacking of the Hillary Clinton emails, and its not a certainty the way he recalls it. May or may not be useful to mr. Mueller. You can tell, perhaps, the hour is late. Its been a long week already. And people are exhausted. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Jonathan lamere, peter baker, and Carol Lenning is back with us. Good evening to the three of you and welcome. Jonathan, y
Republicans are saying monday or no way. Is it going to be about getting it through, or getting it right . And President Trump orders the declassification of documents in the russia probe. Why . Transparency, he says. Give all the information, do it right. Oneonone with republican congressman matt gaetz. And, cnn has Stormy Daniels book where she shares explicit details of her affair with donald trump. Chris cillizza on what we learned after months of allegations and denials. Busy tuesday. What do you say . Lets get after it some more. A lot of people thought that Brett Kavanaughs accuser would testify on monday before the senate committee. But cnn has obtained a letter
that says professor ford wants to testify, but she wants the fbi to investigate first. Now, theres a plus minus here. Its a boost to her credibility, but on the negative side, it smacks of politics. Because this is what the democrats have been pushing for. So, lets test this. We have Florida Republican matt gaetz with u
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Emmen asked that i schedule a meeting with you. I believe youre aware of the meeting, wondered if 3 00 p. M. Or later on thursday works for you. In case you missed it that is a russian government attorney flying over from moscow. It was all about a promise of dirt on hillary clinton. Heres don jr. , how about 3 00 at our office. Thanks for your help setting it up. Those arent Alternative Facts those are just facts, those were the detroits they were looking for. More now on the Breaking News, the president s interview with reuters. There certainly seems to be a dramatic ramping up of the rhetoric of the president when it comes to mueller, his team and the probe overall. We seem to be through the Looking Glass here tonight. One thing can you say about their view of the truth here, it seems to be pretty important to the president when he said to
reuters that he views sitting down with special Cou
My ci can worry about it,ine. Or do something about it. Garlique® helps maintain healthy cholesterol naturally. And its odor free. And pharmacist recommended. Garlique. ® good evening. A from the people that brought you the notion that truth isnt truth, heres something new. Crime that isnt crime, noncrime, by the way that President Trump says he never committed even though at least some of his argument is undermined by his own voice on tape, and the surreal little nugget is part of the picture as the president and his people spin the reality that two more of the former associates are felons and one of them Attorney Michael Cohen tied him under oath to pair of crime. His attorney joins us momentarily. As for the president , he responded today by slamming mr. Cohen on twitter, saying, if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest you dont retain the services of Michael Cohen. Lat later, the president turned to the fact and law twisting
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Kate Bolduan gives a fresh take on todays top stories. Reporting violations where they failed to report some things inadvertently. I think in the obama case it was what are called 48hour report, failure to report contributions. In none of those cases that im aware of has the actual candidate or the president been implicated in ordering it be done. It wasnt that obama said lets not report these contributions. Those are kind of the more the regular violations that you see in president ial campaigns. Here we have an allegation that the president directly ordered cohen to pay money to prevent people from talking about alleged affairs. Thats a potential violation on several counts. One, people talk about the reporting violation. These were contributions that werent reported. Thats true. But, they were paid by the trump organization. That makes it a corporate contribution. It is illegal to make a corporate contribution. It is also illegal for an officer of a corporation to authorize a corpor