Breaks relations with the United States kickings diplomats out of the country after President Trump recognizes the opposition leader. And whats in it for kim . North korea says the leader received a new letter from President Trump. As kim prepares for a second summit can he push into granting more successions than he got the first time around. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Claiming threats against rudy giuliani. Democratic Committee Chairman say they wont let their witness be intimidated insisting Michael Cohen must testify. Also breaking the president butts heads with pelosi and looses after President Trump announced he will be in the House Chamber to deliver the state of the union. He said the house will not pass the necessary resolution to authorize the speech until the government is reopened. House speaker congresswoman and intelligence committees and our correspondents are also standing by with full coverage. First lets go here up on capitol hill. Michael cohen
Bernie sanders responds to that question. Might he repeat the same mistakes of 2016 . New this morning, the special counsels anticipated and potentially revealing sentencing memo for trumps former campaign chief could be made public today. The filing against Paul Manafort was not revealed after a midnight deadline. The judge could redact sensitive information. The memo is expected to shed light on the Mueller Investigation on russian interference. Meanwhile, the political world up ends over the Mueller Report. They are not expecting it until next week. How much they will see depends on attorney general bill barr. President trump insists the report will show no collusion. Have you spoken about him . I have not. Do you expect . At some point ill be talking about it. I look forward to seeing the report. If it is an honest report, it will say that. If it is not an honest report, it wont. Another political battle brewing. The House Speaker says the vote will happen tuesday on the resolution
Final congressional hearing this week on capitol hill. Yesterday cohen provided evidence of trump reimbursing him for hush money payments he made. He testified that while in Office Trumps lawyers helped shape his lies to congress. Another felony that landed him in jail. They are sharing headlines with the north korea leader kim jong un, but the president took a moment to slam him as a liar saying he lied a lot during yesterdays testimony except for one thing. He lied a lot, but it was interesting because he didnt lie about one thing, he said no collusion with the russian hoax. He said no collusion and i was a little impressed by that frankly. He only went about 95 instead of 100 . All right with that joining me now, tom winter and his holtsman, a former democratic congresswom congresswoman. She is the author of the case for impeaching trump. Jessica levins joins us as well. Tom, lets start with you, as we are 24 hours almost away from the end of the testimony yesterday, what im trying
Thats what we are concerned about. Steve actually asked for Rod Rosenstein oh, by the way, we now know that three people have told us that Rod Rosenstein actually was contemplating using the 25th a minute to remove the guy from presidency who the American People put there. And we asked for him to be witnessed today and the chairman said no. Instead weve gotten 30 minutes from a guy whos going to prison, into months, for lying to congress. Mr. Cohen, ive got two quick questions before i yield back to my colleague. Mr. Hice asked to talk to come he said mr. Schiff. Obviously, mr. Cummings. He took on the front of both committees. Youre going to be in front of mr. Schiffs committee tomorrow. Have you spoken to chairman nadler or anyone on his staff, or have any of your attorney spoke determinedly . Mr. Cohen i dont know about my attorneys, i have not spoken to him. I have not spoken to congressman nadler. And im not aware if my attorneys i can ask them. You can turn around and ask them. M
Border wall is in the senates hands. And new subpoena from the Trump Administrations policies to rip children from their families at the border. There are new disturbing details there. Just because a republican gets away with it, doesnt mean a representative can, matt gaetz just learned that. Joes mom is in hospice. Hes with his family this morning and hope he will be back tomorrow. Along with willie and me we have the author of the book a world in disarray, Richard Haass. Good morning, as the president is minutes away from his second meeting with kim jong un. Johnny deutsche is with us and will set the stage for Michael Cohens testimony today. And new reporting this morning on that very testimony. Racist, con man, cheat, these are the words Donald Trumps former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will use to describe the president before the House Oversight committee this morning. A draft of cohens Opening Statement obtained by nbc news, includes allegations the president had advance knowledge abo