President s attorney, jay sekulow, was involved in crafting the statement on trump tower moscow. Heres that claim from cohens testimony. There were changes made, additions. Jay sekulow for one. There were several changes that were made, including how we were going to handle that message which was were you finished . The message, of course, being the length of time that the trump tower moscow project stayed and remained alive. Sekulow denied that allegation last week, and he told nbc news today he stands by that denial. But news about the edits to cohens testimony isnt the only bombshell in todays news cycle. The New York Times out with some blockbuster reporting of their own today on six new checks that show donald trump carrying out a secret double life, one in which he played president by day and wrote checks to Michael Cohen to fund his hush money scheme in his free time. All you need to know about 2019 is that that story comes second today. We start with that breaking news from cap
Down. It is wheeled down moments ago. President trump will now head for his hotel for the rest of the evening. The World Leaders are there. The stage is set. Whats the feeling there tonight . Bill this is a country and city thats jacked up, i can tell you theyre ready for this. They didnt have a lot of time to prepare for it. A period of 10 to 12 days. If you go up and down through central hanoi you will see a city that has been spruced up quite literally with the flags and flowers. This is a chance for vietnam to show off its modernday form of communism and this is a chance, sandra, for the president of the United States to show chairman kim what could be his if he chooses the course of denuclearization. Reunification of the Korean Peninsula, the end of the armistice from 1953. Imagine the possibilities for the korean history. Thats how the president will present his case to the north Korean Leader this week. Want to get to john roberts who has arrived also in hanoi. John, as we await
Emergency on the border and its time for democrats to, quote do their jobs. One hour from now homeland secretary secretary Kristin Nielsen expected to face questions from house lawmakers as the commissioner will likely face the same on the senate side. Bill those hearings coming a day after we learned of a record surge on the border. Nearly 270,000 a 270,000 apprehs so far in 2019. Thats nearly 97 increase from just a year ago. 76,000 total apprehensions and arrivals in a four week month in february. Highest encounters in any february in the last 12 years. We have apprehended and encountered more families in just five months and five days than last years record total. The system is well beyond capacity and remains at breaking point. Are we on the fifth caravan . Do we need sixth and seventh and endless caravan before we say its an emergency . We are on track to spend 1. 6 billion of housing unaccompanied minors in u. S. Custody. If this is not a crisis, what the hell would be . Bill Ca