Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Breaking news tonight and it looks like potentially bad news for one Michael Cohen potentially even worse news for donald trump. New york times first breaking the story now confirmed by nbc news that cohens longtime Business Partner gene freedman has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors after pleading guilty today to stealing around 5 million worth of taxi fees from new york state. In exchange, free man will be avoid jail time and been assist government prosecutors in state or federal investigations according to a person briefed on the matter. Friedman who faces a slew of lawsuits over alleged professional misconduct is quite the character. Russian immigrant known as the taxi king once controlled as many as a thousand new York City Taxi medallions the licenses that allow drivers to legally operate new york taxicabs which in the preuber days were going for 1. 2 million a pop cohen was also in the taxi medallion business. In fact, new york stat
Peace process but didnt give any specifics. There is quite a bit of shuttle diplomacy with Jared Kushner and jason greene blat. Do you have anything to tell us about a positive movement from this. We think that the meetings that took place over the last week with Senior Adviser Jared Kushner and special representative jason green blat met with officials in saudi arabia, jordan, egypt and israel and qatar and discussed the situation in gas saw and the next stage of the peace effort and well continue the conversations and committed to the peace effort and were going to keep looking forward but the conversations were productive. The commissioner of customs and Border Protection said they are no longer referring people who cross the border without authorization for criminal charges if they are traveling with children, which is essentially returned to the Obama Administration practice and administration before that. Does the president support that approach and if so, does he regret trying t
The president is going to build the wall. Well take as much money as you can give us and well go off and find the money someplace else legally in order to secure that southern barrier. This is going to get built or without congress. Basically this is nuts. The idea of reducing bed Spaces Available for violent offenders so they can be held and deported as they trade off for a wall incentivizes illegal immigration and they truly have lost their way. The goalposts has been moving from the democrats. At the end of the day we have an obligation to protect our nation and provide the proper Border Security. I do expect the president to take some kind of executive action. National emergency is certainly part of that. There are a few other things in his tool box he could use. I expect him to do that if we dont reach a compromise. Bill kevin corke begins a new week from the north lawn. Whats the strategy with another possible shutdown four days from now . Happy monday, bill. Three words, keep ta
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Welcome to our viewers here and around the world. I am wolf blitzer. This is the situation room. We are following breaking news on the hurricane emergency in the carolinas as Disaster Relief is beginning in the bahamas. A new forecast shows dorians eye passing 45 miles off myrtle beach, South Carolina. It is hammering the coast with 105 Miles Per Hour winds, unleashing destructive tornadoes as well. The streets of charleston are flooded, with up to 15 inches of rain forecast for the carolinas, and storm surge up to 7 feet high. In the bahamas tonight, more than 100 people rescued on islands decimated by dorian, but thousands are in dire straights now, without homes or safe living conditions, in urgent need of shelter, food, water. Our correspondents, experts and other guests are standing biy a we cover this story. Martin savidge is in South Carolina. Dorian is miles from myrtle beach. Reporter wolf, conditions here continue to deteriorate in myrtle beach. It was tornadoes that was the