Good to be with you, im katy tur. The Hush Money Trial of former President Trump. Defense attorney todd blanche is going through cohens direct hm. Cohen is talking about his dealing with the press as a Quote Surrogate of mr. Trumps campaign, and the secret recordings he made of the former president. Blanche is starting to dig into the stories cohen attempted to bury about trump. This goes back to early days of this trial, alongside National Enquirers david pecker. Joining us now, Nbc News National Correspondent Yasmin Vossoughian outside the court, back with us. Chuck rosenberg, catherine christian, and Danny Cevallos. Yasmin, what is happening right now . Reporter theyre talking about the calls beginning in june of 2016. This is when cohen alleges he informed the former president of the united states, his boss at the time there was a meeting between mcdougal. This was the beginning of the payoff by ami. It was october in which the payoff was made to Stormy Daniels, initial contact bet
Men who escaped from a maximum security prison in new york. The search enters its ninth day. Theyre trying to capture david sweat and richard matt. Theyre now ex sponding the search area focusing on wooded areas and the peoples homes surrounding the prison. Joyce mitchell the prison worker who allegedly helped them escape escape, is behind bars. She pleaded not guilty to the felony account of promoting prison contraband and could face up to eight years in prison. Now the d. A. Is telling us about her alleged plans. Had she not gotten some cold feet. Basically show up down at the powerhouse. Around midnight. And pick them up. The three of them were going to move on together. That was the plan. Nbcs adam is in more isonville, new york, one of the towns in the search area. Adam, as we look at this time frame, day nine theyre going through that gridded search. Any new news . Reporter no new news. They remain focused on the area behind me just east of the jail as you mentioned, day nine of
Reporting begins now. Good friday afternoon. Our reporting begins with new developments in the russia investigation. Time is running out for the special Counsel Robert Mueller to turn in two major Court Filings involving two key players. President trumps former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort on the left here and the president s former longtime attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen on the right. Those Court Documents have to be turned in today and theyre expected to reveal what has been going on behind the scenes in the russia investigation. First, special counsel prosecutors have to detail exactly what they say Paul Manafort repeatedly lied about after he struck a plea deal with them. Last month Robert Muellers Team Announced it was pulling the plug on the agreement because manafort was misleading them. He said he did not lie to investigators. Then theres the Michael Cohen case. Muellers team has to turn in a memo about how much time, if any, they will recommend the new York Attorney ser
We will not allow the president to prevent the American People from hearing from this witness. We will not allow the president to block subpoenas, putting himself and his allies above the law. The white house encouraged mcgahn to defy the subpoena. Contempt may not be enough any more. Frustrated by repeated stonewalling by the Trump White House. More democrats are demanding impeachment. Over 30 of the president s associates were indicted by the mueller probe. His Campaign Chairman is in president en right now. Dont tell me theres not enough to discuss and debate impeachment. I believe we have come to the time of impeachment, i think that at a certain point this is no longer about politics. But this is about upholding the rule of law. The president is creating the circumstances where we may have to consider im much more open to it now than i was a few months ago. Will you open an impeachment inquiry . My view is that we should. Up to this point House Speaker nancy pelosi has maintained