Shulk shulkin, i want to talk about a little bit of breaking news were getting in the Stormy Daniels case. Apparently her attorneys motion to depose the president has been thwarted in court. What are you hearing . Well, as is the case in so many things around the trump white house, were learning through twitter, through michael aven natys twitter feed he is putting out a series of tweets that deal with the legal action of the president and Michael Cohen concerning their efforts to break the 130,000 contract for the nondisclosure agreement. Avenatti is tweeting that the court has said his request is premature for the deposition of the president and Michael Cohen. And he goes on to sicite some o the language of the courts ruling on this. Suggesting, its only from his side at this point, that the issue of whether this will end up in arbitration, which is what the president and Michael Cohen would prefer, because thats the way the nondisclosure agreement was originally crafted, any dispute
One mother describing her son having been taken away. Sits in federal prison near seattle while her son is in a Childrens Home in new york. The goodbye was agonizing. He just started crying and looked at me and said dont leave me mom. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where President Trump is about to meet with his cabinet. While more than 2,000 Migrant Children are in limbo not knowing when they will see their parents again. Kids wrapped in mie lar blankets are protesting the treatment of Migrant Children at the border. Kristen, this president doesnt often back down and its not a complete reversal because the zero tolerance policy is still what they are claiming is on books. Reporter thats right. The way in which the president issued that executive order allows him to argue, i dnt change the policy. My zero tolerance policy is still in place but bottom line, this is a reversal for a president who frankly, never backtracks, never apologizes, rarely reverse himself. Its signifi
Working on how to reunite kids separated at the border. But details are scant. And theyre trying to get enough members behind at least one immigration bill up a vote today. Is the president , though, undermining their efforts . All of this while Democratic Leaders are trying to take advantage of the president s 180. I hope this represents a turning point with the president. I hope it means this president will stop blaming others for problems he creates and start fixing them himself. The president is either not knowing, not caring, delusional and in denial about his own policies being outside the circle of civilized human behavior. And youre looking live at excuse me, if moments ago, protests on capitol hill. Theyre crowding the rotunda and their cause is, of course, separation of families. Were going to monitor whats going on there. But as we speak, republicans are voting on procedural rules for a pair of gop immigration bills, bills that the house will vote on this afternoon, dealing
Ill read you what the court filing says. It says after signing the plea agreement manafort lied to the federal bureau of investigation and the special counsels office in a variety of subject matters which constitute breaches of the agreement. What the powell iss office is saying is that they want the judge to move towards sentencing. They say theyll provide more information about the nature of the lies that paufrlt made as part of these lies that he has been telling since he made his plea in september. Did prosecutors indicate what they say manafort lied about . They did not indicate exactly what he lied about. But our team has seen him show up and spend hours nine time since his september plea agreement. Weve seen his lawyers show up for short meetings which perhaps is an indication of the disagreement going on behind the scenes. And we dont know what this means for the special counsel. We know this was an important person for the special counsel to have cooperating with this investig
Close. Evan perez joins us now with the latest. What else is in this court filing and what does it mean for manaforts plea deal . The plea deal still stands but the cooperation in which the government has encouraged the judge to show some leanancnienc that part of the deal is off. It says, quote, after signing the plea agreement manafort committed federal crimes by lying to the federal bureau of investigation and the special counsels office on a variety of subject matters which constitute breaches of the agreement. What the special counsels office is now saying, anderson, is that they want the judge to move towards sentencing. They say theyre going to provide more information at a later date about the exact nature of the lies that Paul Manafort made as part of these lies that apparently hes been telling since he made his plea in september. Did prosecutors indicate what they say manafort lied about . They did not indicate exactly what he lied about, but, anderson, we know that our team