You often do not hear this Attorney General pushing back against the president. Sessions may not be the only loyalist that the president is concerned about. Nbc news has confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that federal prosecutors have granted immunity to this guy youre looking at, david pecker. The Chief Executive and chairman of American Media, which publishes the national enquirer. Hes a longtime friend of President Trump. Joining me now is nbc news investigations reporter, tom winter. Also with us by phone is msnbc contributor and vanity fair special correspondent, gabe sherman, whos out with a new piece, Trumps National enquirer allies are the latest to defect. Gabe, let me start with you. What do we know about the immunity for david pecker and what that means . Well, ali, you know, two things on an legal level, this shows that prosecutors had enough to put pressure on david pecker and American Media for their role in essentially becoming a de facto arm of
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Thing. The nfl players are at it again taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem. Numerous players wanted to show outrage something most of them are unable to define. They make a fortune doing what they love. That was friday. They know exactly why theyre taking a knee. Colin kaepernick hasnt worked since hes been Black Baballed the nfl. It would do the country a Great Service one if he would stop tweeting about that and two truly find out what the players are protesting and again, the last part of that tweet, be happy, be cool. A Football Game that fans are paying so much money to watch and enjoy is no place to protest. You can read the rest of that yourself, but i want to make one thing clear. I dont know if many people realize or understand. When Colin Kaepernick started protesting at the nfl games, he originally sat on the bench out. Sat out the National Anthem until another then nfl player
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Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Counsel. How much specificity would we get here in seeing a plea deal . Would there be things that are sort of kept from public view or would it be pretty clear what the guts are here . I dont think the first filing i dont think will reveal everything. In other words, i think the first filing, announcing the plea deal and that sort of thing is probably not going to spell out in great detail exactly what Information Cohen has to provide. We may have to await several weeks, several months down the road to find out the full scope of his cooperation and the full breadth of his information. Kristen welker, i think we have you standing by as well. The other aspect of this, we set this up at the top, Michael Cohen so close to donald trump for so long, that famous line where he said he would take a bullet for donald trump. Obviously in the last few weeks, yes, it sounds like hes been telegraphing this possi
The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Youve got Michael Cohen, of course, guilty. These are individuals who were incredibly close to the president of the United States of america, and weve got to get an answer to the question, what did the president know . When did he know it . When this crime spree was taking place all around him. Weve got to clean up corruption with this administration, and washington, d. C. , restore our democracy for the people. We played maya some sound bites of those that are coming out and defending the president , saying this is not a crime. Some to maybe some extent are saying, yeah, maybe its legally a crime, but its like a smaller crime, a 12k3450ermisdemeanor. What is your read of what Michael Cohen did . Is it significant or not, is it being blown out of the proportion for political reasons . Its extremely significant because it goes directly to whether or not a candidate, donald trump, directed
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political stage perfectly captures this moment in history. Tonight, a piece of writing that is deeply consequential or completelyirrelevant. Either an act of bravery or cowardice. More than two dozen Trump Administration officials have disavowed the anonymous oped. Its possible we havent seen