All the way he tried to wake her up on video. What would you do today . Wednesday, july 24th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. I am matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker. Did you notice this prince of cambridge already mastered the royal wave. The hand peeking out of the swaddle yesterday. I think they attached a piece of fishing line to his finger and pulled that up. It was cute. Natalie standing by at Kensington Palace with more on the queens visit this morning and the waiting game for the name. We have a big story back at home. Even as he sat for the family portrait for People Magazine, he was still sexing. Kelly odonnell has the latest. Good morning to you. Good morning to both of you. Seven weeks before the democratic primary theres calls for Anthony Weiner to get out of the race for new york city mayor. Despite lies, in
A lot to get to in the next hour. Im going to begin, though, with Michael Cohen and changing his legal team. I want to talk about this now with michael avenatti, attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels who is suing cohen. Good evening, sir. What does this mean hes changing his legal team, that he split with his council . Well, down, i dont think this is positive development for Michael Cohen or the president for a variety of reasons. These are attorneys that have had involvement with him for weeks on end. Hes paid them likely millions of dollars. I estimate his burn rate is probably 500,000 week. Whered you get that . Thats a lot of money. Its a tremendous amount of money. But thats what you see in these cases with many documents at issue. They stated they had over 15 lawyers working full time, and based on mexperience with new york and los angeles rates, i mean if you do the math it works out to probably about 500,000 a week. And look, this is what happens in these cases. You have defen
Been meeting with lawyers who might potentially represent him and that he wants attorneys with experience in the Southern District of new york. What does that all mean . Cohens been the subject of a criminal investigation since the fbi raided his home and office. That was back in april. He has not b charged with a crime, but sources say he will not be shocked if he is indicted. What does this mean for President Trump . Also tonight a Top Republican on capitol hill criticizing his gop colleagues for not standing up to President Trump accusing republicans of being in a cultlike situation when it comes to the president. Were going to talk a a of that straight ahead. A lot to get to in the next hour. Im going to begin, though, with Michael Cohen and changing his legal team. I want to talk about this now with michael avenatti, attorney for pornr Stormy Daniels who is suing cohen. Good evening, sir. What does this mean hes changing his legal team, that he split with his council . Well, down,
Not want the meeting in the first place. Our nbc news team here with their latest details and developments as well as todays big story. We start with geoff bennett. Democrats have a laundry list of things they want to tackle. A lot on that list and not a lot of time to get it done. A long list and little time to spare. You got three weeks until the current funding measure runs out. The end of the month. Leaders in both parties are going to come with a short term measure to buy them more negotiation time. The other issue we are tracking is gun control. You got the house and senate reconvening for the first time after this tragedy in texas and ohio. The House Judiciary Committee will consider three more bills this week. Back in february, those two bills of extended background checks are now sitting on Mitch Mcconnells desk. These new bills will ban high capacity magazines. The ground has shifted here. Democrats and some republicans have tried for 20 years to push new gun control measures
then you have a group of senators who would have been in a different place a year ago. what kind of hold does the president have? donald trump s hold on the republican party is stronger than ever. you look at justin amash and his fortunes in michigan where he has a strong constituency. he served his constituents well. he has a great reputation but he s likely to get primaried. you see the wrath coming down on him. you look at what happened to mark samford. that was the cautionary tale. now every one has given in and they will be out if they re not the party of trump. it s not the gop. it s the party of trump. as you saw us going back and forth with mark warner because at some point, he is a traditionalist. you can hear it in his voice. he wants this to work. he s in the one committee there seems to be some decent