submerge sd so you might be abl to get them through in stages, through one air bell to another one. i m guessing that would be a what might be spopossible. so it might not be one dive. they might be able to move them through, a bit of a respite and move them again. such a complicated situation, three kilometers into the caves, a kilometer underground per se and they could be racing against time with fears that more rain could be coming, which is why they may feel there is a need to try to get them out even though it would be dramatic and difficult. bill whitehouse, thank you for your expertise, we appreciate you talking to us. thank you. john, obviously we ll stay on that story and follow the breaking developments. meanwhile, why did michael cohen break his silence yesterday? what does it mean for president trump? that s next. when you re crafting performance,
get investigation whether this was an illegal campaign contribution since the payment was made in the weeks before the 2016 election. common cause arguing that it may not have been an illegal contribution if it was donald trump s own money, but there may have been a reporting violation since they apparently reported it to no one. so that could be part of the litigation as well. let s talk about that. brian todd, thank you very much. i want to bring in vice president of policy and litigation for common cause, paul s. ryan. thank you so much for joining us on cnn. did donald trump s lawyer michael cohen break campaign finance laws by paying stormy daniels $130,000? it certainly looks like that happened. that there was a violation or multiple violations of the law. the law says that any money spent or paid by a candidate or agent of a candidate for the purpose of influencing an election is both a contribution from the candidate to their own campaign, that s an expenditure by the campa
i want to bring in the vice president of the policy and litigation. paul s. ryan. did donald trumps lawyer michael cohen break campaign finance law by paying stormy daniels $130,000? it certainly looks like that happened. there was a violation or multiple vilss of the law. the law says that any money spent or paid by a candidate or agent of the a candidate for the purpose of influencing an election. that s both a contribution from the candidate to their campaign. that s an expenditure. both which have to be reported. that didn t happen. that s the violation number one. that we re alleging. the second part is if the money didn t come from trump s pocket. that adds on another count. we re talking about illegal contribution. illegal corporate contribution to the campaign. or if it was from an individual an illegally excessive