Show. But now Michael Cohen has taken the fifth amendment. And i think Michael Avenatti has a few things to say about that. Heres whats fascinating about the Ronny Jackson situation, where theyre having a meeting tonight with Ronny Jackson, talking about do you withdraw . How useful is it for President Trump right now to have this Ronny Jackson controversy going on, as bad as it is, because Ronny Jackson was actually going to be in this position in the show until Michael Cohen took the fifth amendment. It looks like donald trump needs as many distractions as he can get from Michael Cohen taking the fifth amendment. Maybe that meeting in the white house tonight, with us trying to divine what the questions might be like. Is the president like hang in there, ronny, can we get any more allegations about this . The confirmation hearing has postponed. Its never going to happen. But Ronny Jackson why not hang around, talk with a few more senators for a couple weeks and help us divert attentio
Show until Michael Cohen took the fifth amendment. It looks like donald trump needs as many distractions as he can get from Michael Cohen taking the fifth amendment. Maybe that meeting in the white house tonight, with us trying to divine what the questions might be like. Is the president like hang in there, ronny, can we get any more allegations about this . The confirmation hearing has postponed. Its never going to happen. But Ronny Jackson why not hang around, talk with a few more senators for a couple weeks and help us divert attention. Scott pruitt testifying in the house in two separate committees is probably great for the white house because its not news about Michael Avenattis client. Thats right. Well, it is fifth amendment night in america on this historic day when Donald Trumps attorney took the fifth amendment in federal court. And we know what donald trump thinks of the fifth amendment. You see the mob takes the fifth. If youre innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendme
Within two days, though, the president slipped off that original rationale like he was falling off a slippery rock, when he told Nbcs Lester Holt that actually, when he made the decision to fire . J7z comey, hed the russia issue on his mind. And then, he said the same thing to highranking russian officials, who he invited into c toe the oval office. He said, quote, i just fired the head of the fbi. I faced great pressu4az puaq of russia. Thats taken off. James comey himself saidsia seemed to him that he was getting fired because of the russia investigation. Do you believe the russia investigation played a role . In why i was fired . Yes. Yes, because ive seen the president say so. I take the president at his word that i was fired because of the russia investigation. Something about the way i was conducting it, the president felt created pressure on him that he wanted to relieve. Just like all the rest of us, james comey saw the president admit to lester holt, saw the president brag to
For them this is a place it is refuge for everything they have been through. We have been hearing stories o f family separation within detention. Especially children being separated from their adult fathers. Thats something that would have happened and happened during the obama administration. What is different now is that these people know that they are some of the lucky ones, theyre actually here united and something very different of what we we are seeing with those folks across the street from here at the federal courthouse who are being prosecuted by crossing the border legillegall. I want to talk to a parent who suffered from this trauma because it was still so traumatic and just to see what this family is going through. You came with your boy and separated in detention for several days, how many is he . Just five. Reporter how long were you separated separated for almost three days from his little boy. How did you feel when they took him away . I suffered a lot he says. Reporter
Again from our news headquarters here in new york. Day 551 of the trump administration, and we have breaking news again this evening. Well get right to it. We have one of the recordings made by Michael Cohen back in 2016 with then president ial candidate donald trump. In the recording which first aired tonight on cnn, cohen and trump appear to be heard discussing arrangements surrounding payment to former playboy model Karen Mcdougal. The payment was eventually made, we know now, by trump friend david pecker, head of the company that owns and publishes the national enquirer. Cohen attorney lanny davis supplied the tape youre about to hear to cnn tonight. Youre going to hear at first the president who appears to be finishing up a phone call. We do not know if theres been any editing or altering of the original recording. Here it is now in its entirety. You know whats happening, okay . Oh, oh. Maybe because of this it would be better if you didnt go. Maybe because of this, get rid of thi