anything yet. he hasn t been charged but he has investigations and he knows information useful for this investigation. he could be signaling, pardon me, pardon me. he can t be parted for state charges, but the federal charges could certainly be covered. he could be sending a warning flare up to the president. sure. remember, the other thing to keep in mind about michael cohen is not only did he advertise himself as the president s personal attorney but he also said, famously, in an interview, that he would, quote, take a bullet for donald trump, just to explain how loyal he is or was, depending on what s going to happen. and in terms of a pardon, he might be pardon shopping with the president of the united states. but one thing to keep in mind, let s say the president were to give him a pardon. he could still be called to testify. if he takes the pardon, he would be compelled to testify. and then if he doesn t testify, he could be held in contempt of court, correct me, counselor,
of the public attorney that will represent dzhokhar tsarnaev. this transcript is not very long. it s about eight pages, double spaced, but it does show the defendant, the suspect in this case, nodding affirmatively to several series of questions, and at one point when he was specifically asked, do you need a public defender, do you have enough money to pay for an attorney, he said when he was asked about the money part, he said he uttered the word no, according to this affidavit. you can see there, can you afford a lawyer, the defendant, no. this is a transcript according to the new york times that has been released by the united states district court, district of massachusetts, united states v. dzhokhar tsarnaev. let me read to you some of the exchanges that occurred, then. the court, this is the judge who s at the bedside. i will ask the doctor whether or not the patient is alert. you can rouse him. dr. odom, the physician on call
there, how are you feeling, he says, are you able to answer some questions? the defendant nods affirmatively. that s what he had done in response to several questions, nodding affirmatively. that is the official court transcript that has just been released. jeffrey toobin, our senior legal analyst is here with us. let s go through this, point-by-point. first of all, the notion that affirmatively to some questions about understanding the miranda rights, that he has the right to an attorney, the right to remain silent, as read by the magistrate who was there. that s pretty significant, right? this is actually a very routine proceeding in very extraordinary circumstances. first of all, of course, this is a enormously important case, and it s also unusual, though not unprecedented, to do a proceeding like this in a hospital room. but in terms of the substance,
he also has some other pain. he ll have an m.r.i. today. redskins win 17-12. he did not return. looks to be out a while. check out this finish in jacksonville. look for an upset of the colts. tie game after the colts just tied up the game. josh scobie, 59 yards out. that s way too far. wrong. it s good. jags shock the colts. their second win in dramatic fashion. final score is 31-28. what about america s pastime? baseball playoffs are finally all set. giants capture the nls with a win over the padres that blew that division, am i right, gretchen? she s nodding affirmatively. the braves beat the phillies. they are the wildcard team and the phillies, of course, win the division. rays have the best record in the american league and they ll host the rangers. the yankees are the wild card and they ll go to minnesota. both will start on wednesday. in the national league, phillies are the big favorites. they draw the reds. braves and giants will battle out west. that start thursday. bigger st