they found the matter to be closed from their perspective. all of this is also happening on emmet flood s first day on the job. he s the president s newest lawyer joining the legal team to deal with this mueller investigation. better to be busy than bored. thank you, abby. let s bring in cnn political analyst john avalon and jeffrey toobin. jeffrey, legally, what are the troubling questions slash issues based on this new cnn reporting and other information in the air? well, the real question that at the core of all this is where did the money come from to payoff stormy daniels? think about how many elving explanations we have heard for that. the first explanation was that michael cohen used his own money. he got a line of credit from his house and that was where the money came to pay off stormy daniels. rudy giuliani in his incoherent
they claim they have nothing to do with this company by the name of renova. let me pull it up viktor vekselberg owns columbus nova which paid michael cohen half a million doars. so there it is. at connection. right and columbus nova is now trying to distance themselves from this and claim they have nothing to do with renova or the oligarch which is ultimately going to be proven to be false and people need to ask themselves, why is the continued cover-up going on here and why is this company being so slick as it relates to coming clean about what this money was for? what s your source that the russian oligarch paid this that ultimately ended up in michael cohen s bank account? we can t disclose our source this morning. we have multiple media organizations as of this morning cnn, the new york times, nbc news and others that have verified the veracity or
conditions, emotionally and physical. this is a tough road for them and their families so we ll be sensitive to that. cnn newsroom with john berman and poppy harlow is going to pick up right after the break. please stay with cnn. so, you guys have recently started dating. yes. - yes. a little less than a month. coming up on two months now, yeah. cool. so, i want to show you guys these three chevy suv s. the first one is called the trax. beautiful! do you think it would be good for moving in together? moving in together?! ahhh! - ahhh! okay, well, this is the chevy equinox. wow. nice. perfect for when you two have your first kid. give me some time. okay, this is the traverse. for when you have your five kids, two dogs and one cat. (laughter) whoa! five? ahhh. well, no matter what stage of life you re in chevy has an suv for you. you have it all planned out, thanks. .to give you the protein you need
and i m running for assembly because no one should be left behind. rochelle pardue-okimoto for assembly. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. breaking news out of north korea. president trump tweeting just moments ago that three detained americans have been released.
he defended women s healthcare, banned military-style assault weapons, banned workplace discrimination, and more. antonio for governor. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and we do have breaking news right now. president trump tweeting moments ago that three detained americans have been released from north korea. they are now on their way home and president trump says he will meet them when they arrive in the u.s. at about 2:00 a.m. eastern time. let s discuss with cnn military and diplomatic analyst john kirby and will ripley who has traveled to north korea 17