Reminder, dont miss full circle on facebook. You get to pick some of the stories we cover. You can see it week nights at 6 25 p. M. Eastern on facebook. Com Anderson Cooper full circle. The news continues on this very busy tuesday night. Im going to hand it over to chris. Cuomo prime time starts now. Thank you. I am chris cuomo. Welcome to prime time. We have new information and key players for you in the big breaking story. Michael cohen says a candidate for federal office, aka the president , directed him to commit felonies. Those Hush Money Payments to women before the election, cohen says they were made at the direction of trump himself, and they were crimes. This is uncharted territory. A president directly implicated in criminal behavior In Open Court by his lawyer. Were going to have cohens counsel joining us for what lies ahead. And what does this exposure mean for the president Going Forward . Thats where Michael Avenatti,
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4 million. Filing false statements to a bank in order to obtain a loan, and the real stunner, two counts of Campaign Finance violations. The reasons those were such a stunner, because Michael Cohen detailed in a little bit exactly what those Campaign Finance violations were. One, 150,000 payment to the ceo of a Media Company for a contract which we know from our previous reporting has to do with karen mcdougal, who accuses President Trump of an affair, which he, of course, has denied. And then the second, 130,000 payment, which he facilitated, which we know again from previous reporting has to do with Stormy Daniels, a porn star that alleges an affair with the president. Again, their names not mentioned in court, but we know who they were talking about, and then we got a little bit more detail when the u. S. Deputy attorney came out of court after these guilty pleas and talked about all of the charges in general. Take a listen real quickly. A look at breaking news, politics and reports
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Prosecutors. Theres no reason why they would have entered into this Plea Agreement that they did were he not cooperating. Michael cohen has a lot of information. So you dont need a Cooperation Deal to be cooperating . Exactly. I think that point that you just made is critical. You dont have to have it in writing in the documents in order to have an agreement in place. Im highly confident in fact, i know Michael Cohens been providing information. Prosecutors in sdny are expecting him to continue to cooperate because if he doesnt, they have the ultimate hammer, and that is at the sentencing stage, which for Michael Cohen is going to take place in december, they can ask for either an upward departure or the maximum. They have a significant hammer in their toolbox in the event Michael Cohen does not cooperate. Same with manafort . Same with manafort. But let me say this. You know, its one thing its a mul
Photos show nuclear sites, they are falling apart. Its a National Security nightmare. How did the u. S. Government happen . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Donald trump is trying to bolster his image as the potential commander in krechief promising to beef up his military might. Theres growing pressure to release his tax returns as his running mate prepares to go public with his i. R. S. Forms. Trump has said for months he cant release the Tax Information because hes under audit. Now trump is suggesting that he would share his tax returns if Hillary Clinton agreed to an unlikely deal and released thousands of her controversial emails. Another story were following. New photos reveal extensive damage at Americas Nuclear sites. A National Security risk that the next president will face. The Images Released by Congress Shows some decades over facilities. They are leaking and they have rotted. Ill talk a
so low. we re sort of like denmark, who opened on september 10th. we had an 80% over 12 vaccination rate, and we have a lot of natural immunity, and i think it s keeping our rates very low. doctor, thank so much. an important conversation. we appreciate having you on. thank you very much. any moment now a judge will set bond for former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh. he s accused of stealing millions from the family of his late housekeeper. that s not the only scandal attached to his name. we are live outside the courthouse next. there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexibility you need to unveil them to the world.