A recap of the days news. Worthwhile listening to. I appreciate it, chris. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. A big show ahead. Not only is one of the president s long time friends flipping on him. He had a secret safe full of evidence. Donald trumps friends name is david pecker. David pecker is a publisher of the National Inquirer, granted immunity by the feds. He knew about Donald Trumps Hush Money Payments to silence women who said they had sexual encounters with trump. A friend of the president is telling vanity fair, and i quote, holy sh and you can guess the rest. This is more bad news for this white house. The bare knuckle tabloid
reportedly kept a safe pull of documents on Hush Money Payments and stories it killed, thats according to the associated press. So just days after trumps former fixer and keeper of secrets Michael Cohen flipped on him, were learning that david pecker has flipped too. Can you imagine whats going through the president s mind right now . Is it any wonder
Conduct this investigation and bring those responsible for these despicable acts to justice. We have to unify. We have to come together and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of Political Violence of any kind have no place in the United States of america. So far the devices have been what appear to be a pipe bomb. What we saw here today was an effort to terrorize. This clearly is an act of terror, attempting to undermine our free press and leaders of this country through acts of violence. Through acts of violence. With me now with the latest nbc news investigations reporter tom winter. All right, tom, you and i have been together for the last two hours as we try to interpret what happened earlier today and were getting more news about maxine waters. Set the stage for us exactly
where things stand. I know im putting you in a tough spot because there are still so many unknown. And some things even not quite frankly were not in the position to share bec
There was no collusion ed working together through history right now. Our colleague, Shannon Bream, is live in washington. Bret baier will be back at 8 p. M. Eastern. Shannon bream in washington with more fox news special coverage. Dana thanks. It was just announced, there was no collusion with russia. The most ridiculous thing ive ever heard. There was no collusion with russia. There was no obstruction, none whatsoever. And it was a complete and total exoneration. Shannon President Trump just minutes ago reacting to the news from Attorney General bill barr that, quote, The Special Counsels investigation did not find that the Trump Campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 president ial election. Im Shannon Bream in washington. Weve got Fox Team Coverage across d. C. With Mike Emmanuel
on capitol hill, Molly Henneberg at the Justice Department, and lets begin with molly first. Good afternoon. Reporter hi, shannon. No
Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Federal prosecutors in new york have accused the president of criminal violation of the federal Campaign Laws. They say trump directed thats the word Michael Cohen to cover up a Campaign Contribution in the form of payments with two women with whom he had sexual relations. This comes from the Southern District of new york, not Robert Mueller, not the socalled 17 democrats the president says are working against him, not the deep state, not from a witch hunt. Its from one of the two Sentencing Memos filed in the case of trumps former lawyer, Michael Cohen, today, which are shedding new light on the president s potential legal exposure. As trumps longtime fixer, cohen pleaded guilty in august to Campaign Finance violations and making hush payments to two women on trumps behalf. And now, tonights Sentencing Memo makes clear that with respect to both payments, cohen acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual
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It is 12 00 in new york. Were following what has already been a dramatic day of testimony on capitol hill from two key witnesses, former nsc Senior Adviser fiona hill and current u. S. Diplomat david holmes, both witnesses raising alarms today about the conduct they witnessed between the Trump Administration and ukraine, namely the conditioning of both military aid and a white house meeting on a commitment from the ukrainians into those investigations designed to hurt the bidens, a Smear Campaign against Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch who was apparently standing in the way. The conduct of both of todays witness witnesses, they believed lives could be jeopardized in ukraine. Here is some of the dramatic testimony of fiona hill and david holmes. The barrage of allegations
directed against ambassador yovanovitch, a career ambassador, is unlike anything i have seen in my professional career. I heard ambassador sondland say to the president , yes, he was in ukraine, and went on to say