A recap of the days news. Did you see the article, there was an article in the Washington Post or in vox about it. Its unbelievable because none of it is true. None of it is true. Look, there are problems there. Well have to see which way they take their constitution. The president of the United States is cosigning something from a White Nationalist group. Its just beyond fathomable now. And that he would hear something on tv and not use a power that you and i pray to whatever we believe in every night, which is to pick up the phone and say, hey, is this true in south africa . Hes got the best intelligence in the world. They would have told him the truth. Instead he enlists his Secretary Of State to chase down a bogus report that he heard on tv. And the reason he did it is what really shakes me in my bones. He cant care about this as an issue, theres too much racism at home to worry about. I believe that hes reaching out to a group hes been told he needs. And he doesnt need them. There
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
literally, the national enquirer kept a safe containing documents on those hush money payments and other damaging stories as part of its relationship mr. trump. that revelation after several media organizations granted mr. pecker immunity. people who spoke to the ap on the condition of anonymity said the safe was a great source of power for pecker. the president spoke moments ago on fox news about cohen s sentencing. this is breaking news. let s listen. they put that on to embarrass me. they put those two charges on to embarrass me. either cohen or the prosecutors, in order to embarrass me, said listen, i m making this deal for reduced time and everything else. do me a favor, put these two charges on. joining me live, nbc news investigations reporter tom winter, nbc reporter cara lee and nbc legal analyst glen ke
this was a magazine that frankly should be very respected. cohen was the bigger fish here. they re willing to give pecker immunity to corroborate. you can only impeach him for political reasons and the american people would revolt. it s not a good week for us to pass it off as republicans, no big deal. it s just not right. after the election i think there will be serious discussions about a new attorney general. i think it would be a mistake. i don t think it would be good for the country. many of us are frustrated we ve never had an investigation on the other side. the president does not seem to understand that everyone s function is not just to look out and protect him from his own behavior and wrongdoing. this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. good morning, welcome to new day. over here. it s friday, august 24. i m going to learn these cameras by next monday. wherever we re looking, it s