Are now dangerous times for the United States. One of the drafters of the statement, 1 of the 44, is with us as the 11th hour gets under way on a tuesday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 691 of the trump administration, and tonight the president is speaking out about the growing legal troubles now threatening his white house. Trump spoke to Reuters News Agency late today in an interview right there in the oval office. He said hes not concerned about being impeached, and he explained why. Its hard to impeach somebody who hasnt done anything wrong and whos created the greatest economy in the history of our country. I think the people would revolt if that happened. Trump also spoke about the revelations about russians and their efforts to work with people in his inner circle. Quoting reuters again, asked about prosecutors assertions that a number of people who had worked for him or had business dealings with russians before and duri
Cannot be indicted . Fair statement . I would argue the answer is yes, you can. But a way better mind than mine says i have it wrong. Professor larry tribe has an oped racing around the internet and hes here to make the case. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to thunder dome. The president went toe to toe with his new foe and he got man chucked. Nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer took on the president. Well show you the highlights. And senator Bernie Sanders is here. He says he knows the future of trumps wall and hes making a move to force the president s hand on saudi arabia. Its going to happen tomorrow. Wow, our plate is full time to eat lets get after it. All right, we are processing this in realtime, 178 page, got to get it right, want to get the parts that matter the most. Stick with us. As soon as i get the was in, im coming to you no matter where we are in the show. Its hard to impeach somebody who hasnt done anything wrong and who has created the greatest economy in th
Washington, d. C. Any moment, results of a critical vote. Will americas most special ally have a new leader . Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead and the president s former personal attorney and fixer, headed to to prison. Michael cohen today sentenced to three years, the longest sentence so far for anyone involved in the special counsels russia investigation. Though the bulk of this sentence is for crimes he was being prosecuted for by the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york. Crimes that include those that, according to federal prosecutors, were committed, quote, in coordination with and at the direction of donald trump. The prosecutor for the special counsel today revealed that cohen provided credible, valuable information about the, quote, core russiarelated issues under investigation. Cohen today assuring he would continue to cooperate with the special counsel. The president s former fixer also telling the judge today he takes full
You really missed it. The meeting was to discuss funding for trumps border wall to avoid a potential Government Shutdown next week. The wall that mexico was supposed to pay for. Trump is now trying to get funding from congress for it. And making this extraordinary admission. Ill tell you what, i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck, because the people of this country dont want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. So i will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. Im not going to became ylame y it. The last time you shut it down, it didnt work. And im going to shut it down for border security. Wow. Shutting down the government as a political stunt would have incredible consequences, but the president seems completely fine with it. He doubled down. I think he said it three times today if not more. Lets begin with the breaking news on President Trumps First National security adviser. Im talking about Mich
President trumps onetime personal attorney and possibly the president himself, the judge has taken the bench. Sentencing has started for Michael Cohen in that federal courtroom here in the city today. Cohen and others involved in the russia investigation will find out just how much turning against President Trump is worth. Cohen pled guilty to nine charges brought by the Justice Department including one from special counsel Robert Mueller. He is looking for leniency for his assistance in multiple investigations. The feds say cohens assistance has tied the president directly to Campaign Finance violations, a felony. Bob muellers team says his assistants also tied the president directly and politically to the russia investigation. The two teams of prosecutors have offered different takes on the level of cohens assistance, though. Nonetheless, both agree that cohens help to the Mueller Investigation should be a factor during the sentencing that has started. Our huge team of nbc reporters