he s a veteran. so i wanted to do something right. he did something right. as for ben, he couldn t be happier to have a new wheelchair. i am grateful and thankful and i give praise for it. he s not a great new ride. he s doing great things. great story. it s the good stuff. i like ending on the good stuff. john berman, always a pleasure. thank you for pinch hitting today. jim sciutto and poppy harlow pick up after this quick break. 1 out of 2 kids don t get enough calcium, vitamin d, and potassium. make sure your kid isn t one of them. one simple way?
an indictment soon. do you think mr. cohen is going to be indicted soon? absolutely i do. i don t know the scope of that indictment, and i think that was the point that i was raising in court. what i state in the press is not evidence. the court is interested in competent evidence before the court and look, this investigation could take a long time. there could be subsequent indictments. we don t exactly know. my own personal belief as someone with 18 years of experience who has some knowledge of what s going on, yes, i believe the indictment will be issued within the next 90 days. all right, let s discuss all of this with my legal panel today. avery freedman, a civil rights attorney with us and in for richard herman today, joey jackson. glad to be pinch hitting. excellent. yeah. good to see you both. and you, fredricka. so, avery, you first. i mean, what are the potential implications for michael cohen?
get smart. would you believe this, that s what this damage control from the trump administration is. there s at layer to it that the blurred lines between the trump administration and the trump family and their political and financial interests are part of the big picture. because don jr. was not under secret service protection, but was he acting on behalf of the campaign? i would say so. but they re paying all his legal bills. but the fact there s a mushy set of influences where it s like, well, i m not part of the administration, but i am in the white house doing this. i mean, the whole trump family is sort of pinch-hitting and that makes it very complicated to even track. and a white house official today told me there are some good things about having a family that s never been involved in politics before and some very bad things, put that in that category. and jay sekulow said this
this gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us aren t prepared for retirement. just start as early as you can. it s going to pay off in the future. if we all start saving a little more today, we ll all be better prepared tomorrow. prudential. bring your challenges. welcome back to the lead. i m jake tapper. thanks to pamela brown for pinch-hitting for a few minutes. we had a couple technical problems. donald trump has been making some incendiary charges about the iraq/u.s. effort to reclaim mosul. on twitter mr. trump called the effort a disaster and suggested the campaign is being waged to
we believe the same thing now, we are promising the same thing as president, but i was promising it first, therefore, you can trust my word more than you can trust her word. it s a more nuanced argument, a tougher argument to make, but we have been seeing from sanders a more aggressive posture in the last few days. i do imagine he will try to emphasize that tonight. steve kornacki, rock hill, south carolina, we will see you there tonight for the democratic forum. before we bring in peter alexander, who is pinch-hitting for andrea mitchell today during this hour time period, to kristen welker one last time on the white house lawn. i had to interrupt you as the president walked into the room. so as we were joking with chuck todd, we have this visual disagreement between the graphic on our screen that says breaking news and chuck s assertion that this was a predictable announcement. we are less apt to put on graphics that say that. what do you think from your perspective there? repo