davis, michael cohen s attorney, we will speak to in just a few moments, confirmed to axio that his client provided manhattan prosecutors with documentation about a trum hush money payments made to second woman who claims to hav had a affair with them that suggests the case b district attorney alvin brag could actually be broader than the stormy daniels payment also breaking pressed about why trump was in not charged earlier, he told msnbc today that he was aske to stand down by his the bosses we are looking at these so-called hush money payment and then we learned from the southern district of new yor that they asked us to stan down and i stand down i mean they were communicating that they had this ongoing investigation in the west that we put ou efforts on hold while they completed their investigation. and i felt that it was appropriate for me to press th pause button so for the course of more than a year and a half now, that is what we did. i was surprised, after micha
the point i want to make her is that, you are talking about a manhattan da who has jurisdiction over the plac where the electric crime happened this is not some democrat low, democrat da and some rando state that has no jurisdiction over the investigation where this case. so, i think this is going t open the door to republicans continuing to talk about the things that they want to do to progressive da s this is not a new conversation this is a very liv conversation under the administration of donald trump keep in mind, even when he was president republicans local police departments, loca law enforcement. they talked about it but the couldn t get the votes i congress to do it. there was real opposition from policing groups, policing there was real opposition from a broader array of law enforcement organizations. it is the sort of thing that i a better talking point than it is something that could ever get done to get the votes in congress to get this passed, it i really hard for m
point and can t have that conversation, that we re seeing dozens of children being killed. i had a colleague, john cox, who did an amazing project this last year, where he was looking a the hundreds of children who have been present for a school shooting inside one of their schools. i think the number was 1,500 students since columbincolumbin. there have been a whole generation of students who have grown up with lockdown drills. a generation of teacher who is have been taught this way. and there s this fear, i think, from some folks. this isn t really about the politics or certainly not partisan politics, but there s a fear that having the reasonable conversation that the reality is guns are factor here, will lead to policy changes that those folks maybe do not want. it was alluded to earlier, when you talk to policing groups, a lot of my job is to talk to police and police chiefs, they are often the most vocal advocates for stricter gun laws. they often talk about how, if you want to
lock down drills. knowing there might be a mass shooter that comes into the school. a generation of teachers taught this way. and there s a fear. from some folks and this isn t about the politics or partisan. there s a fear that having the reasonable conversation that the reality is guns are the factor here. will lead to policy changes that those folks maybe do not want. it was eluded to earlier, you talk to policing groups. they are often the most vocal advocates f advocates for stricter gun laws. if you want to cut down on crime or officers being killed. and things that a lot of folks who support gun rights talk about supporting. if you want to support the police the police are first to say there should be tighter restrictions. there should be tighter restrictions on widely available they are. for whatever reason the political conversation goes to