Thats a closed session but its significant for several reasons. First, you mentioned hes the president s personal lawyer. Hes known him for years, they go back in terms of business dealings. This is a person whos been in a lot of private, personal and confidential conversations with the president so it will be very, very interesting to see what kind of information hes going to be able to reveal. And then of course its a sign of a potential escalation or widening in the russia probe given there have been other significant interviews. Of course, Jared Kushner met with the Senate Intel Committee as well. But this will be a very interesting interview to watch and again as the headlines play out with that on the hill, on tuesday, while the president is in new york, trying to focus on things like the threat from north korea, the current Iran Nuclear Deal and other pressing issues. He will be trying to make this a global debut on The World Stage where others may be talking about some of the d
hi, i m richard lui. nbc news has learned that michael cohen will testify before the senate intelligence committee on tuesday. he s a long-time member of the president s inner circle of business and political affairs. trump s son-in-law and aide jared kushner has already been interviewed. also on tuesday, president trump will make his first address to the united nations at the annual general assembly shutting down north korea s nuclear capability will be one of the key priorities there. for now, back to dateline extra. welcome back to dateline extra . i m craig melvin. pamela fayed seemed ready to expose her husband s questionable business practices. could that have led to her murder? here again is josh mankiewicz.
jong un s rule if beijing wanted it. now they don t want it, but also got to remember we do not give china the costs to make the incentives to get them to do this. certainly, we haven t talked about russia and what role the u.s. can play to incentivize them to cooperate. unfortunately we have run out of time. great to see you. thank you. well, coming up more on the breaking news we re following in the russia investigation. we told you about michael cohen he s set to testify before the senate intelligence committee on tuesday. boost. it s about moving forward, not back.
trump s personal attorney michael cohen confirms to nbc news he ll appear before the senate intelligence committee on tuesday. the russia investigations in both the senate and house have been intensifying this month. let s bring in jess mcintosh an adviser on hillary clinton s 2016 campaign. she s now the executive director of share blue. and nbc political analyst rick tyler. great to have you both with us. rick, let me begin with you if i may. days ago there was a profile of cohen in vanity fair, i m the guy who protects the president and the family i m the guy who would take a bullet for the president. that was in response to cohen s claim that steve bannon accused him of leaking during the campaign. but i m curious to get your thoughts. does that mindset affect how candid he will be with congress? can his testimony be trusted on tuesday? well, look, he knows that it s illegal to lie to congress so i expect him to tell the
happened. was there collusion? was there a crime? and you ve got to start from someplace. all right, karine jean-pierre, brian darling, thank you. and breaking news that michael cohen will testify before the senate intelligence committee on tuesday. those investigations move forward in the coming week. thank you so much both. thanks, richard. all right. any minute donald trump will be set to arrive here, this at trump tower. he arriving into manhattan because of the u.n. general assembly. we expect that to happen shortly. we will go straight to that when he does arrive. also, more on the russia investigation after this. [fbi agent] you re a brave man, mr. stevens.