That is how they used to do it when he was in charge. Now that the white house has handpicked someone to take over that job, apparently we get the kushner forms 7 00 on a friday night. That does it for us tonight. Well see you again on monday. Now its time for the last word. Ari melber sitting in for lawrence tonight. Good evening, ari. Good evening, rachel. Sometimes the news breaks late and people ask why, and theres no reason. And then sometimes it feels like maybe theres a reason. Thats right. And, you know, some of these things, i just feel like its because were all cursed, and we dont get real weekends. So fridays just end up being a busy day. But there are some things in the news tonight that feel like legit, deliberate Friday Night News dumps that are supposed to be burying these things. Right. And your reporting on what outgoing former director shaub said adds context to that. I am ari melber in for Lawrence Odonnell this evening. It seems Attorney General Jeff Sessions week d
The days top stories from around the world, from politics and money, to sports and pop culture. That conversation obviously referencing david pecker, as well. We reached out for comment and we havent heard back just yet. Thanks so much. Lets chat about this with our experts. Another ally of the president s talking to authorities, the walls seem to be closing in a bit. It gives an indication of why the document was so thorough. They had the cooperation of david pecker. We dont know what more that means, how much and what other Information Pecker has that cohen wasnt aware of. A trump friend reportedly told vanity fair quote holy s, i thought pecker would be the last one to turn. I have to say this is a powerful guy and the fact that he is cooperating with authorities i
find it is hard to believe he is doing it out of the goodness of his heart. It almost makes you think they put their pressure on david pecker. He is a powerful guy. He is covered as a media organization. You could put up
Welcome to the lead. Im erica hill in for jake tapper. We begin with the poll tiblitic. Another huge blow to President Trump. His financial gatekeeper Allen Weisselberg granted immunity, the highest ranking executive at the Trump Organization who isnt named trump. One source telling Cnn Weisselberg knows where all the financial bodies are buried. He is mention and the Inthat Moux Cohen trump tape. I need to open up a company for the transfer of all the info regarding our friend david. You know . So that im going to do that right away. I have come up to spoken to me. Spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with so where are we . With the funding. The news after trump lashed
recording of last month of a conversation with trump two months before the 2016 president ial election about payments to former playboy model karen mcdougall. And ive spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set it up with where are we funding. Reporter another person on the tape . National en
if he will run for the senate city one tell. sessions hasn t so friday to make a decision because of the state s filing deadline. sessions served in the senate for 20 years before being sworn in as attorney general in 2017. at the justice department sessions was constantly criticized by donald trump for recusing himself from the russian investigation. he took the job and benson i m going to recuse myself. what kind of a man is this? reporter: republicans on capitol hill says of sessions is run controversy will follow. i thought he was a great senator but the campaign will be about what trump said about sessions and i imagine that will be kind of ugly. the party is optimistic it can regain control of the seat currently occupied by democrats on jones but the are in c chairwoman so she has no plans to get involved in the race at least not yet.
have had a blind spot. this morning, the president softened things in recognized that yeah, he does have an attorney general. i m disappointed in the attorney general for numerous reasons. but we have an attorney general. i m disappointed in the attorney general for many reasons. you understand that. shepard: you understand why. the. says it s not just russia either. he says he s not happy with the way he handled the situation at the border. sessions hasn t responded. the last time he was pounded this way, he said he wouldn t let politics influence the justice department. john bussey is here from the wall street journal. when you think things can t get worse. he denied his existence. he said oh, i don t have an attorney general. but the attorney general isn t