Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Joining us now intelligence and National Security reporter for nbc news, politics editor at theroot. Com and former Chief Adviser or al gore and a former senior aid to president obama. When a trump tweet ends with National Disgrace, a tweet that includes a misspelling by the president , it reminds me of the days when misspelling was a National Disgrace when done by the Vice President of the United States, dan quayle on the word potato, days that no one can really remember at this point. Here is the president and the only reason i read the tweet is to note the level of hysteria, which increases in direct proportion, it appears, to just how disturbed the president is by the news hes reading or being read to him in the New York Times. Lawrence, you can almost say he was unhinged. You could, yes. By the way he seems to be
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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Daniels and other women during the campaign. It was always so clear to him that he did something wrong that he lied about it when he was asked about it on Air Force One, which became the next question in the briefing. So many people now look back at that tape of him on Air Force One saying he knew nothing about these payments, when in fact we now know he knew everything about those payment, so has he lied. Thats a ridiculous accusation. The president has done nothing wrong and there are no charges against him. So now it is a ridiculous accusation if you ask the question has the president lied after the whole world has watched the president lie on Air Force One. Mr. President , did you know about the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels . Then why did makele cohen make that. You have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney and youll have to ask michael. Do you know where he got the money to m
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Immunity in the federal investigation into trumps former Attorney Michael Cohen in exchange for providing information on hush money deals. Now, according to sources pecker told federal prosecutors what seems obvious to most of us. Trump knew all along of cohens payments to women who had alleged sexual encounters with him. Pecker also provided investigators with details about the payments that cohen made for the women. So lets get the white house reaction to this and a lot more. Counselor to the president , Kellyanne Conway, good to have you back. Welcome to washington. Hi. You literally just whisked in here as the show started. The president sends his greetings. Send him my best. I hope hes watching. And he said he always liked your mother and she liked him. Well, ive got that going for me. Dont embarrass her tonight. Ill try. She likes you too. So you follow the same advice. Let me ask you this. Let
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Here in new york. Day 581 of the trump administration, and just tonight a short time ago, in fact, new legal troubles potentially for the president on a new front. Well let the New York Times tell it. Quote, the Manhattan District Attorneys Office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two Senior Company officials in connection with Michael Cohens Hush Money Payment to an adult film actress, according to two officials of the matter. A State Investigation would settle on how the company accounted for its reimbursements to mr. Cohen for the 130,000 he paid to the actress, stephanie clifford, who has said she had an affair with President Trump, closed quote. Mostly along those same lines a big story today had to do with a long time friend of the president who has apparently turned on him. The publisher of the national
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Income and he knows what donald trump has done with those dollars. He knows what has happened to every dollar that has come into any one of the many trump businesses. He knows exactly how much federal tax and state tax those businesses have paid, how much federal tax and state tax donald trump has paid and how much taxation those companies have illegally failed to pay, if any. And now we know at the end of trumps worst week that allen weissle berg has immunity from prosecution in exchange for telling the truth about donald trump and his businesses and who knows what else. It was already trumps worst week before we discovered the president s accountant has immunity. Donald trump has had many bad weeks as president beginning with the first, when he was greeted with the most massive worldwide inauguration protest we have ever seen. But this was the week that changed everything because this was not just the week when the president s men were being found guilty in federal court and pleading