A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. Erin. Throughout the day we saw the president several times, the first time in the oval office with the italian Prime Minister asked questions about what is he talking about exactly with Conflicts Of Interest with bob mueller. He did not answer questions there. He did not answer our questions in the east room later on after that News Conference and he didnt answer questions later on again in the oval office. He clearly does not want to talk about publicly on camera about bob mueller. Erin, that does not mean he is not thinking about him and tweeting about him. There is one thing thats clear, it is its clear that bob mueller is in his head as this trial of Paul Manafort perhaps begins tomorrow, that may be the reason, there may be other reasons, but its clear the president wants to talk about this in a controlled environment of saying things online. Does not want to be asked about it. This anger and rage, erin, is more strategy tha
citizen has a much lesser power to oppose subpoenas in a situation like this. however, procedurally, he can still gum up at the system while he imposes any criminal prosecution. and time is on the side of the witness with any congressional subpoena. if they hang out long enough, guess what? there may be a new congress and one that doesn t care as much about subpoenaing this individual. in the meantime, trump has been ordered to give a videotape deposition tomorrow in the lawsuit that dates back to 2015, i believe. when six protesters allege they were assaulted by his security guard. nasa isn t far from where we are right now in trump tower. the big question is whether trump will actually show up. the attorney representing the protesters thinks he will. take a listen. we have every reason to believe that mr. trump will be there on monday morning and submit to a trial examination by video deposition, as per the courts order. his counsel has been quarter
as usual for trump and his team, right? absolutely. i think it was very well known, even going back to the john barren tapes, which we all heard, so we knew he tape recorded his own conversations. that s when he pretended to be john barron, calling the new york post, just so people know, with gossip. sorry, continue your point. correct. just before i became the president and chief operating officer of the organization, my boss at the time, steve hyde, came to me and said, hey, you have a lot of conversations with donald. you re going to be on the phone a lot. just be aware that somebody is always going to be listening. it might be recorded and it might just be somebody else in the office listening in on the conversations. but i was very aware that your conversations were being heard by more than just donald trump when you spoke to him. i mean, it s pretty incredible. you actually have talked about jack. you told us when you were getting ready for this interview that you swept
the things we do every single day that puts ourselves in harm s way, and to have a partner that is so skilled at what they do is indispensable, and i couldn t ask for a better partner. new tonight, rudy giuliani slamming michael cohen for taping conversations with trump and others, claiming it s evidence that cohen is an unethical person who lacks character. i ve practiced law for a long time. if you tape record your client and you lie to your client about it, you have no character. you forfeited your character. you forfeited your law license, as far as i m concerned. outfront now, former vice president of trump plaza casino in atlantic city, jack o donnell. i appreciate your time tonight. you have a view on this very few people do. you ve been there. you say taping conversations without permission was business
part of the tape since you ve dealt with the president so much that michael cohen released. this is cohen talking to trump about paying the playmate. paying for the playmate story of her alleged affair with trump. here is the clip. i spoke to allen about it. when it comes time to the financing listen, what financing? we ll have to pay for this all. pay in cash. no, no, no hey, how are you? jack, cohen s lawyer says trump is saying, pay catcsh, whh would imply shady things. others saying trump is just okaying the cash and saying check, as in check off an item on his to-do list. as someone who has been in these rooms, has heard the president, has heard the words he uses, what do you hear? well, i heard something different. i did listen to the tape several times. what i heard and the way i interpreted the word check was