falls for certain dictators. and then we fell unlove. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. the long-time personal attorney and fixer to the president of the united states just wrapped up over nine hours of closed door testimony before the senate intelligence committee and he made his very first remarks on the way out of that marathon session. at this point in time i really appreciate the opportunity to clear the record and to tell the truth and i look forward to tomorrow to being able to tell the american people my story and i m going to let the american people decide exactly who s telling the truth. reporter: michael cohen will testify in public before the eye oz of the world and the house oversight committee giving a full account for the first time since pleading guilty to campaign finance crimes for facilitating the president s hush money payments in the run
robert costa, national political lotter for the washington post and moderator of washington week on pbs. and emily jane fox senior reporter for vanity fair who shall we say has chronicled the plight of h michael cohen, and author of born trump: inside america s first family. good evening and welcome to you all. mr. costa, in our television age we tend to trace scandals and investigations by their associated televised hearings, whether it s watergate, whetherd it s ollie north and fawn hall or whether it s clarence thomaso this has not heretofore been a hearing-driven televised moment. is that all about to change tomorrow in this investigation? you re right, brian. there has not been an alexander watt butterfield watergate type moment in this president trump era.mp but tomorrow you have capitol hill, now controlled by democrats in the house, using their powers to ask tough
c capo out of love and affection. they do his bidding out of fear. what is gaetz afraid of? i lay it before you. a question right now, what id house minority leader kevin mccarthy do with congressman n gaetz?wi is he going to allow one of his members to be out there on a limb saying this kind of thing about a witness appearing before a house committee. s also a challenge for democrats tomorrow. can they draw blood politically with mr. cohen? can they keep it focused at this hearing? can they walkth through differe issues to try to draw cohen out? because remember, they have to makere sure they re concentrati on cohen s conduct but also president trump s conduct. they re not going to be able to veer into russia issues.um as a reporter we all wish we could ask mr. cohen about trumpe tower moscow, about different interaction with russianer figures.n but because of the mueller investigation those areas have been walled off.ue so the democrats have to pick their spots. can they actually