People have made to congress to buttress the russian side of the collusion investigation. Thank you for that. We thank you for watching this hour of msnbc live throughout, i mean, from the very beginning craig melvin whos about to pick up our coverage from the day that Robert Mueller was appointed thrappoin appointed, this story has never been far from the headlines. Among these many days, this is huge. This is an infection pointing deep. Were going to continue our coverage. Good morning, craig melvin, msnbc headquarters here in new york city. That Breaking News on the Mueller Investigation is where we start. Shortly before President Trump left for his meeting with World Leaders in argentina, last hour just a few moments ago he called his onetime attorney and fixer Michael Cohen a quote, weak person, who is lying. Cohen made a surprise appearance in a Federal Courtroom in manhattan this morning. He named the president. He named President Trump in a shocking new plea deal involving Trum
and so i hope there are things going on behind the scenes probably technical things to make sure that information gets through. i wouldn t rule out the possibility of young, tech-saatchi russians who want to get at the truth, who perhaps don t want to make a big deal out of it but are trying to find ways around the firewalls erected around the internet. one of the things other countries are trying to do is put nick pressure on putin, stir up dissent. today sanctions on two of putin s adult daughters. obviously it sends an important symbolic message. does it do anything to get under vladimir putin s skin? i think it probably does and it s not necessarily that he is a warm and loving father. somehow i just don t see that. it s less that he s that concerned about his daughters but does show like a mafia boss, if you are a mafia boss, if you
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crimes is itself a violation of the geneva conventions. and china could be held responsible for that. this weekend, the deputy chief of the russian security council said that the kremlin could use nuclear weapons if the existence of russia was threatened. what do you make of those comments? this is real fear mongering. clearly russia knows that it s on the ropes, that it s losing this war, at least that it is not making the progress it expected to and is hoping to scare everyone to stretching back and allowing it to progress in ukraine. you know, it s possible. i wouldn t rule out the possibility that russia would use some of the smaller tactical nuclear weapons that it has developed. that would be extraordinary. it would be crossing a red line that, you know, has not been crossed since the use of nuclear weapons at the tail end of world war ii. it would change the game and be
measures that have to take place. i think they are hoping that cuomo will resign before they have to move ahead with this. this is incredibly distracting for them. they don t want to be engaged in this. they don t want to have to go ahead with this but they will if they have to. this is triggering a process, even if there is a vote tomorrow, there are a lot of pieces to do fall in place. no whispers that you are picking up one way or the other that andrew cuomo is going anywhere tonight or anytime soon? i don t think he is going anywhere tonight. i don t know what people s definition of soon is. i wouldn t rule out the possibility he will step down. if he decides that s best for him, that is what he is going to do. i expect it will be a defiant pose for as long as he can maintain one. thank you both very much. next we will hear from one of the accusers documented in today s report and mentioned by name by the governor today. we will get perspective from two well known players o