Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and from across the globe. Im rosemary church. And im George Howell from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Newsroom starts right now. Around the world, good day to you. Well start with the new developments in a scandal involving donald trump before he was president of the United States, an adult film star now telling her story of an alleged affair with mr. Trump. Stormy daniels saying that she is speaking to set the record straight. Shortly before 2016, the president ial election, mr. Trumps Attorney Michael Cohen paid daniels, her real name stephanie clifford, 130,000 to sign a nondisclosure agreement. Cohen says he made the payment with his own money, and thats raising questions about whether Campaign Finance laws were violated. In an interview on the cbs program 60 minutes, daniels explained why she signed statements denying the relationship after news of the payment came out. If it was untruthful, why did you sign it . Because they made it sound like i had no choice negative, one was putting a gun to your head. Not physical violence, no. You thought there would be some sort of legal repercussion if you didnt sign it . Correct. As a matter of fact, the exact sentence used was they can make your life hell in many different ways. They being . Im not exactly sure who they they were. I believe it to be Michael Cohen. Cohen denies ever threatening Stormy Daniels, and the white house denies any affair ever occurred. Here is brian stelt were more on daniels highly anticipated interview. Hey there, yes, a porn star breaking her silence about her alleged affair with now President Trump. This dates back to 2006 when trump was the star of nbcs the apprentice. A woman named stephanie clifford, whose stage name is Stormy Daniels described the alleged affair in a sitdown with anderson cooper. The interview was broadcast on cbss 60 minutes, the highest rated news program in america, which means tens of millions of people are likely to see this interview. Now daniels talks about having sex with donald trump. She says she was not attracted to him. She viewed it as a business deal. She says at first she kept it a secret. But in 2011, when she spoke to a tabloid magazine, the story was buried. And then she says she was physically threatened. Here is how she described the incident to cooper. I was in a parking lot going to a fitness class with my infant daughter, taking the seats facing backwards in the back seat, diaper bag, getting all the stuff out. And a guy walked up on me and said to me leave trump alone. Forget the story. And then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said a beautiful little girl. It would be a shame if something happened to her mom. And then he was gone. Reporter so that alleged threat date backs to 2011. And then 2016 and the runup to the president ial election, daniels accepted a point of 130,000 from one of trumps personal attorneys. This has been described as hush money, essentially buying her silence. But now daniels says that was inappropriate. It was invalid. The contract is not legal. She says she should be able to speak freely to defend herself. So now there is lawsuits and count countersuits. Questions about Campaign Finance. And in the middle of all this, a u. S. President and a porn star. Now we dont know for sure if President Trump tuned in for the interview, even though he is a frequent tv watcher. We do know he was at the white house while his wife Melania Trump, the first lady, was at maralago in florida. We have not heard from Melania Trump either, but we did hear from her spokeswoman on sunday night after the interview aired. The spokesman, Stephanie Grisham tweeting the following, quote, while i know the media is enjoying speculation and salacious gossip, i would like to remind people there is a minor child whose name should be kept out of news stories when at all possible. Daniels also has a child, a daughter. And i think the question thats raised by these interviews, now broadcast on television, first with a woman named Karen Mcdougal who alleged an affair with trump in the mid 2000s. Now Stormy Daniels who is making similar allegations. The question is what do people tell their children about the u. S. President and his apparent sex life . These are stories that are actually in some ways reminiscent to the 1990s when bill clinton was in the news. There was lot of sympathy back then for hillary clinton. Now the same is true for Melania Trump. And we head into a workweek here in the u. S. With questions whether the president will say anything more or whether his lawyers will say anything more about Stormy Daniels. Brian stelter, cnn, new york. And though daniels did not refer to Michael Cohen when describing the alleged threat in the parking lot, cohens Attorney Says his client had nothing to do with the incident and doesnt believe it even occurred. In a letter to daniels attorney sent after the interview aired, brent blakley, the attorney for Michael Cohen wrote this. I hereby demand that you and your client cease and desist from making any further false and defamatory statements about my client, that you immediately retract and apologize to mr. Cohen through the National Media for your defamatory statement, end quote. Analyst and attorney and Legal Affairs commentator areva martin joins me via skype from chicago. Michael avenatti has implied he has pictoral evidence of the alleged affair with this tweet posted just days before the 60 minutes interview went to air. And he says in this, you see the picture of a cd next to a vault. And he says this, a picture is worth a thousand words. How many words is this worth . 60minutes, please deny it. Not all of our evidence mentioned will be displayed that would be foolish. We are not sure what cbs will include, but we know a lot from the full interview will have to be cut because of the time aloud. C, tonight is not the end. Its the beginning. So what impact could any such evidence have on the president and the outcome of this story legally if there is any such evidence. Well, clearly, if there are text messages, photographs, or any kind of evidence that could corroborate Stormy Daniels story, that could give more credibility to her lawsuit and her claims. I think all of us are waiting with baited breath tonight thinking the 60 minutes interview would share some of that information. We know that Stormy Daniels attorney has been talking a great deal through tweets about this evidence. And i think the American Public wanted to see some of that evidence. He started this morning by telling us he is not going to reveal all of this case. I dont think thats unusual for a lawyer there is litigation that is probably going to be pretty extensive in this case. So well have to wait as that evidence is rolled out. But i think today she made a pretty compelling case for the fact that she had a sexual encounter with donald trump and his team, Michael Cohen and company went to Great Lengths to prevent her from sharing that information. Just about 11 days before the president ial election. What did you make of the alleged threat that Stormy Daniels referred to . She said that man approached her in las vegas, told her to leave trump alone and to forget the story. Her lawyer tweeted that they there can be no question whether this threat came from. What did you make of that from a legal perspective . And is that the case . I mean, it could have been simply a trump supporter, could it not . And Stormy Daniels i think was clear in not trying to place blame on donald trump himself with respect to that threat. She says she vividly remembers the man that made the threat, but she doesnt have any way of knowing whether that individual is directly related to donald trump, if he had anything to do with the threat, you know, if he somehow orchestrated the threat. I think the most important part for me, from that statement is that trump and company. And not necessarily making physical threats, but they are making efforts to prevent her from telling her story. And from a legal standpoint, whats interesting to me, donald trump threatened to sue all of the women that made allegations about him, whether they made allegations that he had affairs with them, or that he sexually harassed them. He threatened to sue these women. And presumably those lawsuits would have been defamation act. He hasnt sued Stormy Daniels for defamation. He hasnt gone into court and said she is telling a lie. She is misrepresenting the fact. What he has done, however, though, is to file a lawsuit to enforce a nondisclosure agreement. I think we have to ask ourselves why isnt he suing her for defamation if this affair in fact did not occur . I dont think there is any answer to that other than the fact that the affair did occur. They havent yet. But now that weve seen the 60 minutes interview from Stormy Daniels and of course Karen Mcdougal spoke with cnn just days ago. So how legally vulnerable are they both now that theyve gone public with their stories . Well, Stormy Daniels acknowledged that she was facing potential legal jeopardy by telling her story. We know that trump and team has already accused her of violating the nondisclosure agreement and and that she could potentially be liable for 20 million in damages. The liquidated damages clause in the nondisclosure agreement calls for a Million Dollars every time she makes a disclosure. Now were getting word 20 times she allegedly disclosed the affair. She is in danger of being sued and being forced to pay the liquidated damages in the cost. Thats if the nondisclosure agreement is deemed valid. Stormy daniels attorney maintains, he did so tonight in the 60 minutes interview, that that nondisclosure agreement is not valid because it wasnt signed by donald trump. So according to her attorney, she has no obligation under that agreement, and that she is free to share her story and to tell her story. All right. Were yet to see what the outcome is legally on that. But what sort of legal jeopardy might these two interviews put donald trump and his Attorney Michael Cohen into, do you think . We heard the former chairman of the federal Elections Commission talk about that. He talked about the fact that the payment by Michael Cohen of 130,000 could be an illegal in Kind Campaign contribution to the donald trump team. And he made a lot of the fact about the timing of that payment by Michael Cohen. He made the analogy to john etwood the fact that supporters of john etwood made payments to the mother of his child that he had outside of marriage. And hoe thought this case, the trump case was even more credible, more significant than john etwoods because of the timing, 11 days before the election, Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels 130,000 to prevent her from talking about the alleged affair with donald trump. According to that former fec chairman, that is substantial and could result in fines for donald trump from that commission and possibly an investigation by the special counsel whose looking into the bigger issue of russian collusion. We will be watching very closely for the legal outcome of this story. Areva martin, always great to have you on the show. Thank you so much. Thanks, rosemary. And it appears Michael Cohen is letting his attorney doing the talking. We havent heard yet directly from the 60 minutes interview. Yeah. And u. S. President donald trump, whose never shy to use twitter, gave a twitter shout out to a book, but said nothing about Stormy Daniels. A source tells cnn the two men had dinner at mr. Trumps maralago resort on saturday night. The source says there were other guests, but mrs. Trump was not among them. Lets put all of this into focus right now with scott lucas, a professor of International Politics at birmingham live, always good to have you live with us. Lets start by putting this into the big picture perspective. What this means for this u. S. President embroiled in two very public scandals involving a porn star and a former playboy model, and the news that other women are also considering suing mr. Trump. What effect do these scandals have politically heading into the Midterm Election . On the political surface, i actually dont think they have much effect. Look, we Ronald Reagan was the First American president who was divorced. Bill clinton was the First American president who admitted to multiple affair, albeit being impeached for that. Now i think the idea that a president has multiple affairs, including just after his youngest son was born, i think that causes barely a rip well those who were dedicated to supporting trump. But i think its the wider political implications has this rolls on. And that is if Stormy Daniels was bullied into being quiet, if 11 days before the election she was paid not only 130,000 we know that by Michael Cohen, but if that money turns out to have come from the Trump Organization or even the trump campaign, then that of course raises political and even possible criminal implications. At least in the sense of a fine by the federal election commission. But the broader thing is that when you combine this with the trump russia investigation, when you combine this with other uncertainty within the white house, and when you combine this with other key issue, because let us not forget that only 48 hours ago, hundreds of thousands of people marched for gun control in the marches for our lives, that real symbol of what people are feeling in the runup to novembers elections, thats what poses problems for trump. All right. Well, i want to talk about this in terms of voting blocs. Lets start by talking about women, independent women. How might this affect them . We understand from a source familiar with the president s reaction to the general coverage around Stormy Daniels that hes agitated by these stories. Is this a concern about women who supported mr. Trump . Again, i think just on the specifics of how women will react to this specific allegations over Stormy Daniels, im not sure it shifts much. But if it continues to be linked to the fact of Donald Trumps behavior towards women generally, the accusations from 16 women of sexually inappropriate behavior. And then if its linked to other concerns women have. This is the year of not only of me too. This is the year of womens marches raising economic and social concerns. And if it appears that the president is more concerned about, well, basically being in a hotel room with someone who is not his wife than in dealing with those concerns, thing are some women who can be influenced in their vote coming up november. That. Leads into my second question here. Were talking about evangelical voters. Because, again, this alleged affair happened during his marriage. Evangelicals have been launchly sompive of mr. Trump. Do they continue to support him as a bridge too far . As a bloc, i dont think this shifts things very much. And i have relatives who are evangelical christians. Theyre with trump come hell or high water. When youve got advisers like Franklin Graham who are defending trumps behavior and urging their followers to vote for him, im not sure that moves. But are there specific evangelical christians who rethink what theyre considering in terms of morality, ethics and issues, you know, its that one by one level. And we just dont know how it will pan out. Not only in alabama last november in the election, but across the u. S. We wont see those ripples until election day in november. Brian stelter raised this in his report. The president of the United States typically seen as a role model, as a moral authority. But you remember the questions that many parents were raising back during the Clinton Administration during that scandal. How do you explain this to your kids . The same question being raised now. Look, ive got a 3yearold so not a lot to explain at this point. But for those parents, their kids, their students will go to school talking about this. How do you explain it to kids . Look, the presidency is no longer a role model. The presidency is a spectacle. Its in many ways a circus. In terms of how i would explain that to my kids, last october Michelle Obama in the midst of other scandals around sexually inappropriate behavior and wider issues about respect for men and women simply said for our young boys, for our young girls, weve got