Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. President trumps longtime personal fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen. New filings in court just in tonight. Prosecutors in one case saying he committed several federal crimes motivated by Personal Greed. Theyre recommending years in prison. Also just in, a new filing from robert mueller. What hes now saying about Michael Cohen and prison time as well. Also breaking news on paul manafort, coming in now. Also tonight, the dangerous storm system barreling east. Conditionsn roads. Ng dangerous togh takaces Oemergency Clared Thrkettdoi IctJu Iofourotesters at that White Nationalist rally in
charlottesville, killing a young woman. Was it panic, or was it deliberate . What the jury just decided. The manhunt at this hour. An inmate escaping in shackles, stealing a prison van. Authorities warning hes armed and dangerous. The oscar shakeup. Actor and Comedian Kevin Hart is out as host after the academy tells him to apologize for comments he made in the past. Tonight, what he said, and how hes responding now. The porch pirate. A young girl seen stealing a package. Investigators want to know who put their little girl up to this. And the major recall this friday night involving common drugs for your heart and Blood Pressure. Good evening. Its great to have you here on a busy friday night. Several developing headlines as we come on the air. We begin with the president tonight, and his longtime lawyer and personal fixer, Michael Cohen. Two major filings just a short
time ago. Prosecutors urging a judge to sentence cohen to substantial prison time, 42 months in prison recommended, saying he committed crimes motivated by Personal Greed. This case, in the Southern District of new york. At the same time, another filing involving cohen, this one from Robert Muellers team. Cohen was interviewed for 70 hours by that team, and theyre saying the Information Cohen provided has been credible and consistent with other evidence obtained. But they remain silent when it comes to any prison recommendation. So, Federal Prison looks likely. President trump reacting. Pierre thomas leads us off. Reporter Michael Cohen, leaving his home today, after imploring prosecutors not to put him behind bars. They did not buy it. Tonight, the u. S. Attorney in
new york denouncing cohens extensive, deliberate, and serious criminal conduct, saying he sought to influence the election from the shadows, motivated by Personal Greed and ambition. The sentencing recommendation, a substantial prison term. Cohen, President Trumps former personal attorney and fixer, pleaded guilty to crimes including tax evasion and making Illegal Campaign contributions. He admitted facilitating Hush Payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and playboy playmate Karen Mcdougal to cover up their alleged affairs with candidate donald trump, the man he once said hed take a bullet for. Im obviously very loyal and very dedicated to mr. Trump. Reporter but under fire, cohen turned on his old boss, telling prosecutors trump ordered the hush money payments himself. He then sat down for more than 70 hourssel robert m. He sd he was motivated bof famil but the u. Attorney dnt buy that either, writing tonight, any suggestion by cohen that his meetings with Law Enforcement reflect a selfless
and unprompted aboutface are overstated. That his consciousness of wrongdoing is fleeting. His remorse is minimal, and his instinct to blame others is strong. For his part, mueller submitted his own court filing tonight. He and cohen struck a deal, with cohen pleading guilty to a separate charge of lying to congress about the president s Business Dealings with russia during the campaign. Mueller did not make a sentencing recommendation, but told the court that cohen has gone to significant lengths to assist the Special Counsel, providing useful information concerning russiarelated matters core to its investigation. According to documents, cohen provided investigators new details about russian efforts to contact the Trump Campaign during the election. They say the information was credible, and consistent with other evidence obtained in the ongoing investigation. Lets get to pierre live from washington. Robert mueller, also filing new documents in the case of paul manafort. Mueller cancelled manaforts
plea agreement, saying he had lied to investigators. Tonight, the Special Counsel explaining some of those accusations . Reporter thats right. We have a new court filing, Mueller Accusing Manafort of lying about his contacts with a Russian National suspected of ties to russian intelligence. And mueller claims that manafort lied about contacts with officials in the Trump Administration as recently as this year. David . Pierre, thank you. One more question on this tonight. Lets get to dan abrams. When it comes to Michael Cohen, there are two cases. One in the Southern District of new york, and the other case, the russia investigation. It was the prosecutors in new york urging 42 months in Federal Prison. Robert mueller not getting in the way of this. Not recommending any less. Right, the Southern District of new york is talking about Campaign Finance violations and tax evasion. Robert mueller is saying hes been helpful, but were not asking for any additional leniency in connection with that other case. Were okay if he serves his time for us at the same time, but were not asking for anything below four to five years. So, bottom line, a significant amount of Federal Prison time could be very likely. Yes, very likely. Dan, thank you. President trump has been furious Michael Cohen flipped, essentially cooperating with mueller in the end. Tonight, the president tweeting, totally clears the president. Thank you. Jon karl on the president , who has been taking aim at mueller all day, knowing this was coming. Reporter bracing for the Special Counsels Court Filings tonight, President Trump launched a series of twitter attacks on robert mueller. And he declared, we will be doing a major counter report to the mueller report. This should never again be allowed to happen to a future president of the United States
already 87 pages done, he tweeted. All this, as the increasingly embattled president took fire from the Secretary Of State he fired. Rex tillerson, offering up a harsh assessment of the president he served. He is a challenging individual. A man who is pretty undisciplined, doesnt like to read, doesnt read briefing reports, doesnt like to get into the details of a lot of things. Reporter tillerson saying he needed to remind the president to obey the law. We did not have a common value system. When the president would say, heres what i want to do, and heres how i want to do it, and id have to say to him, well, mr. President , i understand what you want to do, but you cant do it that way. It violates the law. Reporter after tillersons words today, the president tweeted, tillerson didnt have the mental capacity needed. He was dumb as a rock. He was lazy as hell. Jon karl with us live tonight
from the white house. President trump today announcing his nominee for Attorney General, who would replace jeff sessions. And could eventually oversee the russia investigation. You have news on that. And more on the tweet from the president , saying it totally clears me, thank you. What does he mean by that . Reporter well, theres nothing in these filings, david, that clears the president. So, its unclear why hes claiming that. Nothing in any of these filings says anything that would suggest totally clearing the president. Regarding his pick for Attorney General, an experienced washington hand, william barr. He served as Attorney General for the elder george bush many years ago. Jon, thank you. And tonight, after turmoil all week on wall street, the dow losing more than 500 points at the close. Falling 558 points, and more than 1,000 for the week. Fueling new concern today, the
jobs report. 155,000 new jobs in november, but that was slightly lower than expected. And, of course, the ongoing Trade Tensions with china. Rebecca jarvis, on wall street tonight. Reporter tonight, an ugly end to a wild week on wall street. The dow, down nearly 560 points today. More than 4 lower for the week. The worst start to december since 2008. At issue, fears the u. S. Economy could be facing a slowdown next year. And worries a prolonged tariff fight with china will harm american businesses and consumers. Well be discussing trade. Reporter coming out of President Trumps meeting with chinas president xi at the g20 summit, initial optimism over that 90day tariff truce giving way to uncerta the pr but also that his team is working to see if a deal is actually possible. We are one tweet away from the market going up 1,000 points or down 1,000 points. Reporter for the typical 401 k , the years earlier gains, now wiped out. If you started 2018 with a 10,000 nest egg in stocks, today youd have about 150 less. Rebecca, these wild swings could eventually impact just about everyone, right . Even if youre not following a 401 k . Reporter thats right. Think about it like this. These wild swings impact consumer confidence, how we spend our money. Which has a Ripple Effect on the economy and jobs. Even if you dont have a penny invested in stocks right now, it still hits your bottom line in the long run. Rebecca, thank you. We turn next to the dangerous storm system barreling east. Weathea. Ofencylain the system already unleashing g. Rescue of two people oat disabled by the storm. This evening, airlines are
offering waivers already. Amtrak offering changes. Lets get to rob marciano, tracking it all. Several states will be affected this weekend. Reporter absolutely. You saw what it did to california and now its moving to the eastern cold air. And the flood threat in texas is for real. The flood watch up for there and louisiana. And Winter Storm Warnings posted for north carolina. Heavy rain across houston. And austin, san antonio, 3 to 5 inches overnight. It should move out quickly, but i think well see some flooding. Down i10 tomorrow through new orleans, and pensacola, south of atlanta. Owcosee 2 inches just ide ryo next to the breaking news from charlottesville, virginia. There is a verdict in the trial of a man who drove his car into counter protesters. Killing a young woman. Erielle reshef with the verdict. Reporter tonight, that guilty verdict for the man who
plowed his car into a crowd at a Unite The Right rally in charlottesville, killing one woman and injuring nearly three dozen. James fields, convicted of first degree murder in the death of 32yearold heather heyer. Fields seen here in 2017 speeding through that group of people and then erratically backing up. A state jury rejecting arguments by fields attorneys that the 21yearold acted in selfdefense. Quote, Scared To Death by the violent protests. A far different picture painted by the prosecution, pointing to images of fields marching with vanguard america, a known White Supremacist group. White sharia now white sharia now reporter chanting a message of white power just before that fatal ramming. David, jurors also convicted fields on several other charges. He faces up to life in prison. He is due to be sentenced monday. Erielle, thank you. And next to the inmate
getting away from a prison van, jumping into the van with the motor running, driving away in handcuffs. Ramming another policear getting away. Officials say there was a firearm in the van. And he should be considered armed and dangerous. Today, his fiancee is pleading for him to turn himself in. A heartbreaking new revelation about the massacre in thousand oaks, california. Just last month, 12 people were killed, including officer ron helus. Weve now learned the attacker shot him five times, but it was a Friendly Fire bullet from another officer that ended up piercing his heart and ending his life. Were going to turn next to the investigation into possible ballot fraud in north carolina. Tonight, the Board Of Elections has named Mccrae Dowless as A Person Of Interest in an absentee ballot and Voter Turnout Operation that has called the results of one election into question tonight. And Steve Osunsami tracking him down, the man at the center of
this operation. What he says. Reporter hes in deep trouble, and we found him tonight in rural north carolina. I have no comment. Reporter Mccrae Dowless, the hired political hand accused of forging hundreds of Absentee Ballots to help republicans win the ninth congressional seat. What do you say to people who say you rigged the election . No comment. Reporter so, you refute any allegations that you rigged the election . Contact my attorney. Reporter State Investigators are now calling him A Person Of Interest, and point to these signatures showing he turned in more 500 Absentee Ballots from rural bladen county. People he signed for are now concerned he may have changed their vote. Cheryl kinlaw is one of the people he hired to collect the ballots. I feel bad now that i know that it wasnt legal, but i didnt know at the time. Reporter less than 1,000 votes decided the election. And the only county where mailin ballots went for the republican was this one. Thank god for bladen and union counties. Reporter on election night, it seemed republican pastor mark harris had defeated democrat dan mccready. But now mccready, a marine corps veteran, is withdrawing his concession. I didnt serve overseas in the marine corps just to come back home and watch politicians and Career Criminals attack our democracy. Reporter tonight, harris, who has been subpoenaed by investigators, is breaking his silence. Although i was absolutely unaware of any wrongdoing, that will not prevent me from cooperating with this investigation. Reporter the republican says he would support a new election if the fraud is real enough to change the results. Election Officials Say they may need a new one. A former fbi agent is heading up the investigation. David . Steve, thank you. And from hawaii, a ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. The ceremony honoring the 2,400 American Service members who were lost that day. About 20 survivors of the attack were there. Some of the heroes of the greatest generation. There is still much more
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