special coverage of this escalating trump probe in new york and tonight right now you re watching a special live edition of the beat. we re following the pressure donald trump which actually exploded from the arrest talk this weekend to today s blockbuster testimony before the grand jury? some out of court-statements that broke within the last hour. moments ago this trump-aligned witness speaking out. my only mission there today was to tell the truth about what michael cohen was saying at any point in time. michael cohen decided on his own, that s what he told us, on his own to see if he could take care of this. is that what he told us? was all of the remarks made factual? mr. michael cohen is here to respond in a moment. this is not just journalism. this is aspects of the probe spilling out because mr. costello did speak to the grand jury today that s why he was so newsworthy. mr. cohen remained a key grand jury witness in a case that donald trump now says will lead to
that, of course, would be rudy giuliani s attorney. in this process and i reminded viewers there is a possibility for someone who may be facing indictment to ask for people to go forward so that may be the way that we re hearing from him. do you know about any future testimony from yourself, him or any other witnesses or at this point you are just on standby? again, i wouldn t know about anybody else. throughout this entire process i didn t know who was coming in nor would the prosecutors tell you. yeah. i can tell you emphatically that i have not been asked to come back on wednesday as of moment. when he says he was speaking with you and advising you was he your lawyer at the time? no. in fact, there are so many things about his statement which is untrue, first and foremost that i reached out to them. i didn t know bob costello from a hole in the wall. in fact, the senior partner of the firm jeffrey citron is the
redevelopment out of 13. i don t know much about that. i know dawn zimmer. in all of the instances of working with kim, i have never ever heard her say something or suggest something that was inappropriate. so that s why the whole story is just, for me, a little bit strange. i will say you said you do not know the mayor of hoboken from a hole in the wall. new jersey is a big state, but it s not that big. the viciousness of the character questioning that s been directed at dawn zimmer, rush limbaugh said one of these women is lying. i don t know if it is the blond
larger question. because recall aeg is saying, look, we didn t hire him, michael jackson hired him. but without the plaintiff s putting that evidence on, you re not goings to understand, at least in part, what s going on. ultimately that very important e-mail involving the president or ceo of aeg live that we re paying this doctor, he better be taking care of michael jackson. that s where this fits in. it s part of building a case. richard, what does that have to do with whether one slept ten days or didn t sleep ten days or 20 day, what does that have to do with what s at the core of this case which is who was responsible, who hired this doctor knowing that he might be prescribing michael jackson something that is not typical. let s step back for a second, fred. aeg did not know conrad murray from a hole in the wall. they never heard his name, didn t know him. the reason they know him is