To join us with reaction to Michael Cohens testimony but, first, jug head is in a jam. Thats to the focus of tonights angle. Laura The Big Moment In Court today was supposed to be the playing of a taped conversation that Michael Cohen recorded between trump and himself back in 2016, yeah. 8 years ago where they could be heard talking about how they would buy the rights to karen macdougalls story. And on the tape cohen can be heard explaining to the then president ial candidate his plans to form an llc through which he would finance the purchase of the rights to that womans story. We know what happened, okay, get rid of this. Its so false what they are saying, such bull [bleep] laura its all bull today as well. None of the hype amounted to anything. None of it proved anything. Lets break it down for you. Remember, in this case the state has to prove that the trump organizations internal bookkeeping records were not only falsified, okay, but they also were falsified to the extent that tr
they have also been battling over whether to extend payroll tax cuts if they don t take action, all of our paychecks will shrink a bit next to extend unemployment benefits. now after days of squabbling and public theater, lawmakers on both sides are hinting its compromise time. i i think everyone just needs to step back and take a deep breath. there is an easy way to untangle all of. this we are better than all of this. congress is better than. this we have got to prove it and this is going to be an opportunity. so, let s all join hands and do what we know needs to be done for our country. shepard: okay, joining hands, kum ba yah, that s all well and good. get down to the brass tachs and figure out a course of action. mike emanuel is on capitol hill. where do we stand, mikey? still a couple of hours from a deal, that is unless they get stuck again.