and yet the president himself tonight had a bit of an on camera meltdown on cohen s behalf, describing it as disgraceful that cohen s office and hotel room were raided today by the fbi. have we ever seen a president make such a public pronouncement to shield a personal connection, in this case the president attacking the fbi and the justice department saying their actions in this case were a disgrace. joining us now is nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss. mr. beschloss, thank you so much for being with us tonight. i m sure when you saw the news, you knew i was going to call. i thought that might somehow happen. let me just ask the question as i set it up there. mr. cohen has an unusual relationship with the president. he is a personal attorney. he does not represent the white house. he doesn t work for the administration. he doesn t work for the trump organization anymore. but the president tonight going out, way out on a limb,