The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Its not like somebody former president got to report, somebody gave a little more than the minimum, some pac didnt follow a small regulation. This is a fundamental thing. The nominee at the closing days of the campaign, when he thought his campaign was on the line and a story or two stories potentially threatened his nomination went be and said, i have to make this story go away, according to Michael Cohen and said, go make this go away and pay for it. I think that goes not in a resistance way at all. A much more dramatic and more accurate way of stating what happened there. And, yes, it implicates the president in the commission of a felony, but it also implicates the president in what is now a growing sense that a lot of people have and not just resistance people, that this is one more way in which the 2016 election was facacta. Harry litman, were in dangerous territory here. Two nonlawyers
Interviews with newsmakers and roundtable discussions cover the top news stories of the day. Interviews with newsmakers and roundtable discussions cover the top news stories of the day. Simply the fact that this strategy on the part of mueller and the other district of new york prosecutors may be working right now. One interesting question will be to what extent will there be information relating to state law charges against some of these people and that is legally significant because the president s pardon power does not extend to state law crimes. Harris all right, what you have seen with cohen and manafort and perhaps pecker and allen weisselberg, the cases, they have struck deals for immunity, you wouldnt imagine they would go anywhere legally. If the president wanted to pardon anyone, we are still within the zone with the previous men. State law doesnt tend to change that. As we look ahead in all of this, the president , though, does have something to consider as he is being asked
Nice. Reporter new york. Thank you so much for joining us again tonight. Up next is ac 360. John berman in for Anderson Cooper tonight. The president says hes an Excellent Guy, so why did he just give him a shove out the door . Was it something he said . John berman here in for anderson. Those are the two questions tonight about departing white House Counsel don mcgahn. Mr. Mcgahn found out he was departing the same way secretary of state Rex Tillerson did, by reading the president s twitter feed. That tweet says white House Counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall, shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States supreme court. I have worked with doug for a long time and truly appreciate his service. And sure enough, when the president was asked about it this afternoon, he had nothing but praise. A good man, a very good man. Don, Excellent Guy. Don mcgahn is a really good guy. Been with me a long time. Privately before this he
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. 11 00 p. M. In hawaii. We will have the projections of Hurricane Lane. We start with the white house. The white house struggles to contain the fallout from the Michael Cohen guilty plea. President trump is turning to personal attacks. Cohen implicated trump for coordinating Hush Payments to a porn star to sway an election. Yesterday with an interview with fox news, the president tried to minimize cohens role in life and in business. He was one of many lawyers for me. They say the lawyer and they like to say the fixer. I dont know where that term came from. I dont know if he was a fixer. He has been a lawyer for me. He did not do big deals. Small deals. Not somebody with me that much. Somebody who said i did not live without him. I understood Michael Cohen very well. He turned out not to be a very good lawyer. Thats what the president says now about the man who once
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Turned out he wasnt a very good lawyer. I dont know how you can impeach somebody whos done a great job. When you see mueller with the conflicts, hes so conflicted. Comey is his best friend. Considering a proposal to let states use federal money to buy guns for teachers. But lets begin today with that extensive interview that even by President Trump standards is extraordinary. In it, he dismisses the law. He excuses fraud that rips off the american taxpayer. And suggests that the economy depends on him being president. And thats just for starters. Weve got a great team here to break it all down for us. But we have to start with the details of that interview itself. The president sitting down with Fox And Friends Ainsley Ernheart yesterday for 22 minutes and turning on Michael Cohen so completely now. Dismissive of the man he employed for more than ten years. He was a lawyer for me for
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