good evening. i m chris matthews in washington. federal prosecutors in new york have accused the president of criminal violation of the federal campaign laws. they say trump directed that s the word michael cohen to cover up a campaign contribution in the form of payments with two women with whom he had sexual relations. this comes from the southern district of new york, not robert mueller, not the so-called 17 democrats the president says are working against him, not the deep state, not from a witch hunt. it s from one of the two sentencing memos filed in the case of trump s former lawyer, michael cohen, today, which are shedding new light on the president s potential legal exposure. as trump s longtime fixer, cohen pleaded guilty in august to campaign finance violations and making hush payments to two women on trump s behalf. and now, tonight s sentencing memo makes clear that with respect to both payments, cohen acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual
patel. we appreciate your time and hope to see you in a half hour. tonight, breaking news. after president trump suddenly pulled u.s. troops from a key part of syria, turkey now launching its offensive tonight on u.s. allies, the kurds. the military assault now under way. air strikes from turkey. the kurds, who had helped the u.s. in the fight against isis, now targeted themselves. and what about the prisons holding thousands of isis fighters secured by the kurds? tonight, abc news has learned some of the kurds have already left their posts at those prisons. just 24 hours after the white house said it will not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry, speaker pelosi saying the president is not above the law. and tonight, joe biden saying thcoastal systembouto slam new boston. and the major snowstorm. more than a foot of snow elsewhere in this country.
and the fire dangers in the west. power companies tonight cutting off power to hundreds of thousands to protect their own liability
On the sixth day of testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial, an attorney who formerly represented Stormy Daniels said Michael Cohen was depressed and despondent after the 2016 election.