is a major hurdle. i hope we get there. i m not sure that we will during these talks. neil: general, thank you for taking time. we do appreciate it. back to that other story. that is hearings that are about to resume any minute now in washington d.c. the house oversight committee questioning michael cohen, the president s former top lawyer. we got chief intelligence correspondent catherine with the latest. reporter: let s start with this issue with russian collusion. it s the idea that started these investigations nearly three years ago. michael cohen testified today that he has suspicions about collusion coordination between russia and the trump campaign but he had no direct evidence. the closest he came to direct evidence was testifying about a phone call in the summer of 2016 involving then candidate trump political operative roger stone and mr. cohen and it was about
it s about drugs and human trafficking. i saw both of those regularly every flight. democrats acknowledge getting a vetoproof majority is a steep hill to climb but some sources suggest forcing president trump to use his veto pen for the first time assuming it passes the house and the senate will make a pretty powerful point. bret: mike emanuel live on the hill. president trump s long attorney and a so-called fixer is testifying on capitol hill this week, today michael cohen spoke behind closed doors to the senate intelligence committee. chief intelligence correspondent katherine harris tells us what she s hearing tonight. in the last few minutes we ve heard from the ranking democrat in the senate intelligence committee who was underscoring for reporters what he characterizes as the importance of his return testimony. when this investigation started i said it may be the most important thing i m involved in in my public life in the senate and nothing i have
one of president trump s longtime confidence had to do some explaining this afternoon in court, roger stone in federal court after one social media post involving the judge in his case, that judge was not impressed or moved by stone s explanation or apology. chief intelligence corresponded catherine herridge was there. the federal judge amy berman jackson for the restricted the gag order, meaning political operative roger stone cannot talk about the case to reporters or post on social media or use surrogates. he took the stand and apologize for posting a photo on instagram of judge jackson of what appeared to be a target in the background. he took down the post almost immediately and fully apologize for his stupid lapse in judgment. taking questions from the judge today his lawyer in the prosecution, he took full responsibility but explains that he was under extreme emotional and financial distress. his consulting business and staging had dried up.
everywhere. andy: but there is a particular reason for it in washington. that is, a lot of times what you need to cover up in politics is crummy, icky political stuff that you ve done that would be embarrassing and that the voter might take out on you if they found out about it. but it s not necessarily a violation of the criminal law. like taking information from bad people. there s a lot of awful things to say and feel about that. it s not a violation of the criminal law. i think a lot of times what these guys do is they say things that aren t true, and they tried to cover up the facts that they were out practicing politics inn a particularly scummy way. harris: i want to bring in chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. catherine, to bring their reporting into all this are you with me question actor you are we watch this play out in the same time. we are digging deeper into the indictment. what are you finding? harris, i want to take a minute to lay out some of t
businessman trump and his children got regular details about the real estate development who they put in charge with the project. he is pretty guilty to lying about the deal, we ll see which version of the truth: is telling this time. rudy giuliani tries to clear up some confusion he created last night, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has details. s comments got so much attention because they drew a distinction between donald trump s actions and those of his election team. i never said there was no collusion between the campaign and between the cable campaign yes you have. there is not a single bit of evidence that the president of the united states committed the