People have made to congress to buttress the russian side of the collusion investigation. Thank you for that. We thank you for watching this hour of msnbc live throughout, i mean, from the very beginning craig melvin whos about to pick up our coverage from the day that Robert Mueller was appointed thrappoin appointed, this story has never been far from the headlines. Among these many days, this is huge. This is an infection pointing deep. Were going to continue our coverage. Good morning, craig melvin, msnbc headquarters here in new york city. That Breaking News on the Mueller Investigation is where we start. Shortly before President Trump left for his meeting with World Leaders in argentina, last hour just a few moments ago he called his onetime attorney and fixer Michael Cohen a quote, weak person, who is lying. Cohen made a surprise appearance in a Federal Courtroom in manhattan this morning. He named the president. He named President Trump in a shocking new plea deal involving Trum
confessions that michael cohen s making, these crimes that he s pleading out to are the floor, not the ceiling. this is the better deal, craig. this is the good stuff. this is the light stuff, so what is implicated, what is implied here that he s not pleading to that other people could be on the hook for? well, more serious felonies beyond just misstatements chr s which of course i m not minimizing them but those are less than a conspiracy to defraught the united states or campaign finances that could involve co-conspirator crimes with a foreign adversary to defraud the united states. that s a big question. i m not saying we re there. we do know that mueller indicted russians on the other side of this conspiracy, so the question remains are there americans who could be indicted on the receiving end. i want to say one more thing to you, this is not to be viewed in