Credit for 500,000. He basically doubles the amount he can borrow against his apartment. He later uses that money, he says, to pay Stormy Daniels in october 2016. And Rudy Giuliani has told us there are several other issues that he settled for trump and that he was reimbursed for. It is possible, though we dont know how he spent the remaining amount in his increased credit line that he may have used that for some of these other issues and thats one of the things thats under investigation. Thats such a Key Line Saying mr. Cohen resolved other problems similarly for mr. Trump. How significant is that . We have Rudy Giuliani giving a variety of figures about how much money was used here, when it was used. Walk us three visavis the size of those payments. Rudy giuliani said he was getting north of 400,000 for a year of Retainer Payments and
that was to reimburse him for things he took care of. It leaves open the possibility of up to another couple hundred thousand dollars that he might hav
Response to your reporting. He said, quote, the New York Times story is factually incorrect. I will not respond on a story thats biased against the department and advancing their own personal agenda but let me be clear about this. Based on my personal dealings with the president , there is no basis to invoke the 25th Amendment. I want to give you a chance to respond to that. I also want to point out when he says there is no basis, hes talking the present tense. Hes not saying, i never thought there was a basis. Yeah. That was my read. I mean im not going to parse rods statement. I think, myself and other news outlets have all now, including cnn, have recorded the basic facts that are now in dispute. The two basic facts are rod raised the idea of wearing a wire and in a second basic fact, in a memo Andrew Mccabe road that Special Counsel has rod raced the idea of the 25th
release of the transcripts of the witnesses in the russian investigation. The republicans refused. Mr. Nunes refused
Im heidi choiniere, and this is my ancestry story. Now with over 10 billion historical records, discover your story. Get started for free at ancestry. Com welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. Were live every sunday from washington from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Washington and the white house go nuts over an anonymous oped. Well talk about whether the president s hunt is really all about the thrill of the chase. Plus, disorder over the court. Democrats grandstand. Republicans play games over papers. Is Brett Kavanaugh qualified or not . The third branch of the government politicized like rarely before. Later, two president s, two americas. Well talk about how the return of president obama to the
political stage perfectly captures this moment in history. Tonight, a piece of writing that is deeply consequential or completelyirrelevant. Either an act of bravery or cowardice. More than two dozen Trump Administration officials have disavowed the anonymous oped. Its possible we havent seen
Company set up by trump Attorney Michael Cohen to buy her silence in october of 2016 went on to take in over 4. 4 million through january of 2018. What was the money used for . And what of the allegation that some of the money had ties to a Russian Oligarch . Well break that story down. Also this morning, the major implications of the president s decision to pull the United States out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. And Don Blankenship comes up short in West Virginia, well show you the classic reaction to the loss by Mitch Mcconnells team on twitter. Welcome to morning joe, its wednesday, may 9th. With us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, associate editor of commentary magazine noah rothman. Author of the book a world in disarray richard haas and washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. The iran deal, one of the huge stories of the morning. But whats going on with this money and company and President Trump . We dont know. All we know is this company that was set up to
I was like, im going to have to up my game. Unlike any royal bride before. Go back a few generations and everything about Meghan Markle disqualifies her from marrying harry. The queen made an exception and broke from royal protocol. Do you see any scenario by which harry and meghan overshadow kate and william . It was my first thought. And modernize the monarchy. The worlds view of the british monarchy will probably be determined more by harry and meghan than by william and kate. Certainly chan than charles and camilla. Tonight, a royal match harry and meghan. I never even heard about her until this friend said Meghan Markle. I said, right, give me a bit of background. It is july 2016 in london when britains most eligible bachelor, prince harry, is set up on a blind date. It was definitely a setup. It was a blind date. I was beautifully surprised when i walked into that room and saw her. She was sitting there. I said, i have to up my game. Harry ups his game. And they begin a whirlwind