Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. He was indicted for payments made to a mistress, how much stronger would an Election Fraud kbas in this instance if you throw in cohens testimony . They tell me it would be much stronger for the following reasons. They say these were not made to the campaign, they were made to keep them from john edwards wife. Michael cohen prepared to go into court and say yes, these payments were related to the campaign. Motherover the payments from john edwards were two years before he ran for president. These happened just a few months before the election, and there is a tape now where it is being made clear to him that this
Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Tower in 2016. This contradicts the president and juniors accounts, so if this is a true, how damaging could this be . Im not sure how big of a deal it would be when it comes legally i think there could
Not to prosecute citing the controversial stand your ground law. Now federal lawmakers want a Justice Department investigation. The lawyers who represented Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman are here. Plus, for the president , it was the best of weeks and the worst of weeks, depending on your point of view. Michael cohen again dominating headlines claiming trump knew in advance of the meeting with russian representatives. Meanwhile, the longstanding accountant gets a federal subpoena. Amidst the legal woes came more economic news. The president lifts the gdp above 4 . Midterms on the horizon, is it still the economy, stupid . And this Pennsylvania 5th and 6th grade teacher has been moonlighting for years. Suddenly its endangering his day job . Because he plays a bad guy that
does the nazi salute and shouts zig heil. Is the problem his or the fans who cheer him on, rather than booing . But first theres a funeral today for a man shot dead july 19 in a Florida Parking lot. The shooting i
And people are exhausted. Trump did respond to Michael Cohens plea today. This morning he wrote if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you dont retain the services of Michael Cohen and Michael Cohen plead guilty to two counts of Campaign Finance violations that are not a crime. President obama had a big Campaign Finance violation and it was easily settled. Trump also spoke to fox news about his relationship with Michael Cohen. He was a lawyer for me for one of many, you know, there was a lawyer and the fixer. I dont know if he was a fixer. I dont know where that term came from, but hes didnt do big deals. Did small deals. Not somebody that was with me that much. You know, they make it sound like i didnt live without him. I understood Michael Cohen very well. Turned out he wasnt a very good lawyer, frankly. He was somebody that was probably with me for about ten take this all together this being the president of the United States after all. The Washington
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 578 of the Trump Administration. And tonight the president of the United States is coming off a vicious string of personal attacks, comparing people to dogs and rats and calling Robert Mueller discredited and disgraced. He is neither. And now tonight the president is talking about what is at the heart of all of it. The russia investigation. Now that he knows his white house lawyer has testified fully before the mueller team. This afternoon, reuters interviewed President Trump. They report, he is, quote, worried that any statements under oath he provides to special counsel Robert Mueller could be used to bring Perjury Charges against him. Quote, trump echoed the concerns of his top lawyer in the probe, Rudolph Giuliani, who has warned that any sitdown with mueller could be a perjury trap. Reuters quotes the president as saying association if i Say Something and he, meaning comey, says something, and it is my
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The show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness, everywhere. You have to fight back, or you will become a robot. Sean hannity is next from new york city. Sean a lot of robots. They work in our industry. It is all groupthink. It is one big bubble, and they all talk to each other, and they all say the same cliches, talking points. Pretty amazing. Im never going on your quiz show, by the way. Ever. Tucker [laughs] you would win sean i sit there at home, and i am always the last one with the buzzer on jeopardy. We have a good show tonight. Welcome to hannity. A lot of breaking news tonight. Pressure is now mounting on the Attorney General of the United States. Tonight, Jeff Sessions. Robert muellers partisan witch hunt has jumped off the rails. Real crimes of collusion, hillarys bought and paid for dirty russian dossier are totally ignored. We have rampant fisa abuse, fisa judges lied to. All unchecked. Bias, corruption, nepotism at the highest level of our federal bureaucra