Controversial Stand Your Ground law. 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 heating with russian representativeles. 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 semistupid . 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
z zig heil. There are no charges in florida because of the florida stands your ground law. Its the same one much discussed in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Now, federal lawmakers are calling the doj to investigate. So how did we get here . After finishing her nursing shift,
michael cohen knew that president trump was in the loop, that he was president when president trump was told of the upcoming meeting in trump tower with russian nationals. it did happen or didn t happen. my hunch is that it is more in a gray area, right? it stands to reason there was plenty of conversation about the fact that both sides wanted dirt on the other. maybe in the end, michael cohen s story will be that he believes the president was probably in the loop on that one meeting because he had been present for other conversations about collecting political dirt generally. and why do i say that? i say that because that would preserve the honesty of testimony that he offered twice before congress. then it could all line up. right? that he can t say well, it was that meeting but there was general discussion. again, catch up with me anytime at cnn go and on demand. see you next week.
it as always. sure enough. he s been called the most season person in the trump organization, he s not a trump. he s been subpoenaed. alan weiselberg, this week we learned, he was subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury in the probe of trump s personal lawyer, michael cohen. cohen referred to him on the infamous tape to play mate karen mcdougal the wall street journal is saying he could have ar testified. since weasel berg knows where all the financial bodies are buried and his tax problems for sure. could it lead to more problems with the president? joining me is the senior writer, he wrote this wall street journal profile of weasel berg under the headline donald trump s loyal numbers man. richard, give me some insight.
we will dig deep into that. in the meantime, i m asking this, which will have more impact on how long donald trump is the president? go to my website and cast a ballot. which will more determine president trump s longevity in office? a strong economy or the mueller and southern district investigations? to most people, i look like. most people. but on the inside, i feel chronic, widespread pain. fibromyalgia may be invisible to others, but my pain is real.
first of you ll, the significance of this should not be understated, if the president then candidate was informed of the trump tower meeting, it would clearly bolster any obstruction case that robert mueller was, is preparing because it would give a clear motive for the president, himself, to shut down the russia investigation. there is plausible reasons to believe the president might have been informed. there is that blocked phone call that donald trump jr. makes after speaking to a person about the upcoming trump tower meeting. the democrats on the house intelligence committee clearly believe that may have been a phone call to his father. there was the rmps that the campaign was going to give a major speech about hillary clinton just at the time that the e-mails setting up the trump