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
prosecution for lying to congress when their material gets in front of the special counsel. jake sherman, senator kamala harris, she tweeted within the last hour as well, california senator, this is part of her tweet, it s clear special counsel bob mueller has more work to do, and he must be allowed to complete it free from interference. the bipartisan legislation to protect the special counsel must be brought to the senate floor for a vote immediately. what more do we know about that, jake? is that something that s likely to happen? reporter: you ve seen senator mitch mcconnell and paul ryan in a the washington post event with cane. he said he s not worried about bob mueller and if he was worried about it he d do something about it. the speaker and senate majority leader don t seem interested in legislation to protect bob mueller. i want to follow up on something garrett said and paint the picture for you. people on capitol hill, senators and members of the house hate being lied
precious cooperation agreement in which the prosecutors go hand in hand with someone who they acknowledge as a criminal in order to catch other criminals, and it is a significant development, because as a defense attorney, it is easy for me to say this, but the reality is that the pros ecutors don t want people the tell them what they want to hear. they want someone who will tell them the truth and a truth that can be verified, backed up and for which there is corroborating evidence. for example, michael has backed up data, and seized with southern district with the phone, and i don t know if it is apocryphal, but they took the phone right out of his hand when they searched the warrant, and so since then he has provided information through those