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
questions about whether he was looking to invest in russia, and how much communication there was between president trump, between not only michael cohen but potentially other advisers and russia, and that gets to the central issue of the special counsel investigation into russian meddling. of course what cohen is charged with today and what he pled guilty to today is separate from that part of the discussion, but craig, it certainly does muddle the president s message when he says he has no investments. clearly there were discussions about potential investments, craig. kristen welker for us at the white house. thank you. we ll come back in just a moment. let me bring in stephanie gosk who is outside that courthouse where michael cohen pled guilty just a couple of hours ago. what more do we know about what went down inside the courtroom there? reporter: craig, well, you know, if you think about this, this week started off with everyone focused on paul manafort taking this sudden tur
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 who s 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. we re 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 one-time 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 involvi
and the question of course raised of whether he made any of these misstatements in his newly submitted answers to bob mueller, donald trump said oh, well, cohen s lying about all this stuff because he s in trouble for stuff he did that has nothing to do with me. that s false. michael cohen has already confessed to cam ppaigncampaign crimes and payoffs he made explicitly on behalf of donald trump. those were not crimes of personal enrichment, those were things he did for trump as a person and as a candidate allegedly according to the confession, and that s where we got to here. i think what s really significant here and i m sure the other panelists will add a lot, is that bob mueller has russia information here. has high-level attempts by the trump organization over time with family members involved to enrich themselves, to make money in russia at a time that they were misleading about it, and that raises the question of what else there is because all of this is obviously coming out aft
pled guilty to charges brought by the special counsel s office. in august you ll remember that cohen pled guilty to federal prosecutors who oversee the southern district of new york. those charges involved tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations. today the special counsel landed a guilty plea for lying to congress. the president lashing out at the special counsel s investigation just hours before that new plea deal was announced. one read in part, quote, did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime? here to break it all down for us, top of the hour nbc s intelligence national security ken delaney, ari melber is with us, and natasha bertrand has been closely following the russia investigation since it started. let me start with you. cohen naming the president in the indictment, tell us a little bit more about that ari melber.