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
moscow was a crime. even if he was right, it doesn t matter because i was allowed to do whatever i wanted during the campaign. i was running my business a lot of different things during the campaign. so very simply, my cichael cohes lying and he s trying to get a reduced sentence for things that have nothing to do with me. again, jake sherman standing by for us on the hill, garrett haake also standing by for us on the hill as well, and jake, let me come back it to you. you just said something, and it piqued my interest. you know, sometimes people will say things and you know in the back of your mind that what they re telling you may not actually be true, but you let them finish. have you gotten the sense there on the hill from lawmakers that several of the people who have been interviewed in those committees, whether it s senate intel or one of the other committees that conducted the investigation into possible collusion, do you get the sense from lawmakers that maybe they
the president s legislative team was part of the conversation. this president took the podium as if this was the first time he found out what was in the bill. $120 billion increase in domestic spending. that s a negotiated settlement. both sides coming together to make something happen here. and i think the president undermines the process. it s hard enough to get democrats and republicans to work together in a typical year, in a very partisan election year with a lot on the line in november. to do this was a big step. a lot in the white house are disappointed that the president started calling this ridiculous. jake sherman standing by for us. jake the president s threat that he will never do this again,