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
soundbite, this is from january 11th of 2017. january 11th. this is the newly elected president talking about his relationship with russia. i tweeted out that i have no dealings with russia. i have no deals in russia. i have no deals that could happen in russia because we ve stayed away, and i have no loans with russia. as a real estate developer, i have very, very little debt. i have assets, now people have found out how big the company is. i have very little debt, i have very low debt. i have no loans with russia at all. here s kristen welker standing by for us at the white house. kristen, if what michael cohen is claiming in these court documents, if that s true, then what the president just said cannot be true? reporter: well, what the president is talking about is that moment in time after he was elected. michael cohen is talking about