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
it s over. obviously the proximity of his cancellation of that meeting to the michael cohen developments, it can t just be a coincidence, but there was one other huge item on the agenda, and that was ukraine. there is no question that vladimir putin in what he did in ukraine on sunday, the collision with those boats, there was going to be a test of president trump. everyone in the region believes that russia is laying claim to the sea and to the strait and everyone was waiting to see what president trump s response would be in buenos aires because so far it s been very lukewarm, very tepid, no direct criticism of vladimir putin, no direct criticism of what russia did simply saying i don t like all that aggression, so this
the attorney lanny davis declined to comment. now, one more thing here. john dean, former white house counsel to help bring down nixon s presidency in watergate said he is talking with lanny davis in recent weeks raising questions about whether cohen is looking for advice how to cooperate with prosecutors but dean who was also a cnn contributor said they have known each other for years back to president clinton s impeachment and that davis asked him about how events unfolded during watergate. dean stressed he doesn t know the specifics of the cohen case and, remember, president trump himself name checked dean calling him a rat in a tweet over the weekend. wolf? all very, very interesting. thank you very much. joining us, democratic congressman jeffries of new york. i want do get to the michael cohen developments in a moment