Right, thats a great way to end this friday, thanks to our panel. Thanks to all of you for joining hi, guys, im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now secret Phone Call Recordings tends testimony and talk of extortion. The jury hearing donald trump on tape talking about the Hush Money Deal and hes back in court today. Millions under flood watches this morning as severe storms, Flood Highways and tornadoes tear through. Mandatory evacuation its in place. And three tours went on a surfing tip of mexico and then suddenly disappear. Now, mx can officials are questioning three people in connection . With their disappearance. Im sarah sayyed and john berman and kate bolduan. This is Cnn News Central secretly recorded phone calls is sure to be in the spotlight. Again today. Donald trump returns to court for his Hush Money Trial this morning. The jury yesterday, listen to several Phone Conversations between donald trump and Michael Cohen surreptitiously taped by Michae
Real question is the credibility of the president but not the credibility of michael cohen. let me finish. the president has changed his story repeatedly about whether or not he knew about hush mone . here s what he said on air force one this april, eight months ago. did you know about the $130,000? no. then why did michael cohen make that payment if there was no truth? you have to ask michael. michael s my attorney and you ll have to ask michael. chris: the president says he doesn t know anything about payments. in one of those states you are talking about, where michael cohen surreptitiously taped the president. this is in september 2016. here are the president and cohen discussing a potential payment. let s listen to the tape. i m all over that bit i
Real question is the credibility of the president but not the credibility of michael cohen. let me finish. the president has changed his story repeatedly about whether or not he knew about hush mone . here s what he said on air force one this april, eight months ago. did you know about the $130,000? no. then why did michael cohen make that payment if there was no truth? you have to ask michael. michael s my attorney and you ll have to ask michael. chris: the president says he doesn t know anything about payments. in one of those states you are talking about, where michael cohen surreptitiously taped the president. this is in september 2016. here are the president and cohen discussing a potential payment. let s listen to the tape. i m all over that bit i
it tells me that the people in the southern district of new york are doing their job. they have a very, very important witness. one would expect that everyone who is in a chain between michael cohen and any of these payments we ve been reading about or anyone has mentioned in the conversation that was recorded by michael cohen surreptitiously with his client, the president of the united states, would need to be spoken to. and as you point out and as other guests have pointed out, weissingberg was at the center of pretty much every financial transaction on the part of the trump organization, also had dealings with tax returns. so you absolutely want someone like that. i don t know if they have evidence of criminal activity on his part, in which case you would be able to get him to flip potentially and then he would be able to give lots and lots of testimony that s incriminating against other people. that may or may not happen. but i think it s an incredibly significant thing for them