Josh stein will be joining us this hour. You have heard about Mark Robinson, the guy who cnn reported described himself years ago as a quote, nazi. He praised hItler. He called for the return of slavery. The Washington Post then reported on him praising Mein Kampf. Mark robinson, the Republican Candidate for governor in North Carolina right now, he denies all of It. But i should note he has said explicItly that he wants to go back to a time where women were not allowed to vote and he hasnt denied that because It is on time. Youve heard a lot about Mark Robinson in recent days. Youve probably heard a lot less about Josh Stein. But Josh Stein is the democratic nominee for governor in North Carolina. Hes the Guy Running against Mark Robinson. He is currently the Attorney General of North Carolina. En and running for governor is a high pressure thing. Always a big responsibilIty. Think about what Josh Stein has on his shoulders right now, right . I mean, if Josh Stein does not win this Gov
Carolina tonight the democratic gubernatorial candidate there. That s right. Like ships passing in the night. I can t wait to see that a few thing happening in north carolina yeah, it s a little busy but he s managed to squeak us into the squel. Much appreciated. Thank you at home for joining us. Josh stein will be joining us this hour. You have heard about mark robinson, the guy who cnn reported described himself years ago asse a quote, nazi. He praised hitler. He called for the return of slavery. The washington post then reported on him praising mein kampf. The republican of north carolina denies all of it. I should note that he has said explicitly that he wants to go back to a time where women were not allowed tore vote and he hasn t denied that because it is on time. You ve heard a lot about mark robinson in recent days. You vent probably heard a lot ls about josh stein. But josh stein is the democratic nominee for governor in north carolina. He s the guyrn running against mark rob
Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Federal prosecutors in new york have accused the president of criminal violation of the federal Campaign Laws. They say trump directed thats the word Michael Cohen to cover up a Campaign Contribution in the form of payments with two women with whom he had sexual relations. This comes from the Southern District of new york, not Robert Mueller, not the socalled 17 democrats the president says are working against him, not the deep state, not from a witch hunt. Its from one of the two Sentencing Memos filed in the case of trumps former lawyer, Michael Cohen, today, which are shedding new light on the president s potential legal exposure. As trumps longtime fixer, cohen pleaded guilty in august to Campaign Finance violations and making hush payments to two women on trumps behalf. And now, tonights Sentencing Memo makes clear that with respect to both payments, cohen acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual
one. Thats the pr
thing that went all the way through. according to cohen, it never stopped, and that s in the filing today. the campaign never caused the money-making effort on the part of the trump people to stop. yeah, and mueller also revealed something else really interesting about trump s interests in fomenting a relationship with vladimir putin during the campaign. he revealed that trump and michael cohen were having conversations in the fall of 2015 about reaching out to the kremlin to try to connect trump and putin while putin was in new york for the u.n. general assembly in september of 2015. so that indicates that whether or not trump at that point was pursuing the trump tower moscow deal, there seemed to have been an interesting on his part to get in touch with vladimir putin that early on in the campaign, which is absolutely remarkable. i mean, he had just announced a couple months earlier that he was running for president, and now he s eager to meet with vladimir putin, one of the first
money making effort on the part of the trump people to stop. yeah. and mueller also revealed something else really interesting about trump s interests in fomenting a relationship with vladimir putin during the campaign. he revealed that trump and michael cohen were having conversations in the fall of 2015 about reaching out to the kremlin to try to connect trump and putin while putin was in new york for the u.n. general assembly in september of 2015. so that indicates that whether or not trump at that point was pursuing the trump tower moscow deal, there seemed to have been an interest on his part to get in touch with vladimir putin that early on in the campaign, which is absolutely remarkable. he had just announced a couple of months earlier that he was running for president, and now he s eager to meet with vladimir putin, one of the first world leaders he is eager to meet with is putin? that just raises so many questions in and of itself. and of course the fact that not two months