past association with cohen was a serious misjudgment. in this instance our washington, d.c. s vetting process failed. but stevens son will suffer no repercussions for that failure. instead at&t s top lobbyist in washington has retired, although sources tell the wall street journal, he was forced out shannon. thank you very much. now, to where in the world? family of 7 including four children was found dead with gunshot wounds today at a rural property in southwest australia. it could be the country s worst mass shooting in 22 years. police are not commenting on the possibility of murder-suicide but say here not looking for a suspect. to rio de janeiro roadway where please are recreating a murder screen in hopes of who figured out who killed someone.
require legislation. and for congress to weigh in. but the president will lay out the plan this afternoon. dana? dana: americans across the country are interested in this. it s on their minds. i want to ask what is the latest with the at&t statement and at&t s connection to president trump s personal attorney michael cohen? it seems that at&t is having a case of buyer s remorse in terms of contracting michael cohen to provided a vice and insight in the nascent trump presidency. the c.e.o. of at&t randall stephenson with a statement saying there is no other way to say it, at&t hiring michael cohen as a political consultant was a big mistake. the past association with cohen was a serious misjudgment. in this instance our washington, d.c. team vetting process clearly failed and i take responsibility for that. news also this afternoon that senior at&t official has decided to, retire as a result of this. others saying he was pushed out. theyry vehicled they paid
there s no other way to say it, at&t hiring michael cohen was a big mistake. he went on in the memo to say everything we did was according to the law and legitimate. the fact is, our past association with cohen was a serious misjudgment. our washington d.c. team s vetting process failed and i take responsibility for that. now there s been no negative consequences for mr. stephenson because that $600,000 was paid to michael cohen and mr. stephenson included talking points for at&t employees saying it s common for companies as at&t did to hire political consultants. he points out that mr. cohen was not to lobby on behalf of at&t unless mr. cohen notified at&t. then at the very end of those talking points, they talk about the fact that the special counsel s office, robert