And people are exhausted. Trump did respond to Michael Cohens plea today. This morning he wrote if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you dont retain the services of Michael Cohen and Michael Cohen plead guilty to two counts of Campaign Finance violations that are not a crime. President obama had a big Campaign Finance violation and it was easily settled. Trump also spoke to fox news about his relationship with Michael Cohen. He was a lawyer for me for one of many, you know, there was a lawyer and the fixer. I dont know if he was a fixer. I dont know where that term came from, but hes didnt do big deals. Did small deals. Not somebody that was with me that much. You know, they make it sound like i didnt live without him. I understood Michael Cohen very well. Turned out he wasnt a very good lawyer, frankly. He was somebody that was probably with me for about ten take this all together this being the president of the United States after all. The Washington
Seemed to dial things back a bit. Particularly with regard to previous reporting about what cohen was prepared to tell the Special Counsel about President Trump and that meeting at trump tower. So Michael Cohen does not have information that President Trump knew about the trump tower meeting with the russians beforehand . No. Does not. At some point, mr. Cohen might be able to be useful to the Special Counsel about whether President Trump knew ahead of time about the hacking of the Hillary Clinton emails, and its not a certainty the way he recalls it. May or may not be useful to mr. Mueller. You can tell, perhaps, the hour is late. Its been a long week already. And people are exhausted. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Jonathan lamere, peter baker, and Carol Lenning is back with us. Good evening to the three of you and welcome. Jonathan, y
Least for now, at flooes for a day, trump Resoutheasted Lashing Out in a dramatic and public way. Instead, wednesday was a moment for calculation and conversation, a pause for a rattled administration. According to white house officials and outside advisors familiar with the discussions. Michael cohens lawyer is making it clear his client is ready, willing, and able to share what he knows with robert mueller. Jonathan lamere is standing by captures the State Of Affairs in his latest title more dirt on President Trump . Lanny davis made a series of Television Appearances today. Here is what he said this morning. Is he hoping for a pardon from President Trump . Not only is not hoping for it, he would not accept a pardon. He considers a pardon from somebody who acted so corruptly as president to be something he would never accept. Earlier this evening, davis
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itinerary they knew what she was there for. todd: the grandmother. she is trying to change the narrative now. that s basically what s going on here and what people need to know and israel is well within its right to deny her that entry. todd: what really stood out to me, sir. you heard a number of republicans, even a aipac israel should let these folks. in to me, like i said earlier, i thought they were winning the pr narrative on that point. when the grandma stuff happened, i felt like they completely lost that my question to you is, do you think the nation sees that switch in the pr narrative and specifically with regard to the race you are running? do you think they are going to tie omar to tlaib and give you a win there in minnesota? well, minnesota is a basically liberal conclave here, especially in the metropolitan area. it s going to be tough. but we plan to pull it off. but, as far as mrs. omar and
pleading guilty. and, arianna, this legal development yesterday kind of collided with the pr narrative that the president and his team has been spooling out. yes, it did. we cannot overstate the magnitude of what happened yesterday. particularly with respect to michael cohen s guilty plea in federal court under oath implicating president trump in the commission of a federal crime. now, the pr and legal strategy in the past 24 hours of the white house administration and president trump has been threefold. to say i didn t do it. if i did it, it wasn t a crime. even if it was a crime, everyone is doing it. and i guess that the implication of everyone is doing it is therefore we shouldn t care that he s potentially committed a