memos which is how much of the president s mind share is dedicated to the grievances and worries about this ongoing investigation. i think he is clearly worried and that s reflected in these tweets about michael cohen flipping. and you had a guest on earlier saying why would the president say michael cohen is going to flip if he had nothing to flip against? that s almost incriminating. and we saw that in the last piece, he was sort of incrime nating himself in these various things. i think it is talking to michael cohen and it s also reflective of this cloud of worry that is over the president every day. further tweets to discuss, the ones from last night, james comey illegally leaked classified documents to the press in order to establish a special counsel. therefore the special counsel was established on an illegal act. really, does everybody know what that means? what do comey maintains thatn of justic. is it good they pushed for the
so i m going the read the tweets. i beg your indulgence. there are three of them. here we go. the president writes this. the new york times and the third rate reporter named maggie haberman known as a crooked age flunkie who i don t speak to and don t speak with are going out of their way to destroy michael cohen and his relationship with me in the hope he will flip. michael is a fine person with a wonderful family. michael is a businessman for his own account slash businessman what i respect. sorry, i don t see michael doing that despite the horrible witch-hunt and dishonest media. on one point, the fact that the rest rest is casting aspersions on maggie haberman. i happen to know maggie. the president has in the past called maggie on her cell phone to help her with stories she is writing and of course she recently won a pulitzer prize
cohen to circumstance up vent campaign finance laws. if davidson has that type of tell-all information than davidson is going to be a key witness in that southern district of new york investigation and criminal indictment which we all expect to come against michael cohen. a federal judge has told the lawyers for michael cohen he needs to file a fifth amendment cla declaration. it s due by next week, wednesday. the judge said i will not rule on your motion to stay mr. coen and mr. trump until i have that declaration. once you invoke fifth amendment all bets are off. i can ask you questions during your deposition, and each time, if you can invoek your fifth amendment right against self incrime nays that could be used against new a trial. meaning i could get up in front of a judge and a jury and say if you invoked your fifth amendment
i m alex witt here at msnbc world headquarters in. no here s what is happening for you. we are watching for you the dramatic step. north korea makes an unexpected announcement about its nuclear program. the big question this morning, what impact it might have on a future summit with the u.s. we have a live report ahead. inside the comey memos, separating fact from fix on what president trump told him. plus the president tweeting this morning about michael cohen flipping or not. it s about what the president knew, and when he knew it, and what he did about it. stormy daniels and her attorney back in court with a declaration that one of president trump s insiders could turn on him. details ahead. a final good-bye. family and friend gathering today to pay last respects to barbara bush. a day after heart rending scenes at a public suing. a new and dramatic view from north korea. kim jong-un says he is suspending the country s nuclear
and that s a real problem. but by far the most damning thing about this week, beyond the raids on michael cohen s office, it s the portrayal of the white house by the former director of the fbi, only in some alternate bizarre universe is it a good thing when the former fbi director says that the president of the united states is running the white house like a crime family. as though he expects loyalty oaths. yeah. and clearly that s really trouble for donald trump. i ve got to ask you quickly about michael cohen. joy has arrived in the studio. new york times is suggesting maybe cohen will not take a bullet for trump after all. cohen feels isolated. where do you see this heading? i can t read michael cohen s mind. it s hard to know. i ll go back to something steve bannon told me. he said, look, you ve got 17 guys in mueller s office with subpoena power up against a