David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Wideranging conversation the two of them had. Let me play a tape here from senator Lindsey Graham, senior senator from south carolina, responding to all of this. When it comes to Michael Cohen, you should be very suspicious of anything he says. Hes on the hot seat. Mr. Cohen, if youve got something new to say, you need to come to congress and say it under oath. Everyone is a lawyer. I should say, Lindsey Graham is actually a lawyer. So he has some justification there weighing in, i guess, on what happens on the hot seat. Sara, give me your perspective on this. We have seen teases here from Michael Cohen, lanny davis releasing that tape, memobly on tuesday night. We listened to it in realtime as it was played out on cable news. Weve heard it subsequently. Whats your sense here of what Michael Cohens thinking, his frame of mind here as we approach a new week . Well, its true that cohen is in the hot
that a tax is owed and due. all they need to show is that manafort made a false statement, and knew that his tax return was false when he signed it. of course, he s charged with money laundering and other crimes. but that shows me, along with the witness list and the evidence list and the list of exhibits, that the government is going to be very methodical, they re going to keep their eyes on the ball, and really make out their light burden on the tax perjury charges to get a win with its opening selvo, its first trial in this entire investigation. danny, great to speak with you. my thanks to josh leaderman, as well. president trump threatening to shut down the government over immigration reform, even as hundreds of migrant children remain separated from their families. when will those children be reunited? we re going to take a closer look at that issue later this hour.