Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 470 of the trump administration. We have breaking news from the New York Times about when trump had knowledge of the sixfigure hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. One of the authors of that story, matt apuzzo, will join us in just a moment. He and his colleagues writing tonight, quote, President Trump knew about a sixfigure payment that michael d. Cohen, his personal lawyer, made to a pornographic film actress several months before he denied any knowledge of it to reporters aboard air force one in april according to two people familiar with the arrangement. It was not immediately clear when mr. Trump learned of the payment, which mr. Cohen made in october 2016 at a time when news Media Outlets were poised to pay her for her story about an alleged affair with mr. Trump in 2006. But three people close to the matter said mr. Trump knew that mr. Cohen had succeeded in kee
Giuliani made more controversial comments. He was asked if Michael Cohen may have paid off other women besides porn star Stormy Daniel and here is how he responded. You said this is a regular arrangement. Did Michael Cohen make payments to other women . I have no knowledge of that. I would think if it was necessary, yes. If Rudy Giuliani made the rounds today on the sunday talk shows to try to inject some clarity into the chaos, it may not have been such an effective strategy. Lets get to boris at the white house. What are you hearing about this meeting today . Reporter my colleague dana bash spoke with Rudy Giuliani shortly after the meeting took place. Shes reporting that Rudy Giuliani told her he and the president came to some agreements. First on the president s focus. He wants the president to keep his focus on bigger issues like trade with china, be denuclearization talks. The iran deal and to let Rudy Giuliani focus on the legal issues. They came to an agreement on how they will
In just a moment. He and his colleagues writing tonight, quote, President Trump knew about a sixfigure payment that michael d. Cohen, his personal lawyer, made to a pornographic film actress several months before he denied any knowledge of it to reporters aboard air force one in april according to two people familiar with the arrangement. It was not immediately clear when mr. Trump learned of the payment, which mr. Cohen made in october 2016 at a time when news Media Outlets were poised to pay her for her story about an alleged affair with mr. Trump in 2006. But three people close to the matter said mr. Trump knew that mr. Cohen had succeeded in keeping the allegations from becoming public at the time the president denied it. The president has spent the last several hours speaking out, in particular going into damage control mode trying to clean up comments that Rudy Giuliani made this week about trump reimbursing Michael Cohen. Ill tell you what. Rudy is a great guy, but he just start
Hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. One of the authors of that story, matt apuzzo, will join us in just a moment. He and his colleagues writing tonight, quote, President Trump knew about a sixfigure payment that michael d. Cohen, his personal lawyer, made to a pornographic film actress several months before he denied any knowledge of it to reporters aboard air force one in april according to two people familiar with the arrangement. It was not immediately clear when mr. Trump learned of the payment, which mr. Cohen made in october 2016 at a time when news Media Outlets were poised to pay her for her story about an alleged affair with mr. Trump in 2006. But three people close to the matter said mr. Trump knew that mr. Cohen had succeeded in keeping the allegations from becoming public at the time the president denied it. The president has spent the last several hours speaking out, in particular going into damage control mode trying to clean up comments that Rudy Giuliani made this wee
William starts now. Tonight, the trouble for trump. The president headed into a new month after a week of damaging new accusations of failure to land a deal with north korea. And now weve got exclusive reporting tonight that democrats are getting ready to formally ask for his tax returns. Plus, in a court filing late today, Paul Manaforts lawyers argue for less jail time before the former Trump Campaign chairs sentencing next week. The 11th hour on a friday night starts now. Good evening from here in new york. Im katy tur in for brian williams. Day 1,771, and the president is entering march with a host of new and growing and political and legal challenges for himself, his family and some onetime members of his inner circle. Just a few hours ago, one of the former associates, campaign chairman, paul manafort, asked a federal judge in virginia to give him a prison term, significantly below the 19 to 24 years called for under sentencing guidelines. His lawyers noted what they call special