want, and we were concerned that at the airport at some point during our journey that they could kid nap us or kept us in the country without our permission obviously. >> jorge, i'm glad you and your crew are back and safe, but obviously your thoughts and our thoughts are with the people left behind with what is going on there. >> thank you, anderson. the news continues right now. i want to hand it over to chris cuomo for "cuomo primetime." welcome to prime minister. michael cohen reportedly told the senate intel committee things they had not heard before, and that is probably just the beginning. tomorrow is going to be a day that will be remembered. the day we saw whether this president does or does not have a real problem. what can cohen say? you keep hearing that asked. it's not the right question. what can he show. that's the right question and we have unique insight for you on that point. we have an idea of what

democrats want to ask cohen tomorrow in public. how about the republicans? we have one here gearing up to question michael cohen. he's not happy with the man that's going to be sitting in front of him. let's test the theories. and did one of his colleagues threaten cohen to scare him into silence? he says no, that's not his intention. but what was he thinking with what he put out today? that's the great debate. let's get after it. >> michael cohen fielded questions all day from senate staffers in a classified setting. he was contrite, apologizing for the lies he told them last time around and explaining why he did so. then came this -- >> i really appreciate the opportunity that was given to me to clear the record and to tell the truth and i look forward to tomorrow, to being able to, my voice, to tell the american people my story, and i'm going to let the american people decide exactly who is telling the truth.

>> that comes in about 13 hours. what makes it special is you get to see it. as you heard, cohen is ready for what has to be one of the most anticipated public testimonies in american history. the challenge for him is pretty clear. how do you prove your credibility? well, how you come across but most importantly, what you can show. can he prove that this president directed him to commit federal crimes? remember the tape we got last year? >> it's all the stuff. all the stuff. because you never know where that company, you never know what he's -- >> correct. so i'm all over that and i spoke to allen about it when it comes time to the financing which will be -- >> what financing. >> we'll have to pay him something. >> no, no, no, no i got it. >> remember all of that bs, what did it come down to?

he doesn't say cash. remember that? that's the best they had after that. why? because the video is corroborative. what else does he have that can show directions from the president, business practices, campaign moves? that's what we will see or not see tomorrow. that's why either way you look at it it's going to be a big day. tonight we have one of the lawmakers that will question michael cohen. republican congressman clay higgins. welcome to primetime. appreciate having you. >> thank you, chris, we appreciate you, sir. >> so give us a little love on your angle. which way are you coming at michael cohen? >> i'll be coming directly. i'm a constitutionalist. i recognize every american's right to be known as innocent until proven guilty. i don't judge the man. i don't claim to know his heart. perhaps at one time he was a good man. but he has certainly failed and fallen and his credibility is

zero. he's convicted. he's about to go to jail, in part, lying to congress and yet he's the first large key witness called before the oversight committee upon which i serve. i think tomorrow we shall see, good, sir, is less truth and more theater. >> why? >> why? well, because michael cohen has proven to be untrustworthy. he produced false documents. he's made false statements. he's lied to you, sir. he's been proven guilty and again, i say i don't claim to know the man's heart. and i believe in redemption of all men. but he is about to find out what the inside of a jail cell looks like and yet tomorrow, he'll be in the house oversight committee speaking as if he had credibility. he has none. perhaps there was a time in his life when he did.

but he's lost that, you see? this is very easy for america to understand this. he's a failed and fallen man. i feel for him as a christian principled man but tomorrow, i'll be questioning him. >> well, christians are all about redemption. he admitted his mistake. that goes a long way in your church. it's about what he can show tomorrow. are you open to what he is able to provide you. it's not a matter of his word against the president who has his own credibility issues but what he can show you as proof of the same? >> well, i'm always receptive to new evidence that could be presented in any case and of course mr. cohen should have turned over anything he is in possession of already to investigators and one of the many criminal investigations that he's been subject to. anything he could possibly be in possession of, i would be very questioning about the integrity of that data. >> that's a good point, by the way. if you don't have it already, why would he have it available

tomorrow? >> because tomorrow is political theater produced by lanny davis and career democrat operatives that have somehow convinced the distinguish chairman of our oversight committee to allow this charade to move forward tomorrow. >> neither party has any kind of strangle hold on integrity when it comes to holding hearings. there's plenty of theater in play whenever one of these things. whether you guys are in charge or the other side is in charge but it's up to you to keep it correct tomorrow and ask questions that aren't just a condemnation but a clarification and to help the rest of us out that care about the answers to the question. >> i think that was well stated, good, sir and of course there's political theater on both sides throughout the history of our nation, but tomorrow is what we're focused on as a country, a very important issue. whether or not mr. cohen should even be received as a credible witness before an oversight committee that has a responsibility to present the truth to the american people and

tomorrow is clearly not the effort to accomplish that. tomorrow is an effort to discredit the president. >> why so cynical? the mueller probe found him credible and helpful. mixed results from the southern district. they said he was helpful in part. why not be open? do you not care, sir, whether or not the president of this united states was part of a felonious campaign finance violation. >> of course. every american should care about that. the question about the witness tomorrow and his credibility, seriously, he lied to you, if he told you again, would you believe him? he's lied to congress. >> if i never talked to somebody that lied to me again i'd be very lonely on this set. i'm well aware of what he has done. >> would you call him as a witness? he's lied to congress before.

why would he not again? the only person that could potentially win tomorrow is michael cohen to add a zero to some future book in this exposure he's getting. >> what if you get proof. >> if we get proof, sir. >> yeah, i get your skepticism. maybe even a touch of cynicism. i get it. this is an ugly process and it's been tortured by lying. there's no question about that. but, you know, it could be argued later on, later on, there may be another political process but the idea, congressman, of this guy admitted to a felony, the prosecutors believe they have proof of the same. he says the president directed him to do it and was certainly an enabler in the process and i showed a tape, an audiotape. i played an audiotape on my show that made the same very clear. now we have never had that kind of proof of a president being

involved with a felony. before he was president but it's something that he denied knowledge of again and again and again. if there's more proof of that kind, that puts you in a pickle as a man of integrity. >> i say again as an investigator i'm receptive to any new evidence that could prove one way or another. what the truth actually is. but if mr. cohen is in possession of some evidence like that, it should already be in the possession of the investigative authorities and regarding the president, the man that i respect and support, president trump has removed mr. cohen from his circle of influence and yet he's been embraced into the circle of influence of the oversight committee and characters like lanny davis. >> i don't understand. the president removed him from his circle when it suited him. he used to say he was a great lawyer and good man and trustworthy. >> because children of god fail and fall, good, sir. there was perhaps a time when mr. cohen was a solid guy.

but he became -- he became compromised of his own spirit. >> compromised of his own spirit. >> his delusions. >> how so? >> well, how does any man fail and fall? the word says that the greed for money, the lust for money is the root of all evil. mr. cohen was no exception. >> he said he was acting out of duty to the president. >> but he benefitted for himself. the president has nothing to do with his false presentation of his services as lob yiss of companies across the world. >> no, but he may have had everything to do with the felony that he admitted to. >> he should have presented evidence of that in the many criminal investigations. the oversight committee tomorrow, a month or so before the man goes to jail for lying to congress among other things is not the time to produce proof that has been demanded by investigative authorities for a

long time. >> let's see if he has anything. >> we shall see. >> let me ask you one other quick thing. this tweet from matt gates. we have him on the show. i offer him a fair hearing all the time. hopefully we'll have him again today. would you write something like or do you believe this crosses the line of decorum if not legality in terms of how to treat a potential witness. do you and your wife and your father-in-law know about your girlfriends. maybe tonight would be a good time for chats. maybe she will remain faithful while you're in prison. she's about to learn a lot. how do you feel about that, sir? >> that's not the kind of thing that i would say, sir. it's reflective of the character of the man speaking and i don't claim to know the details of my colleague's statements or from whence they were borne, but i can say that tomorrow myself or my colleagues will conduct ourselves with civility and respect as we seek the truth for

the american people. >> congressman, thank you very much for being on this show. it's an important night and important to hear from you, sir. there are some avenues that cohen won't be able to go down tomorrow in public, but there's plenty he'll be able to talk about. i have a window into a hearing i believe will make history next. ♪ ♪ this simple banana peel represents a bold idea: a way to create energy from household trash. it not only saves about 80% in carbon emissions... it helps reduce landfill waste. that's why bp is partnering with a california company: fulcrum bioenergy. to turn garbage into jet fuel. because we can't let any good ideas go to waste. at bp, we see possibilities everywhere. to help the world keep advancing. ♪

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the hush payments. remember this? >> i have spoken to allen weisselberg how to set the whole thing up with funding. >> so what are we going to do? >> yes. >> so what are we going to do. >> all the stuff. all the stuff. >> with tapes like that, i think we would know that already but we'll be watching to see if cohen starts to fill in the blanks about what exactly all the stuff means. that starts with names. names like who are the trump organization executives that we know from court documents signed off on paying cohen back for the women? who did that and under what pretense? this is going to be important because the circumstances of how he was reimbursed are the difference between a marital mess and a felony. the reason to believe someone at the campaign was involved is because we know a member of the campaign sat in on the meeting where cohen and the publisher of the national inquirer discussed burying stories about trump.

but cohen wasn't just a lawyer. the president is right. as far back as 2007 he was an executive vice president at the trump board and did lots of work on the business side. >> i protect mr. trump. that's what it is. if there's an issue that relates to mr. trump that is of concern to him, it's of course of concern to me and i will use my legal skills within which to protect mr. trump to the best of my ability. >> now, look, some of that he was there on the pr side. but on the business side, insurance policies, claims at trump properties. hiring practices and maybe information about the president and what he wanted people to know and how his image was projected. what may be trump's tell all secret, how much he's worth. that's something that could come

up in an oversight meeting. it's a point about what the president has been lying to you about or not. cohen was by trump's side for a couple of bankruptcy fights. that creates a paper trail. that's the same deal that cohen lied to congress about. and in a sentencing memo his attorney wrote even as he was lying michael remained in close and regular contact with white house based staff and legal council to client one. who? who were they doing? what were they telling him? we don't know who he was talking to and it matters. and if there are phone records we may know. cohen's plea said he asked a senior campaign official about potential business travel to russia. that intersection between the campaign and business is going to be important. congress is going to want to know where else trump was trying to do business and where me hay

owe money. it's a path that plays right into the democrat's argument they need his tax returns. and mueller and the sdny are digging into, we're told there are still eight or nine areas that are still fair game. show shows how deep cohen's involvement in trump world goes. tomorrow will not be a trial. the only verdict will be the one in the court of public opinion. but it will have political repercussions for the president. what are they, how will he fair, how big a deal is tomorrow? that is the making of a great debate. i say we have it. next. ♪ ♪ let's go from plans... to full-blown production. ♪ ♪ let's go from being on-call... ♪ ♪ to being on-line. american express can help move your business forward with loans, vendor payments and buying power. chat with one of our 4000 specialists and let's make it happen. the powerful backing of american express.

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while specifics have yet to spill from michael cohen's closed door hearing today the top democrat on the intel committee did say this. >> two years ago when this investigation started i said it may be the most important thing i'm involved in in my public life in the senate and nothing i have heard today dissuades me from that view. >> senator warner there emphasizing the gravity of tomorrow's public hearing which many say might be the most damaging hearing for a commander in chief since john dean blew the whistle on nixon in 1973.

his testimony marked the unraveling of that presidency. could tomorrow's hearing be just as consequential. simone sanders, steve cortez, great debate. simone, is tomorrow of great importance yes and no and why? >> i think tomorrow is important because it's the first time america really is hearing from michael cohen since he was, you know, sentenced actually. he is set to go to jail and serve three years in jail for lying to congress for hush money payments. so we're going to learn a whole lot tomorrow. i also think this, right through so, it draws parallels to john dean. when john dean testified before the senate's watergate committee, that's where we found out a lot of information. that's where the revealing of nixon's enemy list came forward. all of these things happen. i think similarly tomorrow

potentially we'll learn new information. i don't think to the gravity of what folks learned in the watergate hearings in 1973, but i think we will learn something new. and michael cohen will have to answer why he lied in the first place and why he is back here tomorrow. more so than just salvaging his reputation. >> so, steve, you know i'm not a big lover of hype, but the reason i think tomorrow will be remembered in this entire situation is i see it as a pivot point. this isn't about the mueller report taking down the presidency. that's my speculation. attack me for it if you will. but i have never seen it being a threat to the presidency but tomorrow is this day when you find out if this president does or does not have something to really worry about other than that russia stuff. either cohen can point these guys in a direction and say he knew about this, maybe it's felony campaign finance reform, maybe it's that and something else, but tomorrow is the day you know whether or not there's something else there that we haven't heard of yet.

>> right. listen, i agree. it can't be cohen's word. it has to be cohen proving it. documentation, corroboration because to channel the eagles, he can't hide those lying eyes. so we can't take his word for anything but i agree with you. by the way, i said all along, on your show and others on this network for a long time, the proper way to execute oversight on the swrek tchb branch is what's happening tomorrow. is the congress holding hearings? that's what our system is designed to do constitutionally. what it's not designed to do is have a largely unaccountable prosecutor within the president's own justice department investigate it. >> they did the special counsel regs to make him more accountable. both left and right. none of them wanted that independent council. >> this is how we're supposed to investigate. >> i'm fine with that and in truth if the president hasn't done what he did with comey you probably wouldn't have had it. >> by far the worst mistake of his presidency. >> here's the problem, cohen is

an admitted liar. you've had people since then say he's been credible here. you had some people dribble out some positive things. so you have him though an admitted liar and a president that's a habitual liar on the same points. who do you believe? >> that's why michael cohen's testimony if he in fact reveals something tomorrow must be backed up with documentation and facts. i believe there's more tapes that michael cohen has. we only have those tapes because those are the tapes he decided to leak to us. we don't know if he has more conversations that were recorded between himself and president trump but himself and other folks. we don't know. that's why tomorrow is so important but i do believe his testimony has to be backed up with facts. i will say president trump has lied at every given turn at things that don't even make sense for him to tell stories about. michael cohen is going to jail, his reputation is already in

tatters on both sides of the aisle. and now michael cohen has nothing else than to tell the truth. >> both of you just said the president's a habitual liar as if that's an established fact. "the washington post" talks this, this lie ometer, will you actually look into that? many of them are hi,ly, a lot of them, most of them are opinion. so i don't take issue with the fact the president lies habittually. >> he said he didn't know about the payments to the women. he said he didn't know anything about the payments to the women. >> that's problematic for sure. >> it's not problematic. it's a lie. >> that's problematic. you say he habittually lies. >> he lies about his crowd sizes often everywhere he goes.

>> when did he lie about crowd size? >> he lied about the inauguration. >> when did he lie about it? i don't recall him lying about it. >> yes, he did. donald trump also repeatedly talks about how many people talked about x,y, and z. >> she's giving you a break right now. you're lucky you didn't ask me this question. >> if folks have problem with the word l-i-a-r -- >> he's got his buddy bob kraft caught up inn one of the biggest trafficking rings they've ever caught. >> bob kraft was not human

trafficking. >> i never said he was. >> oh, no, i'm sorry. >> to be clear, the women who were involved in what everyone is calling the prostitution ring, that is in fact trafficking. i just want to be clear about that. >> and you can defend the president's credibility. i'm fine with that. let's just stick to the instant that we're dealing with, which is in this instance he said he knew nothing about these payments, it never made any sense. but he said it and he knew it wasn't true, that's a lie. now the person who did it for him has admitted to a felony and our president amounted to an unindicted coconspirator in the indictment. that's a problem. now, tomorrow we find out whether or not how he was paid and who made the decisions and in what context cements why he

had to plead guilty to that. and if so and it leads to the campaign that leads to the president, that's problematic. that's why i'm saying tomorrow is going to be significant no matter what oats about. >> listen, i agree. what kind of proof he could offer could be extremely significant. but to that point, too, again i challenge the premise. just because michael cohen pled guilty to campaign violations doesn't mean they actually happened. >> and suggest that it did. >> he was over a barrel. >> he was. >> for very serious crimes totally unrelated to donald trump. >> true. >> and prosecutors often use that kind of leverage to get a defendant to plead guilty to a crime that may not in fact have been a crime. >> true. >> and i believe those were not campaign finance violations. unfortunately, he couldn't fight it because he couldn't take the risk because he was so dishonest in many other areas of his life. >> i think it's also important to note here for the testimony tomorrow the only thing

protecting the president currently at this time simply in relation to michael cohen is the fact he's the current president of the united states. he is an onindicted coconspirator and yet for him not being the president he too would be on his way to jail. the very thing protecting him from prosecution right now is the thing that has him in trouble. the only reason this hearing is actually happening tomorrow is donald trump made the decision to run for president of the united states of america. >> here's what we should all hope for. tomorrow it's going to be a long time, there's going to be drama we know that. he's a politician. there's going to be drama. but hopefully we're able to understand tomorrow at the end of the day, here's what this guy knows, here's what's worth following or there is nothing worth following. and that is going to be very helpful to this process either way. simone, steve, you two were helpful as well. tomorrow it's not about

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from the start the president has said his business empire is a red line. that line will be crossed in just over 12 hours. the question is what will we see when the curtain is pulled back if anything. one man who has been digging deep into trump world is michael isikoff. welcome back to prime ministeti. do you believe tomorrow is a pivotal occasion? >> perhaps the most pivotal moment in the trump presidency to date. the first time we're going to hear from a trump insider, someone who had been with him for years testifying in public and laying it all out there.

i mean, if you want to go back and look in recent history the only comparable moments i can think of is john dean in watergate and ali north during iran contra. you know major presidential scandals with key witnesses testifying in public before congress. the only thing i can say, yis, this should have happened a long time ago. >> true. what do you want to know, and help me with this. the idea that he has stuff that he wants to show, how would he have stuff that he wasn't supposed to turn over already? >> well, presumably he has turned it over to the southern district and to mueller's people, you know, whatever he's had. why he didn't turn it over to congress, you know, the answer is the fact is he lied to congress. he's admitted he lied to congress when he testified before. so he's going to have a lot of explaining to do about why he lied when he previously testified, too. and also if the leaks were

getting from his spinners from lanny davis were true and he's going to talk about all the sorts of things donald trump did over the years, racist comments, sexist comments, fraud. michael cohen was there beside him all these years. >> true. >> was there ever a moment that he had doubts about what donald trump was doing, where he expressed reservations. did he ever talk to donald trump and say you shouldn't be doing this? and mean, all these are legitimate questions that he'll have to answer. >> i hear you. but a lot of that stuff goes to the general nature and character for donald trump. that's a dead letter for me, because they already decided to elect him. so now it's do you have something bigger? like what do you want to know that might be -- that might be influential on the political process that may follow oversight? >> all right, well let's start with the campaign finance

violations. we -- he's pled guilty to them. he's said he acted in coordination at the direction of donald trump. the prosecutors have endorsed that, but how did that work? what did donald trump say exactly to him? what did he say to donald trump about those payments to stormy daniels and the scheme to pay off karen mcdougal? was it discussed in the context of the election? you know, cohen had said he did this for the purpose of keeping these women quiet during the election. but the critical question as far as trump's culpability is what was in his head? had he made these sorts of payments before? if so, that could be exculpatory. if somebody makes allegations against you, you pay them off and keep them silent. >> and what if he can show the president thought this was connected to his campaign hoax?

>> well, then that does directly implicate the president in a crime. >> you think that's enough for impeachment? >> no, not in and of itself. you know, first of all the -- these payments were -- you know, one thing that's interesting that nobody's picked up on here is the fact he's going to testify about them at all. presumably if the southern district had an ongoin investigation into this matter they would have put the brakes on cohen testifying. >> yes, so what does that tell you? >> it suggests me they don't have further indictments they plan to bring not just against the president, which they probably barred from doing from justice department policy, but others in the trump organization who were complicit in making those payments. >> so you think they're letting him talk about it because this is the closest they get to what they know, or do you think they're letting him talk about it because there's nothing

there. >> the question is are there further cases down the road that the southern district is building? if so, you would have expected them to ask cohen not to testify about it. but i want to come back to something else you said earlier in the show. you said he's not allowed to talk about russia. who said he's not allowed to talk about russia? that's -- you know, comings said this was not going to be about russia but he didn't give an explanation for why not. he'll testify on thursday before the house behind closed doors. we've not been given any explanation for why that testimony which is crucial to the russia investigation is the most important threat to donald trump's presidency, something that could lead to impeachment depending on the circumstances. there's been no reason given for why donald trump can't give that -- why michael cohen can't

give that testimony in public. >> michael isikoff, on point as always. i can't wait to get your thoughts on what happens tomorrow. be available please, sir. take care. on the other side of the planet the president may be pulling an all-nighter to watch what we'll all be watching tomorrow. who knows? what are those two up to in vietnam on the eve of their second summit inthat's next. parts of me i didn't even know. i find out i'm 19% native american, specifically from the chihuahua people. what?! that's... i find that crazy. it traces their journey in the mid-1800s from central mexico to texas. learning about the risks they took for a better life... ...it gives me so much respect and gratitude.

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half a world away from washington drama is unfolding in hanoi, vietnam. and it's not just because of trump's upcoming meeting with kim jong-un. the north korean leader's arrival today meant this, another glimpse of his men in black running after his motorcade. if you thought they were fast, check this out. this is kim's translator sprinting to his side after the leader stepped off the train in vietnam. there's a reason why he's running so fast. when you work in a place like north korea, you do not want to tick off the boss. it's a funny moment but not really. life no joke when you're dealing with a deadly blood lusting ruthless dictator who in reality is using human shields for his

motorcade. d. lemon is with me. you know, the reason this has all become more interesting is that the president has gone out of his way to bring up the better side of kim jong-un. you know, he's been really effect, you know, he's a young guy, you got toerment he respect power and he sure does love his country. >> i think the president would like that. he would like people chasing after him that way. >> he has people chasing him. >> not that. running behind his motorcade. listen, this is what happens when you put a dictator on the same level as president of the united states. and, you know, did you see the video of kim jong-un stopping to take a smoke break? he's all excited. he's like chilled like he's had a night out on the town and a good night. he's taking a smoke break getting off of his train. he's like, look, i'm the world leader, the leader of the free world, i'm on the same footing

as him. that's what happens when you do this. of course we're going to talk about michael cohen. finally i can see you. >> do you believe tomorrow's a big cday? >> i do believe tomorrow is a big day. i actually think he's pretty credible right now. i think he has -- what does he have to gain by doing this? certainly nothing. and if he lies he could end up going to jail for a much longer time. so, you know, all those people would say michael cohen is not credible. i actually think he's pretty credible, and that's why you're seeing disgusting things, vile below the belt things like matt gaetz. i've never seen anything like that in my life. where i grew up you know what you call that, low down in the gutter or ooh, child, the ghetto, the ghetto, the ghetto. it is gross and disgusting. and i'm going to talk about it coming up.

a sitting member of congress. but guess who opened the door for him? >> the president of the united states. >> yep, director clapper joins us. he's going to talk about what michael cohen will bring or not bring to the table tomorrow. >> all right, so time for the closing argument. it's going to be a lot to digest tomorrow both abroad and here at home. and i hope republicans and democrats remember why they're there. we know there's going to be drama and pageantry, but there's an argument to be made about what tomorrow means one way or the other, and i make it for you next. -ah, the old crew!

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>> to be fair, cohen is an admitted liar and this president and his peeps certainly want you to believe that that's all he is. ordinarily, the bar would be really hard to impugn such an office, but this president is also a known liar. so who and what to believe? considerations. cohen knows congress would immediately refer him for prosecution and that the doj would be happy to oblige if he lies. and cohen knows they caught him once already. second, proof. he was at the center of an admitted felony, paying off women to help the campaign. does he have proof that there was a plan to cover up the payments that the president directed him, that the president knew this was to help the campaign. proof will be the key. remember the tape cohen made of potus and him discussing the payments to his women. remember before that, the president said, i didn't know anything, i didn't know anything. after it, all they could was play with what words he used in the tape. video proof matters.

i fought like crazy to get you this tape, because i knew this was going to be about more than a peccadillo. now, i know cohen has other proof, maybe not as obvious as this tape, that would shock me. but it could go to what this president knew and may have enabled or directed. that is a huge boost. because co-doctor last, cohen has been at trump's feet for a lot of things. his inner circle, certainly about the business practices, but also the campaign. what did the president know and when did he know it and how can cohen show the same? this man could be your best look at that so far. and if he has nothing, this is still pivotal, because it may signal that this potus has nothing to really fear. harkens back to watergate. counsel john dean testifying to establish that nixon knew what was up. >> i began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and if the cancer was not removed, the president himself would be killed by it. >> that testimony had a huge impact, ultimately leading to nixon's resignation, when an

insider reveals that a president knew something and lied about it, it hurts. remember this? >> isn't it a fact, dr. rice, that the august 6th pdb warned against possible attacks in this country? and i ask you whether you recall the title of that pdb. >> i believe the title was bin laden determined to attack inside the united states. >> not a good time to be cavalier. >> presidential daily briefing. there was condi rice insider revealing, that which was portrayed as a random attack may be something different. i remember her words and how they resonated. and the infamous iran/contra hearing and the infamy of ollie north. >> i came here to tell you the truth. the good, the bad and the ugly. >> north revealed he removed money from the iran deal to the nicaragua contras and he

claimed his higher-ups at the white house knew about it, possibly even the president. now comes cohen, the latest entrant to a pantheon of perfity. those who turned on presidents to come clean to you about important matters that were lied about and/or covered up. of course, cohen's not at the same level of power or prestige at any of these other examples, but this is the trump administration. those qualities are in short supply and it's fitting, given this president's background, that a lawyer and fixer known for tough talk and being loose with the truth would be the echo of the chief executive. we are the company we keep, right? those on the left, be sure to see what cohen can say and show to back up any statements. even in a political trial, you can only claim to know what you can eventually show. please stick to the matters that are most serious. scandal is seductive, believe me, i know, but try to be productive. and for those on the right, you have an obvious problem. for those looking to curry favor with this president and his base by ripping into the president as a liar and known to do bad things, be slow to call out

cohen for things you ignore on a daily basis from this president. too many are dismissing cohen as not being worthy of any belief because of his admitted lies when they refuse to call out a president who has already lied more than any president in modern history. tomorrow's a big day. hopefully, it's not about hype, but history. this day may be remembered as dean and north are today. hopefully, it is remembered for advancing our understanding of what matters. tomorrow will be the day that it became clear that this president has something significant to worry about or he does not. either way, more clarity would be a gift you all deserve. thank you for watching "cnn tonight" with d. lemon starts right now. i'll give it to him a little early. is he in the chair and ready? >> yes! oh, that way. you see that behind me? >> yes. >> capitol, i'm in washington, i'm getting ready for tomorrow. you will be here tomorrow. there is a lot to talk about. you know i watch you every night, buddy, when i'm not taping stuff for my own show.

and you know, you just said that this president has a history, that he lies a lot. and one of your guests said, no, it has not been proven. and you're asking and i was sitting there in my office watching you on tv. and i was going through them. i was like, well, he said that four former presidents said they wanted the wall built. they all said, no, he lied, he didn't want the wall built. he said he didn't know about the payments to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. that was a lie. he said obama ordered wiretapping on trump tower. that was a lie. he said he passed the biggest tax cut in history. that is a lie. he said that obama was close to starting a war with north korea. that is a lie. he said he had nothing to do with russia, but in fact his own lawyer, rudy giuliani, says in talks about this moscow project, that was a lie. he's lied about that. he's lied about so many things. he lied about the former president not being from the -- >> yeah. >> born in the united states. >> yeah. >> lie after lie -- lies upon -- lies, lies, and more lies. >> and that's why it's tough for

these republicans tomorrow. they're going to come at cohen, and rightfully so. they have every right to grim grill him. -- >> they have every right to grill him but they don't have every right to defend him. because if you care about one liar, you have to care equally about another liar. so why do michael cohen's lies matter and donald trump's lies don't? >> that's right. because one of them they're afraid of, and one of them they're not. that's why. but that's the problem for them tomorrow. and that's why if they come out about him, just as a point of credibility and he's actually to show things that corroborate things, it's going to come back to haunt them. because they're not going to be able to keep to that standard with this president. and many, in fact, have abused it. they ignore what he does on a regular basis. so tomorrow they want to get righteous, it's going to be a little bit of an obvious hypocrisy, but that's politics. >> little bit of an -- it's amazing to sit here and just watch the hypocrisy happen. i mean, it is just amazing. we don't need this kind of oversight of a president. okay, remember when a very similar thing happened to bill clinton? where were you then?