she lives in paris some for us twenty fr r the headlilines this hour. the president is a lawyer a con man and a racist explosive testimony from donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen says trump did have business dealings in russia. he knew about plans to leak cats emails. and he even made him lie to the first lady about paying off on stuff stormy daniels. trump meanwhile is in vietnam meeting with the north korean leader kim jong in. us president is under pressure to get came to commits to scrapping nuclear weapons little progress has been made since they lost wheezing incidental. and world powers urged india and

pakistan to show restraint of aa cacash m met for the f first tin history the two sides have noticed s. strikes with both shooting down. on the stool planes . president trump is a con man ally and a racist the lawyer who once said he would take a bullet for his former boss has been testifying before lawmakers in washington. michael cullen claims it trump reinvest him for paying off one of the president's former mistresses. in violation of election campaign rules knew in advance about a wikileaks d dump of hacd emails from the democrats. anand planned and directed a project for trump tower in moscow president trump denies having any business dealings in russia. on the i issue of alleged cocollusion free thought had his

suspicions. you also claimed that trump made shocking and offensive remarks about african americans here he is talking about that payment. to stormy daniels. i am providing the committee to date with several documents. and these include. a copy of the check mr trump road fromm his personal bank account. after he became president. to reimburse me for the hush money payments i made to cover up his affair. with an adult film star and to prevent damage to his campaign. let's head to washington eric missandei law and legal expert joins us live and a lot of ground to cover today at by michael coen stormy daniels. russia. democrats emails what for you what was the most damaging for the president especially as the elections just a year away. well i think there was a

cumulative affect that it -- it when. examined from a distance is devastating and that may not go away with the passage of times that so many other things to do. and in fact might lead and the house might compel the house to begin impeachment proceedings there it can cut both ways there were there was. the you know what you always ask me for example about a smoking gun -- and i owe it typically wrist the you know there's guns that are out there they're their blazing if not necessarily smoking but they're not hidden and t there s more o of thahat today there was evidence that -- that he put out there if if you believe in many did seem very credible after note that trump was fully aware that we keep leaks was about -- to expose -- if the hacked emails from -- the the democratic campaign that they've gotten from russian intelligence and that his insider is close -- confident roger stone was communicating with that i thought that would -- it was very devastating in terms of the russia collusion aspect

even though to a large aspect that's a large extent that's already known. there was evidence that trumps children -- according to khou and we're very aware thatt the trump tower negotiations were going on in the moscow -- building which would have made trump a very rich man -- were going on well into the summer well -- right up in to and through the republican national convention during which time -- trump was pushing for very pro russia policies which contradicted the previous policies even of the republican partrty. and there was -- much about try it's a very double on likable and and fundamentally dishonest figure which many people the already know so those are going to be the the the hurdles that are not going to go away for the president whether it's a reelection campaign. or if -- somehow impeachment proceedings brought yeah we can certainly expect some clips of michael coming to be playing out in the

democrat's campaign ads next account where it will. i mean. it it really devastating for trump though because you know this is someone who is literally going to prison for having lied to know mike is so as the republicans say why should we believe what the comes out of his mouth. once he just upset that he didn't get that white house job. that has been the republican party line but i think it has fallen flat echo one has -- despite all the baggage that he brings -- he's come across as somebody did indisputably was -- was a trump insider worked with him very closely for on on the most sensitive matters for a very long period of time and has admitted that he lied form frequently in the past. and here he's actually if anything been understated so despite all of the republicans particularly the members of the freedom caucus -- piling up on him and trying to and it does not seem to really be effective in casting -- echo and in in an incredible

light in a light that would make one not one to believe his testimony if anything he's under sold his testimony he is -- you've been very forthright in admitting certain things that the democrats would have wanted him ideally to admit he said he didn't have any knowledge of it he's just sticking to what he knows. but that is very damaging material what is telling for the republicans particularly some of these in the the leaders of the freedom caucus caucus that are on this committee. that would be jordan and meadows in particular is that they appear completely on interested in determining -- what is true for all of the -- by mister colin and are only interested in attacking him and in distancing him from the president so that is something that is on display for the country to see as well. so what can the democrats do with this legally speaking can i take any of this to try again you investigations or will that help robot mahler's existing investigation will. welcome welcome welcome come of this other than you know really

at two today see a lot of people today. right well the very good question and there are several thinings thatt can come of it is a little bit complex. with respect to it to the mall or investigation presumably he already knows all of this but if he doesn't -- he can add to it but he's spoken to to co and many many times co when it did -- mention something that wasn't explicitly known today which is that the southern district of new york prosecutors as are other federal prosecutors that have been examining the campaign finance violations the stormy daniels payments. the national enquirer and the like. are still working with him somewhat close in cases said cases that we don't know but they know that calling cannot talk about but he said there's other criminality there and that extends to the period. where trump has been in office so could be very relevant just as by the way co and pointed out that the payments to reimburse them for the illegal hush money payments that he made an inviolate to campaign finance laws? lotta stormy daniels were made

while trump was in office he produced the jacks to show that and they were chopped up to disguise what they were and he said the trump organization and donald trump junior. were involved so there there we could well see charges against the president's children before this is all said and done and there may be other things that we still don't know anything about that may come out of this- investigation and there may be charges brought against the president -- when the day comes that he is no longer president any if you intend to mean what makes a witness -- you know someone like michael come and go from saying he would let you take a bullet the donald trump to sitting there and and saying all this today what. what brings about such a change of heart the thing? well first and foremost it's on disputable it indisputable that if this was prompted by the fact that he got caught there's no getting around that and that's something that the the republicans. have been harping on almost the exclusivity of of anything else

that was the first thing but now when confronted with everything that has happened when confronted with the fact that the president is not willing. to do anything to help him -- they there's really as a practical matter only one way for it and that's to tell the truth he's been subjected to dozens and dozens of hours of questioning by federal prosecutors now by congressional committees for the first time. now that the democrats have control of the the republicans in wanna get anywhere near -- it what he had to say before -- he sees that the as a practical matter the only way forward is to tell the truth and and to let people corroborate his testimony to the extent possible i think that's the first thing however. secondly he does express remorse and new one can take that with a grain of salt but it does seem that he is. genuinely sorry for the things that he did because as he says anybody that works for trump knows every day coming into work that they're going to spend all their time line for him and at

the end the day that takes -- that takes a price on your soul and i i think he's he's he has there's some truth to that in his case. yet he said the same full of remorse today that is special always a pleasure talking to you right thank you very much every lease on that thank you lord. well we won't't know if it's yor willll way if president trurumps watchingng all o of t that from vietnam where he's meeting with the north korean leader kim jong in. the to have kicked off their second meeting in a year with the dinner in hanoi trump is under pressure to get concretee concessions from came when it comes to getting rid of his nuclear weapopons. and he's denied walking back on denuclearization his quickly to speaking at we had a very successful for so many. felt it was very successful. and some people would like to see. satisfied you satisfied we will be happy with what we're doing. for some it was a great success and i think this one hopefully will be. for the first.

a lot of progress and i think the biggest problems. was our relationship. is really a good. one here we are today sitting across from each other. and that's gives us hope that a successful outcome will be achieved. and i will strive to make that happen [inaudible] yes. is no accident the vietnam was picked as the location for this week's summit over the past seven years this country has posted economic growth of more than 6% donald trump has called vietnam's economic miracle. and he believes this could be north korea's future if they agree to scrap the nuclear weapons front twentnty fools tes billy graham what's. a symbol of economic cooperation between the t two countrieses tt used to be a at war. a ford car factory located seventy kilometers east of annoyed. six h hundred workekers fourteen thousand cars built every year about fifty a day. and not a single american employees of all the because we

may care wrestled in the vietnamese market. we haven't forgotten the history with the united states but we mostly want to look towards the future and the present. time in hell mom proud to work for an american company d dina. back in nineteen ninety seven was the first over large u. s. factory in the country. today represents the economic miracle that donald trump is promising north korea. if it gives up its nuclear program. vietnam is an example to follow. the communisist nation cut off from the world after two decades of international sanctions decided to open up in. nineteen eighty six economic reforms known as the way more. today vietnam is an attractive destination for companies from around the world and the next poor driven economy. his textile company makes clothes for the european and american mararkets.

this employee has been at the company for two decades she became a manager and witness the company's transition to modernity. when i first started to we didi't have more machines like this one we only have sewing machines with a single needle those inner systems cut the thread automatically we always have to do it by hand? makes sense eight our company. yeah probably hang out [inaudible] many [inaudible] yeahah. kim jong moon has said it many different times his top priority for north korea is the country's economic development. and just like e vietnam itt coud bebenefit from lastingng peace h the united states. in twenty years trade between vietnamm and t the united states has grown from four hundred and

fifty million to fifty two billioion dollars. just had a grant that are floating. from hanoi now i a dramatic escalation in tensions between india and pakistan both countries claim to have downed each other's fighter jets. and pakistan has broadcast footage of what it says is a captured indian fighter pilot this is the first time in history these nuclear arms davis have launched airstrikes on each other. world powers are urging restraint should disisciplinee reports. this is the engine plane that crashed in pakistani administered kashmir wednesday. india says that before being so pakistani forces this chat down the pakistani aircraft. one bug is not enforced by getetting a . what phone down? by the mid twenty one bison. all the internet force. in this engagement. we havave unfortunately lost. oe b..

twenty one this comes a day after indian military jets cross ththe border to o strike with bg claim was a base operated by armed group gyration muhammad. a first indian air raid in pakistan in almost half a century. the militants want to force india out of cashmere have in the past claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on indian forces. earlier this month they killed forty security personnel by ramming a vehicle loaded with explosives into their convoy. that's when the e violence stard to escalate both sides say they want to restore the calmer pakistan's prime minister called for talks. occupies. a plus can we afford miscalculation with the kind of weaponons both of us have. shouould we be thinking ahead. of where this could go from here if the situation escalates osseous connect with the this is the first time india and pakistan carry out raids against each other since the obtained

nuclclear capacity. over twenty four has been speaking to the indian ambassador to france and his pakistani counterpart. is what they had to say. we were restraint. and we were i would say even responsible. in all responsnse. what was not a sponsoror? ofof first of all our response s in the nature of counterterrorism response. the kind of response was the country's world what do picked up some of bin laden and a book about. it was a counterterrorism actio. on their countries do in other parts of the world so. we did. counterterrorism action. which was known military in nature. no militaryy insnstallationn was targeted prime minister and you run khann. from the dayay hee tookk all o s office he has been offering these stocks t to india. and clearly today's statatement was thehe continuationn of five

very strong policy. a dead bug son india. issues have to be resolved to talks on peaceful dialoguee. and it t today he the by mr j. dead now after that h he issued this statement which you can see had the clear -- policy -- park son not to escalate to defuse just -- a situation which is not of bike sons making. it was unfortunate act of aggression -- taken by india yesterday you must have seen that envy what we did today was is clearly. and as as part of for a self defense. an agent at least twenty people have been killed and more than forty injured after train smashed through the barriers at the main train s stion in n the capipital cairo. transport ministeter resigned shortly aftfter the accidentt ad the train driver hasas b been arrested. footage from a securitity camera inside the ramsey'ss station showed the train f fighting to

ststop as it arrived platftform. six before it smashed throughgh the barririers and explodedd ina huge ball of fire. my dear is mahamadou bihari has won a second four year term as president election authorities say he 156% of the vote compared 2401% full atiku abubakar. the runner up says he will be challenging the results in cold and has denounced the election as a sham judice gas story [inaudible] my supporters of muhammadu buhari celebrate their candidates victory on the streets of kano. the seventy six year old former military ruler won a second term as president of nigeria with 56% of votes. there's no doubt in their minds he's the only one capable of tackling the country's economic and security those. people do not understand. what they might want to do? because the we we we will harry

beat his rival i to quibble by car from the people's democratic party by three point nine million votes. yet his supporters maintain the elections were rigged. they see the ruling party conspired with the electoral commission to manipulate the results. it's also your that went [inaudible] to com [inaudible] the i next. the police on me. i to quibble becca has called the ballot and shame election and has vowed to go to court to challenge the results. while receiving his election certificate on wednesday buhari said once again that his reelection was indeed free and fair. and vowed to create an inclusive government. is this a business use when uncle is here with us in the studio hi there okay.

i'm gonna start with the ongoing tensions between france and the netherlands over there and fronts kaelin project. okay i will begin as a fight for influence of the group has morphed into a diplomatic spat. after dutchch authorities secrey brought bought a major stake to ststave off a a suspected attems to consolidate operations in france. french our finance minister burn on the merits of the over what he's called an incomprehensible move. there must and has the story. another chapter in the increasingly fraught alliance between air france and klm. the dutch government boosted its sharare in the airline holding cocompany ruffling feathers in france. with on the mobile say the government is not informed of this decision know of its implementation. honor i take notice him it's now up to the dutch government clarify its intentions isn't optional. so difficult. the dutch government started buying shares in the holding company on february twentieth

spending six hundred eighty million euros to boost its stake to nearly 13%. it will cost around seventy million more to match the frontrunner. for the goal to counter french influence in protection dutch interests like insuring the traffic through amsterdam's triple airportrt is introvertedo paris. to who is insurable is very important for us open economy and that makes catalan also very importance and to secure these interest long term we have decided to buy shares in the whole. building. it also comes as the dust has barely settled from another scuffle centered around klm chief peter l. berger l. pushing back against the efforts of group ceo ben smith. to better integrate the two divisions. drdrake's in france last yearr becaususe c company wide losossh to the frustration of klm which posted higher profits from the french side despite having a smaller work force markets. in the end elder retainedd his jobb but was f forced to concedo

smith streamlining plans. next us trade representative robert light heiser spoke before the house ways and means committee today about ongoing trade talks between the us and china. his first public comments since the talks began he said there was still much work to be done before a deal could be reached. calling the talks the most severe challenge the trump administration has dealt with so far. is that china must make structural changes to its economy to satisfy us demands take a listen to an excerpt. let me be clear much s still nes to be done. both before and agreement as is reached end. more importantly after. it is reached if one is reached i agree with those who see our large and growing trade deficit. and there are unfair trade practices including technology transfer issues. failure to protect intellectual property large subsidies cyber

theft of commercial secrets and other problems. as major threats to our economy. it's a labor markets are trading their friends shares to get hit throughout the day following more thahan 11% to ose her in europe. european markets also fell more broadly those verses get get hunts down a quarter of a percent geopolitical tensions driving down london's footsie in frankfort syntax as well. similar picture on wall street ththis afternoon after light has there's testimony all major indexes in the red except for the nasdaq which was slightly above flatline. meanwhile the commerce department reported that the us trade deficit in goods sharply increased in december of last year. slowing slowing global demand and a strong dollar wait on exports and imports alsoo searched. the us imported seventy nine point five billion dollars more than it exported in december. at the twelve point 8% increase from november. is just another sign that

economic growth has slowed in the fourth quarter of last year in the united states. next thousands of arjun times took to the streets and one is iris on tuesday to protest austerity measures put in place by president raise your mac right. there's been several such protest this month as arjun times have seen their water electricity and gas bills skyrocket. piling onto existing financial troubles caused by a record 47% inflation. mac responding cuts are part of an agreement with the international monetary fund to eliminate argentina's primary fiscal deficit before the end of the year. is a union representative on what protesters are demanding. but you know we are here to cool for the energy level to be reformulated in our country. and for the state to recover a leading role in the production and distribution and setting of tariffs. that must be aimed at guaranteeing the human. not to guaranteeing the wealth

the trans national companies are taking. but it's not your found for ms nyssa telling american carmaker fiat chrysler announced plans to spend four and a half billion dollars over the next three years in the u. s. state of michigan. removal create sixty five hundred new jobs. comes at a time when industry experts are saying that us car sales have peaked in other carmakers are cutting jobs. but it's a big boost for amererica's motor city detroit coasting reports. the first new auto assembly plant in detroit in nearly three decades. fiat chrysler says it'll be part of a four point five billion dollar manufacturing expansion in michigan that would create sixty five hundred jobs. plan a celebrated by local politicians. this is a great investment out of spin off. our benefits for so many of us in this state. sixty five hundred jobs that pay fifty eight thousand dollars a year on average.

under the plan fiat would convert an exisisting plan inton assembly factory for jeep suvs and update several other local plants. the expansion it comes at a time when other american automakers are cutting back investment. scaling down production of all models and pivoting towards new technologies. general motors announced last november a plan to cut 15% of its salaried workers and close five plants in north america. ford two is in the midst of a global restructuring. preparing for thousands of job cutsts in europe but also the u. s. as it seeks to trim fourteen billion dollars in costs. others have been hit by new tears between the us and china. volvo opened a new factory in south carolina last year but it's slowed hiring becausese of what it's called trade issues. either way fiat chrysler remaias confidident in itits new i invet in the motor city. it expects jeep exports to continue worldwide. some good news for the us auto

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