mr. cohen died peacefully in his home on february 18, the day before his 93rd birthday, surrounded by his family. born february 19, 1925, in chicago, mr. cohen was drafted into the army at age 18, where he served his country with distinction until he retired from military service in 1970. mr. cohen attended the university of illinois and northwestern school of journalism. after attending college in 1950, he bravely volunteered to return to active duty. and while on assignment in germany, he met his wife, harriet, who he was married to for 64 years. mr. cohen was a lover of model railroads, world history, good friends, and good food. he was a loving man, survived by his wife, harriet, daughters, son, and daughter-in-law, and grandsons. mr. cohen was dearly loved and took great care of his family. he served his country honorably and will be truly missed the second in memoriam i have is for dennis o'sullivan, who is -- who passed away unexpectedly last week on february 18. a native san franciscan

mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. we have been out of session for a week and much has happened in america. of course the most dreadful thing is parkland, florida. the douglas high school. i shed quite a few tears thinking about those students and looking at the teachers that lost their lives. the system failed. the f.b.i. failed to follow up. apparently the sheriff's department failed to follow up. and, mr. speaker, our president failed. because he failed to see the problem that we have in this country is not giving teachers guns but giving teachers more respect and giving them more counselors and more aid to be able to teach. he failed to see the problems not just in schools where it's so important and there have been shootings and killings in schools, but killings in texas churches and in las vegas concerts. and by people over 21 years of age. banning bump stocks, which was the response to las vegas was right and good and needs to be done by law to be done legally. banning assault weapons being purchased by under 21

mr. cohenas not reimbursed for the payment. nor the trump's campaign was a party to the transaction of miss stormy daniels, the payment was lawful and it was not a campaign expenditure by anyone. what the motivation was for the payment or whether he had made similar payments to other people over the years? so again, -- you know you never expect that your news job is going to make you talk about stuff like this. there has been several weeks reporting of the alleged relationship that mr. cohen has denied and between stormy daniels. the only question was who paid that money. now we got the account of who did it. the president's personal lawyer said he paid it personally and nobody reimbursed him out of his own pocket. we'll be right back. some rare side effects include temporary numbness, discomfort and swelling. ask your doctor if coolsculpting is right for you and visit coolsculpting.com today... for your chance to win a free treatment. fthere's flonase sensimist.tchy and watery near pollen. it

mr. cohen is not answering whether mr.yment, what the motivation was for the payment. mr. cohen is also not saying whether he made similar payments to other people over the years. that story has just broken. this happens at a time when all of washington son the edge of their seats wondering if the president is about to lose another chief of staff in the rob porter scandal. the staff secretary who was just pushed out last week amid domestic violence charges and now serious questions as to how the white house handled those questions. that scandal is raising serious questions about the future of chief of staff john kelly. also about the future of whoo white house counsel don mcgahn. joining us to try to make sense of this milieu in which we now live is andrea mitchell, the anchor of "andrea mitchell reports." and the one person i know i'm fortunate to work with who has literally seen it all, who is never rattled and who knows how to keep these things in context. andrea, thanks for being here. >> i'm rattled. officially rattle

mr. cohen: thank you, mr. green. thank you, mr. speaker. support of e in stop, observe, ask, and respond, or soar. i hosted a forum at the university of tennessee and gathered state and local law enforcement, first responders, faith-based groups and educators to discuss the importance of and strategies to combat human trafficking. this event solidified my stance and activated me to go forward with legislation to address the human trafficking that's occurring in the united states. shortly after i was proud to prosbruse this bipartisan bill along with my colleagues, ngressman kinzinger of illinois, congressman cardenas and congresswoman wagner. human trafficking is the second fastest growing crime in tennessee and it's amazingly that every two minutes someone in the united states is entered into human trafficking. every two minutes. in 2016, 8,042 cases were reported to the national human trafficking hotline, with 110 of those occurring in tennessee. and those are just the cases that were reported. human trafficking remains a hidden crime and

after the outcome of the of the first case expressed its disappointment the cast president mr cohen responded at the o.c. session and expressed those so the fact that reforms are always possible but that was so we should wait for some more elements because for the moment we still don't have these famous thirty nine decisions we only have the outcome but we don't have the reasons so reforms we all we always do reforms when this is a review when we think that the procedure is maybe not fast enough or maybe not simple enough it's not a problem for us but we are not acting in the pressure so it was not a pressure for us because we have a different panel of arbitrators they work independently and they are not really. they are not employees of caste they are independent people so they would work in of free manner without any interference from anyone so nobody came back to this idea at all after this this was the only time when they talked about reforms after the first case yes it was the only time so if you're insisting it wasn't pressure how would you define all these statements that were made by

donald jr and others to see whether or not once the investigation was underway through firing of mr cohen we through collaboration and really say a misleading statement as to what happened in june of two thousand and sixteen with regard to meeting with the russians regarding mr trump's apparent efforts to have his white house counsel on the one hand tell that the attorney general should not recuse himself and disobey an order that mr trump gave a one time to fire mr moore those are the areas in my judgment where mr molder will now turn his lights on but i want to go back to the basic idea of the political element here and that is why would an a a special counsel issue an indictment he knows he's never going to go to trial he knows who is not going to be doing this and even though it seems a little bit from on the fringes this is another step in my judgment that's going to antagonize inflame relations between the united states and russia because one of the end dieties as was pointed out is a close friend of putin and that means we can see an arms race that means nothing's going to budge in

mr cohen says now that the trump administration or the campaign know about the transaction but the statemente odd eyebrow. here to help us sort it out is ron christie. you a lawyer, do you often make payments of to somebody as if you do, i would love to hear it! not on valentine's day, i want my wife to stay married to me! this is so unusual and the language used by the law is strategic and careful. not saying they're admitting guilt or innocence but just saying they're admitting guilt or innocence butjust the settlement payment that has nothing to do with the trump organisation or donald trump. really? ithink the trump organisation or donald trump. really? i think there is more fired than smoke here. a 130,000 dollar payment before the election, trouble. i'm tempted to sayjust another day in the white house! but this is not normal by the standards of most administrations here in the us. none of this. i think if you deleted the name donald trump and instead of the name of any other president, of the previous 44, and that there has been a pay—out to a porn star of $130,000, a can of scandal a

mr. cohen's question did it affect the election, as it created a crisis, we don't know and mueller does nottate whether it had effect on it. i think the reason he was so upset is he didn't restate what vice president pence said, which was it had no effect on the election. we simply don't know what the effects were u and we may never know. >> let me point out, so called troll factory in st. petersburg began as a strictly commercial operation a number of years ago to promote the guy's restaurant. he didn't learn if you got fake people to say his restaurant was great business ticked up. so he began to sell this service, sort of fake news service to russian politicians, and the market was so good he decided to expand it to the united states. people who have is it tustudiedd don't even claim it's had any impact on our elections. let me add to what david said. neil mcfarland reported in the "new york times," there is no evidence it was even tied to russian intelligence and he says it's unlikely that it was, because it was such a clumsy essentially commercial operation. now are we really going to

remind the good folks at home where mr. cohen would have gone public and give the story the first fresh lead of what might be many more. >> let's back up a quick second. he's been the president's long time lawyer. his personal lawyer of the trump organization. he is saying this because he doesn't want to run a foul of any sort of federal regulation in terms of campaign donation. that could be used to pay off miss daniels. he's saying the thought would be tgs my personal money. and therefore it's not under the order of then candidate trump. or the trump campaign. to make this payment to stormy daniels. it breathes fresh life into this story. another distraction, damaging story for the white house. and will continue thousand that daniels attorney thinks she's free to talk. i don't follow her on twitter on instagram. she is on the road doing a tour. and she'll be making statements soon about what happened with the president. >> i think that's exactly right. we're going to see someone who at least up until this point is being silent.

donald jr and others to see whether or not once the investigation was underway through firing of mr cohen we through collaboration and really say a misleading statement as to what happened in june of two thousand and sixteen with regard to meeting with the russians regarding mr trump's apparent efforts to have his white house counsel on the one hand tell that the attorney general should not recuse himself and disobey an order that mr trump gave at one time to fire mr moore those are the areas in my judgment where mr moeller will now turn his lights on but i want to go back to the basic idea of the political element here and that is why would an a a special counsel issue an indictment he knows he's never going to go to trial he knows who is not going to be doing this and even though it seems a little bit from on the fringes this is another step in my judgment that's going to antagonize inflame relations between the united states and russia because one of the end dieties as was pointed out is a close friend of putin and that means we can see an arms race means nothing's going to budge in th

on behalf of supervisor cohen for the late mr. howard eugene smith, chiropractic doctor, and on behalf of president breed for the late mr. dennis o'sullivan, mr. theodore cohen, and on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the late miss sharon hewitt. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> okay. we are adjourned. thank you, everyone. >> the renovation of balboa park, the oldest in the city of san francisco, and now it is the newest part in the city of san francisco. through our partnership, and because of public investment from the two thousand eight fund, we are celebrating a renewal and an awakening of this park. we have it safer, happier, more joyous. >> 3, 2, 1, [laughter] =--[applause] >> it is a great resource for families, to have fun in the city, recreation. >> this is an amazing park. we have not revitalized it without public and private investment. the critical piece of

mr. cohen's frankly bizarre statement earlier this week, i think that just further shows the need for theget to the bottom of this, to put people under oath and determine who paid who for what and to uphold the campaign finance laws that are supposed to protect our democracy and provide transparency and hold power accountable. >> this is coming from the campaign who wanted to drain the swamp, that said that hillary clinton didn't keep track of her foundation money in a correct way. but steven could lose, this could be legal, and it could still be a really bad thing? >> well, yeah, i feel like getting an fec violation is a little bit like getting al capone for tax violation. we should not be committing fec violations at all. however if you are paying someone to be quiet about a really bad thing you did, you have proven that you are susceptible to blackmail. that is literally what blackmail is. no one's saying that stormy daniels extorted this money, but if you are paying for silence because you did something so wrong you need to keep it from everybody, that is a major national security pro

marty, mr. cohen, the folks from the soma group, put a price on what it is that you're asking for and let us know so that we can really understand what the tradeoffs are, and we can try to make as best decision as we can, because we're going to make a recommendation to the board and i think that's where the action is going to be but at least some of that work would be done here beforehand. >> i just want to thank everyone for coming out. i think what i heard today are some of the more thoughtful comments that we've heard in this room in a long time, and i really appreciate it, and it really was an incredibly diverse set of comments and requests. there was an advocate for just about everything on steve's meenoo on the $2 million public benefit list, so we have the right list put together. whether we have the right proportions, that's the question. when you divvy up that $2 million, you add something, and you take something away. the toddco plan, as you acknowledged, president hillis, it creates some gr

somethi still with us for our conversation, jonathan, remind the good folks at home why mr. cohen would have gone public and give this story the first fresh lead of what may be many more? >> let's back up a quick second and say he's been the president's long time lawyer, lawyer for the trump organization. he doesn't want to run afoul of any regulations that could be used to payoff ms. daniels in this scenario. so, he is saying the thought would be it is my personal money and therefore it is not under the orders of then candidate trump or the trump campaign to make this payment to stormy daniels. but it certainly does. it breathes fresh life into the story. another distracting and damaging story for this white house and one that is going to continue now that stormy daniels' attorney thinks she's free to talk. while i don't follow her on twitter or instagram, i swear, she is back on the road during a tour now and her advisor suggests she'll be making some statements soon about what happened with the president. >> so, kim, what does this mean we're in for? >> i mean, i think that is

mr. cohenld not say why had wrote that check to her just days before the campaign. >>> the va inspector general says the chief of staff altered an e-mail that led the department to pay for his wife's expenses during a trip to europe last year. it also says the secretary improperly accepted tickets to wimbledon and directed an employee to plan leisure activities for him and his wife. he blasted that report as, quote, a direct assault on my character. he denies any wrongdoing. >>> and senator tammy duckworth has a unique problem, how should a sitting senator having a baby handle maternity leave? it's literally never come up before. the illinois democrat is expecting a child while in office. >> it's going to change some senate rules because i'm going to make sure it changes some senate rules. for example, you're in the allowed to bring children on to the floor of the senate at all. so if i have a vote and i'm breastfeeding my child, especially during my maternalit leave period, what do i do, leave

cohen. thank you. mr. clerk? >> clerk: behavioral health services to enter into a contract agreement number 1794155 for the substance abuse prevention for the fiscal years 2017 through 2020. with the california department of health care services in the amount of $26.5 million for a three year term from july 1, 2017 through june 30, 2020. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe the department of public health is here to present on the item. >> good morning. director of behavioral health services with department of public health. i'm here to present resolution for the contract between behavioral health services and san francisco department of health. it covers 2017 through 2020 and the amount is just over $26.5 million for three years. the director's memo to the board, this contract allows the county to receive federal block grant funds from samsa. this contract has been part of a larger contract that included other funding and federal funding, but the state decided to split and separate the contract, t

>> it would involve certainly talking to mr. cohen. involve dock men takumentation records. talk to those on the campaign. >> does that happen? >> the fec is not known for being super aggressive in these types of situations. they've got procedural issues in terms of staffing. so bottom line here is i wouldn't hold my breath on their being a full ro bost fec investigation. they might open something. but as to whether or not they will pursue it is anyone's guess. >> what about the legal team? cohen coming out to say more. can we pull up the end of the statement? we had it in the end of the graphic. just because something isn't true, doesn't mean you can't -- whatever the language is -- confirm the payment. there are still a lot of questions left open in the statement here as you see it on the screen. >> right. it begs the question. so if it wasn't an attempt to try to protect the president from something that would negatively affect his presidential campaign then what's the purpose of it? like there is some alternative reason in the middle of the campaign. >> it could just be

speaker -- mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. this house generally jumps into action once there's been a mass shooting. by having a moment of silence. today we didn't even have a moment of silence because the house knows that those are meaningless acts that don't have any effect on our schoolchildren who have been the victims of 18 school mass shootings this year. it is shameful this congress has not dealt with no fly, no buy. you're a terrorist list, you can still buy a gun. it's a shame this congress passed a law that takes away from social security, individuals who get social security, the mental illinois, the ability to buy a gun. we don't even have studies on what's been happening and trying to protect schoolchildren. it's a shame. we need to afpblgt american schoolchildren are at risk. and i am ashamed of what this congress has failed to do. take action. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek reco

>> supervisor cohen: thank you for asking. i'm open to suggestions. mr. shaw, do you have any suggestions to what date or commissioner yee how much time do you think? i can go a full week. >> chair peskin: commissioner cohen. >> supervisor cohen: perhaps the next meeting? >> supervisor yee: this item was actually going to be brought to this board more than six months ago. i said let's continue it so we can do further outreach. in many ways i've taken those steps much earlier. so, for me to have continued this long -- actually, it's been more than six months where we asked the staff to go out and do more. and i don't think doing it one more week will change things. as i mentioned, the reason why i'm okay with this is because i know -- well i don't know. but according to mr. shaw, there's going to be other studies being done. and when they do the study, they're going to take into consideration some of maybe the drawbacks or the issues that have been raised. which is like, okay, rather than me always saying do more community outreach, they will vote it into t

york ent to the times," the payment was lawful and was not a campaign expenditure by anyone, adding mr. cohenaffair with ied mrs. clifford, who goes by the said tormy daniels, she the affair took place after barron.gave birth to here is bob, republican line. bob, go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call, pedro. the other night i was watching a on frontline, i didn't see the beginning, i caught somewhere in the middle, near end in reference to 640,000 cases of illegal immigration court system. now if that doesn't shock you, it shocks me. heard a story in south lorida, way back when elian gonzalez deal was going on, some lawyers behind the scene were making a fortune. taxpayers should know this, that is all i have to say. coming out of -- when does a break? get and for pelosi to stand there hours and get a gold tar for high heels and never say one thing about our kids, our legal citizens, my grandchildren, insane. host: let's hear from william on our independent line. ohio.from toledo, willi william, you're next up. you, pedro, good morning, america. i say i'm independent, but i democrati

mr. shaw, ms. cohen is on the roster. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. i just have some questions. i will speak after mr. shaw. >> thank you commissioner yee. i name is jeremy shaw from the san francisco planning department. today i'm going to provide a brief overview of the tdm framework, which was funded at the request of supervisor yee by a neighborhood transportation improvement program. to set the context, there many, many land you and planned use initiatives going on. they include the balboa reservoir, and city college as well as transportation improvements for the balboa station area, pedestrian safety and transit operations. the balboa area tdm framework discussed today complements all these projects. but it's focus is limited to a -- its focus is limited, which i imagine you are all particular. to summarize, it supports people in making the choice for sustainable transportation. it is designed to use the existing transportation system more efficiently. they must accommodate the diversity of many modes of transportation that people use to get to and around san francisco. as

federal election commission or the department of justice. >> reporter: the white house and cohen always denied mr. trump had any sexual encounter with daniels. tonight, no comment from the first lady who spent part of this valentine's day visiting six children. left unanswered tonight, why pay stormy daniels anything? michael cohen describes it as an act of loyalty telling nbc news of those allegations just because something isn't true doesn't mean it can't cause you a harm or damage, adding "i will always protect mr. trump." lester? >> peter alexander at the white house tonight, thanks. >>> here in pyeongchang, team usa is creeping up in the medal board now in fifth place with seven medals, four of them gold. a milestone was also reached. americans now have 100 gold medals in winter olympic history. >>> and as those medals pile up, there's more much ahead from pyeongchang. when we come back, a comeback, a controversy for gold medal winner shaun white. >>> and the olympic daredevil looking for >>> and the olympic daredevil looking for a comeback tonight in we've been preparing for this day. over

mr. cohen, you are recognized. >> thank you, chairman. secretary, thanks for being here. congratulations on your appointment, and certainly we appreciate your willingness to serve. it just seems sometimes we operate in a situation where people put themselves forward because they're patriotic and they go through a lot to do that. my concern, and i think you are aware of it already, there's a transition to single accreditation sits system in the gme and it will have a negative impact on smaller residency programs. i have concerns there will be only one accreditor responsible for determining which programs are approved to receive over $15 billion in taxpayer funding each year. it is in a district that i represent, it is the largest medical school in the country, they're going to be forced to change their business model or close, which many are already doing. i know your department is looking at the impact on the closure of these programs, especially in the smaller and rural communities. it is going to have on addressing physician shortages. so any attention you can give to t

mark farrell, from board of supervisors president london breed and district ten supervisor, malia cohen. mror that introduction and thank you to the african american historical society for continuing to help lead this celebration. today in san francisco and inside of city hall is a day to celebrate the contributions of the african american society? san francisco. this month, we celebrate the proud history of fearless and courageous activism while acknowledging the fight for justice is far from over. the african american community has built a very strong foundation in our city, and we continue to play an integral role in shaping the future. from board president london breed to supervisor cohen, to naomi kelley, to the countless teachers, and muni workers, we will continue top rely on the african american community to move our city forward. thank you to you, our city family, and all of the committee members who are here supporting this great event today. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> now we'll hear welcoming remarks from the president of the board of supervisors london breed. >> the hon.

the clerk: mr. cohen of today and ms. kaptur of ohio for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january , 2017, mr. evans is recognized as the designee of the minority leader. mr. evans: mr. speaker, i stand here representing the congressional black caucus and our chairman, seddrick richmond, who has initiated this particular opportunity of the smegs order for the congressional black caucus to have this opportunity to speak to the issues specifically connecting to the african-american community. so as a result of the chairman's leadership, we have laid out an agenda and we think it is appropriate to lay out this agenda and all of the americans need to recognize that the congressional black caucus has solutions. and there's a document here that i would like to present and show that with this document, under the leadership of chairman richmond is when the president stated sometime in august of 2016, what do you have to lose, the chairman come over with the idea of an docume

trump's long-time lawyer michael cohen says he paid porn actress stormy daniels out of his own pocket. daniels claims she had an affair with mrtrump before he became president. cohen arranged the payment in 2016. he declined to say why he made the payment. cohen said he wasn't reimbursed by the trump organization or the trump campaign. >>> the "washington post" reports the oxfam prostitution scandal has widened to at least three countries. offam workers are accused of prof prostitute survivors after the earthquake in haiti and relief efforts in chad. >>> people say jay asher the author of the best book "13 reasons why" denies accusations of harassment. the novel about a suicide teenager became a hit series on netflix. they say he was expelled from the organization because of harassment complaints. asher says he left voluntarily. >>> and the new hampshire union leader reports that lawyers for a woman who won a $560 million jackpot argued in court that she should be allowed to remain anonymous. the woman filed a lawsuit against the new hampshire lottery commission. she's highly stressed and is going to have to have security gua

mr. trump in 2006. michael cohen tells "the new york times" he was not reimbursed by the trump organization or the crumb campaica -- trump campaign. >>> a woman is leading the charge to shut down a suspected east oakland -- it's been in operation for more than three years. lisa amin gulezian has the story you'll see only on abc 7. >> we heard there are a lot of dogs being sold out of here. >> no, no. >> the park at the end of douglas avenue and east oakland sits this broken down rv where carmella harris lives. >> i'm an animal lover. >> she has four miniature doberman pinschers. >> according to animal that's a lie. >> she's breeding them and selling them over a period of, i'm for sure, three years. >> these are eight dogs that were rescued. she paid nearly $300. >> she brought them outside, they were just filthy dirty, covered with feces. they couldn't all hardly stand in there. >> lewis called oakland animal services and the police. no one said much to us either, other than it's an open investigation. >> there's bee

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mr. trump. >> michael cohen was compelled to answer this because a complaint was filed with the federal election commission. >> i don't know why they'd want to cover it up. cohen can going to have to prove this in a court of law. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, it's wednesday, february 14th, 8:00 in the east. happy valentine's day to all of you from all of us. did you finish my poem yet? >> no, i'm putting a lot of thought into after "violets are blue." >> the first part comes off -- she is the author. the trump white house has repeatedly just covered up what they knew and when they knew it. know this. the white house had every reason to know there were problems with rob porter and his background and allegations of domestic abuse, but they didn't act on it. the new fbi chief appointed by president trump himself directly contradicting the narrative top trump aides have been spinning for days. the white house is trying to shift blame onto its internal personnel security office. >> the president's chief of staff john kelly remains in the eye of the storm.

mr. trump. essentially, john, cohen is making the point that out of loyalty to his client, to president trump, hesed $130,000 of his own money to pay this woman. but again, unclear why he had to make this payment if he insists that there was no affair. >> is it clear whether or not the president or the then candidate donald trump knew about this? >> well, our friend maggie at "the new york times" who broke this story, she notes in her story that she asked several questions to cohen that he didn't answer. one of those questions is was trump aware of this payment, and i think it's important to obviously keep in mind that for trump's allies, the sin senives are many, to try to make it seem as though trump has very little knowledge to no knowledge about this payment. >> m.j. lee, thanks very, very much. >>> i want to discuss the legal side of this. joining me now cnn legal analyst, former new york city prosecutor, paul callan. counselor, thank you so much for being with us. let me read you the statement from michael cohen. just because something isn't true doesn't mean it can't cause you harm or dama