it was george stephanopoulos. michael cohen does not appear to be holding a grudge against george stephanopoulos because this weekend he gave george stephanopoulos his first interview. the first interview in which he has gone on at length about this investigation he's embroiled in. i know this sounds like a little inside baseball but this is worth noting at pivot points in the news. george stephanopoulos was the first person who reported that michael cohen would flip. he also just got the first interview with michael cohen about this case and in his interview, mr. cohen strongly hints that he is looking to cooperate with prosecutors. we've got a little bit of brand new reporting about how that interview came about and the straining story of why it is not on camera. that's brand new. but at this point in the mueller investigation, at this point in the special counsel's investigation, when so many have been indicted, so many have pled guilty, so many have become cooperating witnesses of some kind, we are at the poin

that means the sides could be in a adversarial position. >> george stephanopoulos with that exclusive interview tonight. george, thank you. >>> next tonight, news about that deadly boat explosion in the bahamas. american tourists onboard. investigators looking into what caused the blast that killed a mother and injured at least nine other people. one of the victims, a dancer, losing her legs while on a family vacation. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, officials in the bahamas investigating what caused the engine of a tour boat to explode, leaving behind this torched heap of metal. this, as we learn more about the american mother killed onboard. 39-year-old maleka jackson and her husband celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary when that boat suddenly ignited. >> my heart broke. my prayer was that, lord, i just pray she didn't suffer. >> reporter: ten americans and two bahamian crew members were onboard. at least nine seriously injured. some airlifted to florida for treatment. 22-year-old stephanie schaffer, a dancer from vermont on holiday with her family, sufferin

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curious, george stephanopoulos would be the one to get this. one of the things overlook, the biggest revelation in this article, as soon as cohen's new lawyer comes on full time, abc reported his joint defense agreement with the president is going to end. that is exactly what happened to michael flynn before he decided to cooperate with investigators. that could be a big sign cohen is thinking of perhaps cooperating here if the agency reporting is correct, in terms of the fact that it will be a very adversarial relationship between cohen and the president if they do end that joint defense agreement. i think everything ken said is fair. a lot of pressure being put on cohen right now. he likely was sending some kind of signal to the president, as a last ditch effort to tell him, look, i'm not on your side 100 pers. i don't think this is a witch hunt, the image he's trying to portray to the public and fbi. he clearly doesn't align with the president on everything and clearly feels he's left out in the cold by the property and his allies. >> someon

why did he do the interview with george stephanopoulos over the weekend. you saw the picture there's of george there in short sleeves, talking to michael cohen, clearly trying to send a message to the white house here. the question is what is that message? is he about on the verge of cooperating with the feds? is he looking for a pardon? we don't know the answer to that question. but the white house press secretary today sarah sanders not surprisingly not answering any of those questions. they've routinely been dismissing all of them to outside lawyers. it is still a very big question here as sunsets in washington, what was michael cohen up to? >> so, jeff, the president is always known to watch and react to the news. how telling it will be, frankly, if he does not react to the cohen interview? >> john, i think it will be pretty extraordinary because up al nhl now, again, more than 12 hours after that interview aired, we have heard nothing from the president, not speaking out loud, not on twitter, not through his allies or associates. and it is keeping wit

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george stephanopoulos asked him if he stood by that.said i want to answer, one day i will answer. but for now i can't comment further on the advice of my counsel. that is a shot at the president. i know the details of what happened here. >> it absolutely is. he -- the way that he is holding back in these interviews that he refuses to answer all of these questions on the advice of counsel, i do think it is a warning to the president. the question is, what is he trying to safe? what does he want out of this? is he really sending aors he's cooperate with them? or hey, i need help with my legal fees. hey, i need some kind of protection. because if you are serious about negotiating a plea deal, this isn't the way to do it. it's not to go out there before you're even facing charges, before you've had substantial conversations with prosecutors and just put everything on the table and say i'm willing to cooperate. now, maybe there's a lot more going on behind the scenes we're not aware of. certainly there is when it comes to the investigation.

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trump's former personal lawyer is speaking for the first time. >> this is a new interview with george stephanopoulos says he's putting his family and his country first. it's important because in the past he said he would always remain loyal to the president. cohen spoke to stephanopoulos in an off camera interview. he's under investigation for potential bank fraud and campaign finance violations. now one part of this is $130,000 payment that cohen made to adult film star stormy daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with the president before he was elected. >> in the past he's always said that he did this on his own initiative so i asked him during this interview, did president trump direct you to make that payment? did he promise in advance to reimburse you? here's what he had to say. i want to answer. one day i will answer. but for now, i can't comment further on advice of my counsel. to me, that was a very, very big signal. >> wow, exactly. >> cohen has not "good morning america." it starts in about 15 minutes here on abc 7. >>> a heads-up, car burglaries are on the rise on t

today, he gave an interview to george stephanopoulos.if those two things are connected, but they might be. so we don't know if they are going to do and what they might have. as for the attorneys leaving, which was a big conversation and his taking on a new attorney, that has been a sign that people are about to make a deal and maybe he is about to make a deal. but he is going to make a deal on, i don't know. but there is nobody in america that knows donald trump better than michael cohen, at least as far as a lawyer goes. and we know he was the president's fixer. but we are ready know those things. so we want to know exactly what else the guy has. as far flynn, flynn did flip. and next week, he will be in court, and we all know exactly -- >> laura: chris, you heard what he said, michael avenatti. he said, "i know for a fact." he is representing a porn star. it will be damaging to the president, going back to dan's point, this is brought trump. if mueller sends it onto the the southern extract, or rosenstein send it to the southern distri

i read with great interest his comments to george stephanopoulos. cohen is a man at this point within arm's reach of cooperating with the authorities. and here's why. when you read through his comments and he says things like listen, my family and my country come first, not loyalty to donald trump, and then more importantly, when he says things like i have great respect for the fbi. as well as the fbi agents who executed search warrants on my house, on my office, on my hotel room. i have great respect for the prosecutors. and then he goes a step further and he says anybody who vilifies the fbi really cannot be credited. >> whom could he possibly be referring to when he says that? i want to read, to your point, a little of what george stephanopoulos wrote. when i asked cohen how he might respond if the president or his legal team come after him, he sat up straight. his voice gained strength. i will not be a punching bag as part of anyone's defense strategy, he said emphatically. i am not a villain of this story and i will not allow others to try to d

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people talk to the news media, like george stephanopoulos, to satisfactory their own ego and make themselves be important. they do because we like when people talk to us. i think it was bizarre of him to do this. i don't think it's particularly helpful. >> what about though in terms of timing, do you think there's something more we could read into that especially in terms of what seemed to be some sort of signal to the president there? >> yeah, i mean, if you -- the other option was to talk privately to the prosecutors. i think one reason to do this in public is so that the president knows you're doing it and exactly why he wants the president to know he's doing is another question, it reminded me a little bit of old time burlesque. he made a lot of comments that were suggestive that he had things to say but also he was not aware of collusion and not involved in any collusion and denied the allegations in the dossier that he went to prag, the dossier way back when. exactly what -- so often in the mueller investigation we have been blind sided and i think the only cautious and prudent kind of

. >> in a new interview with george stephanopoulos michael cohen says he's putting his family and country first. in the past he said he would always remain loyal to the president. cohen spoke to stephanopoulos in an off-camera interview. he's under investigation for potential bank fraud and campaign finance violations. one part of this, a $130,000 payment cohen made to adult film star stormy daniels. it was in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with the president before he was elected. >> in the past he's always said that he did this on his own initiative, so i asked him during this interview, did president trump direct you to make that payment? did he promise to reimburse you? here is what he had to say. i want to answer. one day i will answer. but for now, i can't comment further on advice of my counsel. t me that was a very, very big signal. >> wow. >> cohen has not been charged with any crime, and you can hear more about the interview on "good morning america" that starts at 7:00 right here on abc 7. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather fore

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and so that comes up, george stephanopoulos asks him and asked if he was directed to make that payment or promise to reimburse him. there were different stories giuliani had one and michael cohen had one and donald trump had one. in past cohen said he acted on his own initiative. not this time. i want to answer, one day i will answer but for now i can't comment further on the advice of my counsel. that's what started all of this. >> a very different tune from michael cohen. the cadance comes flat denial, maybe there's some truth but did it and entirely innocent. the first lawyer in the history of humanity to voluntarily pay hush money without recompensation and now i look forward to telling my truth but on advice of counsel you'll have to wait. >> along those lines, listen to the change in tone in how michael cohen talks about the investigations. it's unique to hear someone in trump world say this for instance, about the fbi. cohen says i don't agree with those who demonize orville fi the fbi. i respect the fbi as an institution as well as agents on russian meddlinmeddling, simply acce

in an interview with george stephanopoulos off camera, cohen signaled a willingness to cooperate withmueller, even if that means putting president trump in jeopardy saying, quote, i'll not be a punching bag as part of anyone's defense strategy. i am not a villain in any story and won't allow others to try and depict me that way. adding, quote, my wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty and always will. i put family and country first. >>> well, what is he signaling? joining me now legal analyst mimi rogua, former assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york. i know you don't have a crystal ball and you aren't a trained psychologist or psychiatrist. let's try to sort this out as a legal expert. what could he be signalling? a willingness to talk to mueller or just trying to say pardon me, pardon me? >> so i think that this is a man who wants to talk to anyone who will listen. i think the takeaway from what i heard in conjunction with some other simultaneous news that seems to be reported, although i want to, you know, caution that i don't know that it's 100% ac

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>>ly c >>> let's bring in george stephanopoulos, who will host "this week." let's start with the supreme court. orrin hatch wrote an op ed and used the female row noun to refer to the pick. is he tipping his hand? or trying to lobby for something? >> who knows is the honest answer. i had dit catch my e it did catch my eye, as well. it's possible he had conversations with the president. our best reporting is that as of last night, the president had not yet made a final decision. as david said the short list appears to be the three names, with perhaps, judge hardiman. >> amy coney barrett is popular. >> you have rudy giuliani on the show this morning. they said trump will not speak to the special counsel unless there is evidence. >> the strategy is to delay, delay, delay, and not do an interview. and try to discredit robert mueller. the president tweeted disapproval numbers of robert mueller going up. that's been the strategy for the last several months. it's clear for several weeks that rudy giuliani had very little intention of having the president do an inte

here's what george stephanopoulos said cohen told him. >> one of the big questions i asked him was, what will you do if prosecutors come to you and offer you leniency in return for information on president trump? he said he wanted to respect the process. he did not get into specific pretty additives an end added it with emphasis. my wife, my daughter, my son have my first loyalty and always will. i put family and country first. >> he also asked cohen what he would do if the legal team we go after him and challenges could ability. he said this. "i will not be at punching bag as part of anyone's defense strategy. i am not a villain in any story, and will not allow others to try and depict me in that way. most quote and on that $130,000 payment he made to stormy daniels, he asked if president trump knew about the payment to keep daniels quiet about an alleged encounter she claimed she had in 2006. he told him this. i want to answer, but i cannot answer on advice of my counsel. he said that he does not like the term "witch hunt" he does not agree with those who demonize or vilify the fbi. >>

he wanted to flip, i would not be on television, i wouldn't have him do an interview with george stephanopoulos, i wouldn't be on chatting with tom arnold and all these other folks. what i would do have very private conversations with the united states attorney's office, talk to them about what i know. and i wouldn't seem so eager to flip. you know, when you're in any kind of negotiation, whether you're trying to negotiate to sell a car or trying to negotiate to get a date with somebody, you don't want to seem too eager. >> is this maybe just about his reputation, or he sees himself in the media, you know -- quite honestly, i hate to say this, as appearing to be donald trump's lackey and he just does not want that being his legacy? >> you know what i would tell him, if he told me that, don, if he told me, if i was his lawyer, and he said, i'm concerned about my legacy, i would tell him, get over yourself, man, you're looking at time in federal prison, that's way more important than your legacy or how you appear on tv, you'll write a book and do a book tour later, for right now we need to get yo

now, reporting from helsinki, george stephanopoulos. >> good morning, again. coming back on the air because president trump and vladimir putin have just concluded their one-on-one meeting. went a little over two hours. a little longer than expected. only 90 minutes put in the schedule. the leaders sat down, just the two of them with translators for a little over two hours. we see them coming out at the presidential palace there in held sipgky. they'll have a working lunch now. you see them with their staffs. secretary of staff mike pompeo there. also fiona hill. the staff expert. john kelly. white house chief of staff. and jon huntsman. john bolton. vladimir putin flanked by his aides as well. waiting for the pool here to assemble. does not appear the leaders will take questions right now. they'll be sitting with their delegations here and coming back for a press conference we expect in about 90 minutes. for now, i'm george stephanopoulos in helsinki. >> this has been a scial rt from abc news. >> good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is "

so to me, i admire the fact that he went out and talked to george stephanopoulos. >> you think that was a good idea? >> i do. i think it's sending a humanizing message of who he is and we should all step back from all the mud slinging and throwing and recognize we have families. although my family is super mad at me because i'm sitting here talking to you. >> waking them up at this hour. >> yeah. waking them up. they have the coffee pot going. everyone is running around in here. we're human beings. and people should recognize that and take a step back. president also happens to be a human being. >> what advice -- >> so i think michael did the right thing. >> will we hear him speaking out more? what advice did you give him about how to handle the situation he's in? >> so, i gave him several of my classmates worked in the southern district. one of my best friends is now a white collar criminal in new york city. the best advice you can give somebody in this situation is wait to see what the accusations are, wait to see what the indictment is and then you can develop a strategy. and so unfo

. >>> let's bring in george stephanopoulos hosting "this week" later this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> the president's tweeting this morning, he on the carter page thing is basically saying these new documents prove that the fbi or the doj misled the courts in order to illegally spy on his campaign.t upth n at all, no. the 400 pages. there is a lot redacted not shown in the documents, but everything that is shown demonstrates this is pretty much done by the book and pretty startling allegations about carter page. you saw it there in the piece, he was acting as an agent of the russian government, and also goes on to say perhaps other officials associated with the trump campaign were also being coordinated with the russians. this is really significant stuff right here. and, remember, this was a filing done by the fbi, approved first by a judge appointed by republicans, then reapproved three more times all by judges approved by the republicans. there is nothing in here, no evidence at all here of any illegal activity by the fbi. >> george, we waabt miae m

it is basically reported by george stephanopoulos about what happened off—camera. by george stephanopoulosemember that michael cohen's offices were raided by the fbi a couple of months back and it took away all sorts of documents pertaining to clients, which donald trump is incredibly upset about at the time. since then, michael cohen has more or less relatively quiet about the investigation. they did this off—camera briefing in which he said my first loyalty is towards my wife unto my family and to my country. they will take priority and a lwa ys country. they will take priority and always will. now, he had previously saidi always will. now, he had previously said i would take a bullet for donald trump. the most pointedly did not say that in this interview. you can read this two ways. one is that he is about to flip, to use the americanjargon, he is about to flip, to use the american jargon, and that he is about to flip, to use the americanjargon, and that he he is about to flip, to use the american jargon, and that he will maybe help the special counsel robert miller in his investigation

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told george stephanopoulos, "i don't agree with those who demonize or vilify the fbi.espect the fbi as an institution as well as their agents." he also said, "as an american i repudiate russia's or any other foreign government's attempt to interfere or med until our democratic process and i would call on all americans to do the same. simply accepting the denial of mr. putin is unsustainable." cohen also said he doesn't like the term witch hunt. last week president trump, who likes to call the mueller investigation a witch hunt, tweeted "russia continues to say they had nothing to do with meddling in our election." so ken, on multiple fronts here, clearly creating some distance, michael cohen is, between himself and the president. do we have any sense how donald trump is interpreting this, how he sees, this how he's reacting to this? >> well, it can't be well, steve. and let's not forget this comes after michael cohen stepped down from his post at the republican national committee. i believe it was last month. because he said he disagreed with the administration's polic

now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >> good morning. coming back on with good news.ll 12 boys in that cave in thailand have been rescued. so has their coach. you see the ambulance leaving the scene. want to go straight to matt on the scene. matt. >> hey, good morning. incredible piece of news. i bet never in the history of medicine have people in this country and around the world been so hap to see boys brought out in ambulances. but that's the way it is here. you can see the enormous relieve among the troops and soldiers behind me. we're still awaiting the 12th ambulance and 13th ambulance carrying the last boy and coach, but the fact is from the thai navy s.e.a.l.s they report they're out of the cave and out of harm's way. nobody thought it was possible. for the first ten days of the search, nobody thought they would even find them. they had lost hope. so many did. and then they found them, but they couldn't figure out a way to get them out because you had 12 boys in there who were weak, emaceinated and didn't know how to swim, and the only way out of the mile and

in-depth interview after the fbi raided his home office and hotel room, cohen signaled to abc's george stephanopoulos to cooperate with special counsel robert mueller and federal prosecutors even if that puts president trump in jeopardy. >> no way you're going to bring down the president trump by a proven liar. >> reporter: at the same time, one of the most powerful people in the trump organization has been subpoenaed by the special counsel. part of the investigation into whether cohen violated any campaign finance laws. >> i have spoken to allen weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with funding -- >> so what do you we get to pay -- >> yes. >> president trump's twitter feed is no stranger to controversy. he used it to hit back at michael cohen and now "the new york times" that robert mueller's scrutinizing his tweets about james comey and attorney general jeff sessions. to see whether they add up to attempts to obstruct justice. diane and kendis. >> janai, thank you. >>> there's a new claim this morning from stormy daniels' attorney, michael avenatti said he's now representing three other

now reporting from helsinki, george stephanopoulos. >> and we are back now live from helsinki where president trump's about to meet vladimir putin. that's the door. we see sarah sanders there, the white house press secretary, john bolton, the president's national security adviser waiting for that first handshake between vladimir putin and donald trump. their first summit meeting of the two presidents, of course, the white house now trying to say this is thought a summit. trying to downgrade it to just a meeting concerned about expectations here. the president has been trying to lower expectations as well. but, jon karl, as i was just saying to you the president congratulated him over the weekend. no word on those indictments of russian intelligence, congratulated him on the world cup. >> no word on that directly from the president and, george, the striking dichotomy her is from the president's national security team, you see -- you hear very strong words about russia, i interviewed his national security adviser john bolton, who you see there just yesterday, he said these indictments strengthe

during an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos, michael cohen said he now puts his family and his country first. his business dealings are being in through files seized during raids on his home and offices. cohen has not been charged with any crime. his newly hired attorney is expected to take over his case in the coming days. >>> such a sad scene overnight at a vigil for the victims of the idaho birthday party stabbing rampage. 1,500 people crowded the steps of boise's city hall. hours earlier the 3-year-old who was celebrating her birthday during the attack at her apartment complex died from her injuries. the suspect made his first court appearance on monday as well. police say he carried out the attack because he was angry about being thrown out of that apartment building for bad behavior. >>> now we turn to weather and the heat wave gripping the midwest and the east is expected to run through the end of the week. meanwhile, the fire threat is growing in the west. more than 100 homes have now been destroyed by a wildfire in southern colorado. late evening thunderstorms s fl

president trump's supreme court nominee now reporting george stephanopoulos. >> good evening, we aren the air right now, president trump is about to announce the most consequential move a president can make. kennedy was appointed byron n r reagan. president trump's choice almost certain to be a consistent conservative locking in a five vote majority if confirmed by the senate. john carl is

he recently told george stephanopoulos, "my wife, my daughter, and my son have my first loyalty and always will. i put family and country first." tonight, the president's lawyer says he's not worried about that secretly recorded conversation, and cohen's own attorney tweeting, "when the recording is heard, it will not hurt michael cohen. any attempt at spin cannot change what is on the tape." >> all right. so let's bring in kyra phillips at the desk tonight. and this development led many people to ask almost immediately, was this the only conversation that michael cohen recorded? >> reporter: right now sources telling us this is the only recording of trump that was seized in that raid, but as you know, michael cohen has made a habit of making a lot of recordings with a lot of different people, and the fbi has all those recordings as well. >> they have those conversations. kyra phillips covering the cohen part of this story, kyra thank you. >>> we are also following a major concern involving tornadoes and severe storms hitting tonight. the track right here in a moment, but first, the death

the idea that people are going to remember this interview with george stephanopoulos from july of 2018, is short-sighted. it doesn't seem to be sound advice. >> michael flynn will make his first hearing. quote the repeated delays in flynn's sentencing has led to speculation that prosecutors believe his testimony could be useful at some future trial or that the sentencing process might disclose some aspect of the investigation that mueller still wishes to keep secret. so we have a court date on the calendar, what will we be expecting? >> i think they want to figure out when they set that sentencing day. and it could mean that flynn handed over some information. if you remember back early december, when we saw these final charging documents, it came to the fact that he lied to the fbi. but a lot in his past that was not put into indictment. we want to see what they charge him with -- it might mean they have gotten everything from flynn. to anything else about who might directed him to have those conversations with the russian ambassador. it would make sense that they would want to go ahe

president trump's supreme court nominee now reporting george stephanopoulos. >> good evening, we are coming on the air right now, president trump is about to announce the most consequential move a president can make. kennedy was appointed byron n r reagan. president trump's choice almost certain to be a consistent conservative locking in a five vote majority if confirmed by the senate. john carl is tat that white house. >> reporter: it sure was, this was president trump to tip the balance of power in the supreme court for years and maybe dec e decades to come. he promised to put solid conservatives in the courts. he put out a list och thf them. it was a promise he never waivered on. many believe that that's a large part why he's president today. >> gorsuch on the court. we are about to see president trump come in. he likes keeping surprises. he kept this one at the end in just a moment to announce his second choice. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. my fellow americans, tonight i speak to you from the east room of the white house regarding one of the most prof

s george stephanopoulos over the weekend that my wife my daughter and my son have my first loyalty and oh as will i put my family and country first is that a signal to either of you that he may be about to flip. peter well i think that if there's one person in the world who knows where the bodies are buried in the trump organization it's michael cohen he's been doing trump's dirty work for years we know that the government has files whatever sort of business cohen has been doing and executing on behalf of trump for years the government has that so i think if i were in the trump white house i'll be very concerned about what michael cohen knows and what he can speak to because he's been in the middle of everything chris well neither of peter this and i do think michael cohen has been in the middle of everything i would go even further and say that it's pretty clear that michael cohen is out for himself and out to stay out of prison and i think there but for the grace of god go anybody in that situation would probably have that same attitude if what peter is implying is true that there ar

cohen has not met with the government, but suggested it may be open in a recent interview with george stephanopoulos. giuliani said while he did not leak it, he was glad it got out. let's go there. this theory that if the other side has the ability to expose some of the weapons cohen has in his box of weapons, they will diminish his value as a potential flipping target for the feds. you don't want other witnesses to know what your evidence is so they will tailor or redirect the testimony according to what they think the evidence is. the cooperation is helpful in explaining the recordings. if that's what they are trying to do, it's a fool's errand. >> i don't want to get too psychological, but in other cases we have seen president trump and some in his name reach out and own the worst of something. the worst in some cases of something they know is coming. kind of preemptively own it so when reality pulls into town, it doesn't sound quite as bad. >> yes. we have seen that from the beginning. it's a great idea to work with russia has we prepare to start this term in the white house. that's something th

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and michael cohen has reached out to you, and to george stephanopoulos. interesting choices. what do you think was behind this outreach? >> part of it is sending the signal that he is not the guy that is going to be lock step with trump. stephanopoulos -- when donald trump was a democrat, he used to come to the civil rights. to give them a sense he was a decent family guy. and that he was going to do what was right. and we are going to see what that is. >> rev, i have to ask you, not to be col -- clockal about it, was he looking for your blessing? >> i was looking to find out what he wanted to say and eventually say that we were available to help him do that in public and we said he would stay in touch. i told him that i was going to tweet publicly that we had met. there were many people in the restaurant who knew who we were. and he tweeted about the meeting. i know what he said and what i sense from him is that he really is trying to be clear that he is independent of mr. trump and that he is going to tell the truth whatever that truth is and he is going to protect his fami

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michael cohen was hiding this would be his time to protect himself and that is what he said to george stephanopoulosing family and country first, that used to be donald trump. >> his family and country will be first priority, want to regain my name and reputation and my life back. what does that say to you or is the left giving too excited and reading too much into this. >> the guy has been dragged through the mud, persecuted because of his association with the president, he is frustrated. i understand that but i am afraid the press in these situations have not been honest brokers in the past, they are looking for a smoking gun everywhere. i think we are watching this russia hoax thing evaporate, stormy daniels thing is going nowhere so we are playing this hide and seek game with the fact with another thing regarding donald trump's attorney. at the end of the day i have two things i hope for, when is i hope cohen tells the truth whatever the case may be. i also hope he adheres to attorney-client privilege but if they do go after him and try to get him for something that has nothing to do with russia

he sat down with george stephanopoulos off camera this month, signaling his willingness to work with robert mueller, stressing his family, not the president comes first. late last night, cohen quoted the legendary broadcaster walter cronkite and said it is never important now for everyone to distinguish between innuendo and fact. >> the tape, of course, raises new legal issues in the cohen investigation and particularly raises issues for the u.s. president. let's bring in cnn legal analyst areva martin. thank you for being with us. from what we know ab this tape, does it hurt the president? one of his lawyers, rudy guiliani says, it won't. has he explained that? >> well, one thing we know for sure is that the president lied to us. the story broke in 2016 the "wall street journal" broke the story trump knew about the negotiated deal between karen mcdougall and ami, the parent company for national enquirer. when asked about that deal, donald trump denied any knowledge of this tape of donald trump talking to michael cohen about purchasing or trying to acquire that non-disclosure agreeme

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inside a new york hotel room where he sat down with abc's george stephanopoulos, as you mentioned.talked off camera and they got to a lot. one of the big topics, cohen's loyalty to the president. he has consistently stood his ground on telling people that he would take a bullet to protect his longtime former client. here's what he told him on saturday. >> one of the big questions i asked him was, what would you do if prosecutors come to you and offer you leniency in return for president trump? he said that he wanted to respect the process and didn't get into specifics. he added this with emphasis. my wife, my daughter, and my son, have my first loyalty and they always will. i put family and country first. >> melissa: he says he asked: what he would do if the president and legal team would do if he went after him and challenged his credibility. he says "i will not be a punching bag as part of anyone's defense strategy. i am not a villain in any story and will not allow others to depict me in that way. the "and then what about that bg payment he made to stormy daniels? he asked if he

. >> and george stephanopoulos said he would add mmit whether not he gave stormy daniels $130,000. >> yes, there is a possibility he is being investigated for coordinating an unlawful campaign contribution. i find it hard to believe that the southern district of new york got a search warrant to investigate an office for that. so it is like what is the crime that he might admit to, i don't know? >> but walk us through what it means when a witness like him does cooperate. >> you have the meeting first, it is sometimes called a queen for a day agreement. you go in and you say if i cooperate with you, if you give me a deal of some kind, i will tell you the following. and the person is only ca only obligated to tell the truth, then they decide do we give him immunity or cut him a deal in some way. and then that person is obligated to go to meetings, show them whatever the government wants to see, you're then on the president's team at that point. >> you have the president of the united states investigating his this -- >> and you have trump tweeting that the government gets people to lie, i

he was even more aggressive than the off-air interview with george stephanopoulos. i think what will happen, michael will try to do somewhat of a trade. if i had to protect, i don't -- he's not going at the very least with that said, i don't know what he knows. i can't give you -- i don't believe he has that information. i also think trump should be very careful, rudy should be very careful about the way they talk about him. as in reporting from fox. they're making a mistake because they're playing with fire. there's only so much time you take once you realized you've been abused by the president. that happened to me in august. enough is enough. >> sam nunberg, thank you for coming on to the set. appreciate that. we're going to get reaction from household member and also if he's joining on that. do these moves look familiar? then you might have a condition called dry mouth. biotène is clinically proven to soothe and moisturize a dry mouth. plus, it freshens breath. biotène. immediate and long lasting dry mouth symptom relief. booking a flight doesn't have to be expe