mr. cohen has cooperated, mr. cohen will continue to cooperate. >> reporter: sources tell abc news cohen has already spent more than 70 hours talking to mueller's investigators about the 2016 campaign and president trump's business ties to russia. today, he pleaded guilty to

mr. cooper, good to see you. >> good afternoon. i'm excited to be here to talk to all of you today. i'm here on behalf of a full time i'd like to a acknowledge. my boss, the project manager. my colleague who develops a vision and you heard referred to and i'll talk about it a little bit later. we also had an academic research team from university of kentucky that lended a lot -- >> does that microphone go a little higher. that podium level is awkward. i just want to make sure sf gov can get you. >> is that better? >> thank you. >> it keeps falling down a little bit. >> so we had this academic team we worked with that kind of ensured the academic rigger of what we did. and those were greg airhart from the university of kentucky, his colleague may chen and their grad students alex and senay roy. this is their project as well. so this report is the second in a series of reports. the first one to be released last year called tnc today. just for background, we heard from folks like yourselves and others. it seems like there are a lot of t.n.c.s out there, wouldn't it be nice if we can sa

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mr. cohen has cooperated. mr. y's big stunner-- michael cohen pleading guilty for lying to congress. >> he's a weak person, lying very simply to get a reduced sentence. >> if anything the president has said is true, why are all his closest associates being found guilty about lying about their ties to russia? >> repor a

mr. cohen has cooperated. mr. cohen will continue to cooperate. >> today's big stunner-- michael cohen pleading guilty for lying to congress. >> he's a weak person, lying very simply to get a reduced sentence. >> if anything the president has said is true, why are all his closest associates being found guilty about lying about their ties to russia? >> reporter: an arrest made into in hoover, alabama of an officer mistakenly shot and killed a man they thought was the gunman. >> a new jersey family murdered, their mansion torched. >> the homeowner's brother has wen charged with causing the fire and killing his family members that lived there. >> this one is the most brutal case i have seen. >> newly released body cam video shows one sheriff's deputy's harrowing rescue and narrow escape in paradise, california, earlier this month. >> male birth control may be happening soon. >> it's as easy as men rubbing gel on their shoulders. >> meet kalin bennett, the 6'10" center signed a letter of intent to join the golden flash

mr cohen has cooperated. mr cohen will continue to cooperate. sentencing is set for december 12th.t—talking new york attorney remained tight—lipped outside court. those words from his lawyer are a startling new development. it means he's sharing information with the russian collusion investigation. up until now, michael cohen has been prosecuted by investigators based here in new york. but what makes this so significant is that it's the first time he's been charged by and entered into a plea agreement with robert mueller — the special counsel looking into allegations of collusion between the trump presidential campaign and the kremlin. inside court he pleaded guilty to making false statements to congress about a real estate project that would have altered the skyline of moscow — a proposed trump tower in the russian capital. talks about the project had continued well into 2016, he admitted. the year of the presidential election. donald trump has been more extensively involved. he'd also been in contact about the project with a key figure in the kremlin. the spokesman for vladimir p

mr. cohen has cooperated, mr. cohen will continue to cooperate. >> reporter: sources tell abc news cohen has already spent more than 70 hours talking to mueller's investigators about the 2016 campaign and president trump's business ties to russia. today, he pleaded guilty to lying to congress about plans to build a trump tower in moscow. cohen had told lawmakers the moscow project was abandoned in january 2016. he now says that's not true, that the project did not end until june, deep into the campaign. cohen now says he briefed the president and members of his family on multiple occasions. the next month, candidate trump said this -- >> i have no relationship to russia. >> reporter: cohen now admits he discussed trump tower moscow in 2016 with top officials in the russian government and he planned to visit moscow that june. according to court documents, he even spoke to a trump business associate about the possibility of trump himself traveling to russia once he becomes the nominee after the convention. that didn'

. >> thank you so much mr cooper. that is fascinating to look at. he really lets us know that when we hear from people, all they see our t.n.c.s. in certain neighbourhoods of the increase in traffic they see is really greatly attributable to the t.n.c. it kind of brings it all in to show that the impact is different across the city but where it looks not so bad in one neighbourhood, it's very disproportionate, and people are seeing a horrible impact. i find it frustrating because i know there is so little that we here can do. but the point of these reports, to the question that director torres asked about the cooperative -- the cost of them, the point of the report is to inform other state agencies about what is going on and help take action. >> that's right. there are a few things that we hope will happen. one, we have been commentating with the cpuc who is going through a rule-making process, encouraging them to use the data that they have and share it with local planning officials. we also just hope that getting this information out there will he

mr cohen has cooperated. mr cohen will continue to co—operate. sentencing is set for december 12. fast—talking new york attorney remained tight—lipped outside court. those words from his lawyer are a startling new development. it means he's sharing information with the russian collusion investigation. up until now, michael cohen has been prosecuted by investigators based here in new york. but what makes this so significant is that it's the first time he's been charged by and entered into a plea agreement with robert mueller, the special counsel looking into allegations of collusion between the trump presidential campaign and the kremlin. inside court, he pleaded guilty to making false statements to congress about a real estate project that would have altered the skyline of moscow — a proposed trump tower in the russian capital. talks about the project had continued well into 2016, he admitted, the year of the presidential election. donald trump had been more extensively involved. he'd also been in contact about the project with a key figure in the kremlin — the spokesman for vladi

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mr cohen has cooperated. mr cohen will continue to co—operate. sentencing is set for december 12. fast—talking new york attorney remained tight—lipped outside court. those words from his lawyer are a startling new development. it means he's sharing information with the russian collusion investigation. up until now, michael cohen has been prosecuted by investigators based here in new york. but what makes this so significant is that it's the first time he's been charged by and entered into a plea agreement with robert mueller, the special counsel looking into allegations of collusion between the trump presidential campaign and the kremlin. inside court he pleaded guilty to making false statements to congress about a real estate project that would have altered the skyline of moscow — a proposed trump tower in the russian capital. talks about the project had continued well into 2016, he admitted. the year of the presidential election. donald trump has been more extensively involved. he'd also been in contact about the project with a key figure in the kremlin. the spokesman for vladimi

mr. cohen has cooperated. mr. will continue to cooperate. >> michael cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress during a court appearance in manhattan this morning. >> this is one more example of one of the president's closest allies lying about their ties to russia and russians. >> cohen now admits that negotiations over trump tower in moscow continued throughout the campaign into 2017 and he says he kept president trump in the loop the whole time. >> it means when the president was representing during the campaign that he had no business interests in russia, that wasn't true. >> cohen's guilty plea is part of the deal with special counsel robert mueller. as part of the agreement cohen spent dozens of hours talking with investigators. >> he's a weak person. >> president trump criticized his former lawyer and said his moscow project was perfectly legal. >> he's got himself a big prison sentence and he's trying to get a much lesser prison sentence by making up the story. >> the president has repeatedly attacked the m

mr. cohen has cooperated. mr. cohen will continue to cooperate. >> cohen pled guilty in federal court today admitting to misleading congressional investigators saying he lied to be consistent with the president's political messaging and out of loyalty to the president. cohen has already met with investigators seven times since august, the most recent meeting just last week. one source saying the details about trump tower moscow were just one of the many topics involving the president that cohen divulged in more than 70 hours of questioning. >> there's no relationship. >> cohen told the house and senate intelligence committees last year that all talks around the deal were done by january to 16, but he now admits discussions about the moscow project continued as late as june 2016 after donald trump became the presumptive republican nominee and just one month before the convention. cohen saying he told congress the deal, dubbed the moscow project, ended before the iowa caucus and the very first primary in hopes of lim

mr. manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel, according to one of mr. trump's lawyers and two other people familiar with the conversations. the arrangement was highly unusual and inflamed tensions with mr. mueller's office when prosecutors discovered it after mr. manafort began cooperating two months ago, the people said. rudolph giuliani, one of the president's personal lawyers, acknowledged the arrangement on tuesday and defended it as a source of valuable insights into the special counsel's inquiry and where it was headed. this news comes just one day after we learned the special counsel has scrapped manafort's plea agreement because they say manafort has been lying to the feds. this report comes just hours after manafort vigorously denied a report from the british newspaper "the guardian," that said he met with wikileaks founder julian assange several times, including in march 2016, right around when manafort would join the trump campaign. that brings us to tonight's other major piece of new reporting, broken by nbc news. mueller's team has obtained

rudy giuliani said mr trump had provided unprecedented cooperation to the former fbi director and it ing the inquiry to a close. mr trump has called the investigation a witch—hunt and has forcefully denied that his team colluded with russia to help win the presidential election. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, says this process may be moving towards the end. the enquiry is entering its final stages. clearly mr mueller and his colleagues have got the answers to the questions they posed to the president. it tells us probably that the president won't be sitting down in person with the investigators, or indeed mr mueller. that has been debated for many months now. at one stage, the president said he would be willing to do that. i think clearly the lawyers have advised against it. the next stage clearly depends on mr mueller and his colleagues and the interpretation to the answers the president has given them. there have been hints quietly release that there may be new indictments coming, and there have also been strong suggestions that the new acting attorney general may shu

rudy giuliani said mr trump had provided unprecedented cooperation to the former fbi director, and itto bring the inquiry to a close. mr trump has called this investigation a "witch—hunt" and forcefully denied any collusion with russia. we speak now to our north america correspondent peter bowes. first of all and the mueller investigation, where the cisco from now? well, this means that mr mueller now has the answers is looking for from the president. mueller now has the answers is looking forfrom the president. we don't know specifically what the a nswe i’s don't know specifically what the answers are, but we have at least got to that stage in what it suggests is that this enquiry is moving towards its final stages. it probably also tells us that mr trump will probably not be sitting down in person with mr mueller, which has been muffled debate for many months now. at one stage, the president saying he would be willing to do that and it is clear i think that the lawyers have advised against it. it really will depend on the mueller investigators's response and interpretation of what t

mr. cohen has cooperated. he will continue to cooperate. >> reporter: he has been talking to special counsel robert mueller in the russia probe as part of the deal he confessed that discussions for a moscow trump tower continued well into the 2016 campaign. and he shared information from those talks directly with mr. trump. >> he is a weak person. and not a very smart person. he has himself a big reason sentence and he is trying to get a much lesser prison took place during the campaign in case he lost the presidential race. cbs news conference mr. trump answered one written question from mohler on the project. the president also scrapped a planned meeting with russian president vladimir putin while in argentina. not because of the michael cohen plea but because of russia's aggression toward ukraine. the move was praised by both sides on capitol hill. >> i want to complement president trump by canceling the meeting. >> i think it was appropriate to send a message. >> reporter: president trump will meet with le

mrs. cooper: the political declaration includes the passage -- passenger name records and the fingerprints database but makes no reference to the crucial criminal database we check 500 million times a year or to a replica european arrest warrant at a time when cross border crime and security threats are at their highest ever level. the prime minister knows that these measures save lives, stop criminals and stop terrorists, so how can she, of all people, say with her head and her heart that this public safety downgrade is in the national interest? the speaker: prime minister. pm may: can i say to the right honorable lady, first of all there is an agreement for an effective agreement to extradite suspected and committed persons, effectively and expeditiously. that will be part of exactly the measure of the instruments used for that will be part of the negotiations that will take place. she is right, this too is important. there are two further areas of exchange of information that are important tha

mr. manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. that's according to one of mr. trump's lawyers and two other people familiar with the conversations. the arrangement was highly unusual and it inflamed tensions with mr. mueller's office when prosecutors discovered it after manafort began cooperating two months ago. quote, some legal experts speculated that it was a bid by mr. manafort for a presidential pardon, even as he worked with the special counsel in hopes of a lighter sentence. so we started yesterday with the news that prosecutors say manafort broke their plea agreement. he lied to them so they're rescinding the deal. now we get the news that paul manafort while he was supposedly cooperating with prosecutors at the same time, he was feeding information to the president about the investigation, including about his discussions with prosecutors and what prosecutors were asking him about when he was supposedly cooperating with them. secondly, is that legal? can you do that? joining us now is barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney from the eastern district of mi

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mr. manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. that's according to one of mr.awyers and two other people familiar with the conversations. the arrangement was highly unusual and it inflamed tensions with mr. mueller's office when prosecutors discovered it, after manafort began cooperating two months ago. quote, some legal experts speculated that it was a bid by mr. manafort for a presidential pardon, even as he worked with the special counsel in hopes of a lighter sentence. so we started yesterday with the news that prosecutors say manafort broke their plea agreement. he lied to them so they're rescinding the deal. now we get the news that paul manafort, while he was supposedly cooperating with prosecutors, at the same time, he was feeding information to the president about the investigation, including about his discussions with prosecutors and what prosecutors were asking him about when he was supposedly cooperating with them. first off, wow. secondly, is that legal? can you do that? joining us now is barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney from the eastern distr

mr. cohen has cooperated. mr. ources tell abc news cohen has already spent more than 70 hours talking to mueller's investigators about the 2016 campaign and president trump's business ties to russia. he pleaded guilty to lying to congress about plans to build a trump tower in moscow. cohen had told lawmakers the moscow project was abandoned in january 2016. he now says that's not true, that the project did not end until june, deep into the campaign. but cohen now says he briefed the president and members of his family on multiple occasions. the next month, candidate trump said this -- >> i have no relationship to russia. >> reporter: cohen now admits he also discussed trump tower moscow in 2016 with top officials in the russian government. and he planned to visit moscow that june. according to court documents, he even spoke to a trump business associate about the possibility of trump himself traveling to russia once he becomes the nominee after the convention. that didn't happen. cohen once said he would take a bul

mr. trump, started cooperating with the special counsel after pleading guilty to violating campaign finance laws, stemming from that hush money payment to stormy daniels. >> it turned out h wasn't a good lawyer. >> reporter: the president's attorney rudy giuliani telling c news president trump's written answers to mueller about ower in build a trump russia were consistent with what cohen said. it all comes as the president is been intensifying attacks against mueller. tweeting before the cohen news broke, the probe is an illegal joseph mccarthy-style witch-hunt, and asking, did y ever see an investigation more in search of a crime? still, the charges putting a new spotlight on mr. trump's business dealings wh russia, which he dismissed during the campaign. >> i will tell you right now, zero, i have nothing to do with russr:. >> reporncluding to lester last year. >> i have nothing to do with russia. i have no investments in russia. none whatsoever.ro i don't haverty in russia. >> reporter: the president saying nothing's changed. >> i didn't do the project. i decided not to do the project. th

mr. trump started cooperating with the special cosel after pleading guilty to violating campaign finance laws stemming fromhe hush money payment to stormy daniels. >> it turned out he wasn't a very go lawyer. >> reporter: tonight, the president's attorney rudy giuliani saying president trump's written answers to mueller about a trump tower in russia were consistent with what cohen said. it comes as the president has been intensifying his attacks against mueller tweeting today before the cohen news broke, the probe is an illegal joseph mcrthy style witch hunt and asking did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime? still, today's charges putting a new spotlight on mr. trump's business dealings with russia which he dismissed during the campaign. >> i'll tell you zero, i have nothing to do with russia. >> i have nothing to do with russia. i don't have property us ina. >> reporter: the president saying today, nothing changed. >> i didn'he project. i decided not to do the projec there would be nothing wrong if i did do it. i was running my business while i was waampaigning. the

mr. cohen will continue to cooperate. >> trump's former personal lawyer pleading guilty telling robert muellerlied to protect the president. >>> and overnight, the u.s. marshal killed in the line of duty in arizona. >>> and dramatic new body cam video of a sheriff's officer narrowly escaping the deadly california wildfire. harrowing. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. the president is at the g20. he will have a meeting in a half hour. headlines back home threatening to overshadow his visit is former lawyer michael cohen pleading guilty over a trump tower project in russia. he canceled a sit-down with vladimir putin over the seizure of the ukrainian ships from russia. we now have abby philip with us live with more. abby, good morning. >> reporter: there is so much on the agenda for president trump. he arrived late last night to a full agenda at the g20, but to a lot of controversy backs home. this case -- back home. the case involving michael cohen has put him in a bad mood. he has a lot on the agenda. trade with china and tensions with russia over ukraine. the

mr. cohen will continue to cooperate. >> mr. cohen, how are you feeling? how are you feeling?, do you want to say anything? are you happy? mr. cohen? >> come this way. >> as expected. >> thank you. >>> all right. so not a word from michael cohen there who has pleaded guilty there in federal court in lower manhattan to lying to congress. however we just heard from his attorney, jeffrey toobin come back in with me and jim, what was really significant was the few words that was said, michael cohen has cooperated and will continue to cooperate. to your point, jeff? >> this is, you know, a collapsing story that -- remember, the core of donald trump's view -- donald trump's statements about his relationship with russia, business relationship with russia is at any time have one, that there was nothing there and here we have michael cohen saying, under oath, admitting that he lied previously saying, there was this business relationship and it was going on during the campaign, during the time that the candidate trump now president trump was making all these overtures to vladimir putin

mr. manafort's cooperation, they don't believe they have gotten it.ck to court it sounds like. >> when you say advisedly, you're withholding full judgment, but from what we know what he's done up to this point, would you think it merited a pardon? >> well, again, i think you have to wait and see what the final outcome is, what kind of sentence is imposed upon him. there's still a long way to go in that matter, but it's a serious crime he's accused of and he's been convicted, president's should use that pardon power advisedly, but they should use it when they have all the facts and the facts justify mercy. i'm not in a position to pass judgment -- >> i'm emphasizing he's been convicted. i want to ask you about what else is happening today with your committee, republicans subpoenaing comey and lynch. this is all about testifying behind closed doors next week. comey is saying, if i do it, i want it to be public, end of story, your committee making it more personal today, saying, and let me quote the tweet, comey had plenty of time for public appearances

cooper. >> rosie: question number one mr. speaker. thank you mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house would like to join me in paying tribute to baroness trumpington who sadly passed way yesterday. from her time as a codebreaker during the second world war. her government and public service she led an extraordinary life and she will be sorely missed. mr. speaker this morning i am meetings with

russian vest a geisha and and clearly indicates that the special counsel is getting meaningful cooperation from mr cohen what would you do to determine whether or not there was any financial leverage to the russian capital right. well i think we need to look into one of those things are credible allegations that the russians may have a laundry money to the trump organization. wow our lives to go as no one is worried or correspondent in washington good evening to you maya the democrats they must be looking at their jobs i mean the clear words from adam schiff they are they were going to be giving any clues what we can expect once they take control of those key health committees. well as in they seem to be licking their chops as you said chomping at the bit might be another metaphor we could use not only did we hear from adam shift today but we saw several rather prominent democrats come out to condemn the various going on that have been happening around the president we saw senator kristen gillibrand of new york who's a rumored twenty twenty presidential candidate talking about the culture of corru