now, is that penthouse's problem? no, that's another lot, and we're going to have to be dealing with that. i don't think i could say as part of a condition, i want penthouse to go over there and provide security for a lot. that's not reasonable, but -- so in this brainstorming, you know, i think keep the sidewalks out in front -- but i don't think there's going to be a whole bunch of traffic out in front. >> okay. >> officer matthias, good evening. i think it goes without saying that i'm a huge fan of yours. some of comments that i make are not directed at you at all. here's what i'm struggling with. looking at this letter of objection that apparently is supported by some extremely credible neighborhood groups, it doesn't speak specifically to the applicant at all. it speaks very generally to the broadway corridor. unfortunately tonight we're not talking about an after-hours permit for the broadway corridor, we're talking about one specific premises. i'm saying that because in the future, if you speak to them, they be

the penthouse footprint is determined by the stair.two corner buildings across filbert street have penthouses. >> president hillis: overhead, please. there you go. >> our penthouse will be 2.5 feet shorter than the two across the street. the building is under the height limit, it is 37'8" tall, when a 40-foot height is allowed. the commercial space has been at this location for 110 years. it has had many small, local businesses, and the owners have never had trouble renting it. the owners wanted to have the square bays, and they made it easier to furnish the rooms inside. the existing wraparound corner bay is so small it only fits a couple of chairs. in order for the new floor to have the same perimeter walls to have the same as existing building, we are asking for a variance to build within 15 feet of the required rear yard, not only that, but the five adjacent buildings along octavia street are also within the rear yard. in fact, the majority of lots on this block have structures in their rear yard. the majority of the buildings on t

jeremy paul on behalf of the penthouse club.uce what the penthouse club is and what it's doing. this location was formerly the home of the stone. that's when i first got to know it back in the '80's when it was a major draw for some very lively entertainment and for activity on the street. in the ensuing years, penthouse club has converted the space to a gentleman's club, a very distinct clientele, and a very unique presence on the block. we've had a continual presence at a neighborhood member, and a strong force for improvement on the upper broadway entertainment district. as the leader in creation of the top of broadway community benefit district, pen house club has really been leading the way in making the changes necessary to have a -- foster a better environment up on the top of broadway, and we're very proud of the work we've done there. and nothing that we intend to do either with this application or anything in the future will ever cause any disturbance to that. i'd like to pass up a couple of brochures if i might. we se

tonight, penthouse of cards. plus, stephen welcomes former first lady michelle obama. musical guest common featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! perfect! perfect! come on! come on! that was right over the plate! thank you, everybody! hey! thank you, everybody. welcome to "the late show, i'm your host, stephen colbert. we have a great show for you tonight. jon, we have former first lady michelle obama out here tonight, and i am super excited. the book "becoming," i've read it. it's a beautiful book. i can't wait to talk about that. but until we get there, in the meantime, folks, the mueller investigation is closing in. and-- ( cheers and applause ) donald trump has flown to argentina. you know, the country all the good guys flee to. he's there for the big g20 summit. today, he signed a revised nafta agreement, and he was jazzed. >> we're gathered together this afternoon for a very historic occasion, the signing ceremony for a brand new de >

and then giving away the penthouse is going to be a gift.n our country, a president can't receive gifts from overseas governments. and so putin receiving a penthouse suite, i think that rand paul knows better than that. that'se y-goosey with the law. when you are talking about the president of the united states, the tone that is set the law doesn't apply to me, what does that say to the rest of the country and the standing in the world? i'm sure european countries would be looking at this engagement with putin and the hotel as being naive on some part or corrupt. >> are you giving him the benefit of the doubt? >> i'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt. i think it's ultimately corrupt. but you could look at a lot of other examples. he's made money almost every day of his presidency. every time he goes to a resort on the weekend, taxpayers pay for all of his secret service that stay there, all of the security that he needs. he's been raking in a lot of money. his hotel that's right down the street from the white house, it's been documente

a $50 million gingerbread penthouse. ( laughter and applause ) it's the perfect way to let them knowg to do anything... including, ending sanctions and destroying nato. is it an extravagant gift? you bet! but it's a good idea to keep your christmas comrade happy, given what you allegedly did in that cookie hote t

the discussions reportedly included an idea to offer a penthouse to the president of russia, vladimir putin. let's go live to russia. cnn's matthew chance following the story in moscow this hour. matthew, what more can you tell us about where that site would have been? >> reporter: well, first of all, that attempt to offer vladimir putin a penthouse was supposed to be a marketing strategy. but we now have confirmation from the russian-base of codevelopers of that site that a trump tower was indeed going to be built or they were planning to build it on the outskirts of moscow. and it's the efforts that the trump organization went to and trump's lawyer went to to make that happen, and how long that effort went on for during the u.s. presidential election campaign, rather, in 2016, that is really once again placed president trump's business interests in russia under the spotlight. >>> for trump, it's always been about business, his business, his brand, his properties. >> people ask me, what does trump stand for more than anything else? and if i use one word, it's always quality. big wind

and whether the penthouse offered to putin could be bribe bribery. we have this report that could drop any moment. bob mueller filing a sentencing motion on mike flynn, who pled guilty a year ago, an issue back in the news with these reports that trump was secretly pursuing funding from a yes, sanctioned russian bank. flynn is one of the people long linked to russia, sat next to putin at a 2015 dinner. you can see it there. he received ten s of thousands f dollars for the event and then denied any connection with russia. >> were you paid any amount? >> you'd have to ask the folks -- >> i'm asking you. you would know if you were paid. >> i went over as a speaking event. what difference does that make? >> donald trump has made a big deal about hillary clinton taking money -- >> i didn't take money from russia if that's what you're asking me. >> it's illegal to lie to the fbi. flynn can give facts to resolve big questions. if people like flynn and cohen lied for no reason and trump attracted or encouraged those aides in the big picture that doesn't hurt

don't have the roof deck in our packet either but that's also part of the proposal with an elevator penthouse that cant be seen from -- can't be seen from the street. i was here weeks ago. the legislation supervisor cohen passed would not apply here because it only applies in p.d.r. districts for landmark buildings. this is the more broad program that hasn't changed. thank you and we're here for any questions. >> thank you very much. at this time we'll take public comment. seeing and hearing none we'll close public comment. motion to adopt the resolution? >> it's a recommendation for zoning from the administrator seag -- saying the project meets the standards and enhance the feasibility of historic resource. >> i looked at the preservation program set forth and there's phasing and the bricks are falling and the other stuff that needs to get looked at in the future. i support this kind of change that protect the historical buildings and adopts to the economic needs of the city without compromising the bate -- the ability to change back later. >> do we have a motion? >> i support the feasibilit

in what sport do you find giraffes in the penthouse? —— through all this whining in.ly right. how many points? that is one more than i have got. it is realtennis, points? that is one more than i have got. it is real tennis, the court replicates the streets. this year it started off as a street game. henry viii gave it royal approval, and it was played by kings and courtiers. but now, one of his family's descendants is trying to take it to the masses again. # come and see the real thing. # come and see the real thing, come and see. # come and see the real thing. # come and see the real thing, come and see. i used to have a problem with lawn tennis. i always found the net was too high and the court too small. and this game is great, because you can actually hit the ball as hard as you like, and it stays in play, and it's fantastic. you don't have to go around the garden to try and pick up the balls afterwards. the earl has been sharing his passion, this week completing a year—long challenge to play at each of the 50 surviving courts across the world, more than half in t

elsewhere, the men's team sprint won silver have you ever served the rough in a penthouse?is the forerunner of every other racquet sport. this week the earl of wessex, prince edward, finished his year long challenge to play every real tennis court in the world. he wanted to promote it as a sport for the people again, and i went to middlesex university to have a knock—about with his royal highness. it started off as a street game played in mediaeval times. henry viii gave at royal approval and it was played by kings and courtiers, but now one of his family's descendants is trying to take it to the masses again. # come and see the real thing, come and see the real thing, come and see. i used to have a problem with lawn tennis. i always found the net was too high and the co re found the net was too high and the core two small, and this game is great because you can action hit the ball as hard as you like and it stays in play, and it is fantastic. you don't have to go around the garden to try and pick up the balls afterwards. the earl has been sharing his passion, this week com

currently being built in chelsea are going for three point three million euros you can even have a penthouse with a terrace for twelve point five million. additional services will cause. extra of course but they're top notch and customized every taste and resident. because his mother tipped you off that it's your grandson's birthday will get our syndicate we might be coming over to join you and some friends you might be watching a movie over the you might be going down to the spa for treatment everyone knows that if your woman might be having a. haircut or shave you know there's a whole host of opportunities you might be reading a book in the gulf you know it's these aren't you know if you spread through anything you wouldn't normally want to do that we do is we're giving the canvas the opportunity to do them to the food and do them in the nuclear of luxury and comfort . and thanks to modern technology everything is being done to surmount the physical and mental problems related to aging for example are immediately informed its residents forgets to turn on the stove teams with. their we do h

you trying to match the character of the penthouse? >> we don't exceed the height of the penthouse. each enclosures are approximately the same size. we can think about -- i'm not sure what the commission wants to see. i don't know if you have any recommendations. >> commissioner moore: off the top of my head, i would have to think about that little bit more. mostly grouping them in a manner that they don't line up and create additional structure. there's a better way of doing it changing the broader side to the narrow side. it would require planning to take a careful look and look at it one more time. this is not issue of objecting to the antenna. this is a question of sensitivity towards the rangement. these are pictures taken from the street. >> the view that he prevented was not from the public. >> commissioner moore: the one we have from the public right-of-way is what i'm talking about. it would not consider that too big of ask, i would suggest we do that. >> if i can maybe add on to that design request and maybe we can have at&t provide more detail. the placement of the antenn

build a trump tower and they need to get clear and saying we will give vladimir putin a $50 million penthouse on top of the trump tower, the broader point is, is paul manafort lying about the meet something why did they water that down in the convention? that's the dots mueller is yet to connect for us publicly. >> starting with the trump tower. if it was the case that anyone in the trump organization said to russian licensing authorities, if you give us the license to build this hour, we will give you a $50 million penthouse. that is text book practices act violation. it is illegal flat out. >> for anybody? >> correct. >> you don't have to be a candidate for president. >> exactly. now with collusion not being a crime. it's not a crime except in the antitrust area. to deliver something of value and our conspiracy to interfere with the functioning of the federal election me is are both crimes. it f there is underlying evidence that the parties did either of those things, there is crime there. that's what mueller is mandated to investigate. >> tracking this cohen reporting, this is fascinatinfa

sanctions against russia, planning a trump tower in moscow, allegations he offered vladimir putin a penthouse apartment in his trump tower. he should be tried for treason. >> he cannot be. >> i know he cannot be. >> let's tell the viewers why. >> a can only be triggered as a crime by the united states of america if the united states declares war on the country. we are not at war. therefore, treason cannot be triggered. >> he cannot be impeached, either. he cannot be indicted while he is a sitting president. >> he can be indicted if the indictment is sealed. anytime treason -- sorry, i start to boil. >> trump sent a tweet saying there is no collusion. , collusionn, legally is only a crime in various specific laws relating to financial transactions, which do not apply here. he can be taken out on the emoluments clauses, which says a sitting president should not be profiting from the job and he is certainly- and he is getting that from his hotel across the street. there are ways to get this guy, who i refuse to speak about, but united states congress and lawyers have not gone about it. advisor.i

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a realtor who says he sold a 13 million dollar penthouse unit after the problem was exposed disagrees.it'sany other building in san francisco. i do believe it's going to come back and it is disappointing that units that i've had to have treated during this time have done so to discount, to be expected but i think that discount is going to disappear after the building is structurally correctif the design for the fix is approved construction could start in the spring. one lane of traffic on both mission and fremont will likely be impacted...possibly as long as half it's take until the complete.kron4 news. ( robin )in national news... special council robert mueller is asking that former national security adviser michael flynn avoid prison time, largely because of his cooperation in the russia investigation.the same can't be said for roger stone.john lorinc reports. michael flynn previously pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators.but he may not see any prison time. that's because special counsel robert mueller says flynn has given "substantial assistance" to the russia investigation.

access to the roof will be via penthouse. we've explored limiting the access with regards to a roof hatch, however, the owner has informed me that the fire department will require the roof access in this case. each of the two units did-shall sorry, each of the three units will have two units, with the bottom unit having an additional office room, and efforts were made to keep all three units equitiable, given the constraints that we're working with. so at approximately 1400 to 1500 square feet each, we feel they would be able to accommodate growing families, while being held accountable to the square footage restrictions. the lert roofs ordinance just requir -- better roofs ordinance just requires 50%. so the units, about how they're laid out, you can sort of see the color correlation between the units. they were laid out in a staggered fashion and that was really because we were working with the constraints of the set backs from the average rear yard line. and that just left a fourth story that was simply too small to create

the penthouse, yes, the owners have experienced some health issues in the past couple of years. they wanted a unit that could be for a person with disabilities, somebody that maybe couldn't use the stairs, that they could still get out to the outdoor space, and that's why they wanted to be able to have a stair chair that could go up to the penthouse because the planning department won't allow an elevator to go up to the roof deck. also, the owner -- i know this issue was the tenant and coming up. if we, you know, just followed what the rent board rules are, is that good enough or are you asking for something more than what the rent board asked for? >> i'll defer to the commissioners to address that in just a moment. i did want to check on one other thing, though. you know, the proposed right now is to basically take the units on the ground floor and kind of move it to the new third floor, essentially. i'm just curious, was there any exploration of taking, for example, the unit c and expanding that with the stairway to the third floor and essentially keeping the other two units a

if the president offered putin as some people suggested a penthouse on the top the building to get theense to build the building, that would be different. but i see no evidence to support that quid pro quo. >> all right. kennedy has a question. >> i wonder about the cooperation and how robert mueller reached michael cohen and what he might have offered him and whether he yanked the rug out. this memorandum from special counsel talks about the 4 ways that cohen was helpful in regards to russia. his own contact. russia reaching out to the campaign. russia reaching out to trump executives and his response to congressional inquiry. why less cooperative for him than mueller? >> cooperating with the government is risky. if the government has too much control. in the manafort case they don't like what he said. they will say he's lying. the deal is off. here they can say he gave us this information. but we still recommend a harsh sentence. i think it sends a message. be wary of cooperating with the special counsel. in the end, you may not get much. >> as someone who never cooperated with the f

penthouse lawyering wasn't likely for a restless, likely for a restless, high school dropout. her mother lisa lapointe. here was a kid who didn't really finish high school. she got the ged ticket -- >> correct. she didn't plan to be a high school dropout. she was in a hurry to get on with life. >> reporter: and focused enough, finally, to finish college and then in her late 20's go for a law degree. she breezed past the younger law students to become the prestigious editor of the "law review." and she caught the eye of one of her professors, scott rothstein, who took her on as an intern. office manager debra villegas met her on her first day of work. what did melissa bring to the party? >> she was smart and capable. you know, you -- she was everything you would want in -- in an associate attorney. >> reporter: she was also one of the nicest people debra says she ever met. the two became fast friends. >> we were like sisters. she knew all my faults and flaws and -- and she loved me anyways. >> reporter: debra and melissa saw the firm grow tenfold in just a few years. their greg

a realtor who says he sold a 13 million dollar penthouse unit after the problem was exposed disagrees.it's unlike any other building in san francisco. i do believe it's going to come back and it is disappointing that units that treated during this time have done so to discount, to be expected but i think that discount is going to disappear after the building is structurally correctif the design for the fix is approved construction could start in the spring. one lane of traffic on both mission and fremont will likely be impacted...possibly as long as the year and a half it's projected to take until the job is complete.maureen kelly kron4 news. coming up at six.. chilling video of a robbery at an east bay car wash.. reaction from customers and the plea for help from police. also ahead.. homes near hubs ... one state senator wont give up... he tries again to clear the way for housing near transit and job centers all over the state... and next... an emotional 24 hours in the nation's capitol as honors from dignataries and regular citizens alike... continue for the 41st president - george h.w.

otisville new yorkthat's about a two hour drive and a world apart from his eight=million dollar penthouse apartment in manhattan. michael cohen left his trump park avenue apartment with his wife, daughter and son... headed for manhattan's federal courthouse.natcameras were waiting as he arrived ... but not allowed to record the emotional scene inside the courtroom.cohen broke down in tears as he admitted crimes that included tax violations, lying to a bank, and buying the silence during the 2016 campaign of women who claimed they'd once had affairs with the future president.he cited this opinion from his former boss.he's a weak person and what he's trying to do is get a reduced sentence."cohen said the president was right, but not in the way he meant."it was my own weakness and a blind loyalty to this man that led me to choose a path of darkness over light," he said. "time and time again i felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds."he told the court that despite the sentence, he now feels free ... liberated from the personal and metal incarceration of working for donald trump.nataft

that's what the $50 million penthouse looks like it could be.but this notion that you would give someone the leader of the russian union a $50 million penthouse in order to permit you to build a building if you could prove intent and that the -- that everything was linked together, would look like a violation of the foreign corrupt practices act, certainly it would be investigated to see whether that took place, and this really helps us understand the connection between the president's business dealings and any influence that that may have led the russians to hold over candidate, now president, trump. >> i got to show you this tweet that president trump sent out with regard to the trump tower moscow piece and the key thing i wanted to focus in on is the highlighted piece there, very legal and very cool. >> yeah. you know, very legal and very cool to make an investment. very illegal and very not cool if that investment is part of a plot to interfere and direct the outcome of the election. you focus correctly on that paragraph that talks about pol

currently being built in chelsea are going for three point three million euros you can even have a penthouse with a terrorist for twelve point five million additional services will cost extra of course but there are top notch and customised every taste and resident. because you want to tip you off that it's your grandson. in the park a we might be coming over to join your friends you might be. watch the movie off then you might be going down to the spa for treatment everyone knows that if you're a woman for me i might be having a. haircut or shave you know there's a whole host of opportunities you might be reading a book in the garden you know it's these aren't you not expect to see anything you wouldn't normally want to do we didn't we're given the canvas new opportunity to do them to the full and do them in the nuclear of luxury and comfort. and thanks to modern technology everything is being done to surmount the physical and mental problems related to aging for example staff are immediately informed if residents forget to turn off the stove. so we do have sensors in the floor so that peop

has learned cohen and a business associate were even talking about giving putin the $50 million penthouse in trump tower moscow. cohen had planned to travel to moscow during the campaign, but according to the special counsel's court filing, he cancelled that trip on or about june 14th, 2016. that's the same day "the washington post" broke the story that russia had hacked the dnc. the president today dismissed the cohen revelations, saying he continued to run his business while he ran for president, and that's, quote, "very legal and very cool." and that he had "lightly looked at doing a building somewhere in russia. put up zero money, zero guarantees, and didn't do the project." >> jon karl with us live again tonight. and jon, even though the president cancelled the meeting with putin, he's calling their relationship very good. >> reporter: he said that in an interview tonight. but earlier today, sarah sanders said the mueller investigation, which she called the russian witch hunt hoax, probably does undermine america's relationship with russia. david? >> jon, thank you. >>> now to the de

separately, a russian-born real estate developer broached the idea of a penthouse for vladimir putin. he said no matter what capital you build this project in you will need the cooperation of the local government. >> the question is whether it crosses the line to establish criminal wrongdoing. catherine: fox news learned the president's legal team is revisiting their 2017 request to rod rosenstein to investigate james comey over the accuracy of his sworn congressional testimony. the committee chairman accused the former director of use the same legal tactics as the firm behind the anti-trump dossier. >> he's trying to run the clock on us. that's why they filed the motion to quash. fusion gps tried that and they were knocked down. instead glenn simpson came in and took the fifth. catherine: comey wants a public hearing because he accuses some committee members of selective leaks even though' former fbi leadership agreed to a closed door interview. lou: a federal appellate court announced it will hold a closed oral argument hearing with anne- with a lawsuit filed bi' a grand jury member

a realtor who says he sold a 13 million dollar penthouse unit after the problem was exposed disagrees.it'sng in san francisco. i do believe it's going to come back and it is disappointing that units that i've had to have treated during this time have done so to discount, to be expected but i think that discount is going to disappear after the building is structurally correctif the design for the fix is approved construction could start in the spring. one lane of traffic on both mission and fremont will likely be impacted...possi ( james ) new research says giving prescription pain medicine to teenagers or young adults, even after a medical procedure, could increase their chances of getting addicted. the study looked at 15-thousand 16 to 25 year old dental patients who were prescribed opiods in 2015. six percent of patients were reportedly at risk for being diagnosed with opiod abuse. and seven percent of them continued use the drugs about three months after surgery. while the percentages may seem relatively low, the study's author says it is definitey a red flag.

what we learned is he wanted to give a $50,000 penthouse to vladimir putin.ou are running a business and you agreed to stay on business while running a business. >> you wouldn't tell the american people, i have no business interactions, no loans. nothing outstanding with the russians, which is what candidate donald trump said at the time. trish: this is what michael cohen was saying. we stop talking to them in january, 2016. it turns out there was still some talks in june 2016. were those talks donald trump was having or michael cohen was having. >> after he has won the republican nomination. are you representing us or are you representing your business interests. trish: the rnc was in july. he had by that point he had the nomination in hand. he was the leading candidate all along, if you recall. he's saying i have no business deal weather russians. i am a separate entity. nothing. he said this on the record. trish: i don't care what kind of business he had with the russians. what i do care is if he was illegally conspiring with the russians to commit a crime

after you've used the same adjectives over and over like, you know, the penthouse letters. bone marrow. it's paprika. it's a delicious pancake. is it going to make your life better at all if i describe exactly how while smacking my lips annoyingly? no, it's good. venison stew, delicious, and then this. this. good -- holy -- really? good lord, jeebus. this i need a photo of. put a human hand next to it. that's just truly terrifying. who eats that? behold the massiveness, the surfboard-sized fried to order in a pan to only the highest standards schnitzel of justice. ride that baby all the way home. yeah. oh, that's good. deeply, texturally pork flavor with hints of three-day old fryer grease. if a big wave came i could surf this thing back to my hotel. i kid you not, this is a testament to a great culture. also gout, but who's counting? actually don't think i'll be able to get through this. do i get a t-shirt if i finish this, and my picture on the wall? if you have psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that

for the 250 apartment project, according to a trump business associate, was to offer the luxury penthouse to the russian president, vladimir putin, as a way of attracting buyers." (jrstone) that was matthew chance reporting. ivanka trump, and her spa and fitness brand, were also an integral part of the moscow proposal. reports say trump's daughter would be given "sole and absolute discretion" to approve the spa designs. (justine) democratic senator kamala harris still has not said if she will run for president in 20-20. according to a politico report, harris said she will decide 'over the holiday.' she also told m-s-n-b-c at an event saturday that it will be a "family decision." harris is in her first term as senator and made history as the first african-american woman to represent california in the senate. she is also the first indian-american senator in the united states. (live) taking a live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero.... (anchor) (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meterologist mabrisa rodriguez. dry and seasonably cool weather is forecast in the bay are

he knows that there was no penthouse promise to putin.e knows he is telling a lie and he is going had. host: we have not had anybody from congress on this morning, so i do not know what you are watching. caller: you had the right, you had him on. ron: you mean the senator wyden? caller: ron wyden, he told a lie. he knows that penthouse thing is a lie. it has are been debunked. he continues to sit back and tell the people over the air that is happening. that is the way they are doing it. the other thing, the reason these people can't understand trump is because they do not understand lane talk. -- plain talk. he is telling people how it is. he comes out with some crazy things, but the bottom line, he communicates with the american people. we do not want to hear all this pc stuff. we want to hear the truth straight out, nothing else. in american people better understand that the people of this country are trying to sell our country out, after all of he and my relatives fought to keep this country free and safe. wake up, america. john, calli

and a penthouse on top of the brand-new watergate complex which she made into her private clubhouse forite. >> she loved to do parties. she's notoriously known as the republican social hostess of the nixon era. >> i just remember that when she would walk into a room, she owned the room. she had a lot of sexual power. i'm not saying that she had sexual relationships with people but i just think that she exuded an aura of sexuality and exoticcism. you whisper in his ear and give him a good idea and suddenly, it's his idea and acting on it. i've seen it happen a million times. >> she always would serve chinese food and mabke jokes lie this is concubine chicken. in her mind, she was playing to their expectation. yes, this is a chinese woman. she knew what she was doing. she was setting up an environment for people to conduct business. >> this is how anna operated and the july 12th, fifth avenue meeting is her masterpiece. dug up the calendar page from her daily calendar. ny to see dick nixon with ambassador biu. first with nixon but it's dick nixon who turns the private meeting into a cloak

the russians to wild a trump tower in moscow, which included the consideration of a $50 million penthouse for putin, which was going to be used as marketing. and just jeyesterday, mueller disclosed information that his national security adviser was working as an agent for turkey. i'm joined now by tonight's super panel. kimberly, let me start with you. here, this saudi story, on one hand, it's -- it feels separate from what mueller's doing and on the other hand, the larger picture here is, who has leverage with this president, suddenly seems as if that might be the greater question needing to be asked. >> i think that's exactly right. i mean, you have this case, which seems to be a textbook example of what the emoluments clause is about. there should not be foreign officials, foreign nationals, buying influence when it comes to the president of the united states. and here we have an example of where foreign nationals spent large amounts of money at a trump property, ostensibly to curry favor with the president of the united states. the trump administration. this is something that is not e

the addition of a penthouse seems to be speaking to potentially adding a roof deck that is not being called out in this particular drawing set. so the entire project speaks to an enlargement. that does not really address the concerns we have about the unit size, displacing tenants, adding adu, the most important to be called out. for all of the things this has been hanging around since october. there are comments made by the commission and we're not seeing response to that. i think someone is kicking the can down the road and i do not see any possible ability to support this project. >> i've had a lot of time too think about this. i've spoken to several folks in the tenants right community. i think what is unusual and extraordinary, we don't often see projects that come to us with rent control tenants existing. and try to get a remodeling permit. usually, it happens the other way around. folks want to go the ellis act route. or they follow the existing process that is in the law to, you know, redefine the relationship with the tenants and then they come for permits. it's like this pr

the most we've seen as to that is most recently with the trump tower in moscow and the putin penthouseot about far off the ground as lead balloon. >> when the president says this is a trap, trap insinuates there's truth underlie to go it, you're protesting and sending lawyers and tweeting about it makes you seem guilty and doesn't -- heather: well, it's rudy giuliani said it. >> well, the president's lawyer who said it, we have to understand that what it makes it look like the administration trying to shut down probe, hide what's going on, let the probe play out. let the american people see what is going on and if you've done nothing wrong the truth will come out. heather: ken, the president has repeatedly said that he will allow to play out but the american people are ready for it to be over with and then we have robert mueller who continues to seem to come back with all of the people like manafort coming back and then now charging him with lying and there seems to be pattern with manafort and mueller. >> oh, of course, and the american people are ready for this russia probe to be ove

and a penthouse on top of the brand new watergate complex which she made into her clubhouse for the globaloved to do parties. she's notoriously known as the republican social hostess of the nixon era. >> i just remember that when she would walk into a room. she owned the room. >> she had a lot of sexual power. i'm not saying she had sexual relationships with people, but i think she skeweded an aura of sexual ailty that was irresistible to a lot of men. i mean, you sit next to a man in power at dinner and you whisper in his ear. you give him a good idea, and suddenly it's his idea. >> at her parties she would always serve chinese food. she would make a joke, this is called concubine chicken. i knew she was egging them on. she was playing to their expectations. yes, this is a chinese woman. she knew what she was doing. she was setting up an environment for people to conduct business. >> this is how anna operated. and the july 12th, 5th avenue meeting is her masterpiece. we dug up the calendar page from her daily calendar. new york to see dick nixon with ambassador biu. it's schenn at who fir

ideas for that trump building according to the business associate is to give the top floor, the penthouse vladimir putin as a way of attracting buyers. >> the trump organization likes to be ahead of the curve. we are always ahead of the curve. this would be another example. >> i varchg ivanka trump and h brand were part of the proposal. in a letter of intent, trump's daughter would be given sole and absolute digression to approve the designs. this was a trump family affair. how much was the kremlin also until this week, it assisted attempts by trump associates to make contact had been ignored. the kremlin spokesman now admits his office called and asked why they wanted to have meetings with the presidential administration and explained that we have nothing to do with construction issues in the city of moscow. it may be an important change. the russian-based owners of where trump tower moscow was meant to be built have been embroiled with the trump family in other areas too. did the russian authorities give your family information to pass on to the trump administration? take the pop star s