is difficult and was a first from kim summit last year clifford trump's already started off with this big aviation deal. tell us more well he sold one hundred ten jets which is that quite a way to open your visit to vietnam. like he often does you certainly shakes things up wherever he goes he's hit the ground running this is supposed to be about north korea but he's already made about vietnam by by signing this big multibillion dollar debt jet deal so i think he's definitely singing his intend that this is going to be a very busy and very fruitful visit is also symbolic right that the that he makes it about not not just about his meeting with kim but also sort of about the whole region what would live with a successful outcome of this mean for the business climate in the region i think it'll be very positive for the business climate as you say he really you know he's making it a much bigger thing than just the in the nuclear thing the nuclear issue markets have reacted very positively to the signs that there may be a positive outcome here and. with that with out in mind and then also

trump from that statement. to was discuss discussed do. >> did the president call you to coordinate on public messaging about the payment to miss clifford in or around february 2018? >> yes. >> mr. trump cled this a fake hearing and said it was terrible to hold it duringhe north korean summit. he had this to say. >> he didn't lie about one thing, he said no collusion. i said i wonder why he didn't lie about that too. he lied about so many different i was impressed he didn't say, well, i tnkhere was collusion. >> the republicans spent most of the time calling cohen a liar. saying what they are doing is just what he did for ten years, protecting donald trump. >> thank you. >>> cohen's stunning reversal is one of the mostma dc turns against a sitting president since the days ofga wat. looking at the signature tans of his testimony. >> reporter: aramatic public reversal. >> i am no longer your fixer, mr. trump. a personal take down of a sitting president. >> mr. trump said in the campaign, i canhoot somebody on fifth avenue and get away with it. i want ty be v clear. he's not joking. he's telling the truth. you don't know him. i do. >> repo

organization nor the trump campaign was party to the transaction with miss clifford and neither reimbursed me for the payment directly or indirectly. was the statement false? >> the statement is not false. i purposefully left out mr. trump individually from that statement. >> okay. why did you say it that way? >> because that's what was discussed to do between myself, mr. trump and alan wieselburg. >> so it was carefully worded? >> yes, ma'am. >> great. mr. cohen, a reporter for the magazine "vanity fair" stated she interviewed you about the payment and reimbursement. last february 14th i interviewed mr. cohen about the statement he gave the fec in which he said mr. trump didn't know about the stormy statement or reimburse him for it. do you recall this interview with the reporter? >> do. >> could rn't hear much, but he wanted to go over what the messaging would be? is that accurate? >> yes. >> did the president call you while meeting with the reporter. >> >> yes. >> did he call you about the messaging about the payments to miss clifford? >> yes. >> what did the president ask or

organization nor the trump campaign was party to the transaction with ms. clifford and neither reimbursed me for the payment either directly or indirectly." was the statement false? >> the statement is not false. i purpose lly left out mr. trum from that statement. that was what was discussed to do between mr. trump, myself, and allan weisselberg. >> did the president call you to coordinate on public messaging about the payments to ms. clifford in or around february 2018? >> yes. >> congresswoman katie hill, california democrat you just saw there questioning cohen, will join us later in this hour. tomorrow michael cohen will see his final day of testimony on the hill when he appears before the house intelligence committee, unlike today, no live coverage of tomorrow's closed-door event. it's been a lot, and with that in mind let's bring in our lead-off panel on a wednesday night. barbara mcquade, former federal prosecutor, for the eastern district of michigan frank figliuzzi, former assistant fbi director for countar intelligence. and ken vogel, former reporter for t

alleging the payment to miss clifford may have represented an illegal payment to the trump campaign. i asked that it be entered into the record. on february 13, 2018, you sent a statement to reporters that said, quote, i used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to miss stephanie clifford and neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was party to the transaction with miss clifrt and neither reimbursed me for the payment either directly or indirectly. was this statement false? >> the statement is not false. i purposely left out mr. trump individually from that statement. >> okay. why did you say it that way? >> because that's what was discussed to do between myself, mr. trump, and allen weisselberg. >> so it was carefully worded? >> yes, ma'am. >> great. mr. cohen, a reporter for the magazine vanity fair has reported that she interviewed you the very next day on february 14th, 2018, about the payment and reimbursement and she wrote, quote, last february 14th i interviewed cohen in his office about the statement he gave the f.e.c. in which he said trump

reporters that said "i use my own funds to facilitate a payment of 130,000 to miss stephanie clifford," and neither the trump organization or the campaign were involved or you reimburse me for the claim indirectly or directly." was that false? >> mr. cohen: it was not false. i purposely left out mr. trump from that statement. >> okay. why did you say it that way? >> mr. cohen: because that's what was discussed to do. between myself, mr. trump, and allen weisselberg. >> so it was carefully worded? >> mr. cohen: yes, ma'am. >> a reporter for the magazine "vanity fair" has reported that she interviewed the at the very next day on 314, 2018, about the payment and reimbursement. as she wrote, "last 314th i interviewed him about the statement to give the fcc in which he said trump didn't know about the stormy payment or reimbursement for it." he recalled his meeting with the reporter? >> mr. cohen: i do. >> she also wrote, "trump called when i was there. i didn't hear much, but he wanted to go over with the mustering would be." is accurate? >> mr. cohen: it is. >> to the president call you when you are having the

stephanie clifford and nor the trump campaign was involved in the transaction. was the statement false? >> the statement is not false. i purposefully left out mr. trump individually from that statement. >> okay. why did you say it that way? >> because that's what was discussed to do between myself, mr. trump, and alan weisselberg. >> so it was carefully worded. >> yes. >> a reporter said she interviewed you the next day about the payment and reimbursement and she wrote last february 14th i interviewed cohen in his office about the statement he gave the fec which were he said trump didn't recall the payment. i couldn't hear much but he wanted to go over what the public messaging would be. is that accurate? >> it is. >> did the president call you to coordinate on public messaging about the payments to ms. clifford's in or around 2018? >> yes. >> what did the president ask you to say? >> he was not knowledgeable of these reimbursements and he wasn't knowledgeable of my actions. >> he asked you to say that? >> yes, ma'am. >> great. in addition to the personal check

closing days of the presidential campaign that was demanded by miss clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr. trump. and this is exhibit 4 to my testimony. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign. and i did that too. without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do or how it would impact me, my family or the public. and i am going to jail in part because of my decision to help mr. trump hide that payment from the american people before any voted a few days later. as exhibit 5 a to my testimony shows, "i" providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017. when he was president of the united states. pursuant to the cover-up which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me the word used by mr. trump's tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf. this $35,000 check was one of 11 check stlam mts that was paid throughout the y

stephanie clifford and nor the trump campaign was involved in the transaction. was the statement false? >> the statement is not false. i purposefully left out mr. trump individually from that statement. >> okay. why did you say it that way? >> because that's what was discussed to do between myself, mr. trump, and alan weisselberg. >> so it was carefully worded. >> yes. >> a reporter said she interviewed you the next day about the payment and reimbursement and she wrote last february 14th i interviewed cohen in his office about the statement he gave the fec which were he said trump didn't recall the payment. i couldn't hear much but he wanted to go over what the public messaging would be. is that accurate? >> it is. >> did the president call you to coordinate on public messaging about the payments to ms. clifford's in or around 2018? >> yes. >> what did the president ask you to say? >> he was not knowledgeable of these reimbursements and he wasn't knowledgeable of my actions. >> he asked you to say that? >> yes, ma'am. >> great. in addition to the personal check

cheering the closing days of the presidential campaign was demanded by miss clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr trumptrump directed me to use my own personalfunds testimony. mr trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign and! that could negatively impact his campaign and i did that without all the ring to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do what howard in packed me, my family, or the public? —— or how it would impact me? i am going to jail in pa rt impact me? i am going to jail in part for my decision to help mr trump had that payment to the american people before they voted a few days later, as exhibit 580 my testimony shows. i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august the 1st of 2017, when he was president of the united states, pursuant to the cover—up which was the basis of my guilty plea, to reimburse me, the word used

closing days of the presidential campaign that was demanded by miss clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr. trump, and this is exhibit 4 to my testimony. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign. and i did that too, without bothering to consider whether that would improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do or how it would impact me, my family, or the public. and i am going to jail in part because of my decision to help mr. trump hide that payment from the american people before they voted a few days later. as exhibit 5a to my testimony shows, i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017. when he was president of the united states, pursuant to the coverup which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me, the word used by mr. trump's tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf, this $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughou

he's prepared to give granular details of trump's involvement and scheme to chemostormy daniels aka stephanie clifford quiet. tonight abc news confirmed first a big story reported by "the wall street journal," and that is a source telling us michael cohen will show the committee a signed check by the trump administration. cohen will say the signed check was part of the reimbursement he received for his $130,000 hush money payment to stormy daniels during the 2016 campaign. he signed some of the checks to cohen. but this is important tonight, it's unclear whether the check cohin will apparently bring tomorrow will have trump's unmistakable signature on it. you may recall cohen had postponed his testimony last month after what he said were threats from the president against his family like this one in which she singles out cohen's father-in-law. while late today let's just say the threat quotient was raised by one of the president's strongest supporters in the house. republican member of congress who represents the florida panhandle matt gaetz who said this and we quote, hey michael cohen, do your wife

clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr. trump. this is exhibit 4 to my testimony. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign. and i did that too without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do or how would it impact me, my family or the public. and i am going to jail in part because of my decision to help mr. trump hide that payment from the american people before they voted a few days later. as exhibit 5a to my testimony shows, i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017, when he was president of the united states, pursuant to the cover-up which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me. the word used by mr. trump's tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf. this $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the ye

how the big picture looks ok clifford thanks so much for that clifford unit from the business desk well just a few hours from now president trump will be boarding a plane to vietnam as we just heard to and where will be holding his second historic meeting with north korean leader kim jong un later this week now kim is already on route to annoy on board his official train trump is hoping the choice of venue can serve as an inspiration to cam to nuclearize so he can open up his country to economic development. i know why is a capital city transformed its bustling streets a stark contrast to its past. in its recent history vietnam has had a lot in common with north korea it's also a communist state ruled with an iron fist it's one party regime reinforced by propaganda and personality cults. in the past it's seen open hostility to western culture and influence. it's been isolated and an international pariah. but since ninety six vietnam has taken a different path with reforms have opened it up to foreign business in a remarkable turnaround it's gone from basket case to one of asia's fastest growing economies perhaps vietnam style c

trump. cohen today produced a copy of the $130,000 wire transfer he paid to porn film actress stephanie cliffordown as stormy daniels, which cohen says she "demanded" to keep quiet about the alleged affair. the transfer is dated october 26, days before the november 2016 presidential election. cohen also produced a copy of a personal check written out to cohen, and signed by mr. trump, of $35,000 on august 1, 2017, while mr. trump was pres ient. cohen sawas partial reimbursement for his payment ti clifford, whicated campaign finance violations. >> the president of ited states thus wrote fopersonal checthe payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaignfi nce laws. >> did the president call you to coordinate on public messaging about the paymfots to ms. cl in or around february 28? >> yes. >> what did the presidt ask or suggest that you say about the payments or reimbursements. >> he was not knowledgeable of these reimbursements and he was not knowledge of my ac >> he asked you to say that? >> yes. >> in addition to the personal check for $35,000 in july 2017, is there addit

closing days of the presidential campaign that was demanded by miss clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr. trump. and this is exhibit 4 to my testimony. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign. and i did that too. without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do or how it would impact me, my family or the public. and i am going to jail in part because of my decision to help mr. trump hide that payment from the american people before any voted a few days later. as exhibit 5 a to my testimony shows, "i" providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017. when he was president of the united states. pursuant to the cover-up which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me the word used by mr. trump's tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf. this $35,000 check was one of 11 check stlam mts that was paid throughout the y

clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr. trump. is exhibit 4 in my testimony. >> he's got receipts. >> exhibit 5 of the testimony shows i am providing a copy of the $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1, 2017, when he was president of the united states pursuant to the cover-up, which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me. the word used by mr. trump's tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his phalf. this $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the year while he was president. the president of the united states thus wrote a personal check for the payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaign financial laws. you can find the details of that scheme directed by mr. trump in the pleadings in the u.s. district court of the southern district of new york. >> yeah, so this is going to be -- it goes to even the personal attacks against the president. this is really what i think is going to sting the president.

clifford in or around february 2018?michael cohen/former attorney for president trump: "yes."rep. katie hill/d- california: "what did the president ask or suggest that you say about the payments or reimbursements?"michael cohen/former attorney for president trump: "he was not knowledgeable of these reimbursements and he wasn't knowledgeable of my actions." rep. katie hill/d- california: "he asked you to say that?" michael cohen/former attorney for president trump: "yes, ma'am."meanwhile republicans kept bringing up cohens past and how he has lied repeatedly and to congress for which he's heading to prison in may along with other crimes he's pleaded guilty to.cohen was pressed on why he worked for trump for so long if he was such a bad person.rep. jim jordan/r- ohio: "you said all these bad things about the president there in that last 30 minutes, and yet you worked for him for 10 years. all these bad things... if it's that bad i can see you working for him for 10 days, maybe 10 weeks, maybe even 10 months. but you worked for him for 10 years? mr. cohen how long did you work in the

for a guy that is keeping audio records of trump with respect to karen mcdougal and stephanie cliffordhave other tapes, as well. >> christine, speak to the optics. is this a marginally winning strategy for the white house? they have the president on the other side of the world, in the opposite time zone, with news-worthy stuff going on. >> it's either brilliant optics or optics that are going to tear down the president in a number of ways. we talked about before, the president is under his own tremendous internal pressure to make a deal with kim jong-un. this happening back in the states, the conversation and hearing and attacks and rhetoric that make the president nuts is what could trigger off him doing something he shouldn't be doing in vietnam. the other thing is, this continuing the cohen hearings to go on, if you're in his base, 30%, or whatever, it makes no difference. but for everybody else, and the media, it just dirties him even more. and it takes any attempt the president has of cleaning himself up and stops it and smears it all over again. and that gets under the president'

clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr. trump. this is exhibit 4 to my testimony. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign. i did that too, without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do or how it would impact me, my family, or the public. i am going to jail in part because of my decision to help mr. trump hide that payment from the american people before they voted a few days later. as exhibit 5-a to my testimony shows, i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1 of 2017 when he was president of the united states, pursuant to the coverup which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me, the word used by mr. trump's tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf. this $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the year while

clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr. trump. and this is exhibit 4 to my testimony. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from the home accou equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign. and i did that, too, without bothering to consider whether that was improper much less whether it was the right thing to do or how it would impact me, my family or the public. and i am going to jail, in part, because of my decision to help mr. trump hide that payment from the american people before they voted a few days later. as exhibit 5-a to my testimony shows, i am providing the copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1 of 2017 when he was president of the united states, pursuing to the cover up which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me, the word used by mr. trump's tv lawyer, for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf. this $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid t

trump, he would never ever do something like that. i never would see it. mr cohen, i'd like to ask about the details of the $130,000 payment you made to stephanie clifford, theilm actor is known as stormy daniels, in order to purchase her silence shortly before the 2016 elections. according to documents filed by federal prosecutors in new york you created a shell company called essential consultants llc, is that correct? yes. and you created it for making the payment to ms clifford? amongst other things, your. you didn't use a —— you used a line of credit to fund this? yes. you then wide $130,000 to the attorney ripper representing ms clifford at the time and wrote the words retainer? correct. can you tell us why you decided to use this complicated process to make this payment? starting an llc is not a four sister catered means. you call up a company, you pay for it, they open it for you. the reason i use the home equity line of credit as opposed to cash i had in the same exact bank was i didn't want my wife to know about it because she handles all of the banking, and i didn't wa nt to all of the banking, and i didn't want to coming to me and asking me what

it was demanded by miss clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr. trump. exhibit four. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home- equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign. i did that too. without bothering to consider whether that was improper. much less whether it was the right thing to do or how it would impact me, my family, or the public. i'm going to jail in part because of my decision to help mr. trump hide that from the american people before they voted a few days later. as exhibit 5a to my testimony shows, i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account august 1 of 2017. when he was president of the united states. pursuant to the cover-up which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me. the word used by mr. trump's lawyer, for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf. $35,000 check one of 11 checks installments, payment throughout the year while he was president. other checks to reimburse me

clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr. trump. and this is exhibit 4 to my.ny. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign. i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017 when he was president of the united states. pursuant to the cover-up, which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me, the word used by mr. trump's tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf. this $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the year while he was president. >> the president is in vietnam meeting with north korea's dictator. cnn's jim acosta is there in hanoi, joins us now. so has the president responded to all this at all? >> anderson, surprisingly, no. if they have a war room for dealing with michael cohen's testimony, we haven't seen any signs of it. it's been more like a bunker. and the president hasn't really respo

closing days of the presidential campaign that was demanded by miss clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr. trump and this is exhibit 4 to my testimony. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign and i did that too without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do or how would it impact me, my family or the public. and i'm going to jail in part because of my decision to help mr. trump hide that payment from the american people before they voted a few days later. as exhibit 5a to my testimony shows, i am providing the copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017. when he was president of the united states pursuant to the cover-up which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me the word used by mr. trump's tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf, this $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the

> you know, betsy, it struck me, the singular role that ndas play in trump world, which is followed him into the white house, clifford sims who wrote the book engaged in a legal dispute with the white house over getting out of those ndas which the president has used to lock up almost everyone he comes into contact with. >> that's right. this story is sort of the extension of two lifelong trends for trump. the first, of course, being allegations of sexual misconduct and assault and the second being efforts to sort of weaponize the american legal system to force people not to be open about their encounters with him and about their work with him. one thing the daily beast reported is the fact that the trump administration has forced interns to sign ndas and hasn't them them keep copies of them. nerd, if you're a young perhaps a college student trying to get started in the white house, trying to get your foot in the door in politics and you want to work in this white house, the prospect of financial ruin will be hanging over your head because of these ndas. to be crystal clear it is very much unclear whether or not they

trump? >> mr. cohen: i believe so. >> when you arranged a payment to miss clifford, you state your testimony -- i will quote from your testimony -- that you did so, "without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do." you said that. that is your testimony today. you said you didn't even consider whether it was legal. how could you give your client legal advice when you are not even considering whether it's legal? >> mr. cohen: i did what i knew mr. trump wanted. this conversation with mr. trump started -- >> i didn't ask whether you were a good fixer. i asked whether you are a good lawyer. >> mr. cohen: sometimes you have to melt both together. i needed to come at that time, ensure and protect mr. trump. i'm clearly suffering the penalty of -- i clearly aired on the side of wrong. >> you feel like, without bothering to consider whether it was proper much less whether it was the right thing to do, by ignoring any conscience -- if you have one -- that you were protecting mr. trump? >> mr. cohen: i'm sorry, sir, i don't understand. >> you felt that was how to protect

clifford thanks so much for going from a business that. well in just a few hours as we've mentioned president trump will board a plane to vietnam where he willbe holding his second historic meeting with north korean leader kim jong un that's later this week wednesday kim is already on route to hanoi on board his own official train i want you to leaders first met in june of last year in singapore trump is hoping choice of venue this time around vietnam's capital hanoi can serve as an inspiration to kim to denuclearize so he can open up his country to economic development. boss in heart he joins us now from hanoi good morning boston what's the atmosphere for this second meeting of the american and north korean leaders like. well the preparations brian here are in full swing the city is getting ready gearing up for the summit is trying to look pretty if you look here they've put up these flower pots along the roads here everywhere if you look behind me this is the government guest house this is one of the possible venue's for the summit where the two leaders are going to meet now that's not confirmed but you can see how the workers are decorati

presidential campaign that was demanded by miss clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr truong and this is exhibit four to my testimony mr trump directed need to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit. to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign and i did that too without bothering to consider whether that was improper or much less whether it was the right thing to do or how would it impact me my family or the public and i'm going to jail in part because of my decision to help mr trump hide that payment from the american people before they voted a few days later as exhibit five aid to my testimony shows i am providing a copy of a thirty five thousand dollars check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august first of two thousand and seventeen when he was president of the united states pursuant to the cover up which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me the word used by mr trump's t.v. lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf this thirty five thousand dollars check was one of eleven check installments that

clifford payment. he will show ethe panel a signed check. mr. cohen began receiving after mr. trump took office. that's the president signing checks on an illegal hush money scheme. >> and denying any role in any of it prior to that and since then. he's never copped to the fact that he was in the oval office signing hush money payment checks. it speaks to how flagrant the corruption in this administration. this is the most financially conflicted administration in the modern presidency. they refuse to separate themselves from the business interests. but this is trump reaching into his personal checking account, by the way. the family accountant said the chucks would be cut from the president's personal fund. so he's reaching essentially into his own bank account to pay his lawyer to keep someone quiet about an affair while his wife was pregnant with their son. >> the guy's the president. he's sitting in the white house with weiszal burg brings him the checkbook? for the love of god. >> we won't get into russia publicly. but just that one example of what's been leaked, cohen has documentation on w

clifford to keep her silence about her affair with mr. trump and this is exhibit 4 of my testimony.directed me to use my own home equity funds to avoid money be traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign and i did that too without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do or how it would impact me, my family or the public. i'm going to jail in part because of my decision to help hide that from the american people before they voted a few days later. as exhibit 5a to my testimony shows, i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check mr. trump signed from his personal bank account august of 2017 when he was president of the united states pursuant to my guilty plea toy -- to reimburse me for the hush money. the check was one of 11 check installments paid throughout the year while he was president. other checks to reimburse me for the hush money as were signed by donald trump jr. and mr. eisenberg. see exhibit 5b. the president of the united states thus wrote a personal check for the payment of hush money as part of a crim

clifford kron 4 news. "there's not going to be any wall money in the legislation." (ken) democrats unveiled a measure today that would not provide money for president trump's border wall. and you heard house speaker nancy pelosi is reiterating that whatever deal is reached-- it will not include money for the wall. this comes as president trump told reporters that pelosi is "just playing games" by not offering funding for a wall in border security negotiations. the president says he could also imagine a day where she would beg him to build one. "and by the way, if you go to tijuana and you take down that wall, you will have so many people coming into our country that nancy pelosi will be begging for a wall. she will be begging for a wall. she will say, 'mr. president, please, please give us a wall.'"(ken) president trump went on to say he does not expect a group in congress working to reach a deal to produce an option he would find acceptable. he also says he's quote "not concerned" about potential legal challenges if he declares a national emergency to free up funds to build a border wall. the president promises he won't do anything until february 15th -- but says if

trump? >> i believe so. >> when you arranged a payment to miss clifford you say in your testimony and i will quote from your testimony that you did so, quote, without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do. you said that, end quote. that's your testimony today. you said you didn't even consider whether it was legal. how could you give your client legal advice when you are not even considering whether it's legal? >> i did what i knew mr. trump wanted. this conversation with mr. trump started -- >> i didn't ask whether you were a good fixer. i asked whether you were a good lawyer. >> sometimes you have to meld both together. i needed to at that time ensure and protect mr. trump, and if i put my -- which i'm clearly, clearly suffering the penalty of, i clearly -- erred on the side of wrong. >> so you feel like by without bothering to consider whether it was proper, much less whether it was the right thing to do by ignoring any conscience, if you have one, that you were protecting mr. trump? >> i'm sorry, sir i don't understand the question. >> did you fe

trump? >> i believe so. >> when you arranged a payment to ms. clifford, you stay in your testimony, i'm going to quote from your testimony, that you did so, quote, without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do. you said that. unquote. that's your testimony today. you said you didn't even consider whether it would be legal. how could you give your client legal advice when you're not even considering whether it's legal? >> i did what i knew mr. trump wanted. this conversation with mr. trump -- >> i didn't ask whether you were a good fixer. i asked whether you awere a goo lawyer. >> sometimes you have to meld both together. i needed to at that time ensure and protect mr. trump, and if i put my -- which i'm clearly, clearly suffering the penalty of, i clearly erred on the side of wrong. >> so you feel like, without bothering to consider whether it was proper much less whether it was the right thing to do, by ignoring any conscience, if you have one, that you were protecting mr. trump? >> i'm sorry, si

trump? i believe so. when you arranged a payment to ms clifford, you're your testimony," without bothering to consider whetherconsider whether it was legal. how could you give your client to legal advice when you're not even considering whether it is legal?” did what i knew mr trump wanted. this conversation with mr trump started... i didn't ask if you are a good fixer, i asked if you are a good fixer, i asked if you are a good lawyer. sometimes you have to meld both together and i needed to at that time ensure and protect mr trump, and if i put... which i am clearly suffering the penalty of, i clearly suffering the penalty of, i clearly erred on the side of wrong. so, you feel like without bothering to consider whether it was proper, much less whether it was the right thing to do, by ignoring any conscience, if you have one, that you are protecting mr trump? i'm sorry, sir, i don't understand. as his lawyer, you feel that you did a good job? you said you're a good lawyer, wright? that's right. is that being a good lawyer, to not consider whether or not it is legal? ididn't consider whether or not it is legal

donald trump wrote you a check out of his personal account while he was serving as president of the united states of america to reimburse you for hush money payments to miss clifford, is that what you are telling the american people today? >> yes, mr. chairman. >> did the president call you on public messaging about the payments to miss clifford? >> yes. >> what did the president ask or suggest. >> it was not knowledgeable of these reimbursements or knowledgeable of my reaction. >> he asked you to say that? >> yes. >> your meeting with donald trump in july of 2016, when roger stone happened to call and tell mr. trump he had just spoken to mr. assange, is that correct? >> that's correct. it was a short conversation, i just want to let you know that i gotten off the phone with julian assange and in a couple of days there is going to be a massive dump of e-mails that's going to hurt the clinton campaign. >> mr. trump was aware of the upcoming dump before it actually happened. >> yes. >> let's go back to this credibility. you want us to make sure we think of you as tropic icon and you are about justice and you are the person that somebody would call at 3:00 in the mor

trump - 'make america great again' ... hats in his restaurant... describing them as negative cultural symbols. kron 4's charles clifford explains... well, here in san mateo the co owner of the popular wursthall restaurant has caused a bit of stir after he apparently implied that anyone wearing a maga hat would not be allowed in. now this past sunday the chef tweeted out that "maga hats are like white hoods but stupider because you can see exactly who is wearing them." now since that tweet, the chef has said the restaurant has received threats and as of thursday afternoon it appears that the tweet has been removed from twitter.we also talked to restaurant goers who had mixed feelings about the ban.sotit does seem like a bad business idea but i do get where he's coming from. it seems like if we want to be inclusive of everybody. everybody means everybody.sot well, i think our country has the right to free speech. if someone comes in there and starts chanting you should kick them out. but, otherwise you should have the right to wear that hat if you want to. here on thursday afternoon the staff at the restaurant is declini

donald trump wrote you a check out of his personal account, while he was serving as president of thest unitees of america, to reimburse you for hush money payments to miss clifford. is that what you are telling the american peopl today? >> yes, mr. chairman. >> it was a wild day of testimony, to be sure. but it's not over yet. cohen will testify again today, this time behindlosed doors. scott macfarlane. >> reporter: good morning. michael cohen appears before the use intelligence committee and this time, no cameras allowed. it willappen behind closed doors.st very differenterday, when there were so many cameras, swarming as mr. cohen appeared before the house oversight committ committee. and mr. cohen was asked about payments me to "the enquirer." and they defended michael cohen against republican criticisms h was a known liar and was po aibly seeking book deal. does any of this feel a litece like a sptacle? >> i think the republicans are trying to make it look that way. >> i think there's probably a lot of people in america who are startled to get in inside glimpse on how the trump operation is operating. >> reporter: we will likely see mr. cohenac app the offi

closing days of the presidential campaign, that was demanded by miss clifford to maintain her silence about her affair with mr trumpand i do that too, without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do, or how it would impact me, my family or the public. and i am going to jail in pa rt public. and i am going to jail in part because of my decision to help mrtrump hide part because of my decision to help mr trump hide that payment from the american people before they voted a few days later. as exhibit five a to my testimony shows, i am providing a copy of a $35,000 cheque that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august one, 2017. when he was president of the united states, pursuant to the cover—up, which was the basis of my guilty plea, to reimburse me. the word used by mr trump's tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf, this $35,000 cheque was one of 11 cheque instalments that was paid throughout the year, while he was president. 0ther cheques to reimburse me for the hush money pa