mr allen has long design. —— mr allen has long denied the claims. that prompted some of the claims.ject, like timothee chalamet, who said he would donate his salary from the film to charity. amazon has not yet commented on the suit which was anticipated by mr allen in 2016 when heissued anticipated by mr allen in 2016 when he issued a statement after a deal was inked, saying, there is much hope, mutual affection and genuine goodwill. the lawsuits will come later. high rates of smoking continue to damage australia's indigenous communities. experts say smoking does more damage than alcohol and illicit drugs combined. australia has led the world in combatting smoking, but this group has been left behind. so in sydney, a new programme is trying to help aboriginal australians turn away from tobacco. phil mercer reports. smoke is sacred to australia's indigenous people. the ceremonial burning of leaves and bark wards off evil spirits and is a sign of respect to elders. smoking tobacco was introduced by european settlers. it's left a terrible legacy. today, about a third of aboriginal adul

now instead mr allen is suing the company for more than $68 million in damages. dylan farrow in 1992. the suit says amazon has tried to excuseis the suit says amazon has tried to excuse is action by referencing a 25—year—old baseless allegation against mr allen but that allegation was already known to amazon and the public before engaging in four separate deals. mr allen has long denied the claims which has regained prominence due to the me too movement, which convert the stars of the film to distance themselves from the film to distance themselves from the project, like this post on instagram... amazon the project, like this post on instagram. .. amazon has the project, like this post on instagram... amazon has not yet commented on the suit, which was seemingly anticipated by mr allen in 2016 after he issued a statement when the deal was inked, saying, like all beginning relationships there is much hope, mutual affection and goodwill. the lawsuits will come later. she was a pioneer scientist who didn't get the recognition she deserved in her lifetime, but now th

mr. allen: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. delgado: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. thank you, madam speaker. today i rise to honor sojourner truth. born a slave in 1797. she ran away to freedom with her infant daughter in 1827. she then challenged the illegal sale of her son to a slave owner and was the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. she spent the rest of her life as a national leader in the abolitionist movement challenging the norms of her time by advocating for gender and racial equality and for the right to vote. her bust is displayed here in th

a sought after artist in africa mrs allen is now celebrating his first solo sherry in the u.k. . showing my work here in london doesn't mean that there's a different audience but it doesn't mean that no one can necessarily connect with the work within the work you know there are traces of of people fighting their own humanity and of finding some way to within the landscape but also are finding soulful reflections that happen within the space as the artists exploration of the landscape in history come a south africa grapples with how to rectify the inequality of landownership this body of work kind of surfaces in a time where south africa is having conversations around land reform and changing the constitution to allow for that form and saw in part this body of work speaks about this assuring of incest role or spiritual realm speaking to issues of that because the land is where the bones of our ancestors our rituals and traditions are exhibition visitors value this makes of the spiritual with the political i love her work it is so it is a very. good interplay with her spirituality

mr. allen's office and senator wiener's office to watch for supervisor yee's comments that he expressed. commissioner mar? >> supervisor mar: yes. i just want to echo some of the comments that commissioner yee made, and particularly thank you, sfcta for recommending support of sb 127. which commissioner yee, i was proud to cosponsor on. pedestrian safety is a personal and public interest of mine. and the th and then actually, i did have a similar point. i'll maybe turn it over to mr. chang. curious to hear your thoughts on sf -- or sfcta's thoughts on sb 50. and what specific aspects of this bill you're watching moving forward. >> chair peskin: mr. chang or miss crabbe, who would like to respond. >> commissioner mar, we are still relying on a bit more analysis from the planning department, who are looking into the details of the latest version of the bill. our understanding is that it seeks to address some of the concerns that were raised locally and statewide regarding the impact to vulnerable communities what are at risk of displacement. iible there have been other change to see the st

thank you, mr. allen. okay. thank you. >> first of all, i would like all the commissioners present here today to allow us to have a hearing here in our community and for allowing all of our voices to be heard, the voices of the community that they're expressing their wishes and the way they want to live here in their neighborhood. particularly the voices of the families and individuals that have been affected by displacement and for the lack of affordable housing. as a deputy executive director for mission housing development corporation, i work very closely with many families in our communities and also very closely with partners, so we ourselves are very involved with working with many individuals, and it's hard to hear the sad stories about families that are struggling that are being displaced that are soon to become homeless due to the lack of affordable housing. we need to think of housing that will benefit our communities, not to harm them. casting a shadow or in this case, as presented, reducing the shado

in july nine hundred forty six mr allen had returned from exile in the french congo but was placed under house arrest in algiers miss ali founded the movement for the triumph and defense of liberty is the m.t.l. deal as cover for his algerian peoples party the age which was still banned after the city for massacre the year before the movement no longer started struggle as purely political. at the first congress of the combines p p a and m t l d in algiers in one nine hundred forty seven they decided to launch a paramilitary wing called the special organization. when the party leadership patch up point the head of the paramilitary national organization in biskra law to be been he was the obvious choice. in the spring of one nine hundred forty nine billion he didn't have to biskra and move to constantine. yes measure. not about shit in. the one shot see a c. be the one you should do what then have the one pause not. ask. where leader was see sit and one of my seven year olds i mean i was about about eight i had one can't see him. can't have. one of the must. back at s.s.e. . in one of must

mrs. walorski: thank you. i now yield to my friend from georgia's 12th district, representative rick allen. mr. allen: thank you, congresswoman walorski, for your efforts in organizing this important special order. you know, as -- madam speaker, as the proud father of four and grandfather of 13, i rise here this evening joined by many of my republican colleagues to recognize that we have a moral duty, an obligation to protect the most vulnerable among us. those who cannot yet protect or speak for themselves. but as we stand here tonight, democrats in state legislators -- legislatures across the country are celebrating legislation to deny medical care to an innocent baby who is born alive after a failed abortion. we cannot stand idly by and allow this to happen. how have we come to this point in our country where infanticide is something we disagree on? each and every one of us has a right to life. even an innocent newly born gift from god. and i will continue to stand up and fight for that right to life every step of the way. we must continue to be proactive in bringing commonsense, pro-life leg

mr. allen: thank you, congressman walker. thank you for your work here today. and telling the story. and we heard so many stories about people that have been affected by this problem at our southern border. and yet my friends and colleagues continue to fight to resolve the crisis at our southern border, end illegal immigration and save innocent merican lives. i'd like to share about a story. a hard worker. a georgia resident. he was violently shot and killed in 2017 at the hands of three illegal immigrants living just south of georgia's 12th district. mr. mentaya, who worked for a tree service company, reported suspicious activity to the equal employment opportunity commission, aleneling that illegal workers were being employed as part of a scheme to defraud that company. by doing his duty and reporting this illegal activity to proper authorities, mr. mentaya was senselessly murdered by illegal immigrants who reportedly collected more than $3.5 million of illegal profits. folks, this is a very real crisis we are facing in our southern border. and we simply cann

mr. cohen: allen weisselberg. >> would it help for the committee to obtain tax returns from the president and his company to address the discrepancy? mr. cohen: i believe so. >> i yield the rest of my time to the chair. >> thank you mr. chairman. i just want to thank you for your leadership and the way in which you can port yourself. there are some that would have you believe the more you say something the more true it is but in fact this committee thinks your leadership and our democratic majority has been doing the work of the american people. we looked at the issue of making the election day a national holiday in pursuit subpoenas to reunite families. recently before we return here, try to pass a universal background check gun bill. we are doing the business of the american people including today. it has been said that the best sunlight -- sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant. electric light is the most efficient policeman. the point of oversight is for us to pursue the trust -- pursue the truth and justice for the american people. understand if allies and corruption are threat

mr. mike allen himself. good morning. what is axios' one big thing this morning?s 2020 vision. you didn't have to squint very hard to see president trump outlining themes, symbols and policies he is teeing up for the 2020 campaign. you can boil it down to america first versus socialism. you heard parts in the speech where trump the showman was going for applause in the chamber, talking about d-day, criminal justice reform and funding research in kids cancer and ending aids. then, trump the campaigner, sending unmiserable messages to pennsylvania, talking about banning late term abortion and talks with north korea and, of course, then vowing to build the wall. >> you also mentioned a notable line we will hear from the president on the 2020 campaign trail. what is that? >> the president used a couple of words you rarely hear. he brought up socialism trying to say some american democratic politics are like maduro in venezuela. he was saying there's a rise of social lim socialism in the country. on the msnbc speech afterwards, i heard ocasio-cortez saying she thought

mr. cohen? >> no, sir. >> it could give rise to serious state and federal criminal liability if a corporation is cooking its books. based on your testimony today, donald trump jr. and allen weisselberg directed this payment to you and approved this payment, is that right? >> mr. trump initially acknowledged the obligation, the debt, myself and allen weisselberg went back to his office, and i was instructed by allen at the time that they were going to do this over 12 installments. and what he decided to do then was to have me send an invoice, in which case they can have a check cut. and then, yes, the answer would be yes to your followup question. >> and donald trump jr. obviously signed off on this. >> it would either be eric trump, donald trump jr. and/oral an weisselberg. but always allen weisselberg on the check. >> and you think the executive was donald trump jr. >> yes. >> you knew that the payments were false and illegal, correct? >> i can make that conclusion. >> you told representative kelly that the president was aware of this scheme, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> i just want the american public to understand the explosive nature of your testimony in th

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 meeting with the reported? >> mr. cohen: yes. >> did he call you to grenade on public messaging about the payments to ms. clifford in or around february of 2018? >> mr. cohen: yes. >> what did he ask or suggest that you say about the payments or reimbursements? >> mr. cohen: he was not knowledgeable of these reimbursements. he was not knowledgeable of my actions. >> he ask you to

but always allen weisselberg on the check. >> i just want the american public to understand the explosive nature of your testimony on this document. are you telling us, mr. cohen, that the president directed transactions in conspiracy with allen weisselberg and his son, donald trump jr., as part of a civil criminal -- as part of a criminal conspiracy of financial fraud? is that your testimony today? >> yes. >> and do you know if this criminal financial scheme that the president, allen weisselberg and donald trump jr. being involved in is being investigated by the southern district of new york? >> i'd rather not discuss that question because it could be part of an investigation that's currently ongoing. >> but i just want the american public to understand that solely apart from bob mueller's investigation there is garden variety financial fraud and your allegation and the explosive smoking gun documents suggest that the president, his son and his cfo may be involved in a criminal conspiracy. and isn't it true, mr. cohen, that this criminal conspiracy, that involved four people, that there is only one person so far that suffered the repercussion, and that

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 didn't know about the stormy payment or reimburse him for it. do you recall this meeting with the reporter? >> i do. >> the reporter also wrote, trump called while i was there. 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 while you were having a meeting with the reporter? >> yes. >> did the president call you to coordinate on public messaging about the payments to miss cliffords in or around february 2018? >> yes. >> what did the president ask or suggest you say about the payments or reimbursements? >> he was not knowledgeable of these reimbursements and he wasn't knowledgeable of my actions. >>

mr. cohen? >> no, sir. >> it could give rise to serious state and federal criminal liability if a corporation is cooking its books. based on your testimony today, donald trump jr. and allen weisselberg directed this payment to you and approved this payment, is that right? >> mr. trump initially acknowledged the obligation, the debt, myself and allen weisselberg went back to his office, and i was instructed by allen at the time that they were going to do this over 12 installments. and what he decided to do then was to have me send an invoice, in which case they can have a check cut. and then, yes, the answer would be yes to your followup question. >> and donald trump jr. obviously signed off on this. >> it would either be eric trump, donald trump jr. and/oral an weisselberg. but always allen weisselberg on the check. >> and you think the executive was donald trump jr. >> yes. >> you knew that the payments were false and illegal, correct? >> i can make that conclusion. >> you told representative kelly that the president was aware of this scheme, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> i just want the american public to understand the explosive nature of your testimony in th

mr. allen: this is not reform it's a shameless attempt to keep one party in power and the american people deserve bert. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. everyone deserves to feel safe in their community whether they are at work, at home, at school, or at church. miss underwood: less than two weeks ago, five people, four of whom were my constituents, left their homes for work at the henry pratt company in aurora, illinois, and never returned. their lives were taken by a horrific act of gun violence. i am committed to honoring the lives of the victims of gun violence through action. h.r. 1112 is a common sense and bipartisan bill that would help address a deficiency in background check la

mr. cohen? >> no, sir. >> it could rise to federal, state and criminal liability if a corporation is cooking its books. based on your testimony today, donald trump jr. and allen weisselberg directed this payment to you and approved this payment, is that right? >> mr. trump, initially acknowledged the obligation that myself and allen weisselberg went back to his office and i was instructed by allen at the time that they were going to do this over 12 installments. and what he decided to do then was to have me send an invoice, in which case they could have a check cut. and then, the answer would be yes to your followup. >> and donald trump jr. obviously signed off on this? >> it would either be eric trump, donald trump jr. or alan weiss enberg on the check. >> they knew this payment was false and illegal, correct? >> i can't make that conclusion. >> you told representative kelly that the president was aware of this scheme, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> i just want the american public to understand the explosive nature of your current testimony in this document. are you telling us, mr. cohen, that the president directed transactions in conspiracy with al

mr. cohen? >> no, sir. >> it could give rise to serious state and federal criminal liability if a corporation is cooking its books. based on your testimony today, donald trump jr. and allen weisselberg directed this payment to you and approved this payment, is that right? >> mr. trump initially acknowledged the obligation, the debt, myself and allen weisselberg went back to his office, and i was instructed by allen at the time that they were going to do this over 12 installments. and what he decided to do then was to have me send an invoice, in which case they can have a check cut. and then, yes, the answer would be yes to your followup question. >> and donald trump jr. obviously signed off on this. >> it would either be eric trump, donald trump jr. and/oral an weisselberg. but always allen weisselberg on the check. >> and you think the executive was donald trump jr. >> yes. >> you knew that the payments were false and illegal, correct? >> i can make that conclusion. >> you told representative kelly that the president was aware of this scheme, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> i just want the american public to understand the explosive nature of your testimony in th

mr. tonight show. steve allen had done one before but jack surprisingly the impact he had on the nation, he was only on it five years. >> it is pretty amazing? >> johnny 30some. >> and johnny carson was a big rival of yours, right? >> being two nebraskaens who came to new york dewied eye, he came dewied eye ten years before i did. we were very, very good friends. >> i just want to quickly read part of the incredible roster. marlo brandon, bet davis, john lennon. that's not bad. that is not bad at all. that's just for starter. >> those are the little folks. >> but here's the advice that jack par gave you, he said to you, hey, kid, when you do your show, don't do interviews. >> that knocked me over. i picked up the phone. the voice said it was jack par and i didn't believe it because he didn't call me. hey, kid, this is jack. let me give you some advice. please don't do interviews. i said what, do i do sing or talk to the guests in poetry. he said no interview q&a and what's your favorite this or that. david frost f

mr. chairman, what do you -- >> allen weisselberg allen weisselberg, donald trump jr., weisselberg, will you talk to them? >> yeah, we probably will. there are certain areas we've got to be careful with because special counsel and southern district of new york and others have basically said that there are things that they're looking in to. there are a number of areas that we couldn't even get into and didn't get into that they're looking in to. this is -- i think that there are still a number of shoes to drop. >> so on the number of shoes to drop, right, and so many people obviously have been making such a huge deal about mueller and potential collusion but really isn't this about finances, sdny -- >> it's about new york. >> it's about new york. >> absolutely. maybe trump can't be prosecuted but the trump organization can be and it derives its liability for any crimes from the people who act within it, so that's well within the prospects i think for the southern district or the attorney general of new york. >> are you surprised and i know allen weisselberg allen weisselberg presumably ma

mr. trump. >> tell us why he would do that and what purpose did it serve. >> it depends upon the situation. there were times that i was asked, again, with allen weisselberg, the cfo, to go back and to speak with an individual from forbes, because mr. trump wanted each year to have his net worth rise on the forbes wealthiest individuals list. and so what you do is you look at the assets and you try to find an asset that has, say, for example, 40 wall street, which is about 1.2 million square feet. find an asset that is comparable, find the highest price per square foot that's achieved in the area and apply it to that building. or if you're going off of your rank roll, go by the gross rent roll, times a multiple, and you make up the multiple, which is something that he had talked about. and it's based upon what he wanted to value the asset at. >> you know, you have provided this committee with copies of the president's financial statements or parts of them from 2011, 2012 and '13. and mr. chairman, i would like to submit those for the record. mr. chairman, i would like to submit the statements to the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >>

mr. trump. >> tell us why he would do that and what purpose did it serve? >> it depends upon the situation. there were times that i was asked again with allen weisselburg the cfo to go back and speak with an individual from forbes because mr. trump wanted each year to have his net worth rise on the forbes wealthiest individuals list. and so what you do is you look at the assets is with you try to find an asset that has, say, for example, 40 wall street, which is 1.2 million square feet. find an asset that's comparable, find the highest priced per square foot that's achieved in the area and apply it to that building. or if you're going off your rent roll, go by the gross rent roll, times the multiple and you make up the multiple, which is something he had talked about. it's based upon what he wanted to value the asset at. >> you know, you have provided this committee with copies of the president's financial statements or parts of them from 2011, 2012, and '13. and, mr. chairman, i would like to submit those for the record. mr. chairman, i'd like to submit the statements to the record. >> without objection, soer ordered. >> thank you. can you

mrs may. heidi allen has been a vocal critic over universal credit.e. anna soubry over the party were languishing its one nation credentials and business credentials. they have a range of disagreements. the other thing i do think is significant is that these are three women. that matters if you think part of the beef with brexit is its regards in parliament as a sort of all boys club. the decision of these three to go just changes the complexion of the new party, gives it a different feel and makes it slightly more inclusive. that may also make it more attractive. i suppose the question for mrs may is, how does she ensure that no one else follows them? there will be other tories thinking if these three have gone, why shouldn't i goat as well? what will be interesting is the response of team name because we have seen a very divided response from jeremy corbyn. we have seen the softly, softly approach ofjohn mcdonnell, everyone come down, and then the much either response from then the much either response from the likes of jeremy then the much either r

mr. trump. >> tell us why he would do that and what purpose did it serve? >> it depends upon the situation. there were times that i was asked again with allen weisselberg, the cfo, to go back and to speak with an individual from forbes because mr. trump wanted each year to have his net worth rise on the forbes wealthiest individuals list. and so what you do is you look at the assets, and you try to find an asset that has, say, for example, 40 wall street which is about 1.2 million square feet. find an asset that is comparable. find the highest price per square foot that's achieved in the area. and apply it to that building. or if you are going off of your rent roll, go by the gross rent roll times a multiple and you make up the multiple which is something that he had talked about. and it's based upon what he wanted to value the asset at. >> you know you have provided the -- this committee with copies of the president's financial statements or parts of them from 2011, 2012 and '13. and, mr. chairman, i would like to submit those for the record. mr. chairman, i'd like to submit the statements to the record. >> without objection. so ordered. >

mr. trump. >> tell us why he would do that and what purpose did it serve? >> it depends upon the situation. there were times that i was asked, again, with allen weisselberg, the cfo, to go back and to speak with an individual from forbes because mr. trump wanted each year to have his net worth rise on the forbes wealthiest individuals list. and so, what you do, you look at the assets and you try to find an asset that has, say, for example, 41 wall street, 1.2 million square feet, find an asset that's comparable, find t foot, achieved in the area, and apply it to that building, or, if you're going off of your rent roll, times the multiple and you make u multiple which is something that he had talked about based upon what he wanted to value the asset at. >> you have provided this committee with copies of the president's financial statements or parts of them from 2011, 2012 and 2013. mr. chairman, i'd like to submit those for the record. mr. chairman, i'd like to submit the statements to the record. thank you. can you explain why you had these financial statements and what you used them for? >> so, these financial statements were used by me for

at the time i was with allen weisselberg where he directed us to go back to mr. weisselberg's office and figure this all out. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. betos. >> mr. cohen, do you know lynn patton? i'm right here. >> yes, sir. >> do you know lynn patton? >> yes, i do. >> i asked lynn to come today in her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known miss patton? >> i'm responsible for lynn patton joinings the trump organization and the job that she currently holds. >> well, that's -- i'm glad you acknowledge that because you made some very demeaning comments about the president that miss patton doesn't agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in bir ming hamm, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> but, mr. cohen, i guess what i'm saying is, is i've talked to the president over 300 times. i've not heard one time a racist comm

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman, and matthew calamari. >> would don jr. or mr. weisselberg have more information about that? >> mr. weisselberg, for sure. >> "for sure." now, donald trump jr. and ivanka trump name checked by cohen. our cameras caught don junior at a conservative conference today, where he was basically trying to dodge any of those questions that many people have about what cohen said. you can dodge, you know, cameras, but you can't ignore investigators in the house when they have subpoenas. the house intel committee planning to call allen weisselberg, donald trump's cfo in, to testify. so this is what we are seeing and hearing from congress today. what we don't know is what else is happening with investigators who have even more tools in the southern district of new york. cohen hinting that they have investigations that are basically undisclosed. and he says he's in constant contact with them. tonight, we will also speak later in the hour, exclusively to the former head of that office, which is sure to be interesting. but i begin with former wat

democrats are now saying they want to hear from donald trump jr., allen wiseleberg, some of the allegations that cohen made. what do you make of that? mr. mccarthy: that they're doing exactly what they said before the election, that their whole goal was to try to impeach the president. it's not about the challenge we face as america. it's not about the challenge that we face to make the next century ours. this is purely political. to even have a hearing, while the president is overseas in vietnam negotiating with north korea, says a lot about this new majority. says a lot about what their agenda is. i thought jim jordan made a very clear point, what were the town hall meetings happening in nadler's district? or coming's district prior? it was all about the impeachment of this president. if you watch the questioning of some of the new freshmen democratic members, all they talk about is impeachment. that's their goal. i don't think that's what america wants to see happen. i don't think that's where america wants that we can find and work together. i don't know if you had any more questions about schiff. none of you asked. reporter: you d

mr. trump inenate. >> can you suggest who else this committee should talk to for additional information on this or anything else? >> yes, i believe david pecker, dylan howard, harry levine of a.m.i., as well, allen garden of the trump organization, as well. >> thank you very much for your testimony. mr. chairman, this is a story of redemption. >> tha you. >> mr. cohen, in your testimony you stated that you began work r for the trumnization as a lawyer dealing with real estate transactions, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> prior to coming to congress, i served as the director of two different banks so i have seen s hundf loan applications. to try to determine your credibility here today i wanted to ask you a couple of real estate transaction questions to see how in fact you operate. according to the southern district of new york ksosecutors, you lied to b o secure loans by falsely stating the amoudebt you were carrying. t question to you, was it donald trump's faut you knowingly committed a crime of the section to defraud a bank. >> no it is not. >> was that fraudulent loan you obtained for the trump organization or for you personally? >> it would be for me, though i'm not familiar with whi

mr. trump initially acknowledged the obligation. i was instructed by allen at the time that we were going to do this over 12 installments. >> and donald trump jr. signed off on this. >> it would be them but always allen on the check. >> you think executive too is donald trump jr.? >> yes. >> they knew this payment were false and illegal, correct? >> i can make that conclusion. >> you told representative kelly that the president was aware of this scheme, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> i want the pleamerican publio understand the nature of this testimony. are you telling us that the president directed in conspiracy with allen and his son, donald trump jr. as part of a civil criminal -- part of a criminal conspiracy of financial fraud. is that your testimony today? >> yes. >> and do you flow if this criminal financial scheme that the president and donald trump jr. are involved in by the southern district of new york? >> i would rather not discuss that question because it could be part of an investigation that's currently ongoing. >> and i just want to a

and allen wiseelberg directed this payment to you. >> mr. trump acknowledged the obligation that mysel we went bo his office. i was instructed by alan at the time, we were going to do this over 12 installments. what he decided to do was have me send an invoice, which they can have a check cut. yes, the answer would be yes to your question. >> donald trump jr. signed off. >> eric trump, donald trump jr. or alan weisselberg. >> they knew this payment was false and illegal? >> i can't make that conclusion. >> you told representative kelly that the president was aware of this scheme. >> that's correct. grip the american public to understand the explosive nature of your testimony in this document. are you telling us mr. cohen, that the president directed transactions in conspiracy with alan weisselberg and his son, donald trump jr., part of criminal conspiracy of financial fraud? >> yes. >> do you know with this criminal financial scheme that the president, alan weisselberg and donald trump jr. involved in is investigated by the southern district

at the time i was with allen weisselberg where he directed us to go back to mr. weisselberg's office and figure this all out. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. betos. >> mr. cohen, do you know lynn patton? i'm right here. >> yes, sir. >> do you know lynn patton? >> yes, i do. >> i asked lynn to come today in her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known miss patton? >> i'm responsible for lynn patton joinings the trump organization and the job that she currently holds. >> well, that's -- i'm glad you acknowledge that because you made some very demeaning comments about the president that miss patton doesn't agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in bir ming hamm, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> but, mr. cohen, i guess what i'm saying is, is i've talked to the president over 300 times. i've not heard one time a racist comm

mr. trump in the senate. >> can you suggest who else this committee should talk to for additional information on this or anything else? >> yes, i believe david pecker, dylan howard, harry levine of a.m.i., as well, allen garden of the trump organization, as well. >> thank you very much for your testimony. mr. chairman, this is a story of redemption. >> thank you. >> mr. cohen, in your testimony you stated that you began work for the trump organization as a lawyer dealing with real estate transactions, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> prior to coming to congress, i served as the director of two different banks so i have seen hundreds of loan applications. to try to determine your credibility here today i wanted to ask you a couple of real estate transaction questions to see how in fact you operate. according to the southern district of new york prosecutors, you lied to banks to secure loans by falsely stating the amount of debt you were carrying. my question to you, was it donald trump's fault that you knowingly committed a crime of the section to defraud a bank. >> no it is not. >> was that fraudulent loan you obtained for the trump organization or for you personally? >> it would be for me, thou

mr. cohen, that the president directed transactions in conspiracy with allen weisselberg and his son, donald trump jr., as part of a civil criminal -- as part of a criminal conspiracy of financial fraud? is that your testimony today? >> yes. >> on the 2016 trump tower meet with don junior and others, cohen remembered this moment. >> i recall don junior leaning over to his father and speaking in a low voice, which i could clearly hear and saying, the meeting is all set. and i remember mr. trump saying, okay, good. let me know. what struck me as i look back and thought about the exchange between don junior and his father was, first, that mr. trump frequently told me and others that his son don junior had the worst judgment of anyone in the world. and also that don junior would never set up any meeting of significance and certainly not without checking with his father. cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress in 2017 about the trump organization's pursuit of a trump tower moscow project. he initially downplayed trump's role and lied by saying talks ended in january 2016. but now says the presi

mr. cohen, that the president directed transactions in conspiracy with allen weisselberg and his son, donaldtrump jr., as part of a civil -- as part of a criminal conspiracy of financial fraud? is that your testimony today? >> yes. >> quite an allegation. trump's former fixer also told lawmakers that mr. trump knew that his longtime adviser, roger stone, reached out to wikileaks and that they were planning to release hacked e-mails from hillary clinton stolen by russia, we should note, and that the president was aware in advance. >> it was a short conversation, and he said, mr. trump, i just want to let you know that i just got off the phone with julian assange, and in a couple of days, there's going to be a massive dump of e-mails that's going to severely hurt the clinton campaign. >> the reason i ask is because on july 22nd, on the eve of the democratic convention, wikileaks published, as you know, the 20,000 leaked internal dnc e-mails. could your meeting with mr. trump have been before that date? >> yes. >> so mr. trump was aware of the upcoming dump before it actually happened? >> yes.

from the former attorney general, dominic grieve, who said if mrs may continued down the route to no deal than he was off. we have heidi allenof the defectors, suggesting that up to a third of the tory party were unhappy at the way mrs may was leading them on the influence of the hard right. this morning we had the former education secretary, justine greening, saying that if mrs may continued in the current vein and she failed to stand up to the european research group and allow the party to continue to be obsessed with brexit, then she too was likely to quit. this is what she said. if we simply become the brexit party then i do not believe we have a successful future ahead of us. so you would leave? i don't think i would be able to stay part of a party that was simply a brexit party that had crashed out of the european union. i spent time growing up with my father unemployed, i know what that means to families, i am not prepared to be part of a conservative party that blithely thinks that that is some kind of strategy for britain in any way, shape or form. and there has been a little bit of an olive branch proffered to the

has suffered catastrophic economic collapse under mr maduro — but he has warned of civil war if the challenges to his presidency continue. karen allenolution of a different kind here. there has been no letup in the demonstrations on the streets of caracas, as diplomatic pressure on venezuela's socialist leader intensifies. sunday's deadline to announce fresh elections came and went, prompting a raft of european leaders to throw their weight behind this man, the opposition'sjuan their weight behind this man, the opposition's juan guaido. the their weight behind this man, the opposition'sjuan guaido. the uk foreign secretary jeremy opposition'sjuan guaido. the uk foreign secretaryjeremy hunt, leading the charge. in a tweet, he said the uk and european allies now recognise juan guaido as said the uk and european allies now recognisejuan guaido as interim constitutional president, until credible elections can be held, adding that he hoped it would bring adding that he hoped it would bring a humanitarian crisis to an end. meanwhile, spain's prime minister said time was moving on. translation: it is eight days in spain, along with the oth

allen weisselberg has been granted immunitimmunit right? he knows a lot. here's what trump inner circle members have said about mr. selbe weisselberg. >> he knows everything about donald. and in terms of the money trail, donald can be hurt, i believe, a great deal by allen weisselberg. >> he knows every single financial transaction? >> i do believe that he got more and more involved as time went on, and donald trusted him. he was almost a family member. >> how bad could that be for trump, jack, when you think about allen weisselberg who has been granted immunity? >> oh, it's serious stuff, and i think juliette hit it on the head, trump doesn't care about the country but he cares about himself and he cares about his family's liberty. the sorts of things that the southern district is going to be investigating, i would assume, would include violations of the foreign corrupt practices act. remember, there was that "new yorker" story about trump wrongdoing in the former soviet republics to help people paying off local officials to get trump buildings built. there is the intriguing issue of the deutsche bank subpoena. re

bbc news, still to come: woody allen launches legal action against amazon studios, accusing it of breaching their contract by refusing to distribute his latest film. there's mreps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: instagram says it's removing all graphic images of self—harm — after an outcry over the suicide of a british teenager. 50 days to go — but no breakthrough in brussels. theresa may meets eu chiefs in brussels. the actor and film director woody allen has launch

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eta bank he said to chairman cummings that he and the cfo allen weiselberg went back to figure out how to make a $130,000 payment, but he says mr. trump funded me to use my own funds to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact the campaign. in response to a question about he setting up a fake twitter account, that he did not direct the commission of that twitter account. he says i didn't set that up and it was done by a young lady that works for the firm, when he did ask the red finch firm to set it up. finally he said he didn't want a job with the administration even to the attorney with the southern district of new york stated that this was a fact when asked about this, he said i would not call them liars but that statement is not accurate. mr. meadows and i sent you a letter asking you to have mr. rosenstein here. last week when you announced that mr. cohen was coming this week it is the same week we learned the deputy attorney general of the united states was not this sad display that we had to go through in the last several hours. again it's not my words, take the words of the former general co

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