all of this a big deal. here is abc's tara palmeri. >> reporter: michael cohen blowing past reporters outside a manhattan federal court. the president's longtime lawyer and fixer pleading for leniency before a judge sentenced him to three years in prison. an emotional cohen blaming trump for his, quote, path of darkness rather than light and leading him to, quote, cover up his dirty deeds. cohen pled guilty to eight felony charges brought by the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york, including campaign finance violations related to those hush money payments made to two women during the 2016 presidential campaign. cohen told prosecutors he arranged the payments at the direction of then candidate trump. two hours later another bombshell. the u.s. attorney announcing that they have struck a cooperation agreement with the company that owns "the national enquirer" and publisher david pecker. a longtime friend of trump. court papers state that two months after trump announced...