avenatti's firm.nto bankruptcy two days before a deposition was supposed to happen. >> yep. >> what does all this mean? >> what it seems to me or what the concern is here why people have raised an eyebrow is that by filing this petition, the deposition, which it appears that mr. avenatti may not have wanted to go forward, the deposition could have been stayed because when there's an involuntary bankruptcy petition, it stays, things like depositions. >> doesn't want to be deposed and he's relying on an nda. it sounds like a guy he's critical of, obviously, the president of the united states. so now you have this whole other situation going on. bankruptcy judge now says the whole thing has a stench of impropriety. that's what the bankruptcy judge said when talking about avenatti's situation. what does this do to his credibility? a guy who blankets the air waves? >> i think it's not good for this hs credibility. when a lawyer decides to try a case with such a heavy media strategy, they, by necessity, put

joining us now michael avenatti, the attorney for stormy daniels.more where the bodies are buried stuff. >> you may not be an attorney but you're ten times the attorney michael cohen is, lawrence. >> i can't even take that as a compliment because ten times the attorney he is is shockingly low. this was idiotic, i knew it the second i saw it. you knew it. i don't think we have to dwell on it. i want to get your reaction to what the president was asked this morning in the white house driveway about michael cohen possibly flipping and cooperating with the prosecutors. let's listen to this. >> are you worried that michael cohen might flip? >> look, i did nothing wrong. you have to understand, this stuff would have come out a long time ago. i did nothing wrong. i didn't do anything wrong. >> is he still your friend? >> i've always liked michael. i haven't spoken to michael in a long time. >> is he still your lawyer. >> he's not my lawyer. >> your personal lawyer -- >> i always liked michael. >> just want to know if you're worried he's going to cooperate

and michael avenatti has the actual texts of these two guys talking to each other through texts. so you know what that means? dramatic reading of the text right here. >> that is awesome. >> on the last word. it also means michael avenatti is going to translate them for us. >> that alleged collusion between cohen and -- between the two people supposedly on the opposite side of that fight, that has always been the worm in the middle of that rotten apple. if he's going to get to the bottom of it with this lawsuit, more power to him. >> michael avenatti is here to explain it. >> good. >> thanks, pal. >> thanks, pal. >> had to do it. how about that, thanks, pal. how would you feel if you heard your lawyer saying thanks pal to the lawyer on the opposite side of your case. in the stormy daniels case, michael avenatti thinks those words are a pattern that show a conspiracy between donald trump's lawyer and the lawyer who used to be stormy daniels' lawyer, keith davidson. we know about that thanks pal between them from texts that michael avenatti has obtained and released today as part of

you have some thoughts on michael avenatti?th: oh, i see what's happening here. kenny, we're not talking about paul giamatti. we're talking about michael avenatti. [ laughter ] >> well, i'm talking about paul giamatti. why do we always got to talk about what you want to talk about? >> seth: more than a fair point. hey angela from hair and makeup, do you have anything to say about michael avenatti? >> well, he has the vibe of a guy who takes his wedding ring off before he enters a hotel bar. i like that. [ laughter ] >> seth: angela. wally, what do you think? do you like michael avenatti? >> well, thank you for asking me, seth. i feel that michael avenatti, the entity not just the man, raises interesting questions about the moral and ethical state of our society. >> seth: go on. >> well, if he worked for donald trump, wouldn't you regularly be making acerbic quips at his expense? >> seth: yeah, i suppose you have a point. >> would his head not be constantly over your shoulder as it is now above mine? and would you not comment on

so michael avenatti is going to be on this show tonight. >> gag order. smag order. >> turns out there's reason to suspect that when michael cohen was in law school he was not taking notes during the first amendment discussion. it might just be that. i don't know. >> or he forgot since. you know, he's been under pressure. >> yeah. >> all right. >> who needs canoe time? michael cohen needs canoe time. >> that's true. but mine's occupied. >> thank you, rachel. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> well, the president's campaign manager is in jail. and i'm saying that slowly because that is the sort of thing you get to say once a century, if that. the president's campaign manager is in jail. the last time a president's former campaign manager went to jail was when president nixon's campaign manager, john mitchell, went to prison for his involvement in the watergate scandal and its cover-up. and the campaign -- after the campaign, john mitchell became richard nixon's attorney general. so john mitchell is the first attorney general of the united states to go to jail. so

what avenatti's trying to do is get discovery. he wants to try to move the case forward to get more information, more text messages, et cetera. but this is likely a lucid lawsuit. >> if you look at it, right, it appears to be really cozy. there was a report set aside earlier sort of a cozy relationship. >> but lawyers are cozy, lawyers in a particular industry that do these kinds of lawsuits, you get to know the people on the other side and it can be frustrating for the clients. it could be anything from real estate to divorce, you fame it. the people on both sides tend to know each other -- >> you don't think it's unusual? >> no i don't. >> this is january 2018 tech measure messages between the two men. cohen writes to davidson i have her tentatively scheduled for to day. >> cohen response, it's really important. why. cohen later more frustrated writes, this is no good, we need her by tomorrow. you just greeted another news cycle instead of putting an end to this one. apparently he wanted stormy daniels to deny the comments she m

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before michael avenatti took over the representation of stormy daniels. donald trump is not copied on the e-m. he is not -- there is no indication that he read them. but the implication that michael avenatti is trying to draw from the e-mails is that he was knowledgeable about the attempt to discredit the accusations of stormy daniels. and it's a plausible claim but there is no proof of it in this lawsuit. >> we'll hear what the other side says. gloria, could this be potentiall a significant headache for the president? >> well this whole thing is a headache for the president. and i think that what avenatti is clearly trying to do is keep this in the news and raise more questions about what the president knew and when he knew i do think there i flip side to this. because davidson's -- this is stormy daniels' original attorney and they look at this filing as constituting a full and complete waiver of attorney-client privilege. so what that means is that davidson can now go out there and spe about stormy daniel how. so of course the question comes to mind, s

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in a brand new lawsuit filed by michael avenatti in los angeles. this alleges that cohen secretly plotted with avenatti's own p d predecessor to work against her and help trump lie about their relationship. that's one new case. there's another development in another case from another woman former aapprentice with a judge setting a schedule that could force donald trump to be deposed there. all this as bob mueller pursues paul manafort. it's not just an allegation that michael cohen got stormy daniels to coordinate with him for trump, which we'll get into. there's also new material here. new leaked evidence that shows cohen and daniels lawyer, at the time, worked together. this is while he was stormy daniel's lawyer. >> keith davidson instead of representing stormy daniels was more interested in colluding with his quote, pal. keith davidson was supposed to be representing stormy daniels at all times. not supposed to be interested in helping out michael cohen and donald trump. >> the mine charge here is pretty simple. this man, davidson, was a double

nelson, so this is michael avenatti's statement. this is via twitter. he says, the motion for a gag order is a complete joke and baseless. mr. cohen and brent blakeley can't deal with the truth, the facts, and the law. so they have to resort to unethical, meritless motions. this must be their birthday present to mr. trump, and then #basta. what do you think of that, nelson? >> i'd say that michael avenatti may have been watching too many thriller crime movies over the years. he's going a little over the top here. >> as simple as that? >> you know, there's nothing in what he's tweeting out there that has any basis in the law. by the way, i think he's done a great service by bringing facts forward, by making arguments in public. he is fearless. i grant him that. but i think when you start -- he's running out his string a bit. >> before i let you go, though, quickly, nelson, how do you think this is going to go over in the court? do you think it will be granted? >> i don't know. laura knows a lot more about the facts of this than i do. i would think no. ve

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this is from stormy daniels' current attorney michael avenatti. show the prior denies by mr. trump and mr. cohen relating to what mr. trump knew and about the honesty of my client were absolute lies. there was a significant coverup here as part of an attempt to deceive the american people and mrs. trump and we intend on getting to the bottom of it. before we continue on, just big picture and m.j., you were reminding me, keith davidson, the original attorney of stormy daniels represented karen mcdougal and another former play mate and he had worked with michael cohen in both of those cas cases. >> right. i think when you have at least three cases that we are now aware of where the two men for whatever reason were involved in all of them, i think michael avenatti wants to use them toi statement you just read from michael avenatti, i said how did you get the text messages and he said we obtained them after months of pressuring mr. davidson to turn them over and he continues to withhold information from us, including more text messages. so trying to s

>> i say michael avenatti may have been watching to mean crime thrillers over the years.e's going over the top here. >> as simple as that? >> there's nothing he's tweeting out there that has any bases in the law. i think he's been making arguments, he is fearless i grant him that. he's running out his string a bit. >> quickly nelson, how do you think this is going to go in the court? do you think it'll be granted? >> i don't know. laura knows more about the facts. i would say no. >> breaking news right in the middle. i'm going to have to recheck that e-mail. >> i like the pop quiz, though. >> we'll do in the break so the whole world doesn't get your e-mail. >>> president trump and his three oldest children facing a massive lawsuit. remember when -- this one alleging the trump foundation ran their family charity like a personal slush fund. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions. that's

avenatti and ms. daniels and mr. davidson, fighting over the context of the legal relationship, how this all played out in the fall of 2016. and that fight could continue for weeks, if not months. but the more important context is what does this mean for the southern district of new york? the u.s. district attorney's office as they move forward with that investigation? and when you look at what's going on with the mueller probe, any information about what happened during this payment and all the discussions, all the e-mails, the phone calls between ms. daniels and her lawyer, between mr. cohen and ms. daniels, her whole camp, all this is likely to come out and it could have political implications for the trump administration. >> danny, i want to read you two quotes. this is rudy giuliani at this financial panel today in israel on the subject of stormy daniels. quote, "i'm sorry, i don't respect a porn star the way i respect a career woman or a woman of substance or a woman who isn't going to sell her body for sexual

we're going to toy with the problems of the universe with avenatti and mooch. set your dial. ( laughter ) if you still have a dial, get a new tv. ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) but before stormy daniels had avenatti, she had a different lawyer named keith davidson who negotiated her $130,000 hush payment. now, she's suing him, claiming he was a puppet for president trump. making him the third puppet to work for trump, after wilbur ross and his buddy waldorf. ( laughter ) i love those guys. i love those guys. according to the lawsuit, the whole time that davidson claimed to be representing the interests of stormy daniels, he was secretly working with trump attorney michael cohen. wow! two-timing her! which is also the name of a pretty good stormy daniels movie. ( laughter ) i'm being told that's right. don't boo the truth. ( laughter ) the lawsuit also alleges that in march, davidson tipped off cohen that stormy was changing lawyers and they were gonna try to get out of the n.d.a. so cohen flew down to mar-a-lago to quickly meet with melania trump to convince her t

michael avenatti's civil litigation. some of it from the feds. my thanks to michael, dan, and liz for joining us on the story tonight. >>> coming up the breaking news i mentioned. a secret navy plan under the trump administration to warehouse over 100 immigrants at bases around the country. >>> also we have a fox news whistle blower who joins me with new revelations about trumpism and compassion. >> these aren't our kids so them some compassion but it is not like he is doing this to kids from idaho or texas. >>> talking about everything from immigtion to safer schools and gun guy lens. plus a fallback friday we can all use. i'meri melber you are watching the beat on msnbc. like medication and medical conditions. biotène provides immediate, long lasting relief from dry mouth symptoms. it is clinically proven to soothe and moisturize a dry mouth. plus, it freshens breath. biotène. immediate and long lasting dry mouth symptom relief. with the lexus is.e thrill of the moment lease the 2018 is 300 and is 300 awd for these terms. experience amazing at

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avenatti.e play a bit of tape on cbs's "the late show." i don't think we have that tape there. let me ask you here, if i could, joyce. i wish we had the tape of mr. avenatti. what did we learn from the court this week? they rejected that request for the restraining order? what was the case they were trying to make and what's your reaction to that move on michael cohen's part? >> so what the court rejected was a request for an emergency gag order to immediately keep avenatti from continuing to go out in public and talk about the case. that doesn't mean that the court take it up after it's been briefed by the parties and reconsider whether there need to be some restriction on mr. avenatti. the interest that the court has is ensuring that the parties get a fair trial when the case goes to trial in the courtroom. sometimes judges believe that the parties or their lawyers are behaving in a way that might taint the information that the public hears and occasionally you'll see a judge impose a gag ord

daniel's lawyer michael avenatti weighing in overnight. >> when the music stops he is not going to be left with a chair and this is a very, very dangerous situation for the president. >> the president rushed to cohen's defense following the april raid, lashing out at the fbi at the time. >> we just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, a good man, and it's a disgraceful situation, it's a total witch-hunt. >> reporter: later dismissing speculation cohen would flip on him, tweeting, most people will flip if the government let's them out of trouble. sorry, i don't see michael doing that. and just before the president took office cohen declaring -- >> and i will do anything to protect mr. trump. >> reporter: meanwhile, there's evidence president trump's frequent attacks on the russia inquiry are taking a toll. a new poll showing special counsel robert mueller's public image at its lowest level so far, 36% of all voters viewing mueller unfavorably including

avenatti's actions are driven by his unquenchable thirst for publici publicity.ublicity tour is going to result in mr. cohen being deprived of his right to a fair trial. does he have a point that you have gotten the media upper hand on him? >> i think i've gotten the media upper hand because i'm speaking the truth. this isn't a publicity tour, it's a truth tour. the reason why i've resonated, i think, with people is because i back up what i say with facts and evidence and i speak the truth as to what's going on here. you know, there's nothing stopping michael cohen or his attorneys from coming forward and debating me or offering a contrary position in the press. in fact we saw that initially with david schwartz and others but they were so pathetic that they went off the air. so, you know, look, this is a porter of significant public imce. if it wasn't, i wouldn't be on n, you wouldn't invite me back, msnbc wouldn't have me on, no one else would have me on if people weren't interested. they're interested because this matters to the country. >> i think michael cohe

you heard avenatti. but it was the president's personal lawyer who put this in motion with comments rudy giuliani made. he is on a trip overseas to israel, right? >> these are legal combatants who are getting into the mudslinging and at times it feels like mud wrestling going after each other trying to undercut the cases so for rudy giuliani, he is chipping away at the credibility of stormy daniels and anything that sort of falls into the category of the civil complaints related to her and her lawyer, michael avenatti, and he's done it in an inflammatory way talking about what she has done as a job and how she looks and suggesting that somehow that's not good enough for his friend donald trump. here's rudy giuliani. >> i don't even think there's a slight suspicion that it's true when you -- excuse me, when you look at stormy daniels, i know donald trump and look at his three wife, right? beautiful women, classy women, women of great substance. stormy daniels? i respect all human beings, i even have to re

michael avenatti's civil litigation. some of it from the feds. my thanks to michael, dan, and liz for joining us on the story tonight. >> thanks, ari. >> thank you. >>> coming up the breaking news i mentioned. a secret navy plan under the trump administration to warehouse over 100,000 immigrants at bases around the country. >>> also we have a fox news whistle blower who joins me with new revelations about trumpism and propaganda. >> these aren't our kids so them some compassion but it is not like he is doing this to kids from idaho or texas. >>> talking about everything from immigration to safer schools and gun guy lens. plus a fallback friday we can all use. i'm ari melber. you are watching the beat on msnbc. what about him? let's do it. ♪ come on. this summer, add a new member to the family. at the mercedes-benz summer event. lease the glc300 for $429 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. with tripadvisor, finding your perfect hotel at the lowest price... is as easy as dates, deals, done! simply enter y

that's what michael cohen -- or sorry, that's what michael avenatti told npr as part of our reportingader pattern of threats that were issued by michael cohen over the last few years. >> what does that pattern look like? >> that pattern looks like what you heard just on that awed two yeo tape a few minutes ago. it looks like threatening everyone from megyn kelly, who if you'll recall after the campaign after a very tough republican debate michael cohen retweeted a tweet that said "we can gut her," referring to megyn kelly. he would go after people like that. but also smaller targets. people like tom wattic. a person we spoke to. he was a student at harvard who pulled a prank on mr. trump during the campaign, and he got a phone call from mr. cohen saying essentially that hey, i'm going to try to get you expelled. i'm going to sue you as well. so there was no target too big or too small for mr. cohen. and what we really get a sense of, right? is it was michael cohen's job more as a lawyer for donald trump or more as a fixer. someone who was willing to do almost anything in terms of lega

avenatti also alleges mr. trump knew what was going on, president trump.it could be a conspiracy to prevent the truth from coming out, aacha ms. daniel go on tv and lie. so we jus don't know based on this limited information. >> but none of it good for mr. cohen. >> it's not good for mr. cohen mr. davidson. that's right. >> still ahead, the president wields his favorite unchecked power today, the pardon. and yet could it be like so many things with this president, it has less to do with helping people and everything to do with bob mueller? the first survivor of alzheimer's disease is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. with a $500,00nsurance policy. how much do you think it cost him? $100 a month? $75? $50? actually,duncan got his $500,000 for under $28 a month. less than a dollar a day. his secret? selectquote. in just minutes, a selectquote agent will comparison shop nearly a dozen hrated life insurance companies, and give you a choice of your five bes

michael avenatti spoke with my colleague, nicolle wallace this afternoon. >> if you look at these text messages, especially the ange relating to sean hannity's show, you be see as the absolute desperation on michael cohen's part to try to get my client to go on sean hannity on the 17th of january. and ifnybody believes that michael cohen is putting or attempting t put my client on sean hannity without the president's knowledge, i have a bridge or perhaps other things to sell them because that just didn't happen. it is clear from the text messages that the prior denials by michael cohen and the president and what the american people have been told is a bunch of nonsense. >> lawyers michael cohen and an attorney for the president did not respond with an i ent. keitid zirins us he's cooperating with a federal investigation of cohen. in a statement his spokesman said this outrageously frivolous lawsuit is another despe attempt b avenatti to continue his publicity tour. i'm joined by julia ansley, justice reporter. this -- i don't know. i think this is getting really something. to a person

ways this telling us that michael avenatti whose credibility is waning.'m not sure there was a lot of relevance for viewers. it's seen as two compelling players in the circus. howie: here rudy giuliani brings in the president's wife. >> she believes in her husband. she knows it's not true. beautiful women, classy women, great substance. stormy daniels? howie: that prompted the first lady spokesperson to say rudy giuliani never discussed anything with melania. kind of a wrist slap. philippe: more like across the face sucker punch. the reason we are talking about porn stars is because donald trump had an affair with one while he was married to melania. there is a reason why it's object television. it's not just because avenatti and giuliani are colorful people. pompeo had to strike him down. the president said rudy is rudy. it's not a media fixation as much as rudy is lashing out and being criticized from all sides including from his boss. howie: melania trump re-emerged in the public eye. the president put up a tweet saying the media has been so unfair and

with me now, michael avenatti. i want to read one other exchange.hael cohen writes to davidson quote, let's forget tonight, they would rather tomorrow so they can promote the heck out of the story. don't think it is smart for her to to do any interviews. >> you say they were essentially working together. but don't lawyers often communicate even if they are on opposite sides. >> you are right. but they are not supposed to be working together when they are supposed to be representing adverse clients and at this point the matter was the settlement was supposed to be executed back in 2016. no reason for scatkeith davidso be communicating with michael cohen. these were two individuals who had a chummy inappropriate relationship. >> in that last text, they talk about the wise men. you believe they include fox. and the wise men included president trump. it doesn't seem to be any more details in the complaint. >> we have evidence that the term "wise men" included to be mr. trump and to be clear, i am not calling mr. trump wise man. you would have to conclud

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now michael avenatti -- this is stormy daniels' lawyer shared an exchange with investigators with thethern district of new york about this cancelation. here is what assistant u.s. attorney nick ruse wrote explaining the reasoning for canceling the meeting. he wrote, quote, we have learned that you leaked to the press the fact and location of our meeting with your client, such leaks are inappropriate and in and of themselves and more importantly, call into question your commitment to maintaining the required confidentiality of the substance of our meeting with your clients. so at this moment, it is not clear whether the interview with stormy daniels will be rescheduled. michael avenatti does tell us that daniels is still willing to cooperate and testify before a grand jury. >> m.j., the trump organization has asked for more time to review michael cohen's audio files and documents. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, wolf, as you know, lawyers with the trump organization have been very busy the past few weeks going over the millions of files and documents and communicati

it involves her attorney, michael avenatti and he is here to talk about it. i thought i wouldn't be able to talk to you again. here's what happened, the judge today denied michael cohen's request for an immediate restraining order gebs you. the final decision will come this month, next month? but you're here talking to me so what's going on? >> it's pretty obvious. they can't beat us on the truth and facts and so they want a judge to basically muzzle me and prevent me from speaking to the american people and prevent me from providing evidence and facts and documents to the public. and we're going to fight it to the end, and we're going to continue to insist that i and my client be permitted to speak about the case and the facts and the evidence. >> so they responded, the lawyer sent this to me today. similar to the defendant's exparte application there is now a briefing scheduled in mr. cohen's motion for a restraining order. mr. avenatti either needs to respect the code of professional conduct or remove himself. what do you say to that? >> this is what's iro

at the end of the mic avenatti's case and stormy daniels's case is really irrelevant to what michael sown does. michael cohen is at risk of going to jail as a criminal for multiple crimes. that is what's on his mind. not the defamation suit or the $130,000 lawsuit from stormy daniels. >> if michael avenatti is arrested, indicted -- >> michael cohen. >> excuse me, excuse me. michael cohen. my appall jieologies. if arrested what would that mean for the special counsel's inion? how does that affect them? view, if the southern district is handling everything unrelated to the president, and what the agreement i suspect is, is that anything that the southern district finds, that t russia -- and there are things we've learned about michael cohen in connection to -- >> from moscow and others -- >> even after election. the peace plan he reportedly delivered to michael flynn and otr things. the relationship with columbus movie virginia and the russian oligarch. those thing would probably flow down to the spe counsel, everything se, particularly anything related to the trump organization, my gu

tonight daniels' current lawyer michael avenatti says there are text messages that prove there was aoverup and that the president has been lying. i'll get reaction from senate judiciary committee member sheldon whitehouse. our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. let's go to joe johns. what more are we learning about this lawsuit? >> the new lawsuit accuses the former lawyer for porn star stormy daniels of violating professional obligations he owed to her as a client, including the duties of loyalty and confidentiali confidentiality. it even accuses attorney keith davidson along with the president's old lawyer michael cohen of acting in concert against her. the lawsuit describes a codzy relationship between stormy daniels's former attorney keith david son and michael cohen, saying cohen colluded with mr. davidson in davidson. it includes text messages. cohen reaches out to davidson in an attempt to get daniels to appear on fox news to deny the affair. the texts start january 17th. the same day in touch magazine published excerpts of an interview in which stormy daniels d

but tonight he's here, and michael avenatti joins our discussion now. yo did a calculation about how much this case is costing michael cohen in new york city that you put out today. you estimated it could be a half a million dollars a week? >> correct. gettover 1,500 an hour.them some of them -- a lowould be 700 an hour? >> correct. under new york rates. i think you're looking at 15 lawyers, about 50 hours a week, you do the math and it's on average a hybrid rate of 700, 750 an hour, before you factor in mr. ryan who's probably billing,200 an hour. the burn rate is significant. probably about a half million dollars a week. look, this is no different than many other criminal white collar prosecutions. you have a defendant who starts off like michael cohen, who talks about he's willing to take a bullet for his coconspirator. all of a sudden the burn rate sets in, and you're put on an island by your co-conspirators, liket's happening with donald trump. this is a man that demands a loyalty but provides none. we've seen that time again. in this case it's goi

that's michael avenatti, the lawyer for porn star stormy dann he la th stephen colbert. avenatti was going after cohen, who is under federal investigation for his business dealings including the $130,000 payment to daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair with donald trump. >> there's no question in my mind that he is going to be indicted and there's no question in my mind that he is going to try to flip on the president. this is what happens when you trust your inner most secrets to a moron. >> reporter: the attorney cohen has hired filed court papers thursday night alleging avenatti is tainting the case with a publicity tour that's included more than 100 tv interviews since march. they want a judge to issue a gag order saying avenatti is, quote, mainly driven by his seemingly unquenchable thirst for publicity. laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >> cohen sought to delay the legal fight after the fbi raided his home and office in april. a federal judge agreed to delay the case for 90 days. >>> this morning we're hearing from nancy pelosi and the latest with the bayv

michael cohen wants michael avenatti to stop talking to the press.venatti, as you know, over the past few months has been on msnbc more times than rachel maddow. he's on a lot. but cohen is angry because avenatti keeps calling him an idiot and saying he's going to flip, which could influence potential jurors. but the judge is like, i understand why you're upset, the fact is you're an idiot and you're going to flip. [ laughter ] my hands are tied here. i didn't even understand, why file a restraining order to stop him from talking? just pay him $130,000 like you did the last time. vice president pence had an interesting day today too. mike pence was in columbus, ohio, to talk about taxes or something. while he was there, he was welcomed by members of the lgbtq community with what was billed as a big gay dance party. >> the street closed at 2:00 p.m. a block of gay street between 3rd and high right across from the hotel where the vice president would speak later. the party started with music and revelers got down and boogied, something organizers hope

this is a lawsuit that has been filed by standard'd stormy daniels's attorney, michael avenatti. we are waiting to hear back and have reached out for comment from the president's attorney, from michael cohen's representative, from a representative for keith daidson as well as representatives from fox news and sean hannity. we will get them to you as soon as we can. we reached out for kmont. that's why things stan. the lawsuit wasiled within the last hour or so in california. >> why might the text messages have come from? there was back and forth about michael avenatti and how he was treating materials that were being discovered in the case that's based in new york. are these related? >> we have no indication at all th these text messages came from the criminal investigation that's going into michael cohen. we have asked, and we are in the process of trying to report out where he may have received these text messages from. but at this time i don't have a response or an answer to give you as far as how he might have attained them. we will obviously update our reporting as soon as w

let's first get reaction, though, from stormy daniels's attorney michael avenatti.o. >> nicolle, mika is 100% right. if you thought that we were focused yesterday or the week before or the month prior, we have refocused our efforts as a result of mr. giuliani's pigish comments. they are a disgrace. he should be embarrassed. he should immediately resign. and if he's not going to resign, he should be fired by the president. i mean, is this the message that we want to send to the world? is this the message that we want to send to our mothers, our daughters, our sisters that this is the way that we look at women? this is the way that we disrespect women? this is an absolute disgusting disgrace, and i have to tell you, i am angry. my client's angry, and every woman in america, whether you're on the right, the left or in the center, should be angry. >> i wanted to ask you about stormy daniels' reaction to this because i thought she was very precise in her language when she was interviewed to make clear that she did not feel like she was a part of the me too movement. she

avenatti has been tainting the case with a, quote, publicity tour that has included more than 100 tvavenatti calls the application a complete joke and says he will strongly oppose it. >> after initially standing by your husband after he was found another home in massachusetts.r the online publication also reports cosby'se of 54 years is considering rep for disgrace comedian refute that had report calling it absolutely false, cosby will be sentenced in september and faces up to 30 years behind bars. >> celebrating fathers day this weekend, here are some special treats for dads. meal deals, any dads dining at ruth's chris steak house will get a $25 gift card. hooters will be offering dad's ten free boneless wings. it's all about the wings at hooters. with the purchase of any drink and ten wings. firehouse subs will give dad a free medium sub, for the purchase of a full-size sub and a drink. take him to tcby for a free yogurt. finally we'd like to recognize our dad's at "early today." happy fathers day to them all. grand dads, father figures, all of you. thanks for watching, have a grea

if nothing else, you may whip up a hornets nest in the personage of michael avenatti. the last thing you want is more attention from michael avenatti in a case that rudy giuliani doesn't need to comment on. the reason rudy has put himself out there as his role. he's donald trump's attorney for tv as it relates to the mueller investigati investigation. if anything, you would want to separate the image of the stormy daniels matter from the mueller investigati investigation, not combine them and lash out against a plaintiff in a civil action, in some civil actions that don't involve your client like the one that was filed two days ago or three days ago. it doesn't seem to be a risk averse solution. as lawyers, in my ways, much of our job is risk avoidance. rudy giuliani is throwing a -- raising a new issue and addressing a new issue that he doesn't need to here. you have to wonder why. >> one reason, according to some political experts, might be to try to distract from the mueller investigation and add so much to it to keep talking about stormy daniels in these other issu

cohen claims that her lawyer, michael avenatti, is tainting the case with a publicity tour.venatti called the gag order a complete joke and baseless and that they can't deal with the law so they have to resort to unethical, meritless motions. >>> ridiculous is how the president describes a lawsuit filed by the new york state attorney general. the president vowed that he won't settle. a court order seeks to force the president and his three oldest children to pay penalties and restitution. anna warner has more. >> reporter: the lawsuit filed says mr. trump ran the found augs according to his whim rather than the law. it describes the foundation as little more than an empty shell with a board that hasn't met in 19 years. the complaint cites a series of transactions that new york attorney general barbara underwood says benefited mr. trump's own interests, an illegal practice known as self dealing. there was the $100,000 payment to fisher house foundation, to settle legal claims against mr. trump's mar-a-lago resort and the $10,000 of trump foundation money the suit says mr. tru

attorney michael avenatti represents leo's mother.he texas border may 10th. >> she had no idea where he was for the better part of three weeks and she was distraught over it. >> what is leo's mother's status? >> she's been deported back to guatemala. >> reporter: leo was sent to the cayuga centers. one of 243 children separated there. cayuga cares for the children during the day. at night they go home to foster families. >> this young girl named jessica arrived at the u.s. with her 10-year-old brother. she was crying because she wanted to speak to her mother. employees were heard complaining there were not enough phones for the children to talk to their parents. >> there's only 7 phones to make international calls. >> reporter: avenatti says the former employee wanted the video released because she was bothered by the influx of children into the center. we asked avenatti why he's getting involved now. >> in my view, the most important thing above all else is these children need to be reunited with their parents, and it needs to happen