he fore ego -- for avenatti himself to remain avenatti and another co-conspirator to conduct a multigation that the company did not request. >> avenatti made clear that he was approaching the company in a time that social to maximize of such a press conference, namely on the eve of the annual ncaa tournament. as avenue threaten one call recorded during the investigation. if a company did not aseed to his financial demands and his words, quotes, i will take $10 billion off your client's mark off cap. when asked by a lawyer why the company would agree to such an agreement, avenatti responded in substance that he had the confidence in a vulnerable position where he can wipe out five to $6 billion of his market capit capitol. avenatti told the company it could skip paying for internal investigations if it instead, it simply pay him 22 or $25 billion. avenatti said he would quote, ride off into the sunset. pressure and a sense of urgency. >> reporter: used with gleering this threat. this all happens of a period of three days. >> day one. news, tuesday, this is the first meeting wean avena

when the company's lawyers resisted paying avenatti to conduct an internal investigation, avenatti toldny, it could skip paying for an internal investigation if instead it simply paid him $22.5 million. then avenatti said he would quote ride off into the sunset. pressure and a sense of urgency were used in delivering these threats. as you can see from timeline, this all happened in a period of three days. on day one, march 19th, tuesday, this was the first meeting between avenatti, representatives of nike and the coconspirator. at this meeting, avenatti for the first time made his extortion demands and threats. following that meeting, representatives from nike called prosecutors to my office and inform ed a office of the extortion of demands and threats made by avenatti. going forward, all interactions between nike representatives and avenatti were recorded and overseen by the fbi and my office. on day two, wednesday, march 20th, it was a r recorded phone call with avenatti, the coconspirator and representatives from nike where he again made his threats and demands. and on day three, th

if the company agreed to pay his client $1.5 million and for avenatti himself to retain avenatti and another co-conspirator to conduct a multimillion dollar internal investigation and internal investigation that the company did not request. avenatti made clear that he was approaching with such a press conference namely on the eve of the annual ncaa tournament and the quarterly earnings call. as avenatti threatened during the investigation, if the company did not meet his financial demands, quote, i'll take $10 billion off your clients market cap in the recording meeting the next day with representatives of the company, avenatti made clear he expected to be paid up to $25 million with 12 million to be paid up front and deemed earned when paid. when asked by a lawyer for the company why the company would agree to such an arrangement, avenatti responded in substance he had the company in a very vulnerable position where he could wipe out 5 to $6 billion of market capital. when paid avenatti to conduct internal investigation, avenatti told the company it could skip paying for an internal

avenatti. mr.venatti then used his clients money to pay expenses for his own coffee business, global barista llc, which did business as totally's coffee as well as to pay his own personal expenses. and when that fake march 10 deadline came and went. >> dana: those are prosecutors in los angeles but i have a long list of things to talk, let's bring back jim trustee for just a few minutes, l.a. has this the same time so perhaps coordinated to do it on the same day as michael avenatti. >> jim: the doj typically has multiple prosecution so communications between the two offices. there is another interesting procedural complaint instead of indictment and in a lot of white colored cases you don't see until an indictment. the complaint suggest at least that these prosecutors may be seeking to keep them locked up pretrial which is again a little bit unusual and in white-collar cases. >> dana: why would they do that? is he a flight risk or something? >> jim: they may look at him and think he is an unstable

michael avenatti arrested and charged with trying to extort nike. having to press conferences in two different states and he will be in court. all of that happening in the 2:00 p.m. hour. plus, house minority leader kevin mccarthy talking about the mueller summary and what speaker pelosi wants cap next. plus, the five cohosts have a few thoughts on the media coverage of the new report. you will hear from them next on the "the daily briefing." >> harris: video to show you now the chaos onboard a viking cruise ship off the course of no way. the vessel tilting nearly 45 degrees and choppy seas after suffering engine trouble. we are now told that people were injured, but passengers have already been airlifted to land by helicopter. the ship eventually towed it to shore with the help of two other vessels. the remaining passengers on board reportedly shouting, "we made it!" was the ship docked in norway. we are told they will be flown back to her ever need to go. fox news alert and we are waiting that news conference, the first of two. the first lap and t

. >>> michael avenatti arrested. high-profile attorney is charged with attempted extortion and bank fraud. >>> and game-changer, apple's big push into streaming television and entertainment. apple's vion and entertainment. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. the russia investigation by special counsel robert mueller is over. but the fight over the details of the report, that's just beginning. top democrats have written to the department of justice demanding mueller's entire report be released to congress no later than next week. republican lawmakers say it's time to move on. laura podesta is here in new york with more. laura, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. i'm seeing lawmakers on twitter saying it should be referred to as the barr report until the full mueller report is released because all we've seen so far is attorney general william barr sbaerpgs of the investigation. and democrats s

fderal authorities arrested michael avenatti. the manhattan u-s attorney's office also announced extortion charges against avenatti. u-s prosecutors say he attempted to get 20 million dollars from nike by threatening to expose damaging information about the company. according to the criminal complaint, avenatti met with an attorney for nike last week and threatened to release damaging information about the company if nike didn't make millions in payment to avenatti and an un-named co- conspirator. but according to c-n-n sources... the co-conspirator is california-based attorney mark geragos.... who has represented celebrities like colin kaepernick and more recently jussie smollett. geragos has not been charged with a crime. avenatti also allegedly demanded that nike pay $1.5 million to an individual he claimed to represent.just today... about an hour before he was arrested...avenatti tweeted that he'd be holding a news conference tomorrow to disclose details about a scandal involving nike.... saying it involved people at the high

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michael avenatti has been arrested, the u.s. attorney is going to make those allegations public in a conference later on today. a very big story back over to you >> that is wild. thank you very much. dom chu will continue to follow that let's get back to julia who's at the apple event. julia. >> kelly, that's right, tim cook running a sizzle reel as he unveils apple news plus. tim cook talking a lot about how apple news has become this powerhouse with over 5 billion articles read every month. it's the number one in news app, now they're bringing magazines to apple news as we've been reporting. this is an adaptation with what we've had in tech surges as they acquired it last year. curations, saying for them, it's all about prioritizing reputation and the value of content over headlines that just garner clicks. a dig at some other services that are more click and headline driven this is going to be a source that will include the new yorker, vanity fair, rolling stone, "people" magazine, national geographic. the idea that they went

michael avenatti tweeted tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern time we will be holding a press conference to disclose a major high school -- major high school college basketball scandal perpetrated by nike we have uncovered. this criminal conduct reach est the highest levels of nike and involves some of the biggest names in college basketball. while you look through that, i'm going to ask caroline, where is the line between having a case that you would like somebody to settle and telling them, if you don't settle this, bad things will happen to you and extortion? >> it's a very good question. i think we are familiar with this question from the recent news about jeff bezos and all of that. obviously bezos felt like he was being extorted in that case, but it doesn't seem like federal authorities felt so. you know, it's a good question and it sounds like the southern district felt like they had enough evidence to move forward to prosecute this. it's kind of a weird irony the southern district, the office that is prosecuting michael cohen for

this was michael avenatti's shot across nike's bow.duct avenatti used legal terms like claims and settlements and retainers but these were mere devices to provide cover for avenatti's extortionist demands for massive payday for himself. engaging in the conduct alleged in the complaint, avenatti was not acting as an attorney. a suit and tie doesn't mask the fact at its core this was an old-fashioned shakedown. charges announced today reflect the hard work not only of this office but our law enforcement partners at the federal bureau of investigation. to my left is my good friend, bill sweeney, assistant director in charge of the fbi field office. i want to thank him and his team for their professionalism seeing this investigation through. i want to acknowledge and thank the career prosecutors and agents of my office for their role in the investigation and prosecution of this case. to my right, is matt pudalski, robert boon, rob segelman and their supervisor in the public corruption unit, edward siskan. the talent and dedication of these

dramatic fall for avenatti here.e nike lawyers went to law enforcement when the avenatti levied this threat and they have recorded him both visually, on audio, and video of him, and this is one of the threats that prosecutors allege. avenatti said, "i'll go take $10 billion off your client's market cap i'm not fing around and not couldn continuing to play games. you know enough now you have a serious problem and worth more than exposure to me to just blow the lid on this thing." geoff berman said it was nothing but an old-fashioned shakedown. >> when the company's lawyers resisted paying avenatti to conduct an internal investigation, avenatti told the company it could skip paying for an internal investigation if, instead, it simply paid him $22.5 million. then avenatti said he would, "ride off into the sunset." avenatti was not acting as an attorney. a suit and tie doesn't mask the fact that at its core, this was an old-fashioned shakedown. >> avenatti was arrested this afternoon. he's being presented in court right

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cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman says it appears avenatti crossed a legal line. >> michael avenatti had a right to try to settle the case on behalf of a client. that's what lawyers do. but he certainly didn't have a right to be looking for money for himself. >> reporter: and in a case filed at almost the same time, federal law enforcement officials in california announced avenatti had been allegedly defrauding a mississippi bank out of a total of $4.1 million and embezzling $1.6 million that he owed one of his clients. federal prosecutors in california and new york say the dual avenatti complaint was purposely coordinated. for its part, jeff, nike released a statement saying it firmly believes in ethics in both business and sports and will continue to assist the trosecutors. >> glor: michael avenatti was actually here in new york. we were supposed to talk to him s.out a different story tomorrow. >> reporter: separate story. >> glor: you probably won't see orm about that unless he wants to talk about this. >> reporter: absolutely. we want to talk about this. we'll talk about the othe

avenatti, through other court filings, said avenatti for his part threatened to take 10 billions dollar off nike market cap in a fine call, in a line, i am not f-ing around. we'll put this on the screen, we'll hold a press conference to disclose high school college basketball scandal by nike, that involved some big names in college sports. college basketball. nike rather released a long statement, i will not read it but i will tell you tag line, nike believed in ethical and fair place in business and sports, we will continue to assist the prosecutors. when mr. avenatti attempted to carry out this extortion if you like, many reaction, on the west coast, as you alluded to, california unveiling several charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, there, he is accused of embezzling a client a money, defrauding a bank, separate changes but this is a theme, air character theme, if you like. we rose to fame representing adult hirepresentingfilm actreso sued president trump could regards basically nondisclosure agreement. getting out of that with the affair she alleges happened between the president and

," michael avenatti.ber avenatti as the man who used to represent stormy daniels in her suit against the president, using the cagey legal strategy of spending 24 hours a day on cable news talking about himself. ( laughter ) at the time, he got such a high profile that he announced he was exploring a run for president. ( laughter ) now, come on! a man that egotistical and self-promoting had a pretty good shot. ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) ( cheers and applause ) well, take off that "avenatti 2020" shirt, because today, avenatti was arrested for an alleged $20 million extortion scheme against nike. ( audience reacts ) so, "everyone" who comes into contact with donald trump becomes a criminal. is that how this works? all you have to do is make eye contact with him, and-- bam! you're smuggling endangered sea turtles out of the philippines. ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) >> stephen: a heavy sea turtle over there, jon. >> jon: a big turtle. >> stephen: first mueller finds no collusion, now avenatti gets arrested. d

michael avenatti facing nearly 100 years in jail. into federal cases accusing him of extortion, bank and wire fraud and more. we have details. and the trump team turning the end of the mueller probe into a rallying cry for justice and reelection. the president asking who will investigate the investigators. the plan to do that may already be underway. democrats promised the president troubles are far from over. democrats demanding the full mueller report and all underlying documentation and information be turned over by next tuesday. why one legal expert says rushing the process could get the attorney general into a world of legal trouble. we have fox team coverage. trump is tweeting about the stories, trace gallagher is on avenatti's case that would begin with kristin fisher. following the president's celebration of being cleared of collusion, top intel officials from the last administration may be called to the hill to answer tough questions. >> steve bannon is predicting president trump is going to go full animal. that's a direct q

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avenatti has crossed the line. there's a defense there. the other case we just heard about in california. not so much. >> so the new york case, when i was listening to jeff detailing it at the point where clearly according to the complaint, one of the nike lawyers was wearing the wire and gets all this you know, we'll call it colorful language from avenatti. he at one point just says okay, just pay me 22.5 million and i'll just ride off into the sunset. if you're michael avenatti, how do you defend yourself? >> what you would have to say is that somehow, there's a claim against nike and you were trying, this was going to end up you know, resolving in some way. the problem b for mr. avenatti is that that doesn't appear to be strongly related to a claim. in order, what would typically you have a is negotiation where you're representing a client with a claim and you're trying to get money for that client. you could be aggressive and say you're client's going to go public, about to go public or file a complaint tomorrow unless you pay x amount

this is southern district attorney of new york. >> avenatti asked nike to pay or risk avenatti holdingonference that would dramatically drop the stock price of the company and its market value. reporter: process of avenatti's arrest started within an hour of him tweeting this out. about to disclose a major high school basketball scandal by nike, involving some. biggest names in college basketball. nike in a statement quoting, it's a much longer statement but i will give you the headline here, nike firmly believes in ethical and fair play both in business and in sports and will continue to assist the prosecutors. separately federal prosecutors in california also unveiled charges of bank fraud and wire fraud against avenatti. prosecutors have outlined these brazen details. some of those actually have to do with defrauding a bank and also have accused avenatti of embezzling a client's money. these charges are separate to the new york ones but they essentially followed same theme. avenatti as we know rose to fame last year representing adult film actress stormy daniels who president trump

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if convicted in california avenatti faces up to 50 years in prison. nike says it's cooperating with the government's investigation into ncaa basketball. danya bacchus, abc news, los angeles. >>> another apparent suicide is shining the light on the long-term impact of mass shootings. the father of a sandy hook school shooting victim has taken his own life just days after two survivors of the parkland school shooting committed suicide. dr. jeremy richman was found dead in newtown, connecticut. his daughter was 1 of 20 children killed in the sandy hook shooting. richman spoke to abc's dan harris on his podcast last year. >> you will never see her again. you will never hold her, you know, feel that weight in your arms, never snuggle, never get that hug and kiss on the cheek. that's like you will never have that again. >> the overwhelming feeling of helplessness, once one has had an experience like that, the brain encodes it into permanent memory. >> just a really tough reminder of how fragile life is. richman spoke at an anti-violence summit near parkland

we are back with attorney michael avenatti.have to guess. hint: his name is michael avenatti. >> you think you're doing a hell of a job. i don't think you're in this for money. >> i've never seen someone pander to an audience. >> michael avenatti, i'd like to meet him over dinner. >> thank you, michael cohen. michael cohen. michael avenatti. >> please, whatever you do, don't call me michael cohen. >> morgan: that's gross. juan, since you decided to defend smollett, i thought you might want to defend avenatti. >> juan: democrats are pretty upset with avenatti with what we he did in the kavanaugh hearing hearings. >> dana: kavanaugh's upset about what he did in the kavanaugh hearings. >> juan: i think he helped kavanaugh because the woman that he introduced. >> dana: falls -- false charges are helpful. >> juan: i was struck by what you said, he's facing nearly 100 years in jail and he is saying, it's incredible to me. i know david boyd. he said he played the prosecutors and he's making it out as of the prosecutors have fallen for

avenatti cast himself as a resistance warrior.fly flirted with a 2020 presidential run. >> but the allegations in this case describe something different -- a corrupt lawyer who instead fights for his own selfish interests. >> reporter: according to charges filed this morning in new york, in meetings, and on the phone just last week, avenatti tried to extort more than $20 million from nike. i'm not f-ing around with this, avenatti allegedly told nike lawyers, also suggesting that he held their balls in his hand. this morning, shortly before his arrest, avenatti had tweeted this. tomorrow at 11:00 a.m., we will be holding a press conference to disclose a major high school/college basketball scandal perpetrated by nike. >> a suit and tie doesn't mask the fact that at its core, this was an old-fashioned shakedown. >> reporter: nike issued a statement that reads in part, nike will not be extorted or hide information that is relevant. nike firmly believes in ethical and fair play both in business and sports and will continue to assist t

ichael avenatti now in legal trouble of his own. his response to charges he tried to extort millions from nike. >>> one man is going 40 days on a beer only diet. >>> major baby boom in one hospital's maternity ward.ly "eoday" starts right now. >> good rng, i'm marlie hall. >> and i'm frances rivera. the fight to bring robert mueller'seport to light is getting under way. a growing course of lawmakers are calling on the attorney general to release all of the findings instead of just the four-page summary. >> the president himself supports the idea, senator majorityde l has blocked a resolution to make the full report public. republicans are looking to turn the tles and investigate the investigation. nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: will the public see wholeor rt? the president says fine with him. >> wouldn't bothe me at all. >> reporter: barr notified congress by letter late sunday id the results. muellerot find the trump campaign conspired orit coordinated russia to interfere in the election, no development with russian led

this is a new chapter in the michael avenatti saga. we will follow and see what nike says, as well as avenatti. back to mike regan. all of these little threads that make for great watercooler talk, but essentially the market is looking high-frequency data. areael: some of the quants looking at momentum. after the selloff friday, the question is if this done were momentum will trigger more selling. people looking at the 2800 number in the s&p 500. only one close above it. now worrying is that will be resistance again. will200-day moving average come back into play if we drop further. the big question on everyone's mind is we have seen this disappointing economic data, the economic surprise index is still very negative. the question is is this just a soft spot or the beginning of something worse? on the +, this drop in long-term interest rates is starting to work its magic. home sales boomed on friday. kind of mixed signals going around. vonnie: thank you for bringing us up-to-date with our team. started. event has tim cook has taken the

avenatti told nike's attorneys, i'm not continuing to play games.ou guys know you have a serious problem and it's worth more in exposure to me to just blow the lid on this thing. in los angeles at about the same time, avenatti was charged by prosecutors with wire and bank fraud. in that case prosecutors allege that avenatti tried to embezzle more than $1 million from one of his clients to pay his expenses. they also allege that he submitted phony tax returns to a bank in order to get more than $4 million in loans. anderson? >> how does mark geragos fit into this? he was a cnn contributor up until today. >> a source familiar with the investigation tells me that mark geragos was the unnamed, unindicted co-conspirator in this case. geragos has not been charged with any wrongdoing so far. he was a cnn contributor until today. >> all right, appreciate it. i want to go deeper on this. paul callan joins us and shan wu as well. shan, looking at the new york case first, what do you make of these charges? >> very unusual. i expect a very robust defense by ave

was avenatti who was in deep trouble. arrested in new york city. >> this is nothing more than a straightforward case of extortion. >> reporter: meanwhile, prosecutors in los angeles have charged him with embezzling $1.6 million of a client's money to pay off his own debts and expenses. >> lawyers have a sworn duty to obey the law and to protect their clients. our system of justice depends on it. mr. avenatti has breached that duty. >> reporter: last year, mr. avenatti flirted with running for president. >> we're going to see how people in new hampshire respond, and then ultimately i'm going to make a decision. >> reporter: in december he said his family asked him not to. tonight, the hard-charging lawyer may find he's in need of an attorney of his own. rarely a good idea to represent yourself. >> and we're hearing there's another high-profile attorney involved? >> that's exactly right, lester. the west coast lawyer mark geragos is the unnamed co-conspirator referred to in the criminal complaint against michael avenatti, l

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avenatti describes himself as attorney, advocate, fighter for good. but the allegations in this case describe something different. a corrupt lawyer that fights for his own selfish interests by misappropriate uaing close to $ million that belonged to one of his clients. and the attorney's office for the southern district of new york says that avenatti threatened to use his ability to garner publicity to cause harm to nike in an attempt to extort $20 million from the company. 14 minutes before he was arrested he tweeted tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. et we will hold a press conference to disclose a major high school basketball scandal perpetrated by nike that we have uncovered. it reaches the highest levels of nike and involves some of the biggest names in basketball. here is what new york prosecutors said about this case. >> the charges are based on the chemoto extract more than 20 million in payments from a public company. a suit and tie does not mask the fact that at it's core, this was an old fashioned shake down. >> joining me now is tom winter which is ou

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stormy daniels and michael avenatti were everywhere for months.e reported avenatti made up 100 cable news appearances, he truly was a celebrity and very well of his star power. at the mtv video awards, i remember thinking it was beaux-arts avenatti walked the red carpet with stars and celebrities but perhaps what is so unsettling is the fact that he tried to use social media as a weapon telling nike he would stir the pot on social media, rile up the masses, i hope everyone listening to this story takes pause and realizes social media has dramatically changed our lives. there are bad people who are trying to weapon eyes it. >> these are serious allegations. hollywood reaction to the mueller report, not happy. sean aston, you can't indict a ham sandwich. listen alana, no federal the president, there was nothing in the report, why don't they just release it? if the report exonerated him or his family he would have it all out in seconds, wouldn't he? the president said he's happy to let the report come out but clearly that is the tip of the iceberg fr

why this case is actually defensible for avenatti. not saying his conduct is defensible in the normal everyday sense, but legally it is defensible. i came up doing easy extortion cases, someone threatens to hurt someone, to beat someone up, to break windows unless they get paid. that's easy. this is difficult. the defense will be that these are hard knuckled business legal negotiation tactics. yes, i went in there with a high monetary demand. yes, i put pressure on them. what do you think lawyers do in the real world and where is the line? this is an area where the law is not particularly helpful, you go to law school and have moments where that's the law, but it is wrongful. was it a wrongful demand and did he use wrongful means? what does that mean? you're going to be arguing to a jury. >> is it that asking for money for your client is one thing. asking for money for yourself, you have to hire me as a lawyer to conduct an investigation? >> yeah h, that's the better pa of the case. i think even in the tapes, avenatti kind of acknowle

. >>> also, stormy daniels' lawyer michael avenatti under arrest. he trieded to extort more than $20 million from nike. >>> how did a cruise ship get in so much trouble? more than 600 americans on board, losing power on seas. a rescue helicopter here, a 71-year-old woman and her husband among them. >>> the college cheating scandal, a dozen coaches accused of taking bribes. and the co-stars of "full house". >>> two suicides in parkland. a young woman, she just graduated. she suffered survivor's guilt, and a second opportunity. and tonight a father from sandy hook. authorities believe he took his life too. >>> the man hunt for the gunman who showed up and opened fire in a neighborhood, shoots in homes, apartments and came back the next day, authorities say doing it again. >>> good evening. great to have you with us here on maund night. we begin with a dark cloud now lifted for prt trump and the white house. the mueller report finding no collusion with russia. after two year, robert mueller finding no conspiracy for the president or his company with ru

daniels fired avenatti last month. and avenatti had a co-conspiratorrer in the new york case and according to media reports its criminal defense attorney mark geragos known for representing celebrities and high profile clients. he was scheduled in the last hour. we have a producer in the courtroom and waiting to hear what happened. bret? >> bret: laura ingle, thank you. ♪ thi >> bret: this is another fox news alert. president trump and benjamin netanyahu shared the spotlight at the white house this afternoon where the president officially recognized israeli sovereignty over the golan heights reversing a 52 year policy. the israeli leader was forced to cut his u.s. trip short after another rocket attack fired from the gaza strip. israel fired back and the threat of a full-scale war rises tonight. correspondent trey yingst reports from the israel-gaza border where it's just after midnight. good evening, trey. >> bret, good evening, despite initial reports of an owe egyptian led cease-fire negotiated inside the gaza strip

avenatti tweeted this today.f nike was cooperating with the government for over a year relating to this scandal, they weren't, this is a lie. where are the disclosures in their sec filings? there are none. wait until the sec begins their investigation. avenatti followed up on his promise to making cash payments to bol bol. we reached out for comment and have not heard back. >> shepard: he spoke after his court appearance last night too, right? >> he did. he had the same defiant tone that he has had. he said all of his career he's fought against the powerful and will never stop fighting the good fight. here he is. >> i'm highly confident that when all of the evidence is laid bear in connection with these cases, when it's all known, when due process occurs that i will be fully exonerated and justice will be done. >> shepard: he's facing bank and wire fraud charges in california for an alleged defrauding a bank through fake tax returns and embezzling money of a client. avenatti facing 97 years in ply son if convicte

attorney in los angeles charging michael avenatti with bank and wire fraud.stands accused of embezzling money from one of his clients and defrauding a bank through take tax returns. >> joining me tonight, harmee ht dhillon. good to have you with us. starting with the president, end -- vindicated and talking to white house press corps, seems a man who looks liberated? >> absolutely, i am happy the cloud has been removed. but angry as american citizen and a lawyer put through this witch-hunt on fabricated charges. i am not separating just yet -- i am knol not celebrating this . lou: i will celebrate for this president, for the republic because without this man in the white house, we would be in desperate evenni struggle add sa nation. get to issue of charges, two and a half years, as president noted, he has been under assault. staye spied on by obama administration spy chiefs, think about that circle of clowns, comey, clapper, brennan. they are such a disgrace to this country and they are still buying at the moon for the best wing media, what are we to do. >> t

. >>> also breaking tonight, stormy daniels' lawyer michael avenatti under arrest. facing multiple charges. prosecutors say he tried to extort more than $20 million from nike. >>> how did a cruise ship get in so much trouble? more than 600 americans on board, losing power on violent seas. americans describing the helicopter rescue right here, a 71-year-old woman and her husband among them. >>> the college admissions cheating scandal, a dozen coaches accused of taking bribes in court today and lori loughlin's co-stars of "full house" speaking out tonight. >>> two suicides in parkland. a young woman, she just graduated. she suffered survivor's guilt, her family says. and now, a second student. and tonight a father from sandy hook. authorities believe he took his life too. >>> the man hunt at this hour for the gunman who showed up and opened fire in a neighborhood, shooting in homes, apartments and came back the next day, authorities say doing it again. >>> good evening. great to have you with us here on a monday night. we begin with that dark cloud now lifted for pres

michael avenatti is facing federal charges. new york prosecutors accuse him of trying to extort millions from nike. in los angeles, he's accused of extorting millions from a client. he says he will be fully exonerated. >> reporter: president trump was already having a very good day when word came that lawyer michael avenatti was arrested on serious coast-to-coast charges. in new york, ex torntortion, in, bank and wire fraud. >> the message i would send to the president is, you better prepare because you are in a lot of trouble. allegedly trying to extort millions from nike. avenatti sent out this tweet saying he would disclose a major high school, college, basketball scandal by nike that we have uncovered. some 15 minutes later, it was avenatti that was in deep trouble. arrested in new york city. prosecutors in los angeles have charged him with embezzling $1.6 million to payoff his own debts and expenses. >> lawyers have a sworn duty to obey the law and protect their clients. our system of justice depends on it. mr. avenatti ha

i will see you, on mueller, but we have avenatti news. i am dana. >> if you are president trump, you are having a good day. and just cleared you have collusion. the israeli prime minister has just called you the best friend, israel ever had in one of your harshest critics just got arrested. a very good day, indeed, of course some of his rivals get their way, the good times will not last, the white house just called into an event supposed to be close to the press and the president will be speaking. we will see soon what the president has to say as our reporting begins >> our reporting begins with michael avanati in court and under arrest. faces charges of extortion, bank and wire fraud in new york city and in los angeles. a spokesman for u.s. attorney says he was arrested today in new york. attorney gains national recognition for representing stormy daniels. federal prosecutors say the case is centered around the sports of apparel giant nike. he used an unnamed associate. threatened to hold a news conference to announce allegations nike em

avenatti has breached that duty. >> reporter: last ye, mr. avenatti flirted with running for president. >> we're going to see how people in new hampshire respond, and then ultimately i'm going to make a decion. >> reporter: in dember he said his family asked him not to. tonight the hard-charging lawyer may find he's in need of an attorney of his own. rarely a good idea to represent yourself. >> and we're hearing there's another high-profile attorney involved? >> that's exactly right, lesterc the west lawyer mark geragos is the unnamed coconspirator referred to in the criminal complaint against michael avenatti, law enforcement sources tell nbc news. geragos has not been charged with a crime. he's well known as attorney for michael jackson and recently for jussie smollett. >> all right, cynthia, thank you. >>> heartbreaking stories from parkland, florida, and newtown, connecticut. three apparent suicides involving people personally connected to the ms school shootings in both of those towns. our kate snow is in parkland tonight. >> reporter: s

liz: avenatti, yeah. >> avenatti, involving the sports sponsorship.aa recruiting and he says? >> pay me x or i disclose it. liz: pay me x to do the internal investigation or i will disclose. x was $20 million. >> i will disclose it around the time of your earnings so it will have maximum damage. sounds like extortion to me. let me ask you this. play devil's advocate here. this stuff happens more than you think. the lines are gray, people go right up to them. he's obviously been charged so the u.s. attorney for the southern district which is a major, it's the sort of cream of the crop in terms of prosecutors, so they think he did something wrong. they are pretty independent. people will say this is a donald trump attack. the u.s. attorney for the southern district, he may appoint the u.s. attorney for the southern district because it's a presidential appointment but this is a very, very, very independent office. always has been. liz: fired preet. a very independent office. >> it is what it is. let me ask you this. what's the difference between this and

avenatti tweeted this minutes ago. contrary to nike's claims yesterday they haven't been cooperating with investigators for over a year unless you count lying in response to subpoenas and withholding documents as cooperating. they are trying to divert attention from their own crime. avenatti's tweet included a 2017cbs sports article that said their youth basketball team was subpoenaed by the f.b.i. two years ago. he met with nike lawyers last week and threatened to hold a press conference so detrimental to niek' that it would drive down the stock price if they didn't agree to give him more than $20 million. a co-conspirator in the new york case, it is criminal defense attorney mark geragos known for representing celebrities and high-profile clients. this all amounted to a good old-fashioned shake down. avenatti is best known as the lawyer who represented stormy daniels, the porn star who claims she had an affair with president trump. a claim the president has denied. at the same time, the new york charges were announce

. >> attorney michael avenatti opens up in his first interview since the arrest and the serious charges he's facing. >>> u.s. announces we are going back to the moon. when we can expect to see new boot prints in the lunar dust. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headq inew y. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. it is the latest twist in the case involving jussie smollett. prosecutors dropped all 16 charges against the "empire" actor even though they still believe he faked his attack in january. the dismissal has put a rift between them and chicago's mayor, rahm emanuel. emanuel is considering suing smollett to recoup money spent in the investigation. laura podesta is here in new york to bring us up to speed. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the biggest question mark with the story is why the charges were dropped. police say there was plenty of evidence to prosecute smollett. so it's leading people to speculate about what information the state's attorney's office doesn't want the public to know. a surprise decision in the case against jussie sm