. >> his co-author mark salter and former secretary of defense bill cohen, another close friend. >>> standing by their man. with the midterms looming, a new poll shows the president's base is still solidly with him, even after his worst week yet on legal setbacks for his inner circle. >> look, at this point if there's no russia and no goods on russia, doesn't -- base doesn't care. >> and wake-up call in the grim aftermath of the mass shooting in jacksonville. calls are growing louder for more security anywhere that crowds gather. >> we have faced this occurrence all too common. it will require us to continue to do the hard work of public safety to make sure that people are safe. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president trump as you just saw announcing a preliminary nafta deal moments ago with mexico, not with canada, though. while here at home, the nation begins a week of mourning today for john mccain. we'll have a lot more on both stories throughout this hour. the flag at the white house is back at full staff today, a break with protocol. the flag at the

madam president, i first met john mccain when i was a young staffer in senator bill cohen's office, and john was serving as the

." >> rather quickly, he becomes friends with some of the younger senators: gary hart, bill cohen, >> we would hit a couple of bars and have some beers together. it was mostly three relatively young guys who were having a good time together >> narrator: after a wle, mccain decided he wanted to join , e club. >> he was a brigarp guy, and i'm sure he looked around and said, "boy, if these guys can do this, i c do this." >> narrator: the congress john mccain wanted to join s very different from the one today.ow he got to kn a young staffer in bill cohen's office: susa collins. >> when john was the navy liaison, he saw a congress that worked much more collaboratively, that was far less partisan, and that got more done. >> republicans and democrats sah ther as colleagues, not enemies. and it would color his view. it would shape his v how washington should work for the rest of his career. >> narrator: but before getting into politics, mccain nged his personal life. his wife, carol,ad dutifully waited through the p.o.w. years. a former model, she'd been severely crippled in a car accident wh

he got to know a young staffer in bill cohen's office: susan collins. >> when hn was the navy liaison, he saw a congress that worked much mo collaboratively, that was far less partisan, and that got more done. >> republicans and democrats saw each other as colleagues, noten ies. and it would color his view. it would shape his view of how washinon should work for the rest of his career. >> narrator: but before getting into politics, mccain rearrangef his personal his wife, carol, had dutifully waited through the p.o.w. yes. a form model, she'd been severely crippled in a car accident while mccain was in vietnam. but soon the couple would divorce. >> "my marriage's collapse was attributable to my own selfishness animmaturity more than it was to vietnam, and i cannot eape blame by pointing a finger at the war. the blame was entirely mine." >> narrator: he was known to have an e for women and a taste for the high life. one night in hawaii, he found what he was looking for. >> it was love at first sight, and that was it. he said, "i met a gal that you've just got to meet." and he said, "i

that's a board duty. >> bill cohen, can you describe the scenario under which les moonves is ceo of this company >> well, i mean, the scenario under which he stays ceo would have to be something like these two detailed investigations go forward and these legal investigations that they announced late last night. they go forward and how long that can take, who knows month, right and at the end of that they come back and say, you know, we've investigated this. the allegations against les moonves, you know, either they happened before he was ceo of cbs or an executive of cbs or they're not true they're made up or whatever it is that would, frankly, be the only scenario under which he could, frankly, stay. i think it would be very difficult for him to stay if it comes back that the allegations are true that is different from what his contract says and what he can potentially be fired for cause or he can leave on his own if his duties are changed or any number of other ten things happen and then he's entitled to a big payout so i think they're going to be very deliberative here they've shown t

madam president, i first met john mccain when i was a young staffer in senator bill cohen's office, and john was serving as the navy's liaison officer. as a fellow senator for the past 21 years, i knew him as a trusted colleague, a courageous legislator, and a close friend. john was a true american hero who devoted his life to serving his country. courage and character were the hallmarks of his military service as well as his work in congress. in the senate, he was a consequential leader on the most critical issues facing our country. john mccain was one of our congress' most respected voices for a strong national defense and for good government. his word was as much his bond in washington as it was to his brothers in arms in vietnam. madam president, i'd like to share with my colleagues a story that i believe demonstrates the essential character of john mccain. in november of 2010, john was part of a congressional delegation on its way to a security conference in nova scotia. bad weather caused their flight to be diverted to bangor, maine, where i live. i shortly received a phone call

that's when he got to know a lot of really prominent people like joe biden, like bill cohen who thent on to become the defense secretary. he has said to me in the past and others in interviews that this is where he became to understand that you can really do things to impact the world in politics and as a u.s. senator. he was grappling at the time with how to deal with his injuries that he got, obviously, when he was a prisoner of war after he was shot down. the fact that he wasn't going to be able to be the navy officer that his father and grandfather were. he realized he could change his public service to the u.s. senate and just to watch these pictures coming back to the senate. really powerful. >> very powerful. the hearse has arrived with the casket. there will be a formal ceremony. all of this is worked out in a lot of detail. i just want you to remind our viewers that the senator himself over the past 13 months, once he was diagnosed with a severe form of brain cancer, he personally was very much involved in planning every step of the way. >> he was. making the u.s. capitol pa

star author bill cohen tells us what the next chapter in this drama is likely to be. >>> both nigerians are with us. that's at noon eastern >> double trouble. >>> spacex showing off the new capsule alongside astronauts the first to ride it elon musk space company saying a mock up with four cushion seats, tilted toward a touch-screen that will display progress in flight and a look at the real thing is what they gave us under construction on the rocket floor. the president and ceo saying the business opportunity will, quote, not be a losing proposition for spacex, but that safety is the primary concern, especially since spacex will do what's never been done before, they will fuel the rocket while people are on board before liftoff. >> we would never propose it, had we thought that it was a less safe way to go. the vehicle has more margin. when we load fuel close to liftoff, the straunlastronauts e protected, they're in their seats, protected by the launch system and the heat shield between the dragon and rocket. >> that's a result of nasa's commercial crew program which includes rival bo

joining us now is bill cohen, a cnbc contributor, special correspondent with "vanity fair." good to see you. >> great to be here. >> what do you make of this latest installment of the report, the times saying the board had no idea or at the least, they were blind sided he was tweeting what he did >> hey, scott, i think the whole episode for the last what, close to a week or three or four kay d has been totally irresponsible to tweet out $420 offer fully financed, not let the board know, not have any commitment letters, no bridge loans, no highly confident letters sort of back filling, saying i've got goldman working with me, silver, which isn't even an advisory firm. walk tell working with him maybe the saudis i interpreted what the saudis said, they would be fully committed to financing my offer if i decide to take a profit irresponsible. on the other hand, i love elon musk thank god for him and tesla and what he's doing and booring through creating tunnels and going to the moon and mars whatever i think he's great for america, great for entrepreneurship, but there are rule

. >> thank you all of our guests, stephanie link and bill cohen and thank you to mike santelli as ever. that does it for "closing bell," "fast money" begins right now. >>> this is "fast money," you've been watching the coverage of the call with ceo les moonves for the first time since a bombshell new yorker reporter brought up allegations of misconduct he did not address those allegations. the q and a is starting and we will have more on that as it develops and good to have you with us tonight. we are starting with a historic day for apple and a historic day for the market and the first u.s. company to be worth $1 trillion and closing above that level. let that sink in a trillion dollars and the stock smashing records as it jumped to an all-time high and it's been quite a high for the california-owned company and founded by the late steve jobs and steve wozniak in 1976. the first model of its computer launching the following year the apple 1 to the mac to the ipod and the ipod and it quite literally has changed the way we live and what looks like world domination for the tech giant and

. >> michael steele, the other day, we were talking to bill cohen, who's at the service today. defense secretary, former house member, former senator, and someone of a little airy mind, who shared so much intellectually with onmccain and what he acknowledged to me in the interview the other day is that the central characters in his novels are modeled after mccain. >> that was amazing. >> it was actually one of those jaw-dropping moments where you just go really? when you go back, you think about reading the books, it all made sense, it all kind of connected the dot for you, and you could see it. it tells you i think a lot about the man. you know, he was flaws. as i wrote in a piece for the hill, he was a little bit prickly, but that's the washington heat, it makes you that way sometimes you know? >> sometimes for good reasons. >> when i was running for the united states senate, i couldn't find a stronger supporter in john mccain. i remember when he ran for president coming -- he asked to meet with me, a group of us, to talk about how he could help the campaign, how he could hel

. >> i saw -- it was interesting to see former secretary of defense bill cohen and his wife janet, kellyanne conway, chuck schumer, barbara comstock who has a difficult race coming up in the state of virginia and then the connection of john mccain today to abraham lincoln. we so often today hear so many members of mike steele's party that like to say that the republican party is the republican party of lincoln. and maybe john mccain represented the republican party of abraham lincoln but what is it today? >> you're now seeing a redressed casket of john mccain entering the rotunda. let's take a minute and just listen. right step. down. the u.s. capitol police have just taken over from the honor guard to stand watch over senator john mccain's casket. not a dry eye in the house it looks like. michael steele if a moment that transcends party. >> and we give you thanks, almighty god, for the appearance among us of great men and women hong serve as inspirations for all americans to be their best in service to god, country, and neighbor. this day, we honor a true american hero, senator john mccain.

bill cohen, a former senator from maine who was then secretary of defense was testifying.d of his testimony, he looked up at mccain and said, "now, mr. chairman, i would like to recognize my former governor and current senator from maine, senator king." mccain said, no! cut him right off. that was -- he always reminded you who was the chairman. and, you know, we disagreed. i disagreed with him on issues from time to time. in one memorable case i beat him on a vote in the armed services committee on a bill. i lobbied some of his republican colleagues. he was pretty surprised by that. but he took it graciously. it was a big deal for me. and, you know, that was the relationship that we had. i think it was mutual respect. i also had a very poignant moment on the floor with him. i think it was sometime in the winter where he knew what was coming. and it sort of took me aback, but he said, you know, angus, i've had a hell of a life. i've had a hell of a life. it couldn't be any better. it's okay to go. >> senator angus king, we'll leave it there with those poignant words. thank

madam president, i first met john mccain when i was a young staffer in senator bill cohen's office, and john was serving as the navy's liaison officer. as a fellow senator for the past 21 years, i knew him as a trusted colleague, a courageous legislator, and a close friend. john was a true american hero who devoted his life to serving his country. courage and character were the hallmarks of his military service as well as his work in congress. in the senate, he was a consequential leader on the most critical issues facing our country. john mccain was one of our congress' most respected voices for a strong national defense and for good government. his word was as much his bond in washington as it was to his brothers in arms in vietnam. madam president, i'd like to share with my colleagues a story that i believe demonstrates the essential character of john mccain. in november of 2010, john was part of a congressional delegation on its way to a security conference in nova scotia. bad weather caused their flight to be diverted to bangor, maine, where i live. i shortly received a phone call

thorize safe injection site under a three- year pilot program for even if the governor signs the bill professor cohenl government could still go after the safe injection site as a violation of a federal law. >>> the dmv could get $16 million to help reduce wait times under a budget bill approved by the state assembly. the dmv has been criticized about those long wait lines that officials say are partially caused by the rollout of the new federally mandated id cards. the money in the bill would pay for more staffing, extended hours, upgraded service kiosks, and better online access. critics say it amounts to a blank check for the mb. this legislation still needs to be approved by the state senate. >>>have gone missing. the plac that they were last spotted and where police believe they might be headed. >>> here is a question. would you want your boss to also be your landlord? straight ahead, we will tell you why one south bay restaurant owner is adding landlord to her title and renting out a house to her eewa jose is closing all lanes of 680 northbound right near 101. that is putting pressure on other

even if this bill is sent professor cohen says the government could still go after the site as a violation of federal law. >>> would you want your boss to also be your landlord? straight ahead we will tell you why one south bay restaurant owner is adding landlord to her title. she is renting out a house to her employees. >>> right now we have a freeway closure on 680 northb we will talk about that coming up after the break. we will also look at the commute including interstate 80. >>> yesterday at this time it was mostly clear. it is cloudy this morning. the lows are up. we will see what is in store for the high temperatures. >>> welcome back. breaking news. it is going to affect traffic on northbound 680 between jackson street and montague expressway. it is) you're looking at bullet holes in the side of a car. there was a freeway shooting that happened about 3:00 this morning. san jose police are talking to a man who has several bullet holes in the side of his car our photographer is there with that car. we are still trying to get more information about exactly what happened. you can see

cohen case. a person very close to donald trump. gave that to federal prosecutors in new york. >> bill: why? because it doesn't deal with manafort? what is the legal reason for doing that? >> mueller hasn't said why. most experts interrupted this as meaning whatever they discovered about cohen doesn't involve the trump and russia affair. we heard a lot about cohen and stormy daniels or other women. cohen's own personal business. we have not heard some of the spectacular acications we heard earlier with the trump dossier with cohen going to europe to meet with russians. if that were true, it seems mueller would be prosecuting cohen himself. >> bill: giuliani talking a lot in the last few days. i want you to react to this. >> it's an opinion. that's the medium he uses for opinions. twitter. one good thing about using that he established a clear practice that he expresses his opinions on twitter. he used the word should and not must. there was no presidential director. >> bill: there it is again. i know the left will go nuts. i don't know if there is cause for that right now. >> well, it's funny what caught my eye is he was in new ha

members gathered to receive the flag draped coffins, and here remarks by president bill clinton, defense secretary william cohen, and madeleine albright. from the c-span archives, this is one hour.

depends -- >> so does cohen. >> cohen seld he committed a crime and the judge said he committed a crime. >> i understand that. you don't believe that the trump organization was billed by michael cohen? and that trump organization paid back michael cohen? >> there is a dispute about the facts. the president said today he paid the money out of his own pocket. >> he just said he paid. >> if it was a corporate -- if it was a corporate contribution, that's very different. look, the law is so unclear after citizens united -- >> you're saying that's a problem? >> of course. well, look, it's all a problem. i'm not here to defend trump. it's a problem. it's a problem because -- >> the president is saying it's not a problem. >> it's a problem. i'm not here to defend the president. i'm here to say that it's a complicated issue. and that if a candidate makes a contribution on his own to pay hush money, that sounds terrible. it's a political sin. i'm here to say you have to distinguish between political sin and federal felonies. i think a lot of the commentary so far failed to do that. >> he compared this to jay walking. you said that all candidates running for -- you said that

cohen said he committed a crime and the judge said he committed a crime. but what you seem to be avoiding -- you don't believe the trump organization was billed by michael cohent the trump organization paid back michael cohen? >> there's a dispute about the facts. the president said today that he paid the money out of his own pocket. >> well, he just said he paid. >> if it was a corporate contribution, that's very different. >> okay, if it was a corporate contribution, you're saying that is a problem? >> of course. it's all a problem. i'm not here to defend trump. it's a problem. it's a problem because -- >> the president's saying it's not a problem. >> lying is a problem. >> it's a problem. i'm not here to defend the president. i'm here to say that it's a complicated issue and that if a candidate makes a contribution on his own to pay hush money, that sounds terrible, it's a political sin. i'm here to say, you have to distinguish between political sin and federal felonies, and a lot of the commentary so far has failed to do that. >> you said that all candidates for president violate campaign election laws. >> let me tell you -- don't tell me what i said. >>

as the president-elect who was preparing for the inauguration, cohen smaltd bill to the trump organization itemizing the hush money, the $35 wire transfer fee, and $50,000 listed aztec services, which we're still trying to figure out what this 50,000 is. the executives at the company decided to gross up cohen's 180,000 to 360,000 because after paying taxes he'd end up with the amount that he paid out on behalf of trump. cohen then submitted a fake invoice on valentine's day listed as a retainer for services to a person named in the criminal information as executive number one. nbc news has now confirmed that executive one is trump organization cfo allen weisselberg, that's according to a person with knowledge of the matter. weisselberg forwarded the fake invoice to executive number two who approved the payment. over the course of 2017, cohen submitted more fake invoices and each month the company paid him $35,000. the "new york times" notes that the pent for making a false business entry with intent to defraud is a misdemeanor, but, if it's done to commit or conceal another crime, then it'

bill. no audio recordings of any of this to show this as evidence. also, michael cohencongress that trump knew about that meeting. your take on all of that? >> right. partly cnn story, right, but partly a media story today. it shows you how fast this stuff can spread because we have social media. everyone picks up on everything. you find it is all down to one anonymous source. later you find out it is not true. that is the danger. i think look, in general people should be skeptical about their anonymous sources and they should be more skeptical i think when it comes to president trump because so many people want to believe what they hear and they go with it when i think in their better judgment they might not do that. liz: here is the thing, lanny davis begging for gofundme donations for michael cohen. they already raised 165,000. they're looking for half a million. i don't know, what is your reaction to that? should anyone use lanny davis as anonymous source? >> lanny davis has an agenda. there is nothing wrong with using him as a source but to beware of his again toda

. >> you're talking about paula jones and former president bill clinton, correct? yeah. if cohen confesses that hush money, that the hush money payment to stormy daniels was a crime, couldn't you argue that voids the contract and ends the case? >> we could argue that but keep in mind that donald trump and rudy giuliani and others are calling michael cohen a liar, which is fairly ironic to us because as you and your viewers recall, donald trump stood in the doorway of the people's plane, air force one not too long ago and told each of us that we should talk to michael cohen if we wanted to know what happened in connection with the $130,000 payment. guess what? i mean, we have heard from michael cohen. we heard from him standing in a federal courthouse in manhattan last week pleading guilty to a crime. now all of a sudden, rudy giuliani and donald trump and others are saying no, no, no, we didn't mean what we said in the doorway of air force one. michael cohen is a liar. guess what? we'll test the statements under oath. >> let's talk about immunity. you know couple people have gott

as the president-elect was preparing for the inauguration, michael cohen submitted a bill to trump organization executives itemizing the hush money, 9 tth $130,000, a $35 wire transfer fee and $50,000 listed as tech services. we're still trying to find on out what this is about. we don't know for sure. the executives decided to gross up cohen's $180,000 for tax purposes. if he had to have made more than that for it to make sense. so a grand total of $420,000 to be paid out bit by bit every on the next year. to help choen hide the trail, cohen submitted a fake invoice on valentine's day 20 on 17 listed as a retainer for services to a person named in the criminal information as executive number one. nbc news has now confirmed this executive number one is trump organization cfo allen weisselberg, the man who has just been given immunity. weisselberg forwarded the fake invoice to executive number two, who approved the payment, which executive one then arched. over the course of 2017, cohen submitted more fake invoices, each month, he was paid $35,000 from the president's company. the "new york time

michael cohen, one of the things that i propose in this bill is we put a halt to the influence peddling that michael cohen didn't get charged with because it's perfectly legal. that is if michael cohen is going to take more than half a million dollars from big companies like at&t and novartis, that he has to register as a lobbyist. and once he registers as a lobbyist, under my law, every interaction he has with an elected official -- that would mean the president of the united states -- has to be noted on a calendar and any pieces of paper or information that he gives them has to be disclosed. one of the consequences of that would be to try to shut down at least another piece of the influence puddling in washington that has become so routine that big corporations say, oh, somebody new an office, let's figure out how we can spend our money to influence them. no, if people are going to be elected to public office then by golly they're supposed to be working in the public interest, not in the interest of people who can pay a half million dollars for lobbyists. over on the manafort side, ca

voted for the removal of bill clinton from office, who has said one thing this week objecting to anything they learned about donald trump in federal court on tuesday when michael cohen pled guilty. >> and that's the reason we should not underest kate donald trump going forward. he's not a knock down these last 48 to 60 hours. we're now about to found out what kind of fighter he is. while it may be unpleasant for some people, i ask that they will reminded that some 89% of people who call themselves republican still stand behind donald trump. and as long as he has the senate in republican hands, my own opinion clearly labeled is, the republicans won't consider breaking away from dobnald trum until and unless he tries to fire robert mueller. that might be -- that might do it. but all this talk about impeachment, lawrence, which is inevitable given what's been going on, i think it is very clear as long as the republicans have control of the senate and as long as in effect they have control of the supreme court, it is going to be very, very difficult to get impeachment. a lot is going on with mueller we don't know about. down the road things could change dramatically. bu

and why did he sign this document lanny davis as a primary duty to to michael cohen not to his yale law school buddies bill and hillary clinton so this is very very suspicious to me. and you know it was lanny spends a lot of time on mainstream media has been doing so for a long time as a crisis manager so he whipped the mainstream media into a frenzy very quickly over impeachment impeachment a pitcher we have to remember in this country and i'm not a lawyer but impeachment is only for high crimes and misdemeanors brok obama. campaign was found guilty of a larger amount three hundred thousand dollars or so election law violation these sorts of violations are certainly not high crimes the house at present is controlled by republicans even nancy pelosi is as she is little appetite for impeachment now so you know what we know so far i doubt that that indictment which is impeachment would begin prior to the election and i'm fairly certain that they would not be able to muster the sixty votes that are required sixty six votes i believe are sixty or sixty six votes are required to convict so you know this is a lo

order to influence the election but despite being in deep legal trouble and seems cohen has to try and pay for his medical bills and is capitalizing on the situation his lawyer has launched a crowdfunding campaign aiming to raise half a million dollars so far over a quarter of the target money has already been raised with more than two thousand people donating in just one day the petition says that the money will go towards paying cohen's legal fees political analyst to charles or tell as more you know this is a double standard that is in evidence here rating michael cohen muller's rating michael cohen's office is to get what arguably is privileged information between cohen and his client donald trump. as it were trumped up charges that really are non-crimes that cohen has felt such pressure to admit stand a stark contrast to the approach taken by loretta lynch komi and others to go after the clinton foundation over actual public corruption actual fraud actually actual mishandling of classified information there's a clear double standard here well i draw your attention further back into history in ny in one tho

basically going through shell companies moving the money around, pushing the money back to cohen saying it's for legal billshen they're going to this guy and david and he's telling you i know what is happening here. and you go ahead and do that with david. now, listen, whether you like trump, don't like trump, the bottom line, if you can't smell conspiracy to violate laws and hide this from people based upon everything that's going, you're being completely blinded because, again, i go back to the regular guy, the regular guy did this, nobody would even bat an eye. they'd be like are you kidding me? of course they're all in on it. >> there is a little bit of just common sense here. caitlin, when you hear pecker now saying trump knew about it, cohen saying trump knew about it, how many people need to say trump knew about it? not to mention the president's own words on that tape we just played. >> on the tape, exactly, which the white house wouldn't respond to yesterday. interestingly enough. the question that i've had, too, is how, you know, how credible of a witness, of course, is michael cohen? right? we've

they are saying that michael cohen billed that $130,000 payments as legal expenses and, in fact, it was said to be hush money. down to accounting issue over a legal settlement. i think you have to ask how did we get here. and how we got here obviously was this unprecedented raiding plaintiff cohen's office. and then pressure i don't know what about this has to do with russian collusion which began all of this legal warfare. >> it has gotten pretty far afield from that. >> that's for sure. >> all right. james, thank you very much. >> thanks, john. >> brand new details just released in the murder of mollie tibbetts. what it reveals about her death. >> well, the imcongratulations debate is heating up in the wake of mollie's murder. the case resonating on capitol hill as more lawmakers react. texas attorney general kim paxton joins us next. >> unfortunately, we have a very heated argument surrounding anything that deals with immigration reform. we have to get beyond that as politicians. we have got to focus on the policies that are right more the united states. to keep you both comfortable.

memphis mayor jim strickland, united states congressman steve cohen, and governor bill haslam. >> thankalf of the 660,000 people of memphis, a city that has changed the world and isn't done changing it, let me formally welcome many of you to memphis on this important day. it is such an honor to be here today, on this sacred ground, in this important week. not just in the history of memphis. not just the history of the united states and the civil rights movement, but the history of the world. the shot that rang out at 6:01 pm, 50 years ago today, silence demand, but it did not silence his cause. it did not silence his legacy, which is as loud and powerful as it ever was. we stand here, looking back, 50 years of undeniable progress, such as every sanitation worker today, making over $15 an hour with strong benefits and a retirement system. but we certainly have not achieved doctor king's dream yet. i challenge everyone to take this moment. this once in a generation time, and work even harder for the change that doctor king would have wanted to see, to strive even more, to reach the promis

we know cohen submitted a bill for $400 grand with the payoff. it was padded up.at's what lawyers do. >> it's more than hyping up your hourly bill if he was taking care of something to protect the campaign and then on top of that deducting it as a business expect which paying porn stars for sex and to be quiet afterwards. he didn't pay for the sex, he paid for the being quiet after. >> i think the president is a victim of having some really bad people around him. having said that there is no guilt by association in america. they are stand alone crimes. based on what i've heard and seen and made public, i don't think the president committed a crime. i think he hired a lawyer to try to get him out of a situation that was an embarrassment and if having an extramarital affair is criminal, then bill clinton should be on death row. he paid off in the same situation to try to prevent embarrassment to himself and family and leading up to his presidency. if anything, the president is a victim of having some really bad lawyering and cohen is paying the price. >> he is a gro

cohen's betrayal. last week sources tell gabe sherman that trump told deputy chief of staff bill shine to ban kaitlin collins from a white house event because he was angry she asked questions about cohen. trump has been sending messages to cohen on twitter that he won't pardon him. he's just letting him know that you're done. when we ended last week's episode, the cliff hanger last week was michael cohen could testify to the trump tower meeting. then of course rudy giuliani said there's another trump tower meeting. >> that's a whole other thing. you've got trump doing his thing and you've got giuliani out there and there was a time, especially at the end of last week, when they were both acting as if they seemed to think some huge story was coming, was about to drop about a second trump tower meeting. >> look, giuliani was acting squirrely. >> trump knows if this is true or not. these stories come out, he knows. if michael cohen says i was sitting there when don junior came into donald trump's office and told him, hey, we're about to meet with the russians. donald trump knows whether that's true or not. >> t

let's talk about this and more with william cohen, the former defense secretary under president billr. secretary, thanks for coming in. what's your take on this letter? >> well, it confirms what i thought months ago, that it was a mistake to have had that meeting in singapore. what the president did was to turn the pyramid of diplomacy on its head. normally you would have secretary pompeo and others do all of the leg work necessary, building all the blocks in terms of finding what we were after with a step that would be necessary to confirm, et cetera. and then have the top man come in and say, now we can have an agreement. so he did it completely in reverse. the result now, we're back to square one. so resumption of the military exercises, which again i thought was a mistake to cancel, but one of the problems we're having now is that the south korean president may decide to go forward on his own without us. it would be a big mistake on his part to separate south korea from the united states. it would put south korea in jeopardy as well as our forces there. so it's going to be hard t

memphis mayor jim strickland county mayor mark lutrell and steve cohen and governor bill haslem. >> thankt, let me formally welcome many of you to formally welcome many of you to memphis on this important day. memphis on this important day. it is such an honor to be here it is such an honor to be here today on this sacred ground in today on this sacred ground in this important week not just in this important week not just in the history of memphis, not just the history of memphis, not just in the history of the united in the history of the united states and its civil rights states and its civil rights movement, but in the history of movement, but in the history of the world. the world. the shot that rang out at 6:01 the shot that rang out at 6:01 p.m. 50 years ago today silenced p.m. 50 years ago today silence+ a man but it did not silence his cause. it did not silence his legacy which is as loud as powerful as it ever was. we stand here looking back at 50 years of undeniable progress such as every sanitation worker today making over $15 an hour with strong benefits and retirement system

bill kristol asks the question on social media. if flynn is guilty and manafort is guilty and cohen is guilty, maybe trump is guilty? we are pleased to have with us tonight two of our favorites. eugene robinson and bill kristol. gentlemen, thank you. have we not arranged for you to come on, we would be scrambling to ask you to come on. bad day for donald trump. i think, at the end of it, a bad day for our country, too. >> i guess, you know, i mean, you don't like to see the president's -- a situation where the campaign chairman and personal lawyer have plead guilty or been found guilty of felony crimes. it's pretty astounding. >> how do you think it has changed the trajectory of what we're looking at? what do you think we're looking at? >> i think it's a reminder that robert mueller knows a lot. think about the implications of the matter for trial coming up. what manafort, if he chooses to cooperate, could talk about. and cohen, especially. he may not be cooperating yet but if he chooses to cooperate, the amount he would know about not just the particular crimes, which he plead guilty and seems to be i implicated pre

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and one important consideration for michael cohen was also just knowing if he had chosen to go to trial, that could have meant huge legal bills for his family. and he did not want to leave his family with that kind of financial burden. now, we have seen michael cohen out and about in town in manhattan since last week on tuesday when he pleaded guilty at the courthouse. friends that we have spoken to say that he does not plan to go into hiding, but as much as possible he would like to stick to his daily routine. all of that, of course, as he's waiting for his sentencing hearing to come in december. brooke? >> stay with me, i want to bring you into my bigger conversation here with legal experts standing by. caroline polissi is a federal criminal attorney and with us cnn analyst michael zeleny. michael, let me begin with you. let me jog back a second to the news of don mcgahn and his departure post brett kavanaugh confirmation. it was all of 11 days ago that we all learned he had sat and cooperated with the mueller team, gave them, you know, about 30 hours, and we know that that unnerved the president. and now we hear he's leavi

bills. how has plan any of davis shaped our image of michael cohen's image? >> it often seem that's is speak morg ing more for himself than his client. you wonder whether in fact cohen is somehow completely alienated from trump. it just seems dubious given the relationship the men have had over the years that cohen has experienced some incredible and complete reversal in what teese be genuine affection with the president. so i take it with a grain of salt. and cohen's reputation given what he has admitted to will be in some sort of shambles. we saw the difficulty rick gates had after taking a plea deal in becoming a credible witness at paul manafort's trial annic we may be looking at more of the same for michael cohen. >> and one would assume that some of the money would get back to the guy who created the page. >> you said it. >> all right. appreciate the time. still ahead, presidential obsession, president trump ramping up attacks on his favorite attorney general. the justice department and the fbi. where it all could be leading. you wouldn't accept an inco

bill clinton and hillary clinton. the statute of limitations has run out on that. anyway -- was it carter, is was in newrter, that --k host: michael cohen caller: cohen. ok. was convicted of -- host: he pled guilty to eight felony counts. the "new york times" reporting over the weekend that he's been involved in allegations of the used by the new york taxicab industry. investigators working to if cohen committed bank fraud on $20 million worth of loans related to his taxi business so it's involved with the campaign, his relationship own donald trump, and his private if businesses. fraud that hethe committed with trump. is that going to get buried? host: we're actually covering both stories right now and i think that as you look at the headlines tonight and tomorrow, it's been a split-screen afternoon because as developments were taking place in alexandria, virginia, we got we got word that michael cohen would appear in a new york city courtroom. he was whisked out of the courtroom. this is what the "new york reporting, as he was heading to the courtroom today to plead guilty. a photograph of him leaving his apartment. he'd worked for do

joining us now is lanny davis, michael cohen's personal attorney, former special white house counsel to bill clinton. i'm really happy that you're joining us here today. thank you for joining us. >> i want to say it's a long time i've wanted to be on your show. i watch you all the time and i appreciate the invitation. >> thank you for saying that. i appreciate you being here. i know that you have a lot of other things to be doing tonight. your client pled guilty to eight counts today. it was a standard plea agreement as far as we can tell. not a cooperation agreement. was that an option for you and your client? why wasn't there any cooperation deal? >> well, there are certain things i can answer directly. so let me try to answer this indirectly. when i decided to represent mr. cohen, it was because he committed to me early on in many conversations that he wanted to tell the truth about donald trump. and we talked about what he knew about donald trump. this was one of the subjects. so whether i used the word cooperation or not, and my colleague guy pet trillo, will note answer to your questio

law that something along the lines of what michael cohen pled guilty to which is small in the scheme of things it would be considered in a peach a bill offense anything and everything in my opinion would be impeachable to these democrats who want to redo the election they're getting an opportunity here like nobody has ever gotten in history they're getting to the opportunity to nullify the election if they're able to vote the republicans out of the majority plenty more ahead for you this new supplies for the stranded floodwaters are starting to recede the new dangers look for those cut off and you think caroline. down just one meal a day yemenis struggling to feed themselves as the civil war drags on and in sport a rest set back the team china or the asian games this is a badminton police details coming up a little later. brazil's governments trying to move venezuelan migrants out of a border state out of the camp was attacked by locals twelve ministries the military and the u.n. refugee agency are assisting venezuelans arriving in yuma who have fled an economic crisis in their home country to raise about has our report from the bord

another important consideration for michael cohen is that he knew if he decide today go to trial that the legal billsould have been massive for his family and he want today make sure she spared his family from that kind of financial burden. now, as you can see there on your screen we have seen michael cohen out and about going around town since the plead deal last week on tuesday. we have seen him in manhattan. we have seen him in his neighborhood. they tell us he doesn't want to disrupt his daily routine. all of that will of course as he waits for his sentencing hearing. >> you're also getting new information about a potential mim m immunity deal. what can you tell us about that? >> we are learning about a second employee who apparently had discussions with prosecutors in the michael cohen case about the possible immunity deal. they were not offered an immunity and did not testify before a grand jury rhode isl. d we know it was a trump organization employee. of course what we knew last week is that there was one trump organization executive. this is allen, the chief financial officer for the company

conservative columnist bill crist ol asks the question on social media, and i quote, "if flynn is guilty and manafort's guilty and cohen'sy, maybe trump's guilty?" we are pleased to have with us tonight two of our favorites. eugene robinson, pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the "washington post" and the aforementioned bill kristol, veteran of the reagan and bush administrations, editor at large of the "weekly standard." gentlemen, thank you. had we not arranged for you to come on, we would have been scrambling to ask you to come on after a day like today. bill, colossally bad day for donald trump. and i think at the end of it a bad day for our country too. >> i guess, you know, i mean, you don't like to see the president's -- we have a situation where the president's national security adviser, campaign chairman and personal lawyer have pled guilty or been found guilty of felony crimes. it's pretty astounding. >> how do you think it has changed the trajectory of what we're looking at? what do you think we are looking at? >> i think it's a reminder that robert mueller knows a lot. if you just think about the implicatio

bill is 100% on point on this. let's take a quick run-through. papadopoulos convicted, manafort convicted after trial. general flynn convicted. cohen convicted. sam patten today convicted. twelve russian spies chargedp 13 russian nationals charged. rick gates convicted. a couple of other small fries for lying to the fbi. and again, i think bill is right. at the peak of that attack on the justice department, had mueller started tripping and falling, and frankly had they lost the manafort case, we'd be in a different position. but so far they are batting 1,000 and that's pretty good. >> so to that effect, francesca, what are you hearing in terms of the white house's sentiments with the president's approach, trump's approach. is this attack -- we've heard this from rudy giuliani, he's wanted to make this a public argument against the credibility of the mueller investigation. you can't look at it and think it's working when you have 3% of americans m's on this pole support the mueller probe. >> the white house has been letting him do the talking. we didn't have a white house broefg although the president has addressed reporters and taken questions