stephanie clifford: yes. anderson cooper: and did he? stephanie clifford: yes.only time during their relationship. the white house has denied the affair.anderson cooper: did you want to have sex with him? stephanie clifford: no. but i didn't-- i didn't say no. i'm not a victim, i'm not-anderson cooper: it was entirely consensual.stephanie clifford: oh, yes, yes.anderson cooper: you work in an industry where condom use is-- is an issue. did-- did he use a condom? stephanie clifford: no.// butt to //anderson cooper: melania trump had recently given birth to-- to a son, just a few months before. did that-- did he mention his wife or child at all in this?stephanie clifford: i asked. and he brushed it aside, said, "oh yeah, yeah, you know, don't worry about that. we don't even-- we have separate rooms and stuff."about four years after the relationship ended, clifford talked about the alleged affair to the sister company of in-touch magazine. she was offered 15-thousand dollars for the story but says she never collected.clifford says the article didn't initially publi

clifford is not asking for damages.s is to go and seems to be to want to launch the second act in her career. so, this all seems kund of puzzling to me. even going back to the campaign, the reason why -- >> if michael cohen has and what they are alleging is michael cohen has come forward and made misleading and not true statements and it's unfair in their opinion that she cannot respond and say what actually went on. >> yeah, and again, i can't speak to any of that. i'm not a lawyer and i don't know the nuances and the back and forth. but even going back to the campaign, many of these allegations against the president which i think there are some serious question marks around, here is i think a fundamental point i think everybody is missing. if you're somebody who has a story like this and you're going to go and present it to a major party candidate a week or two before the election, and you're making these allegations against a multi-billionaire, you're going to settle for $130,000? i don't think so. i think it's laugh

clifford into silence and "shut her up...'"er included this so-called "hush agreement" in the lawsuit, saying it was written by michael cohen.it refers to donald trump under an alias, david denison, and clifford under the name peggy peterson. according to the "hush agreement," stephanie clifford "came into possession of certain "confidential information" pertaining to dd - trump's alias - "pertaining to dd which includes, but is not limited to information, certain still images and/or text messages."michael cohen goes on to write, included in those are "images... (donald trump) previously represented to his counsel to exist... (i.e, text messages between pp and dd). natsin other words: trump told his personal attorney about communications he was having with a porn actress.the pressure to clifford could explain her recent bizarre talk show appearances.question: "did you have a sexual donald trump." clifford is now and explains why she claims coerced into signing a false statement that the affair according to the lawsuit, any brea

clifford and her counsel. white house press secretary sarah sanders told reporters today that n an arbitration was won in the president's favor. but tonight stephanie clifford's attorney just said, first of all, it doesn't appear as if he was a party to the arbitration, referring to mr. trump. how can you win something you're not even a party of. secondly, claiming that mr. trump won at arbitration when there has been no hearing, no notice to ms. clifford, no opportunity given to her to respond and no decision on the merits is completely bogus. wolf? >> really tough exchange of words between these attorneys. drew griffin, thanks for that good report. let's get some more on the white house response to the lawsuit. joined by chief white house correspondent jim acosta. what is the white house saying about the new statement saying that sarah sanders is simply wrong. >> reporter: we went back to the white house press team in the last hour and asked about these new statements from stormy daniels' attorney, essential

vilma: cuenta que la seÑora stephanie clifford, nombre real de daniels.egaron a los oÍdos de trump, su abogado y la campaÑa presidencial. a partir de ese momento el seÑor trump, con la asistencia de su abogado agresivamente buscaron silenciar a la seÑora clifford. en ese momento el seÑor cohen preparo un acuerdo de confidencialidad y se lo presentÓ a la seÑora clifford y su abogado. dice que se impusieron varias condiciones y obligaciones y para que fuera vÁlido, todas las partes ddebÍan firmarlo o de lo contrario sserÍa nulo. asegura tambiÉn que a pesar de que trump no firmÓ, su abogado cohen procediÓ a enviar el dinero, los 130,000 que habÍan acordado a una cuenta de fideicomiso del abogado de la seÑora clifford. en enero de 2018, detalles del acuerdo de confidencialidad se filtraron y el seÑor cohen, usando tÁcticas de intimidaciÓn forzÓ a la seÑora clifford a firmar una declaraciÓn falsa diciendo que las alegaciones de su relaciÓn con trump . no eran ciertas. la secretarÍa de prensa de la casa blanca dijo hoy que el presidente trump ya ganÓ un arbitra

asegura tambiÉn que a pesar cÍ seÑora clifford.zÓ a la seÑora clifford a firmar una declaraciÓn falsa diciendo que las alegaciones de su relaciÓn con trump . no eran ciertas. la secretarÍa de prensa de la casa blanca dijo hoy que el presidente trump ya ganÓ un arbitraje contra la seÑora clifford y que las alegaciones son falsas. el abogado de la actriz porno dice que ella tiene en su poder imÁgenes. no especificÓ si fotos o vÍdeos. jorge: nieve intensa, rayos y truenos azotan el noreste del paÍs. ilia: salvadoreÑos podrÁn rezarle a su propio santo. ♪ 0 años tuvidea original de que una cerveza light debía saber... a cerveza. y las buenas ideas merecen ser compartidas. miller lite. hold true. elaborada con la idea de que una cerveza light light original, debe s hecha para las tardes que se convierten en largas noches. miller lite. hold true. un gran jurado ilia: un gran jurado acusÓ formalmente a nikolas cpor la masacre en la escuela marjory stoneman douglas. algunos testigos dieron suas. entre ellos estarÍa la conductora de uber que

we have about 230 cartoons from jim berryman, clifford's son, a cartoonist. we also have this great cartoon that clifford drew in 1939. this was his christmas card that year. they had just moved into the family house and he sent this out to all of his friends and family announcing their address. >> and archives is not a place where documents go to die. we use this collection in a variety of ways. all the cartoons we have in our collection are available in the national archives catalog and you can see them online. we also use these in exhibits. they have been exhibited here in the national archives building and also at other institutions with permission from the senate. you can see several of the cartoons from our collection on exhibit at the capitol visitor center. we have a variety of educational public educational resources that we have done using these cartoons to help teach american history and civics, primarily to high school and middle school aged students. available on our website are two e-books. the first is called representing congress. that uses ca

clifford want?want money, or freedom to tell her story or sell her story to other media outlets? is that what this is about? >> this is about freedom of speech. remarkably, a lot of it has been at the hands of attorney cohen, mr. cohen. my client wants an opportunity to tell her story to tell the truth about what happened and what didn't happen. to tell the truth about the events not only relating to her relationship with the president, but also the conduct in which she has witnessed over the last 12 to 18 months as it relates to efforts to silence her. she wants an opportunity to set the record straight. she wants the opportunity for the american people to pass judgment as to who is telling the truth. is it her or is it mr. cohen. is it her or president trump. is it her or ms. sanders. that is what my client wants. >> our chief legal analyst -- are you wear of any other women who signed contracts with president trump? >> we are not aware of any other women, but in my experience, the way this was ha

miss clifford began an intimate relationship with mr. trump in the summer of 2006 in lake tahoe, the lawsuit claims. then in october 2016, mr. trump with the assistance of his attorney, mr. cohen, aggressively sought to silence miss dloifrd avoid her telling truth, thus ensuring he won the presidential election. in exchange, trump's attorney michael cohen wired daniels $130,000 and clifford's new attorney told nbc's "today" show, he has no doubt the president knew. >> there is no question the president knew at the time. the idea that an attorney would go off on his own and enter into this type of agreement is ludicrous. >> but the real damning information if true is what happened a little more than a week ago. the president's attorney tried yet again to silence clifford. on or about february 27, 2018, mr. trump's attorney, mr. cohen, surreptitious l surreptitiously initiated a bogus arbitration proceeding against miss clifford in los angeles. her lawyer included this hush agreement in the lawsuit saying it was written by michael cohen. i

i like you. >> her real name is stephanie clifford.ays she faced intimidation tactics aimed at keeping her quiet in 2011. daniels says she was threatened by an unidentified man in las vegas. she describes an incident that she says happened while she was with her daughter. >> a guy walked up on me, and said to me leave trump alone. forget the story, and then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, a beautiful little girl. it would be a shame if something happened to her mom. >> president trump's lawyer michael cohen has threatened to sue clifford for $20 million for violating a nondisclosure agreement she signed right before the 2016 election. cohen paid her $130,000. clifford's attorney is seeking to have the agreement voided because president trump did not sign it. earlier this morning, president trump tweeted, quote, so much fake news. never been more voluminous or more inaccurate. through it all our country is doing great. clifford's lawyer is speaking out this morning saying they have evidence of the alleged threats sh

we were finally successful in persuading clark clifford, prevailing upon him to move from the kitchenabinet to the east room. some people have compared this appointment to a wedding. after a very long and sometimes secret courtship, we are finally making an honest man out of him. chief justice honors us by his willingness to be present this morning and administer the oath. >> i, clark m. clifford, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution -- >> my remarks were in the nature of expressions of gratitude and appreciation. first to the president for his exceedingly gracious remarks and for the trust and confidence that he evidences. second, i thank him for giving me the opportunity to try to retire a debt that i have, a debt that i have had for many years and one that with passing time, has grown. that is the debt that i owe to this country. for some 61 years i now have enjoyed the blessings of freedom and liberty, of security and safety and of unlimited opportunity. >> replacing robert mcnamara as head of the nation's defense establishment, clifford inherited its

it says stephanie clifford. and you'll notice one of the lines is blank, that's where donald trump's signature is supposed to go. >> and apparently his pseudonym is david dennison, left plablan. >> reporter: and that's what she's saying. even though they paid the money, he never signed the agreement, so it's not valid and she can tell her story. and she's said through a representative she plans to tell her story. >> this is like an '80s nighttime soap opera. like "dynasty" anyway, thank you, appreciate it. i want to bring in cnn political analyst, josh dawsey of "the washington post," kirsten powers, stephen moore, and political commentator, kevin madden. kevin, you're up first. you read this complaint. stormy daniels said president trump's attempt to silence stormy daniels as late as last week. what's your reaction? >> i can pretty much predict what the white house is going to say, which is this is somebody trying to get attention, trying to drive their own sort of pr effort here. but there are some very credib

and clifford was eventually paid $130,000 to seal the deal. the lawsuit argues the agreement is null and void because it was not signed by donald trump. dans' lawyer said mr. trump purposely did not sign the agreement so he could later publicly disavow any knowledge of the contract and daniels. >> she believes it's important that the public learn the truth. >> reporter: just last month, cohen admitted to facilitating the payment to granls his own personal funds but insisted neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was a party to the transaction with miss clifford. and neither reimbursed me. her attorney won't reveal if there are text messages or photos to corroborate her story. >> she said that there were tangible items, photos, images, that she had them. according to the agreement, she will never release them publicly. does she still have photos, images, texts? >> that's something she will ultimately have to answer. >> do you know anxious? >> i do know and i am not at liberty to discuss it. >> reporter: she shared her story after

clifford and ms. mcdougle that in situations like this, he has used his money to get them to not disclose what he has apparently engaged in sex and how many other times he might have done this. it does bear to his credibility and to his propensities towards harassing and groping women as he said on the entertainment nightly or whatever. >> "access hollywood," excuse me. >> i'm looking at the letter, more than a dozen pages in length. you say, we can assure you we have no interest in mr. trump's personal relationships in and of themselves. what would you like from these two attorneys for president trump, and then you also have david picker here, the chairman of executive officer of american media, what do you hope to get from them in the next couple weeks. >> we hope they would come forward and give us the information about who paid for the -- ms. clifford. it's hard to believe that mr. cohen would have violated ethics laws that attorneys have to not inform his client of what went on and to pay an amou

clifford says the article didn't initial publish. trump's attorney reportedly threatened to sue the magazine. a few weeks after she did that interview, clifford says she was personal threatened in las vegas. >> i was in a parking lot going to a fitness class with my infant daughter and a guy walked up on me and said to me, leave trump alone, forget the story and he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, a beautiful little girl, it would be a shame if something happened to her mom. >> reporter: she did not file a police report saying she was too afraid. now accusing daniels of defamation insisting cohen had absolutely nothing to do whatever to do with any such person or incident and does not believe that such a person exists or that such incident ever occurred. cohen brokered a confidentiality agreement with clifford days before the presidential election paying her $130,000 to keep quiet, although clifford says she wanted to tell her story. >> was it hush money to stay silent? >> yes. the story was coming out again. i was c

. >> woodruff: stephanie clifford's claim finally aired last night on "60 minutes." porn film actress known as stormy daniels said it was consensual, and happened one time, at a celebrity golf tournament in lake tahoe, in 2006. clifford says she tried to sell r story to a tabloid in 2011, but a trump lawyer got it suppressed. and, she says there was a threat, a few weeks later in las gas.nd >> guy walked up on me and said to me, "leave trump alone. forget the story." and then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said,u "that's a beaulittle girl. it'd be a shame if something happened to her mom." ad then he was gone. >> woodruff: five years later, efore the 2016 election, mr. trump's long-time personal attorney, michael cohen, paid onniels $130,000 to sign a disclore agreement. >> if it was untruthful, why did you sign it? >> because they made it sound like i had no choice. sentence used was, "they can make y different ways."any >> they being...? >> i'm not exactly sure who they were. i believe it to be michael cohen. >> woodruff: but clifford is now suing t

kron 4's charles clifford has been monitoring developments on this story. he is live for us tonight in the newsroom with details. charles . well, we knew that attorney general jeff sessions was planning a major annoucment tomorrow in sacramento related to california's sanctuary state status. but we have now learned status. but we have now learned that late today the trump adminstartion filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging 3 recently passed california laws designed to protect immigrants living in the u.s. illegally. the new lawsuit, filed in federal district court in sacramento, alleges that california's so called sanctuary state laws violate the u.s. constitution by protecting undocumeted immigrants. the justice department is also claiming that the california laws obsruct enforcement of federal immigration policy. earier this year the california legislature, with the support of the governor, passed three laws meant to protect immigrants against workplace raids and to prevents police from asking people about their immigration status.sessions is sched

although clifford said she wanted to tell her story. >> was it hush money? >> yes. the story was coming out again. i was concerned for my family and their safety. >> i think some people watching this are going to doubt that you entered into this negotiation because you feared for your safety. they are going to think you saw an opportunity. >> i think the fact that i even didn't even negotiate, i just quickly said yes to this very strict contract and what most peel will agree with me, extremely low number is all the proof i need. >> reporter: in 2018, she signed two letters unequivocally denying the affair. one sent by cohen. the other by daniels's former manager gina rodriguez, saying i am not denying this affair because of hush money. i am denying it because it never happened. she told cooper she was pressured by her attorney and manager, a claim her former lawyer denies. >> you said i'm denying it because it never happened. that's a lie? >> yes. >> if it was untruthful, why did you sign it? >> because they made it sound like i had no choice. >> no one was putting

clifford and mr. trump. ms. clifford was referred to by peggy peterson and trump, david dennison. do they have to prove they're the same person? >> some lawyers do this in high profile cases. i do not. i refew use on behalf of my clients. this is messy they did it this way. if you look at the restraining order that trump's attorney and got this week, peggy peterson is the one restrained. peggy peterson f you're out there, you can't talk about donald trump. everybody else, as far as i'm concerned, you're legally free to speak. >> exactly. katie, there's a lot of salacious claims in the document. some that have gotten a lot of attention that this agreement mentions that all confidential information must be turned over to the cohen side, to the trump side, and that the stormy daniels side has to disclose to whom they may have shared this confidential information. they include in that any information on paternity information, not limited to trump's children, allegedly trump's children or alleged children or alleged sexual partnersment are ment partners. are we overreading that to mean

moments ago right here on cnn, a lawyer for adult film actress stephanie clifford, aka stormy daniels says she's been physically threatened to stay silent about what she knows about president trump. she alleges they had an affair and was paid hush money to stay silent. this physical threat is a new piece of information. let's call it pending breaking news at the white house. reports that the president has decided to fire the national security adviser general h.r. mcmaster. this seems to be a question of when now. there is no question about the extraordinary level of turmoil at the white house. remember, the president began the week by firing the secretary of state on twitter, and his personal assistant was marched out of the white house for gambling. this is a statement overnight from press secretary sarah sanders. she says, just spoke to the president and general h.r. mcmaster. contrary to reports they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the national security changes. notice the present tense, 10:00 p.m. last night. let's go to abby phillip at the white house

and i -- >> replacing robert mcnamara clifford inherited its awesome tasks and responsibilities. immediately confronting him was vietnam, the communitiest tet offensive had not achieved the objective. the cities though besieged had not fallen into vietcong hands. there was widespread destruction throughout south vietnam and pacification program had received a setback. faced with a specific duty of strengthening the ally position in vietnam secretary clifford would carry the additional concern of defense secretaries maintaining the military posture globally. helping secretary clifford accomplish this aim would be a piece of new defense hardware unveiled the next day. the president travelled to the marietta, georgia plant of lockheed aircraft company for the roll out of the galaxy, biggest air ship built with engines twice as powerful it could do three times the work of the largest cargo plane the u.s. now operates. >> more important of all for the first time our fighting men will be able to travel with their equipment to any spot on the globe where we might be forced to stand and

peggy peterson we know is stormy daniel, stephanie clifford.eny snisodennison, if we reasonably assume for the moment that is donald trump, then what we know is they agreed to resolve something but why, that raises the question why agree to resolve something, why pay $130,000. >> and why just days before a presidential election. anna, from time to time, we do like to remind our viewers and listeners that the times in which we live are not necessarily normal. this is the kind of incident, even at this stage, that would more than likely be the end of any politician's career. at this point, is this president likely to pay any political price? >> we live in very extraordinary times certainly in washington with everything going, the constant swirl. president trump has really been teflon when it comes to issues like this, allegations against him, that, as you said, almost any other politician would be, you know, facing massive scrutiny and also potentially looking at he's leaving or apologizing. what's amazing to me, this isn't even a top story today

clifford's attorney is seeking to have that agreement voided because president trump did not sign it. we heard from the white house communications director for melania trump last night. she tweeted while i know the media is enjoying speculation and salacious gossip, i'd like to remind people there's a minor child whose name should be kept out of news stories when at all possible. she was asked if she had any photos, e-mails or texts tied to the president. she said her attorney recommended she not answer those types of questions. michelle. >>> and thank you. it is 5:01. let's get another check on weather. i'm looking forward to the warmer temperatures. >> it finally feels like spring and it's going to feel a little closer to summer. taking a live look out to the bay bridge right now, nice and clear in san francisco. your temperatures in san francisco, 47 degrees. 40 in santa rosa. still in the 30s in the east bay, livermore 36 degrees. your headlines for the day pretty straightforward, clear start, the rain is over. then it's going to be dry and sunny today all the way through the rest

we know some details of what stormy daniels, whose real name is stephanie clifford stephanie cliffordsident trump before he was president. an interview some years ago was published in recent months giving an insight into the details we might expect from this interview and she talks about going to donald trump's hotel room, going up to his room at his invitation, where she said he was in his pyjamas and watching a documentary about sharks, of which he is not apparently fond. the rest of the details are perhaps best not resited at this time but you can imagine. she says she had an affair that ran for ten months in 2006 - 2007. cricket is seen by australians as their national sport — with, so it is said, the captain of the national team being more important than the prime minister. so it says quite a lot that the prime minister himself, malcolm turnbull, has voiced his concerns that australia's cricket captain, steve smith, was caught cheating during a test match. he and his vice—captain david warner have both given up theirjobs, at least temporarily, after it emerged they were aware of

trump, and my client, miss clifford. otherwise known as miss daniels. that would be the proper context in which to use the word facilitate, as opposed to simply saying i paid it. >> andrea, one other thought. >> please. >> one other thought for the lawyer here is there has been a lot of talk about arbitration and court, based on what's happened thus far, is your view mr. trump and mr. cohen here welcome going to court to get this resolved or basically are doing things to try to stay out of open court? >> well, i think it's crystal clear they are doing everything in their power to keep this out of court, and what does that mean. that means hidden from the american people. that's what they want to do. they want to adjudicate this, have it decided in private, in a conference room, behind closed doors, so no one knows the truth. that's what this is geared towards. it is geared towards hiding the truth. that's why we believe we want to be in an open court, in a courthouse that's owned by the people, so that the people can learn everything about this. the peo

clifford, known professionally as stormy daniels, and michael cohen, mr.mp's personal attorney. >> stormy daniels hired michael avenatti and filed the lawsuit about a week and a half ago. it signals we're not going to sit back and take a lot of punches here. >> at the state level, if i understand, this would move it to the federal level. what would change as a result of this being found in the way that it was? >> it seems that the president's lawyers feel they have a better shot in federal court of getting this into arbitration, which is where they want it, as opposed to playing out in public courtroom in california where michael avenatti is practicing. they're hoping to keep everything behind closed doors. >> we heard from him there and heard from him an awful lot over these recent days. what do you mac of the change and the representation that she has had provided for her here? he has been very outspoken, in the way that he can be, about what's gone on. >> she changed lawyers because the old lawyer she had, keith davidson, had made the deal with michael

clifford began an intimate relationship with mr. trump in the summer of 2006.that there's a nondisclosure agreement seems relatively moot. >> it's kind of disclosed now. >> because of what's in this document right now. >> well, i think that there are a few things. first and foremost, i think that no one believed michael cohen from the beginning, or at least anyone who practices law believes you can ektically pay money out of your own pocket for a client's settlement. that's something you can't do. there are four interesting people that we need to figure out who they are. mike moesh sha, angel ryan, gina rodriguez, and keith yun mondmu. this document attempts to bind them as well. she goes by peggy peterson, but they have knowledge of this incident as well or this confidential information. and this attempts to bind them from talking as well. so there are a lot of interesting pieces out there that donald trump and his legal counsel are going to have to figure out how to deal with. but, again, the headline reads something very interesting, one that we've never see

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clifford while she was withmer daughter and made an alleged threat to mrs. clifford. the letter says that not only was michael cohen not ininvolved, he believes the incident never happened to be clear on this, during the "60 minutes" interview, stormy daniels did not link michael cohen to the guy in the parking lot that allegedly threatened her. instead, daniels says that he was behind the statements that could make her life hell. not violence but financial stuff. we should note this is the highest rated "60 minutes" since the november 2008 interview of president-elect obama and michelle obama. shope? >> shepard: trace gallagher, thanks. appreciate it. we'll have more on the top story, the stormy daniels interview, the new actions against the russian diplomat. i'll speak with a journalist that says the president's real red line on russia is vladimir putin himself. that's coming up from the fox news deck. we're watching the dow soaring today. the dow is up 602 points on the session, about 2.5%. the tech sector, financials and consumers leading the charge except for fac

stephanie clifford." stephanie clifford, of course, is stormy daniels' real name.he changed it so she would not big red porn star. i have though books. >> jon: you have those books? you who, now they're ruined. >> stephen: i had the collection. i didn't have that one, but i had the rest of the collection. cohen continued, "neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was a party to the transaction with ms. clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly." "reimbursed"? this isn't cab fare or a coffee order. "don, don't worry about this one. you get the next porn star." ( laughter ) now, cohen has denied the affair ever happened but explained the payment this way, "just because something isn't true doesn't mean that it can't cause you harm or damage. i will always protect mr. trump." he has got to be the greatest wingman of all time. in fact, just today, michael cohen put that promise into a music video. ♪ lean on me when you bang a porn star ♪ and i'll pay her off you can keep bangin' on ♪ >> stephen: that always gets me.

el presidente trump hizo una nueva demanda presentada por la salida porno, stephanie clifford.o a un presunto cuanto sexual y lo hace nulo. -- cooficialidad dijo que tuvo una aventura antes de la presidencia y que tuvieron una relaciÓn platónica durante un aÑo. insiste que el presidente y su abogado la intimidaron para mantener esto en silencio. segÚn la demanda legal presentada ante un representante legal en california. el representante legal de trump firmÓ el papel. verÁn un cÍrculo rojo ahí, en dÓnde estÁ la lÍnea que deberÍa haber firmado el presidentetrump y que no lo hizo. javier: por no ser, por no ser abogado del diablo, pero me parece que lo que hace stephanie clifford-- claro, de alguna manera decir ok, no hay trato. pero recibiÓ 130,000 dÓlares. pienso que a pesar de que no hay una firma, se deberÍa haber quedado callada. esa fue la idea. carolina: bueno, a raÍz de todo esto el abogado del presidente de donald trump decidiÓ retirarse. javier: cambiamos el tema, en nÚmero del dÍa es 2200. cantidad de vuelos cancelados por el mal tiempo. nueva jersey estÁ en estado de

mike avenatti working on behalf of stephanie clifford, stormy daniels, he seems to be pushing this issue. we saw him on anderson last night. he doesn't seem to be about to give this up. he's the kind of figure you can envision being a consistent thorn in the white house side here. >> yeah. looks like they're definitely in for the long haul here. there was a question posed to him at one point about, if she received more money, would this change her interest in coming forward and talking about this. he said no. the cat is out of the bag, far too gone for that. we're moving on and want the truth to get out there. i want to get back to the congressional angle you were asking about. if this were a democratic president, you know the republican congress would be scheduling hearings right now and getting pens ready to sign subpoenas and haul people in for questioning. republicans, mark sanford, he really is an anomaly, i was talking to a senior republican on the hill who was upset he had gone on tv to talk about tariffs and they asked him about donald trump. he said, i specifically asked the pro

to be clear the attempts to intimidate miss clifford into silence and shutter up in order to protect mr. trump continue unabated. for example only days ago, on or about february 27th, 2018, mr. trump's attorney, mr. cohen, surrepitiously initiated a bogus arbitration proceeding against miss clifford in los angeles. remarkably he did so without even providing miss clifford with notice of the proceeding and basic due process. put simply considerable steps have been taken by mr. cohen in the last week to silence miss clifford through the use of an improper and procedurally defective arbitration proceeding. it strains credibility to conclude that mr. cohen is acting on his own accord without the express approval and consent of his client, mr. trump. >> you have what sarah sanders said and what i just read from this lawyer. what do you make of it? >> i was paying close attention. when she said that, i remember reading in the complaint seeking declaratory action. there was reference to arbitration. you read from paragraph 29. if you put it together, it sounds like there was some type of ar

clifford into silence and shut her up in order to protect mr. as recently as february 27th when cohen filed a bogus arbitration against daniels without giving her notice of the proceeding and basic due process. in the lawsuit daniels also alleged cohen coerced her into signing this statement in january which states that reports of her relationship with mr. trump were false. now, there are lots of details in this lawsuit, one of which is pretty stark and pretty telling. it says that if she or he breaks the agreement, that there is a $1 million penalty for each breach of the agreement. that would explain a lot as to why neither person would be talking. now it is all laid out in the lawsuit. and what's important here, i think we need to mention, chris and alisyn, is that if what is in the lawsuit, if the allegations are true, this is definitely a violation of the federal election laws. chris, alisyn. >> okay. we will get to all of that. sara, thank you very much. joining us are david gregory and cnn legal analyst laura coats. before we get to the b

>> clifford's team has strong facts on their side it would seem. it may be the case that trump, cohen and ec consultants has the law on their side. here is why. for many years federal and state courts have strongly favored enforcing arbitration clauses. when the parties agree to ash trait, the court will not get involved. plus, david, it clears up court dockets. they love sending cases out of their room and into private arbitration. and, after all, although mr. trump may not have signed the agreement it's clear that stephanie cliffords did sign an agreement to ash trait. if you read the terms of the contract, david dennisson has the right to determine arbitration. but ec is the one who is the one who asked that this be in arbitration. >> cautionary tale there. let me turn to you and ask about this $23 million threat. that's what's being alleged that she would have to pay $1 million for each time she violate this nondisclosure agreement. how worried should she be about this? >> another aspect is whether or not the provisions of the nondisclosure agr

encounter with president donald trump more than a decade ago daniels whose real name is stephanie clifford is suing the president to avoid a non-disclosure agreement she signed for one hundred thirty thousand dollars days before the election you thought that there would be some sort of legal repercussions if you didn't sign that as a matter of fact exact sentence use was they can make your life hell and many different ways the daniels lawsuit and two others filed by women in the past week are the latest distraction for a white house mired in a special investigation about possible collusion with russia former playboy model karen mcdougal is suing to be released from an agreement she says requires her to keep quiet about an alleged affair she had with trump a decade ago and a new york supreme court judge ruled summers their vote could move forward on a defamation lawsuit that claims the president sexually harassed her while she was a contestant on the apprentice television show you try to cooking again with me here still is just innocent dude you're tripping right now attempting to make it c

she says, quote, after discovering miss clifford's plans, mr.rump with the assistance of his attorney, mr. c o. >>>hen sought to silence miss clifford, helping to ensure he won the presidential election. the lawsuit goes on to say that cohen drafted the nda as part of this hush agreement and on or around october 28, 2016, just days before the general election, that stormy and cohen signed the agreement and that cohen arranged for $130,000 to be sent to stormy's attorney. now, importantly this lawsuit alleges that trump himself did not sign the agreement and, therefore, they say the agreement is legally null and void and of no consequence. i want to read from another part of the lawsuit again. i says attempt to intimidate stormy into silence and shut her up in order to protect mr. trump continued unabated. this included arbitration against stormy in los angeles just last month. the lawsuit obviously gets to the very important question of did trump himself know about this agreement? it's essentially saying yes, he did know, and cohen acted with tr

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clifford's attorneys sai says the two names peg by -- refer to trump and clifford. >> you think the president knew about it? >> no question the knew about it at the time. the idea an attorney would engage in this type of negotiation and enter into this type of agreement is ludicris. >> michael cohen says the president denies the sexual encounter with him. the outside attorney has not responded to requests for comment on the lawsuit. >>> for more on this a trial lawyer and msnbc legal contributor join us now. why should we care? >> you should care because it completely undermines the argument that he had sexual relations. what is he paying her 130 tow dolla -- $130,000 for? why is he letting michael cohen pay her 130 $130,000. it is a declaratory action. it means that stormy daniels is not asking for a jury trial because she is alleging there has been a breach of the agreement. she is asking to make a judgment that the terms of this agreement is enforce able and based upon that she can decide how to move forward. it is a preliminary matter that needs to be determined by the court. >> who has t

clifford is alleging that because mr.rump's signature was not on it, she shouldn't have to keep her mouth closed. >> but wait a minute, did his lawyer not have power of attorney? this is the question i haven't heard answered or even discussed. if he has power of attorney, then he has the right to sign for his client, does he not? >> i think it's a little deeper. >> you're the attorney so you answer that question. >> i play a lawyer on tv. i think it goes a little bit deeper. donald trump went afternoon the country, about these people when they came forward, i'm going to talk these people to court. and many people believed him. but this is the relation. now one of those women says to him, calls him on the bluff, se says i want to speak, i want to go to court. what's michael cohen doing? he's trying to go to secret arbitration to keep her out of court. what are you so afraid of, trump organization, michael cohen? what you so afraid of? >> this is another iteration of bimbo eruptions. in this case, you're just trying to hush

. >> but so far court documents this week claim miss clifford began an intimate relationship with mr.e summer of 2006 in lake tahoe and continued that relationship well into the year 2007 putting the start of the relationship 1some time aftr the president married first lady melania trump, four months after good their son was born. her real name stephanie clifford who crossed over into main stream movies in 2005 with a cameo with the "40-year-old virg virgin". and in 2007 she was well aware of the stigma attached to her chosen profession as she told "nightline." >> it's one of those businesses when you commit to do it there's no going back because of that stigma. the world. i would never be president. i would make an excellent president by the way but would never be president because of what i had done. >> there's a rich tradition of scandals in the oval oscar. kennedy with monroe. ♪ happen yi birthday, mr mr. president ♪ >> most notably bill clinton. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> of course he wasn't telling the truth. >> depends on what the meaning of the word

no details in stormy daniels', stephanie clifford's saga. the very first time, president trump has admitted that the alias used in the infamous nondisclosure agreement is actually him. in legal filing, the president revealed his name, writing donald trump j. trump, aka david dennison. i want to bring my panel. did he admit that he had an affair, or could this again be gary cohen saying somebody who's going after the president, the month before he won, we had to silence it? >> i don't know what they're saying but it's clear based upon the way michael cohen has conducted himself, as well as now this filing by the president that an affair happened. he's lawyer to president trump, which is why he's still with president trump. when clifford is feeling intimidated and feeling like this mda was forced upon her, i think there's a big problem. did it violate rules? that is a crime. >> stormy daniels lawyer after the vanity fair piece was published says this on msnbc. >> it was alleged that i stated it as a fact and i'm going to state it again as a fa

it says that after discovering miss clifford's plans, mr.ith the assistance of his attorney, mr. cohen, agres fbly sought to silence ms. clifford as part of an effort to avoid telling the truth, thus helping ensure he won the election. michael cohen drafted an nda as part of the hush agreement and end of 2016 -- we're now getting very close to election day, stormy daniels and michael cohen signed this agreement and he arounded to have $130,000 wired to stormy's attorney at the time. but a key part of this is that the lawsuit alleges that donald trump himself did not sign this agreement. and that is what they are using to try to make the case now that the agreement should be null and void. and now, i just want to be very clear about very important part of this and the takeaway from this, this lawsuit is basically alleging that donald trump in fact knew about these efforts to try to silence stormy daniels about this alleged affair. but michael cohen acted in consultation with donald trump. obviously, if this ends up being true, this could be h