cohen in these matters.ciate the guts it takes to be here. >> i'm thrilled to be here, rachel. thank you so much. thrilled with the judge's decision today. thrilled that michael cohen will be home tomorrow with his family. >> i read some from the transcript of how the proceeding went today including some of the back and forth with the judge. i also just read some from the ruling. let me ask if i got any of that wrong. what do you think is the most important thing that people should understand about this case and why michael cohen is about to get back out? >> you got it exactly right. it was a resounding victory. it was a strong ruling by the judge. he was very clear. he could have made a more narrow finding. he actually made essentially a finding of credibility against the department of justice and the bureau of prisons. he did not credit their pretextual rationale for the determine that it made. he found that in fact they had acted in a retaliatory fashion for the exercise of michael cohen's constitutional

with michael cohen's lawyer. the person who i just read some from the transcript, she represented michael coenin the hearing and she is the one that got the justice department to release him tomorrow after they tried to lock him up for criticizes the president. we have that interview ahead and i'm looking forward to that. and we also tonight will be speaking with stacy abrams. former leader in the georgia house. big national profile in the democratic party, in contention for running mate for joe biden. we will talking to stacy abrams because she is fired up over something the president has just done that the courts are likely to stop, but he is trying to get away with it anyway. stacy abrams runs a couple of different organizations involved in trying to secure fair access to the vote, and fair access to our small d democracy, she will join us live in a few moments to talk about it as well. so, like i said, big day, big show tonight. this, this is just one of the news days that has been kind of full of surprises t

thank you, michael cohen. michael cohen not only bolstered the record of those crimes, the crimes for which he was the only one who federal prosecutors wanted to put in jail, cohen also dragged up a whole bunch of other stuff. he testified publicly and provided documentation from his time at the trump organization that alleged and appeared to depict sustained and systematic fraud by the president in his business dealings, falsifying the valuations of different assets and properties to avoid paying the full share of taxes that he owed on those assets and properties and also to get bank loans under false financial pretenses and also to get insurance policies under false financial pretenses, otherwise known as criminal bank fraud and criminal insurance fraud, crimes for which new york prosecutors happen to be pretty good and pretty experienced at getting convictions in state court. and as far as we know, state prosecutors did pick up criminal investigations involving those alleged actions by the president and his

cohen to sign a form that said he's not allowed to write a book anymore. he's also not allowed to communicate with the media or to use social media of any kind, and they told him if he didn't sign off on that, back to prison he would go. mr. cohen and his lawyer admit that they questioned that provision, but then they say before mr. cohen even had a chance to sign it or not, a chance to decide whether those concerns about those provisions were big enough that he might

cohen also dragged up a bunch of other stuff. he testified publically and provided documentation from his time at the trump organization that alleged and appeared to depict sustained and systemic fraud by the president in his business dealings. falsifying the value of properties and to false identify the taxes on those properties. and to get insurance policies under false financial pretenses. otherwise known as criminal bank fraud and criminal insurance fraud. crimes for which new york prosecutors happen to be very good and experienced in getting convictions in state court. and as far as we know, state prosecutors did pick up criminal investigations involving those alleged actions by the president and his business. starting as early as late last summer. not to mention the trailing issue of those hush money payments and who else was involved besides michael cohen, who directed the commission of the crimes whether the president in fact used his new york business to create fraudulent business records to cover up the crimes. we know

about, because cohen knows so much, and now cohen is in jail because he didn't immediately sign but willing to talk about the first paragraph of that document that said, no engage many with the media. not even your friends and family can talk to the media. because it would seem like you are. we're asking the question, why in. >> all right. legal adviser to michael cohen, thank you for joining us. i appreciate your time. >>> ahead, new audio from breonna taylor's death with disturbing dweets the night she was killed by police including audio from taylor's boyfriend moments after the shooting. tay moments after the shooting ife? are your asthma treatments just not enough? then see what could open up for you with fasenra. it is not a steroid or inhaler. it is not a rescue medicine or for other eosinophilic conditions. it's an add-on injection for people 12 and up with asthma driven by eosinophils. nearly 7 out of 10 adults with asthma may have elevated eosinophils. fasenra is designed to target and remove eosinophils, a key cause of asthma. it helps to prevent asthma attacks, improve b

think what you will about michael cohen.on't need to even find him a sympathetic character here to care about what is happening to him right now. the first amendment is there to protect speech that people don't like, speech that in particular the powers that be don't like. that's exactly what this is, right? listen to how the aclu explains it to the court. basically why we should all care regardless of our personal feelings about michael cohen quote, this is not a motion about politics or personalities. this is a request to prevent a plain violation of the constitution the first amendment forbids respondents from imprisoning mr. cohen -- and for preparing to publish it shortly before the upcoming election. mr. cohen's manuscript sits at the zenith of first amendment protection the first amendment reflects our profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide open, and that it may well kwlu vehement and unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public official

michael cohen is septembnt back prison for no reason. judge said it was retaliation because he wanted to write a book about trump. that's not how a criminal justice system works in a democracy. that's the work of a banana d t dictator. when the criminal justice is being used to hurt the president's enemy piesenemies. this the the fulfillment of his campaign policy. lock her up. that's what he brought america to. >> jason, it's something else, too. i'm waiting for the baa that that republics to call and say we're insulting banana republics. it's also a man who is guilty of something. the original sin that jeff sessions committed was he was not going to shield trump from the russian investigation. do we ever learn why was he so worried about the russia investigation? jim comey fired because he refused to admit his loyalty. why did he need loyalty? you just go down the line. don mcgahn got pushed out because he spent hours, believed to be up to 30 hours with robert mueller. you no have cohen. they wanted him back in jail before he talked. a

but the real horse here is steve cohen. what we know is this. as the bids come -- by the way, steve cohen does not have the bid on the team right now. he's an 8% owner of the mets. he will see every one of the bids. because of that, he's been privately what i understand negotiating with the wilpons on a deal. it is not a done deal until it's a done deal. but they have been talking. what people close to cohen are telling people, the deal is his if the talks progress, that he's likely, if things go as they are going and again, it could blow up in the last minute, he's likely to be the owner of the new york mets. it's kind of interesting that cohen's people are also trashing the mets. they are also putting out there how much the mets lose a year, how indebted the team is. on the mets sports network has a lot of leverage, sny, cohen has expressed interest in buying that as well. if you put both of them together it would be $4 billion potential valuation of the mets plus sny. but it is interesting that he's trash-talking the mets, probably telling th

michael cohen sparring with the barr do jmp saying they're trying to retaliate against him, to use the power to jail someone with the power of a book that's my breakdown later this hour first we'll get into what one guest called a disastrous interviefow r donald trump wait until you see i'm a performer. -always have been. -and always will be. never letting anything get in my way. not the doubts, distractions, or voice in my head. and certainly not arthritis. new voltaren provides powerful arthritis pain relief to help me keep moving. and it can help you too. feel the joy of movement with voltaren. >>> president trump's absolute grilling by fox news anchor chris wallace has been getting lots of reaction, political, media and otherwise. we're also seeing, of course, the late night host weigh in take a look. >> he really believes this will go away on its own trump is like, everyone knows the virus will disappear just like chicken pox and herpes. >> a rapidly spreading disease, your answer is show never death chart. you know, because that implies there are enough deaths for a chart. >> som

agrees to them, let's release michael cohen now.riginally federal prosecutors working on this on behalf of the justice department were presenting in court said look, over the next couple days, we'll work it out with the defense, we'll figure out clause one, and michael cohen can come out of jail. the judge said no, michael cohen is sitting in jail. he deserves to be home for the rest of his home confinement. tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., no later than that, he'll be on his way back to manhattan here and he will be able to serve out the balance of his sentence likely here in new york city. >> he's not a free man. it is home confinement, but even if he was sitting in prison, he would be allowed to talk to reporters and he would be allowed to write a book. tom, thank you so much for that update. we appreciate it. >> new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez had a powerful moment on the house floor today. she called out republican ted yoho of florida for a derogatory word, a couple of words, he used to describe her when he was talking to

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go ahead. >> chair cohen: thank you, van. it's a universal attitudinal change, and i applaud you for trying to make a policy change to pull out law enforcement officers in an educational setting. i also want to recognize that we talk about neighborhood response and neighborhood watch, being critical and mindful that we've got next door, and often times on next door we've got these successful neighborhood vigilante putting up racist profiles that cause problems. you talked about barbecue becky. we think of the bird watcher in central park about how police have been weaponized and called onto punish, quite honestly, when the person is african american and male. so we need to envision, maybe we don't need police response for every single problem. perhaps we need to have a crisis intervention team that is trained to respond to issues that take place at lake mary or issues that take place in places such az centrs central . these changes are not new, but there's a real commitment, and we've got fresh leadership -- think about it. t

michael cohen said he asked the president to give him that letter so he could produce it to reporters to prove he was under an audit, and he are refused. asked for what is in the taxes, we don't know and that's part of the reason why you're having members or committees in congress and also the d.a. here in new york file lawsuits to get a hold of those taxes. we have heard some hints, though, about what could be in them. for instance, michael cohen testified on capitol hill last year about not just hush money payments during the 2016 campaign, but also ways in which the president would inflate or deflate the value of his properties, depending on whether he was filing taxes or seeking a loan, which would be either bank fraud or tax fraud, depending on what he was doing. there are a lot of questions about that. according to sources in the room, michael cohen was interviewed about these taxes, at least twice while he was in otisville jail. it's unclear what prosecutors here in new york the d.a. went up there were able to get out of michael cohen, but we're told that it's not just about th

cohen covers the n.b.a. "wall street journal," and he writes about a night in februae of 2013 whercurry seemingly could not miss. >> look out, that guy isot! >> curry for three-- wow! >> sreenivasan: curry made 11 of his 13 three-pointers, finishing the t night with 54 points,he most he has ever scored in one game. curry's legendary hot hand that night helped propel him to super-stardom. >> in many ways, that game wasin an inflection in his career. what he likes to say is that wh doesn't kno he's going to be hot. he doesn't know where he's going to be hot. he doesn't know why he might hot. but once he does get hot, he has to embrace it. and that's what t did that niainst the knicks. >> sreenivasan: but was curry's performance the result of a hot hand, where basket made hitting the next one more likely? or are we seeing patternwhere there might just be a statistical anomaly? >> tgehere is a realrational debate about whether there is such a thing as the hot hand. and all of that started with the publication of

but, you know, i did know roy cohen in new york and barr is no roy cohen. he conducted himself like a suspect more than like an attorney general, like a spokesperson for trump and his conspiracy of dunces, if you will. >> when spehakespear character would roy cohen be? >> i do with deago. >> john brought us into that prism. former police chief, rumored to be on the short list for joe biden's vp pick. there has been news on that we'll get to later in the hour. but she also bored down on whether any of this comes from the top, from the president. take a look. >> do you still maintain that you stated in a february 13th interview that the president has never asked you to do anything in a criminal case, yes or no, please. >> yeah. no. i mean, will i confirm it? is that the question? >> do you standby your answer. >> he has never pressured me to do anything in a criminal case. >> two-part question. one, what's going on there? and, two, given that donald trump in breaking with every other past president in both parties has publically demanded and criticized the ju

so michael cohen could testify to x, but prosecutors, particularly because michael cohen has already pleaded guilty to lying before and lying in the congressional inquiry into russia. the prosecutors here really need to back up anything he would say or any other witness would say with the documents. >> yeah. >> tom winter, nbc news investigative correspondent who has been all over this story for years at this point. tom, thank you. i think the bottom line is, we've got a little bit more of a court fight to go, but 2021 will be a very active year when this investigation gets going, katy. >> no doubt about that. >>> coming up -- new details in the deaths of breonna taylor and george floyd. body cam transcripts show floyd told police officers more than 20 times that he could not breathe. one officer yelling back at him to, quote, stop talking. >>> and emotional footage of what taylor's boyfriend said in the minutes after the shooting. breonna taylor's boyfriend. you're watching msnbc. 49... 50! i found you! good job. now i'm gonna stay here and you go hide. watch your favorites from any

and michael cohen, to the extent he contested them was just looking for more details. it was the first clause of that term sheet that really upset michael cohen because it said he could not be on social media, couldn't talk to reporters. could not publish a book or make public statements. if he was in prison, he'd not be able to do some of those things but the bop's own policies specifically say you can write a book and they encourage it. so you'd still have first amendment rights, even as a prisoner. i want to show something that -- show something to our viewers and the folks listening, show something that the judge said today in court. he said, i've never seen such a clause in 21 years of being a judge and sentencing people. how can i take any other inference but that it was retaliatory? so the judge deciding that first clause definitely blocked michael cohen's first amendment rights and privileges. and on much to that, said he believed it was retaliatory. as a result he said, look, the federal government, the justice department can work with michael cohen's attorney

michael cohen is still a prisoner.ously he can't meet with reporters when he wants to, he would have to go through certain procedures, that would be regulated by the prison. it sounds like what's going to happen here is that the attorneys are going to get together and say, okay, what are the ground rules for him exercising his first amendment rights. i think it's a safe bet, chris, that that book he's been talking about is going to see the light of day, and obviously michael cohen will see the light of day of his manhattan apartment sometime by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow after he's released from prison. >> tom winter, thank you for that breaking news, appreciate it. >>> right now on capitol hill, time is running out for americans relying on unemployment benefits. while senate republicans and the white house appear to have reached a deal on the next covid relief package, there is still the matter of democrats and whether they will support it. joining me now, democratic senator chris van hollen of maryland. good to see you, sena

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so cohen's lawyers are connecting those two dots and saying that the government is trying to stop cohenbook. here's a headline from this weekend talking about this being a possible infringement on cohen's first amendment rights. this is murky. we've not heard the entire story. but i'm curious about this. if it is true that cohen is finishing writing a book and if the authorities are trying to throw him back in prison to stop him, that's a notable development. of course, now, as you mentioned, cohen is back behind bars serving out more of his term. >> brian, on to this mary trump book, we've heard so much about what is in this book already even though it's not out until tuesday. her gag order is up tomorrow. do we know what to expect to hear from her and when? >> yes. >> most critically, i think. >> another noteworthy situation. of all the tell-all books of the past three years, you could stack an entire library full of these books. mary trump's book is unlike any other because she's a member of the family. because she has firsthand accounts of the president's childhood and what he's gon

concerning about michael cohen suddenly being locked up again.en's lawyers say he was sent back to prison because he did not want to sign paperwork that would have blocked him from talking to the media or publishing the book he's been working on. in other words, keep silent or go back behind bars. how unusual is an ultimatum like that? cnn spoke to several defensive attorneys and legal experts, none of whom had ever seen anything like cohen's media and book publishing ban. ryan goodman reached out to several leading first amendment scholars. they looked at the prohibition and described it with phrases like, quote, patently unconstitutional, a profound affront to the first amendment, indefensible. and so, again, whether you view michael cohen as a sympathetic character or not, what it looks like is happening here is pretty chilling. the trump administration gave michael cohen a choice, sign this paper saying you won't write a book, or go back to prison. silence or prison. your choice. then there's the book by donald trump's niece slated for public

cohen will be released tomorrow by 2:00 p.m. amp being tested for coronavirus. >> to be continued on what that man tells and how much he's able to say after prison. for now, thank you very much. >>> and i just want to take a moment to highlight annie cr incredible scene op capitol hill today. alexandria ocasio-cortez talking about an incident. a grown man, u.s. representative reportedly calling his female colleague and fing-bitch, forgive me but that's the quote. here's how ocasio-cortez responded. >> i do not need representative yoho to apologize to me. clearly he does not want to and i will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women and using abusive language towards women. but what i do have issue with is using women, our wives and daughters, as shields and excuses for poor behavior. mr. yoho mentioned he has a wife and two daughters. i am two years younger than mr. yoho's youngest daughter. iable someone's daughter, too. my father, thankfully is not alive to see how mr.

searched cohen's office at the request of a local prosecutor on charges of financial fraud. the move initiated by paul miller as a direct challenge to the president himself. so i just heard that they broke into the office 'd of one of my personal attorneys a good man i said that it's really valid a whole. new level of unfair that. cohen is someone who might know about trump's alleged real estate dealings in russia there was fairly common knowledge in the real estate community and the international finance community in the political community the russians were funding in various ways many major trunk real estate projects cohen my also know the president why months earlier he denied having anything to do with russia i know nothing in russia i have no loans in russia i don't have any deals in russian the lack of financial transparency of the trump organization and the extent to which they have received financing from russian oligarchs or russian interests is unknown to the american people even to this day i have nothing to do with russia haven't made a phone call to russia in y

the merv civil liberties union and the president's former personal attorney michael cohen, claiming cohens returned to custody last week as retaliation for writing a book about the president. it's a 21-page lawsuit and it's arguing that cohen was returned to prison after being released on home confinement due to the coronavirus because he made public his intention to publish a manuscript about the president before the november election it is alleging that cohen's first amendment rights were violated, naping attorney general bill barr as well, the federal bureau of prisons, and the warden in the prison where cohen is confined. he was told by the corrections officers to sign an agreement not to communicate with media or to publish a book as a condition of his release this suit is saying they made an unconstitutional demand and cohen and his lawyers sought clarification on and limitation on the prohibition on speaking only to see him locked up. it discourages -- sorry, encourages writing books while behind bars. so what does that do for this case >> all right it makes the bureau prisons or b

cohen was freed back in march because of the coronavirus concerns. once released cohen will be under home confinement. >>> well, president trump once again defending his mental fitness by touting a cognitive test he saysago. scott mcgrew is with us now talking about that test. and that's been coming up a lot, scott. >> reporter: well, the president brings it up all the time. good morning to you. he talked about it on the sunday morning interview with chris wallace, quite a bit of it in fact. and then again last night on fox. take a look. >> the last questions are much more difficult. like a memory question. it's like you'll go person, woman, man, camera, tv. so they'll say could you repeat that. so i said yeah. so it's person, woman, man, camera, tv. okay, that's very good. of the test called the montreal cognitive assessment, or moca tells cbs market watch the moca test is supposed to be easy for someone who has no cognitive impairment. you can find the entire interview on youtube. it is so interesting. i'd be willing to just show you the whole thin

it was commuted by fthe president, late on friday, and michael cohen going back to prison.moment we're told he's in solitary confinement because of having to quarantine. so roger, you know, stone is free to say whatever he wants, it appears. and not only that, while roger stone was out on bail, he threatened the judge. he put out a social media post that had like a bullet target by judge amy berman jackson. he almost had his bail revoked. it wasn't like he was a model citizen when he was out on bail. and doing so publicly. so the contrast between the two -- i mean, there's no allegation that michael cohen behaved inappropriately in prison. all he did, apparently, was write a book. but, you know, it's the whole story with how the president and the justice department have treated the president's enemies and how they've treated their friends. you know, michael flynn gets his conviction overturned. roger stone gets a commutation. the whole russia investigation is now under investigation itself by the justice department, but michael cohen, who's an enemy of the president gets lo

that would be michael cohen. what makes him different?t against trump and now after a furlough is back in prison. why? some thing it was this photo of him eating outdoors violating the house arrest but that's not it. according to his lawyers it's to stop him from publishing a tell-all book about trump before the election. he was suddenly sent back to prison after refusing to sign a document about no contact with the media. you might think this is normal procedure but it's not. not by a long shot. in fact, a long list of constitutional scholars were interviewed by the website just security and they described it as patently unconstitutional. cohen said he'd sign it, but it was apparently too late. he was put in solitary confinement, apparently over co individual concerns. but this was a violation of the right of the public to learn what he has to say, much like the trump family trying to stop his niece mary trump's book and john bolton's book. this is what authoritarian regimes do. stop the free speech of disaccidents, where the ruler deems

let's begin with michael cohen. unusual is it for a sitting federal judge to declare that the justice department retaliated against someone and punished him in effect by sending him back to prison because of a book. explain, you worked for the justice department. you worked as prosecutor. how unusual and how notable that is? >> it's not just unusual, but something i had never seen before. i'm going to attack the justice department here. i dealt with -- in my career, hundreds of people on supervision, whether because they were on parole, probation or on bail. it's normal for the justice department and the bureau of prisons to put conditions on a person. but i have never once seen a condition saying you may not speak publicly. you may not exercise your first amendment rights and not only is not unusual but it's a big deal. the federal government threw someone in prison for several weeks because he would not give up his first amendment right. that's dictatorship type stuff. not what we do here in the united states. >>

lawyer, michael cohen is in a federal court building once again. a word a short time ago that we may hear from mr. cohen about what we're talking about here, the supreme court's decision related to the president's tax returns and other documents. michael cohen, remind folks, tom, how he fits into all of this. >> i think you're referring to our colleague katy tur's reporting saying he'll likely speak. he's meeting with his probation officer, is our understanding. i think a couple important things to remember with respect to michael cohen. first off, he's one of the few people that was inside the trump organization's kind of close ranks that has broken ranks. obviously he has pleaded guilty to federal charges involving campaign finance violations involving hush money payments to two women for affairs that the president has strenuously denied. he's pleaded guilty in that case, for lying to congress with respect to the russia investigation and the case they were conducting in the case brought by the special counsel's office. he's spoken with prosecutor

and a judge a former trump attorney michael cohen released from prison. the judge says he believes the federal government retaliated against cohen for writing a book about the president and rules. but cohen's first amendment rights were violated when he was ordered back to prison for refusing to sign a form preventing him from publishing the book cohen was among the prisoners released in may in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus he was one year into a three-year sentence after pleading guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to congress. and on the house floor today in new york congresswoman alexandria, ocasio cortez said she'd been insulted by a florida congressman a reporter from the hill says representative ted yoho approached ocasio cortez monday to discuss her position on unemployment and crime yoho reportedly said the congresswoman was quote out of her mind and used a sexist slur while walking away yoho denied using the balkan language and says as a husband and father he's very aware of the language he uses today because of cortez

and a violation of cohen's first amendment rights. and to think for so long, we've heard about the abuse of power allegations. we've heard about retaliation allegations against people that the president didn't like. now we get to see a clear example of how he has used it to go after cohen to set an example of how the behaviors of this president and his administration mirrors that of a tyrant. it is unconstitutional and we must hold them accountable for this behavior. >> and it does echo the work on the impeachment that your caucus did. we have more news on that later in the show. here you have a judge saying, the united states government or donald trump is putting people in jail based on their first amendment free speech. no surprise to you, we want to turn to an important and many say disturbing story on capitol hill. congresswoman alexandria cortez said it was a blatant sexist and vile attack from a republican congressman. >> in front of reporters, the representative called me, and i quote, a [ bleep ]. i could not allow my nieces,

cohen is allowed a week to negotiate the terms of this.if you are at home confinement that doesn't mean you can hold a press conference for a book your oar writing so they have to work out the terms of this deal but cohen will be released tomorrow by 2:00 p.m. after he takes a test for the coronavirus. john? >> cara, important news there. i have a suspicion the lawyers will be back at this one even after he is released as this saga doesn't end. appreciate the latest. michael cohen to be released from prison. >>> now the economy, 1.4 million people filed for unemployment last week, a jump after 5 weeks of coe lidecline. they put a finishing touches on their version of a coronavirus stimulus package with $105 billion for school and then millions more for testing and vaccine development but not a presidential request, a tax cut. mark, i was reading your analyst just yesterday saying congress better help or the economy will tip back into recession. what would help the most? >> two things, john. first is state and local government aid. state an

district judge ordered cohen released by 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. lawyers argued cohen and his attorney, they were combative about his house arrest agreement. they also claimed not to know he was writing a book when they included that restriction in the document that he resisted signing. the judge ruling cohen's return to prison was, quote, retall tair over his exercise to write a book. he said in 20 years of sentencing people and looking at terms and conditions of supervised release, i have never seen such a clause. in a statement after the ruling an unnamed borough of prisons officials called it, quote, patently false. and the departments of justice official announced he's launching an investigation. he said the case was referred to him by a u.s. attorney in oregon, requested by members of congress and fueled by public complaints. he will coordinate the review with the homeland security i.g. they're going to review the charge that officers sent to portland to protect federal property from vandalism unlawfully detained protesters without probable c

the judge concluded the government to target cohen for planning to publish a book about cohen was sent home from jail in may of the coronavirus pandemic but he was imprisoned again 2 weeks ago and he's been in solitary confinement since cohen was sentenced back in 2018 for directing hush payments to 2 women who claimed they had affairs with donald trump. that's right with headlines got more news here on out 0 right after earth rise from. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. climate change is an existential threat to life on. the world health organization predicts that in 30 years it will be directly responsible for the deaths of over $250000.00 people each year. many governments the failing to respond and it's unlikely that the paris agreement targets of keeping the global temperature right below 2 degrees centigrade will be met. but to time

it sure is good to see you. ♪ >>> michael cohen is set to be released from prison today, again.ederal judge ruled that president trump's former personal lawyer was sent back to prison as retaliation for his plans to write a tell-all book about the president. joining us now is his new attorney, thanks for being with on with us. what time will he get out, what is he going to do? >> he's due to be released at 2:00 this afternoon from his cell. he'll be picked up by his son, jake. and he'll be returned to his apartment in manhattan and there he will remain until november of 2021 when his sentence will be over. >> you called the ruling yesterday a victory for free speech. why? >> i mean, on one level it's a pure, clean victory for everyone in this country's right to speak publicly, particularly on matters of great public concern. on another level, i think it was a great victory the rule of law and for all of us who i hope includes all of us who are deeply concerned about this department of justice being used as both a shield to protect this administration's friends and family and als

go ahead. >> chair cohen: thank you, van.it's a universal attitudinal change, and i applaud you for trying to make a policy change to pull out law enforcement officers in an educational setting. i also want to recognize that we talk about neighborhood response and neighborhood watch, being critical and mindful that we've got next door, and often times on next door we've got these successful neighborhood vigilante putting up racist profiles that cause problems. you talked about barbecue becky. we think of the bird watcher in central park about how police have been weaponized and called onto punish, quite honestly, when the person is african american and male. so we need to envision, maybe we don't need police response for every single problem. perhaps we need to have a crisis intervention team that is trained to respond to issues that take place at lake mary or issues that take place in places such az centrs central . these changes are not new, but there's a real commitment, and we've got fresh leadership -- think about it. th

and, you know, a lot of people dislike michael cohen on the left, on the right. point is the law has to apply to everyone equally. and if you're going to release someone from prison, you have to allow them to have the same rights as everyone else and everyone else has >> so what we'll be seeing that cohen book? >> we will be seeing that cone book and people can buy it if they want. >> thank you very much, jeffrey toobin. >> all righty, erin. >>> next, trump touting his performance on a cognitive test, that he keeps positioning as an iq test. so who gets this test? what you'll find out about the people who will get this test is important. because the map behind the test is my guest, next. ♪ but bristol myers squibb is working to change things. by researching new kinds of medicines that could help you live longer. including options that are chemo-free. because we're committed to bringing new hope into lung cancer care. you get way more than free shipping. becawhen you shop fored your home at wayfair, you get thousands items you need to your door fast the way it wor

, calling cohen's imprisonment, quote, retaliatory.en was on home confinement since may due to the pandemic but it was sent back to prison earlier this month after officials said he refused the conditions of his home confinement. his lawyers said he never refused anything and it was a clause from his monitoring agreement that stated he could have no engagement with the media including books. in a court document, cohen said he was being meld in retaliation for his protected speech, including drafting a manuscript that's critical of the president. cohen shared plenty of information about trump already publicly. >> he is a racist. he is a con man. and he is a cheat. >> so what can michael cohen write that would destabilize the stable genius even more? i'll talk to michael moore and tony schwartz after the break. ! safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote toda

punishing enemies, protecting roger stone and michael flynn, going after your enemies like michael cohen and also moving out the top prosecutor in new york who was investigating the president's inaugural campaign and his donors and lawyers. so there's going to be tough questions today. and we want an honest assessment of the job the attorney general is doing. >> you mentioned michael cohen. you recently wrote an op-ed comparing attorney general bill barr to the president's former fixer michael cohen. can you explain why? they have very different backgrounds these two. >> that's right. but they both do the birth dirt for the president and he has power that michael cohen would have dreamed to have. he tried to use a restraining order to keep stormy daniels from going forward. he's gone to court to keep john bolton from publishing his book. bill barr has tried to keep the president's tax returns from being made public. so the only difference between the two of them today is that michael cohen sent his bills to donald trump and bill bar send his bills to the taxpayer. >> wow. but you know th

the judge concluded the government to target cohen for planning to publish a book about cohen was senthome from jail in may of the coronavirus pandemic but he was imprisoned again 2 weeks ago and he's been in solitary confinement since cohen was sentenced back in 2018 for directing house payments to 2 women who claimed they had affairs with donald trump. that's right with headlines got more news here on out 0 right after earth rise from. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. climate change is an existential threat to life on. the world health organization predicts that in fact again it will be directly responsible for the deaths of over $250000.00 people each year. many governments the fate.

condemning a gop congressman after he denied attacking her with profanity >>> the victory for michael cohen, a judge finding he was locked up for planning a trump tell-all. >>> nbc news exclusive. two of the british isis terrorists dubbed the beetles, found that they murdered american hostages, what they now admit to doing as the families of those americans call for justice. >>> and its finally here, baseball's opening day. dr. fauci throwing out the first pitch. but before they hit the field, a big star testing positive. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, it's becoming more and more likely that you or someone you know personally has been infected with coronavirus. tonight the running tally of confirmed u.s. cases has reached 4 million. while many recover or do fine, deaths continue to climb. the death toll now nearly 145,000 and tonight urgent attention being directed towards nearly a dozen cities in deepening trouble that's where our reporting begins tonight with miguel almaguer. >> reporter: officially eclipsing 4 million infections, tonight the