>> daniels: yes. >> cooper: and did he? >> daniels: yes. so he turned around and pulled his pants down a little-- you know had underwear on and stuff and i just gave him a couple swats. >> cooper: this was done in a joking manner. >> daniels: yes. and, from that moment on, he was a completely different person. >> cooper: how so? >> daniels: he quit talking about himself and he asked me things and i asked him things and it just became like more appropriate. >> cooper: it became more comfortable. >> daniels: yeah. he was like, "wow, you-- you are special. you remind me of my daughter." you know-- he was like, "you're smart and beautiful, and a woman to be reckoned with, and i like you. i like you." >> cooper: at this point was he doing "the apprentice"? >> daniels: yes. and he goes, "got an idea, honeybunch." "would you ever consider going on and being a contestant?" and i laughed and i said nbc's never gonna let, you know, an adult film star be on." it's, you know, he goes, "no, no," he goes, "that's w

trump, stormy daniels publicly denied it. five years later, donald trump won the rep nomination for president. >> suddenly people are reaching out to me again offering me money, large amounts of money. was i tempted? yes. i struggled with it. i get the call, i think i have the best deal from you. >> from your lawyer? >> yeah. >> the deal was an offer not to tell her story. it came from mr. trump's attorney michael cohen in return for signing this nondisclosure agreement, cohen would pay her $130,000 through a delaware behaved limited liability corporation he established in mid october 2016 called essential consultants. daniels says the agreement was appealing because it meant she would be receiving money but not have to worry about the effect the revelation of the affair would have on her child. who is now old enough to watch the news. she signed the agreement 11 days before the election. >> was it hush money to stay silent? >> yes. the story was coming out again. i was concerned for my family and their safety. >> i think som

stormy daniels. >> stormy daniels. stormy daniels. stormy daniels. >> the reason he can't engage with stormy daniels is because she has his numbers. >> tucker: cnn is not just focussing on stormy daniels. they are give air time to the claims made by a former playboy playma playma playma playmate carren mcdowell who had a creepy interview. >> were you attracted to him isn't sex was consensual? did he hand you money? did he bring up his wife or talk about his child? were you in love with him? >> i was yes. >> do you think he was in love with you. did donald trump say he loved you? how did you feel being in his apartment? did he compare you to his kids? did he use protection. >> sean: last night on "60 minutes" anderson cooper sat down for his much anticipated interview with stormy daniels. despite all the over the top claims made by her lawyer and the media obsession, cooper's interview fell flat and came off creepy. >> you told donald trump to turn around and take off his pants? >> yes. >> did he? >> yes. he turned arou

with similar claims to stormy daniels. look, i don't think many people are questioning her story as many as they're wondering why is she speaking out now and why it matters? so when it comes to the trump supporter, you can go back to the trump campaign where we knew there were allegations about the president and his relationship with other women. and yet voters still went to the polls for him regardless of that. so what differentiates that other handle the fantastic representation that we're seeing more and more of from these women. but also they're now a threat and anything tangible that is being hinted at now. are there pictures? is there video? that is what is being teased and why so many more americans are paying attention to these stories. >> a new legality in the 60 minutes interview was this allegation from stormy daniels that back this 2011, she was threatened by an unknown man who told her to drop the whole trump story. what's the legal impact? it will be clearly very hard to prove. >> the key quets were unknown m

and he is terrified of stormy daniels. just terrified. here is more from the white house press briefing today. >> you also could him a counterpuncher many times. why has he not punched back on this one? >> look, i didn't say he punches back on every single topic. if he did, he would probably be addressing a lot of the stories that most of you write every single minl of every single day. he also has a country to run and he is doing a great job with that. sometimes he chooses to specifically engage and punch back, and sometimes he doesn't. >> as i told rachel, the wall behind us here is a partial, partial list of the names the president of the united states has found the time to punch back at, as sarah sand worries put. stormy daniels' name is not there. michael avenatti's name is not there. the president certainly has the time to tweet attacks against both of them, but he now knows that if he publicly calls stormy daniels a liar, michael avenatti has a defamation lawsuit ready to go against the president of the united states. and michael a

stormy daniels and donald trump. that's the effort here, to get donald trump under oath. >> david, what do you make of the denials coming in from the deputy white house press secretary raj shah about the continued silence of the president? >> i think one of the reasons you've heard less from president trump on this is that unlike the end of the 2016 campaign where there were any number of accusations against president trump by women for non-consensual issues and he was able t by by saying this is false, this is fake news, he was not able to get by this with the karen mcdougal case and the stormy daniels case. so it seems the president himself realizes the better part of value or for his own sake is to be more quiet on this issue. >> he tweeted today so much more fake news, never been more voluminous or inaccurate but our country is doing great. >> i spoke with someone who spoke with the president over the weekend and he said the president thinks this is a big nothing and that it will go away and he doesn't understand

we got ahold of stormy daniels' attorney. he said this, yeah, and he also won the popular vote referring to donald trump, which we know he did not win. that's all he would say. we'll certainly hear more from him this evening. >> joining us now, the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff of california. thank you for joining us ufrlt a lawyer. you're also a former federal prosecutor. do you believe it is possible president trump was in the gark this $130,000 payment that his private attorney made? >> that doesn't steam least bit plausible. that an attorney for a client would go pay hush money and never tell a client about it. it seems far more credible that donald trump was well aware of this. and it is also i strange, to think that michael cohen didn't expect to get reimbursed for this. if there was an expectation that he would get reimbursed for this and it was in order to hide the allegation during campaign, that's a campaign expenditure and a violation. >> a campaign contribution. >> exactly. >> the

had to be daniel and daniel alone.case in court might not be so easy. >> this is one of those cases where circumstantial is -- is kind. i mean, you had no fingerprints, you had no dna, you had no bloody clothes on the suspect, you had -- >> right. >> you had no incriminating statements really, just some sort of weird stuff, but -- >> right. yeah. it's a -- >> you have-- >> tough case. >> nothin'. >> tough case -- >> it was. circumstantial is a correct word. >> reporter: question was, could they make the case -- or would a jury believe they'd reached the motive -- it's been tricky to pin down in this case. but in court, prosecutors present jurors with a theory of everything. >> that's why this whole thing happened. great, another dead end. sarge, i just got a tip that'll crack this case wide open! turns out the prints at the crime scene- awwwww...did mcgruffy wuffy get a tippy wippy? i'm serious! we gotta move fast before- who's a good boy? is him a good boy? erg...i'm just gonna go. oh, you wanna go outside? you gotta

daniels. >>>> they will face questions about stormy daniels. >> though stormy saga takes a dramatic turn as the porn star comes out about her affair. >> we haven't heard from him about the stormy daniels affair. >>ar adult film star stormy daniels breaking her silence about her alleged affair with president trump. >> we are talking about the most serious legal allegations that stormy daniels made. >> stormy daniels. >> i know you've heard of ten about that and we have to see where this case goes. >> is that possible to come up in the stormy danielsth lawsuit? will she be able to say, this lawyer is involved with a whole bunch of different things? >> this could be the last nail in the often. >> stormy daniels claims president trump broke the law, had her bullied. >> stormy daniels have the president's number? it sure seems that way. >> president trump might have met his p match with stormy daniels. >> how is stormy weatheringat this? >> stormy speaks. >> we are hearing quite a bit from stormy d

we are here with alana evans, a friend of stormy daniels, who storm oy daniels told of her awe with presidentump. let me ask you something. president himself has never personally denied this, whether a public comment on twitter or on twitter, one of his favorite ways of communicating with the world. he's left it to the white house and left it to his lawyers. what's your reaction to that, the president not himself coming out and calling stormy daniels a liar here? >> well, as you know, when i'm speaking, when stormy is speaking, when karen is speaking, you're watching my reaction and you're reading me to see if i'm telling you the truth. i don't think you'll ever see donald trump speaking about his affair. and i'm not going to bother calling it alleged. speaking about his affair with stormy because he's not going to be able to lie when people are actually watching him. >> you heard, of course, and she's told you about this threat. you said at times that she even feared for her life following this threat. did she ever describe to you who specifically delivered that threat to her? what the perso

daniels when she was with her daughter back in 2011? >> well, the president doesn't believe that any of the claims that ms. daniels made last night in the interview are accurate. >> he doesn't believe she was threatened? >> no, he does. no. >> what his basis for that? >> i'm sorry? >> what's his basis for that? >> he doesn't believe -- there is nothing to corroborate her claim. >> okay. here is the thing. the white house and the president's lawyer say the president has consistently denied daniels' story. you heard that right there. but as far as we can tell, the president himself has never publicly answered questions about daniels, not a one, or about his alleged affair with playboy playmate karen mcdougal. >> thank you all very much. >> were you lying about the affairs? >> now the president did tweet this morning so much fake news. never been more voluminous or more inaccurate. but through all of it our country is doing great. as for michael cohen, his lawyer responded to the interview by serving daniels and her attorney with a cease a

trump, stormy daniels publicly denied it. five years later, donald trump won the nomination. >> people are reaching out to me offering me money. large amount of money. i think >> the deal was an offer not to tell her story. it came from mr. trump's attorney michael cohn in return for signing this nondisclosure agreement, cohn would pay her $130,000. daniels said the agreement was appealing because it meant she would be receiving money but not have to worry about the effect the revelation of the affair would have on her child. she signed the agreement 11 days before the election. >> was it hush money to stay silent? >> 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 that you saw an opportunity. >> i think the fact that i didn't even nergotiate that i quickly said yes to this strict contract and most people would agree with me, extremely l

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drew, what are you hearing tonight from daniels' attorney? >> stormy daniels' attorney this afternoon is describing a bare knuckles legal fight continuing at this moment with president trump's attorney, michael cohen, trying to enforce a temporary restraining order against stormy daniels to keep her quiet, not just about the affair, but anything to do with the non-disclosure agreement. clifford's attorney michael a . avenatti said mr. cohen further threatened my client in an effort to prevent her from telling the truth about what really happened. what did really happen? according to daniels' attorney it's laid out in this just-filed lawsuit. >> the lawsuit in explicit detail leaves no doubt stormy daniels, whose real name is stephanie clifford, says she had an affair with the president. ms. clifford began an intimate relationship with mr. trump in the summer of 2006 in lake tahoe, the lawsuit claims. in october 2016, mr. trump with the assistance of his attorney, mr. clifford as part of an effort to avoid her telling the truth, thus helping t

daniels also has a child, a daughter. and i think the question that's raised by these interviews, now broadcast on television, first with a woman named karen mcdougal who alleged an affair with trump in the mid 2000s. now stormy daniels who is making similar allegations. the question is what do people tell their children about the u.s. president and his apparent sex life? these are stories that are actually in some ways reminiscent to the 1990s when bill clinton was in the news. there was lot of sympathy back then for hillary clinton. now the same is true for melania trump. and we head into a workweek here in the u.s. with questions whether the president will say anything more or whether his lawyers will say anything more about stormy daniels. brian stelter, cnn, new york. >> and though daniels did not refer to michael cohen when describing the alleged threat in the parking lot, cohen's attorney says his client had nothing to do with the incident and doesn't believe it even occurred. >> in a letter to daniels' attorney se

stormy daniels. tonight, i'm going to talk to one of her friends, who said she and daniels have both been threatened in an effort to keep them quiet. but there is more. in addition to stormy daniels, there's the former playboy model who says that she had a ten-month affair with trump. karen mcdougal says she had an affair with trump at about the same time as stormy daniels. she sold her story to the parent company of the "national enquirer," which killed that story. now mcdougal wants out of the $150,000 agreement, so she can speak freely. there's also former "apprentice" contestant, summer zervos. she says trump groped her in 2006 and she says he defamed her by calling her a liar. now a judge is refusing to dismiss her lawsuit against him. even for a president who's no stranger to depositions and lawsuits, this is a lot. and it comes as the president's team is laying the groundwork for what could be a monumental interview with the special counsel, robert mueller, amid serious questions about what ex

stormy daniels says she could clearly identify that person. she has never said it was michael cohen. but you believe -- >> no. we have never said that it is michael cohen. but, look -- >> you've been saying that all along. >> come on, let him finish. >> let him finish. >> look, it's very simple. my client sat down. she answered the questions. 90% of america found her credible. why hasn't michael cohen sat down -- forget two hours. i'll take 20 minutes. how about 10 minutes? and answered the questions. instead, he sends you. you're not even involved in the case. >> are you ever going to make an appearance in the case? >> i am never making an appearance in that case. i am his. >> you're a talking head. >> of course. that's what we're here for. >> let's let him answer now. >> first of all, michael cohen just wants you to keep running your mouth and your client running because every time you do, that it's going to cost your client another million dollars. i mean i hope you have a nice malpractice policy because you're advising your client to breac

daniels. and it may be that stormy daniels is one of the reasons that donald trump fears vladimir putin so much if putin's agents have been searching for information with which to blackmail donald trump for some years now, there would be no reason to limit their interest to what donald trump might or might not have done in moscow hotel rooms. so it may be that vladimir putin knew much more about stormy daniels and donald trump and before we did. tonight we know a lot more thanks to stormy daniels's lawsuit against donald j. trump, aka david denison and that is how the lawsuit reads and that has donald trump and his lawyers all the more worried. nbc news reported today michael cohen is trying to silence adult film star stormy daniels obta obtaining a secretary restraining order and warning she faces penalties if she discusses her relationship with the president. stormy daniels is suing to void an agreement. an agreement she signed to present her from ever revealing any information about her rel

daniels is suing michael cohen for defamation.s fixer could be in a bit of a fix himself tonight. and there's this, daniels' lawyer michael avenatti telling cnn there are new leads on the man who threatened her, a threat that included him saying about her infant daughter, quote, that's a beautiful little girl. it would be a shame if something happened to her mom. now

he said it's his belief we will get stormy daniels' full story on donald trump.he will be able to speak on it and tell the full storiment maybe the white house doesn't feel compelled this second to say anything more than what sarah sanders said, which is, look, we said everything we can say. we're not going to talk about it. it's a settled matter. if she tells her story with details, with, you know, i think it's hard to just ignore it. i also think it's a really story. >> i mean, for a long time, this white house was denying that this thing even was real, and now we know it's real. now we know that as recently as a week ago, there was ongoing litigation in this case, according to sarah sanders, in the president's favor, were her words, but this is a case that directly involves the president of the united states and a porn actress who is accusing him of paying her off 11 days before the election. i think that that is putting aside everything about wlompbt th -- whether or not this matters, there's a real interest in identifying what the truth is, and we are far fr

daniels says mr.et with her privately at his bungalow at the beverly hills hotel in los angeles to discuss a development regarding her possible appearance on celebrity apprentice. >> i remember arriving. he was watching shark peek. he made me watch an entire documentary about shark attacks. >> wasn't at that pin the a business meeting just watching shark week. >> yeah. >> did you have sex again? >> no. >> did he want you? >> yes. >> how do you know? >> he cape, sat next to me. touched my hair. put his hand on my leg. referenced back to how great it was the last time. >> how did you get out of it? >> well i had been there four hours. so i then was like, before, you know, can we talk about what is the development? and he was like i am almost there. i will have an answer next week. i was like, cool. call me next week. took my purse and left. >> according to daniels. mr. trump called to say he had not been able to get her a spot on celebrity apprentice. she says they never met again. only had sex in the f

. >> stormy daniels. >> because stormy daniels claims to be intimately familiar with the president ofade very well clear that none of these allegations are true. >> this week daniel's attorney file aid lawsuit on her behalf in l.a. superior court alleging the agreement she sined in 2016 is now null and void because trump never signed it. >> there's a signature line for mr. trump and he never signed it. >> the president's personal lawyer michael cohn admits to paying daniels $130,000 of his own money days before the election but told abc news noorj the trump organization nor the trump campaign was a party to the transaction. >> we believe that he absolutely knew about it but purposely did not sign it so that later could have denyability as to its existence and to the payment to miss davenport yells. miss daniels. >> now despite that payment and the agreement, daniels is threatening to tell her story. >> please welcome stormy daniels. >> until now she stopped short of that dropping tantalizing hints to jimmy kimmel. >> do you have a non-disclosure agreement. >> do i? >> you can't say, b

and the stormy daniels scandal takes another turn.s physical threats against the porn star and says there are other women. >>> let's go outfront. >>> good evening i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, you're fired, eventually. national security adviser h.r. mcmaster on the rocks

>> daniel: a push. >> all: woo! >> daniel: geonbae! >> anthony: geonbae. >> daniel: woo! have, there's a lot of games. we're not going to go through them all because it'd take forever and we'd be really, really drunk. but, uh, this game is called the bottle cap game and we're going to pass this around in a circle. you're going to flick it as hard as you can. >> anthony: right. >> daniel: right? >> mister noh: ah! >> all: oh! >> all: hey! >> daniel: no one wins or loses, we all get drunk. start! >> mister park: one. >> mister huh: two. >> daniel: three. aw. >> anthony: that is bro-tastic. >> daniel: this is the chopstick game. >> all: oh! [ laughter ] >> anthony: don't play this game with engineers. >> all: ugh. oh! >> anthony: aw, don't hurt the man. he's been hitting those oysters hard. [ laughter ] >> anthony: see you in flavor town. >> daniel: ooh! >> all: oh! >> mister huh: drink, drink, drink, drink. >> daniel: one, two and three. this is pretty good. >> anthony: no, that's good. >> daniel: we got to go somewhere else. >> anthony: yeah we're going. let's hit the stre

danielle, what about this move by sessions? does it change the attorney general's standing with the president? listen it's clear it's been on rocky ground for months now. >> right. you know we can't be clear on what's going on in attorney general sessions' head. the fact does remain that you know, over the last year or so, we had seen the president you know, in one tweet he sort of seemed to be goading mr. sessions into you know getting rid of mr. mccabe. the president also taunt pld mccabe on twitter. so i mean you know look, we're still going to wait for that inspector general report from inside the fbi to see what it says about mr. mccabe. if he really did mislead anybody. but you know, these various actions that the president has taken, including his sort of i think one of your reporters said gleeful tweets certainly threatens to cast a different pall over all of this this. >> mccabe's statement says this attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the fbi, law enf

. >>> also the stormy daniels money trail. new information emerges on just where that alleged hush money came from. >>> plus on the russia front, is it time to make a deal? a published report claiming there is an offer for the president to meet with special counsel robert mueller, but at what cost? >>> but we begin with new reaction from the lawyer representing foreign porn star stormy daniels on how motivated some people are to hear her story. here is what michael avenatti said in an interview earlier. >> has anyone offered to pony up $1 million to protect her, to say here, i'm good for it, tell your story? >> at least ten individuals in the last few days alone. >> are any of them larry flynn? >> not that i know of. >> is she contemplating taking any of those ten offers? >> no. >>> also new today, reaction from one of the lawmakers asking the fbi to look into michael cohen's payment to daniels. cohen saying last night the $130,000 he paid daniels, quote, was taken from my home equity line and transferred internally to my llc

i'm talking about stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. mcdougal got $150,000 in cash from a trump ally. he was paid for her story that was killed. meaning never published. both payments came in the days and months leading up to the election. the women are now telling their stories and sound strikingly similar. >> we passed a room and he said this is melania's room. she likes to have her alone time or to get away to read or something like that. >> did he mention his wife or child at all in this? >> i asked and he brushed it aside and said, don't worry about that. we have separate rooms and stuff. >> that's not where the similarities stop. we'll have more in a moment. were they silenced in an effort to influence the 2016 election? this is a serious question with major legal implications for the president and his team. it's time for the president to give the american people full answers to all of these questions instead of just calling all of the many women who have come forward liars. pamela brown is outfront live at the white house. >> rep

it is not just stormy daniels who is speaking publicly in an interview. also karen mcdougal, that former playboy model who said she also had an affair with the president. so it certainly has been becoming a thing that is more and more especially as the legal matter ramps up here. >> how is melania trump or her office responding to this? >> reporter: she did not travel back to washington with the president last night. and the white house says this is because of a preplanned vacation staying in florida with their young son, of course, saying it is his spring break. as many people were tweeting about the fact that melania did not come back to washington with the president, her communications director stephanie grisham seemed to respond to all of the comments on that, writing on twit, quote, while i know the media is enjoying speculation and salacious gossip, i would like to remind people there is a minor child whose name should be kept out of news stories when at all possible. >> kaitlan collins at the white house, thank you. >>> let's bring in paul callan.

daniels or the lawyer or anything. he's very busy, hasn't crossed his desk. >> it might not be a big enough news story to get donald trump's attention. >> he's a big picture kind of guy. >> you know who's not silent about this, my first guess michael avenatti. i'm going to get to him as soon as possible. thank you, lawrence. >> thank you. bye-bye. >> stormy daniels really hurt president trump badly last night and she hurt him in the worst way, the way it pains him the most, no it was not when she said she was not physically attracted to donald trump, or described how spanking donald trump and like a little boy became more compliant after the spanging. that wasn't the worst part last night. the worst part for the president was that, as rachel just said, stormy daniels got a great rating and she actually beat donald trump. she beat him in the ratings. 22 million people watched stormy daniels on "60 minutes" last night and that's more than the 20 million that watched donald trump on "60 minutes" after he won the presidenc

stormy daniels. unlike earlier in the week when she answered questions. >> i don't have anything elser to add. >> so the white house is not answering questions about the legal developments in the stormy daniels case as we end a busy chaotic week. those questions do remain even as the white house is looking for the north korean diplomatic talks. several controversies remain. the president has not weighed in on the stormy daniels controversy. >>> new details about the pre election payoff to the porn star. stormy daniels. cnn has obtained an e-mail showing trump's personal attorney michael cohen used the e-mail at the time of the payment. sarah, the critics are suggesting that these are new questions about what the future president may know. >> they are. and stormy daniels' attorney spoke to that. as she continues, there's new potential evidence in her case. this message there a new york warning about showing donald trump's personal lawyer was using his trump organization e-mail account to arrange $130,

is stormy daniels a liar, sir? >> meanwhile, a source tells cnn the president may soon fire veteran affairs secretary david shulkin. white house officials have no comment at this time. but one of mr. trump's friends says there could be another staff shake-up. >> the president told me he is perplexed by all of these report there's is chaos at the white house or mass staff changes. he told me he thinks the white house is operating like a smooth machine, his words. he did say that he is expecting to make one or two major changes to his government very soon. and that's going to be it. >> let's talk about all this with amy green. amy is an american political science research arer and professional live for news paris via skype. good to have you with us at this hour. let's talk more about the possibility of turnover at the white house. a source telling cnn the secretary of veterans affairs may soon be seeing the door. and questions about whether john kelly could also be on the double. what does this mean? >> there was als

daniels declaring she had sex with mr. trump back in 2006, that he invited her to his hotel suite and showed her a magazine cover with his face on it. >> and so, i was like, does this normally work for you? and he looked very taken back. and i was like, someone should take that magazine and spank you with it and i'll never forget the look on his face. so, he turned around and pulled his pants down a little, you know, he had untsderwear on and stuff. he's like, wow. you -- you are special. you remind me of my daughter, you know, he's like, you're smart, beautiful and a woman who be reckoned with, i like you. i like you. >> reporter: she says they then had sex. the one and only time. >> you were 27, he was 60. were you physically attracted to him? >> no. >> reporter: not at all? >> no. >> reporter: did you want to have sex with him? >> no. i'm not a victim. >> reporter: it was consensual? >> oh, yes. yes. >> reporter: in 2011, daniels tried to sell her story to a tabloid for $15,000, but the magazine never published it and s

the lawyer for cohen said he had nothing to do with the threat against daniels. >> daniels explained why she was risking $1 million fine for violating the hush agreement. she said it was important to defend herself and she said she signed the $130,000 agreement under pressure. >> if it was untruthful, why did you sign it. >> because they made it sound like i had no choice. >> no one was putting a gun to your head. >> not physical violence, no. >> you thought frthere would be legal repercussion? >> yes. the exact statement was they can make your life hell in many ways. >> who is they? >> i'm not sure. i believe it to be michael cohen. >> daniels said the one time she and trump had sex after he showed her a magazine with his face on the cover. >> talking about yourself normally work? someone should take that magazine and spank you with it. i'll never forget the look on his face. >> what was the look? >> i don't think anybody has ever spoken to him like that. hand it over. so he did. i was like, turn around. drop them. >> you told donald trump to turn around and take down his pants? >>

they amended that just daniel. daniels' attorney amended the lawsuit, arguing that the $130,000 payout, which happened just days before the election, was essentially an illegal campaign contribution. they are now claiming defamation, because cohen has insinuated publicly that stormy daniels is lying about an affair when she says everything she said so far is the truth, david. >> all right, tom llamas leading us off. tom, thank you. >>> president trump, meanwhile, expelling 60 russians from the u.s. they've been given a week to get out. it follows, of course, britain's move, and several other countries, after that nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter. here in the u.s., people seen leaving the russian mission to the u.n. with suitcases, getting into vans in new york city today. and tonight, russia is now vowing to retaliate. here's abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporter: in his toughest action against the kremlin to date, president trump today ordered 60 russians to le

number two, you have the lawyer for stormy daniels who is all in. it seems like he's girding for this fight and excited for it. number three, you're beginning to see congress opine on the matter which opens up a whole different can of worms. josh, first to you. you cover the white house. i'm going to use the word wicked for the second time in two days. sarah sanders' response was wicked weird yesterday when she mentioned the fact that this arbitration thing was going on. do you have a sense covering the white house why she did that and what's the fallout today? >> i'm not exactly sure what sarah sanders is supposed to say. the president and his lawyer give $130,000 to an adult film star just before an election. the story cannot come straight for several weeks. at first they deny the payment, then they said they made it through the llc, now there's arbitration. the white house has dodged the questions repeatedly, have said literally nothing. we've repeatedly sought answers on what happened here. i think sarah sanders yesterday was trying to say that

daniels' motion seeks documents droektd mr.rump and michael cohen, trump's attorney, on various topics relating to the hush agreement. >> we raised this motion on the other side. >> reporter: he claims he had a march 21st meeting with trump's attorney. and asked whether trump was part of the original nondisclosure agreement with daniels. the document that is missing trump's signature. >> we heard crickets. he said they don't know yet whether mr. trump was a party to this agreement. how do you not know whether you're a party to the agreement unless you playing it up as you go along. >> avenatti makes no sense. >> reporter: david schwartz, cohen's representative, fired back calling the motion to depose the president ludicrous. and a reckless use of the legal system to continue to inflate michael avenatti's deflated ego and keep himself relevant. schwartz says the motion is unusual because it asked the judge to allow early discovery in the case before trump's attorney has substantively responded to the allegations. thought as aven

daniels when she was with her daughter back in 2011?e president doesn't believe any of the claims that miss daniels made last night from the interview are accurate. >> he doesn't believe she was threatened? >> no. >> what's his basis forrer that? >> he doesn't just believe -- you know, there's nothing to corroborate her claim. >> so meanwhile, we've learned 22 million people watched "60 minutes" sunday. the porn star's interview was the news magazine's highest rated episode in a decade, second only to the episode with barack and michelle obama's sit-down interview in 2008, but beating donald trump's 2016 interview. stormy daniels and his lawyer did some trolling tweeting, quote, since this is what really matters, lol, the ratings for my client's appear.an on 60 minutes last night crushed any apprentice show in the last ten years as well as mr. trump's november 2016 appearance. priorities. >> and the u.s. has expelled dozens of russian diplomates from the united states. now russia is threatening to retaliate. nbc news national correspond

. >> did your client stormy daniels have sex with president trump? >> yes. >> why the president's legal team received a temporary restraining order against stormy daniels just last week. what did the president know about a payout to her. >>> mystery solved? a prominent professor is convinced he knows what happened to amelia earnhart. what's his evidence. >>> plus, alexa creeping its users out by randomly laughing. >>> why mcdonald's is turning its golden arches upside-down. >>> and buying under the influence. how big of a problem is shopping online while drunk? >>> good thursday morning. i'm lynda lopez in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. the monster storm that's been pounding the northeast. is proving to be a giant headache for commuters, disabled big riggs stranding huns of drivers in their cars for hours overnight along two highways in northern new jersey. >> and a live wire sparked this house fire in new jersey, where more than 300,000 customers are without power this morning. our coverage begins with arlette saenz. >> reporter: a seco

daniels.president has addressed these directly and made very well clear that none of these allegations are true. this case has already been won in arbitration, and anything beyond that i would refer you to the president's outside counsel. >> you said that there's arbitration that's already been won? by whom and when. >> by the president's personal attorneys. for details i would refer you to them. >> but you're aware of them. >> i would refer you that it was won in the president's favor and refer you to the president's outside counsel for any details beyond that. >> the arbitration was won in the president's favor. that is what the president is reportedly very upset about, that sarah sanders admitted that the secret arbitration over a confidentiality agreement with stormy daniels was won in the president's saying that. in saying that she has given official white house confirmation to what we knew. that the confidentiality agreement signed by donald trump's lawyer and stormy daniels was written

>> daniels: correct. as a matter of fact, the exact sentence used was, "they can make your life hell in many different ways." >> cooper: they being-- >> daniels: i'm not exactly sure who they were. i believe it to be michael cohen.

daniels lawyer says mr. trump purposely did not sign the agreement so he could disavow any knowledge of the contract and daniels. >> she believes it's important the public know the truth. >> what it refers to as signed four days before the 2016 election by michael cohen and stephanie clipper, just last month admitted to paying $130,000 from personal funds but insisted that the trump organization or the trump campaign was a transaction and neither reimbursed me for the payment. the adult film star wanted to share her story in 2016 after this "access hollywood" came up. >> when you are a star they let you do it. >> but the lawsuit said trump and the campaign got wind of stormy daniels plan to reach out to the media and wanted to shut her out. the lawsuit says cohen has continued to shut her up and protect president even as recently as february 27 when cohen filed a bogus arbitration proceeding against daniels. but they said this about this arbitration. the designated judge from the arbitration found that miss

i spoke with daniels' lawyer just a little while ago but we have been hearing anything about danielsrom president trump. >> not a word, wolf. i know he also told you, michael, avenatti that stormy daniels didn't go to the police to talk about her threat, but she did tell some friends so there are clearly some people out there that could corroborate her story about the threat in 2011. meantime stormy daniels has added michael cohen to her lawsuit. for a president who tweets about almost everything, donald trump remains silent on porn star stormy daniels' accusations of an affair and alleged threats against her. >> sometimes he chooses to specifically engage and punch back and sometimes he doesn't. >> reporter: instead press secretary sarah huckabee sanders sticking with the denial the president himself hasn't given. >> the president's denied the allegations. >> reporter: the white house continuing to say daniels has been inconsistent and the claims she made during sunday's "60 minutes" interview with anderson cooper are inaccurate. >> how do we know you're telling the truth? >> becaus

esta tarde, stormy daniels demandÓ a cohn por difamación. aasegurÓ su abogado. luego indicÓ a la persona que amenazÓ a daniels tuvo que estar relacionado con trump. >> esto es una prueba mÁs de la manera en que Él opera y cÓmo operaba antes de ser candidato. claudia: la casa blanca no dijo si el presidente dio hoy entrevista. stormy daniels tambiÉn confesÓ que azotÓ a trump con una revista porque no dejaba de hablar de sÍ mismo. ademÁs admitiÓ que no querÍa tener sexo con Él pero que no le dijo que no. patricia: vamos a cambiar de tema. muchas veces se ha advertido del peligro de poner informaciÓn personal en peso pero esta red social puede revelar datos que ni siquiera el usuario ha puesto como las horas y los sitios en que entran a sus cuentas. los funcionarios de inmigraciÓn han usado estos datos para arrestar a indocumentados. reportera: estos documentos servirÍan como evidencia de que ice solicito datos de facebook harÁ localizar a inmigrantes indocumentados. en marzo de 2017, tal y como muestra este correo electrÓnico, varios agentes d