and i said, "does this have anything to do with ken friedman?"nd he was like, "yes." >> cooper: trish nelson finally quit in october of 2012, the day after she says ken friedman sexually assaulted her in his car. >> nelson: we got into the car and he lunged to kiss me. he's a six-four man, and so you're pretty overpowered, and i just felt panic. i felt panic, because i never thought that was going to happen to me. i thought that i was respected. >> cooper: ken friedman and mario batali also declined our requests for interviews. in a statement, friedman says, in part, "over the past several months, i have focused on my own personal decisions and my mistakes, for which i have apologized." mario batali says in a statement, "my past behavior has been deeply inappropriate and i am sincerely remorseful for my actions." in december, he was removed from his television show, and is leaving the company he founded. >> woman: i had thought about it a lot. >> cooper: but earlier this year, another woman came forward to us, with an incident she says occurred a

i said does this have anything to dupe with ken friedman.was like, yes. >> trish nelson finally quit in october of 2012. the day after she says, ken friedman sexually assaulted herren his car. >> we got into the car. and he, he, lunged to kiss me. he is a 6'4", man. and, so, you are pretty, overpowered. and i just felt panic. i felt panic. because i never thought that was going to happen to me. i thought that, that, i was respected. >> ken friedman and mario batali deef cleaned our reap quest for interviews. in a statement, friedman said, in part over the past several months i focussed on my own personal decisions and my mistakes for which i have apologized. marry batali says, in a statement, my past behavior has been deeply inappropriate. i am sincerely remorseful more my actions. in december he was removed from the television show and is leaving th >> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the f

ambassador david friedman speaking let's listen in again to him. deputy secretary sullivan served last month as our acting secretary of state leading the transition of leadership to secretary of state mike peo he then returned to the number two position in the state department i am honored to introduce deputy secretary john j. saul thank you. thank you and besser friedman for those kind remarks on behalf of secretary pompei oh thank you for your dedicated efforts to establish this diplomatic mission and to ensure the strongest possible bond between israel and the united states we're also grateful to you and your team for the close coordination and months of detailed planning to prepare for this important day of celebration. it's an honor for me to be part of president trump's official delegation on this momentous occasion on a day as you have already noted so steeped in history it's a privilege to stand before so many distinguished guests political and religious leaders of israel and the united states and to welcome you all to the opening of the u.

our ambassador david friedman.ur special representative jason greenblatt that does a much. -- so much. i want to acknowledge ambassador nikki haley that has created a new day for the u.n.. on december 6, president trump was very clear that today's celebration do not reflect the departure. it overcomes the conflicts of the past. as we have seen from the protests of the last month and even today, those provoking violence are part of the problem and not part of the solution. the united states has prepared to promote a peace agreement in every way that we can. so that all people can live in peace. able to pursue their dreams. the united states recognizes the sensitivity surrounding jerusalem, a city that means so much to so many. jerusalem is a city unique in the history of civilization. no other place on earth can claim significance to three major religions. each day, jews pray at the western wall, muslims bow, and christians worship at the church of the holy sepulcher. that is why president trump has called on all pa

friedman, mr.s of the distinguished delegation coming from the united states, our chief rabbis, ministers and members of knesset, commissioner of the police, head of the mossad, mayor, ambassador, distinguished guests -- [speaking in native tongue] our feet were standing within your gates in the gates of jerusalem, the capital of israel. [cheers and applause] jerusalem, whose faith we swore to keep. jerusale who we never forgot and never will forget. for 3,000 years the jewish people kept the faith in jerusalem. for 3,000 years we prayed for jerusalem. and since the establishment of the state of israel 17 years ago, jerusalem has been the capital of israel and the obvious should be said from time to time, even could be written from time to time. jerusalem is the heart of serenity of the the -- of the state of israel. yes, president trump, jerusalem is home to the president of israel. jerusalem is home to the government of israel. jerusalem is the home to the denecessary sent, the parliament -- knes

the author of trump russia describes the long standing relationship between cohen and friedman. >> friedmanriend and their relationship goes back many years. >> friedman made millions by managing over 800 new york city taxi medallions or licenses to operate a cab between 2012 and 2015 according to the new york attorney general's office. some are owned by cohen. but in 2016, this empire starte falling apart. he defalled on a loan and indicted for tax fraud. he agreed to be a potential witness for the government according to the times, leading to this tweet from cohen todayia am one of thousands of me ddalln owners who -- but as recently as last year, friedman's company managed most of cohen's taxi businesses. his attorney said this in a statement. mr. friedman has a long stand ing relationship with mr. cohen and considers him his friend. he has accepted responsibility for his pasts. i have no comment on the details of his plea agreement and what if any impact it may have on other matters. so what would friedman know about his business practices or the special counsel's investigation? >> i th

friedman has accepted responsibility for his past actions.no comment on the details of my client's plea agreement or what if any impact it may have on others. there's reports that friedman managed taxi cabs for cohen for years but cohen denies they were partners. he tweeted that i'm one of thousands of medallion owners that trust owners. gene friedman and i are not partners and have never been partners in this business or any other. #mediawrongagain. "the new york times" reporting that friedman contacted one of their reporters calling it shameful and michael is a dear friend and a passive client. that's it. when asked if he was cooperating with authorities, friedman would nod respond. >> trace: no response. and former campaign chair for trump, paul manafort was back in court. what happened there? >> this has to do with seizures of paul manafort's properties. it's all over evidence that was taken out of a storage locker. manafort's attorney said the agent that opened up the locker had no right to do so. manafort's team argues that mueller's se

getting any bill will come to conflict zone hello mr friedman it appears that the u.p.a. new name is mess of the struggling real religion at the moment particularly with islam is that it well actually in the member states we have a lot of debates on the question of islam and and a muslim and issues like that on the european union level be concentrating or an on on on on asylum poly how do you like your interest it's now introducing beer debates into the u.p.a. you again these are not two different straighted levels i'm very sorry they are not differentiated and of course on the european level we take note of what's happening in the member states in all of the member states but if you ask me as a politician i'm a member of the open parliament and i have to concentrate on my work i'm doing over there and what we're doing right now is trying you know to sort out the troubles. and find a common approach on the asylum and the same time as the same side of your time you are conservative that means you are in the same group like your party friend viktor orban so let's speak a li

and even though michael cohen began partnering with friedman in the taxi business in 2007, friedman insistedtext that michael cohen has nothing to do his crimes. michael is a dear, dear personal friend and passive client, exclamation point. that's it, exclamation point. that is me taking responsibility for me actions and has nothing to do with michael cohen. this is a very difficult day for myself and my family. i had been an officer of the court in excess of 20 years, and now i am a felon, exclamation point. evgeny freidman is a attorney as well as a taxi medallion. he hired feed prann to manage his taxis for him at some point, and that is what mr. friedman means by a passive client. the "new york times" is reporting that mr. friedman is now cooperating with investigators who will no doubt be questioning just how passive michael cohen was in their taxi business. "the new york times" reports the charges against mr. friedman stem from accusations that he pocketed a 50 cent surcharge known as the metropolitan transportation authority tax which is used to pay for mass transit improvements. when

friedman was exposed to 25 years in jail.tever he told the prosecutors he could deliver about michael cohen reduced that exposure to zero. >> julie: please tell me first of all this guy, as i understand it, has managed taxi cabs for years. how would he know about a 130,000 payment which the prosecutors want to focus on regarding michael cohen transferring to stoemy daniels? >> great questions. my question he knows about other things. michael cohen hasn't been charged with a crime. he probably brought new crimes to the table for the feds. now why are they after michael cohen? they couldn't care less about him like they will squeeze mr. friedman the talk about cohen they want to squeeze michael cohen to talk about the president. their goal is to get people to give them dirt about the president of the united states. >> julie: let's go back to cohen's statement on twitter. if they aren't partners but working together for so many years, what is the relationship? >> michael cohen is using the term partner in the technical sense. i

there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have a committee who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this man this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized. friedman was not the word of the image thrust in front of him when the photo was taken he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. pulled up salute clear we support the status quo on the her arm al-sharif temple mount. now here which is the organization from which the man who gave the prisoned came from has expressed its own concerns about the incident it says that the man who presented the picture actually acted on his own behalf but the problem is that the american ambassador already has a record of controversy even before this event he is a supporter of israeli settlements in palestinian territory an

friedman has managed cohen's medallions for more than 16 years. they're tight describing cohen as both a close personal friend and a wonderful client. trump's long-time lawyer and fixer was already as we know in quite significant legal trouble. last month federal agents raided his offices and home and hotel. trump's lawyers were reportedly worried even resigned about cohen cooperating with federal prosecutors. now, it friedman's decision to cooperate could the make cohen's problems that is much worse and potentially increase the pressure on cohen to tell prosecutors everything he knows about the man who now occupies the presidency. for more on the legal implications, daniel gold man and former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general harry litman. friedman himself texting a "new york daily news" court reporter i pled guilty to a felony, i am humbled and shamed. this is me taking responsibility has nothing do with mc, michael cohen. >> there are two things to make of it. he's trying to indicate he's not cooperating. the other is a sort o

friedman if he understood the nature of the benefit his attorneys had accomplished on his behalf. mr. friedman said he had spent, quote, long hours speaking with his lawyers, adding, i'm extremely satisfied with the services that have been provided to me. do you normally hear statements like that in court, tom? >> well, you normally hear that when you are happy with your lawyers and you were looking at maybe 20 to 25 years in jail and now you to have write a big check back. we should note he has to repay the -- a large portion of the $5 million that he took from not paying his taxes. but, yeah, i think when you're facing jail and you're facing perhaps 20 years in jail, and now you are looking at having to write a check back and not being in jail at all and cooperate? yeah, i'd be pretty happy with my attorney, too. >> i wonder what he knows. tom winter and kim wayley. "the new york times" is reporting jared kushner has been granted his security clearance. joining me, matt apuzzo from "the new york times." how did kushner get his clearance back in last i check this was not somethin

gene friedman and i are not partners and have never been partners in this case or any other case. there are differing stories on what exactly will happen and i'm sure investigators will get to the bottom of it. >> they at least know and maybe we'll find out along the way. >> joining me now to discuss is shan wu, he's a former federal prosecutor and was representing rick gates at one point and the campaign aide who has struck a deal in the trump russia investigation. and chris cillizza. let's talk about the meeting happening tomorrow. sarah sanders says the democrats aren't invited to the meeting because they didn't ask for it, they didn't ask for the information. does she have a point? >> you said you didn't want to come to the party! does she have a point? i think what it is, kate is it's an extension of the politization of an entity, house intelligence committee and the intelligence world more generally that hasn't traditionally been all that polarized. so i think when you saw the report come out earlier and devin nunes and republicans saying only this is what we found. there is

where you appear he's a member in the you've been you you and i we have a lot of honesty also mr friedman is also a politician you know and he both companies an excuse for research you know it's not in his can not of course it's not an excuse of racism but what i try to understand and i try to find out the reasoning behind i don't know the reason behind why a man like organ is saying all the things well it's not it's a haps election campaigns it's power play well it's probably more so when you're in the you know it perfectly world when you're in the political debate and discussion is you are some sometimes exaggerating but i agree. with you in the sense that you know you have to be careful if you talk about integration you have to this is a tough word again which i would never use and which i would never accept was you wish to speak and to talk about european level so let's talk about article twenty one of the u.p.a. charter saying quote any discrimination based on any ground such as religion shall be prohibited. the foreign minister of luxemburg saw us aboard the qs richter orbán he foun

and friedman was a long-time business partner of michael cohen. so he will know some of michael cohen's business operations and dealings. that is going to be the question of what is going to be of most interest as part of this cooperation agreement. >> is this part of a bigger strategy to get michael cohen to work with the special counsel, by having this guy flip on michael cohen? >> reporter: we know that the office in manhattan started their investigation in part as a referral from special counsel robert mueller's team. the u.s. attorney's office said they're looking into michael cohen's personal financial dealings, and as part of that search warrant, they were looking specifically at information relating to cohen's taxi medallion business and some of his business partners. this is potentially a steppingstone to mueller's case. but it remains to be seen. the u.s. attorney's office has not charged michael cohen with any crime. they're investigating him. and friedman has knowledge of some of cohen's tax medallion business. there's no suggestion th

friedman managed 800 medallions in new york city and that is what gives taxis value, and he managed a fleet for michael cohen and they're business partners and it would appear, investigators hope friedman have insight into cohen's business practices which of course, is the basis of the doj's current investigation. friedman's guilty plea also comes just days after news broke that jeffrey yohi, the former son-in-law of paul manafort had reached an agreement himself. of course, now the big question has been, still is if cohen is charged by new york's southern district, will he provide useful information on the president to the special counsel's investigation? michael cohen within the last hour seems to be distancing himself from friedman, from this news of a plea deal. this morning he tweeted this. i am one of thousands of medallion owners who entrust management companies to operate medallion according to the rules of the new york taxi and limousine commission. jim friedman and i are not partners and have never been partners in this business or any other. >> we'll see how investigators v

ambassador david friedman and your family.nd members of , we have no better friends in the world. you stand for israel and the stand for jerusalem. thank you. the chief rabbis of israel, the distinguished rabbis over here. ministers, the many friends that of come here from around the world. the many friends that pray for this day and have worked for this day. thank you all. course, i want to especially welcome jared kushner and ivanka trump. today isence here testament to the importance of this occasion. not only for the trump administration, but in a very personal way. for you. for you, each of you, for the pursuit of these, and for president trump himself, thank you. dear friends. what a glorious day. remember this moment. this is history. trump, by recognizing history, you have made history. all of us are deeply moved. all of us are deeply grateful. for me, being here brings back wonderful memories from my childhood. [speaking foreign language] [applause] so i know some of you did not follow every set i -- every word i said

[applause] >> thank you, ambassador friedman. you've really done a great job today, and you've done a great job as ambassador. the stay's really been spectacular are, so thank you very much. [applause] i am so proud to be here today in jerusalem, the eternal heart of the jewish people. [applause] and i am especially honored to be here today as a representative of the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump. [applause] i also want to thank prime minister netanyahu and sarah for being with us here today to celebrate this historic occasion. thank you very much. [applause] i'd like to ask all of the members of congress who are here on their delegations to rise and be recognized. today would not be possible without your advocacy throughout the years. [applause] thank you, deputy secretary sullivan, for leading our delegation, secretary mnuchin for your leadership and for your friendship and, of course, ivanka, thank you for all of the great work you do to help so many people in our country and throughout the world, includ

there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have the tb who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized friedman was not the word thrust in front of him when the photo was to. you.

from tel aviv that was david friedman the u.s. ambassador to israel speaking there this was a campaign promise from donald trump but that he followed through on and we did see his daughter ivanka trump trump and her husband question on hand as well as the deputy secretary of state and the secretary of the treasury all joining israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had of the ceremony netanyahu saying this move will bring peace to the region critics able to the opposite of only inflame tensions. and now we have our correspondents covering this story for us to remind you of china was honest with us here in the studio.

embassy with ambassador david friedman, ivanka trump and jared kushner. i was joined by representative mario diaz-balart of florida, ron desantis of florida, jody hice of georgia, steve knight of california, tom rice of south carolina, dennis ross of florida, scott taylor of virginia, lee zeldin of new york. i appreciate armed services committee chairman mac thornberry for authorizing the delegation. we had the opportunity to meet to the israeli parliament and especially grateful as a senior member of the house foreign with committee to meet the parliament. we must work together to stop hamas terrorist attacks, using human shields financed by iran. with president donald trump, the alliance has never been stronger to protect american families. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget

our reporter wine friedman is live from coffey park, a neighborhood decimated in the fires. wayne? >> reporter: good evening, dan. most of the work is 99% they say. there are two houses left to be cleared away. they are behind a bridge that burned down. the army corps of engineers will have to build a bridge to the homes in order to clean the properties. in the meantime here in places like coffey park it's looking up. what a difference seven months can make in the charred ruins of coffey park. that was then. and today mike williams has his future in his hands literally. that is the benefit of being a contractor reabling the home your family lost. >> life for me will always be before the fire and after the fire. >> and after the cleanup. today fema and the california office of emergency services shed light on how they managed california's biggest clearance projects since the 1906 earthquake. >> i think everybody sort of underestimated the size, scope and scale of the magnitude. >> the state and federal government spent $1.3 billion removing 2.2 million tons of debris that if spread

friedman is cooperating now. but mr. friedman is apparently in all that legal trouble, at least indirectly stemming from the years that he was in business with michael cohen. and there's a live federal investigation already against michael cohen. if michael cohen ends up deciding that his own legal jeopardy is too overwhelming, if he ends up himself cooperating with prosecutors in the investigation into the trump campaign and president trump, then katie bar the door, michael cohen cooperating? that would be a very big deal. who could possibly pose a greater danger to president trump in terms of his own legal liability than michael cohen as a cooperator with prosecutors? is there anybody who might pose a greater danger to him in terms of what cohen's been involved in with trump? the possibility of him cooperating with prosecutors just got much more real tonight in an out of the way courtroom in albany, new york, with this plea deal with his partner. >>> on top of all of that, there is james clapper. james clapper has writ

jamie, good morning. >> if you enjoy live comedy many say you have budd friedman to thank for it.v, the comedy club that revolutionized standup. we sat down with budd, his co-author tripp whetsell and jay leno to talk about the impact. >> these are the 90th academy awards. this is history happening right here. >> standup comics are a massive presence in today's entertainment industry. >> here's how clueless hollywood is about women. we made a movie called "what women want" and it starred mel gibson. >> everyone says they just have to talk about something other than trump. >> to specials. >> i'm 35 but i'm still like, hey, when am i going to get big and strong. >> to sitcoms. >> i'm not afraid of you. >> give it time. >> and movies. >> what does this do? >> standup comedy is at the height of influence and earnings. >> my parents did just well enough so that i could grow up poor around white people. >> both in the spotlight and behind the scenes. >> how responsible for that do you think budd friedman is? >> i think he's hugely responsible for it. >> according to jay leno and many ot

presidency also makes it the second major exchange with a woman as president after nasdaq where friedman took over in january of last year ms cunningham is credited with merging n.y.s.e. is former five trading platforms into one universal system outgoing president tom farley who i know i've respected for years took the reins of n.y.s.e. after the intercontinental exchange purchased the trading platform in twenty twelve mr farley will be moving on to become head of far point a private investment firm and we wish him well. hear discussed u.s. china relations and a foreign trade war could it be avoided is the author an international investor jim rogers jim welcome and thank you let's cut to the chase here president trump has been shouting about major tariffs on china and china says they're going to institute their own tariffs in response but is that a real possibility or are we just seeing major trading powers blowing a lot of hair hot air what you're to what your take at the moment it's there but and they say they're going to avoid it but bart what's going to happen is later this year or n

friedman is getting the deeflt century. he stole $5 million from new york taxpayers.e was looking at 20 years in prison. under this agreement, he doesn't do a day in jail. and has to pay back $1 million. >> what did he have on cohen? i mean that sounds like a really, really, really sweet deal. what did he have? >> it has to be really really good. we can surmise. >> pictures? video? give me categories of stuff. i'm not a lawyer. >> yeah, something compelling enough to reduce exposure from 20 years to zero. you know, it has to be against someone high ranked as well. this is obviously an attempt to squeeze cohen because the friedman has the gohdes on cohen. they worked together for many years in the sordid new york taxi business. and cohen is the key to the kingdom for mueller because cohen wasn't mr. trump's lawyer as much as he was the fix it dude. so if there are bodies buried then mr. cohen knows where they are. >> paul used the word sordid related to the taxi business. i would like to substitute it to two other words which are factual, mobbed up. the new york taxi b

there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have a tb who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized friedman must not the word of the image thrust in front of him when the photo was taken he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. policy is absolutely clear we support the status quo on the her arm al-sharif temple mount now here which is the organization from which the man who gave the president came from has expressed its own concerns about the incident it says that the man who presented the picture actually acted on his own behalf but the problem is that the american ambassador already has a record of controversy even before this event he is a supporter of israeli settlements in palestinian territory and in the past

says it friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have a tb who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this man this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized freidman was not the word of the image thrust in front of him when the photo was taken he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to cruise control the u.s. pulled. clear we support the status quo on the her arm. temple mount now here which is the organization from which the man who gave the president came from has expressed its own concerns about the incident it says that the man who presented the picture actually acted on his own behalf but the problem is that the american ambassador already has a record of controversy even before this event he is a supporter of israeli settlements in palestinian territory and in the past he's also called

ambassador david friedman and your family.s and members of congress, and the governor of florida -- we have no better friends in the world. you stand for israel and the stand for jerusalem. thank you. the chief rabbis of israel, the distinguished rabbis over here. the pastors, the ministers, the many friends that of come here from around the world. the many friends that pray for this day and have worked for this day. thank you all. and of course, i want to especially welcome jared kushner and ivanka trump. [applause] netanyahu: your presence here today is testament to the importance of this occasion. not only for the trump administration, but in a very personal way. for you. for you, each of you, for the pursuit of peace, and for president trump himself, thank you. dear friends. what a glorious day. remember this moment. [applause] netanyahu: this is history. president trump, by recognizing history, you have made history. all of us are deeply moved. all of us are deeply grateful. for me, being here brings back wonderful memori

there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have the tb who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized friedman was not the word of the image thrust in front of him when the photo was taken he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. pulled.

. >> wayne friedman joining us live in santa rosa. wayne. >> reporter: it's about numbers and details and we'll tie them together by stehling you the story of the man building this house behind me. he is very fortunate. in what remains of the coffey park, mike williams had his future in his hands, literally pounding on it with every nail. that is the luxury of being a contractor rebuilding the house your family lost. >> life for me will always be before the fire and after the fire. >> a life that moved on from despair and zlags in sever months. with 99% of the debris picked up fema and the california office of emergency services talked today about how they managed the california big clean jum since the 1906 earthquake. >> i think everybody underestimated the size scope and scale of the magnitude. >> the state and federal government spent $1.3 billion removing 2.2 million tons of debris that's spread out would cover 314 square miles. >> 314 square miles is a lot of debris. and this over here just a small portion of it. all the cars fro

friedman. >> i want to bring in an msnbc legal analyst, editor-at-large for the libertarian magazine. and a professor at princeton university. >> ned, let's go to you first. can we actually say because that because cohen's business partner was dirty corner was too? >> in isolation, stephanie that would be an unfair statement. fortunately for us, or unfortunately for us we know ate great more deal about cohen's business dealings. and that allows to us come to that conclusion pretty solid. leave it to michael cohen to be in business with someone known as the taxi king. and leave it to donald trump to have a personal attorney like michael cohen who seems to have his hands in a lot of shady business deals. >> so michael cohen's business partner could say i'm not tied to them. and rudy giuliani could say this doesn't impact the president. but if they're getting the business partner to flip, he's flipping on someone. >> the primary concern defense attorneys like me have with kwoomenti i cooperating witnesses is they have a tremendous incentive to fabricate or embellish stories because they'

last year friedman was indicted on state tax fraud charges.in march state prosecutors offered him a deal where he would serve between two and six years and pay $1 million. he rejected that offer on april 4th. at the time according to the court transcript we uncovered the prosecutor said they don't intend to make any offer and they were ready to go to trial. it's been five days later the fbi raids michael cohen's office, home, hotel room and safety deposit box. that was initiated by robert muell mueller's team. they made a referral to the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan. those prosecutors said they are investigating komen's personal financial dealings and sources say they involves payments made to women to is up prez damaging information about donald trump before he became president and cohen's taxi medallion business. last week we saw fried man got this deal where he could avoid jail time and cooperate with investigators as the new york times first reported. since that deal cohen has sought to distance himself from friedman saying he was n

friedman was not aware of the image thrust in front of him when the photo was taken he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. policy is absolutely clear we support the status quo on the show to use temple mount. incident with a picture came out of extremely sensitive time with the reason shaken by violent anti israel protests over one hundred palestinians have been killed in the last two months alone thousands more injured this issue ation was sent off to the u.s. move its embassy to jerusalem steps strongly opposed by palestinians both sides have lost things statehood bid for the city discussed the latest development with august's this might provoke for the tensions it builds the rhetoric against the u.s. policies it would pressure governments to go in face of been against the interest of the united states and at the same time there would be protests which are already being organized for quite some time right now and in the past in the territories over the two months we lost one hundred thirteen people thirteen thousand injuries an

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in for criticism this week after he was seen posing with a rather controversial gift they would friedman was presented with a photograph of one of the most sacred places in jerusalem but the image had been altered to show the jewish third temple on the site where the islamic dome of the rock is currently situated the third temple is a biblical reference to a new place of worship to replace an ancient one which was destroyed the photo immediately sparked fierce criticism from the muslim world with some officials saying it expressed quote rude and hypocritical behavior u.s. embassy apologized saying the envoy was unaware that he was being given adopted picture. friedman was not aware of the image thrust in front of him when the photo was taken he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. pulled a salute clear we support the status quo on the show to use temple mount the incident with the picture came at a very sensitive time today with the region shaken by a violent and to israel protests for two months over one hundred people have

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santa rosa, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> a fairfield mom is facing nine new counts of felony child abuse as well as a previous misdemeanor. 39-year-old ina rogers appeared in court today, the mother ever ten was taken into custody by the court and booked into solano county jail. her attorney says she could afraid $50,000 bail but the judge agreed with district attorney and went with $495,000. her husband jonathon allen is also behind bars accused of torturing his children. >>> a former santa clara city countsman facing sexual harassment allegations could still win the race to be the county supervisor. dominic caserta resigned yesterday and suspended his campaign for supervisor. but more than 100,000 ballot was his name on them have already been mailed out to voters. abc 7 news reporter david louie looks into the ballots already cast. >> reporter: the political landscape of santa clara change overnight. his run as a three-term council member ended when he resigned and his campaign for county supervisor has been suspended. however, he remains a candidate. there are caserta campaign s