it was abby lowell and jay seco sekulow. >> you have two attorneys now that were manipulating his testimony and creating a story that was not true. so, i think they're legal status should be reviewed by the bars in their respective states. >> okay, this is the statement from jay sekulow. >> i got attorney from the president edited or changing statements to congress for all duration of the moscow negotiations is completely false. it is carefully worded. give me your take away. >> what the committee had was documents that ended on january of 2016. we now know that those

. >> certain names came up, he named names, jay sekulow and weisselberg. he named names that now put him in the cross hairs of effect. >> he said he had a meeting with jay sekulow and the president at the white house before the testimony before congress where he lied in of the trump tower and moscow. what did they spoke about and whether jay sekulow went over the statement as cohen is alleging. it would send a chilling spine if he's at the white house. the president crawfoaccording t courts wanted the acting attorney general to get involved or to take over those investigations or look out for those investigations to get the sense that the white house may have an idea of what they are looking into? you are right about that. matt whitaker had been talked to by the president about putting his political appointee in charge of the investigation. that's in keeping of what we have seen in the past in terms of president trump's desire to have jeff sessions oversees the mueller investigation and in terms of his conversation between jim comey before he was fired. he

i recall being in the white house with jay sekulow, and it was in regard to the documents, the document production, as well as my appearance before the house select intel. but i'm not sure if that specifically -- but what i will do is i will check all my records and i am more than happy to provide you with any documentation or response to this question. >> you sort of touched on, presumably, the purpose of the discussion. at least among others. this occurred just before your testimony before the select committee on intelligence here in the house. is that correct? >> mr. cohen: i believe so, yes. >> was that a topic of conversation with the president himself? >> mr. cohen: if this is the specific instance that i was there with jay sekulow, yes. >> so you had a conversation with the with the president of the united states about your impending testimony before the house intelligence committee custom records that correct? >> mr. cohen: that is correct. >> what is the nature of the conversation? >> mr. cohen: he wanted me to cooperate. he also wanted to ensure by making the statement -- and

>> jay sekulow from the white house. >> yes. >> jay sekulow. i believe abbe lowell as well. >> joining us now is congresswoman jackie speier of california. she is a member of the oversight committee and also a member of the house where mr. cohen will be testifying tomorrow in a closed-door hearing. congresswoman speier, i imagine your time is very, very pressured right now. thank you for taking time to be with us. >> thank you, rachel. >> i want to ask you about that exchange you had with michael cohen. he talked to another couple of your colleagues today about the president's lawyers being involved in reviewing and editing his congressional testimony about the trump tower moscow project. we know he has plead guilty to lying to congress about that, about the duration of that project, among other things. do you feel like you have any further clarity about what happened there and whether anybody else may be implicated in that crime of lying to congress? >> well, it would appear if jay sekulow and abbe lowell doctored up his testimony, i think a c

i recall being in the white house with jay sekulow. it was in regard to the documents, the document production as well as my appearance before the house select intel. but i'm not sure if that's specifically -- what i will do is i will check all my records and i'm more than happy to provide you with any documentation or a response to this question. >> you sort of touched on the, presumably, the purpose of the discussion, at least among others. this occurred, this meeting occurred just before your testimony before the select committee on intelligence here in the house; is that correct? >> i believe so, yes. >> was that a topic of conversation with the president himself? >> if this is the specifyiic instance that i was there with mr. sekulow, yes. >> so you had a conversation with the president of the united states about your impending testimony before the house intelligence committee; is that correct? >> that's correct. >> what was the nature of that conversation? >> he wanted me to cooperate. he also wanted just to ensure, i'm making th

jay sekulow, for one. >> were there issues about the question? >> the gentleman's time has expired. you may answer. >> there were several changes made including how we were going to handle that message which was -- >> will you finish? >> yes. the message, of course, being the length of time that the trump tower moscow project stayed and remained alive. >> that was one of the changes? >> yes. >> first of all, i'd like to clear up something. just all of a sudden it bothers me. you started off your testimony and you said in response to some question that president trump never expected to win. i just want to clarify that i dealt with president trump several tiles as he was trying to get wisconsin. he was always confident and he was working very hard and this idea that he was just running to raise his profile for some future venture, at least in my experience is preposterous. i find it offensive when anti-trump people imply that he did this on a lark and didn't expect to win, but be that as it may. my first question concerns your relationship with the court. do you expect -- i mean, righ

jay sekulow for one. >> were there changes about the timing?> there were several changes that were made including how we were going to handle that message. >> jay sekulow denies the claim. he says, quote, today's testimony by michael cohen that attorneys for the president he had it i had -- edited or changed his statement to congress to alter the duration of the trump tower moscow negotiations is completely false. >>> we're expecting an important report on the american economy, that's next. >>> and plus beto o'rourke maki making a decision about his political future. lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of illness- causing bacteria detergent leaves behind. lysol. what it takes to protect. we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shippi

>> yes. >> jay sekulow, i believe abby lowell as well. >> and you have a copy of your original statement that you can provide to the committee? >> i can try to get that for you. >> all right, if you would do that. the letter of intent for the moscow tower was in the fall of 2015, correct? >> correct. >> was there an expiration date on that letter of intent? >> there was no expiration date. >> it could technically still be in effect today? >> no, it's been terminated. >> it has been terminated? >> yes, ma'am. >> did from trump tell you to offer vladimir putin a free penthouse? >> no, ma'am. that was felix saider, it was a marketing stunt that he spoke about. >> so felix saider had suggested to you that mr. trump offer a penthouse to mr. putin? >> yes, because it would certainly drive up the price per square foot. no different than in any condo he where they start listing celebrities that live in the property. >> in 2016, did you travel to europe? >> yes. >> did you meet with persons associated with the moscow tower project? >> no. >> it was for personal or -- >> personal. my daughter was

testimony was being reviewed, and i think you said that it was at least one white house attorney jay sekulow and you acknowledge that there were some edits that were made through your topic. who at the white house reviewed your testimony? >> i don't know the answer to that. the document was originally created by myself along with my attorney for will, mcdermott and emory and there was a joint defense agreement so the document circulated around. i believe it was also reviewed by abby lowell who represents ivanka and jared kushner. >> why did you provide the testimony to the white house? >> it was pursuant to the joint defense agreement that we were all operating under. >> what were the edits that came back substantively when the testimony -- >> i'm sorry. i don't know, sir, i'd have to look at the document. . >> did you have a -- do you have a reaction to why there might not have been, in a sense, a protest to what was going to be false testimony that was going to be provided? >> no, sir, because the goal is to stay on message. just limit the relationship whatsoever with russia. it was short,

jay sekulow for one. >> well, today that very man jay sekulow, the trump lawyer, responded to cohen calling his testimony "completely false." cohen also spoke of the hush money payments, again implicating the president in a scheme to buy the silence of stormy daniels. cohen provided the committee with two checks used to reimburse him for that payoff. one check co-signed by trump's son donald trump jr. and the cfo of the trump organization allan weisselberg. the other signed by donald trump himself. months after he had already become president. cohen was asked about his public explanations concerning that payment. >> mr. cohen, you sent a statement to the reporters that said, "i used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to miss stephanie clifford and neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was party to the transaction with ms. clifford and neither reimbursed me for the payment either directly or indirectly." was the statement false? >> the statement is not false. i purpose lly left out mr. trum from that statement. that was what was discussed to do between

i think you said that it was the white house of attorney jay sekulow. he said there were edits that you made to your testimony. on that topic, who at the white house reviewed your testimony? >> mr. cohen: i don't know the answer to that. the document was originally created by myself, along with my attorney at the time. there was a joint defense agreement. the document circulated around. i believe was also viewed by abbe lowell, who represents ivanka and jared kushner. >> why did you provide the testimony to the white house? >> mr. cohen: it was pursuant to the joint defense agreement that we were all operating unde under. >> the lower the edits that came back, substantively come on the testimony? >> mr. cohen: i'm sorry, i don't know, sir. i would have to take a look at the document. >> do you have a reaction to why there might not have been in the sense of protest what was going to be false testimony that would be provided? >> no, sir. the goal was to stay on message. to limit the relationship whatsoever with russia. in short, though there was no brush

i recall buying in the white house with jay sekulow with regard to the document production as well as my appearance before the house select intel. i'm not sure specifically. i will check my records. i'm more than happy to provide you with any documentation or response to this question. you touched on presumably the discussion this meeting occurred just before your meeting is that right? >> was this a topic of conversation with the president himself? >> in the occurrence i was there with mr. sekulow, yes? >> so you had a discussion with the president about your testimony. >> correct. >> what was the nature of that conversation? >> he wanted me to cooperate. he wanted to make sure, there is no russia, there is no collusion, there is no deal. he goes. it is all a witch hunt. this stuff has to end. >> did you take those comments to be suggestive of what might flavor your testimony? >> sir, he's been saying that to me for many, many months. at the end of the day. i knew exactly what he wanted me to say. why was mr. sekulow at the meeting? because he was going to be representing mr. trump g

it was abby lowell and jay seco sekulow. >> you have two attorneys now that were manipulating his testimony and creating a story that was not true. so, i think they're legal status should be reviewed by the bars in their respective states. >> okay, this is the statement from jay sekulow. >> i got attorney from the president edited or changing statements to congress for all duration of the moscow negotiations is completely false. it is carefully worded. give me your take away. >> what the committee had was documents that ended on january of 2016. we now know that those negotiations went on all through 2016 and even after the election because felix satyr was sending e-mails to michael cohen. the fact that these attorneys reviewed his testimony that he was going to give and edited is pretty i think -- it is pretty damming. i asked michael cohen to give us a copy of his original statement and we can compare it to the statement he gave to the intel committee and that'll provide us ample evidence of who is telling the truth. >> you said after the hearing today, there was growing evidence for impe

i recall buying in the white house with jay sekulow with regard to the document production as well as my appearance before the house select intel. i'm not sure specifically. i will check my records. i'm more than happy to provide you with any documentation or response to this question. you touched on presumably the discussion this meeting occurred just before your meeting is that right? >> was this a topic of conversation with the president himself? >> in the occurrence i was there with mr. sekulow, yes? >> so you had a discussion with the president about your testimony. >> correct. >> what was the nature of that conversation? >> he wanted me to cooperate. he wanted to make sure, there is no russia, there is no collusion, there is no deal. he goes. it is all a witch hunt. this stuff has to end. >> did you take those comments to be suggestive of what might flavor your testimony? >> sir, he's been saying that to me for many, many months. at the end of the day. i knew exactly what he wanted me to say. why was mr. sekulow at the meeting? because he was going to be representing mr. trump g

it's going to be the other lawyer and jay sekulow talking by phone. it is something variable for our entire political scene. >> is the practical reason for not having to update the president every hour the assumption he'll be watching every hour on the other side of the world where a 10:00 a.m. hearing start time is 10:00 p.m. after the workday in hanoi? >> giuliani says he's focused on his summit, but a lot of his confidants say he will be following minute by minute. you had a president who had this man, mr. cohen, at his side for over a decade. someone who's worked with him on intimate issues, personal issues. and the questions for republicans tomorrow will anything rise to the threshold to be a threat politically to them? so far they've suffered a lot of indemties, but they want to see if this will be a threat to them in 2020. >> what can you say if anything about the attitude, mind-set, bearing of the witness going into tomorrow? >> sis is day that michael cohen has been preparing for, looking forward to and readying for the last several weeks. he

one of the attorneys jay sekulow did respond to a portion of cohen's changed his statement to alter the duration of the trump tower moscow negotiations is false. no question that cohen's testimony left the president fighting to keep his summit with kim jong un and in the new spotlight. >> the michael cohen testimony barged in on his second meeting with kim jong un. the president refusing to answer questions about his former attorney. but we did get some insight in the president's thinking from south carolina senator lindsey graham who spoke with them before cohen's testimony. >> it did bother him that there was going to be a split screen between michael cohen and him with kim jong un. that's just the world you live in. >> in his social dinner with him, playing his cards close to his vest. >> i think it'll lead to wonderful -- really a wonderful situation. our relationship is a very special relationship. >> president trump and kim jong un have a signing ceremony scheduled for this afternoon. the president is under pressure from both sides of the political aisle to make progress on kim's

in a written statement president trump's attorney jay sekulow commented today's testimony by michaelohen, that attorneys for the president edited or changed his statement to congress to alter the duration of the trump tower moscow negotiations is completely false. the trump campaign also released a statement that said in part, this is the same michael cohen who has admitted that he lied to congress previously. why did they even bother to swear him in this time? >>> still ahead, a pair of potential 2020 hopefuls shedding light of when they may jump into the crowd of democratic contenders. stay with us. stay with us rakooten... ♪ rakuten oh! is this my money? whoaaah! haha! rakuten ♪ ahhh! rakuten! what if you had fewer headaches and migraines a month? botox® prevents headaches and migraines before they even start. botox® is for adults with chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more. botox® injections take about 15 mins. in your doctor's office and are covered by most insurance. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing se

the president made clear to his outside legal team, which includes rudy giuliani and jay sekulow, that he didn't want his lawyers going anywhere even after the mueller probe ends, the conversations served as a private admission that investigations will be haunting him for possibly years to come. let's avoid passing judgment on competing journalists, but let me ask you if you're, in fact, hearing same thing. >> absolutely. and i think that that is why the cohen testimony is going to be so key this week because it basically will chart out other avenues that house democrats could take to investigate trump, but also federal investigators and prosecutors in new york could take. there are very few trump organization executives who are willing to speak publicly about what happened there the way they did insurance payments, paid taxes, potential other money that was paid to women. there have been two executives in the past, female executives who have insight into this, but they were there a long time ago. michael cohen can really offer intel about what the trump organization was like during th

it's just going to be giuliani and the other lawyer, jay sekulow, talking by phone, trying to see what t happens. but even giuliani tonight, they're not exactly sure what's going to happen tomorrow. it is something variable for our entire political scene. >> is the practical reason for not having to update the president every hour the te assumption he'll be watching every hour on the other side ofp the world where a 10:00 a.m. hearing start time is 10:00 p.m. after the workday in hanoi? >> giuliani says the president's focused on his vietnam summit, but a lot of the president's confidants say he will be following minute by minute, maybe not every second of the actual hearing because of the time change, but you have a president who had thisha man, m cohen, at his side for over a decade. someone who worked with him on intimate issues, personal issues. and the question for republicans tomorrow is will anything rise to the threshold to be a threat politically to them?rr so far they've suffered a lot of indignities that president trump has brought upon them and their owngh party. but they w

also have been text messaging with rudy giuliani, who is of course, counsel for thees ent, and jay sekulowth are very adamant that l cohen is not someone who should be trusted. it's hard to see whether or not michael cohen will be effective here politically because, of course, republicans e people who are supporting the president are sticking with him. i also want to talk about this incredible moment that happened in the hearing. representative and republican, mark meadows, he brought o lynn patton. she is a hud official who is also a longtime friend of the president. he had lynn patton stand next to onhim and said this iss so who is an african american woman who said she would never work for someone who say racist, and what say you, michael cohen, of her statement? and michael cohen said i understand she might say that and i know her very well. but in fact, as someone whose parents are holocaust survivors i am some in ways ashamed i worked for president trump. lynn patton spoke with me ampt hearing. she tells me she wanted to stand there and knows michael cohen very well and she wanted to

jay sekulow put out a statement saying one element of the testimony was completely wrong. no fool tweet from the president other than re-tweeting what he retweeted before. the best inclination about the president's view of all of this was a statement from senator lindsey graham and he had a phone call with president trump and he said he was kind of angry that there was a split screen of hanoi, you know north korea u.s. summit and michael cohen's testimony. as you are getting ready to see the motorcade leaving here and we are at the jw marriott and the president will head down to the hotel with a one-on-one summit meeting bilateral with north korean leader. and a full day of events including a working lunch. really, the focus has been with the tangible things are going to be out of the summit and not michael cohen's back and forth. >> tucker: interesting. does the white house seem optimistic about being able to announce something meaningful after this meeting? >> bret: yeah, i had a number of conversations on background with a few officials. i've talked to other people who

trump lawyer jay sekulow told reuters no "baywatch" dank subpoena has been issued or received.to ignatius writing now, quote, one government source speculates that rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, blocked any attempt to compel disclosure of the bank's-trump records to avoid getting himself or robert mueller fired. that's one government source speculating. honestly, we don't know if that subpoena ever was issued or if it did get walked back somehow, and if so, if i did, by whom. but the new phase of the investigation that david ignatius is talking about here where he is saying that the president's efforts to -- what did he say? to contain the probe are failing. this new phase of the trump-russia investigation he is talking about, it is not now one that is happening through the justice department and, therefore, it is not one that could be stopped by anyone in the justice department. it is not one that would need to be overseen by the brand-new trump-appointed attorney general, william barr, who just started as the new a.g.. the new face of the trump investigation tha

cohen had a meeting in the white house with president trump and the president's private lawyer jay sekulow before michael cohen provided a false statement to the house intelligence committee in 2017. >> you had a conversation with the president of the united states about your impending testimony before the house intelligence committee, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> what was the nature of that conversation? >> he wanted me to cooperate. he also wanted just to ensure by making the statement, and i said it in my testimony, there is no russia, there is no collusion, there is no -- there is no deal. he goes, it's all a witch hunt. he goes, this stuff has to end. >> did you take those comments to be suggestive of what might flavor your testimony? >> sir, he's been saying that to me for many, many months, and at the end of the day i knew exactly what he wanted me to say. >> joining us now after a long day in that hearing room, congressman gerry connolly. congressman connolly, really appreciate you staying with us tonight after a long day of work in that hearing room. i know what those he

jay sekulow has denied that. >> and michael cohen gave examples of where he said the president inflatedr deflated his net worth for tax purposes. what's the likelihood that congress will see his tax returns? >> reporter: well, i think they're certainly going to try. it's highly likely they're going to use cohen's testimony as a means to try to pursue those tax returns. cohen provided them with a road map on how to pursue the president for fraud insurance, and even his charitable foundation. >> all right. paula, thank you. >>> well, parts of northern california are coping with the worst flooding there in more than two decades. flood waters carried away vehicles in the resort town of guerneville north of san francisco. thousands of people are trapped by the russian river's flooding. national guard trucks are taking people to safety. take a look at this hotel pop before the storm hit. now the whole property looks more like a lake. unbelievable. meg oliver is in forestville, california, in an area cut off by the flooding. meg, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we've been trapped here

at the same time what was happening also was that his own lawyer, jay sekulow was going on "meet thehe president had nothing to do with the statement. he was flying on a plane and it was don junior and his lawyers. that's also not true. there were a series of untruths about the cover-up of this hearing which leads us to what was so terrible happening at that meeting they felt the need to cover it up. but this isn't the only -- this isn't the only question that mueller is looking at about people directing him to lie. for example, congressman cummings just is now investigating whether or not lawyers were lying about the cover-up regarding the michael cohen payments. this is a theme here to try to figure out how the cover-up worked and who was involved in it. >> so quickly my first question to you is whether or not she could have said i don't feel like being interviewed by you. it's my understanding the white house didn't want it to happen. ultimately, does the white house have the power to say we don't want you to ask these questions or we will not answer these particular questions? ca