john edwards was not convicted based on those facts. department needs to pursue this. >> would this be actionable in your view, the actual payments? >> it is really interesting. we talk about the john edwards case as precedent. it is precedent for an unsuccessful prosecution. the critical difference in the john edwards case was that the mistress involved was not threatening, showed no signs of going to the media. the critical difference here is that you have people like stormy daniels who appeared to be in talks to talk to the media. that is an additional fact suggesting that the payments were a quid pro quo. this is not a bribery case. all it takes is a u.s. attorney to look at the history and think this is a more prosecutable case that could be won where the edwards case could not. >> it is fascinating. thank you all very much. richard painter is sticking around. >>> coming up, more on an enemy's effort to destroy our democracy. that's next. >>> will you once and for all say russia interfered with the 2016 election? >> it could have b

and there was a failed prosecution effort against john edwards for that. they tried to bring a federal prosecution of edwards around the corruption issues around that case. it did not result -- the case fell apart. the prosecution didn't work. but john edwards also is now no longer a political figure for a lot of the same reasons that they brought that prosecution against him. what's remarkable here is that the trump organization and trump campaign may have felt such pressure that they had to make this public statement, trying to blame the whole thing on michael cohen. this feels like -- this reporter from "the new york times" tonight feels like the start of a new chapter in this scandal. certainly nothing that is going to put it to bed. i'm sorry. i just said "bed." sorry. >> we have now an fec investigation. fec must investigate this. the violation is of fec law. that's where we are. >> fec is such a toothless beast at this point. >> exactly. >> it's just been completely, completely neutered. you know, in any other more normal time in american political h

john edwards was not found guilty. >> that's right.ohn edwards is a good example of how this has been handled in the past. he was indicted, in fact, for payments made to a mistress who later bore a child for him. he was acquitted by a jury because the jury found that the prosecutors couldn't prove it was a political contribution as opposed to a personal contribution. cohen's situation here is different in that cohen works for the trump organization. he's been a trump loyalist for a very, very long time. you would have to look to see were taxes paid on it, was some kind of a deduction made? even if it was a gift by cohen to stormy daniels, there would be a gift tax that would be payable. as i say, there are a lot of facts we don't have. >> we just got a statement from stormy daniels' attorney. the attorney who represented sto stormy daniels tells cnn he was informed the $130,000 payment to his client came from cohen's own personal funds. the attorney says the assertion is in complete harmony with what he informed me at the time of the t

the thing about this case, katy, reminds me of the john edwards case of a few years ago where you hada similar defense mounted by john edwards' friends who say they put up $1 million to keep his mistress over a several-month period in fancy hotels and other locations for reasons that had nothing whatsoever to do with the zane john edwards' political career didn't survive that. i said this a moment ago, but if you look up loyalty in the trump dictionary, you'll see michael cohen's face. cohen east been extremely loyal to the president over the years. extremely loyal to him during the campaign. one of his biggest and most vocal defenders. he no longer works for the trump organization and is now a private lawyer. what's going on with the two of them? >> well, as far as we know, they remain in good stead and good friends. michael cohen continues to speak out on a number of issues and seems to be very friendly towards the president. whether that means the president had some knowledge or the then-candidate had knowledge of this payment, it's hard to tell. it's all shrouded within this attor

a john edwards a part of that asked questions about abortion. cabin republican that was backing barack obama. a concerned mother that was a union activist for united steel works that endorsed john edwards and a former intern for a democratic harman and we know that the former dnc chair, former cnn contributor,ke donna brazile, leaked town hall questions to q the clinton campaign. they had an advantage over bernie sanders in that case. ready to debate this? we have two segments. joining us now on stage, nra spokesperson dana loesch, their lastok w night. fox newska contributor katie pavlich. fox news correspondent at large geraldo rivera. and dan bongino. [cheers and applause] [audience chanting "usa"] >> sean: this is great. first i want to say, i obviously didn't watch because they are on at the samee time, but i watched later. and number one, you did a phenomenal job under the most difficult circumstances. got to give you -- bring us behind the scenes were called a murderer, "burn her," what else? >> let me set the stage for you. first off i w

john edwards supporter that asked questions about abortion.that was really backing barack obama. a concerned mother that was a union activist for united steel workers that it endorsed john edwards and former internal for democratic congresswoman jane harman. we know that the former dnc chair donna brazile leaked town hall questions to the clinton campaign. they had advantage over bernie sanders in this case. joining us on staining nra spokesperson dana loesch who was there last night. [cheers and applause] >> fox news contributor katie pavlich. community correspondent at home geraldo rivera. [cheers and applause] >> and dan bongino. >> what's up, bro. [chanting u.s.a.] >> sean: this is great. first i want to say i obviously didn't watch because they are on at the same time but i watched later. and number one, you did a phenomenal job under the most difficult circumstance circumstances. [cheers and applause] >> sean: bring us behind the scenes. you were called a murderer, burn her, what else? >> yeah, well, let me set the stage for you and firs

just ask john edwards.ion and the pending common cause lawsuit, there is an obvious basis for alleging a possible crime related to these payments under the campaign finance laws. for a white house known for self-inflicted wounds, the situation could not be more precarious as the white house issues categorical denials." >> just to remind those that don't remember, john edwards was -- got in trouble legally for paying somebody he was having a relationship with, i think to be a videographer, used it out of campaign funds. >> it's very similar in a lot of respects because edwards had two people who participated in getting money as third parties to his mistress and the mother of what turned out to be his child. that was treated as a criminal campaign finance violation. so mueller could easily view this as within his mandate, it deals with a campaign finance violation, he's gone pretty far to go after paul manafort, this would not be as far as he's gone in that direction. and so he could investigate it. the probl

remember, john edwards, the senator from north carolina, ran from president.awyer friend of his who spent more than that, trying to hide the senator edwards affair that came out. so it's not crazy in the context of a campaign and deep loyalty like that. so maybe -- i'm always too credulous. >> it worked really well for john edwards. >> it did not -- >> that they stayed hidden. >> that could all be litigated out. >> just to bring this full circle. again, you just don't want these, you know, things that are hidden out there to be, like, coming up, you know, that can be used against people in the administration. this is not good. this pattern. this is not a one-off again. we're seeing this in the course of multiple people associated with this campaign. and it's a big problem. and you have to wonder, you know, what else is there? >> you're saying in relation to not everybody having a security clearance? >> security clearance, blackmail, exactly. you don't want -- and you know, and these are some of the issues that have been raised, that are -- is there leverage ov

case in point, john edwards. friends of the democratic candidate gave huge sums of money to edward's mistress to buy her silence but edwards was indicted nonetheless. the jury never came to a verdict. the cases are very similar. political candidates, alleged affair, payment by private citizens. we examined the president's tweets and executive orders here on "today in the bay." i'd love to hear from you. you can find me on twitter. >> thanks, scott. >>> america's first president, george washington, may be long gone but part of him has survived all these years. >> a lock of his hair. take a look. a six-inch strand of white hair looped and tied with a piece of thread was sealed in an envelope and left at a union college library in new york and it was forgotten for a century. it was recently found during an inventory check. hey, look, here's george's hair. so they don't have mr. washington's dna to test the hair against anything but historians say by all records this, in fact, is his hair. put a price tag on that. >>

case in point, john edwards.f the democratic candidate gave huge sums of money to edward's mistress, ostensibly to buy her silence. edwards was indicted nonetheless, though the jury never came to a verdict. the cases are very similar. [ inaudible ] the president says more about the shooter, we will update you on twitter. >> all right, thank you very much, scott. it is 5:48 right now and new this morning the infamous menendez brothers have not been seen or spoken to each other in decades. but it may be about to change. that's because they may be moved to the same prison. erik and lyle menendez were sent to different facilities 21 years ago after they were sentenced for killing their parents in beverly hills. a posting from lyle menendez says a judge this week granted his request for a move. one journalist who covered the case says it may happen as early as next month. >> the social media support has been overwhelming for the menendez brothers since the "law and order" series aired last fall. >> "law and order: tru

you remember the john edwards prosecution. a series of payments to keeping a fair secret. i think cohen is going to be making that same discussion if he's the one that made the payment. >> what strike mess is if this were any other president, this story would have exploded off the front pages and swapped a presidency. this one has barely gotten any attention until today because there's confirmation that money was paid to stormy daniels no matter what the circumstances were. >> this is the new normal where things get washed out by new crises and furies that erupt around the white house. maybe cohen was hoping that the rob porter scandal would be take every over by another crisis and drown out of the news. between the state of the union, which is around the time of the the news broke going right into the nunes memo at the president's wishes, this disappeared. you have a coalition support in the president no matter what news would violate any of their believes and all the things in the past have condoned. so this was sort of a blip. the news is interesting because michael coh

>> do you remember the john edwards case? >> i do, 2011. >> sometimes lawyer also do strange things. i'm not going to condemn michael if michael did this out of a sense of loyalty or something else. i don't know. but what worries me more, if you peel it back, what i don't quite understand is that somebody has not offered tmz or somebody like that to pay the $130,000 to the young lady and tell her basically we'll indemnify you for a violation, we want you to tell our story. i'm surprised that hasn't happened, which leads me to believe there's a lot more there than meets the eye. >> you think he violated it? >> i think he did, actually. they usually say one exception is if there is some legal process -- you can't tell somebody, you can't pay somebody to not cooperate with a federal agency or lawful investigation. so, his defense to violating it would be look there's an fec complaint. i had to comply. i had to respond to it. that would be the exception. >> enter larry noble. larry noble, cohen comes out with this in response to

. >> right, that harkins back to the john edwards scandal.this were about ari melber or jim moret, we would be brought up on charges. my concern is that this is just the saga, the scandal of the week, right? i'm curious why trump's own lawyer says he wants to clarify this unfortunate saga. he's bringing it up again. it's not unfortunate. either there was a relationship or there wasn't. he paid her off or he didn't. it's straightforward. this could be federal election commission violation. >> that's another interesting part. jim and liz plank who covered the story with us before, thank you both. i have something else special on the show tonight right after this. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. if you have moderate to severe or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is

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changing just as they did in louisiana where louisiana elected a great democratic governor there john bell edward. and then we saw the senate race in alabama. hopefully we'll return to some moderate government so that we can actually govern. >> both the house of representatives and the senate in mississippi are dominated by the republicans. in your view, is governor phil bryant and lieutenant governor tate reeves, are they extremists? >> i think they're politics. not them personally. but noord to keep someone running to the right of them, they had to move over in that direction. you know, anybody that runs on the extreme right of the republican side, you know, if they raised any revenue, they would call it taxes and defeat many of them because there are so many disgruntled people. after that great recession, people lost their savings, they're mad. they're angry at government. and all it takes is somebody to tell them you know what is wrong and whose fault it is. that emotion gets stirred up and people get out and vote. but that's affecting our state. when you're concerned for about politics rathe

the state changing just as they did in louisiana where they elected a great democrat governor, john bel edwards we saw the senate race in alabama. hopefully we will return to some moderate government so that we can actually govern. host: both the house of representatives and senate in mississippi are dominated by the republicans. are the governor and lieutenant governor extremists? i think their politics, not them personally. in order to keep someone running to the right of them, they have to run over to that direction. anybody that runs on the extreme right of the republican side, if thatraised any revenue, would defeat many of them because there are so many disgruntled people. after the great recession, people lost their savings. they are mad and angry. all it takes is somebody to tell them what is wrong and whose fault it is. that emotion gets stirred up and people get out and vote. that is affecting our state. when you are concerned more about politics rather than helping people. mississippi is the poorest state of the nation. bymany of them get elected thumping the bible and telling them h

democrats are trying very much to try this, the john democrats are trying very much to try this, thejohn edwards former democratic vice president who had his career ended because of a related indiscretion. this lady has also said that, because michael cohen has spoken publicly, any nondisclosure that she's signed is null and void, so she's signed is null and void, so she may come out and give more details as well. i think this story is inching closer and closer to the president, and whether‘s i couldn't possibly comment on whether it is true or not, but it seems there is enough happening in and around the story, enough people moving and talking that i think there is more legs in it and it seems that the stormy daniels character is time to find a way of speaking publicly on the record. she did speak before he was elected president. water, story, i'm sure. let's move on to the next story. it is about a ship that has crossed an outbreak —— crossed the arctic without an ice rake. the ship was able to make its way from south korea through to north russia and breakthrough. as the ice melts, it means t

edward's lands. there are 30-odd slaves on john's land. all over from your counting -- county, thereier are landholdings of john marshall's, slaves everywhere. my guess is that john marshall owns in 1830 before he conveys the 27 slaves to his son, that he owns more than 150 slaves. but we also discover he has , who isson, jacqueline a physician, who never has much of a career as a physician, who is also moved out there and is really a gentleman farmer. in 1830, or 47s slaves. he had nine in 1820. you don't go from zero slaves to 45 or 47 slaves in 10 years unless you are winning the powerball lottery, which does not yet exist, or your daddy john give you a bunch of slaves. 1830, turns out that in between marshall and his sons, s ownarshall zon approximately 250 slaves. additionlikely that in to the 150 or so that are in john's name, the other 100 or so were conveyed to john's sons at various times. they may have added to these slaves, but the slaves had been acquired and given to the sons. to the question -- first, how did so many scholars

i will interview john cryan later. anna edwards is in london at bloomberg's new headquarters.into the trading day. , global returns on the stoxx 600. generally, weaker. on the equity% markets. where is the weakness coming through? where is the brightness would be the better question. this early february friday morning, we have seen one sector in positive territory and that is oil and gas. shall giving its numbers yesterday, exxon is later. next week, bp and took how. we also see the oil price headed higher this morning. perhaps that is what we are trading on. to the downside, health care. interesting banks are not the biggest losing sector. we do have banks down around .5%, in their broad swath of sectors moving to the downside. health care, a defensive sector, moving down. .9%. astrazeneca is a stock to watch this morning. here is sebastian salek. >> the bank of japan has announced its first unlimited sincen's rate purchase july, seeking to assert control over the yield amid a global route. the offered to buy tenure notes at 0.1% and expand purchases for the second time this

edward r. murrow or john hiresy, you name it because he took his skills and approach into the city of philadelphianally into the 7th ward of philadelphia. and described the lives of black people there and their community and their culture in an indelible and journalistic way. it bears reading today. and it was written 120 years ago. as a touchstone journalistically. it also taught me the most american story is the black story. >> well said. thank you. that's why we're doing it. thank you jason, annie and howard. we'll be right back. - there's a common thread i see every time i'm in the field. while this was burning, you were saving other homes. neighbors helping neighbors and strangers alike. - this is what america's about. - sometimes it's nice to see all the good that's out there. bringing folks out, we have seen it in community after community. believe the health we aof our water sourcesany is essential to the health of our communities. which is why we're helping to replenish the mighty rio grande as well as over 30 watersheds across the country. we're also leading water projects in more than 1

tamala edwards introduces us to a "new york times" reporter that literally wrote the book for finding happiness as you age. >> if you asked john leeland about aging he would focus on the negative. >> you lose your eyesight and hearing and you don't have sex. >> and going through a divorce he became the primary caretaker of his 87-year-old mother and i med people in the age group and they had full and fulfilling lives even when they didn't do the things they used to do that defined them. >> it was a life changing realization, bad things happen at 20, 50 or 80. and we have a choice if we define ourselves with the things we lost or still have. it inspired a book. and based on elders with various backgrounds but one common thread. >> each suffered a loss or another. and got on with their lives. >> fred jones taught him gratitude. >> i said fred what is your favorite part of the day. and he said waking up and saying thank god for another day. >> and another couple. >> make your say available to sun in your 90s knowing the bond could end soon. >> and a nazi slave camp survivor, he developed a wonderful motto in life. >> keep dancing

. > donna edwards, and michelle goldberg op-ed columnist from the "new york times." i think the president and john kelly have genuinely and honestly and earnestly revealed who they are and what their feelings are about this matter this week. >> john kelly in particular can almost be forgiven for not understanding what the big deal was with a high level aide who smacks his wife around because this administration has been full of people like that. you know, steve bannon is someone else who had very credible accusations of domestic violence against his second wife although they were dismissed when she didn't show up to testify against him. >> there was a restaining order. >> and there was reporting trump nicknamed him bam bam which tells you how he sees the seriously of that -- bam bam, and huh huh, smacks his wife around. ivana trump in their divorce in a deposition gotten by one of trump's biographers said i think what's gotten attention is she said he raped her but she also talked about her throwing her down on the beds in a rage and ripping out handfuls of her hair. puzder. trump's first appointe

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edward star -- walter stahr. [applause] september ofrt in 1855 in cincinnati, ohio. several lawyers gathered to argue a patent case in federal court there. the plaintiff was the famous cyrus mccormick. the defendant was john many of illinois. the manufacturer of vacant eating -- the team include george harding of philadelphia. peter watson of washington. edwin stanton of pittsburgh. abraham lincoln of illinois. stanton was 40 years old, early, bearded. he was one of the leading lawyers of pittsburgh and argued a few issues and the united states supreme court. he was not yet a nationally famous lawyer. 46.oln was somewhat older, he was a leading lawyer of illinois. like stanton, not a national lawyer. via -- he had served one term as a whig member of congress. stanton was a democrat in politics. an obstinate democrat. although he had given some local speeches and shared many a less of ae was far political figure in van lincoln. -- then lincoln. stanton was engaged to ellen hutchinson. she saved the letters that stanton wrote to her. we have in stanton's own words, his account of this weeks in cincinnati. and one letter, he wrote that he had been worried about the health of his colleague, harding. kids stay