keith davidson did not reply. and 22 nerve-wracking minutes later, michael cohen texted, please call me. again, silence from keith davidson. and after another nine excruciating minutes, michael cohen texted, come on! still, no reply from keith davidson for 30 whole painful minutes. and then michael cohen decides that tomorrow might be better any way. he texts, let's forget tonight. they would rather tomorrow so they can promote the heck out of the show. that gets no reply from keith davidson. minutes later, the idea is killed by the wise man, michael cohen texts. keith, the wise men all believe the story is dieing and don't think it's smart for her to do any interviews.. that gets an immediate reply from keith davidson. he texts, 100%. and that gets an immediate reply from michael cohen. thanks, pal. and that's the end of that. after thanks, pal. until the next month when suddenly michael avenatti replaces keith davidson as stormy daniels' lawyer and the rest is history. with michael avenatti on the case, suddenly

keith davidson was supposed to be representing stormy daniels at all times. not supposed to be interested in helping out michael cohen and donald trump. >> the mine charge here is pretty simple. this man, davidson, was a double agent for donald trump. it show him and cohen talking in january of this year and saying that would make davidson a "puppet" for trump. that's how avenatti sees it. they describe something very interesting. the idea these two lawyer who is were supposedly against each other actually worked together to do trump's bidding arranging a sean hannity appearance that he would use to deny any relationship with trump. that's the same sean hannity who is a client of michael cohen. the lawsuit alleges he did this with trump's knowledge. the wise men all believe the story is dying and thus they should shut down any interviews. davidson is denying all this. he says this outrageously frivolous lawsuit is to continue a publicity tour. that debate will play out in court but the evidence, the evidence is playing out tonight in public. some of michael co

on to say, by doing tomorr, you just create another news cycle instead of this i mhael cen to keith davidson, stormy daniels' former attorney. then later that evening theres anr xtessage from cohen to davidson. he says, the wise men all believe the story isnd don't think it is mart for her to do any interviews. davidson then apparently replies -- 100%. cohen's response, thanks, pal. nowng to the la the w men was a reference that iluded trumpnd alleges trump kn of the plan to get her to appear on hannity's show and deny a prior sexual relationship with trump, though the lawsuit includes no documentation of that so we haven't seen any evidence that. in addition to that, we have some other text messages that were sent in early march of this year. davidson telling cohen that clifford planned to file a lawsuit against him and the president. keith davidson, again stormy daniels' former attorney, said you calling michael cohen allegedly replies with flotus, give me a nute. flotus is the first lady of the united states. and that's a reference to melania trump. our reporting from that time, the repor

it's clear that keith davidson has a lot of issues. it's obvious he wasn't representing his party baa party adverse to his client. >> you think the texts already show enough? >> yeah. i think he will have bar problems in california and more than that. it's hard to see who would choose keith davidson to represent him going forward if you look at how this represented this client. i suspect what will happen is the same thing that happened in a previous suit and it will be delayed at michael cohen's request. michael cohen is taking the fifth because of his separate ongoing criminal problems in the southern district of new york. there's a lot of interesting questions. it's clear that michael halkcha noot tee wants to get michael cohen in a room to take his deposition. >> this is not the normal course of events. if people are going and saying

keith davidson says still trying.hael cohen says, this is no good, we need her as by doing tomorrow you just create another news cycle instead of putting an end to this one. all of this, the context here is that they wanted her to go on sean hannity's show to deny the affair. and then later in the day, take a look at these texts, michael cohen seems to change his mind. he says to keith davidson, keith, the wise men all believe the story is dying and don't think it is smart for her to do any interviews. let her do her thing, but no interviews at all with anyone. keith davidson seems to agree. he says 100%. michael cohen writes back, thanks, pal. >> that's fascinating. >> it is. and both of the lawyers have now spoken for keith davidson and michael cohen saying this is frivolous, this doesn't amount to anything, this is michael avenatti, stormy daniels' current lawyer, trying to get more attention. michael avenatti, of course, says this all goes to show that there is collusion, that the two men were up to something nefa

keith davidson, his response is part and parcel of what he's all about. guy is an absolute liar. he's ara. and now wants to divert atnty from h breaches of fiduciary duty and clear unethical conduct by pointing to things that have nothing to doith thistreng to a. he should be trying to explain his own conduct and these text messages which are very, very damaging. >> let me get you to way in on summer zervos. some of the reporters who have covered a lot of the president's accusers say the summer is he voes ca may esent more legal danger to the president because the judge did rule that by january of 2019, a deposition of the president may be in order. >> we may get an order for deposition of the president before january. if our motion in federal court is successful, of course that case is stayed now. but we have a pending motion to lift the stay. look, i can't judge as to which case is potentially more damaging to the president. i'm not that familiar with the zervos ce and ion't know what the scope of discovery in that case is going t think discove in our c

keith davidson writes to michael cohen are you calling and he writes back, with flotus, the first lady of the united states, give me say minute. so just to be clear about this. these text messagesear to show the former attorney for the porn star that alleges to have had an affair with president trump asking michael cohen to call him and then the attorney for the president said i can't call you right now because i'm with melania.w we do have a sta daniels. let me read it to you. the text messages show the prior denials by mr. trump and mr. cohen relating to what mr. trump knew and -- about the honesty of my client were absolute lies. there was a significant cover up as part of an attempt to deceiv trump and we intend on getting to the bottom of it. now just kee in mind, jake, that michael cohen and keith davidson have appeared in other instances together as well. karen mcdougal one of them and then another playboy model who sues elliott proudy, the republican donor. so michael avenatti trying to show there is a pattern of collusion between the two men. >> interesting. m.j. lee, thank yo

why would keith davidson who is supposed to be representing stormy daniels be secretly speaking withrevent this story from coming out? >> stay with me, m.j. you have this 11-page lawsuit in your hands. we'll get an attorney to weigh in on this when we get back. quick break. back to our breaking news after this. er. my dad has roots in the mountains of northern mexico. home to the strongest runners in the universe. my dad's ancestors were african bantu. i bet they told the most amazing stories. with twice the detail of other tests... ...ancestrydna can show dad where he's from- and strengthen the bonds you share. it's only $69. give it to dad for father's day. doespeninsula trail?he you won't find that on a map. i'll take you there. take this left. if you listen real hard you can hear the whales. oop. you hear that? (vo) our subaru outback lets us see the world. sometimes in ways we never imagined. almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey! oh, that's my robe. is it? when you switch to liberty

this time against michael cohen as well as her former lawyer keith davidson. now what she is aleithing in th -- sho -- she's alleging that they colluded to help trump and there is a series of texts allegedy between the two attorneys from january 2018 to march of 2018. let me read you some of the texts that appear to show, according to the lawsuit, an attempt by the two men to get stormy daniels on the sean hannity show on fox news. here is the first text. i have her tentatively schedued for hannity tonight. call me after your trial from michael cohen to keith davidson and he responds sying to l.a. tomorrow. trying t commit for tomorrow and coen responds. it is important. and why and thencoin frustrated it seems about the delay said this is no good. we need her by tomorrow because we need to create another news cycle instead of putting an end to this one. now later in the day, seem to see a change in course for michael cohen where he said let's forget tonight. they would rather tomorrow to promote the heck out of the show and then cohen said, keith, the wise ma

it even accuses attorney keith davidson along with the president's old lawyer michael cohen of actingn concert against her. the lawsuit describes a codzy relationship between stormy daniels's former attorney keith david son and michael cohen, saying cohen colluded with mr. davidson in davidson. it includes text messages. cohen reaches out to davidson in an attempt to get daniels to appear on fox news to deny the affair. the texts start january 17th. the same day in touch magazine published excerpts of an interview in which stormy daniels described a sexual encounter with trump. cohen says, i have her tentatively scheduled for hannity tonight, so which davidson replies she cannot do it, she's flying to l.a. tomorrow. cohen says, this is no good. we need her. by doing tomorrow, you create another news cycle instead of putting an end to this one. the lawsuit calls those messages a desperate attempt to convince ms. clifford to lie tohe american public about her relationship with mr. trump. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? why did michael cohen make that if the

i do think that she knows about the relationship between her and keith davidson. there may be things there, she may know he was the only one who knew she was planning to change counsel and come out with these allegations. she may know things that make what keith davidson was doing contrary to her interest and that may be a problem because he does owe her a duty of loyalty. i don't know if that will extend to michael cohen, he didn't owe her a duty of loyal, she don't know what they said between themselves. she doesn't know at this point, that's what discovery's for. to me it might somebody that there's a -- >> so the bar association complaint is different from i should win a lawsuit. if you want to say he had an obligation, he didn't live up to that, there's certain concerns, that's a separate question. we're talking about here are damages going to happen and should there be a whole trial can discovery et cetera. my point is, i don't think this case seems forward, do you disagree with that? >> i think it might go forward. she may have to amend her complaint. it is

all these cases hint acoziness attorney and keith davidson and that's what karen alleged in a suit againstlieved ami conspired to kill her story with the help of davidson and cohen. mcdougle later settled her case with ami and never sued keith davidson. he admits he called cohen after brokering the deal with ami even th cohen was not an official party to the case. >> it just seems o up thene to michael cohen and say hey. >> i understand the questions. and why you may think that or other people may think that, but that's not the case. >> now, davidson points out that this story all came to heard him throu three different people. none of them were michael cohen. he says that michael avenatti's lawsuit against him is ivolous. he said he believes he can now finally tell the whole truth about what happened with stormy daniels because he believes that his attorney client privilege has been waived. and lastly, the reason ty commg, there was a nondisclosure agreement they had all signed and agreed to. >> all right. thank you very much. sara sidner, you know the only time we've had a chance to see

now, the lawyers for both keith davidson and michael cohen have responded.frivolous lawsuit and an attempt by michael avenatti, stormy daniels' current lawyer, a part of his publicity tour, essentially. however, michael avenatti, of course, is arguing that all of this show s that this is a big cover-up, there was something nefarious going on and he said there is more text messages he's trying to get his hands on. >> hard to know if -- they do sound pretty cozy, it is hard to know if that's just how they talk, but, okay, so rudy giuliani, listen to what he said about stormy daniels yesterday. >> when you look at stormy daniels, i know donald trump, look at his three wives, right? beautiful women, classy women, women of great substance, stormy daniels? explain to me how she could be damaged? she has no reputation. if you're going to sell your body for money, you just don't have a reputation. >> now what is he saying about this, m.j.? >> well, you can imagine the comments created a bit of an uproar. he's standing by them. dana bash spoke with giuliani today and

. >> keith davidson was supposed to be representing daniels at all times. he was supposed to be looking out for her interest and only her interest. he was not supposed to be interested in helping out michael cohen and donald trump. these text messages are very, very disturbing and they show that keith davidson, instead of representing stormy daniels, was more interested in colluding with his, quote, pal, close quote, as one of the text messages notes. >> "pal." let's get straight to nbc news kristen welker at the white house. we just got a new response from rudy giuliani about his comment yesterday, and we have to remember to put into context this is the guy who was the mayor of new york city through 9/11. many people consider him a hero. three, four years ago, you would have thought he might get a bridge named after him in this town. and now the comments he's making are fit for someone living under a bridge. i mean, bottom dweller, vile, the way he's speaking. >> well, stef, he is standing by those comments. in a telephone interview with my colleague and y

i have a bridge to sell him. >> a spokesperson for keith davidson fired back with a statement that reads in part, quote, attorney davidson is very happy that he has filed this lawsuit, because he strongly believes that the filing constitutes a full and complete waiver of the attorney/client privilege. attorney davidson believes the american people deserve to know the entire truth and they soon will. well, with us to talk about all of it, a veteran criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst and the moderator of washington week on pbs. gentlemen, welcome to you both. counselor, i'll begin with you because you're our lawyer here for the purposes of this conversation. am i getting it right, this lawsuit basically says michael davidson was my attorney. this is stormy daniels speaking. but the fantastic was in. he really wasn't working as my attorney, he was one of the trump guys. and so my haphappiness, my livelihood wasn't his chief priority. question two to you is, does this have merit? will this go anywhere? >> your analysis is spot on. and it raises several different legal issues.

and it raises several different legal issues. >> keith davidson, obviously. >> yes. davidson's conduct raises several legal issues as stormy daniels' attorney. the first is whether or not he breached his duty of confidentiality, his duty of loyalty that all of us as attorneys owe to our clients. and for which we can be disciplined under the rules of professional conduct. but beyond that, if looking at the four corners of the complaint, which i have here, you look at the actual allegations. and even if they're true, there is question as to whether or not there's ultimately a legal case here. what are the damages? you know, when you described the case so accurately, you said that she has suffered. but at some point, the plaintiff in this case is going to have to show what exactly did she suffer as a result of this breach? let's assume for the moment that he did reveal her confidences, let's assume he did try to orchestrate her appearance on tv. what is the dollar amount that she suffered as a result? she ultimately settled that matter. maybe she could have settled it fo

there was no reason for keith davidson to be communicating with michael cohen.e text messages attached to the lawsuit, these were tool individuals who had a very chummy inappropriate relationship at this point. they're supposed to be representing an adverse interest. >> in that last text they talk about the wise men, they they. you believe the wise men included president trump. how do you come to that conclusion? is there any evidence to back it up? because it doesn't seem there's anymore details in the complaint. >> well, we have evidence that the term "wide men" quote-unquote included mr. trump. and to be clear i'm not calling mr. trump a wise man. i'm just stating that text message from mr. c included mr. trump. if you look at these text messages you'll have to conclude michael cohen is making a decision unilaterally to put stormy daniels on shawn hannity without any involvement with mr. trump or any other senior members of the trump administration. you also have to conclude that michael cohen is able to meet with the first lady relating to stor daniels witho

is there more of a blow to keith davidson than michael cohen? >> no, wolf.t's a blow to both of them equally. i think it shows the desperation that michael cohen was willing to resort to in order to protect mr. trump and cover up what happened here. but, you know, this raises a good point, wolf. if my client was not to be believed and she had no credibility, then why did michael cohen pay her $130,000? why did michael cohen arrange for her to go on the sean hannity show and desperately try to get her to go on the sean hannity show in january of this year if, in fact, they believe my client had no credibility? >> all of us have read the lawsuit that you filed, including all the text messages you had between michael cohen and keith davidson. can you tell us where you got access to those text messages? >> we finally got access to those text messages, wolf, after months of demands placed on mr. davidson. he gave us a portion of his file, a portion of the text messages. he refused, without legal justification, to give us the balance of the file, the balance of th

so this is a lawsuit that is directed at keith davidson. it's also directed at michael cohen, the president's personal attorney. the lawsuit says that the two of them, and i quote, hatched a plan, and quote, colluded, to get stormy daniel to appear on fox news can sean hannity and falsely deny that she had an affair with trump about a decade ago the complaint says in part mr. davidson abt kated his role as an advocate and fiduciary of his client miss clifford and instead elected to be a puppet for mr. cohen and mr. trump in order to advance their interests at the expense of miss clifford. there are text messages we are able to show to you that are attached to this lawsuit. four pages of text messages. the text messages that are included in the suit go back to january 17th, that's when this intouch magazine article that i referenced before came up. one text message from cohen send to davidson allegedly says i have her tentatively scheduled for hannity sont. davidson responded saying she can't do it she is flying to l.a.tomorrow. i'm trying t

did that come from keith davidson? these do tend to be templates, in this case it's very unusual with the pp and the dd. >> david dennison. >> and peggy peterson. and that is unusual. i don't know enough. we don't have enough evidence for me to make that determination. >> from a standpoint of legal ethics, if a client comes to an attorney and multiple clients come to this attorney and the same result keeps happening, meaning that the woman has to be quiet she gets a certain amount of money -- >> until about six months ago almost all of these things ended with ndas and women being silenced and being paid an amount of money. i have done a lot of work in the last few works to get deals without ndas and i have had to push hard and i have gotten some of them. merely if there is an nda i don't think is sufficient. if he is colluding, if there are text messages to show that especially if he got over the case and if he hasn't turned over the files that is clearly an ethical obligation. >> it is that evidence of communication b

daniels's attorney and keith davidson. that as rudy giuliani takes a cheap shot at daniels. claiming she has no credibility because she's a porn star. her attorney michael avenatti is firing back, and he joins me now. you say that stormy's former lawyer, keith davidson, colluded with michael cohen to manipulate stormy by getting her to appear on shawn hannity and falsely denying the affair with donald trump. and this is text messages between them and you that you say are proof here. this is what cohen says. he says i have her attentively scheduled for hannity tonight. call me after your trial. and davidson says, she cannot. don't today. she is flying -- she cannot do it today, she is flying to l.a. tomorrow. i'm trying to get her to commit for tomorrow. and cohen says it's really important. why? davidson says, still trying. cohen, this is no good, we need her by doing tomorrow, just create another news cycle instead of putting an end to this one. some of it is not grammatically correct here. and the story is dying, and don't think it's smart for her to do any interviews. let

this is great for keith davidson so he can reveal whatever he wants to reveal. comment on what rudy giuliani, the president's attorney said today who is in israel and i want to play what he said about your client and i will allow you to respond. >> very credible source. stormy the porn star, but i would say that that is about the same credibility as her lawyer who basically got thrown out of the case. i don't believe stormy daniels. >> we can often -- >> i don't believe her. >> so stormy, you want to bring a case, let me cross examine you. because the business you were in entitles you to no degree of giving your credibility any weight. and secondly, explain to me how she could be damaged? she has no reputation. if you are going to sell your body for money, you don't have a reputation. maybe i'm old fashion, i don't kow. >> i want you to respond to that. >> keith davidson is wrong on the law. we sent a three page letter to his lawyers explaining what the law in california is. so hopefully that will put a bullet in that argument. mr. jerusal rudy giuliani is a pig

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here's some texts that are between keith davidson and michael cohen. here it is. bout stormy daniels. from cohen to davidson. i have her tentatively scheduled for hannity tonight. comey, after your trial. davidson, stormy daniels's attorney said she can't do today. i'm trying to get her to commit for tomorrow. cohen writes back. it's really important? why? an hour later, cohen frustrated writes back. this is no good. we need her boy tomorrow. otherwise you just created another news cycle instead of putting an end to this one. and then, they would rather have her on tomorrow to promote the heck out of the show. >> i know people will find this shocking, the idea that two lawyers either working on a settlement or have settled cases end up talking together to figure out how to deal with the media aspect of it. meaning lawyers, like in any other industry, end up working together even if they're on other sides of the issue. >> these don't strike you as uncommon? >> the only reason it's uncommon is because we are talking about going on tv. she was paid $130. that's not no

daniels claims keith davidson was a puppet for the president conspiring with cohen to get her to appear on fox news and deny an affair with trump. the interview never tack place but her current attorney says there are text messages that prove there was an exchange between davidson and cohen as they tried to schedule that fox interview. >>> a justice department watchdog is criticizing former fbi director james comey saying he defied authority when he was running the bureau. now, that's according to the draft of an upcoming report from the inspector general that criticized comey's decision to announce the re-opening of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation 11 days before the election. sources say the draft also reveals a senior justice department official had urged comey not to make that announcement saying it would violate policy. the draft concludes comey defied authority more than once and one source says it describes comey's behavior as insubordinate. >> a new sense of the scale of the disaster in guatemala after that deadly volcano eruption. some of the youngest victims are now ar

. >>> stormy daniels filing a new lawsuit against keith davidson and michael cohen. she says the two men colluded against her. he hatched a plan to have her appear on fox news over the affair with donald trump. >> the alleged text messages appear to show them coordinati g coordinating. the texts were intended to ensure the nondisclosure agreement she signed was hon honored. lawyers are blasting the lawsuit. >>> and president trump paying a visit to fema headquarters, but not about the staggering death toll of hurricane maria. 4,600 people killed by the storm. he briefly mentioned puerto rico, but offered no response over the report being reviewed. there was this bizarre claim of coast guard rescues in the texas hurricane harvey rescue. >> i think this year the coast guard maybe in terms of increased branding. the brand of the coast guard has been something incredible. saved 16,000 people. many in texas for whatever reason. people went out in the boats to watch the hurricane. that didn't work out to well. >> there is no evidence the president's claim is true. it did n

laughter ) ( piano riff ) but before stormy daniels had avenatti, she had a different lawyer named keith davidson who negotiated her $130,000 hush payment. now, she's suing him, claiming he was a puppet for president trump. making him the third puppet to work for trump, after wilbur ross and his buddy waldorf. ( laughter ) i love those guys. i love those guys. according to the lawsuit, the whole time that davidson claimed to be representing the interests of stormy daniels, he was secretly working with trump attorney michael cohen. wow! two-timing her! which is also the name of a pretty good stormy daniels movie. ( laughter ) i'm being told that's right. don't boo the truth. ( laughter ) the lawsuit also alleges that in march, davidson tipped off cohen that stormy was changing lawyers and they were gonna try to get out of the n.d.a. so cohen flew down to mar-a-lago to quickly meet with melania trump to convince her that stormy daniels was a liar, and not to be trusted. then, out of habit, he gave her $130-grand to keep quiet about it. ( laughter ) hurricane stormy has also made landfall in israel,

and there was the issue he was involved with keith davidson and michael choohen. he had hired michael cohen to be there. stormy daniels current attorney yesterday. hannity's attacks are not all in an effort to defend the president. he also faces exposure in a way that perhaps he's trying to p - pre-empt now. >> i want to read more of his version of events. he would say he's kidding and repeat the advice. my advice, not really kidding. the washington post says he raise it again in a serious discu discussion. like so many of these players complexly interrelated been announced as a criminal defense attorney for donald trump. let me put it like this. that show, with all due respect, is not known for its comedy. >> it's always similar to what i used to see when i prosecuted organized crime figures. they would come on hard and tell people to destroy the evidence, get rid of the evidence and say i'm just kidding. it was kind of like a wink and a nod but what they want you to do is to destroy the evidence. >> like don't tell anyone about that deal we did but lol, isn't th

we know daniels sued keith davidson. he's on the other side of michael cohen and there's all these texts where they seem to be colluding one could say. davidson has countersued avenatti for defamation. do you have thoughts on that? >> i think it's perfectly okay for your lawyer to talk to another lawyer if you're working out another agreement as long as you know. if stormy daniels saying i didn't know that he was being undercut by my own lawyer. >> or being booked on cable news shows. >> i would have a fundamental problem. it comes back to women's respect. >> it's interesting to see the counter suit and where that goes. all of the things the president is entangled in legally keep multiplying. at a certain point, someone is going to roll the right number. someone's going to get the guy into i deposition. you keep multiplying the chances. thank you very much. >>> the real reason donald trump is keeping scott pruitt around and after the break, as stories grow of children being ripped away from their parents at the border, c

former playboy playmate who had dealings with donald trump who felt she made a contract with keith davidson who you replaced in the stormy daniels case. and you say what was he doing in the middle of a contract where he didn't have legal standing or a role. take that in context to donald trump reading out of the national enquirer michael cohen playbook to attack hillary clinton on her health. >> she also lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on isis. >> took a short circuit in the brain. >> hillary clinton failed every single time as secretary of state. now she wants to be president. hillary clinton doesn't have the fortitude, strength, or stamina to lead in our world. >> do you view this as a potential type of coordination where michael cohen was outside of what his authority or legal limits should be as a private sector counsel to donald trump as an individual not as a candidate? >> well, if he was carrying this out on behalf of donald trump, you know, again, i think this could raise a whole host of issues relating to that campaign and what ami's involvement was but i want to go b

her former attorney, keith davidson, is filing a defamation claim now against her and her current attorneyl avenatti. davidson is also throwing in a separate claim against president trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen, for allegedly recording phone calls with davidson. now, you'll recall, it was only yesterday that avenatti filed a lawsuit against davidson claiming that he and cohen joined forces to protect the president against accusations of an affair by miss daniels. >>> much more ahead tonight, the president's latest attacks on his allies, the night before he travels to meet the same allies that he's attacking. we'll talk about what increasingly looks like a president spoiling for a fight with friends, when we continue. those we love is an act of mutuality. we can help with the financial ones. learn more or find an advisor at massmutual.com we can help with the financial ones. come hok., babe. nasty nighttime heartburn? try new alka-seltzer pm gummies. the only fast, powerful heartburn relief plus melatonin so you can fall asleep quickly. ♪ oh, what a relief it is! a big, juicy stea

her former attorney, keith davidson, is filing a defamation claim now against her and her current attorneydavidson is also throwing in a separate claim against president trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen, for allegedly recording phone calls with davidson. now, you'll recall, it was only yesterday that avenatti filed a lawsuit against davidson claiming that he and cohen joined forces to protect the president against accusations of an affair by miss daniels. >>> much more ahead tonight, the president's latest attacks on his allies, the night before he travels to meet the same allies that he's attacking. we'll talk about what increasingly looks like a president spoiling for a fight president spoiling for a fight with friends, when we continue. ook a whole lot more. that's why i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. everything. and that 2% cash back adds up to thousands of dollars each year... so i can keep growing my business in big leaps! what's in your wallet? do not mistake serenity for weakness. do not misjudge q

her alleged text between cowen and keith davidson. >>> rudy giuliani tells an audience in israel that her husband had an affair with stormy daniels. in true giuliani style he count leave it there. watch this.

and stormy daniels' former attorney keith davidson is suing daniels and her current lawyer. statements. the davidson countersuit is in response to claims filed by daniels against him and cohen. >> so stormy has a suit against the president, against her former attorney. she's being -- >> does that help? the little -- >> forget it. i was going to explain it all. but i think you got it. >>> moving on now, an atf agent is in critical but stable condition after federal investigators say he was ambushed during an undercover operation. that agent was shot multiple times. one suspect is dead, two in custody and one is on the run. abc's alex perez has details. >> reporter: atf agents swarming the scene in gary, indiana after what they are calling an ambush. >> atf was conducting an undercover operation in gary, indiana when our agents were ambushed. one of our agents was shot multiple times. >> reporter: hit in the chest and arm, now in critical but stable condition. though expected to survive. >> about noon there was a bunch of shots. i went down to the basement, which is what i do

you have the what's going on in washington and the lack of support and someone like keith davidson, who prosecutors. the pressure is not just coming out of whatever he feels is disloyalty in washington, there's actual legal stuff that is happening and putting pressure on him. >> i wonder if he's surprised about the people who are flipping on him, who are talking about him? he was used to being someone who is an enforcer. i wonder how he feels about that and how many other people can come forward who he has done, you know, questionable things to. >> i think the unknown is probably the most difficult thing right now and that causes people to feel a little more helpless in the situation and could potentially lead to movement going forward. >> it's incredible. emily jane fox. thank you for your reporting. i'm so excited about your book. it comes out -- >> june 19th. >> june 19th. >> i think it's going to be bigger than michael wolf's book. it's much juicier and because it's about the kids in their family, appeals to a wider group. >> every detail. >>> president trump is set to depart the wh