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before michael cohen's testimony before congress, an ally of president trump's, florida congressman matt gaetzhen. it's something i've got to talk about with former republican congressman, charlie dent, also with alice stewart and matt lewis. by the way, matt as a column in the daily beast, and it is titled, we have finally normalized trumpism. good evening. i don't know if there's a better example tonight, where you didn't even have this in mind when you wrote this, right? >> no. >> here's what it says, it says, "hey, michael cohen, do your wife and father-in-law know about your girlfriends? maybe tonight will be a good time for that. i wonder if she'll remain faithful while you're in prison. she's about to learn a lot." >> this is a guy doing what donald trump does. he may be doing donald trump's bidding literally here, but he's also replicating what donald trump has done to the body of politics. >> but is there any behavior too low? >> no. you never apologize -- he hasn't deleted it, that's one of the lessons we've learned from >> trump had normalized so everything and emergency declaration

i want to start with this shocking tweet from republican congressman matt gaetz from florida. he wrote "hey, michael cohen, do your wife and father-in-law know about your girl friends? maybe tonight would be a good night for that chat. i wonder if she'll remain faithful when you're in prison. she's about to learn a lot." >> first, wolf, let me say i've completely run out of patience with people who confuse tweeting the most sensational thing they can with the very hard work of governing in a democratic society, which is pluralistic. i've just had it. i'm done with it. the contest seems to be who can say the most shocking without boundaries, sensational thing possible in a tweet. it was vulgar, it was coarse, it was crude, it was personal and frankly it has no place whatsoever in the discourse what we're engaged in here. none. >> do you think it's witness intimidation? >> i think it reflects more on the person who tweeted it than anything else. and not favorably. >> should the house ethics committee open an inquiry will into congressman matt gaetz's behavior? >> i don't know, w

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so not only has matt gaetz risked indictment today in this crazed defense of donald trump, the man who lies to his family nonstop, congressman gaetz has announced a standard of credibility for michael cohen that donald trump could never pass, not for one day in donald trump's life. we already have leaks about what michael cohen will testify to tomorrow, and the leaks are block busters before we even hear the specifics of the testimony tomorrow. a knowledgeable source told nbc news today that michael cohen will detail his allegations of the president's lies, racism and cheating as a private businessman and that michael cohen will provide evidence of donald trump alleged criminal conduct since becoming president. from "the wall street journal" also reporting on that same score, michael cohen will provide documentation of his reimbursement for the $130,000 of the stormy daniels payment. michael cohen will show a panel a signed check. "the wall street journal" is also reporting that, quote, donald trump signed some of the checks reimbursing mr. cohen, which mr. cohen began receiving after

something that up there with any credibility, my sense that is -- >> what do you make of congressman matt gaetz on -- >> matt put out a inappropriate tweet tonight. but the reality he is one of the fighters, fought hard for trump, i am sure he is doing what he knows is best. at en was day he will be one -- at the end was day he will be the one they go after tomorrow. with charges he is threaten cohen. lou: they are sensitive folks. >> they are. lou: how do you intimidate a guy who confessed lying to congress. >> irony is that. two of secret hearing, public hearing tomorrow, he can't talk about russia that is the request. which is when original investigation was about. >> i assume that he could talk 'whatever he wants, probably will. >> chairman made it clear, no questions on russia. lou: oh, that is responsible of the chairman. >> that is how they -- >> these people, the left has turned into a farce beyond forces. >> the more exposure they get, more people realize how far left they are. lou: i think that the radical dems, left in this country. has decided to be clever, the pretty cute and cleve

don't do this garbage like matt gaetz did today. you have a guy of a long rutherfo record of lying. he theme of credibility. >> they can't help themselves. >> when i saw the gaetz's tweet, it is exactly what they should not do. >> if they think michael cohen is in there tomorrow lying to them and they ultimately want to refer perjury charge, they have to craft the question carefully so it is clean question or answer so that he's saying something factual. >> if he's telling the truth then -- >> then they won't have the perjury charge. that's what it is all about in the hearing. they don't need that afterwards. they want the spectacle. >> let's talk about these hush money payments. he's likely to be asked about the two trump organization executives who approved reimbursing him for the money he paid to stormy daniels and also karen mcdougal, this story is about stormy daniels. do you have any idea who those executives may be? >> executive number two is the person who had to get the okay for weisselberg to make those payments. >> weisselberg and michael cohen, are they the two people tha

let me put up the matt gaetz tweet. the three amigos of jim jordan, mark meadows and matt gaetz. hey michael cohen 212, do your wife and father in law know about your girlfriends. maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. i wonder if she'll remain faithful. she is about to learn a lot. that is a sitting member of congress. i imagine you still consider yourself a conservative. as a conservative, watching all of this, where would you vote on this national emergency if you were a member of congress? >> you have to vote against the president. i don't think there is any question. >> i think the president is going to lose the vote in the senate. >> not veto-proof? >> no, but enough will vote against him that it sends a snal. at the end of the day, people know in their gut where this stand stands. you saw many others. you cannot get from where we are now and go back in time and think about the times that republicans were against what president obama did and not think it's hypocritical. i think that's going to trouble a lot of the republicans. >> as the resident mitch mcconnell -

florida congressman matt gaetz. he tweeted yesterday evening.eeted yesterday evening g aetz denied his tweet could be construed to witness tampering, called it witness testing. tampering, testing? >> is that a new legal term? >> i think so nancy pelosi posted -- o nancy pelosi posted - gaetz delete that tweet. wrote -- it was not my intent to threaten. i should have chosen better words to show my intent. i am sorry. >> keeping it classy. >>> former attorney general matthew whitaker has agreed to clarify his testimony on whether president trump sought to influence the committee. jerry nadler added the former acting attorney general had voluntarily decided to speak on his testimony to the panel earlier this month. whitaker is expected to meet with the committee privately and no date for the new meeting has been announced. while lawmakers have not said what whitaker will address with his new testimony, it is expected to be focused on his previous comments on whether he had contact with the president about the investigation into business dealings in

matt gaetz wrote, speaker, i want to get truth, too. while it is important to create context around liars like michael cohen. it is not my intent to threaten. i am deleting the tweet. i should have chosen words that better showed my intent. i'm sorry. does that sort of erase the threatening of the witness in your mind? >> it doesn't erase it. and nonetheless, i am glad he has apologized for it. but the harm has been done and i hope that this will discourage other members from engaging in that kind of low behavior. >> so, congressman, where are we? just give us from where you sit, because you have been so steeped in this. where are we today? does this michael cohen, you know, look, there are so many days we come on the air, there is breaking news, there is some new thread and there is something that sounds explosive. but these 20 pages are really in a different category of what is about to be revealed under oath to congress and so from where you sit, has the needle been moved? how do you assess where the investigations are today? >> well

matt gaetz a busy night. thank you for making the case.ciate it. >> happy valentine's day. >> you as well. that's the politics on this. people are against and saying they're for. the law will have a role here. more than ordinary in politics. there is an act of congress. if he declaring a national emergency. there's other statutory language. it's not the end of the fact analysis. i have it laid out for you, next. t-mobile knows dancing is better when you include a partner. singing is better when you include a friend. and unlimited is better with a phone included. it's true. forty bucks with the other guys, doesn't include a phone. so, start the new year right. join t-mobile and get unlimited with a phone included for just forty dollars per line. before discovering nexium 24hr to treat her frequent heartburn, marie could only imagine enjoying freshly squeezed orange juice. now no fruit is forbidden. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? you won't find relief her

state funeral because it is well and gone in this city where it existed, i'm talking about the matt gaetz story tonight. scorsesen. and the response was swift. two friends of our broadcast. first bill kristol. this is loathsome. it deserves the censure of his colleagues and perhaps of the house coitself as attempted intimidation of a witness testifying before a house committee. more important, though, what does this say about the degree of panic about trump allies esa about cohen's testimony?" and frank figliuzzi, fresh from a career chasing organized crime figures among others. "in an organized crime family the mobsters aren't loyal to the c capo out of love and affection. they do his bidding out of fear. what is gaetz afraid of?" i lay it before you. >> a question right now, what id house minority leader kevin mccarthy do with congressman n gaetz?wi is he going to allow one of his members to be out there on a limb saying this kind of thing about a witness appearing before a house committee. s also a challenge for democrats tomorrow. can they draw blood politically with mr. cohen? can th

congressman matt gaetz tweeting what seems like a threat to reveal embarrassing personal informationut cohen, saying cohen's about to learn a lot. >> witness testing, not tampering. when they come before congress. their truthfulness is in question, we have the opportunity to test them. >> reporter: cohen is undeterred. >> i look forward to tomorrow to tell the american people my story. i'm going to let the american people decide exactly who is telling the truth. >> reporter: republicans and the white house are trying to discredit cohen's testimony pointing out, he has lied to congress before. the white house secretary saying, quote, it's laughable that anyone would take a convicted liar like cohen at his word. members of the senate intelligence committee tell us this was a serious grilling. the cohen that showed up to talk to them was a very different guy. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> thanks to mary and an update from the congressman matt gaetz tweet. he tweeted it was not his intent to threaten cohen. he deleted the tweet and apologized. >> we learned some of what he plans

matt gaetz put that tweet out where he launched those allegations against cohen. utcry you're hearing already. is that tweet what congressman gaetz is saying on twitter, is that something the ethics committee might at all be interested in some way. >> i would start by reminding your viewers that federal law protects witnesses from the intimidation and attempted intimidation by others. with respect to the ethics committee by dhaur, i can't talk about what may come before the committee. what that tweet reminded me of was when the colleague down played the importance of the potential sexual abuse of kids being held in detention facilities. it also reminded me frank laof his behavior a couple week withes ago when he tried to get fathers whose kids were gunned down at a high school thrown out of my hearing room. this is the type of behavior we're talking about and it's unfortunately been fairly consistent. >> you mentioned that the house judiciary did have a hearing on the trump administration's policy of forcibly -- and they released documents showing over the past fou

>> i'm not going to waste time responding to every stupid thing matt gaetz says but it does remind me of the president talking to fox news and in effect threat eetenning michael cohen's father in law and that came close if it didn't cross the line into witness tampering. and chairman cummings to the president and warning against witness tampering and other improper actions. "washington post" reporting trump organization asked the house committee to cease investigations. and they reproduced a letter. your response? >> it's nonsense. we've retoned on contract two very good people. to help us with our investigations of the what's been going on and they've been vetted very carefully on ethics and the cramer leaven law firm wrote a letter in efengt dismissing it. it was just nonsense. >> coming up, the president lands. and north korean dictator. >>> breaking news tonight out of north carolina in a story that we have been covering closely on "all in." mark harris, the republican in the center of the election fraud scandal says he will not run again in a new election. harris led by 905 votes

lou: matt gaetz one of the great way tguys with jordan with mead.y biggs, a handful of them in freedom caucus trying to make a difference, what what is happening, sorry rinos, i get so annoyed, you may notice that, i apologize for -- anyway. >> today of a waste of time, nothing to -- >> never a waste of time when we fine the truth, and truth about the radical dimms is they are lower than snake bellies and always will be. >> thank you. lou: we would like to hear your thoughts, share your comments follow me on twitter. facebook, inta descram. up next, radical left use money michael cohen's testimony to try a little harder to take down president trump. we give you a jurist view of some exposure that might have resulted from today's so-called hearing. we'll have that for you, congresswoman caroll miller is joining us next am more on the despicable display of the day, look at u.s. national debt, don't worry they are running it up today in the swamp, by the way they have not got a well, you can clue ea clue half to do about it, it is too much fun spendins

congressman matt gaetz sparked controversy when he claimed a border wall would help prevent gun crimesish and sense of loss felt by those all over the country who have been the victims of violence at the hands of illegal aliens. hr-8 would not have stopped many of the circumstances i raised, but a wall, a barrier on the southern border may have and that's what we are fighting for. after that exchange gaetz asked that the fathers be removed. jerry nadler allowed them to stay. lauren fox joins me now from capitol hill. tell us what you saw there and how this played out. >> reporter: it was a really emotional hearing on gun violence. of course what you saw there, matt gaetz, a republican from florida, the same state where the parkland shooting happened that killed 17 people. he was arguing basically for a border wall to stop gun violence. that sparked the two fathers to get up and emotionally push back against the now, this is exactly what maxwell oliver had to say about the exchange to cnn this morning. >> don't bring the wall as a solution for everything. it is pretty offensive that you

what matt gaetz said was not in a vacuum. michael cohen is a father of two, long time married man with an extended married into family. this has to have huge ramifications within that family. >> sure. this testimony was already delayed because of the tweets that president trump sent out that cohen felt were threatening the safety of his family. it wasn't that he was fearful for himself. he was fearful for what it meant for his family. his family will not be there tomorrow. he's not bringing his family who wanted to come and be there behind him because he was scared of what might happen, what would be said about him, and he didn't want that pressure added on top of the other pressure he is facing tomorrow. that this happened is almost like his worst nightmare came true. i don't think any father would be happy that a sitting congress person would say such a salacious thing about their family. it is such a uniquely trumpian thing that happened today, where a member of congress would attack a witness like this. and it would almos

understand that whatever he says, it's almost always not true. >> i got ask you, michael, about matt gaetzorida bar is now investigating him for his threatening tweet to michael cohen. today gaetz, you saw it, right? >> yes. >> he showed up at the oversight committee, and he just showed up there, telling reporters he was going to ask questions, even though that wasn't happening because he's not on the committee. what is the point in this move? why is he there? what's the point in this move? >> this is trump-style thuggery. now in the united states congress, now being practiced physically by this member of congress. i think what he did was reprehensible. this is exactly what's wrong with what's going on in the country today. it's exactly what chairman cummings was saying when he said we're better than this. we are better than this. this is not something you would do in high school or junior high school, let alone in the united states congress. >> well, he took it down, and then, you know, the tweet that he said and then said oh, let's leave the cohen family alone. this is after. >> after i

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congressman matt gaetz interrupted by two parkland fathers when he tried to use a hearing on gun violencerday to discuss illegal immigration and the need for a border wall. well, the congressman then tried to kick the fathers out of the hearing. here's that incredible confrontation. >> hr-8 would not have stopped many of the circumstances i raised, but a wall, a barrier on the southern border, may have and that's what we're fighting for. >> mr. chairman -- >> i hope we'll deal with all of the drivers of violence. the greatest driver of violence in the circumstances that i indicated was not the firearm. it was the fact that we have an immigration system that allows people to come here violently. we engage -- >> there will be no comments or demonstrations, please. >> mr. chairman, is there a process in the committee whereby if the very same people are repeatedly interrupting the time of the members, that those people will be asked to depart the committee or is there -- >> i will. excuse me. if the gentleman repeats that or any other comment, i will direct he be removed. >> joining me now, o

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. >> and you think that's what matt gaetz is going to be talking about, affairs and things like that? >> i'm sure on the republican side they're going to do anything they can to distract from the real issues at hand. but we're going to do everything that we can to bring it back to what we should be focusing on and hopefully that tactic of distraction, which is one that they learned from the president of the united states, and we'll see whether that's anything that can be focused on. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your time, congresswoman. >> next, what is it like to take on the president of the united states? john dean, the former nixon white house counsel is o "outfront." a source says president trump will be watching michael cohen testify. could that give kim jong un the upper hand? and a threat to michael cohen just hours before his testimony. emreplenished,d, fortified. emerge everyday with emergen-c. packed with b vitamins, electrolytes, antioxidants, plus more vitamin c than 10 oranges. why not feel this good every day? emerge and see. at panera, we treat soup differently.

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and republican matt gaetz of florida evidently threatening michael cohen on the eve of his public testimony. gaetz has been called the, quote, trumpiest congressman in washington, tweeting this. and this is stunning, folks. hey michael cohen do your wife and father-in-law know about your girlfriends? maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. i wonder if she'll remain faithful when you're in prison. she's about to learn a lot. a united states congressman with what many law professors is textbook witness intimidation. folks, just let that marinate for a while. that was a new low, even for a man who shouted down the father of a parkland victim because he said president trump's wall would do more to protect americans than gun legislation. nancy pelosi reprimands gaetz saying comments like his make it harder for an investigation. and gaetz deleting the first post and posting another one. while it's important to create context around liars like michael cohen it was not my intent to threaten as some believe i did. let me just give you a little context. initially, he sent up that tweet. his

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expressed concerns about his safety ni t the target of this ominous tweet from republican congressman matt gaetz. do your wife and about your w know girlfriends? maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. i wond if she'll remain faithful when you're in prison. she is about to learn a lot. >> congressman, does your tweet amount to witness tampering? >> absolutely not. it's witness texting. >> reporter: meanwhile, cohen's atrney calling gaetz comments lies and personal smears. cohen will be back here for public testimony. ar tonight we're ng that cohen has officially been disbarred for his felony convictions. lester? r >> kristen welve at the capitol, thank you. michael cohen's testimony live been congress starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow here on nbc. >>> more breaking ws from washington. the house has just voted to reject trump's n declaration of a national emergency to get money for his border wall. the moveorces a vote in the senate. president trump has already reatened a veto. >>> also on capitol hill, ceos of the couny's biggest drug companies were grilled over the skyrocketing co

the white house dismissing him as a disgraced felon and republican congrsman matt gaetz, an ally of president trump,g tweet to cohen, do your life and father-in-law know about yourds girlfri i wonder if she'll remain faithful when you're in sprison >> t is not witness tampering,nehis is witss testing. we have an obligation to test the truthfulness of the people e who come bef us. michael cohen is a known liar. >> reporter: for his ohpart, cen preparing for day two. >> i'm going to let the american people decide exactly who is telling the truth. >> his own public testimony tomorrow before the house oversight committee. and that house oversight committee hearing begins at 10:00 tomorrow morning. blayne alexander, nbc news, washington. >> as all of this gets under way tomorrow, y o can count news 4. we'll haveov liveage and an nbc news special report starting at 10:00 a.m. and in true d.c. fashion, bars across the city are opening up early so you can watch the hearing with youre bever of choice in hand. right now on the nbc washington isp, we have a l of where to go for that. just search "d.c. b

>> reporter: yeah, this is republican congressman matt gaetz of florida. he is now apologizing for a tweet he put up that seemed to threaten cohen with information that he has about him. he says to cohen, do your wife and father-in-law know about your maybe tonight would be a good time for that. i wonder if she'll main faithful when you're in prison. she's about to learn a lot. that's gaetzn twitter saying those things with no evidence. after aro backlash that, he started apologizing. he said it was not my attempt to threaten. he said, i'm deleting t tweet. xi have chosen words that better show my intent. im sorry. the rhetoric today very high. the testimony by cohen starting at 10:00 o.m. inn session. >> we will be watching. susan, thank you. > and another reminder of our live coverage of michael cohen's testimonss before cong like susan said, starts this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern, right here on nbc. >>> now we turn to vietnam where it's already late afternoon, and the president has enjoyed an eventful day so far, meeting with the vietnamese president

congressman matt gaetz, a trump ally, tweeting what seemed like a threat to reveal embarrassing personal information about cohen. saying cohen's wife is, quote, "about to learn a lot." >> we're witness testing, not witness tampering. and when witnesses come before congress, their truthfulness and veracity are in question and we have the opportunity to test them. >> reporter: but cohen tonight is undeterred. >> i look forward to tomorrow, to be able to, in my voice, to tell the american people my story and i'm going to let the american people decide exactly who is telling the truth. >> and mary bruce with us live on the hill tonight. and mary, we saw in your report right there, the president's allies on the attack against michael cohen. and tonight, the white house lashing out, as well? >> reporter: david, republicans and the white house are trying to discredit cohen's testimony by pointing out that he has lied to congress before. the white house press secretary saying, quote, it's laughable that anyone would take a convicted liar like cohen at his word. but david, members of the senate i

here with reaction, florida congressman matt gaetz. >> if it gets any weirder, we'll have to build aall around congress and pad the inside of the walls. this week was valentine's day. i got to wish a happy valentine's day to aoc. i hope she finds love that burns so bright under the new carbon emissions green car. jesse: did you give her candy that says i love you? >> i'd told her my love for you is so rachel probably want to tax it at 10%. jesse: andrew mccabe gave an interview on 60 minutes, this ways he said, basically admitting he was investigating the president of the united states early on. >> i met with the team investigating the russia cases, and i asked the team to go back and conduct an assessment to determine where are we with these efforts and what steps do we need to take going forward. i was very concerned i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. jesse: trump fires james comey which the democrats would h

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matt gaetz was there sort of lurking. what did he tell you he was doing in the room? aetz was in and out of the room for most of the morning, though he left when the first break happened, shortly before news outlets started reporting the idea he was being investigated by the bar association for his comments. i followed him out of the hearing room and asked him what he was doing there, he brushed it off, oh, i'm just doing my job as a congressman. there were other members who weren't a member of that panel by gaetz's presence goes to the same sort of lurking intimidation tactic that existed in the tweet in the first place. he got what he wanted, a news cycle of talking about the content of this tweet and then can throw his hands up and same i'm really sorry. on the eve of the hearing, we were still talking about it and it meant that it continued to be this lurking possibility that perhaps someone on the republican side, who would actually be allowed to ask a question might have asked a questi question. >> the "godfather" part two. >> i don't think i'm being extreme abou

joining me tonight, matt gaetz. thank you for being here. >> it's good to be with you.atie: paul manafort is getting hammered by the special counsel. he said he braisingly violated the law inside and outside of prison. >> when we received the special counsel's report, it's important to review it in context of how it was prepared and who prepared it. the inspector general said all the major h.r. policies had been violated when you saw people move from the hillary clinton investigation to the robert mueller investigation. when lisa page and peter strzok were texting about whether it would be wise, they said there was no there there. there was no evidence of collusion after 10 months of investigating. now the special counsel's team that includes people who were supportive of the hillary clinton campaign and supported democratic candidates in the past withinr, we know this is the result of tens of millions of dollars. i think it will take a negative view of the president. katie: the sentencing memo talks about paul manafort violating a garden variety of crimes such as tax f

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