attorney's office in the southern district of new york accuse michael avenatti of trying to distort millionsom the nike corporation. avenatti was arrested today in new york city and is currently in custody for what we've been told. he is accused of using his ability to get publicity to harm likely financial if it didn't pay up. investigators say that he met with lawyers for the athletic company just last week and threatened to hold a press conference and release damaging information about the company if it did not agree to give him $10 million. about an hour before the news of all this arrest came out, avenatti tweeted this. "tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern we will be holding a press conference to disclose a major high school college basketball schedule perpetrated by nike that we have uncovered. this criminal conduct reaches the highest levels of nike and involves some of the biggest names in college basketball." avenatti, as we all know, best known as the lawyer who represented stormy daniels, porn started claimed she had an affair with president trump, and his lawyer michael cohen paid her

those six committees and later in the hour we will consider the extraordinary rise and fall of michael avenatti, a formally frequent guest on this program when he was representing stormy daniels. president trump is an unindicted co-conspirator in the michael cohen case in the southern district of new york tonight because of michael avenatti's important work in making stormy daniels story public and available to prosecutors. in the southern district of new york and now michael avenatti himself is a criminal defendant in that same southern district of new york, accused of attempting to extort $20 million from nike. once again, the characters in trump world have defied the imaginations of hollywood's screen writers. we are now more than 24 hours into the relentless coverage of the contents of the mueller report, even though no would be in the news media, as rachel and i just mentioned, no one has read a single sentence of the mueller report. not one sentence. headline writers cannot deal with the minimal level of complexity presented by what attorney general william barr did yesterday. so the name

it was michael avenatti's shot across nike's vows. ti used legal terms like claims and settlements and retainers. these were devices to cover afterty extortion of the plan for a massive payday himself. avenatti was not acting as an attorney. a soup and due does not match the fact. this was an -- the assistant general in charge. i want to thank him and his team for the professionalism and seeing this investigation through. i want to acknowledge and thank the career prosecutors in my office for their roles of the investigations and prosecution. to my right is robert boone, rob si silverman. these public services is really extraordinary. >> our legal system, our system of justice requires and relies on attorneys, members of the bar to not simply follow the law but hope its finds the highest principles and ideas. >> as a guy to ex tort payments for them sales, they are no longer acting as attorneys there. they are acting as criminals and they'll be held responsible. i would like to invite bill sweeney to the paid yum. >> thank you, sheriff

apparently there was a march 20 call that michael avenatti had that law enforcement had monitored. during that call, at the direction of law enforcement, attorney one unidentified cc 1, mimi, correct me if i'm wrong, coconspirator one. demands made by avenatti, a person before meeting to discuss demands. the cooperating coconspirator stated at the time that he would speak to avenatti to discuss the possibility of delaying the deadline for nike's response to the claims that michael avenatti was apparently going to make. there's numerous phone calls here that apparently were made. on one of the phone calls avenatti stated, in part, i'm not expletive around with this and i'm not continuing to play games. you know enough to know you have a serious problem. it's worth more to me to blow the lid on this thing. a few million dollars doesn't move the needle. i'm being frank with you. if that's what's being contemplated let's just say it's good to meet you and i'll proceed with my press conference tomorrow. i'm not expletive this any more. if we're going to negotiate a million 5 and you're g

michael avenatti has been arrested, the u.s. attorney is going to make those allegations public in a conference later on today. a very big story back over to you >> that is wild. thank you very much. dom chu will continue to follow that let's get back to julia who's at the apple event. julia. >> kelly, that's right, tim cook running a sizzle reel as he unveils apple news plus. tim cook talking a lot about how apple news has become this powerhouse with over 5 billion articles read every month. it's the number one in news app, now they're bringing magazines to apple news as we've been reporting. this is an adaptation with what we've had in tech surges as they acquired it last year. curations, saying for them, it's all about prioritizing reputation and the value of content over headlines that just garner clicks. a dig at some other services that are more click and headline driven this is going to be a source that will include the new yorker, vanity fair, rolling stone, "people" magazine, national geographic. the idea that they went

obviously that's how we know michael avenatti, right? t trump and stormy daniels. her response today, i'm saddened but not shocked by news reports that avenatti has been criminally charged today. i made the decision more than a month ago to terminate michael's services after discovering that he had dealt with me extremely dishonestly, and there will be more announcements to come. what do you read into that, jack? >> yeah. in los angeles there have been reports over the last several months of alleging abhorrent conduct on behalf of mr. avenatti. a prominent former federal prosecutor has told the world about this crazy phone call avenatti made to him, just threatening him out of the blue. we had that allegation a few months back of a battery case against him. so altogether does it look like someone whose life is not entirely in control? possibly. >> all right, jack weiss, thank you very much. as we await michael avenatti coming out here in new york momentarily, outfront next, jeanne on where beto stands, literally. live from the starlite lo

michael avenatti charged with trying to extort the company eric is here with those details. >> that's right. avenatti arrested today on charges he conspired to commit extortion against nike threatened nike he would go public with claims the company was paying high school basketball players he wanted $1.5 million for his clients and another $20 million for himself. his client is an aau coach whose team was sponsored by nike but lost to that sponsorship avenatti tweeted at 12:16 p.m. today to hold a press conference tomorrow but then 14 minutes later, he was arrested in midtown manhattan. a lot of events happened took place just last week as avenatti wanted to time his press conference around nike's earnings and the ncaa basketball tournament the fbi recorded some of the phone calls and meetings and detailed some of the specific threats against nike in the complaint that just got released all of this coming just as federal authorities in los angeles charging him today with money laundering and wire fraud because he received a $1.6 million settlement on behalf of the client and didn't tr

this was michael avenatti's shot across nike's bough.he algtd course of conduct, he used legal terms like claims and settlements and retainers, but these were mere devices to provide cover for his extortion demands for a massive payday for himself. by endpangaging in the conduct alleged in the complaint, he was not act aing as an attorney, a suit and tie doesn't mask the fact that at its core, this was an old fashioned shake down. the charges announced today we flekt the hard work not only of this office, but our law enforcement office at the federal bureau of investigation. so my left is my good friend, bill. the assistant director in charge of the fbi's new york field office. i want to thank him and his team for their professionalism in see ing this investigation through. i want to acknowledge and thank the career prosecutors and agents in my office for their role in the investigation and prosecution in this case. to my right is matt, robert, rob and their supervisor in the public corruption unit, edward. the talent and professionalism

>> yeah, this was really a -- just a total stunning change for michael avenatti. rt -- i was in court with him last night. it was a late initial appearance for avenatti. you see him coming out there. but, you know, he used to be the life of the court, chris. and now he was sitting by himself at his table with the marshals sitting behind him. it was just a very weird scene. what happened was michael avenatti was under investigation for a long time out in california. as you suggested, he faces charges there. and they were ready to arrest him on friday night. as a matter of fact, my colleague, julia ainsley, we were getting whispers there was something that was going to happen in california but we weren't quite sure. then all of a sudden that seemed to have gone away. we didn't hear much more about it. this kind of came out of nowhere yesterday afternoon. avenatti was, like i said, already in trouble and then he started to begin this extortion scheme with nike. and they have him on tape, that meeting that you referenced earlier, they set up cameras and audio equipment

this was michael avenatti's shot across nike's bow. uct avenatti used legal terms like claims and settlements and retainers but these were mere devices to provide cover for avenatti's extortionist demands for massive payday for himself. engaging in the conduct alleged in the complaint, avenatti was not acting as an attorney. a suit and tie doesn't mask the fact at its core this was an old-fashioned shakedown. charges announced today reflect the hard work not only of this office but our law enforcement partners at the federal bureau of investigation. to my left is my good friend, bill sweeney, assistant director in charge of the fbi field office. i want to thank him and his team for their professionalism seeing this investigation through. i want to acknowledge and thank the career prosecutors and agents of my office for their role in the investigation and prosecution of this case. to my right, is matt pudalski, robert boon, rob segelman and their supervisor in the public corruption unit, edward siskan. the talent and dedication of these

avenatti was a key player in the investigation surrounding the payment to stormy daniels. they have investigated michael cohen's payments, and it appears avenatti is wrapped up in several allegations of extortion with nike, threatening them that he would go public with damaging information just before the earnings call and the start of the tournament if he was not paid multi-millions of dollars, as much as $25 million, brianna. >> and we don't know what information he was going to put out there? >> we're still reading through the complaint that was filed, and so we're gleaning more information from that, but he apparently was in talks with someone who had had a relationship with nike, who wanted to put forth some negative information about the sneaker company. >> dig into that. we'll get back to you as you do, kara scannell, in the newsroom. now we have eric columbus, a justice department official under obama. he's here with our senior legal analyst ross garber and carrie cordero. let's talk about this michael avenatti development. what do you make -- do you make anything of this as we are still learnin

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new federal charges against michael avenatti, former lawyer to stormy daniels and nemesis of presidentavenatti has been arrested in new york city. he's accused of attempting to extort some $20 million from the sporting gear giant, nike. he's facing separate federal charges in california on bank and wire fraud. cnn's kara scannell is here following this for us. >> the charges were announced today of extortion against michael avenatti, allege he and an unnamed co-conspirator, cnn learned is celebrity lawyer, mark geragos, engaged in a scheme of extortion against nike threatening to expose damaging information about the company on the eve of its corporate earnings announcement as well as during this march madness ncaa tournament. threatening to knock billions of dollars off the company's market cap. avenatti said he wouldn't do that if he and his co-conspirator were paid more than $20 million. dramatic fall for avenatti here. now, the nike lawyers went to law enforcement when the avenatti levied this threat and they have recorded him both visually, on audio, and video of him, and this is

tweet went out to the public, it was intended and designed for audiences of one, which was michael avenatti'st of nike. through the alleged course of conduct, avenatti used lee legal terms like claims and settlements and the retainers. but these were devices to provide cover for avenatti's massive payday for himself. by engaging in the conduct and alleged complaint, avenatti was not acting as an attorney. a suit and tie does not mask the fact at its core, this was an old-fashioned shakedown. the charges announced today reflect the hard work, not only of this office but law enforcement of the federal bureau investigation. to my left is my good friend, bill sweeney from assistant director in charge of the fbi new york field office. i want to thank him and his team for professionalism to see this investigation through. i want to acknowledge and thank career prosecutors and agents in my office for their role in the investigation and prosecution of this case. to my right, matt, robert, rob and supervisor for corruption unit. and the talent and the professionalism of these dedicated public servants

embezzlement, fraud and extortion. >> today, we're announce criminal extortion charges again michael avenatticharges are based on avenatti scheme to extract more than $20 million in payments from a public company by threatening to use his ability to garner publicity ton inflation harm one company, his conduct had nothing to do with zealous advocacy for a client or any other legitimate legal work. lou: michael avenatti spent months and months attacking the president, and even claims at one point that president deserved prison time. this today, a great day for truth, justice and the american way. we talk this up tonight with an all-star lineup, republican national committee chair, ronna mcdaniel joining us. and strategist at ed rollin, har mead dillon, to talk about this moment. our top story, in that moment. president trump defeated greatest political scandal in american history. special counsel robert mueller opportunity finding new collusion between the trump campaign and russia, just as president said for years. the president has been an example throughout strength, and face of relentless a

. >> i have put my head back together because at 1:00 i was on tv and this michael avenatti stuff broke and it is that moment where it is like this little hard drive is was overloaded. >> my producer said go home, news, you're drunk. >> you're out tonight? >> no, chuck todd will be anchoring "meet the press daily" tonight, but i will be in for him for the rest of the week. >> we're getting a better picture this hour about michael avenatti. he was arrested this afternoon he was hit with felony charges tied to two separate federal investigations. prosecutors in california say he embezzled his own client's money to pay his expenses and debts and used phoney tax returns to obtain millions in loans. they laid out the case this hour. >> mr. avenatti describes himself as attorney, advocate, fighter for good. but the allegations in this case describe something different. a corrupt lawyer that fights for his own selfish interests by misappropriate uaing close to $ million that belonged to one of his clients. and the attorney's office for the southern district of new york says that avenatti threa

. >>> celebrity attorney michael avenatti is out of jail and legal with his own problems. prosecutors in new york accused him of trying to extortillions of dollars from nike. he is facing separate charges in l.a. s danhan aman reports. >> reporter: attorney michael avenatti released after posting 300,000 bond facing charges on both coasts. >> when it is all known, when due process occurs that i will l be fly exonerated and justice will be done. thank you. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney's office for t southern district of new york alleges michael aventi tried to extort millions of dollars from nike. just last week, michael avenatti allegedly told nike he represented an amateur basketball coach that quote, had information damaging to the company. he demanded $1.5 million for his client. >> when the company lawyers resisted michael avenatti, he told the company, it could skip paying for an internal investigation if instead it simp paid him $22.5 million. >> reporter: if nike didn't agree, michael avenatti threatened to generate negative publicity for thepublic. >> this was an

michael avenatti. >> please, whatever you do, don't call me michael cohen. >> morgan: that's gross. ought you might want to defend avenatti. >> juan: democrats are pretty upset with avenatti with what we he did in the kavanaugh hearing hearings. >> dana: kavanaugh's upset about what he did in the kavanaugh hearings. >> juan: i think he helped kavanaugh because the woman that he introduced. >> dana: falls -- false charges are helpful. >> juan: i was struck by what you said, he's facing nearly 100 years in jail and he is saying, it's incredible to me. i know david boyd. he said he played the prosecutors and he's making it out as of the prosecutors have fallen for some kind of scheme. i think this guy is way over his head if he thinks david boyce who might be the most celebrated lawyer in the country is going to risk everything going to prosecutors with some false claim. it's hard to understand. >> morgan: something that i was curious about, the southern district of new york has the case against the president on campaign finance, largely from the stuff that avenatti brought up. is there

michael avenatti and the coach are facing charges. michael avenatti appeared in a manhattan courtroom yesterday before posting a bond of $300,000. >>> i am hiley confident that when all of the evidence is laid bare in connection with these cases, when due process occurs, i will be fully exonerated and justice will be done. >> in the second case filed in los angeles, prosecutors said of an oddity defrauded a mississippi bank out of $4 million and embezzled more than $1 million he owed one of his clients. cbs news is confirming an alleged co-conspirators in the new york extortion case is the same lawyer who represented colin kaepernick against the nfl. >>> this morning, homeland security and the f.b.i. are investigating an attempted cyber attack on the contra costa county clerk and recorders office. the hackers email came last monday to an of election staffer disguised as a contact she had emailed in the past. officials say the email was unusually sophisticated and appeared authentic. it was designed to try to access department's email

d michael avenatti arrested this afternoon. >> he's accused of trying to extort $20 million from nikewas an old-fashioned ahakedown. >> it's a tragedy for this town once again. >> a newtown father and two parkland shooting survivors take their own lives in just over a week. >> unexpected tragedies do not go away on their own. >> glor: and cruise ship passengers tell of a harrowing rescue at sea. >> the sea water just come rushing in, and i thought this was it. >> glor: good evening. this is our western edition. i'm jeff glor, and we're going to begin tonight with a new political landscape in washington. one day after a summary of the mueller report was released, the report found no collusion but left questions of obstruction to the attorney general. william barr said he did not see sufficient evidence. president trump and many of his supporters said i told you so and it's time to move on. democrats say many questions still remain and are promising continued investigations. we have extensive coverage including when we might see the full report and what comes next beginning with paula r

trace gallagher has the latest from the la bureau. >> reporter: michael avenatti is confident he will be exonerated and that's a lot of confidence because prosecutors say there's a lot of evidence. the, the complaint says avenatti met with attorneys entering to release damaging information unless he was paid $20 million. >> asked by a lawyer why they would agree to such an arrangement, he said he was in a vulnerable position where he could wipe out $5 billion of market capital. >> reporter: before he was arrested avenatti tweeted he would hold a news conference to, quote, disclose a major high school basketball scandal perpetrated by nike that we uncovered. this, conduct reaching the highest levels and the biggest names in college basketball but mikey told us it has been cooperating with government investigation into basketball for over a year and nike became aware of this matter and immediately reported it to federal prosecutors. the investigation involves illegal payments to the families of high school basketball stars. after he was released on bond michael avenatti did hundreds of

. >>> michael avenatti arrested. high-profile attorney is charged with attempted extortion and bank fraud. >>> and game-changer, apple's big push into streaming television and entertainment. apple's vion and entertainment. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. the russia investigation by special counsel robert mueller is over. but the fight over the details of the report, that's just beginning. top democrats have written to the department of justice demanding mueller's entire report be released to congress no later than next week. republican lawmakers say it's time to move on. laura podesta is here in new york with more. laura, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. i'm seeing lawmakers on twitter saying it should be referred to as the barr report until the full mueller report is released because all we've seen so far is attorney general william barr sbaerpgs of the investigation. and democrats s

form client stormy daniels released a statement saying this knowing what i know now about michael avenatti i'm not saddened but not shocked by news reports. i made the decision more than a month ago to terminate michael's servicesel after discovering th he had dealt with me extremely dishonestly. >>> congressional republicans are taking an aggressive ki approach when it comes to legislation dealing with and semitism. in a spring of proposals a gop aide said ted cruz will introduce a w measure that woul condemna all forms of anti-semitism. it comes as democrats continue to deal a with the fallout stemming from remarks made by ilhan omar about jewish lawmakers and the divide withini the party over how best to respond. president trump has continued to claim that democrats hate jews and are anti-israel. even though his administration was widely criticized for not having myfo mention of the jewi people or and semitism in a statement on international holocaust remembrance day. >> let's talk 20. beto o'rourke has tapped former top obama aide to be his campaign manager. 0 mali-dillon is the vetera

. >>> breaking news, trump antagonist michael avenatti arrested on federal charges. accused of trying to extort millions from nike. how the feds say they caught him. and sources tell nbc news his alleged coconspirator is celebrity attorney mark geragos. >>> a tragic turn after the nd the father of a little girl killed at sandy hook dies in apparent suicide. in florida, two students who survive that shooting apparently taking their own lives. >>> women sounding the alarm and the fda considering action about the safety of breast implants. new fears of a potential link to cancer. >> i removed my chest to get rid of cancer. and i reconstructed it and put cancer back in. >>> new developments in a nightmare at sea. a daring rescue mission for 500 passengers trapped on a cruise ship in a violent storm. >>> a flight plan gone awry. a mix-up leaving passengers stunned when their plane landed in the wrong country. >>> a new salvo in the tv wars. apple unveils its long-awaited service to take on netflix. >>> a major baby boom in a maternity ward and that's just among the nurses

thank you. >>> michael avenatti has just stepped out after being charged. let's take a look. >> i will make a brief statement but will not be accepting any questions. first of all, i want to thank the federal agents for their professionalism and courtesy today. they were outstanding throughout the process, and i wish to thank them for everything they did today in connection with this matter. as all of you know, for the entirety of my career i have fought against the powerful. powerful people and powerful corporations. i will never stop fighting that good fight. i am highly confident that when all of the evidence is laid bare in connection with these cases, when it is all known, when due process occurs, that i will be fully exonerated and justice will be done. thank you. >> that's michael avenatti appearing live in downtown new york after spending at least several hours in court. we're going to have more on the charges against him on both coasts in new york and california as well by different prosecutors. we'll have that in just a moment. >>> also later, the

with love, california. >> michael avenatti, a.k.a.me, accused of trg to extort up to 25 million from nike, and failing to pay millions in taxes, michael avenatti was arrested monday in new york and faces 100 years in prison. yet he claims he is innocent. >> i am highly confident that when all of the evidence is -- laid bear in connection with these cases, i will be fully exonerated and justice will be done. >> okay. and in case you forget. i said about avenatti in november. >> the whole game he was trying to arrange, it is done. i think he will probably declare bankruptcy or he may spend time in prison. >> training, diamond and silk. i love patting myself in the back ladies, i was right. he declared bankruptcy twice and now he is facing 100 years in prison. are you guys looking forward to seeing him in pinstripes possibly? >> well, what he has to do jesse, you may not pay what you owe but you will reap what you sow. and it looks like he is doing a lot of reaping what he sows. the same people he went after four doing bank fraud and all

a lot of us were skeptical of michael avenatti.yer on air, he was a part of the kavanaugh pie alone, if you will. he brought this person forward that had a lot of holes in the story, uncorroborated witnesses, it really was an actual travesty would happen at a lot of democrats still blame him for ruining the whole kavanaugh situation. >> shannon: he was flirting with the idea of running for president, and there was a time where we would look up and he was on every channel, every night. almost a year ago, he was on tv 147 times. he was given as much free media exposure based on interviews as of may 10th. he would be worth roughly $175 million if he actually paid for the airtime himself. richard, they were fans. >> yeah, they were all over him because he was the lawyer for stormy daniels, and we found out that michael cohen was going to jail because there was a payoff of stormy daniels. i hope that michael avenatti get to due process and we will see what happens there, but he had a client that had evidence against the president and so

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spew on "the wall street journal" reporting cnn's former legal analyst celebrity lawyer michael avenatti'sr jussie smollett. joining me now to talk about these developments, inside edition megan alexander. great to have you with us. stormy daniels, one of avenatti's famous clients, she says i am saddened but not shocked i made the decision more than a month ago to determinate -- terminate michael services after learning he dealt with me extremely dishonestly. >> it's unbelievable. stormy daniels and michael avenatti, these two were everywhere for months. as you reported, avenatti made over 100 cable news appearances. he truly was a celebrity and someone it's very aware of his star power. i covered the mtv video music awards last year. i remember thinking it was bizarre that avenatti walks the red carpet. perhaps what's is so unsettling about the story is the fact that he tried to use his social media as a weapon, telling nike, intimidating nike that he would stir the pot on social media, rile up the masses. i hope everyone listening to this story takes paws and realizes social media obviou

michael avenatti is facing federal charges. new york prosecutors accuse him of trying to extort millions from nike. in los angeles, he's accused of extorting millions from a client. he says he will be fully exonerated. >> reporter: president trump was already having a very good day when word came that lawyer michael avenatti was arrested on serious coast-to-coast charges. in new york, ex torntortion, in, bank and wire fraud. >> the message i would send to the president is, you better prepare because you are in a lot of trouble. allegedly trying to extort millions from nike. avenatti sent out this tweet saying he would disclose a major high school, college, basketball scandal by nike that we have uncovered. some 15 minutes later, it was avenatti that was in deep trouble. arrested in new york city. prosecutors in los angeles have charged him with embezzling $1.6 million to payoff his own debts and expenses. >> lawyers have a sworn duty to obey the law and protect their clients. our system of justice depends on it. mr. avenatti ha

. >> reporter: michael avenatti went from controversial media savvy attorney to an accused extortionist all in a matter of days. this afternoon, federal to extort more than $20 million from nike last week. he allegedly threatened to go public with accusations from an amateur basketball coach claiming the apparel company was involved in an illegal recruitment scheme. million for the coach and as much as $25 million for him and his co-conspirator. cbs news has learned the co-conspirator is attorney mark geragos, known for representing clients like michael jackson and most recently jussie smollett. u.s. attorney jeff berman, avenatti's conduct had nothing to do with his zealous advocacy for a client or any other kind of legitimate legal work. >> reporter: the complaint highlighted phone calls monitored by law enforcement. avenatti allegedly threatened nike saying i'm not f'ing around with this, and i'm not continuing to play games. you guys know enough now to know you've got a serious problem, and it's worth more in exposure to me to just blow the lid on this thing. cbs legal analyst ricky

our facilities are at full capacity and overcapacity. >> michael avenatti facing nearly 100 years in the government put in the complaint are to say the least damning. >> big news for mma fans. conor mcgreg gear just announced on twitter that he is going to retire ♪ ain't no stopping us now ♪ we're on the move. ♪ steve: welcome to the mezzanine level on this busy "fox & friends." ainsley: so excited the lady who used to sit right here our dear friend elizabeth hasselbeck is up with a new book. talk to her about her life down south, her kids, her faith. we love you. she is so cute. brian: wonder if she can tell we replaced the couch. new cushions and foam. steve: when you read it she is very honest about how working on a morning show. ainsley: how cold the studio is and how hard it is to wake up that early. steve: she has that right it is a wonderful book and she is going to be on about 28 minutes from now to talk about it. ainsley: we welcome you back, elizabeth. brian: one thing about doing a show on mueller monday is mueller tuesday. steve: you mean treason tuesday. according to the

michael avenatti was on twitter a little over an hour ago denying charges. i'm anxious for people to see what really happened. we never attempted to extort nike and when the evidence is disclosed the public will learn the truth about nike's crime. of convicted on charges in california and new york he could face close to 100 years. his co-conspirator alleged to be the attorney representing jussie smollett, what is happening? >> it was quite a day. stormy daniels released a statement saying she's not surprised. shannon: let's talk about hillary clinton. ice kept scouring social media wondering will she respond to what is happening. he did but not really. >> he posted a tweet yesterday. everyone was wondering if she would post something about the mueller report findings which he didn't address that but her tweet was about climate change. she said two realities we must confront, climate change won't just effect the coast, climate change is a national security issue but after this two your massive investigation the responses to that were ugly, when user says that

and michael avenatti a free man but for how long? the lawyer's new comments after getting charged with extortion and why president trump's team may be having their best week ever. our team is covering it all. the congress is back. any minute we're going to hear from house republicans and then in 15 minutes how democrats are up facing questions about the podium including our top throw. will the department of justice meet democrat's deadline to give them the full mueller? that's one week from today, april second. when will the fbi brief top congressional leaders on the counterintelligence piece of the investigation. we have more reporting on that. and when will lawmakers get their chance to grill the attorney general? kasie hunt is live on the hill for us looking for answers. i understand we just heard from speaker pelosi this morning on some of this. bring us up to speed. >> well, hallie, we are waiting to find out from the committees on exactly when that testimony is going to come from bill barr, and i think it's important to point o

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thank you, laura. >>> attorney michael avenatti is speaking out for the first time since being arrestedn federal charges of alleged wire fraud and extortion. in an interview, avenatti admitted to jericka duncan that he is nervous and scared. >> reporter: you're an attorney. you've counseled people before that are facing serious allegations. you're being charged with very serious crimes. you're facing, if convicted on all of these charges, up to the rest of your life in prison. are you nervous? >> well, of course i'm nervous. i mean -- >> reporter: are you scared, concerned? tell us, i guess as someone who, again, has a history of representing people and now you're on the other side facing some serious charges. >> i am nervous. i'm concerned. i'm scared. i feel terrible for my family. i feel bad for my friends. most people are sticking by me. they believe in me, they know what i'm all about. so i've beerat rard. , ous, scared, i'l thin if i wasn'wo lot of sense. >> avenatti was arrested monday for allegedly trying to extort up to $25 million from nike and separate charges involving bank

prosecutors charging attorney michael avenatti with attempted extortion and bank and wire fraud in twoinvestigations. according to a court filing, they told avenatti, didn't meet the demands or pay him off he would hold a press conference accusing them of misconduct. he wanted $20 million in the guise of legal work to make him from making public accusations with the company. nike got in touch with the southern district of new york, the same day that nike said avenatti threatened them. fbi agent statement's say, avenatti threatened to take $10 billion off of nike's market cap in a phone call adding, i'm not fing around. this is southern district attorney of new york. >> avenatti asked nike to pay or risk avenatti holding a press conference that would dramatically drop the stock price of the company and its market value. reporter: process of avenatti's arrest started within an hour of him tweeting this out. about to disclose a major high school basketball scandal by nike, involving some. biggest names in college basketball. nike in a statement quoting, it's a much longer statement but i

this was a very contentious donald trump/michael avenatti. great day for donald trump today.y does he get the mueller -- >> let's unpack this. he goes to nike and says i have some dirt on you guys. liz: avenatti, yeah. >> avenatti, involving the sports sponsorship. liz: ncaa recruiting and he says? >> pay me x or i disclose it. liz: pay me x to do the internal investigation or i will disclose. x was $20 million. >> i will disclose it around the time of your earnings so it will have maximum damage. sounds like extortion to me. let me ask you this. play devil's advocate here. this stuff happens more than you think. the lines are gray, people go right up to them. he's obviously been charged so the u.s. attorney for the southern district which is a major, it's the sort of cream of the crop in terms of prosecutors, so they think he did something wrong. they are pretty independent. people will say this is a donald trump attack. the u.s. attorney for the southern district, he may appoint the u.s. attorney for the southern district because it's a presidential appointment but this is

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. >>> also, stormy daniels' lawyer michael avenatti under arrest. he trieded to extort more than $20 million from nike. >>> how did a cruise ship get in so much trouble? more than 600 americans on board, losing power on seas. a rescue helicopter here, a 71-year-old woman and her husband among them. >>> the college cheating scandal, a dozen coaches accused of taking bribes. and the co-stars of "full house". >>> two suicides in parkland. a young woman, she just graduated. she suffered survivor's guilt, and a second opportunity. and tonight a father from sandy hook. authorities believe he took his life too. >>> the man hunt for the gunman who showed up and opened fire in a neighborhood, shoots in homes, apartments and came back the next day, authorities say doing it again. >>> good evening. great to have you with us here on maund night. we begin with a dark cloud now lifted for prt trump and the white house. the mueller report finding no collusion with russia. after two year, robert mueller finding no conspiracy for the president or his company with ru

looked at. >> this is the absolute most severe political scandal in the nation's history. >> michael avenattire based on avenatti's extortionist threats. >> by one count he was on cnn and msnbc 108 times and the result was what you see another embarrassment for the media. >president trump could get a major win today acting defense secretary patrick shanahan just approved $1 billion of military funding for the wall.

michael avenatti is released on bail after allegedly trying to blackmail nike. >> i will be fully exonerated and justice will be done. >> his threat to disclose a college basketball scandal and the $20 million power play that could hand stormy daniels' former lawyer behind bars. >>> new this morning, the college admissions bribery scandal expanding. the federal investigation into the eight elite universities. did the colleges misuse federal funding, and this morning, word that more wealthy parents are implicated. >>> plus, a health alert. the new warning about yoga after a woman suffers a stroke during a pose. >>> doggone. the search for a prize winning show dog missing at one of the nation's busiest airports. >>> and biking in the buff. why these bare naked riders are asking organizers to reschedule their nude bike ride. >>> good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm stephanie ramos in for janai norman. >> and i'm kenneth moton. we begin a new battle on capitol hill in thedecrs now rtl robe m whetheesent obstructed justice, and they've now issued a deadline for the attorney general to hand over mu

. >>> also breaking tonight, stormy daniels' lawyer michael avenatti under arrest. facing multiple charges. prosecutors say he tried to extort more than $20 million from nike. >>> how did a cruise ship get in so much trouble? more than 600 americans on board, losing power on violent seas. americans describing the helicopter rescue right here, a 71-year-old woman and her husband among them. >>> the college admissions cheating scandal, a dozen coaches accused of taking bribes in court today and lori loughlin's co-stars of "full house" speaking out tonight. >>> two suicides in parkland. a young woman, she just graduated. she suffered survivor's guilt, her family says. and now, a second student. and tonight a father from sandy hook. authorities believe he took his life too. >>> the man hunt at this hour for the gunman who showed up and opened fire in a neighborhood, shooting in homes, apartments and came back the next day, authorities say doing it again. >>> good evening. great to have you with us here on a monday night. we begin with that dark cloud now lifted for pres

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