went, ere is michael coe the president's former lawyer. to leaded guilty to lying congress.rosecutors say he deserves substantial pron timeespite his corporation. the president has rstled again him as a turncoat. and paul manafort, the trump campaign chairman pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges but violated his plea agreement and is now in solitary confinement in virginia. what a week. joining me tonight andrea mitchell, chief correspondent for nbc news. phseilip rucker, white h bureau chief for "the washington post." abby phillco, washington espondent for cnn and carl hulse, chief washington rrespondent for the "new york times." a busy friday, andrea. i appreciate everyone being here. i know you all came from your newsrooms. start with michael coe went, a veing document -- they're being pretty tough on him saying he should sti go to jail. what's important for president trump? >> for president trump who is central in all of these filings, for president trump it's according at cohen to the prosecutors coordinating his false twm the white h tse. who white house? we don't know

it's an investigation.wa ther news that michael coe went is corporating with muler's probe. and that's significant. t so is the fact that paul manafort, his plea deal with mueller collapsed this week. manafort his - his deal falling apart, does that mean he's going to break at some point, roz, and be a cooperative witness like a michael coe went or does this mean he's going to face another tri a more trouble down the road? >> there was a hearing in the c speciancil's office told the judge that they had not decided whether to pursue further charges against him for his new lies where his crimes and lies. and it does seem like the ship has sailed for him to be a corporating witness. this is not what an attorney wants to reach a deal. i thinkel he's l to come around. we're going to see an important development a week from today when the special council ice office goes into court and details for the judge alof his lies, all of the ways in which -- >> why do they have to detai those things? >> it's part of the way to tell theudge that his plea deal has been breached and he' not de

and if you remember there was a pleading in the state of new trump, he council for michael coe wen. cohen.ichael he made guilty to paying a woman to remain silent. but he testified in the pleading in new york that he did it at he direction of the president. and as a result in the state of new york, it's been indicated hat you may have an unindicted co-conspirator in the form of the president. but to answer the question, it's sort of conjecture. i think there were those who wanted to indict the president and convict him. it would have gone on for a long time. and the country would have been probably terribly divided. kathie: anybody else want to take a swing at that one? >> you know, the funny thing if he wouldn't have pardoned nixon, he wouldn't have stayed president. because from what i remember reading and do remember somewhat from the news is that he came in more as a moderate, as a peacemaker. people liked him on the him you know, he immediately extended the sin of what we had seen in watergate to himself by pardoning him. he put himselfs in the shoes of richard nixon at that po