michael kohn is an interesting figure.he has ties to russia and the former soviet union and various shall we say shady business people there. that was before he came on board the trump organization and started working for trump. in the intelligence dossier that was compiled lie christopher steele the former british spy and that was the annex to part of the -- to the briefing that the president -- president trump and outgoing president obama and various congressional leaders got, michael kohn is alleged to have met in prague with the russians to kinds of trade information or maybe receive instructions. depend, this is unverified. we don't know if it actually happened. a lot of journalists have been on this case and haven't been able the turn up anything. but he seems to have a lot of ties to russia and the former soviet union, to some pretty salacious people going back decades. and he might have a lot to say. but it seems like he would have even better reason to invoke executive or attorney/client privilege than attorney ge

those subpoenas are seeking information about michael flynn and michael kohn. president trump's long time personal attorney in the trump organization. kohn said he he would work with the attorneys to follow the subpoena. >> shannon: so what do we expect to hear from the president on the paris climate deal this afternoon? we are waiting. >> that's open to debate and speculation. yesterday we were getting indications the president would announce the u.s. was pulling out of the climate deal completely. then we started to get indications because he hadn't made a final decision, that maybe he would do a piecemeal approach to it. withdraw from certain parts of u.n. conventions while staying in the overall framework of the agreement. yesterday when he was appearing in the oval office with vietnam's prime minister, the president was giving nothing away. listen here. >> president trump: very soon. [inaudible question] >> president trump: you'll find out very soon. >> we'll find out this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. when the president will hold a rose garden event. a lot of co

they are michael kohn, trump's long time attorney and personal advisor and michael caputo.house members are planning to meet with the digital director of the trump campaign. jessica snyder is out front with more. are these signs that the investigation is focussing more and more on trump's personal circle? >> michael cohen is president trump's hong-time personal attorney. he's hired attorney steven ryan helping deal with investigative requests. that's because comey was subpoenaed two weeks ago. he says he is committed to cooperating and has dpreed to testify on september 5th. then there's michael caputo. he's hired a former new york attorney general. the fbi has contacted caputo in connection to the russia investigation. then finally, there's brad parscale. there are plenty to call him as a witness as the probe on the house side digs into any possible links between the trump operation and russian operatives. like you said, kate, really digging into the president's own circle? >> lot of moving parts even on this friday. "out front," norm eisen, a former ambassador, of course,

clung to its sixth straight session could there be a bigger breakout our next guest thinks so michael kohn thank you >> let's first talk about what eamon was talking about in terms of policy. seems like a pro fossil fuel specifically energy policy not just the things announced today, but the measures taken by the interior department since the administration has been in place. even at the margins. what impact does this have on energy prices? >> we fundamentally, it's markets that are going to drive this innovation and drive this increase in exports. during the obama administration, policies they had put in place didn't really inhibit of course, there were regulations that wer put in place and could have been actually confirmed if over the course of the next couple of year, a lot of those for example the clean power plant has been put on hold, but at the end of the day, the decline in coal jobs, the decline in coal production, all has been driven by the market, by natural gas prices lower, so likewise, it's those low natural gas prices that are going to be able to drive the export of that na

michael kohn and other of his lawyers, and very close to the president has been subpoenaed, the whitedon mcgahn has been criticized. what kind of a team does he need around him page paid? >> the most important thing is he needs people who he trusts. obviously if you are going to hire a lawyer to defend new a sensitive investigation or case you have to hire a lawyer who is going to do the right thing. even though he may not have the experience in something like this he at least has a relationship with the president, somebody that the president hopefully will listen to. >> when you hire an attorney, the first thing they tell you is to stop talk. the president loves to talk, tell us everything he is thinking, even in tweets. sometimes it's contradictory. he contradicts himself. is the president in trouble -- is he a terrible legal client? >> i don't know. he strikes me as most high-profile strong willed ceo types that i have ever represented. the advantage that kasowitz has that some of us who defend these cases or these clients don't usually have is that kasowitz has a relationship with

i just got a statement from michael kohn personal attorney to president trump. he just texted this.'s statement released today needs to be carefully scrutinized as his dm claims the president was concerned about the dossier. it must be noted that the dossier has been debunked by even the author himself cristian steel. do you want to react? >> what the heck does the lawyer have to say about the document? i find it odd, interesting because of the hookers reference, but something to compare to the flynn revelations is secondary. on the cloud in this comment from the thapt he wants to get out from underneath the cloud, the fbi director did the right thing. as soon as he skips out and speaks about information on one part he has to speak about the other part. >> that dossier, not all of it has been debunked. some of it apparently have some elements of truth. >> it's a long complicated document with a lot of raw information. >> steel himself never debunked it. >> he never did. it's a document with lots of information that's uncorroborated, some that journalists have been able to corroborat