michael? what were they trying to get at about michael? >> michael'shat his type of role was going to be and other issues i just -- you know, business type issues which just general things i had seen around trump -- which i don't want to get into. it's nothing guilty or criminal. at least i don't believe it is. >> to that point, do you think -- you used the word michael cohen has flipped, is that your assessment of what michael cohen is doing now, that he has flipped on the president? do you see it as that? >> we all thought this once he hired lanny davis. i heard from mutual friends and reporters he talked to he was very upset with the president. i like michael personally, once again. i sympathize with him. the minute he retained lanny davis, for somebody like me that was, well, that's a little inappropriate, to me, and i see where you're going with this. and lanny has said this, he basically wants him to be the john dean to impeach this president. i don't believe whatever michael has is of that type of value. >> do you think that it was wrong for mic

: or potentially coming from michael: -- from michael cohen, or potentially coming from michael cohen, what could the implications be seeing how a sitting president cannot be indicted? kevin: when the president spoke in charleston, he said show me the collusion. those were his direct words. the republicans i spoke with in the last 24 hours are adamant there is no suggestion -- no evidence to suggest collusion with the trump campaign in russia. the second point i would make is that this has a policy of legation between now and weeks from now with the midterm elections. if you have looked at the polls coming out of the special elections, democrats have seen a resurgence in the bulls. i have had republicans tell me that they noticed democrats are more motivated right now in the special elections to get to the polls. beckett interesting, and thirdly, finally, should something like the house of representatives split back to pelosi, control, nancy raising the issue of whether or not the president has put them in "legal jeopardy" her words. this sets up a political domino affect of wha

>> why did michael cohen make this if there was no truth to the allegations. >> you have to ask michael. michael is my attorney, you will have to ask michael cohen. >> do you know where he got the money to make that payment? >> i don't know. >> trump's statement today is also completely inconsistent with the fact that the president was recorded on tape with michael cohen discussing whether to buy the rights to mcdougal's story of an alleged affair. listen. >> when it comes time to the financing which will be -- >> what, if anything? >> we'll have to pay. >> pay the cash. >> no, no, no. >> yet despite the tapes, the white house claims trump did nothing wrong. >> how do you explain that? >> once again i commented on this pretty extensively. what i can tell you about this is that the president did nothing wrong. there are no charges against him. there is no collusion. >> the president said today on the grounds at the white house contradicts a video of the president saying that. >> once again, i have addressed this a number of times. just because you continue to ask the same question over and over,

it's sometimes people think i'm odd because michael michael cook this beautiful document and they're like it's about harvest to sticks. do you think anyone is for you or you're worth. ok not on this one but on this one this is actually larry he's the guy that invited me to cure up and he put his book on education called this in documents so you can see right here in the front everybody has worked on it and even sometimes which pages they've used and his own way of the americans who come here and look at this one or is it that this fellow is russian. nine hundred seventy nine. people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice or the biggest read in truth to stand is and you just leave as the right questions and demand the right answer. questions. we knew that already. in fact. he had us. right. so it's over by. having a native english speaker as both are buried in a curiosity for a provincial russian university samantha's class is also rebuilt many cultural differences in how the russians and the american

michael cohen. and i believe the united states of america. which charged michael cohen and is responsible for the plea agreement. they could not accept michaelohen's plea agreement, unless they believed michael cohen, too. which means they have evidence to corroborate it. >> so do you believe this is an impeachable offense? >> what the remedy is going to be will depend on what more is found as a result of the continuing investigation by this special counsel. and here's what i believe is most important, wolf, on this day. the congress of the united states has to protect the special counsel. we're likely to see a firestorm of resistance from the president of the united states and the congress of the united states itself has to investigate through the judiciary committee of the senate. >> do you think anything is going to happen between now and the midterm elections? you only have a few legislative days, and you've got a lot of other stuff to do, including the confirmation hearings for u.s. supreme court justice. >> we need to begin. the senate judiciary committee is composed of senators who are going to be there after the midterm election. two

michael michael calling and paid him that money and he certainly never paid him back that was a story from the white house until rudy giuliani went on television and said oh yeah he knew about it and he reimbursed michael cohen and not only that he probably paid off a lot of other women if he was my attorney i don't think i want that guy representing those jen thank you so much we'll have you both back this has been very lively. larry thanks john and thank you the audience for joining me on this edition of politicking remember you can join the conversation on my facebook page or tweet me at kings things don't forget to use the politics he has tagged and that's all for this edition of politicking. legal. this is the peace and city of angeles when the us military moved out the six to us moved in. and now a whole generation of fatherless children is growing up here. a dad an opinion one month a couple simple than an eagle. eye but be a surgeon like you like. i know your. son. sorry it isn't the first time the t.v. crew to see you or takes you for a night answer is known that no one but it's true or. that's it the better you want my god found it. a bit better you can take the gilliver but you can't take a

one point saying that michael cohen you know was doing what he was paid to do you know denying that president had made these known about these payments them saying well michael michael cohen was doing what he was paid to do dodging evading to have michael cohen in the courtroom standing in front of the judge say unequivocally that he had made these payments for the purpose of influencing the campaign was quite a dramatic moment and one with many implications remember him this is a man who once said that he would take a bullet for president tribe and then as the investigation continued starting back in april with the raid of his home office and hotel room documents seized as the pressure mounted we saw signs that he was talking to prosecutors and that he was possibly willing to cooperate with them all leading up to this admission of guilt. but here's some more background in terms of how we got to this place. he was the president's fixer his longtime attorney the man who dealt with problems before they became big problems but now michael cohen could be president donald trump's biggest threat of a break he's facing several charges brought by federal prosecutors in new

michael cohen is willing to testify publicly under oath without immunity before congress at any time. that's interesting. you heard lanny davis say he believes there is evidence the president directed michael cohen to make these payments to stormy daniels and you heard lanny davis say michael cohen has more to say about the russia investigation. your thoughts? >> well, this is, of course, enormously important and it's already clear that trump's allies will try to portray michael cohen as a liar, someone who is trying to protect his own skin because he's exposed to so many years in prison and trump's supporters have a lot to work with. he -- cohen is a criminal. cohen has admitted to lying in the past. but he was also very close to donald trump and he is someone who has documented a lot of his life and i think one of the most important things we're going to learn in the next few weeks is what -- to what extent michael cohen's implicating story about the president can be corroborated. are there e-mails? are there tapes? are there financial records that show that michael cohen is telling the truth when he says that donald trump committed a crime. that is an enormously important question. we don't know the answer to that yes. >> david cay johnston, here's what michael cohen sa

michael cohen. >> absolutely. you mean for michael flynn or michael cohen? >> michael cohen. >> for michael cohen. yes. cooperation is an ongoing evaluation. just because we didn't see any evidence of a cooperation agreement it's very common. in my cases you don't want to mention a cooperation agreement in open court unless you absolutely have to. there are two major reasons why, number one, you could compromise an ongoing investigation but number two your clients could be at risk if people out there, bad actors, know that he is cooperating. as they say, unfortunately, snitches get stitches. that's a saying that's thrown around the courthouses for a reason. it's dangerous to be a snitch. it's not uncommon even at sentencing to go to sidebar and say, hey, judge, we have a motion here which is a signal that there's cooperation, then go back in open court and proceed with sentencing. >> danny cevallos, i am sure it is going to be another busy day for you. >> we haven't even talked about manafort yet. >> i will save that for later. >>> still ahead, the white house economic adviser larry kudlow speaking

michael cohen's plea today. this morning he wrote "if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you don't retain the services of michael cohen!" and michael cohen plead guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime. president obama had a big campaign finance violation and

then, we speak to michael cohen's attorney about what hisk cliews of the president. and we get reaction from former u.s. attorney general, michaelkasey. plus, facebook and twitterid tify disinformation campaigns from iran, one day ewafter microsoft revealed evidence that russia was trying to interfere in the midterm elections. >> when you think about what it t kes to successfully defend democracy in the 2ntury,f this is part. now we have new elections on our

michael cohen. michael is my attorney and you'll have to ask michael cohen. >> do you know where he got the money to make that payment? >> i don't know, no. >> there you go. today we do know because michael cohen answered that question. you'll have to ask michael cohen, in court today. said it was at the behefts of the president. giuliani said in may on another network, yeah, he knew about these payments and he paid him back. how does the white house handle this? what does sarah sanders say at the podium when you and other journalists ask her? >> well, let's not even go to sarah. that would be tomorrow. let's talk about tonight. the white house from what i'm understanding from our republican sources are -- white house staffers are very upset and very concerned about what the president could say tonight in west virginia. so that's the first step. and then tomorrow you know, we always hear sarah sanders do prez-splaining. this president and michael cohen are polar opposites on the truth as it relates to what happened with these payments. but -- and there is a credibility issue on both sides. but at th

michael is my attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> he agreed with michael cohen as far as i know is a long-standing agreement, that michael cohen takes care of situations like this, then gets paid for them, sometimes. paid for them sometimes, reimbursed in another way. depends whether it's business or personal. >> it's not campaign money, no campaign finance violation. >> they funneled it through a law firm. >> funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. >> oh, i didn't know he did. >> yeah. >> that will forever -- the evolution of a response that's at the center of pretty serious prosecution out of the southern district. how is the legal team managing the fact patterns? >> they thought the new york part of this was the more troubling one because they didn't understand it. they claim to under the four corners of the mueller investigation and thought the president was in an okay spot. but all along they never thought they got straight answers from the president about this, and they never thought that they understood the full extent of the president's lee lags ship wit

michael: we will make america fair again. [applause] michael: we will make america dynamic again. [applause] michael: we will make america respected again. [applause] and above all else, we will make america america again. [cheers and applause] michael: thank you. >> i want to make sure all of these people get pictures. why don't we make the press wait for a minute? i want to make sure everybody gets pictures. >> can i get a couple? >> we would like to thank mr. abernathy -- avenetti for his wonderful speech. it's time for a raffle so get your tickets now. there will be arapahoe in about 10 minutes, thank you. just there will be a raffle in about 10 minutes thank you. >> thanks for coming out. >> great message. >> how are you? >> so nice to meet you, too. >> you are a powerful force for good. >> thank you so much. it's a pleasure, thanks for coming out. >> go tigers. >> how are you? >> that's so nice of you, thank you. >> we exchanged emails. >> yes, thanks for reaching out to me. >> can i get a picture? if i can figure out how. >> absolutely. >> thanks very much, good seeing you, take care of yours

michael: thank you. >> thank you bring much. michael: i like your shirt. >> i like it, too. michael: thank you for coming out. a pleasure. >> i appreciate it. [indiscernible] >> are you -- what specifically are you doing in new hampshire? michael: here with all of these people in this beautiful setting. >> and we're happy to have you here in this welcoming state. [indiscernible] michael: helping democrats raise money. [indiscernible] raced good money last night, we raised good money and iowa and ohio. i'm going to go back to iowa and help democrats raise money for the midterms. >> and you're helping children find their way back home? michael: yes. >> i'm really happy about that. we are in an uproar about that. michael: the federal government, if trump [indiscernible] >> don't even get me started. [laughter] michael: he asked the aclu to fix the problem he created. while he was degrading women and weeding, people like me are busting their butts to solve the mess he created. >> it will take a long time to solve the mess he created. but i am glad you came. thank you. [indiscernible] >> could you please, thank you

>> why did michael cohen make it if there was no truth to her allegations? >> well, you have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> do you know where he got the money to make that payment? >> no, i don't know, no. >> reporter: the president later admitted he had reimbursed cohen for the hush money payment months earlier. can you stand here today and say the president has never lied to the american people? because so many people look back at that tape of him on air force one saying he knew nothing about these payments when, in fact, we now know we knew everything about these payments. so, has he lied? >> look, again, i think that's a ridiculous accusation. the president in this matter has done nothing wrong and there are no charges against him. >> reporter: today on twitter, the president falsely claimed that, quote, "michael cohen pled guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime." they are, indeed, a crime, spelled out by federal prosecutors. and on fox news, the president floating another defense. >> did you know about the payments? >>

michael cohen, i didn't even know him. listen to how the president describes his relationship with michael cohen this morning. >> michael cohen. tell me about your relationship with him. >> well, he was a lawyer for me for -- one of many. they always say the lawyer and they like to add the fixer. well i don't know if he was a fixer. i don't know where that term came from. he was a lawyer for me, didn't do big deals, did small deals. they make it sound like i didn't live without him. it turned out michael cohen wasn't a very good lawyer but he was probably with me for ten years and i would see him sometimes. >> barely knew the guy. >> who is this michael cohen of whom you speak? mitchell cohen? >> i always like he was probably with me for about ten years. as if he doesn't know the history. >> and also ten years? that strikes me as not a short time. we are only on this earth for so ma many. if you are an adult, ten years is a substantial chunk of your life. >> it's important for people to understand. michael cohen was integral to president trump's personal operation, part of the family essentially. he was not only his lawyer bu

>> no, no. >> then why did michael cohen make it if there was no truth or allegation. >> you have to ask michael. michael. you'll have to ask michael. >> do you know where he got the money? no, i don't know. >> michael would represent me and represent me on some things. rereprese represents me with this crazy stormy daniels deal. >> did you know about the payments. >> later on i knew. later on. you have to understand, what he did and they weren't taken out of campaign finance. that's a big thing. much bigger thing. did that the come out of campaign. didn't come out of campaign. they came from me. >> well, "the washington post" fact checker has been hesitant to call trump's misleading statements lies. now concludes the statement on stormy daniels was a lie. what do we make of the he handled the stormy daniels thing for me? i didn't hear that until later. it's messy. >> the reason "the washington post" changed the wording on this, they're saying the president knowingly told these m m mistruths. critics of the press have said the press has been far too -- will always say when it comes to negotiation, one of

michael cohen. michael cohen wasn't running for president. the whole point of this illegal campaign contribution was to benefit donald trump. and now michael cohen is asserting that it was done at the direction of donald trump. so why would michael cohen be exclusively prosecuted and not donald trump? for a crime like this. but remember, he is president of the united states. and there is a justice department policy. it's a policy. it is not a law. not in the constitution. it doesn't necessarily have to be followed. but it is a policy that the president cannot be indicted. but what we have here and what went on in open court today is a very explicit statement by michael cohen in effect endorsed by the southern district of new york that donald trump also committed a federal crime in campaign finance violations. >> it's significant, mark preston, that the president when he walked down the stairs of air force one, he went over to reporters, made a strong statement in support of paul manafort, found guilty on eight counts, felony courts today in virginia, but he didn't say anything about michael cohen at all. this is a president who's usually n

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>> no. >> then why did michael cohen make it if there was no -- >> you'll have to ask michael cohen. michael'sy attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> reporter: months later, a very different story from the president's new personal attorney, rudy giuliani. >> it's not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. they funneled it through a law firm and the president repaid it. >> reporter: prosecutors say cohen was reimbursed by the trump organization. >> mr. cohen sought reimbursement for that money by submitting invoices to the candidate's company which were untrue and false and was simply a means to obtain reimbursement for the unlawful campaign contribution. >> reporter: cohen was also involved in the payoff to karen mcdougal, former playboy playmate who on cnn claimed she once had a year-long affair with mr. trump. >> so did i see him quite a few times, quite a bit? absolutely, we spent a lot of time together. >> reporter: just before the election mcdougal sold her story to the publisher of "the national enquirer." they bought it and buried it, a practice known as catch and kill. tr

michael cohen. does the special counsel's office want to talk to michael cohen? have they talked on michael cohen? does michael cohen have now or did he ever have an option to reduce his prison by talking to the special counsel's office about what he knows that might be helpful in their other ongoing investigations? i mean, cohen implicated the president in two felonies today. if cohen has more to say beyond implicating the president, in these two felonies today, has he said it to prosecutes? should we expect that he will? i think we may be able to get an answer on that from a guest you will be surprised to see here. next. we just got married. we're all under one roof now. congratulations. thank you. how many kids? my two. his three. along with two dogs and jake, our new parrot. that is quite the family. quite a lot of colleges to pay for though. a lot of colleges. you get any financial advice? yeah, but i'm pretty sure it's the same plan they sold me before. well your situation's totally changed now. right, right. how 'bout a plan that works for 5 kids, 2 dogs and jake over here? that would be gre

michael cohen. michael is my attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> do you know where he got the money to make that payment? >> no, i don't know. >> did he lie to the american people when he talked about this on air force one. >> no. the president addressed this a number of times. >> well, it's all about the minds of trump voters now. can they watch the president lie on air force one and hear the white house press secretary say, no, he didn't lie and be okay with that? there are going to be fewer and fewer white house press briefings now because every one from now on will include questions that would be asked in an impeachment hearing in the judiciary committee in the house of representatives where the impeachment process beginning. in federal court yesterday the prosecutor described for the judge the evidence that proves michael cohen's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in the crimes that he says he committed with donald trump. prosecutors said that that evidence includes, quote, records obtained from an april 9th, 2018 search, including hard copy documents seized electronic devices and audio re

michael michael calling him paid him that money and he certainly never paid him back it was a story from the white house until rudy giuliani went on television and said oh yeah he knew about it and he reimbursed michael cohen and not only that he probably paid off a lot of other women if he was my attorney i don't think i want that guy representing those jen thank you so much we'll have you both back to this has been very lively. larry thanks john and thank you the audience for joining me on this edition of politicking remember you can join the conversation on my facebook page or tweet me at kings things don't forget to use the politics he has tagged and that's all for this edition of politicking. please. long. lead. time for something going on. in the. trees. mostly you can say that only behind the other kids. and all of a sudden the man just runs told me there's a job with. i said i when entering it's given me a minute alone. in your clothes shoot me. in it on the market now you. could be chubby and you don't want to go your man on man got a fight i mean it'll be like i'm in the country are you. live . in kentucky. with all the boys it was very funny. a coma any city with almost no coal mines left.

michael fa michael farrole. they said inflation is up 2%, no sign of acceleration above 2%, and doesn't seem to be elevated risk of overheating. is that what the market is cheering about >> that seems to be what the market is cheering about as steve pointed out, this speech like most is a bit of a rorschach test i viewed it hawkishly as steve mentioned, inflation isn't a sufficient indicator of whether the market is overheating. leaning heavily on a fed report that said the appropriate past to policy is hike rates to 3% or above, more than the markets expect i guess i saw more hawkish elements than dovish elements. >> michaelou have the spread between the two and ten year notes now narrowing to less than 20 basis points, is that concerning you, do you think the market is pricing in risk associated with it? >> look, i think we would agree we are in the mature phase of expansion. i would expect it to be flatter than three or four years ago i don't think it is sending imminent recession signal. if you look two to three years out, there's obviously things to worry about in terms of whether the economy is overheating and whether the fed will need to go to more restrictive policy i don't think sending too worry some a signal in the next 12 months. >> if we were to get to a point the economy is overheating, i use the word if here, given fed chairman powell's comments about the fact inflation would show up in financial markets first, where would you expect to see that >> i think steve was right to think that credit spreads are something that the fed is very focused on you can move on to things like equities everyo

michael cohen. does the special counsel's office want to talk on michael cohen? have they talked on michael cohen? does michael cohen have now or did he ever have an option to reduce his prison time but talking to the special counsel's office about what he knows that might be help envelop their other ongoing investigations? i mean, cohen implicated the president and two felonies today. if cohen has more to say beyond implicating the president, should we expect that he will have more to say? i think we may be able to get an answer on that from a guest you will be surprised to see here. next. insurance that won't replace the full value of your new car? you'd be better off throwing your money right into the harbor. i'm gonna regret that. with liberty mutual new car replacement we'll replace the full value of your car. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ but climbing 58,070 steps a year can be hard on her feet, knees, and lower back. that's why she wears dr. scholl's orthotics. they're clinically proven to relieve pain and give you the comfort to move more. dr. scholl's, born to move. applebee's to

michael --michael cohen guilty plea and him implicating donald trump? guest: it is hard to say because paul manafort has 100% nothing to do with donald trump. less to do with russian collusion. cohen, it exposes the special counsel. then does not look like sort of person i would choose to be my legal representative. or anything else. he seems a little bit shady. i think most people are not florida there were some -- floored there were tax irregularities. violation forance paying stormy daniels, that shows the whole point is to get trump. i describe campaign violations in the book. the single most important point, we know people in washington, most normal people know campaign finance violations unless it is a crime against had a failure -- pedophilia. they are obligated. the most important thing to that is this money money what is spent if not for the campaign which will be hard to prove that a man whose namesake is all of his businesses, his golf courses, his hotel, other than the fact i was running for office, i do not care if everyone thinks i am sleeping around with losey's. -- losey -- host: someone writes that conviction would increase the treasure on others to cooperate with robert mueller and they encourage robert mueller to move sooner rather than later to bring the president in to testify, possibly by subpoena. guest: we have been hearing the same thing for two years. something i make fun of in my book. we keep hearing the news is tightening. moved to the big fish but nothing happens. not good for paul manafort or cohen, and a further exposes the having counsel as being a star chamber as looking at one man and everyone around him. a lot of people around donald trump have survived in but not the way the law is supposed to work in america. cohen has nothing to worry about. that is a silly case. at worst, let's say he is guilty, he will have to pay a fine. 's word, who is fighting for his life, he will say, the president told me he was only doing this because he was running for president. i refer you to the john edwards case where he had very wealthy donors paying millions of dollars to put up his mistress when he was running for president's, his pregnant mistress. he went to court and everyone ridiculed the prosecution and he was acquitted immediately. are those donors still paying for his mistress? that clearly had to do with the campaign and it will be hard to prove that donald trump would not have cared. i do not necessarily think what these women are alleging, is it just stormy daniels or both of them? host: karen mcdougal. guest: paying both? host: money for karen mcdougal's story. guest: i do not believe either of them but i could be wrong. it doesn't matter. i think one of the things i am not wild about the president for , the only political thing, not building the wall but i am from connecticut and we do not think it is good to brag about your wealth. if you do and hang around with reality tv stars and playboy bunnies, you will probably get a lot of nuisance lawsuits. --o not think karen mcdougal she said she had an affair for one year but not any evidence? i can date a boy for a week and give you five pieces of evidence. you have no cufflinks? no answering machine message? the other one claims a one-time role in the sack and overlaying all of that, remember that donald trump is a germ of oh -- german phobic -- has made a big mistake. me -- a hero of the college owns case -- college jonesase was -- paula case, she let people latch onto her and got her to do a playboy spread to bring her down. that is what lanny davis is doing with cohen and now both sides hate him. host: phone lines for republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. a new book as of yesterday --202-748-8001 -- a new book as of yesterday --"resistance is futile." i want to jump to the conclusion, democracy to live we must kill the media. explain the strong language. guest: the previous 200 pages will illustrate why. luckily, i do not have a job so i can read through nexxus lighting's transcripts -- is --us transcript of trial donald trump. stunning the contradiction from year-to-year and month-to-month but day-to-day, the resistance which has encompassed in -- completely the media. where is donald trump on this? the extent of not caring about factsal defendant rights, and logic, do we really care about russian collusion? hillary clinton's campaign and the dnc, and he is the i paid -- fbi paid russians for information on donald trump. most of the media has always been liberal. ime new york times -- i am the new york times most loyal reader. made thosewould have first six paragraphs the first for a rough, but essentially i will get facts. you cannot turn to the gold standard of journalism and expect to get facts. we need to destroy the media and rebuild it among more ethical lines which is one thing we may get out of donald trump. host: if you destroy the media, what does that mean for you? media,we still have a just an ethical media. they would tell the truth. it would not be fake news. they would not be sending away citizens in a democracy that needs facts with a false story. host: on the conclusion that -- a delusional,e may be chemotherapy for the country. you vomit, your hair falls out, your hair falls out, but it kills cancer cells and you live. the presidency may be an -- gosant thing to do -- through but everyone on the new york times editorial board will die. host: have you heard from them? guest: many are my friends and there are one or two good reporters on the new york times but enough to were not. the editorial board, most recent edition, a woman dedicated all of her free time to cheer for the genocide of white men. a long going along -- way to make the media seem fair. host: talking with ann coulter who has a new book out called "resistance is futile." greg in alabama. from alabama, republican. caller: good morning. the first thing i saw when donald trump was election, watching coverage of several networks. i have a feeling we would get to this point. when i saw don lemon and his say, there is no way to polish this turd. i have never seen that kind of disrespect. anybody on a respectable network would have been fired. a discover that there may be small infraction. there is no russian collusion. we have not proven russian collusion and we are tightening the screws on everybody around him. rating his personal attorneys home -- raiding his personal attorney's home, he may have had sex out of wedlock, i do not think it was worth $70 million. -- $17 million. guest: that is a great point. having written so many books about so much in politics is there are a lot of flashbacks in my book. on the campaign finance violations, that is in the news now. you may recall many -- and many c-span viewers will recall, we had chinese nationals in the clinton era driving duffel bags of cash to the dnc. the white house holding fundraisers in the white house. that is a big campaign finance violation. eventually, videotapes emerged. saturday night live was tougher on clinton been janet reno -- than janet reno. no independent counsel and the new york times chastised janet reno for her blunders. give me a break. host: mclean, virginia, independent. caller: i find it breathtaking that you are twisting yourself into a pretzel and denigrating your own integrity by pursuing this -- what about ism. focus on being an american first rather than being a considerate -- conservative. thatre basically saying all of these honorable people who have come out, republican and democrat, who have come out and said, this president has done to the office of the presidency is heinous and you are saying, our entire justice system is incompetent. you are saying, someone who commits bank fraud, and i am a banker. you are saying someone who commits bank fraud and tax evasion, is complicit with the president to commit fraud. you are basically laughing it all away. i find you to be heinous. guest: a lot of anger. you may want to see someone about that. the idea that it is the country first and not republican and democrat, that is why people like me were so excited about the trout residency. -- donald trump presidency. i do not think it is republicans versus democrats and the donald trump tennessee -- candidacy supported that, i think he exposed things and had people behind him. that --with the theory what about america first? 90% of republicans and 100% of democrats, all they care about who is pulling the strings. primary,ent news, the the primary for governor in wyoming, had the state treasurer i think against a very wealthy causes ir to a lot of think are fantastic and i completely wholeheartedly support. i did interviews in washington yesterday and people were talking about it. i kept saying, everyone i talked to yesterday, they all thought foster freeze was going to win but i thought was and he old? but he spent so much money. washington still things -- things you win money -- elections with money and donald trump spent less money than sanders. host: the state treasurer won. guest: why haven't they learned. ? trump was right, you push ideas and you win. why do politicians still think elections are won with money? they are one with popular ideas. -- won with popular ideas. trump is not a down the line republican. people were mad he started with the mitch mcconnell agenda. big these days. for people paying attention, so massively unfair, every president being dropped -- precedent dropped, we do not want to hear about the clintons, but it is known as the will of law. like cases are treated alike. this is why lady justice is wearing a blindfold and holding a scale. should not matter whether your last name is trump or clinton, what aboutism is a terrifying attempt to destroy the rule of law. like cases are treated alike. host: what about your relationship with the trump administration? guest: for those of you who follow me on twitter, you know i was his most vocal and immediate supporter. his campaign was magnificent. he has stunning political instincts. book, ise in the last washington style republicans announcing him, saying he is not a real republican, half the country is saying fantastic, he is not a republican, it is an all new party of the people. of course, i have been disappointed in many ways he has abandoned that. host: president trump tweeting this morning, talking about paul manafort, saying i feel badly for paul manafort and his wonderful family. justice took a 12-year-old tax case and apply tremendous pressure on him, unlike michael cohen he refused to break and make up stories in order to get a deal. a brave man. different than what president trump said about his former lawyer. he said, i suggest you do not retain the services of michael cohen if you're looking for a good lawyer. [laughter] guest: i think donald trump should tweet more. the difference in paul manafort and cohen, one of my favorite movies is "true romance." host: not seen it. guest: you are such an intellectual, the contrast between elliott collapsing when he is pulled over for a traffic violation and the girlfriend who gets beaten up for 20 minutes in a hotel room. the difference between paul manafort and michael cohen. i will tell you anything as michael cohen. host: democrat, good morning. caller: i have read some things she wrote. i think ann coulter is crazy. she wants us to believe that what we have been watching for the last 18 months. guest: what have you read? caller: a few things you have written. i do not have to give you the name. gue

michael cohen of coordinating and directing a hush money scheme to silence his accusers weeks before the 2016 election. what will cohen tell robert mueller's investigators if asked? joining me is michael cohen's attorney lanny davis. lanny, thank you for being with us in open court. in open court yesterday, michael cohen said he made these payments in coordination with and at the direction of the president of the united states. that's michael cohen's words. what other proof, what other evidence is there to back that up? >> donald trump's own lawyers are the best evidence. they stated in a letter to the special counsel that donald trump directed, that's the word they used, michael cohen to make these payments to hush up these two women. and donald trump didn't sign the check to own up, he told michael cohen, according to his lawyers, who would be witnesses against him, so there's no dispute by his own lawyers, that donald trump directed michael cohen to do this. >> what letter? what letter? i have heard you refer to this letter. we have not seen this letter. what letter? when was it written? which lawyers? >> i am stunned because it is public. it was reported by many news outlets that donald trump's lawyers sent a letter to this special counsel in which they used the word directed concerning thes

michael from the get-go. >> i was surprised to hear it that way. i was expecting to hear that it was michael really 'cause, you know, i've been learning so many things about michaeld all of that. >> you haven't had any discussions with michael about -- like you've had with christopher? >> not like with christopher, no. no. 'cause me and christopher are a little bit closer than me and michael. >> do you know if she ever talked to michael about it? >> no, i don't. >> have a seat right here. >> reporter: still, edmunds decided it was time to bring in michael for a second round of questioning. and this time, the investigator turned up the heat. >> michael, it's over, okay? i'm not playing games anymore. >> reporter: at first, michael said he didn't even know that becky and david were having an affair. >> i know about the affair with your mom and david. >> my mom and david? >> don't play stupid with me. don't play stupid with me. i'm telling you right now. it'll get ugly real quick, okay? this is your one and only chance to get yourself out of a whole load of trouble. >> it gets pretty hot and heavy in that interview room. >> listen to me. listen to me. i know what's

it's sometimes people think i'm odd because michael michael about this beautiful document and they're like it's about harvest just sticks. do you think anyone before you or your work. not on this one but on this one this is actually larry he's the guy that invited me to cure up and he put his book on education called this in documents so you can see right here in the front everybody has worked on it and even sometimes which pages they've used and his own way of the americans who come here and look at this one or is it this fellow is russian. one nine hundred seventy nine. fifty. five. join me every thursday on the all excitement short and obviously going to get us out of the world of politics. business i'm sure i'll see you there. in fact. right. having a native english speaker is both a barry t. and a curiosity for a provincial russian university samantha's classes also reveal many cultural differences in how the russians and the americans opposed it world you've spent the last six years trying to get this claims and early soviet life but i also assume you had to immerse yourself in

michael michael calling him paid him that money and he certainly never paid him back it was a story from the white house until rudy giuliani went on television and said oh yeah he knew about it and he reimbursed michael cohen and not only that he probably paid off a lot of other women if he was my attorney i don't think i want that guy representing those gente thank you so much will have you both that this has been very lively. larry thanks john and thank you the audience for joining me on this edition of politicking remember you can join the conversation on my facebook page or tweet me it's king's things don't forget to use the politics he has tagged and that's all for this edition of politicking. please please . this is. a church secret indeed priests accused of sexually abusing children can get away with it would literally like to call this to do graphic solution so what the bishop needs to do then he finds out that the priest is is a perpetrator is simply moves him to a different spot were the previous standards not the highest ranks of the catholic church conceal the accused priests from the police and justice mustn't do that and that's not going to ask them to include what it used to see out in

michael cohen say that? >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney, you will have to ask michael. >> do you know where he got the money? >> no, i don't know. >> shepard: well we did ask michael cohen, michael cohen told the court. reporters asked about that very comment today at the white house briefing, we will hear the response in a moment. president trump is also praising paul manafort, a convicted felon. calling him brave. while slamming cohen. the president tweeted today, i feel very badly for paul manafort and his wonderful family, justice in quotes took a 12-year-old tax case among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him, unlike michael cohen he refused to break. make up stories in order to get a deal. such respect for a brave man. a felon a felon who cheated the american taxpayers out of tense of millions of dollars. chief white house correspondent john roberts at the white house. >> we're hearing from the white house and the president as you pointed out earlier, relax to the cohen plea deal. the president's outside at

michael michael calling and paid him that money and he certainly never paid him back it was a story from the white house until rudy giuliani went on television and said oh yeah he knew about it and he reimbursed michael cohen and not only that he probably paid off a lot of other women if he was my attorney i don't think i want that guy representing those gent thank you so much we'll have you both that this has been very lively. thank you larry thanks john and thank you the audience for joining me on this edition of politicking remember you can join the conversation on my facebook page or tweet me it's king's things don't forget to use the politics he has tagged and that's all for this edition of politicking. please please . do the corporate mainstream media fuel america's cultural wars do they magnify political differences it would seem so how else could it be as the only topic that is discussed and argued over because donald trump or journalists infected with trump to range would send. some people come on. people as you know we that. in the people tweet. most politicians say that only. the kids. out of a sudden the man just. told me their journey which. i said i will enter it in if they will not all

he pointed everybody to his personal attorney, michael cohen, and told them go ask michael cohen the facts. michael cohen will tell you the facts. well, guess what? in that courtroom here today we've learned the facts according to michael cohen and now rudy giuliani and the president are going to say no, no, don't ask michael cohen the facts because he doesn't know what he's talking about. and i want to go to a very important point that the prosecutor made. i mentioned it earlier in the program. about the evidence that the prosecution has to prove michael cohen's guilt on all of these counts. and on the two counts involving donald trump ordering him to commit the campaign finance crime, they said that their evidence includes "audio recordings made by mr. cohen." you have been saying for a long time that there are a lot more michael cohen recordings and that they are a lot more problematic for the president. so is that an indication that the federal government, the prosecutors have recordings of michael cohen and donald trump discussing these two particular crimes? >> i think it is. and i also think

michael cohen needs the public's health to tell the truth." he's hoping to fund raise and get donations to faye legal expenses for michael coen. it's a hot of chutzpah on michaelw be asking taxpayers to fund him so that he can then actual the truth. >> it's outrageous, anderson, you're absolutely right. i am confident that if they wanted to have a press conference or come on your show or any other show they wouldn't have to be paid to do it. you don't have to be paid money to figure out how to tell the truth. >> you say it's affected your ability to depose the president. how so? >> we have an actual predicate set forth in the amended complaint. he said our case was frivolous, had no basis. mr. trump and his lawyers have said the same thing. we know all of those were lies. they were complete fabrications. we know that the allegations are on solid footing. we're going to lay that out for the court in los angeles. i'm going to depose michael cohen and then i'll move on to the deposition of the president of the united states. he may want to lie to the american people but with we want to see if he's prepared to lie under oath. >> new questions in the murder of 20-y

michael cohen make this if there was no truth? >> michael is my attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> a few days later he acknowledged michael represent him in the deal with daniels. >> he represents me like with this crazy stormy daniels deal, he represented me, and, you know, from what i see, he did absolutely nothing wrong. there were no campaign funds going into this. >> why is he pleading the fifth? >> on may 2nd, rudy giuliani took it one step further. >> no campaign finance violation. so they funneled it through a law firm. >> funneled it through a law firm and the president repaid it. but he did know about the general arrangement that michael would take care of things like this. >> the following morning, mr. trump added that cohen received a monthly retainer. then on july 24th, cohen's lawyer released a secret recording between cohen and mr. trump discussing the logistics of another payment. this time to former playboy model karen mcdougal. >> when it comes time for the financing, which will be -- >> what financing? >> i have to pay -- >> cash. >> no, no, no. >> on august 21st, cohen officially flipped on his former

getting fired by him isn't exactly a career setback take the case of michael cohen this is michael collins lawyer urging people to support michael cohen with an online fundraiser hoping that he will get some help from the american people so he can continue to be the audience is that they don't appear ready to donate some people might be laughing but there is blowing and then there's peter strock the disgraced former f.b.i. agent who sent to trump messages to his mistress now he's raising money online he's already raised four hundred forty three thousand dollars half a million dollars on a go fund me just for hating donald trump has cancer patients on that side that are like hey we hate him too can you pay for my treatments i know you already hate him we could tell and then there's an dreaming. cave the f.b.i. director who was fired without benefits now nick cave has already managed to raise five hundred thirty nine thousand dollars this issue or him raising some money in order to pursue this you know that's one issue it's an ethical issue it's it's something that you know doesn't reflect good character and if you want to get mor

michael --michael maduell. you know sovereign wealth funds. do you know whether the saudis are interested in playing a role in taking tesla private? >> it has been well reported that they came to elon musk about two years ago and recently it was revealed that the saudi's to get 3%, 5% stake in tesla motors. there is interest and part of the conference goal is to help diversify the kingdom's oil revenues. with tesla, it is a company that fits the mold of a green car company. solarcity, electric cars. a lot of interest in these investments. an takes stakes in uber, e-commerce startup in the middle east, i think this will be an interesting thing to play out. david: 5% is one thing. if you on most needs them to take more than 5% to do this deal, from what you know about the kingdom, would they be interested in something more than 5%? >> let's take a step back. to the softbank vision fund that ran almost $100 billion and they were a big part of that. andy blackstone infrastructure fund commitment was fully funded. they have the capacity to do the whole thing, highly unlikely. they will probably bring in other players. silver lake partners, goldman sachs. they will probably reach out to others. david: they say elon musk does not want to relinquish anything close to control. does not anybody with a say in the way tesla is run. the way the saudi fund or other sovereign wealth funds work, whether make a substantial investment without wanting some say in what is going on? >> they would want some say, uber deal is a great example, and newsworthy deal, they would probably want one or two board seats. is thatind interesting they would want elon musk in the driver seat because part of tesla is elon musk. without him, tesla would have a tough time and he is a celebrity ceo, cheerleader of the company and visionary. i think that would be a part of the deal, they would want him to continue to be at the company just like apple with steve jobs and amazon with jeff bezos. david: what about other sovereign wealth funds? are they interested in electrification? what about kuwait? others in the gulf? >> a lot of sovereign funds into an electrics, nio, car company out of shanghai, they just filed. an asian electric car manufacturer. there is a lot of demand. looking at sovereign wealth ,unds for tesla, just guessing abu dhabi investment authority could be one. you may have some of the large pension plans. some of the pension plans have a mandate. to identify environmental investment. tesla fits the mold because they are not a traditional fossil fuel company, they are an electric car company. you may have large corporate's, foreign corporate's, i would not see a lot of action in china, especially with the legislation and large deals are being unwind it. -- unwinded. the severn -- david: difficulties for saudi process? get to the >> i read some of the new reforms and it is an interesting law. i am not a lawyer. with saudi arabia, it may be easier. versus china and other interests. david: that is michaelalix: we are paying attention to the retail have and have-nots with walmart up after best sales in a decade but jcpenney, if it open right now, it would be a record low. based on inventory mismanagement , they have to much and have to discount. and the users -- the u.s. housing market on deck. we will break it down. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: this is bloomberg daybreak, i am alix steel. today is a risk on. dow jones futures up 217 points as we wait for the latest on housing. european bank stocks up .2% despite their flirting with the bear market and italian banks getting hit hard. the dollar rally taking a pause. bonds selloff taking a pause in the commodity route taking a pause. we have building permits month on month coming up 1.5%, better than estimated and the previous month which was hammered, down 2.2%. provides upwards and now down only .7%. housing starts coming in light. 7%, which isersus what had been expected. permits are better. starts not as much and jobless claims grindin

michael cohen say this? >> well, you have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney, and you have to ask michael cohen. >> do you know where he got the money to make that payment? >> i don't know. >> all right, so that was a lie. in fact, back in may, his tv lawyer, rudy giuliani, revealed that was untrue, saying he did reimburse cohen for the daniels payoff, and he revealed a recording he made that showed mr. trump was also involved in the karen mcdougal arrangement. the david you're going to hear is likely david picker of the national enquirer's parent company. allen is the chief financial officer. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend david. so that i'm going to do that right away. i have come up -- i have spoken to allen about how to set the whole thing up with funding. yes. and it's all the stuff, all the stuff. because you never know where that company, what he's going to be. >> if he gets hit by a truck. >> correct, so i'm all over that. i spoke to allen about it. when it comes time for the fina

michael cohen plea. througheldman, take us pleas by michael: and what they are specifically regarding. guest: sure. you can think of them as being in two sets. the first are related to michaelohen's personal business and there is a set where they argue for michael coco -- michael cohen agreed he did not pay taxes on his income and he hid income in a variety of different ways, some including his taxicab business. then there is a set that says he lied to banks about a series of loans he had made to other people that resulted in him making a profit off the income -- he also lied into banks about loans he had taken out against is tax tax -- there fraud and bank fraud and then there are charges that got the most attention because they are related to donald trump and a campaign and that is he made .llegal campaign contributions in one way is that he worked with a major corporation, which certainly appears to be ami. the parent organization of the national inquirer, to direct them and coordinate to make a campaign corporation -- donation, which a corporation is not allowed to do, by paying karen mcdougal. then by making a campaign contribution himself by paying stormy daniels $130

getting fired by him isn't exactly a career setback take the case of michael cohen this is michael collins lawyer urging people to support michael cohen with an online fundraiser for hoping that he will get some help from the american people so we can continue to feed the audience isn't it they don't appear ready to donate some people might be laughing but the cash is flowing and then there's peter struck the disk raced former f.b.i. agent who sent him to trump messages to his mistress now he's raising money online he's already raised four hundred forty three thousand dollars half a million dollars on a go fund me just for hating donald trump has cancer patients on the side that are like hey we hate him too can you pay for my treatments i know you really hate him we could tell and then there's andrew mckay the f.b.i. director who was fired without benefits now nick cave has already managed to raise five hundred thirty nine thousand dollars and if you want to get more creative than crowd funding you could always write a book i'm a rose i'm an adult newman's new book unhinged tells stories from inside the white house thirty four t

as to what really happened here and what michael cohen, what information he conveyed to the president and what the president conveyed to michael cohen. >> michael, thank you very much for joining us tonight. appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, more republicans struggled today with what to say about what has happened this week involving the president and attorney general jeff sessions and everything else that donald trump has thrown their way. they are responding in ways they have never responded before. it is a very different response to the way they responded to the investigation of president bill clinton. dan rather covered the investigation of bill clinton for cbs news. dan rather will join us. let your perfect drive come together during the final days of the lincoln summer invitation event get 0% apr on select 2018 lincoln models plus one thousand dollars bonus cash. ♪ as moms, we send our kids out into the world, full of hope. and we don't want something like meningitis b getting in their way. meningococcal group b disease, or meningitis b, is real. bexsero is a vaccine to help prevent meningitis b in 10-25 year olds. eve

michael cohen. >> do you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no. >> then why did michael cohen make that statement -- >> you'll have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney and you'll have so ask michael. >> do you know where he got the money to make that payment? >> no, i don't know. >> hard to hear, but the bought on the line is the president was asked if he knew about the payment and how it was made, he said no. john harwood, cnbc's editor at large, jessica levinson is a professor at loyola law school and expert on campaign finance. for those who think this is a campaign thing, that conversation in april that we just played the recording of makes it a presidency thing because the president was the president in april and he said he didn't know about all the stuff that's documented in here. but in the end, in answer to my question, campaign finance laws are often not prosecuted. the enforcement division of the federal election commission is weekly staffed and not well resourced by design. but in the end, is this a serious charge if we connect all the dots and realize the president is the other conspirator? >> i think this absolutel

michael cohen. michael cohen had testified before the committee that he was not aware of any meeting prior to this disclosure in the press last summer. >> reporter: the sentencing is scheduled for december 12th. under the plea deal michael cohen faces up to five years in prison. >> has rudy giuliani talked about the michael cohen plea deal yet? >> reporter: we reached out to him for a comment and he maintains there are no allegations of any wrongdoing against the president and says michael cohen's actions reflect a pattern of dishonesty. >>> also today a guilty verdict in the trial of paul manafort. our coverage continues. >> reporter: jurors came back with a partial verdict finding paul manafort guilty on eight counts but unable to reach a decision on the other 10. >> paul manafort is disappointed not getting acquittals all the way through. >> reporter: prosecutors argued the former campaign manager failed to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars he earned from his lobbying work on behalf of pro- russian politicians between 2010 and 2016 and ely to keep himself flush with cash. his wife declined to >>> reporters following the trial but his attorney deliver this message. >> he is evaluating all of his options. >> rep

michael cohen make it? >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael is my -- an attorney. you'll have to ask michael cohen. >> do you know where he got the money? >> no. >> his lawyer said he did reimburse him for the daniels payoff and a few weeks ago michael cohen revealed the recording he made that shows mr. trump was also involved in the karen mcdougal arrangement, the david you'll hear in this tape is david pecker of ami. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that information regarding our friend david. so that i'm going to do that right away. i've spoken to allen about how to set the whole thing up with -- >> so what are we going to do? >> yes. and it's all the stuff, all the stuff. because you don't know what he's going to do. correct. so i'm all over that. and i spoke to allen about it. when it comes time for the financing which will be -- >> what financing? >> well, i have to pay you. >> pay the cash? >> no. no. no. >> how are you? >> when the recording first hit, many observers rashsaid it soun like a couple of crooks conspiring. that's just wh

as to what really happened here and what michael cohen, what information he conveyed to the president and what the president conveyed to michael cohen. >> michael, thank you very much for joining us tonight. appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, more republicans struggled today with what to say about what has happened this week involving the president and attorney general jeff sessions and everything else that donald trump has thrown their way. they are responding in ways they have never responded before. it is a very different response to the way they responded to the investigation of president bill clinton. dan rather covered the investigation of bill clinton for cbs news. dan rather will join us. ♪ adults are just kids with much, much better toys. introducing the 2018 c-class sedan, coupe and cabriolet. the thrills keep getting better. lease the c300 sedan for $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. to put on our website? i mean i would have but i'm a commercial vehicle so i don't have hands... or a camera...or a website. should we franchise? is the market ready for that? can we fr

michael, michael, hold on. 13 reasons that you can take somebody's clearance away. there are no breaches of those. >> i don't disagree with that at all. but john brennan is not going to suffer because his security clearance is revoked. >> can i make my point please. what is much more serious is the questions about bruce orr because he is a standing justice department official. and when you talk about basically eliminating anybody's do you process and revoking by presidential edict, somebody who is still in office, and still serving the government, that is a much more serious. >> the president has done something that is breached the process that you are supposed to use if you want to take somebody's security clearance away. what do you think the further implications are. we have seen these 13 write this letter and now seen another 60. they are concerned about greater implications not brennan's free speech right. >> this slippery slope danger. where you know, i agree with mike, i agree that john brennan's freedom of speech has not been stifled. the idea that the presi