mickey cohen was born in brooklyn and grew up in los angeles and became a las vegas, los angeles gangsterug, murderer, pure bad guy. and so this is something i think when michael cohen is born, was there any pause over that first name? was there any pause? what it seems to have done is infuse young michael cohen with a mickey cohen keep of ambition. >> yeah. >> we want him to grow up to be mickey cohen. so he went through cooley law school and became, tried to become donald trump's mickey cohen. >> it's interesting you say that the "wall street journal" piece is epic, by the way. it talks about him bragging to friends, sort of making himself sounds like he was mobbed up, even though people didn't believe him. he operates like she that guy. there is a way donald trump treats him. it's more fredo than anything else, he treats him cold. this is one of the pieces from that "wall street journal" article. it says after saying he'd attends cohen's son's bar mitzvah in 2012, mr. trump was late. and the blessings were delayed, according to an attendee. he told a guest he hadn't planned to come. he

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mickey is our international economics and policy correspondent. speaking of the president temer president trump's personal attorney, michael cohen, is appearing before a judge at this hour. this is the president's lawyers asked the judge to block the doj in hisewing evidence office and hotel room. this high profile event comes amid mounting geopolitical tensions and trans face-off with former fbi chief james comey. to help us put it into perspective, we are joined by housen pettypiece, white correspondence. there are some a different strands. let's talk about michael: because he is due to appear in court to the hour. what will this hearing determine? what is the purpose of the hearing? hennon: it is whether or not gets to review and see the material seized by the fbi to determine if any of that he believes should follow -- fall under attorney-client privilege for president trump's lawyers are asking for the same thing, that they be able to review information that was seized in this fbi raid to determine whether or not that would fall under attorney-client privilege. that is an unusual thing to be requested of someone who has had their offices raided