mr. trump has once again denied having an affair and his lawyers are threatening her with financial ruin. it didn't stop her from coming on 60 minutes. here is the interview it seemed everybody was talking about today. you could be fined a million dollars. aren't you take a big risk? >> i am. >> i guess i am not 100% sure why you are doing this. >> it is important for me to be able to defend myself. >> is part of talking wanting to set the record straight? >> 100%. >> why does the record need to be set straight. >> people are saying whatever they want saying about me. i am not okay with being made out to be a liar or people thinking i did this for money. and people are like, oh, you are an opportunist, taking advantage of this. yes, i am getting more job offers. but tell me one person who would turn it down. oh, stormy daniels come ou out, #metoo. i am not a victim. trying to use me to further someone else's agenda does horrible damage to people that are real victims. >> she has been acting and

mr. donald trump was not mr. cohen's client, who was mr. cohen working for? answer cannot be himself, because he wasn't a party individually to any of this. so the options are, either mr. trump or the trump administration, or some other unknown party that we haven't heard about. but it is a very simple question. who was his client? >> stormy daniels lawyer, that was just moments ago on this show. this is a week that's had a lot of bombshells on the case, from daniels suing the president trying to get out of what she calls a hush payment that's unfair. there's also a new report here that trump's lawyer michael cohen used his trump email address to arrange the details of this transfer. back on "the beat," i'm back with the writer of the article that started it all. and i'm also joined by laura bassett, a political reporter for "the huffington post," who's also covered some of the accusers of donald trump's misconduct. what do you think of what you're seeing today, and the role of michael cohen? >> i think this story is just not ending. i feel like the "in touch

so in this instance if in fact mr. trump was mr. cohen's client then there's no question that mr. trump knew all about this. because mr. cohen would have an ethical obligation, not optional, to inform mr. trump. if mr. trump was not mr. cohen's client, then who was mr. cohen working for? the answer cannot be himself because he wasn't a party individually to any of this. so the options are either mr. trump or the trump organization or some other unknown party that we haven't heard about. but it is a very simple question. who was his client? >> yeah, and this is the part that does confuse me. i've reported on parts of your case that are more questionable, the idea that you might get the entire mba thrown out because of a missing signature is an open debate in court. but the idea that their defense has become michael cohen just spends a lot of money to help donald trump without donald trump's knowledge is as you say not only shady, it literally would appear to violate these ethics rules. i noticed in your filing you be a reference to that. are you seeking to make as well a separate et

cohen, individually, and the trump organization or mr. cohen, individually, and donald trump, it's nonsense. >> cooper: there are people who argue that this is much ado about nothing, that if this was not a story about, an adult film actress and the president of the united states, no one would pay attention. >> avenatti: this is about the cover-up. this is about the extent that mr. cohen and the president have gone to intimidate this woman, to silence her, to threaten her, and to put her under their thumb. it is thuggish behavior from people in power. and it has no place in american democracy. avenatti points to this recent court filing in which the president's lawyers claim daniels is already liable for damages "in excess of twenty million dollars" for unspecified violations of her non-disclosure agreement. and in that article in "vanity fair" this past week, michael cohen said that when he wins damages from stormy daniels, "i might even take an extended vacation on her dime." >> cooper: you're saying they're trying to intimidate her. >>

sex with mr trump once and that it happen in 2006 stormy daniels says she had consensual sex with mrmp once and that it happen in 2006 in stormy daniels says she had consensual sex with mr trump once and that it happen in 2006 in a hotel room at a golf tournament in nevada. she was 27 years old at the time and he was 60. she said she was not attracted to him but it was consensual and he had offered the place on the tv show, the apprentice. i am place on the tv show, the apprentice. iam not place on the tv show, the apprentice. i am not a place on the tv show, the apprentice. iam not a big place on the tv show, the apprentice. i am not a big them, place on the tv show, the apprentice. iam not a big them, she says. she has not been paid for this interview but the motivation has been questioned by top —— victim. she is raising more money, she is appearing for high appearance fees at different venues. people say she is doing this for the money. at different venues. people say she is doing this for the moneyli believe is doing this for the money.” believe without a shadow of a doubt, in m

mr. trump's personal attorney michael cohen also signed the agreement. the lawsuit says mr. trump, using the alias david dennison, left his signature line blank. for man who likes his name on all his properties, as a businessman mr. trump reportedly used pseudonyms to tal:@to the media or defend his real estate dealings. after the story broke, cohen said publicly mr. trump didn't know about the agreement and that he made the payment on his own. >> i think it is completely uncredible. >> reporter: on cbs this morning daniels' lawyer michael avenatti scoffed. >>would have to conclude that mr. cohen was operating on his own, mr. trump knew nothing about it, and, in fact, the drafted agreement had a place for mr. trump to sign, multiple places. >> reporter: cbs news legal analyst rikki kleinman says it's not whether mr. trump knew about the agreement and failed to sign it, the key issue of whether daniels can tell all is that cohen broke the secrecy. it sounds like you're saying that's a pretty good argument. >> i think the best argument is that michael cohen talked about it and

is komi has said for example he has testified that mr trump asked him to back away from the investigation of mr flynn who ultimately pleaded guilty to a felony but i want to correct i think a couple of probably inadvertent misstatements that were meant earlier one you do not need proof of an actual crime to be guilty of obstruction of justice in fact you can be guilty of the crime even if it's a congressional rather than a executive branch investigation obstruction of justice is attempting to prevent a full investigation of a potential crime not one that's already been perpetrated secondly whether or not mr trump could fire mr. mr moeller directly as mob a matic when president nixon did that to archibald cox the court held it was illegal because you've got to change the regulations first moreover the firing of mr cox was used as evidence of corruption of justice in the articles of impeachment voted by the house judiciary committee and ultimately voted by the house of representatives before president nixon resigned so even if there is a technical pow

>> right. >> daniels says she and mr. trump stayed in touch. a trump vodka launch party in california as well as to his office in trump tower in new york. p>> he definitely wanted to see you. >> for sure, yes. >> this was not a secret. he never asked me not to tell anyone. he called several times when i was in, front of many people. and i would be like, oh, my god, he is calling. people are like shut up, the donald. and i put him on speaker phone. wanted to know what i was up to. when can we got together again. give you a quick update. we had a meeting. it went great. going to be spectacular. they're into the idea. >> uh-huh. that part i never believed. >> did you get the sense he was dangling it in front of you. >> for sure, yeah. >> to keep you interested and coming back. >> of course, of course. i'm not blind. but at the same time, maybe it would work out. you know? >> did you view it as, this is potential opportunity. going to see where it goes? >> i thought of it as the a business deal. >> in july, 2007, a year after they met. daniels says

mr. trump's personal attorney, michael cohen, also signed the agreement. but the lawsuit says mr. trump using the alias david dennison left his signature line blank. for a man who likes his name on all his properties, as a businessman, mr. trump reportedly used pseudonyms to talk to the media or defend his real estate dealings. >> after the story broke, cohen said publicly that mr. trump didn't know about the agreement and he made the payment on his own. >> completely uncredible. >> daniels' lawyer, michael abinati scoffed. >> you would conclude mr. cohen was operating on his own, mr. trump knew nothing about it and the drafted agreement had a place for mr. trump to sign, multiple places. >> cbs news legal analyst, ricky clemen says it is not whether mr. trump knew about the agreement and failed to sign it, the key issue of whether daniels can tell all is that cohen broke the secrecy. >> sound like you are saying, that is a pretty good argument. >> i think the best argument is that michael cohen talked about it and that therefore the door is open. >> right, jan if attorney cohen co

cohen was operating on his own, mr. trumpw nothing about it, and, in fact, the drafted agreement had a place for mr. mump to sign, multiple places. >> reporter: cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman says it's not whether mr. trump knew about the agreement and failed to sign it. tellkey issue of whether daniels can tell all is that cohen broke the secrecy. it sounds like you're saying that's a pretty good argument. t i think the best argument is that michael cohen talked about it, and that therefore the door is open. >> glor: so if attorney cohen compromised the agreement by talking, why can't daniels talk, too, why then does she need the file this lawsuit? >> reporter: well, here's the thing. there is a clause that she would she saidpay $1 million in damages to a person she said is donald trump every time she talks. so i mean, it would at least be in her interest to try to get i moval from a judge before she says anything. jeff? >> glor: chief legal correspondent jan crawford. jan, thanks very much. the trump administration's

mr. trump. and, we go to nebraska to find how farmers would be affected by a new trade agreement with canada and mexico. >> if we go in there putting tariffs and different things on all these products moving back and forth betwn the borders, who's going to pay for that? the consumer is going to pay for that. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> consumer cellular believes that wireless plans should reflect the amount of talk, text and data that you us we offer a variety of no- contract wireless plans for people who use their phone a little, a lot, or anything in between. to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this ogram was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff

mr trump has denied the allegations.our correspondent james cook, who is in los angeles. who presumably watched the interview which is aired, what has she been saying? yes, it is still being broadcast actually at the moment but one thing we now know is that she only alleges that she had sex once with mr trump only alleges that she had sex once with mrtrump and only alleges that she had sex once with mr trump and that was in 2006. she says that the 2007 meeting, there was no sexual encounter, so we now have that claim from stormy daniels, who alleges that that happened at a golf tournament in nevada, when she was 27 years old and mrtrump was nevada, when she was 27 years old and mr trump was 60 years old. she says she was not attracted to him what he offered her a potential place in his reality tv show and they had a consensual sexual encounter. now, after that, they had a consensual sexual encounter. now, afterthat, in they had a consensual sexual encounter. now, after that, in 2011, stormy daniels told her story to a ma

mr. trump's life. we're talking about an agreement that was being negotiated and entered into in the waning days of the 2016 presidential election. an election that at the time was very close, an election at the time where anything could happen and the slightest miss step could cause a candidate to lose the presidency of the united states. and yet mr. cohen expects the american people to believe that he was running off on his own and entering into this without any consultation with the candidate for the president of the united states? mr. trump? it's not believable. it doesn't make sense. >> do you view the money that ms. daniels received as campaign contribution regardless of who the money came from, do you view it as a campaign contribute sngs >> anderson, we don't view it one way or the other. i think individuals that are far more qualified and educated on those laws and regulation s are ultimately going to opine on that. ultimately, if they conclude that in fact it was, katie, bar the door. i don't

mr. trumps not binding because mr. trump himself never signed it. the lawsuit says mr. trump used the alias "david dennison" for the nondisclosure agreement and that a consultant firm was created to process the payments to daniels as a way to further insulate mr. trump from later scrutiny. daniels alleges mr. trump purposely avoid signing the agreement himself so he could later disavow any knowledge of the nondisclosure agreement. president trump's lawyer michael cohen admitted to paying $130,000 to daniels before election day of 2016. daniels says she was given the payment to prevent her from coming forward with allegations against the president. cohen has denied involvement of the trump organization and trump campaign. norah? >> engineer jericka duncan, tha. >>> the departure of gary cohn will rattle the markets today. >> it's more than three times the departure rate from the obama administration, twice that from the reagan administration. the president says he can get any of the top ten peop

that's why the system worked the differences at that time there was a revolt against these ideas mr trump says them and there's complacency with the republicans in congress and elsewhere that's truly extraordinary rami i want to talk about the reports that there was a possible deal between cutler and jared cushioning earned questioners business is that it fell through just weeks. fell through and then weeks later the white house possibly back the blockading its cutter whether this was coincidence or whether this was retaliation how severely does that undermine the credibility of the u.s. well it certainly looks bad for the white house we don't know the exact details and there's only probably three or four people in the world who do know who are involved in those talks but eternally looks very bad what's clear is that when the so do some of that is behind in is an egyptian is put the siege on qatar and june early june of last year the american response was totally confused you had the white house the defense department the state department all saying slightly different things it took them

kelly that mr questioner has virtually no allies many enemies and the only person who saving him is mr trump himself the president and mr trump is known to be quite erratic with regard to his loyalties he's narcissistic i think to to say the least and i would feel very precarious of our mr questioner at present but i mean critics of both president trump and jared cushion or say that christers position in the white house makes a mockery of federal guidelines to prevent nepotism and conflicts of interest but if if there are guidelines that are in place i mean are they just being ignored. well it seems that virtually the entire legacy of modern american governance and constitutional norms is being ignored or at least twisted or reinterpreted in the way that one man wants to do that donald trump he sees the presidency as an extension of his own career rather than as a public responsibility and trust the really big problem along with all the other ones that have been mentioned by my fellow guests about the impropriety and the ethical issues is that question or doesn't seem to have any competence

mr. trump tweeting there's a good choons kim will do what is right for his people and look forward to meeting with him. >>> breaking overnight, stormy daniels' attorney asking a federal judge to depose president trump. he wants to know what the president knew about the $130,000 payment to the porn star days before the election. let's begin with cnn's ivan watson live in seoul, south korea. what have you learned? >> alisyn, this was a surprise and secret summit. they didn't tell the world that xi jinping met until after kim jong-un got back to north korea. he traveled by trump campaign between north korea and the chinese capital and back. it's been a secret meeting and came after years of frosty relations between these two supposed long-time allies, china and nrgtd. in this case what you had was xi jinping brushing aside the differences saying this is a strategic choice, their alliance and shouldn't let isolated incidents disrupt the alliance. meanwhile, the north korean leader has gone on to sa

didn't sign it. >> mr. trumpwas obligated to sign the agreements for them to be legally binding. >> reporter: the lawsuit says mr. trump used the alias david dennison for the nondisclosure agreement and a consultant firm was created to process payments to daniels as a way to further insulate mr. trump. last month, the president's personal lawyer michael cohen claimed he paid the porn star $130,000 out of his own funds and that neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was party to the transaction. so far, neither the white house, the trump organization, nor mr. cohen have any comment. daniels' attorney told "cbs this morning," his client is not looking to profit from selling her story but does not know if she will ultimately seek payment. mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. >>> coming up, losing sleep because of stress at work? the new study out that shows the major reasons people are staying up at night and who it affects. >> plus, imagine looking outside your window and seeing this. two mountain

mr. trump while his top economic adviser ternds his resignation over a tariff dispute. >> it's tough. i like conflict. i like two people with different points of view. >>> this morning the now former mayor of nashville smiling for her mugshot just a month after admitting to an extramarital affair and facing multiple investigations. >>> then to a suspected drunk driver who ends up being hit by his own car. >>> and have you ever seen the mountain lift over 1,000 pounds? "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> good wednesday morning to you. i'm frances rivera. winter is showing tho signs of mercy. just five days after a deadly nor'easter another monster storm is roaring into the east coast. threatening tens of millions of americans with heavy snow and strong binds. coastal areas could also see aen more flooding like massachusetts where towering waves pounded the shorelines during the last storm. breaching protective walls and battering homes. hundreds are now in dange

he was doing it on behalf of mr. trump and mr. trump would not be involved. is that your understand something. >> that's my understanding as to what mr. cohen has claimed. chris, it's laughable, absolutely laughable. and we're going to prove that mr. cohen is not telling the truth about this. >> how? >> how are we going to prove that? >> yes. >> we will be able to obtain discovery and documents that show i am highly confident at all times mr. trump knew exactly what was going on. i want to set the stage for a moment as to what happened here. according to mr. cohen, he was doing this all unknown. first of all, he had ethical obligations a as a licensed attorney in new york to keep his client informed. you're talking about the waning days of a u.s. election. he wants people to be he ran off with a signature line for his client, arranged this payment, made it in the 2016 presidential election, and all the time his client was in the dark and mr. trump knew nothing about it. it is laughable. it's absurd and the mere suggestion is an insult to the american people. >

mr. trumptinues his antics. >> let me follow up on that, are we on the verge of a constitutional crisis? >> well, i think many of the senators and members of congress have said that if trump decides to sack mueller, that we are going to be in a constitutional crisis. i have great confidence in bob mueller. he is a tremendous american and he's going to get to the bottom of this investigation. but if mr. trump, who i think is increasingly feeling the pressure and feeling very anxious and nervous about what's going on, if he decides to remove bob mueller, i do think then we'll be at that crisis point. >> mr. director, you just said our future is in jeopardy. that's a chilling statement from someone who knows the things you know about the way our government works and what's happening around the world. what do you mean specifically by that? >> i think he's mishandled so many matters. just look at what happened yesterday with his call to vladimir putin. vladimir putin was the person who authorized in

and what do you think researcher and mr trump. what do you think there is this animosity towards it least it seems towards germany i'm not saying that he is not a friend of germany but the relationship with america has not been warm and fuzzy and that hasn't changed either since he's been president why do you think it's that way i think we hear a consistent assurance as the nose lady of the many security conference that everything is going the traditional way that we're nothing other mr truong but but the big question with which everyone left the munich security governments how much can we rely on that that's right how difficult is it to reconcile what we hear in this conversations what we read in presidential tweets what we read in the national security strategy of published in december what we read what we read in the in the muscle cohen op ed in the wall street journal back in may eat i think it seems to be that there is a very fundamental difference in the view of the world in terms of his and a global list perspective. i'm le

foreign policy is that was not wanted to join this administration attempts were made to surround mr trump by season's businessmen military. offices. to provide some kind of more traditional foreign policy perspective it has been given quite awhile that mr tillotson for a number of reasons was not able to secure that road partly because he had not the support of the president and no one could really ever rely on the fact that his views were representing the president so that severely limited his wrote. the other hand he was definitely. more in line closer to many european and german perspectives on a number of the big issues on some of the big issues of the big issues and so clearly it is building up to the concern that we may see a shift to an even more. isolationist foreign policy in washington where do you talk to them i mean if you're losing tillerson and you're getting. and trump still the president going to talk to i think an advantage of visible deal may be the team mate be able to represent the president in the first place whether we like what he said to say or not but the more pre

ms daniels told the american network cbs she had unprotected sex with mr trump on a single occasion, nald trump denies the claims of an affair. there is more on our website. hello once again. i hope at least at some point during the course of the weekend you managed to get to see some sunshine, because it may well be in the forthcoming week that that is in short supply for some areas, especially the northern parts of scotland. all of us will notice it turning a little bit colder, because initially there's some warmth to be had, especially across the southern half of the british isles. but as i move you through to around about wednesday, well, those yellows have moved away. because initially there's some warmth to be had, but as i move you through to around about wednesday, well, those yellows have moved away. we've tapped into some cold air yet again from scandinavia, for the northern half of britain. to the south, well, there's an incursion of milder air, relatively, from the atlantic. but it comes at something of a price, and some of you start paying that as early as monday afternoo

clifford began an intimate relationship with mr. trump. mr. trump with the assistance of his attorney, mr. cohen aggressively sought to silence ms. clifford as part of an effort to -- in exchange trump's attorney michael cohen wired daniels $130,000 and the arrangement has so far prohibited daniels to giving details leading to talk shows like this. >> did you have a sexual relationship with donald trump? >> reporter: clifford's lawyer included this hush agreement in the lawsuit. it refers to donald trump under an alias as david dennison. pertaining to dd, trump's alias which includes information certain still images and/or text messages. michael cohen goes on to right included in those are images donald trump previously included. in other words, trump told his personal attorney about communications he was having with a porn actress. >> you can't say whether you have a nondisclosure agreement, but if you didn't have one, you most certainly could say i don't have a nondisclosure agreement, yes? >> you are so smart. >> thank you very much. >> repo

agreement and that a consultant firm was created to process payments to daniels to further insulate mr. trump. last month president trump's personal lawyer michael cohen claimed he paid the actress $130,000 from his own funds and that neither the trump organization nor trump campaign was party to the transaction. so far neither the white house, the trump organization nor mr. cohen have commented on the lawsuit. daniels' attorney told cbs this morning his client is not looking to profit from selling her story but does not know if she will ultimately seek payment. mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. >> daniels' attorney says he has information to suggest the $130,000 payment came from another entity, not mr. trump's lawyer, but says he's not ready to disclose that information at this time. >>> coming up a bay area high school basketball team forfeits their spot in the playoffs, why administrators are keeping them from playing. >> plus amazon alexa scaring some users, how the device is breaking out into spontaneous eel laughs. >> shocking video -- evil laughs. >> shocking video shows an oran

mr. trump on a speech that focused heavily on his upcoming talks with north korean leader kim jong-un. he says he has made progress where his predecessors could not. >> we've had a problem for years with north korea. in fact, president obama said it was the biggest problem we had and south korea went there, we put very, very strong sanctions and lots of other things we've been doing right from the first day i was in office. >> donald trump also told the crowd that he would try to make a deal that's a win for both sides. >> we're going to have a meeting and there's no more missiles going off and they want to denuclearize. they are thinking about that. who knows what's going to happen. hey, who knows? if it happens, if it doesn't happen, i may leave fast or we may sit down and make the greatest deal for the world and for all of these countries, including, frankly, north korea. that's what i hope happens. >> ivan watson joins us live from seoul, south korea. ivan, you listened to that speech by mr

i will use my legal skills to protect mr. trumpthe best of my ability. >> reporter: cohen came to trump's attention after buying apartments. >> trump loved him for it. and that was the beginning for it. and after that, they became close. it was much more than an attorney/client relationship. almost father and son kind of thing. and always hot and cold. donald trump could be yelling at him one second and saying he is the greatest person in the world the next second. donald trump knew that michael always had his back. >> reporter: for trump, it wasn't about pedigree. cohen who is 51 got his degree from western michigan cooley law school. >> if you looked wore micha-- w michael company hen came from, he came from a hard nose york trial firm. trump has an eye for talent. >> reporter: he has done a bit of everything. running a mixed marshal arts. >> watching him is like a reality show. he has got three phones, the hard line, two lines he is texting, and on the computer. >> you can almost say this is donald trump's mini me. for a guy who

justin trudeau urging mr trump to reconsider. significant and serious. w donald trump has hit out, threatening to increase tax on imported european cars. america, the eu's biggest car market. in a tweet said... as yet, there has been no retaliatory response. the press secretary saying that no one should be surprised at mr trump of mac announcements. —— mr trump's announcements. in one of the biggest shake—ups in football for years, it appears the world cup in russia will use video technology, to assist referees. the system, known as var, lets referees review controversial incidents such as disputed goals or penalties. the body which sets the rules for world football has voted to approve it after a series of top—level trials — even though some of the decisions have proved controversial. here's our sports news reporter richard conway. from diego maradona's hand of god to injustice in the biggest games. football has long opposed technology to help officials make the important decisions. but after an historic vote all that has changed. video assisted referees

let mr. trumpvide his version of events and let the american people decide who is shooting straight with them and who's covering things up. >> has anyone offered -- has anyone including larry flynt but i want to ask this in a universal sense -- has anyone offered to pony up the $1 million to protect her and say, hear, i'm good for it. go tell your story? >> at least ten individuals in the last three days alone. >> ten individuals in the last three days alone? are any of them larry flynt? >> no. not that i know of. >> is she contemplating taking any of those ten offers? >> no. >> does she think in retrospect that 130 "k" is chump change? i'm asking if that amount was determined by her perhaps believing the polls a week out from the election, hey, he's not going to win anyway, i may as well take the money? >> no, i think when and if he is a's able to tell -- she's able to tell her story, the american people will learn about how that was arrived at by the parties but it isn't about her having buyer's

mr. trump's side for three years. >> hope hicks is a tremendously talented person. >> but tried to stay out of the spotlight herself. this was one of the rare moments she spoke publicly. >> and thank you, donald trump. >> hicks was thrust into it earlier this month when news of her relationship with staff secretary rob porter became public. porter was forced to resign after his fbi background check revealed domestic abuse allegations against two ex-wives. >> she used to be in my real estate company. >> the former model started her career working for ivanka trump's clothing company and later the trump organization. she was one of the first people the president informed of his intent to run for office. >> i said what do you know about politics. she said absolutely nothing. i said congratulations. you're entering the world of politics. right? she knew nothing. she was there the first day and she was fantastic. >> hicks remained loyal to mr. trump throughout some of the rockiest moments on the campaign trail and now works just outside the oval office. the president said i will miss having her b

cohen and mr. trump because of the circumstances of that. mr. trump was not running for president in 2011. there was only a handful of people that knew that this story was about to break in the magazine and of course mr. cohen took steps to kill the story. the magazine has confirmed that. the only three groups that this hoodlum could have come from, my client didn't send somebody to terrorize herself. why would the magazine do that? doesn't ma i can any sense. mr. cohen and mr. trump and their camp. common sense tells us that's where it had to come from. >> let me go back to the defamation case. what is your proof to prove your client isn't lying about a sexual relationship with the president? >> we have my client's testimony and other documentary evidence we are going to bring to light -- you're going to ask what documents or evidence -- >> you tweeted a picture of a cd. we went round and round about whether there is a sex tape. is there video evidence of their sexual encounter? >> i'm going to go back to my same answer. >> it wasn't no. >> it w

well as long as he's taking into account the interest of the dutch people everybody can criticize mr trump that he believes that he's fighting for the interests of the american people everybody can criticize mr putin but mr putin thinks about only one thing and that is the interest of the russian people in holland we have a prime minister that i believe doesn't even know what the dutch people are like egos to brussels and he has the wheel and deal with all the other european union countries and and then go to to copenhagen and then for lunch to undergo a miracle and then the find a compromise from a compromise from a compromise and nothing will change so i'm longing for leadership and i of course i would like to be the leader myself but to any leader who takes the interests of their own people first and of course you have to work with other countries and of course you don't have to build a wall around your country i will be a favor of economical a corporation or corporation any level but it doesn't have to be institutionalized in a body like the european union where we transfer national so

mr. trump's inner circle. she announced her resignation yesterday following testimony on capitol hill that raised some eyebrows. the announcement came a day after she testified before the house intelligence committee which is investigating the russian 2016 election. she said her work required her to tell white lies wu she never lied about russia. >> she started off with us right from day one. >> she has been at mr. trump's side for three years. >> hope hicks is a tremendously talented person. >> but tried to stay out of the spotlight herself. this was one of the rare moments she spoke publicly. >> and thank you, donald trump. >> hicks was thrust into it earlier when news of her relationship with rob porter basement public. porter was forced to resign after his fbi background check revealed domestic abuse against two ex-wives. the former model started her career working for ivanka trump's clothing company and later the trump organization. she was one of the first people the president informed of his intent to r

mr. trump's speech. >> reporter: tonight felt very much like a campaign rally. donald trump went over a laundry list of what he says were and have been his accomplishments so far in office. he mentioned tax cuts, he mentioned tariffs on steel and aluminum, he mentioned some of the inroads he's made with negotiations with north korea, he mentioned the economy. one by one he went over the accomplishments made in office so far. you look at one of the campaign slogans that's been listed here tonight, promises made, promises kept. that is what trump and the gop is hoping voters here are going to remember in the 18th district. donald trump carried the district by 20 points, but the reality is the race right now between republican rick saccone and the democrat challenger conor lamb is too close for comfort. one recent follow showing saccone only up by 3 points. and what president trump is hoping is he's hoping all of that energy that he had out here tonight will translate into voters that will get beh

cohen does not want to tell mr. trump about it or if mr. rosen does not want to tell mr. trump about it, so be it. i find it hard to brief that mr. trump doesn't know about it. the bottom line is our settlement offer requires the signatures of all the parties to the dispute. so that's mr. trump, the llc that mr. cohen set up and my client. and people have said, well, there's no way that the president's going to accept this. well, quite honestly, i don't understand why not. the bottom line here is that my client wants a forum to tell her story. >> mm-hm. >> she's prepared to returned $130,000. and if they do not accept the settlement, this is yet another step, another process by which they're going to seek to silence my client. what are they afraid of? i don't understand. to this day, we've been at this now about a week, and we still don't have answers to the following questions. very simple. did mr. trump know about the agreement? did he sign the agreement? we that i it's pretty clear he did not. did he know anything about the payment, and did he pay it or arrange for some

mr trump is in politics and with all respect to mr trump i don't need to look like him or anything else landis' liberation isn't it that's the thing that people and if you look at the policy he says america first and i don't want to have more immigration and i want to jobs for americans instead of mexicans or chinese and i want fair trade deals instead of deals where the american people have to be in some kind of development scheme for other countries to have more economical growth so yes i support that i believe today in europe we face even something worse than an economical problem we face what i call an x. the stench of problem because of all those open borders that we have in the invitations of leaders like uncle america who said to be a chef from this we will make it come into our society and for the last decades millions of people have come and they unfortunately not always assimilate that is a toxic combination to have open borders and no demands of assimilation integration of foreigners in your own society i have nothing against the people i have nothing against muslims but i kn

canada, too, opposed the idea, justin trudeau urging mr trump to reconsider. be significant and serious. now donald trump has hit back, threatening to increase tax on imported european cars. america, the eu's biggest car market. in a tweet, he said: as yet, there's been no retaliatory response, the press secretary simply saying that no—one should be surprised at mr trump's announcements. mr trump says other countries have taken advantage of the us for years because of what he called "very stupid" trade deals. it's the latest salvo in a war of words over trade tariffs, as our north america correspondent chris buckler explains. yes, the threat of new tariffs has fuelled fears of a trade war but you are right in saying that the war of words is well under way. countries had already threatened retaliatory action as a result of president trump's announcement that he was preparing to put 25% tariffs on steel and and 10% on aluminium being imported into america. and probably one of the most memorable warnings came from the european commission presidentjean—claude junck

mrs. trump has said he will pushback ten times as hard no matter you're a man or a woman, he treats everyone equal. why the silence? is someone advising him to be silent -- >> i don't think it's sea lent when the president has addressed this, we've addressed it extensively, there's just nothing else to add. just because you guys continue to ask the same question over and over and over again doesn't mean we have to keep coming up with new things to say. we've addressed it, we've addressed it extensively, there's nothing new to add to this conversation. >> stormy daniels' attorney michael avenatti told cnn a total of eight women have now come forward to make allegations similar to his clients. radio silence from cnn's jim acosta who joins us from the white house. what are you learning about why the president is remaining silent on all of this? >> it's like the newly discovered human organ, the ability to hit the mute button. i'm told by a source the plan is for the president to stick to this strat