mr. trump in an effort to protect and promote him. i'm ashamed that i chose to take part in concealing mr. trump's elicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience. i am ashamed as i know what mr. racist, he iss a a con man, and he is a cheat. he was a presidential candidate who knew that roger stone was talking with julian assange about a wikileaks drop on democratic national committee emails. i will explain each in a few moments. i'm providing the committee with several documents and these include a copy of a check mr. trump wrote from his personal bank account after he became president to reimburse me for the hush money payments i made to cover up his affair with an adult film star and to prevent damage to his campaign. copies of financial statements from 2011, 2012, and 2013 that he gave to such institutions as deutsche bank. a copy of an article with mr. trump's handwriting that reported on the auction of a portrait of himself. that he arranged for the bitter at a time -- and reimbur

mr. trump: thank you very much. >> mr. president, your declaration of an emergency on those to vulnerable populations. the southern border was clearly authorized under the law and consistent with past precedent. as you said, the national emergencies act directly authorizes the president, gives broad discretionary authority to the president, to identify and respond to emergent circumstances that require a decisive response. and the humanitarian and security crisis we have on the border right now is exactly the kind of emergency that presidents are permitted to address under the national emergencies act. as you alluded to yourself, in the past 40 years, there have been 59 emergencies declared. and many of these have dealt with political conditions in countries like burundi, sierra leone, belarus. the crisis that we're dealing with today is right on our doorstep. it presents a real clear and present danger to the american people. so what you've done from a legal standpoint is probably grounded in

mr. trump: thank you very much. earlier today i spoke with prime minister ardren of new zealand about the monstrous terrorist attacks at the two mosques. these sacred places of worship were turned into scenes of evil killing. we have all seen what is going on. it is a horrible thing. i told the prime minister that the united states is with them all the way, 100%, whatever they need, we will be there. new zealand has been a great friend and partner for many years. our relationship has never been better. and what they're going through is absolutely terrible. so our hearts are with them, and whatever we can do. we're grateful to be joined today by the vice president. thank you very much, mike, for being here. members of my cabinet, devoted public servants, and angel parents, very important people to me and to a lot of other people. i want to thank you all for being here. thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it. thank you. been through a lot. as we take action to restore our national sov

because mr. trumpad made clear to me through his personal statements to me that wee both knew to be false, and through his lies to the country that he wanted me to lie. and he made it clear to me because his pepersonal attorneys reviewed my statement before i gave it to congress. amy: michahael cohen also revead new details about how president trump, as well as his son don jr., signed checks to him to reimburse him for the hush money he paid to adult film star stormy daniels who alleged she had an affair with trump. >> as exhibit 5a to my testimony shows, i am providing a copy of the $35,000 check their president trump personally signed from his personal bank , whent on august 1, 2017 he was president of the united cover-upursuant to the which was the basis of my guilty plea, to reimburse me, the words used by mr. trump's tv lawyer for the illegal hush money i paid on his behalf. this $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the year while he was president. other checks t

mr. trump bought the property in 1995. which trump bought it in 1995 he paid $7.5 million for it. and there is good evidence reliable public records evidence that that property, that silver -- or that seven springs property has appreciated nicely over time. "the washington post" reports that by 2013, less than 20 years after trump first bought it in 1995, that property had more than doubled in value. it was assessed in 2013 at $18.9 million. nice. right? the local paper, the westchester county journal news said by 2017, the property was assessed even a little higher. it was assessed at $19.6 million. president trump and his federal financial disclosure form for last year, 2018, he didn't have to give a precise valuation for the property and those kinds of federal ethics forms, you have to give a range of value. when president trump filed his financial disclosure form last year, he said the value of that property in westchester county was in the range of 25 to $50 million. now, even $25 million is considerably more than what we know that property was assessed at in terms of its val

mr. trump denied involvement. er trump campaign chairman, paul manafort is making a desperate plea to judges for less time in jail. he is facing 25 years in prison for financial crimes, but it's an up hill battle for the legal team because, as one judge says, he intentionally lied to the courts. evan perez as the story. >> paul manafort asked a judge to show leniency when he sentences him next week. the former trump campaign chairman was found guilty of tax crimes in a trial. in a court filing, manafort's lawyers say the range of 19-24 years in prison is disproportionate to the crimes he committed. manafort is, quote, truly remorseful for the conduct. manafort is a first-time offender, nearly 70 years old and after spending months in jail after another judge decided he was trying to influence witnesses. we know president trump is paying close attention to this case and manafort lawyers seem to be using their memo to drive home one of the president's favorite talking points. the mueller investigation has, so far, fo

here is mr trump's version.they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn't do that. they were willing to de—nuke a large portion of the areas that we wanted, but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that. so we continue to work, and we'll see. but we had to walk away from that particular suggestion. we had to walk away from that. but the north korean delegation disputed mr trump's narrative, saying they did in fact offer to shut down a key nuclear site in return for only some sanctions relief. translation: if the united states removes partial sanctions, namely removes the articles of sanctions that hamper the civilian economy and the livelihood of our people in particular, we will permanently and completely dismantle all the nuclear material production facilities, including plutonium and uranium, in the presence of us experts, and by the joint work of technicians from both countries. but for now, an agreement remains out of reach. leading one news site to suggest that it was time for

on the negative side mr trump said it was his dealmaking skills and his personal rapport with mr kim things that his predecessors could. but neither side is offering any hope of yet another summit anytime soon. we go back to routine diplomacy now which was exactly what was happening under previous administrations, the famed trump magic touch just hasn't worked this time. and what scope do you think there is for further movement? the yongbyon offer from north korea, how significant is that? because of course nuclear weapons are existential for them, they are the reason they are at the summit, the reason they are at the summit, the reason they are at the summit, the reason they were taken seriously enough as a threat. yongbyon is very significant, it is a significant producer of plutonium, which is a critical ingredient in nuclear weapons. apparently there are other as we understand it listed nuclear sites which the us raised at the talks and perhaps slightly surprised their north korean counterparts. yongbyon has been shot before and reopen. if it were to be reopened this time i think

mr. trump's tax returns. republicans attack cohen. >> you lied. >> he lies. >> you are a liar. >> liar, liar, pants on fire. >> and president trump tells a conservative conference what he thinks of all of the investigators. >> and all of a sudden they're trying to take you out with bull [ bleep ]. >> i'll talk to the vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee, democrat mark warner and jim jordan. plus democrats and activists are arguing over impeaching the president. >> impeachment of this corrupt and lawless president is the first step. >> impeachment is a divisive issue in our country and let us see what the facts are. >> debating purity tests for democratic members of congress and disagreeing over what's more important to them in 2020. a candidate who shares their views or one who simply can beat president trump. and finally, no deal. the president walks away without an agreement with kim jong-un on nukes and sanctions. >> sometimes you have to walk and this was just one of those times. >> so what h

mr trump was not particularly detailed.t mr trump has shown, there was a great fear that he would give away too much, that he would want to preserve this relationship he prizes so much. he had secretary of state mike pompeo next to him, clearly he was towing the party line being tough. if there wasn't enough there, he walked away. and i think in that sense they have shown the north koreans that the american side too can be tough, and perhaps even capricious. but beyond that, i think what we have now is the north korean saying there might not be another opportunity like this. mr trump saying he doesn't even know when they might think about another summit. what we have gone back to, really, is what we call working level diplomacy, with officials talking about how they find common ground. on the problem for find common ground. on the problem foertrump is find common ground. on the problem for mr trump is that that is pretty much what was going on under his predecessors. the magic trump style of diplomacy, the great dealmaker,

mr. trump's claim that north korea wanted full sanctions relief. >>> and michael cohen will return to capitolmore closed door testimony. president trump's former lawyer spent the last three days aw mocrhe pvided information that could lead to additional witnesses. >>> oregon lawmakers have imposed statewide rent controls. advocates say it's a victory for low-income people squeezed by the housing crunch in many u.s. cities. carter evans reports. >>> $1,000 more. >> reporter: after seven years of paying rent on time, gloria marin got a huge surprise last year when her landlord jacked up the payment on her portman apartment by 25%. >> i was shocked and worried. >> reporter: when she tried to negotiate, she said her family was evicted without cause. that left her scrambling in one of the nation's hottest rental markets. >> we were lucky we had a little bit of savings because we were wanting to buy a house in a year and a half. we had to use our savings. >> reporter: rent in portland is up more than 30% over the past five years, similar to cities like atlanta and sacramento. oregon's statewide ren

mr. trump's illicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience. i am ashamed because i know what mr. trump is. he is a a racist. he is a con man.

white house acting chief of staff mick mulvaney insisted mr. trump is not a racist.mick mulvaney: "the president is not a white supremacist. i'm not sure how many times we have to say that."as the president attended church... he was exposed to a message of tolerance at the service... as the reverend called on americans to reject hatred. rev. w. bruce mcpherson. st. john's episcopal church: "we're called whenever we overhear or oversee hateful slurs against other people, perhaps we need the holy courage to call them out, because that's just not us."

mr. trump's response still reverberate. >> in his way, he was telling me to lie. mr. trump knew from roger stone in advance about the wiki leaks drop of e-mails. i recall don junior leaning over to his father and saying, the meeting is all set. and i remember mr. trump saying, okay, good. let me know. >> nbc's mike piquera is at the white house. lots of groundwork has been laid for hearings, more investigations to come. good luck with walking us through all that is happening. let's start, though, with the deadline facing the white house on monday. >> you're absolutely right, alex. follow the transcript seems to be the mantra, the update to follow the money, while the house is controlled by democrats. myriad of investigations. we saw that long testimony in public on wednesday, followed up by michael cohen behind closed doors with the house intelligence committee on thursday. we'll get back to that in a minute. with regard to your specific question, elijah cummings, who did chair that wednesday hearing, he has a separate investigation going on. he wrote letters way back

mrs. trump: good morning. thank you for coming and taking part in what i hope is the first of many conversations we will lives ofnhance the children everywhere. my focus has and always will be on our children, the next generation. they are our future doctors, nurses, firefighters, scientists, teachers, chefs, generals, pilots, designers, reporters, and missionaries, just to name a few. as you know, last may i launched my be best initiative. this past year, i've had the opportunity to work with many of you, traveling both the mess to clean and internationally -- both domestically and internationally. and opioid safety, abuse were topics. secretary devos has done a great job providing opportunities for children in education and has been a great partner in helping essage in our school. be best has also worked closely with the department of health and human services, particularly in learning more about the dangers of opioids on mothers and babies. last october, i had an opportunity to travel to four

mr trump. that vase when it comes to iran an opportunity turned to become a trap but i have to also say that trump administration is the first administration in the last forty years after it as a rule that has offered iran a comprehensive negotiation toward the north of mali ization of the nation a ship they really offered a comprehensive. the deal toward normalization of relationship meaning the us will get into the tin economy alp the economy and the rest of it i think iran missed a major opportunity and it has to find its own model north korea is not their model that it that iran should for iran is a huge country is a very important country and india as the u.s. really needs it on part of the board to create the ditch that is the ability regional peace. north korea is an isolated estate is it is not in good nobody so i think i will say iran is way too important for mr trump to consider that as north korea or any other state in those in those terms it has to see iran as iran a country of thre

there was -- there was nothing that happened at the trump organization that did not go through mr. trumpith his approval and signoff, as in the case of the payments. >> you heard it right. there was nothing that happened at the trump organization that did not go through mr. trump with his approval and signoff. and that is enough for one member of congress to think that it may be time to impeach the president. joining me, the one who posed that question, new york democratic congresswoman, caroline maloney. why are you wearing that firefighters jacket? >> i'm trying to gather attention and support for a bill i introduced that would give only health care to the first responders, but compensation for loss of job, losses limbs, in many cases, death. we lost 3,000 people on 9/11. many thousands more are sick and dying. they were there for us. we need to be there for them and pass this bill. i'm wearing this hero's shirt until we finally get the bill passed. >> impeachment. you were part of the oversight committee interrogated michael cohen. you said that begins the steps toward his time for im

during testimony last week, cohen called mr. trump con man and a cheat. >>> new york state regulators have subpoenaed president trump's insurance broker following testimony from michael cohen. cohen claimed mr. trump exaggerated his wealth to insurance companies. the president still owns his businesses, although he's handed day-to-day control over to sons don jr. and eric, and longtime executive allen weisselberg. all of them are recipients of document requests from the house judiciary committee. >>> and now to north korea where satellite images reportedly show activity at a missile site. south korea's news agency and two american think tanks say part of the site has been restored recently. the facility has been dormant since last year. the u.s. state department did not immediately comment. last week's nuclear summit in vietnam came to an abrupt end with no deal being reached. >>> a teenager who defied his mother by getting vaccinated took his argument to capitol hill. ethan lindenberger testified before congress about the importance

instead, mr. trump returned to familiar territory, the special counsel robert mueller and the ongoing investigation into russian election interference. even mocking his own infamous call for russia to find hillary clinton's e-mails. listen. >> unfortunately you put the wrong people in a couple of positions, and they leave people for a long time that shouldn't be there, and all of a sudden they're trying to take you out with [ bleep ], okay. [ bleep ]. robert mueller never received a vote. and neither did the person that appointed him. and as you know, the attorney general says, i'm going to recuse myself. and i said, why the hell didn't he tell me that before i put him in? if you tell a joke, if you are sarcastic, if you are having fun with the audience, if you're on live television with millions of people, and 25,000 people in an arena, and if you say something like, russia, please, if you can, get us hillary clinton's e-mails, please, russia, please! please get us the e-mails! please! >> of course mr.

there was no anything. >> reporter: mr. trump blasted away at the how judiciary committee request as part of a larger probe into allegations of trump world corruption. >> basically, they started the campaign. the people understand it. when they look at it, they just say, presidential harassment. it's too bad, because i would rather see them do legislation. >> reporter: aides to the president have told cnn they may assert executive privilege to block document demands. hinting the white house will dig in its heels, the president accused the obama administration of obstructing republican probes. >> they didn't give one letter. >> reporter: the investigations are proviegd tding the presidenh ammunition for his twitter feed. he called it a fishing expedition, december prain sear crime. >> the people who spent more than two years on the benghazi investigation or hillary clinton's e-mails make bizarre champions for the idea we have gone too far. all we have done is send out document requests. >> reporter: a new poll finds nearly two-thi

mr. trump's conduct was willful and intentional. mr. trump was aware that directors of charities may not use charitable benefits for director benefits and it's prohibited from using assets to intervene in public elections. but he nevertheless used money donated to the foundation to benefit miss campaign. in arrangement not only violated new york state law. it also ran afoul of federal campaign finance law turning a charity fund raiser into a campaign fund raiser and campaign rallies into opportunities for the candidate to dole out money the public donated to charity. as a result of this willful and intentional conduct, the court should require mr. trump to pay restitution of $2.8 million plus a penalty in the amount of $ -- excuse me. a penalty in the amount of up to $$5.6 million. so how was your day today? today the new york attorney general told the president of the united states that he needs to pay $8.4 million to make fwd on the wrongdoing of his charitable foundation which he was already forced to shut down. by previous action by

mr. trumpd it was "of critical sategic and security importance to the state of israel and regional stability." it is a shift that could both have a major impact on american relationship with the arab world, and potentially boost the political fortunes of his close ally, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, ahead of next month's election in israel. netanyahu tweeted his thanks to mr. trump, calling it a bold decision "at a time when iran seeks to use syria as a platform wh destroy israel." the united nationsh has a monitoring force on the golan heights, holds that it is occupied territory; its status has long been a key issue in arab-israeli peace talks. here to talk about the implications of today's announcent is aaron david miller. he is a vice president and the director of the middle east program at theoodrow wilson center for scholars here in washington. e aaron david miller, welcck to the program. what is the practical meaning of what the president has said today? >> i mean, largely,

mr. trump says michael cohen lied to congress about never asking for a pardon. by contrast, mr. p says he feels very badly for his former campaign manager paul manafort. manafort was sentenced to almost four years in prison for financial crimes. >>> the newborn baby of the so-called isis bride has died, according to the kurdish red crescent. she left the uk four years ago to join isis and she now says she wants to return, but the british government has revoked her citizenship. she has challenged that decision. >>> christine levinson, she has waited and waited and waited for answers. 12 years ago her husband robert levinson, a u.s. citizen, vanished in iran. now, she believes that he's still alive, but so far three u.s. administrations have failed to find him. erin burnett reports. >> my husband served this country tirelessly for decades. he deserves better from us and from our government. >> reporter: the wife of former fbi agent bob levinson testifying before congress. nearly 12 years to the day from when her husband went missing without a trace in iran. >> my husband is the lon

so it's hard to tell what these documents accomplished for mr. trumpe able to tell a 68-story building is really a 58-story building. we just put up that disclaimer, danny, trump's accounting firm adding a disclaimer saying this is just information that our client has given us. they're telling somebody, this is information the client gave us, we're not telling you that it's true. >> that's right, and accountants do that fairly often. my accountant has to rely on the hogwash that i provide h t and with accountants all over the country. so disclaimers like this are not that uncommon. and arguably the stronger the disclaimer and the more outrageous the puffery, i mean, after all, what would an accountant do with trump's own estimate of his name brand value, how are you supposed to actually analyze that or actually take that seriously? >> goodwill is one of the difficult things to analyze, right? the person who has it always thinks it's worth more. i happen to think my branding, ali velshi, is worth more than probably you would. >> evaluating a brand is di

his campaign and russia in the 2016 election, but he did not reach any conclusions about whether mr. trumpllegally obstructed justice. mola lenghi is in washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. president trump declaring victory here, claiming that the mueller report has totally vindicated him. a report that he is now describing and has been describing as an illegal takedown that failed. meanwhile, his republican allies here on capitol hill are ready to move on, but it appears that democrats are far from finished. >> no collusion. no obstruction. >> reporter: a familiar message from president trump as he left mar-a-lago on sunday, but this time he was backed up by attorney general william barr who had just released a four-page summary of robert mueller's russia investigation. >> it was a complete and total exoneration. >> reporter: barr wrote, "the special counsel's investigation did not find the trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 u.s. presidential election, despite multiple

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>> mr. trump doesn't have e-mail. >> no text message? >> mr. t to read e-mails from donald trump because if you can imagine his stream of conscious us in. come on. he calls an ipad the flat one. come on, people use paypal and venmo. why didn't he venmo the payments? who is writing checks every month. >> you're saying it's an old school campaign conspiracy but with twitter lying about it. >> it's confusing. i left -- i left that day of testimony confused. i just want the president to fall back and maybe send an e-mail or two. >> i wonder what you thought of a moment going around on the internet a lot. on the one hand, what was important about the day what was we learned about donald trump. that's the point of it, why so many people tuned in. regular beef you see every day in the congress. but take a look at a moment that has gotten a lot of attention after mark meadows brought out a woman many thought was a total prop and then there was this exchange. take a look. >> the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber,

mr. trump is the first authoritarian president since mr. nixon and neither he or supporters will play fair. mr. cohen will be dealing with these people all the rest of his life. all americans are affected by the growing authoritarianism that made mr. trump president. these people who facilitated his rise will remain long after mr. trump is gone. nelson, what do you think? >> well, cohen's testimony wednesday was riveting. and don't forget, that was only one-third of the testimony he gave this week. he spoke tuesday to the house intelligence committee. he spoke wednesday in public. and we all saw that. thursday, he spoke to the senate intelligence committee. we only saw one-third of it. think about this. all of the pieces we have seen this week, the cohen testimony, trump's tax returns, perhaps, about to be provided, bob mueller has known all of this for months, because he had the opportunity to question cohen for months. every question that was asked of cohen this week, mueller has already asked him months ago. trump's tax returns, you have

you watch. >> did mr. trump just hand democrats a winning issue? >> and the 2020 campaign. >> i am a dreamer and a doer. >> can a self-described extreme moderate win the nomination in an increasingly progressive democratic party? i'll talk to former colorado governor. joining me for inside analysis are hallie jackson, cornell belcher, peggy noonan. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. it turns out we're still waiting for the mueller report. on friday, attorney general bill barr sent a letter to congress promising to release the report with redactions no later than mid-april and said there are no plans to submit the report to the white house. what may be surprising is how little his four page summary seems to have had on public opinion. our poll shows that 40% of adults don't believe it clears mr. trump of wrongdoing. but look at this number. a very significant 31% remain unsure. perhaps those 31% are wisely waiting for the actual report to be released or they haven't been pa

mr. trump's campaign. the house judiciary said it's too early to talk impeachment. it. >> we don't have the facts yes. we are going to initiate proper investigations. >> the white house signalled it won't be complying saying in a statement the fact he would try to force the public disclose sure that he knows are protected by law proves he only wants to play politics. hugging the stars and stripes over the weekend the president made it clear what he thinks of special counsel's investigation. >> you put the wrong people in a couple of positions and they leave people for a long time that shouldn't be there and all of a sudden they are trying to take you out. >> the president also expressed feelings for jeff sessions who recused himself in the probe. >> as you snow the attorney general says i will recuse myself. and i said why the hell didn't he tell me that before i put him in? >> he tried to rewrite history insisting he was joking in front of an audience. >> if you tell a joke, if you're having f

mr. trump lawyers helped with his false testimony to congress. cohen said mr. trump's attorneys reviewed and edited the written statement he provided to lawmakers in 2017. >>> and the search for survivors following a deadly tornado in alabama has enwine the last of the missing were found alive. 23 people were killed when a tornado touched down sunday. alabama's governor has ordered in honor of the victims. officials said so many donations were made the victims' funerals will be paid for. power has been restored to the area. the tornado was the deadliest to hit the u.s. in nearly six years. >>> alex trebek vows that he will fight and beat his recent diagnosis of advanced pancreatic cancer. the longtime "jeopardy!" host said while his prognosis is not encouraging, he's not giving up. fellow game show host pat sajak tweeted, "there is no one i know who is stronger and more determined, and i would never bet against him. we and the entire country are pulling for you, alex." tony dokoupil reports. >>

chairman jerome powell weighed in on whether or not mr. trumpim. >> can the president fire you? >> well, the law is clear that i have a four-year term, and i fully intend to serve it. >> so no in your view? >> no. >> how independent is -- >> reporter: powell went on to say that president trump's criticism of the central bank and its interest rate hike played no role in the fed's decisions to hold off on raising interest rates for now. >>> today, january's retail data kicks off a busy week filled with key economic data. now this report was delayed due to the partial government shutdown. on wall street, the dow closed down 22 points friday. the s&p 500 lost five. the nasdaq dropped 13. >>> igloo has recalled eight different coolers after a florida boy got trapped inside one. the company says the products in question are marine elite coolers with stainless steel latches sold throughout west marine stores. igloo is working to send consumers a latch replacement kit to fix the switch on the current latch. earlier this month a 5-year-old boy hid in at

mr. trump asked ms. vrablic at deutsche bank if the bank would be willing to make a loan and handed over bare-bones statements. michael cohen testified that the documents exaggerated trump's wealth. deutsche bank executives had reached a similar conclusion, mean they also concluded that trump was exaggerating his wealth in this loan application. nevertheless they agreed to vouch for reply trump's b-- mr. bid to purchase the buffalo bills. so they said his was good for the money? what's being reported is deutsche bank knew that trump was lying about whether he could afford a lone, or they cake to the conclusion he was lying in the financial statements he supported. he materially misrepresented his wealth, hi assets and ability to repay the loan, but eh, they decided to do it anyway. what? who else gets to live in that world? where do i get to sign up for that? i mean, first of all, what explains that? is that just the way that banks bray? it would seem like it wouldn't be or they wouldn't stay banks for to

i think that the trump white house and mr. trump himself doesn't seem to have read the definition of obstruction of justice, or of perjury and that's about the best i can tell you. but it's pretty explosive. >> joining me now msnbc legal analyst danny cevalos. >> michael cohen gave so much information. main is coming back so congress can delve more into that information and lanny's comments suggest that objection of justice should be a concern for the president, whether that has to do with james comey firing. it might be like ordering people like michael cohen to give false testimony to congress. i think that might be what cohen may be talking about to congress. which is ironic because it's a crime he was convicted of already which is lying to congress. so while cohen has credibility issues, he obviously is giving information at this point that congress finds so interesting that he's coming back for an encore. >> cohen name dropped a lot of people in this hearing. the intel committee says they intend to call allen weisselberg before

mr. trump's tax returns next. only one democrat on capitol hill with the authority to officially demand the tax forms. ways and means richard neal. >>> michael cohen back on capitol hill today. he'll be finishing his testimony to the house intelligence committee behind closed doors. his appearance comes one day after the new york state finance department slapped a subpoena on the trump organization's insurance broker aon plc. just a few days after cohen dropped this potential bombshell. >> to your knowledge, did the provide ever provide inflated assets to an insurance company? >> yes. >> and aon says it intends to cooperate. the new york state department can impose heavy fines. and while it does not have the power to bring criminal charges it can refer its findings to state prosecutors for that. >>> breaking overnight, documents appearing to show north korea rebuilding a long-range testing facility. the work taking place around the same time of the summit that ended abruptly with no deal. paula hancocks live from

mr mueller wrote... president trump is wrong.his report does not amount to a so—called "total exoneration." special counsel mueller was clear that his report, quote, "does not exonerate",