mr. anderson and mr. mayer. as you may know, the ntsbntsb recently reported the undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea was a causal factor in two separate commuter train derailments in september 2016 and january 2017. these two derailments collectively involved the injury of over 200 people and the death of one. the ntsb noted that the federal rail administration does not require medical screenings for its safety-critical workers to guard against disorders such as sleep apnea. the lack of federal standards and testing requirements around this issue, i think, is reckless and has clearly led to deaths and injuries in the rail sector. so we absolutely need to do something about it. i recently wrote a letter to fra calling on them to remedy this situation. mr. anderson and mr. mayer, what steps are you taking to protect rail workers and the commuters who depend on them from harms caused by undiagnosed sleep apn apnea? >> first, you're right. and so at amtrak, fra rule is a physical for an engineer every three ye

mr. anderson and mr. david mayer. the obstructive sleep apnea was a cause of two train derailments in september 2016 in january 2017. these derailments involve the injury of over 200 people in the death of one. the ntsb noted the federal rail administration does not require medical screening for safety critical records to guard against sleep apnea. the testing requirements around this issue is reckless and has clearly led to deaths and injuries in the rail sectors that we obviously need to do something about it. i recently wrote a letter calling on them to remedy this situation. what steps are you taking to protect rail workers and commuters from sleep apnea? >> you are right. at amtrak every 3 years our rule is every one year and we require screening for sleep apnea when diagnosed or taken out of service, we want our engineers to get the proper treatment so we are big believers from an sms standpoint again. safety management system tells us we have to mitigate the risk of sleep apnea and so our program is set up to d

mr. anderson. i couldn't figure out who mr. anderson was. he goes on to write a thank you letter to mr. anderson which is amazing, because mr. anderson had a phonograph and played it for douglas. and he played the voice of the reverend weirs, whom douglas knew, and he goes back and writes a letter and calls the phonograph a divine creation. he says, "is it possible the human voice to live forever? -- live forever?" and when you read that he is talking about himself. he has been an oratory for 53 years, but he didn't get recorded. why didn't somebody record it? he loved this one will go faster than that one and so on you this can never be measured, though i tried it and i quit. he may also have been, along with mark twain, the most widely traveled american public figure of the 19th century, in sheer miles. now, does that matter? no, probably not. forcares, right, except number freaks? but by the 1890's, in sheer miles and countless number of speeches, he had few rivals as a lecturer in the golden age of oratory. and it is likely that more americans saw douglass speak than any other public

mr. anderson. i didn't quite figure out who the mr. anderson was. somebody may help me. i don't know. but he goes on to write a thank you letter to mr. anderson, which is amazing, because mr. anderson had a phonograph, and he played it for douglass. he played the voice of a reverend who douglass knew, and he hears the voice of a friend of his, and he goes back and writes this letter. he called the phonograph a divine creation. he went nuts about it. there's a line in the letter where he says is it possible the human voice could live forever? i mean, you read that and you realize he's talking about himself. been in order for 63 years. anyway, he didn't get recorded. why didn't somebody record him? anyway, he loved modernity and technology, by the way. fascinated with steam ships. how this one was faster than that one and so on. now, it can never really be measured although i started to try to do this and i quit. he may have also been along with mark twain the most widely traveled american public figure of the 19th century. in sheer miles. does that matter? no. probably not. who cares,

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politicians do is what politicians do they speak they are very loud in their tree on both sides well mrs anderson we have to take a short break but we'll be back in just a few moments statement. again that i'm elaine my mom coming to me and i knew god knows good luck looming ahead. the big deal that. he made the exact image you can see sir feel. the love and the truth is that the me.

mr. anderson, i know that you got up either very late or very early for us in london to do this and i thank that. i ask you to describe the andy mccabe you know and part two of that is how do you square the fbi internal findings against him? >> thanks, brian. great to be with you here tonight. the one thing i'll tell you about andy and i don't think people have said this enough on television, i've worked with him for a number of years on the highest level of the fbi and what people don't understand in those jobs as you pointed out when he was the assistant director of counterterrorism and i was the assistant director of counterintelligence and we were both assistant director of operations, you split the job and he was running one side of the fbi and i was running the other. whether it was meetings with eric holder, jim comey, i've always found andy to be not only a trustworthy individual but a man of honor and integrity. and i think it can't be said enough about that. >> i want to read you one of the many tweets of our president over the weekend about mccabe and specifically mccabe shares w

mr. anderson, what's your thought?ll, there's no doubt that the big leg down that we started to see about an hour ago was lined up pretty closely with all the comments that came out on the potential for tariffs in the aluminum and steel sector. the thing that would immediately come to mind to me would be, is there any connection with that and the potential for renegotiating nafta also clearly, that's something that's sometimes on the front burner, sometimes on the back burner, but there are obvious conversations going on on that front, and it would be interesting to see if these tariffs really do get put on, how that plays into the nafta negotiations >> i think you bring up an incredibly important point as i tweeted out, this tariff story is going to become a u.s. versus china story china is not a major imported of steel to the united states they're a big producer, they don't import a lot canada imports the most of any country. mexico is up there as well do you view this as an opening salvo of a bigger nafta story then

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anderson. our understanding is mr. cohen, on behalf of the entity e.c., went into adr services in los angeles, filed an arbitration proceeding, managed to get adr services to a point, an arbitrator immediately. then managed to get that arbitrator to issue a temporary restraining order against ms. daniels. he did so without any notice to ms. daniels, no prior notice to ms. daniels -- >> she didn't even know this was happening? >> she had absolutely no idea. that was by design of mr. cohen. she had no idea it was happening. no opportunity to respond. no opportunity to present her case. no opportunity to have a hearing prior to the issuance of the order. and quite honestly, the entire process is absolutely untoward and improper. and to make matters worse, e.c., pursuant to the agreement which, of course, we allege is invalid, e.c. pursuant to that agreement, section 5.1.1, doesn't even have the ability to go in and obtain such a restraining order. that would have to be accomplished by way of d.d., otherwise known as presi

anderson. if all of that is believable, then why did mr. cohen draft an agreement with a signature line for donald trump? >> very simple -- >> if donald trump was never going to be a party to the agreement and if he didn't want to bother donald trump with the agreement, and if donald trump was too busy campaigning for president to know anything about the agreement, and mr. cohen was going to do this on his own and wasn't going to bother mr. trump, then why take the effort to draft the agreement to make donald trump a signatory to the agreement? >> that's painting a fictional picture of the whole scenario. there's an "or" there. it could be ec, llc or -- >> why have any line for donald trump? >> they left it open for either/or. >> what does that mean? >> ec, llc entered into the contract. it's a real contract. >> you're saying donald trump had nothing to do with this. why have a line -- >> he has everything to do with it. he was a third party beneficiary. you're just not acknowledging that fact. he's a third party beneficiary to this contrac

and anderson, to the extent that mr. and the president have an alternative version of the facts, let them come forward and state it unequivocally. >> but you would not sign statements three times about something which you knew to be a lie. >> if the president of the united states fixer made it clear to me, either directly or indirectly, that i needed to sign it and i was in the position of stormy daniels, i might sign those statements. >> i felt intimidated and honestly bullied, and i didn't know what to do, so i signed it, even though i had repeatedly expressed that i wouldn't break the agreement, but i was not comfortable lying. >> how do we know you are telling the truth? >> i have no reason to lie. i am opening myself up for possible danger and definitely a whole lot of [ bleep ]. >> you know, there is a potential upside. financial upside. maybe somebody will want you to write a book. maybe you can go on a bigger tour and make more money dancing. >> that is a lot of if's. i could also get shunned. i mean, i could aut

politicians do is what politicians do they speak and they are very loud in their tree on both sides well mrs anderson we have to take a short break but we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. lots of countries in europe to understand that russia is and take part of the you are pending you cannot think about a prosperous europe and developing your foot if you if you don't see russia being involved in the european proceeds. that russia is wise. has to be taken into account dishonestly. the most expensive fish in a will each one is selling for but tens of thousands of euros it continues to grow its entire life if it was thirty years old you might have a two ton fish out there and yet they don't get that big today because we're way too good at catching. it's only women and self a much larger mission was once there and that was much more widely distributed we have politicians that are in office for a few years they have to get reelected everything is very very short term our system is not suited and is not cleared for long term survival and that's why we have to contest the season. welcome back

mr. cohen is relying on his friend, an attorney. and, frankly, anderson, where is michael cohen?uy? this guy prides himself on being a fixer. he ends tweets with #raydonovan. he actually refers to himself as ray donovan. where is he? why won't he come on your show or any other show and sit here like i do and answer simple questions? where is this guy? >> i should also just point out for full disclosure for viewers who don't know, i have sat down with stormy daniels for an upcoming "60 minutes" interview. cohen's arguments according to schwartz is the nondisclosure agreement is valid and binding because of the use of the word "and/or" that donald trump, aka, david dennison, didn't have to sign it, as long as michael cohen signed it for the llc. explain to people who aren't lawyers why you think that's not true. >> well, there's a number of reasons why that's not true, anderson. first of all, there are a number of portions of that contract, if wasn't just about the money, there are a number of portions of that contract that required donald trump and only donald trump to provide wha

mr. trump. daniels' attorney made his case to cnn's anderson cooper last night. >> this took a long time. the negotiation, the drafting, the communication, the routing of the payment. we're talking about hours and hours and hours. and what mr. cohen and the administration now expects the american public to believe is that he went off half cocked on his own without any guidance or communication whatsoever with his client, none. he just decided that he was going to do this. he was going to draft the document. he was going to negotiate it. and he was going to draft the document with places for his client to sign. >> all right. this comes as president trump prepares to hit the campaign trail today. he'll be stumping for pennsylvania republican who is in danger of losing in a district the president carried by 20 points. cnn white house correspondent abby phillips is at the white house now. it appears this controversy is not going away. >> that's right. this controversy continues to engulf this white house and it does seem the more revelations we get about what's going on in this case the more q

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mr. crump, do you agree with sarah sanders this is just a local matter? >> anderson, not at all.3 civilians have been killed by police bullets since 2015. 70 of those were african-american men. this is a national epidemic. and this video is very dramatic when you look at it as an example of what's going on. they shoot first and ask questions later when it's black and brown people. >> you say that sacramento law enforcement's actions both before and after the shooting have raised more questions than answers. explain what you mean by that. what do you want to know? there's the shooting itself, and even in the aftermath, the audio was turned off on the body cameras, as i understand it. >> yes, sir. anderson, you have to acknowledge the video from the helicopter and the body cam prove to us that, number one, stephon clark had no gun. he had no weapon, he was no threat to the police. the police didn't give him a warning, they never identified themselves and when they shot and killed him, they offered him no humanity as they let him lying on the ground dying for six minutes before they

anderson. if all of that is believable, then why did mr. cohen draft an agreement with a signature line for donald trump? if donald trump was never going to be a party to the agreement and if he didn't want to bother donald trump with the agreement, and if donald trump was too busy campaigning for president to know anything about the agreement and mr. cohen was going to do this on his own and wasn't going to bother mr. trump, then why take the effort to draft the agreement to make donald trump a signatory to the agreement? >> that's painting a fictional picture to the whole scenario. there's an or there. they left it open for either/or. the bottom line is ec llc entered into the contract. >> but he's saying if donald trump had nothing to do with this -- >> he had everything to do with it. he's a third party beneficiary. he doesn't have to be a party to the contract to benefit from the contact, but he certainly can enforce the contract like a third party beneficiary can, and this is contract. and you are advising your client to blatantly vio

mr. trump. daniels' attorney made his case to cnn's anderson cooper last night. >> this took a long time, the negotiation, the drafting, the communication, the routing of the payment, we're talking about hours and hours. what mr. cohen and the administration now expects the american public to believe is that he went off half-cocked on his own without any guidance or communication whatsoever with his client, none, he just decided he was going to do this, draft the document, negotiate it, and draft the document with places for his client to sign. >> this comes as president trump prepares to hit the campaign trail today. he will be stumping for a pennsylvania republican who is in danger of losing in the district the president carried by 20 points. all right, let me bring in cnn's boris sanchez who is covering these developments for us from the white house, boris. >> hey there, fred, yes, michael cohen, the president's personal attorney, maintaining that president trump had nothing to do with his actions that he didn't move forward with this nondisclosure agreement with stormy daniels or a payment to her at

mr. trump. daniels' attorney spoke earlier with anderson cooper. >> why would the president of the united states join in an effort for a document -- for a non-disclosure agreement that he himself didn't sign which his attorney apparently just did on his own that had nothing to do with the president for an act that he said he didn't commit? >> well, i hate to repeat myself, but i'm going to in this instance. oh, what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive. anderson, that is a very good question. it doesn't make any sense. we also now have the threats and it is set forth in the papers the position, if you will, that president trump is going to seek in excess of $20 million damages against my client. this is truly remarkable. i don't know that there has ever been an instance in american history where you had a sitting president carrying out a personal vendetta and seeking in excess of $20 million against a private u.s. citizen who is merely trying to tell her version of the facts. >> legal analyst and author of "made it rain" joining us from los angeles to talk about it. areva martin, t

anderson air force base. i have no further questions. mr. chairman. >> no further questions. oh, he showed up. slipped out on me and came back. the gentleman from the great state of alabama. >> i did show up. [laughter] keep you a few more minutes, my questions pertain to personnel. we talk about space, we like to talk about the technological stuff. it is the people that matter. do you think you have the proper number of service members to do this? do you believe you are efficiently manned to shift from peacetime to war fighting? are we utilizing their skills to capitalize on the talents? gen. raymond: thanks for the question. it gives me a chance to brag on the airman i lead. they are doing spectacular work. the air force has more mission than it does resources. part of that issue, looking forward to a contested environment, there is room for growth. the secretary of the air force has asked me to conduct a study to look at the structure, size, scale, the development aspects of those airmen. think you can shift with your present number from a peacetime scenario to a wartime scenario? gen. raym

mr. cuban? [all speaking] meanwhile. jesse, it seems like anderson cooper is preparing for his next role as the maury povich, the next morning povich. he is getting up there. >> jesse: i feel like cuban sometimes when you and juan go after each other. here we go again. they brought in cuban because avenatti got his clock cleaned and he couldn't take cohen's lawyer on. he was drinking water and he wouldn't look him in the eye. he was asking cooper for help half the time. it was not a fair fight. you can see why. you don't think donald trump can hammer out an ironclad nda? it's donald trump. this is airtight. it is locked down. every time he breaks it, it's a million-dollar judgment. that's a lot of money. it's not like when you go on cnn, that's one time you break it. everything, every time you say something about it, you break it and that's a million dollars. he is a terrible lawyer. he's probably going to get sued by stormy for malpractice we better have a lot of insurance. this whole thing where they are teasing that they have a dvd. it's revenge p

and anderson, to the extent that mr. cohen and the president have an alternative version of the facts let them come forward and state it unequivocally. >> cooper: but come on. you would not sign statements one, two, three times about something which you knew to be a lie. >> avenatti: if the president of the united states' fixer made it clear to me, either directly or indirectly, that i needed to sign it, and i was in the position of stormy daniels, i might sign those statements. >> daniels: i felt intimidated and-- honestly bullied and i didn't know what to do. and so i signed it. even though i had repeatedly expressed that i wouldn't break the agreement, but i was not comfortable lying. >> cooper: how do we know you're telling the truth? >> daniels: 'cause i have no reason to lie. i'm opening myself up for, you know, possible danger and definitely a whole lot of ( bleep ). >> cooper: but, you know, there is a potential ups-- a financial upside, maybe somebody will want you to write a book. maybe, you know, you can go on

. >> well, anderson, they're not legal. unlike when mr. tower, in the oval office, the united states constitution applies to agreements that he compels his employees to sign. and under the first amendment, there is an exception for classified information, attorney/client privilege information, but beyond that, the first amendment protects white house employee's ability to speak when they leave the white house. so, it is a first amendment problem. and i think it's a problem that they wouldn't give julie in "the new york times" a copy of the thing. if it's so benign and unenforceable, why won't they share a copy so we can all see whether it's enforceable or not? it doesn't sound enforceable to me. >> julie, i wonder what this says about how the president views his presidency and how his staff deals with him and how he views his staff. >> well, it's interesting because i think it's one of the reminders that we have that this president really views his role in the white house as not that different from being an executive in private business. t

mr. trump's behalf? >> to the best of our knowledge. anderson, at this point, you know as much about this arbitration as we do. nobody bothered to tell us about it when it happened. which makes issuance of the order even that more curious. that it happened in a matter of hours. all in an effort to keep this matter under wraps, keep it out of public view. hide the facts and silence my client. there is a pattern in practice that is governored the way my client has been dealt with by mr. cohen and president trump for months. and that pattern and practice has continued up to even a few hours ago. >> an attorney for cohen put out a statement saying a judge -- have you gotten a ruling? have you seen the ruling? >> we have seen the temporary restraining order that was issued within hours of the filing. i don't know if any hearing that took place or any findings that took place and again, our position is that we don't belong in arbitration. this matter should anybody a court of law. that is why we filed the matter in a court of law yesterday. we do not

. >> mcdougal even met the now first lady but told anderson cooper she purposely kept her distance from mrstrump. he also attended trump's vodka release party in hollywood. also at the party, stormy daniels, friends say trump invited her. their parallels continued just before the 2016 presidential election, when the two women decided they wanted to tell their stories and somehow ended up with the same attorney keith davids davidson. according to mcdougal's lawsuit, she had no idea davidson was also informing cohen about her deal to sell her story involving donald trump to the national enquirer, which it never published. and both women say they were later intimidated to keep them from talking. >> you can talk to the media, that you're free? >> yeah, i saw that statement too, according to their attorney, i can't. there will be financial ruin. >> trump, cohen and the parent company of the national enquirer ami have all disputed various claims. trump denies the affairs ever took place, and knew nothing of the deals, he says he doesn't remember any e-mails coming from ami to him in mcdougal's ca

mr. cohn is trying to sell to the american public. anderson, it is impossible, it is so out of the well many real possibility that this attorney under took all of this work, this tonda took hours. it is a detailed document. this is why some people hate attorneys because they spend so much time looking at documents like this and billing their client for the time they spent. this took a long time. the negotiation, the drafting, the route of the payment. hours and hours. what mr. cohn and the administration now expects the american public to believe is that he went off half-cocked on his own without guidance or communication whatever with his client. he decided he was going to do this, draft the document, negotiate it and draft the document with places for his client to sign. >> again, i am not a lawyer, but i know that if somebody is making a contract in which i am named and have other people sign it and they are signing it and representing themselves, and i don't know about the document, that seems highly unethical. >> highly unethical and it c

anderson. the saga continues. for months we have heard from mr. cohen and from others associated with the trump organization that there was no linkage between ec, llc, and the trump organization. mr. cohen has maintained that he formed that llc on his own, unbeknownst to mr. trump, unbeknownst to the trump organization, that he drafted the documents. >> and that he did it just out of loyalty to his friend, donald trump. >> correct. he expects the american people to believe he spent all this time and energy, hours upon hours doing all of this work, and the president never knew anything about it, and no one in the trump organization ever knew anything about it. we've already produced and you've shown some of the documents on the show. the trump organization e-mails. we now have these documents. the statement that was provided by ms. martin is demonstrably false. if you look at the first document that you showed your viewers, in the upper left hand corner it designates ms. martin as a representative, a legal representative of ec, llc. it's right ther

anderson and his troops refuse to surrender. unable to hold fort moultrie, they take refuge in the island stronghold of fort sumter. ♪ >> mr.news for me? >> i'm afraid not, mr. president. >> by the time lincoln takes office, the situation at fort sumter is a national crisis. in the face of a threatening confederate army, major robert anderson stands firm, even with the union garrison running out of supplies. the son of a revolutionary war veteran, anderson refuses to give up, even though his father did surrender nearby fort moultrie to the british. with a battle looming, lincoln faces a dilemma -- how to support anderson's defiant stand without firing the first shot of the civil war. >> 85 years. 85 years ago, this country was born. is this the year that it dies? >> abandon fort sumter. >> we can't hold fort sumter. that's true. but we must not abandon it. one section of this country believes slavery to be right. the other believes it to be wrong. that's where the fight is here. we must act out of faith, not fear. >> lincoln comes up with a brilliant idea. "what i'm gonna do is -- i'm gonna announce that i'm sending down re

anderson and his troops refuse to surrender. unable to hold fort moultrie, they take refuge in the island stronghold of fort sumter. ♪ >> mr.r me? >> i'm afraid not, mr. president. >> by the time lincoln takes office, the situation at fort sumter is a national crisis. in the face of a threatening confederate army, major robert anderson stands firm, even with the union garrison running out of supplies. the son of a revolutionary war veteran, anderson refuses to give up, even though his father did surrender nearby fort moultrie to the british. with a battle looming, lincoln faces a dilemma -- how to support anderson's defiant stand without firing the first shot of the civil war. >> 85 years. 85 years ago, this country was born. is this the year that it dies? >> abandon fort sumter. >> we can't hold fort sumter. that's true. but we must not abandon it. one section of this country believes slavery to be right. the other believes it to be wrong. that's where the fight is here. we must act out of faith, not fear. >> lincoln comes up with a brilliant idea. "what i'm gonna do is -- i'm gonna announce that i'm sending down relief sh

mr. trump. stormy daniels talks with anderson cooper tomorrow night on 60 minutes here on cbs. >>> and it's been another busy week at the white house with trade tensions and more personnel changes and here to discuss that is ileana plot, a staff writer. good morning. >> good morning. >> we have a long list, let's start with the $1.3 trillion spending bill which the president called ridiculous, threatened to veto but then signed. is the republican party having a very difficult time coming up with a unified message here? >> absolutely and i think this spending bill in particular, you have conservatives like the freedom caucus wondering if they are an ally in the white house anymore. the one who urged president trump to veto this bill and when he ultimately did it they wonder if the whole drain the swamp message is ultimately a farce. >> i'm curious about china and these tariffs and the pushback as well. china is already announcing some counterretaliatory efforts here and are we really headed toward a trade war? >> i think china's message was the most pertinent message we've heard yet of getting cl

mr. cohen and president trump for months. that pattern and practice, anderson, has continued up until even a few hours ago. >> john, keep in mind this lawyer is saying that they have not yet shared everything that they have with the public, meaning more information could soon be coming to light. >> all right, m.j. very interesting. thanks for laying that out for us. joining me cnn political analysts molly ball, josh dawsey and rachel bay. this story is in a different place today for three reasons. number one, the white house response right there which was strange. number two, you have the lawyer for stormy daniels who is all in. it seems like he's girding for this fight and excited for it. number three, you're beginning to see congress opine on the matter which opens up a whole different can of worms. josh, first to you. you cover the white house. i'm going to use the word wicked for the second time in two days. sarah sanders' response was wicked weird yesterday when she mentioned the fact that this arbitration thing was going on. do you have a sense covering t

this comes after she told anderson cooper on 60 minutes that she had sex with mr. trump before he was president and she said a man approached her in las vegas and warned her to stay silent on the matter or something might happen to her. after the interview. the lawyers sent a creaease and desist letter to daniels. cohen admitted he did pay her $130,000 to keep her quiet days before the 2016 presidential election but he and the white house say the president denies that he had sex with the then porn-star. of tray? >> the definition claim goes back to a statement he made to the media in february where he acknowledged he used his owned funds to pay stormy daniels $130,000. cohen said the payment did not mean he was acknowledging there was an affair saying, and i'm quoting here, just because something isn't true, doesn't mean it can't cause you harm or damage. i will always protect mr. president trutrump. even though that does not accuse stormy daniels of lying about the affair. it alleges he defamed her by implying she lied. the statement is vague enough that it can pr

mr. trump are generous and passionate, kind, humble, honest. >> reporter: loyal to you. anderson are going to have to wait and see whether michael cohen's faith in the president is actually going to be returned. you know, this is a difficult case now with stormy daniels. and there are lots of people who say they wouldn't be surprised if the president turned on michael cohen if things don't go well. but i can tell you, he doesn't believe that would happen. >> thank you. appreciate it very much. rejecting the opportunity to work for president trump as the russia investigation continues. termites. we're on the move. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, we're good. we're good. terminix. defenders of home. i was wondering if an electric toothbrush really cleans better than a manual. and my hygienist says it does but they're not all the same. who knew? i had no idea. so she said, look for one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head surrounds each tooth to gently remove more plaque, and oral-b is the first electric toothbrush bra

mr. trump? was it unprotected? and i forgot even the -- >> did he promise you to be on "the apprentice" and that answer was ambiguous. >> anderson let me tell you how ridiculous this is. just last week we had a call with mr. harder, who is representing mr. trump, and mr. blakeley, who is representing mr. -- actually ec, llc, in the federal case, okay? during this call, i asked point blank, mr. harder, was donald trump a party to the agreement? and let me tell what he told me. you ready? that's what he told me. and i said, i thought the phone had disconnected. i said, are you still there? and i asked him again. he didn't have an answer for me. he said, we haven't figured it out yet, to which i responded, why do you ask donald trump? they haven't figured out the next fabrication. >> how difficult -- >> i guess they're required to tell michael, you know, any legal strategy here. >> legal strategy? it's a fact. >> i don't even believe that conversation even existed. so i mean everything -- you make up your own law. you make up a lie detector test. you parade it in like you found gold. meanwhile you know it's a fraudulent lie detecto

. >> mcdougal even met the now first lady but told anderson cooper but said she purposely kept her distance from mrs she also attended the vodka release party in 2007. also at the party, stormy daniels. friends say trump invited her. the parallels continued when the two women decided they wanted to tell their stories and somehow ended one the same attorney. keith davidson. he brokered the deal for daniels with trump's personal attorney, michael cohen, to pay $130,000 as part of this confidentiality agreement. according to mcdougal's lawsuit, she had no idea davidson was also informing cohen about her deal to sell her story involving donald trump to the "national enquirer" which it never published. and both women say they were later intimidated to keep them from talking. >> they said you can talk to the media. that you're free. >> i saw that statement, too. according to their attorney, i can't. there will be financial ruin. >> trump, cohen and the parent company, ami, have all disputed various claims. he said trump denies the affairs never took place and knew nothing of the deals. he said he doesn't

anderson, i think we've addressed that in the past. the evidence is piling up to show that this was not done personally. it was done by mr.capacity at the trump organization, and here we have him drafting an e-mail where he describes the nda. this is mr. cohen describing the nda as being between my client and donald trump at the same time he's telling "the wall street journal" and the american public that donald trump isn't even a party to the agreement. it doesn't add up. we're going to get to the bottom of it. we're going to blow it out of the water. >> when we come back, more from michael avenatti, also we'll be joined by michael cohen's attorney, david schwartz, and our jeff toobin. we'll be right back. [girl 1] perfect! you can send a digital payment. [man] uhh, i don't have one of those payment apps. [girl 2] perfect! you have a us-based bank account, right? [man] i have wells fargo. [girl 3] perfect! then you should have zelle! [man] perfect. [girls] perfect! [vo] the number one mobile banking app just got better. [man] does your coach use zelle, too? [boy] of course! [vo] another way we're building better every da

mr. cohen and president trump for months. and that pattern and practice, anderson, has continued up until even a few hours ago. >> now, worth pointing out that this lawyer also says, john, that there is more information that has not come to light yet, meaning that there could be more headlines in the coming days, and if i could just end on this note, when sarah sanders says the president has already answered directly answered these questions, that is simply not true. and it seems like with every passing day, the white house has more and more questions to answer. >> we could hear from the president in a little while. a cabinet meeting. it is a strange setting for this to come up. but if he's going to claim he answered questions or hasn't, you got to keep asking the questions. thank you very much. >>> joining me now, jackie c kucinich, doug sanders. porn stars and tariffs, not your everyday fare in the west wing. let's start with tariffs. jackie, we do not know yet if canada and mexico will be exempt from these tariffs. the white house is suggesting, yeah, that decis

the facts must indeed, anderson, be very, very ugly for this president and mr.use if they were not ugly, he would have taken to the airwaves and defended himself and called her out and stated unequivocally that they were false. and he would allow the american people to decide who's telling the truth and who's not telling the truth. but instead, he and his attorney, mr. cohen, and now others are seeking to gag and silence my client and keep the information from the american people. >> and very quickly, you still maintain that there is no way that michael cohen did this all on his own without in some way the president knowing about it? >> absolutely. the idea and the statement that they're trying to sell to the american people is preposterous. >> i should point out we've invited michael cohen to join the program anytime, and he continues to be welcome at any point. michael avenatti, thanks very much. i want to thank our panel as well. >>> coming up next, something i never thought i would be talking to christiane amanpour about. sex and love around the world. it is

mrs. davis... ha ha ha, yay kids! >>> sunny andersoncame with gifts. >> you brought gifts? >> this is so you can make a casserole at home. >> i never made a casserole at home. >> before we were talking, you said you didn't have a cast iron pan that was good. this was going to go to craig. >> the real deal. >> this is a guard and tongs. >> sunny anderson. >> i love you guys, thanks for having me. >> we'll have you back. >> that's going to do it for us on this saturday morning. tomorrow on "sunday today" sitting down with jeff daniels on a career from terms of endearment to "dumb & dumber." >> what can i cook in this? >> everything. >> have a great weekend, everybody. >> too funny. >> this is fantastic. - there's a common thread i see every time i'm in the field. while this was burning, you were saving other homes. neighbors helping neighbors and strangers alike. - this is what america's about. - sometimes it's nice to see all the good that's out there. bringing folks out, we have seen it in community after community. bay .... yeste >>> g