mr. cohen for comment in advance of running the story. mr. cohen was able to convince them or threaten them that if they ran the story, there would be serious consequences. they decided not to proceed with publishing the story. >> then things took a darker turn. >> stormy daniels has alleged she was in a parking lot going to a fitness class and that some someone approached her in her car with her daughter in the back seat saying stop talking about donald trump. it would be a shame for your young daughter to grow up without her mother. >> this is something that terrified her. >> cohen denies he played any role in the alleged threat. >> he unequivocally denied it he said i've never threatened her. i've never spoken to her. i've never emailed her, texted her, never seen her in person. i don't have any knowledge of any threats being made to her. but certainly i was not the one to make those threats. >> stormy daniels kept quiet before the election. helping trump avoid a huge scandal in the home str

mr. cohenvance of running the story. mr. cohen was able to convince them or threaten them that if they ran the story, there would be serious consequences. they decided not to proceed with publishing the story. >> then things took a darker turn. >> stormy daniels has alleged she was in a parking lot going to a fitness class and that some someone approached her in her car with her daughter in the back seat saying stop talking about donald trump. it would be a shame for your young daughter to grow up without her mother. >> this is something that terrified her. >> cohen denies he played any role in the alleged threat. >> he unequivocally denied it he said i've never threatened her. i've never spoken to her. i've never emailed her, texted her, never seen her in person. i don't have any knowledge of any threats being made to her. but certainly i was not the one to make those threats. >> stormy daniels kept quiet before the election. helping trump avoid a huge scandal in the home stretch of the campai

for comment in advance of running the story, and mr. cohenreaten them that if they ran the story, there would be serious consequences. they decided not to proceed with publishing the story. >> then things took a darker turn. >> daniels alleged she was in a parking lot going to a fitness class, and someone approached her in her car with the daughter in the backseat saying, stop talking about donald trump, it would be a shame for your young daughter to grow up without her mother. this is something that terrified her. >> cohen denies playing a role in the alleged threat. >> he une kwifly denied it. said, i never threatened her or spoken to her or e-mailed her or texted her, never seen her in person. i don't have any knowledge of any threats being made to her, but, certainly, i was not the one to make those throats. >> she kept quiet before the election, helping trump avoid a huge scandal in the home stretch of the campaign. >> god bless you. >> but after the election, the story was making headlines, and not just about an affair, but about the co

you have mr. cohenked these transactions through the organization, called them tech services. the company itself calling it legal services. both monikers designed to conceal the true nature of that type of transaction. if you take that with the cohen plea, the weisselberg immunity, then you have the trump charitable organization that's alleged by the new york attorney general to have funneled almost $2.8 million in illegal campaign contributions to the trump campaign, you put all that together, you mix in some e-mails or bank records or text messages. if that incriminates others within the trump organization i would fully expect them to go after those individuals. >> that tar shark does this hit a bunch of nobodies at the trump org or hit some somebodies? >> hits some somebodies. safe to say the president's children could have some exposure here, especially donald trump jr., in a way that maybe we haven't seen in the past. but of course this is something that the president has always been very, very wor

that the prosecutors don't need, don't want, don't like, but probably don't need or don't want what mr. cohen has to sell. and he's trying to sell it. i think there's another important distinction here. and i just want to follow up on something that dan said. mr. manafort hasn't been promised leniency. he's been promised an opportunity to cooperate. and if he cooperates fully and the prosecutors in their own discretion decide that it is what we call substantial assistance, they can go to the court and ask the court to give him a more lenient sentence. mast has already gotten the ability, to cooperate. cohen is seeking that, but we think that's what the silence meant. i thought the silence spoke loudly. i thought what the silence meant and means is that cohen is trying to cross that cooperation threshold. >> ashley parker, it's no secret that the president's flying off the handle from a couple weeks back coincided with the day paul manafort was convicted and michael cohen pleaded guilty. any alarm bells going off with these twin developments today mirroring those from a couple weeks ago? >> i

thousand and eight isn't two thousand and ten and even before has to do with mr cohen's taxi business it has to do with not that doesn't excuse the comportment of these individuals however what does that have to do with the russian an investigation it could be that these people are being persecuted quite frankly to try to get to the bottom of the investigation to serve it with as witnesses but as of today we have yet no evidence to suggest that anything any of these individuals have offered the government is in any way shape or form tied to the trumpet ministration or for a more importantly the trump campaign but they the investigation is has not been completed yet so i mean isn't it isn't premature to be to be making that judgment this point i mean there are many there may be more that we may find out later possibly but there and diagrams have come down just as your report indicated a number of people have been prosecuted indicted or found guilty but none of the indictments have to do with collusion or with tying president trump to any activity that that's improper or the campaign ye

trump. >> reporter: but abc news has learned mr. cohenth special counsel robert mueller, sitting for hours of interviews over the past month. those interviews held in washington and new york focusing on all aspects of mr. trump's dealings with russia, including business deals and those allegations of collusion during the 2016 presidential campaign. some insiders believe this represents a significant legal threat to the president, given cohen's long history of working with mr. trump. cohen has already pleaded guilty to campaign finance crimes related to paying off women just before the election, telling the court he did so at the direction of donald trump. at the start of the investigation into mr. cohen, the president sounded sympathetic. >> so i just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, a good man, and it's a disgraceful situation. it's a total witch hunt. >> reporter: but in july, cohen telling abc's george stephanopoulos that his first loyalty was to his family and country, and after he apparently turn

mr cohen has knowledge on certain subjects that should be of interest to the special counsel and is more than happy to tell the special counsel all that he knows davis isn't just speaking in generalities he said he had information about the d.n.c. being hacked he also said he had information about the now infamous meeting between donald trump jr and two russian nationals supposedly about digging up information about hillary clinton now he says he's willing to share this information with the special counselor except now he's backtracking he says it's all a big misspeak i should have been more clear including with you that i could not independently confirm what happened i regret my ira now the attorney for michael cohen isn't just retracting his own words he seems to be throwing cold water on something that c.n.n. treated like a breaking news explosion sources with knowledge tell myself and call that michael cohen claims then candidate donald trump knew in advance about the june two thousand and sixteen meeting in trump tower crucially these sources tell us that cohen is willing to make th

mr cohen has knowledge on certain subjects that should be of interest to the special counsel and is more than happy to tell the special counsel all that he knows davis isn't just speaking in generalities he said he had information about the d.n.c. being hacked he also said he had information about the now infamous meeting between donald trump jr and two russian nationals supposedly about digging up information about hillary clinton now he says he's willing to share this information with the special counselor except now he's backtracking he says it's all a big misspeak i should have been more clear including with you that i could not independently confirm what happened i regret my ira now the attorney for michael cohen isn't just retracting his own words he seems to be throwing cold water on something that c.n.n. treated like a breaking news explosion sources with knowledge tell myself and call that michael cohen claims then candidate donald trump knew in advance about the june twenty sixth meeting in trump tower crucially these sources tell us that cohen is willing to make that assertion

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mr cohen has knowledge on certain subjects that should be of interest to the special counsel and is more than happy to tell the special counsel all that he knows davis isn't just speaking in generalities he said he had information about the d.n.c. being hacked he also said he had information about the now infamous meeting between donald trump jr and two russian nationals supposedly about digging up information about hillary clinton now he says he's willing to share this information with the special counselor except now he's backtracking he says it's all a big misspeak i should have been more clear including with you that i could not independently confirm what happened i regret my ira now the attorney for michael cohen isn't just retracting his own words he seems to be throwing cold water on something that c.n.n. treated like a breaking news explosion sources with knowledge tell myself and call that michael cohen claims then candidate donald trump knew in advance about the june twenty sixth meeting in trump tower crucially these sources tell us that cohen is willing to make that assertion

mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. the soul of our country is in jeopardy and in question and it couldn't be more directly seen than in the senate on thursday with the hearings for judge kavanaugh. the two most pressing issues at will be heard are the #metoo movement and respect for women and their safety from sexual assault and the truth and whether or not the truth is something that matters to people anymore or whether it just spinning lies to get ratings. the man who's been nominated to the supreme court went on fox television and said he didn't drink illegally when he was 18 years old. well, he did. the drinking age was 21. the lady who accusing him has passed a lie detector test administered by a former f.b.i. agent and has told over four or five different people about this incident over the last six years which has been very difficult for her. she should be given respect and there should be an attempt to find the truth. but the third person in the incident has not been subpoenaed by the senate bus they don't want

mr. cohen: i want to thank ranking member defazio and chairman of our committee, mr. shuster, for their excellent efforts to work out this compromise on the f.a.a. re-authorization. finding consensus with our senate counterparts. there are four important measures in the package. thanks to senator nelson and ranking member defazio to help airports, consumers, and preserves the safety of the flying public. the seed act, three-year effort which i worked with adam kinzinger, was accepted by voice vote in the committee. we've never been forced to regulate seat sizes. representative kinzinger and i worked on this to see that the and king sizes in seats, americans have become larger, seats have become smaller, they've been more dangerous. there needs to be a study on the width and pitch of seats to make sure they are safe to be evacuating within the 90 seconds they are supposed to evacuate a plane. fliers' rights and national consumer league also supported this. i'd like to thank all the members, the acad he my, senators blumen that you are, markey, -- blumenthal, markey, ot

flynn has pled guilty, mr. cohen his counsel has plet guilty. mr. man na ford has been found guil guilty. all these various prosecutions were based on facts. people use the term fake facts, fake news, these are facts that people plead guilty to at the risk of losing their liberty and suffering heavy fines. i think we need to keep that in mind when we're talking to mr. mueller and his investigation. >> on this question, you have to read the memo closely. there's no time that's listed on the memo and really the key to or campaign the candidate and campaign. donald trump jr. is not running for office. darryl jr. i used them as necessary but some we have too keep in mind there. based upon it, what is it, i have to think if you are a republican candidate you're looking at the next two months, wait, no more of this, from today and election day. >> we know it's going to be a bitter four while trial. >> so we will see products frs most to -- we hope that trump will keep his mouth shut on this. i know. i know. >>. >> you're told that manny for the has to kee

mr. cohen: thank you, sir. here to urge -- to urge this house house to defeat the previous question so we can hear h.r. 5476 a burn bill to protect special counsel mueller. it's important for democracy and for the rule of law for which we are respected around the globe that mr. mueller's investigation go on and not be impeded by the fiferinge mr. rosenstein and the imposition of somebody who is inimical to mr. mueller's investigation. i want to quote bill frist, former republican majority leader in the senate -- congress must never abandon its role as an equal branch of government. in this moment that means protecting mueller's information. we are the best senators and republicans when we protect this. value around the world not just the material wealth of the american people but the free tom. defeat the previous question, protect robert mueller. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: t

you've got to find out that mr. cohen acted with actual malice or intent. going to go where bob didn't want to go, which is the contract. and it's interesting because cohen's had to deal with this before. he's been sued. and in the "bruno" movie, what they sued over was the standard location agreement that these folks signed. and it's very likely that mr. moore had signed a document saying basically, "i'm waiving all of my rights to whatever this is." i do think that's fraud. my view, shannon, is you sign up to go on the teacups. you think it's going to be the teacups. it better not turn into space mountain. >> they said it does seem that prospective prank victims signed releases. if i were a lawyer for a potential plaintiff that said this had happened, my first question would be, did you sign a piece of paper? bob, is that enough to shield them in this case? >> listen, shannon, i wouldn't even be overconcerned about it. let's say it was an inducement to get him to sign that and they throw that out and invalidate that. that does not stop somebody from being

we have seen two of his closest advisers, one personal in mr. cohen and one political in mr. manafort so we have to see how this plays out. mueller is moving his investigation expeditiously, efficiently. we'll see where it goes but i don't think just because it didn't include the president's plea should have any weight one way or another. we'll see what comes next with the mueller investigation. >> if we take a step back we see the president's former campaign chairman is going to prison. the president's personal lawyer has implicate it had president in a felony campaign finance law violation, the special counsel is investigating obstruction of justice, a new cnn poll shows almost eight in ten democrats support beg againi beginning im proceedings against president trump. do you? >> just because you've seen people that surround the president that have pled guilty doesn't mean there should be impeachment hearings. jake, i have gone through too many investigations where the circle seemed to tighten around and ultimate target but it never got there so let's wait to see how this pl

example, cohen's activities, that dossier that's been cited by both side going back and forth features mr. cohen his supposed trip to prague. i'm sure mr. mueller would want to ask about. that also there are questions about what the president said whether it's a potential obstruction of justice or his activities throughout the campaign or the trump tower meeting and so an. a lot of subjects to cover. what it suggests to me is they're bearing some fruit, prosecutors don't spend that much time with a witness who is a waste of time. >> that's an interesting point. cohen's attorney says he is provide figure lana davis' words, critical cooperation, but without a cooperation agreement. what is this all about? why wouldn't there be a cooperation agreement? >> reporter: so that's a great question, kate. what it tells me is that se outset when the attorneys for cohen provided information to mueller and his team, they or and/or the federal prosecutors in new york, the prosecutors decided that cohen's information was not of enough value to them. it may be that cohen had interesting things to say. but they

mr. cohen's twitter account. he's my client and my friend. awyer, rudy guliani, was asked about the abc report, he told another outlet cohen has a history of lying. we've reached out for comment to guliani's office. have not heard back. according to abc, mueller's team is interesting in the president talk about a possible pardon for cohen. cohen is also cooperating with the trump organization. now, while there's a chance that president trump could offer a pardon on the federal level, we know there's no presidential pardons for state cases. so he's facing up to five years and he's expected to be sentenced december 12th, a lot going on with michael cohen. >> jon: yeah, the thing about sending out a tweet congratulating himself and his lawyer sending out the same thing, it's weird. >> seems weird and twitter responded. people saying what is going on. they tried to clarify it. that service the answer. >> jon: so michael cohen's bragging could come back to bite him. we'll get into that next. ninetys named 'park' in the u.s. it's america's most popu

mr. cohen's activities and trying to get a trump tower in moscow.und the time of the trump campaign. he was the issue, and i've said this all along. this is a perjury trap. the blasey would be happy to nail them on a processed crime, no collusion. the fbi can lie to you and it's a crime, it's a felony and i'm sure his attorneys are cautioning to slow down and think about what happens with this. no collusion, but looking to nail obstruction of justice on president trump. they want to get inside the trump organization dealings. the democrats will stop at nothing and i think their team is playing right into that. >> jessica: a agree with it, i disagree with a good chunk of it as well. i don't think this is about the democrats stopping at nothing. bob mueller has gotten praise from both sides of the aisle for how he's conducted this, not a lot of thinking coming up there. downtown, that was an issue with russians as well, the beauty pageant over there, this is someone who has been dealing in russia a long time to your point they haven't found the presid

. >> i can't tell you what mr. cohen has told me except i can say to you that i'm not sure he did and that it requires additional reporting and i'm not sure he did not. >> reporter: cnn says it's sticking by its reporting on this story. president trump says cnn refuses to, quote, admit the mistake. and michael cohen pled guilty in august to campaign finance violations, tax evasion and other charges. gillian. gillian: thanks for that, molly. leland. leland.♪ leland: just about an hour from now the private memorial service starts at the u.s. naval academy for senator john mccain. mccain will be buried there with military honors. following the service, lucas tomlinson, joins us from outside the gates there. hi, lucas. >> reporter: hi, lee hand. i spoke to -- leland. i spoke to some midshipman who said they're expecting 1500 classmates to attend the service unvoluntarily over the three-day weekend, a glowing tribute to senator mccain. it's notable senator mccain's father and grandfather, both naval academy graduates are buri

place was to, in your words, shield his wife from legal jeopardy, which is intriguing in terms of mr. cohenat brought him to this point in the first place. can you share with us any context there for that reporting? >> sure. there are a number of reasons at the time last august when the sdny first came to him that he decided to plead guilty. one of them was that his wife and family members and people close to him could have been implicated. these are people who signed documents together. he was charged with tax evasion and lying to a bank. i don't believe that he was the only signature on some of those things. so there was a potential for that. there was a potential that the sdny was going to come down with more charges that would have potentially led to more jail time as well. and so there's also the financial burden that has been weighing on him for a very long time, but has increasingly squeezing him. so the confluence of all of those factors made it a no-brainer for him to plead guilty, and i think it will only continue to weigh on him as he goes further down the line, both with sdny an

and then, as mr cohen reminded us, it is a possibility that which we did before in supporting the potential capture when it comes to inclusionary based on entitlements. it was important to us in may. i would like to mention that it remains important as a consideration as you move into the implementation of the plan in the long run. this is not a static title. as the dynamics as we move forward. >> president hillis: thank you >> commissioner richards: just a clarification, the motion goes up to and including page 19, not page 20. i was talking to the director about that. we would recommend there be c.a.c. where you have different seats for different constituents >> excuse interruption. there will be follow-up legislation about that. you will have a further discussion on that. >> commissioner richards: and the potential legalization can include land banking and what other stabilization it needs. we had a couple of recommendations -- >> president hillis: can we just clarify? page 19 on the report says conditional issues for consideration that were not staff recommended. >> we are not necessari

manafort after his conviction, mr. cohen others, he's in the final laps, i think, of his investigation. the american public, i believe, when they reacted to the firing of cox in the saturday night massacre expressed the view that is quite general in the land that you don't mess with an investigation by trying to derail it at the very moment that it is picking up steam and heading toward conclusion. you can't pick the person who conducts the investigation because you don't like the way things are going. i think getting rid of mr. rosenstein at this point would cause a constitutional confrontation that mr. trump and certainly the country don't need. and, so, my advice would be to allow things to proceed as they have. mr. rosenstein has done absolutely nothing wrong. no one can point to anything that he has done. >> well -- >> that has been improper. >> if you had a guy who worked for you reportedly suggest recording a conversation that you were having for the purpose of perhaps invoking the 25th amendment to have you removed f

. >> you remember as viewers will an attorney, a friend of mr. cohen coming on and saying that every time michael avenatti or stormy daniels talked about the president or talked about details to which this deal was made, was a million dollar fine. whatever happened to that? was that ever plausible? >> that does not seem plausible. while you can argue each instance of the alleged breach is another amount of damages, you would have to quantify damages and that's one of the big issues in civil lawsuits which are all about money as opposed to criminal, going to jail. you have to have damages expert establish what kind of damage arises from those individual breaches. and particularly if you talk about a situation where someone like president trump is alleging damage arises from breach of a questionable nda to begin with, he is already a public figure. there's so much back and forth about it, i think it would be hard to establish what kind of damages he has. >> we'll see where it goes next. shan wu, thank you. >> thank you, victor. >>> former trump campaign

. >> i do think wild card in all of this is mr. cohense, cohen, at the same time, director mueller didn't keep that case and prosecute it himself, he gave it to more local authorities so they could actually prosecute it but cohen is a wild card that is still, i think causes a lot of concern and question marks. >> what do you think that concern is though? >> just other stuff. i mean this is the president's attorney. one of his attorneys. cheryl: right. >> he seems to be a bit of a slimy guy. he is recording people. cheryl: do you think he is willing, would he be willing to talk to mueller? kind ever sounds like he was. he says i chose my family, you know? >> what is odd to me that hillary clinton, one of his closest associates is lanny davis. how is it one of clinton's closest friend, attorneys, lanny davis is now the attorney for clinton's attorney? i mean, the world is a big place. there are a lot of attorneys out there. how does that happen? that really raises some eyebrows. how does the clinton attorney become donald trump's attorney'

mr. cohen from tennessee, a democrat -- calling comey to resign effective immediately. i'm sure upon reflection of this action, he will submit his letter of resignation for the good of the nation. to all my democratic friends, you were all against this guy. now the country is turning upside down because trump did. there's a process of somewhat happened in the 2016 election. it's called mr. mueller. ly do everything i can to make sure he finishes his job without political interference. and i'm here to tell anybody in the country who listens, that this is so hypocritical of my friends on the other side. when it was their president, kavanaugh was right. when you're talking about roe v. wade, it's okay to promise the nation it will never be overturned. it's okay to pick a democratic staff member of this committee, but it's not okay to pick somebody that's been a life long republican. people see through this. you had a chance and you lost. if you want to pick judges, from your way of thinking, then you better win an election. i voted for two of your choices. soed mi sotomayo

lanny davis, attorney for mr. cohen declined to comment. no inference should result from this no comment. any reaction coming in from the white house, any place else? >> we've talked to people close to the president, and one of the things they immediately said they are not surprised. they expect that had michael cohen would probably at some point talk to mueller, despite all the fireworks that -- that michael cohen has caused as a result of his plea deal, but they also expressed that they don't think it's a big deal for the president. they are confident, they say, that michael cohen does not have anything to -- to harm the president. of course, that's what you would expect the trump team to say but you have to think that they are looking back at everything that michael cohen was involved, especially because he was so close to the president for many, many years. the keeper of a lot of his secrets. you have to be prepared for whatever eventuality might come from this. >> assuming that the abc story is correct, what does cohen get from all of

place was to, in your words, shield his wife from legal jeopardy, which is intriguing in terms of mr. cohenhat brought him to this point in the first place. can you share with us any context there for that reporting? >> sure. there are a number of reasons at the time last august when the sdny first came to him that he decided to plead guilty. one of them was that his wife and family members and people close to him could have been implicated. these are people who signed documents together. he was charged with tax evasion and lying to a bank. i don't believe that he was the only signature on some of those things. so there was a potential for that. there was a potential that the sdny was going to come down with more charges that would have potentially led to more jail time as well. and so there's also the financial burden that has been weighing on him for a very long time, but has increasingly squeezing him. so the confluence of all of those factors made it a no-brainer for him to plead guilty, and i think it will only continue to weigh on him as he goes further down the line, both with sdny a

mr. cohen from tennessee, a democrat, called on comey to resign his position effective immediately. i'm sure upon reflection of this action he will submit his letter of resignation for the nation's good. to my democratic friends, you are all for getting rid of this guy. now all of a sudden the country's turning upside down because trump did. there's a process to find out what happened in the 2016 election. its called mr. mueller. and i will do everything i can to make sure he finishes his job without political interference and i'm here to tell anybody in the country who listens that this is so hypocritical of my friends on the other side. when it was their president kavanaugh was right. when you're talking about roe v. wade, its okay to promise the nation it will never be overturned. its okay to pick a democratic staff member of this committee but its not okay to pick somebody who's been a lifelong republican. people see through this. you had a chance and you lost. if you want to pick judges from your way of thinking then you better win an election. i voted for two of your choices,

mr. cohen from tennessee, a democrat -- calling comey to resign effective immediately. sure upon reflection of this action, he will submit his letter of resignation for the good of the nation. to all my democratic friends, you were all against this guy. now the country is turning upside down because trump did. there's a process of somewhat happened in the 2016 election. it's called mr. mueller. ly do eveg

mr. cohen from tennessee, a democrat, called on comey to resign his position effective immediately.re upon reflection of this action he will submit his letter of resignation for the nation's good. to my democratic friends, you are all for getting rid of this guy. now all of a sudden the country's turning upside down because trump did. there's a process to find out what happened in the 2016 election. its called mr. mueller. and i will dory

mr. president -- did michael cohen betray you? >> thank you, everybody. thank you, everybody. >> mr. worried about what michael cohen is going to say to prosecutors?k >> letp going. >> are you worried about what's on the other tapes, mr. president? >> thank y'all. let's keep going. thank you, everybody. >> thank you very much. >> why has vladimir putin not accepted your invitation? >> seth: oh, yeah, yeah, it was definitely that last o [ laughter and applause ] oh, that last one was the one that made him unhappy because trump is probably refreshing his e-vite page every five minutes. [ laughter ]ka i'm going to check again. i'm just going to check again. what time is it in russia?" [ laughter and applause ] of course, it'a relevant estion, trump is desperate to get putin to like him, as he's made clear many times. and yet, in his speeches he keeps repeating all the empty slogans republicans have been r parroting ars about putting america first, as he did yet again on tuesday during a speech to the vfw. >> we don't apologize for america anymore. we stand up for america. we stand up for

bl [agenda item read] >> president cohen: mr. blum. >> would you like me to speak first? i'm actually speaking on the care site, item number six, would you like to do that -- >> president cohen: both of them have been called together, it doesn't matter which goes first. >> okay. i'll speak to six, and my colleague, john can speak to five. first of all, good morning, good to see you all supervisors, fewer, cohen, and stefani. so i'm asking you to approve a resolution for a grant for hiv or hiv funding for the ryan white part a. san francisco has applied for on a yearly basis and received this for about 30 years. we're one of about 60 geographic areas around the united states that apply for it. as you know there's over 15,000 people living with hiv in san francisco, slightly less than half of them, about 7400 actually touch our public health system at one point or another, and well over 3,000 get primary care services. the amount requested is 105% of last year's application, which is the maximum we're allowed to apply for. over the last 30 years, we've received some cuts, so

to have a thank you, but. >> it's important work. >> president cohen: mr. wright, your turn. >> another design oversight. on the right track, punch line, annual cost of living increases. you do the math on this $16.86 per day, per hour, per month, per year, come up with approximately $32,179.20 per year. each and every apartment building complex that you build and you set the requirement of income to move in always starts at a minimum of about 80 to 90 to $125,000 a year. so, you talk about starting off for the cost of living increases, you give an increase to the amount of money you are talking about here today is not even enough to move into a brand-new apartment, build a complex coming through the mayor's office on housing. that's an insult on my intelligence, and other people who are working 40 hours a week trying to survive in the city. still going to be homeless on the street and bouncing around in temporary hotels and during certain parts of the month, of the year, living in transit. if they are not getting the cost of living increase like you claim

. >> i can tell you that mr. cohen has knowledge on certain subjects that should be of interest to the special counsel. and is more than happy to tell the special counsel all that he knows. >> paul butler, your view on what it is he could know. normally these campaign finance violation crimes do not result in jail time or prosecuted that often. they care now because they think he might have something to tell him. >> normally you wouldn't go to jail for a campaign violation unless there's proof of a malicious intent. you know you're doing the wrong thing. it could be that michael cohen has evidence to send president trump to jail after he leaves office just on that. but, joy, he's kind of being double teamed, president trump is, by the southern district investigation, which does seem to be focused on campaign financing, and the mueller investigation. so we don't know what exposure cohen has with regard to collusion. but robert mueller already knows. so the fact that he is talking to cohen means that he thinks cohen migh

mr. cohen from tennessee, a democrat, call on comey to resign his position effective immediately, i'm sure upon reflection of this action, he will submit he's litter -- his letter of resignation for the nation's good. to my democratic friends, you are all -- you were all for getting rid of this guy. now all of a sudden the country is turning upside down because trump did. there's a process to find out what happened in the 2016 election. it's called mr. mueller. and i will do everything i can to make sure he finishes his job without political interference. and i'm here to tell anybody in the country who listens that this is so hypocritical of my friends on the other side. when it was their president, kavanaugh was right. when you're talking about roe v. wade, it's ok to promise the nation it will never be overturned, it's ok to pick a democratic staff member of this committee, but it's not ok to pick somebody who has been a life-long republican. people see through this. you had a chance and you

kohn that you are for -- kobe kobe -- dave cowens thank you for this -- mr. cohen: thank you for this special order hour. i spent most of my life as an elected legislator. 39 years. and i value my service and i think highly of people who take the oath of office and support it and make people think that government is an honorable profession and encourage younger generations to get involved. because they set good examples. john mccain was one of those people who set a good example for american citizens, think well of their government, think well of their leaders, and the desire to serve in public office. john mccain was a person i only had a few opportunities to interact with and each of those opportunities were ones i'll never forget. he was as nice and kind as he could be. but i knew him from his career. we didn't always agree. he had -- he was a conservative and a republican. but when he was wrong, he learned and he changed and that's a great sign of a human being to be able to continually evolve and become a better human being. when he was running for president,

. >> here is michael cohen's attorney, mr. davis. eted good for may kichael cohen, nobody should question his honesty or veracity or loyalty to his family and country over the president. why would you provide information without a cooperation agreement? >> he could get leniency in the sentencing recommendation. >> so after the fact they could give him leniency, and you don't need an agreement that says they will do that. >> that's right. there are a lot of motivations. who knows at this point if this is about if i am going down i am taking down everybody with me. he does have a lot of knowledge as ranaudo said. he was involved with the potential deal at trump tower. >> i think the mueller team didn't bite on that piece of it. i think they are going to try and maybe do what they can at this point to still get the lower end of the sentence. >> all is true here. it could be that cohen wanted a coop rati cooperation agreement, and number two cohen and his team, and this happens all the time, might be trying to get leniency in the sentenci