getting any bill will come to conflict zone hello mr friedman it appears that the u.p.a. new name is mess of the struggling real religion at the moment particularly with islam is that it well actually in the member states we have a lot of debates on the question of islam and and a muslim and issues like that on the european union level be concentrating or an on on on on asylum poly how do you like your interest it's now introducing beer debates into the u.p.a. you again these are not two different straighted levels i'm very sorry they are not differentiated and of course on the european level we take note of what's happening in the member states in all of the member states but if you ask me as a politician i'm a member of the open parliament and i have to concentrate on my work i'm doing over there and what we're doing right now is trying you know to sort out the troubles. and find a common approach on the asylum and the same time as the same side of your time you are conservative that means you are in the same group like your party friend viktor orban so let's speak a li

wouldn't have been obliged to mr friedman we have a debate on board what the part what our culture thoughtof well yes i'm sorry that i have that i'm repeating myself but i think it's important to to stress it and and the cross it's not only a religious symbol but it's also you know symbolizing you know what our culture our bishops told you all argue like that the cross no this isn't of the christian religion if nothing else don't start with cultures it's not me it was mugs who mentioned your point to your point to miss interpreting it so again when i am what i am or think using across i'm a christian here but for me it's also an expression you know of what the what we're standing for what are our common well us what is our cultural identity here and this is not this is not jeopardizing that for a christian you know the cross has so why you know not another symbol or another meaning you know that the situation is very emotional lies you know that there is a debate between these religion issues why now and now i want to accept what you just mentioned the jewish christian time so. if this is

mr. friedman is cooperating now. but mr. friedman is apparently in all that legal trouble, at least indirectly stemming from the years that he was in business with michael cohen. and there's a live federal investigation already against michael cohen. if michael cohen ends up deciding that his own legal jeopardy is too overwhelming, if he ends up himself cooperating with prosecutors in the investigation into the trump campaign and president trump, then katie bar the door, michael cohen cooperating? that would be a very big deal. who could possibly pose a greater danger to president trump in terms of his own legal liability than michael cohen as a cooperator with prosecutors? is there anybody who might pose a greater danger to him in terms of what cohen's been involved in with trump? the possibility of him cooperating with prosecutors just got much more real tonight in an out of the way courtroom in albany, new york, with this plea deal with his partner. >>> on top of all of that, there is james clapper. james clapper has writt

mr. friedman means by a passive client. the "new york times" is reporting that mr. an is now cooperating with investigators who will no doubt be questioning just how passive michael cohen was in their taxi business. "the new york times" reports the charges against mr. friedman stem from accusations that he pocketed a 50 cent surcharge known as the metropolitan transportation authority tax which is used to pay for mass transit improvements. when he was charged last year, noni mannian, then the acting commissioner of the state department of taxation says this indictment exposes a blatant scheme to shortchange the metropolitan transportation authority, the transportation infrastructure relied on by millions of new yorkers. new york attorney general barbara underwood said friedman pocketed money that should have provided much needed investment in our system and he'll now have to pay back every cent. and here is the part michael cohen is worried about. our office will continue to hold accountable those who cheat the system. joining our discussion now, michael daily, the c

mr. friedman because his pardoning power does not extend to the state courts. third point. dman was exposed to 25 years in jail. whatever he told the prosecutors he could deliver about michael cohen reduced that exposure to zero. >> julie: please tell me first of all this guy, as i understand it, has managed taxi cabs for years. how would he know about a 130,000 payment which the prosecutors want to focus on regarding michael cohen transferring to stoemy daniels? >> great questions. my question he knows about other things. michael cohen hasn't been charged with a crime. he probably brought new crimes to the table for the feds. now why are they after michael cohen? they couldn't care less about him like they will squeeze mr. friedman the talk about cohen they want to squeeze michael cohen to talk about the president. their goal is to get people to give them dirt about the president of the united states. >> julie: let's go back to cohen's statement on twitter. if they aren't partners but working together for so many years, what is the relationship? >> michael cohen is using th

mr. friedman. "the new york times" reports, quote, toward the end of the hearing judge lynch asked mr. friedman if he understood the nature of the benefit his attorneys had accomplished on his behalf. mr. friedman said he had spent, quote, long hours speaking with his lawyers, adding, i'm extremely satisfied with the services that have been provided to me. do you normally hear statements like that in court, tom? >> well, you normally hear that when you are happy with your lawyers and you were looking at maybe 20 to 25 years in jail and now you to have write a big check back. we should note he has to repay the -- a large portion of the $5 million that he took from not paying his taxes. but, yeah, i think when you're facing jail and you're facing perhaps 20 years in jail, and now you are looking at having to write a check back and not being in jail at all and cooperate? yeah, i'd be pretty happy with my attorney, too. >> i wonder what he knows. tom winter and kim wayley. "the new york times" is reporting jared kushner has been granted his security clearance. joining me, matt apuzzo from "

mr. friedman has a longstanding relationship with mr. cohen and considers him his friend. mr. has accepted responsibility for his past actions. i have no comment on the details of my client's plea agreement or what if any impact it may have on others. there's reports that friedman managed taxi cabs for cohen for years but cohen denies they were partners. he tweeted that i'm one of thousands of medallion owners that trust owners. gene friedman and i are not partners and have never been partners in this business or any other. #mediawrongagain. "the new york times" reporting that friedman contacted one of their reporters calling it shameful and michael is a dear friend and a passive client. that's it. when asked if he was cooperating with authorities, friedman would nod respond. >> trace: no response. and former campaign chair for trump, paul manafort was back in court. what happened there? >> this has to do with seizures of paul manafort's properties. it's all over evidence that was taken out of a storage locker. manafort's attorney said the agent that opened up the locker had n

mr. friedman. the lot slopes up from north to south, and yet, the city's topographic map shows the property in question at around 345 feet above sea level, and the contours slope down to about 345 below sea level on pacific. so it seems like it's a downward slope lot, not an upward sloping locht. this is all this is about. the owners are very nice people. we are happy to have them in the community. there is no animosity. it was just a question that mr. friedman had whether the zoning administrator's question was correct, and that's all i have for you tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. we will now hear from the -- so -- okay. >> good evening, again, president fung, commissioners. cory teague from planning department staff. on september 22, 2017, geddes ulintskis requested to measure the zoning height. on february 27, 2018 the zoning administrator issued a letter of determination that clarifies the following points. first the letter stated that the planning code's way to measure sloping was the fol

mr. friedman in court, the judge said, do you know what your lawyer has been able to pull off for you and do and i understand and appreciate it and you could see michael cohen do that as well. >> he said i greatly understand that and appreciate it because there is a huge difference between potentially 25 years in jail and five years probation and no jail time. that is a significant development. rebecca burg, give us your analysis of what we're learning over past few minutes. >> i think the other folks on this panel have hit on the important points but i would just add, wolf, what we've seen thus far really gives us a road map to what this might look like. for example, rick gates was charged with a crime before he decided to plead guilty and then cooperate with the mueller investigation. that could be a -- what we see in this case. potentially if michael cohen's business partner has incriminating information on him. we could get to the point where michael cohen is charged with a crime. unrelated to trump and unrelated to trump's businesses, and then the pressure really kicks in. does he wa

mr. friedman, they look like they -- they sound like they are the spokesperson for the israeli government, not for the united states. what we need is a decent mediator. that means an international forum and the process has to be based on international law. and u.n. resolution, security council resolutions, general assembliey s rresolution. it should be based on ending occupation. >> if you have heard any leaks or reports or anything, what do you understand about the u.s. administration's plan, the jared kushner plan, the president trump plan that's meant to be unveiled? you heard president trump, i believe they are talking about a two state solution still. >> what we heard is negative things, unfortunately. mr. trump was the first american president, that declare a change in the american policy. he said it's not necessarily two state solution. he said it's what the two sides agree about. he knows very well that israel is the powerful side here. so they will never accept a two state solution. it's the united states that stopped criticizing israel about settlement building. he said that he

mrs. friedman, mr.s of the distinguished delegation coming from the united states, our chief rabbis, ministers and members of knesset, commissioner of the police, head of the mossad, mayor, ambassador, distinguished guests -- [speaking in native tongue] our feet were standing within your gates in the gates of jerusalem, the capital of israel. [cheers and applause] jerusalem, whose faith we swore to keep. jerusale who we never forgot and never will forget. for 3,000 years the jewish people kept the faith in jerusalem. for 3,000 years we prayed for jerusalem. and since the establishment of the state of israel 17 years ago, jerusalem has been the capital of israel and the obvious should be said from time to time, even could be written from time to time. jerusalem is the heart of serenity of the the -- of the state of israel. yes, president trump, jerusalem is home to the president of israel. jerusalem is home to the government of israel. jerusalem is the home to the denecessary sent, the parliament -- knes

written about it in social media go and it's going viral all over this is true incitement this mr friedman is actually inciting against a war with one point eight billion missing muslims around the work of i was an american i would be really concerned with this guy and i would consider it as well as a case of nepotism because this guy defies u.s. policy this guy's puts the u.s. american people in danger and danger of starting religious or war and at the same time the only reason he's there because he's the president's friend that's all why do you think the organization which is and n.g.o.s far as i know aiding students with learning disabilities are somebody within that group would give that ambassador a picture that's been altered what's the thinking behind that. look the organization is located in bin he brought to me brock is a very religious. radical zionist area not everybody there is that. way but most many people are there and the majority are so it's only normal to have a fanatic here or there and to have somebody like the do share the same values as the u.s. ambassador and feel fr

leverage with both the government and the palestinians he just gave god baby away for free i'm quoting mr friedman here do you agree with that reasoning well i think that's a very narrow perspective. how diplomacy works. you know we don't have to pay for everything we do in negotiations and in national. discourse. the fact of the matter is countries decide where their capital is you know you russia at one point had its capital in st petersburg and then it moved its capital much to moscow we had a capital always in jerusalem. and that's a fact now whether the united states puts its embassy. in tel aviv or jerusalem what a decision the united states can make but as a matter of fact jerusalem is functioning already as a capital for many years a new investor comes to israel where does he present his credentials in tel aviv or in jerusalem in jerusalem where all the offices of all the ministries located in jerusalem is only a question of reality catching up rather than anything that ambassador rebuilding respect israel has long claimed that it's secure just situation is a special case specifically beca

leverage with both the government and the palestinians he just gave god baby away for free i'm quoting mr friedman here do you agree with that reasoning well i think that's a very narrow perspective of how diplomacy works. you know we don't have to pay for everything we do in negotiations and in national. discourse. the fact of the matter is countries decide where their capital is you you know. one point had its capitol in st petersburg and then it moved its capital much to moscow we had a capital always in jerusalem. and that's a fact now whether the united states puts its embassy. in tel aviv or jerusalem what a decision the united states can make but as a matter of fact jerusalem is functioning already as a capital for many years a new ambassador comes to israel where does he present his credentials in tel aviv or in jerusalem in jerusalem where all the offices of all the ministries located in jerusalem is only a question of reality catching up rather than anything that ambassador rebuilding respect israel has long claimed that it's secure just situation is a special case specifically because o

mr. kushner: thank you, ambassador friedman. today has really been spectacular. thank you very much.so proud to be here today in jerusalem. the internal heart of the jewish people. and i am especially honored to be here today as a representative of the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump. i want to thank prime minister netanyahu for being with us today to celebrate this historic occasion. thank you very much. i would like to ask all of the members of congress who are here to be rise -- to rise and be recognized. thank you, secretary mnuchin. for your leadership and your friendship. and of course, ivanka, thank you for the great work you do to help so many people in our country and throughout the world. and including me. [applause] i also want to acknowledge vice president mike pence for his tireless efforts to strengthen the u.s. israel relationship. president trump announced to the world last year that the would finally recognize the truth. that jerusalem is the capital of israel. he also declare that we would soon move our embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. it fiv

worked for him including his son and lo and the one who became actually his ambassador to israel mr friedman and his international envoy getting bought and in us for as from the middle east the only thing he actually learned about the middle east is from saudi arabia and israel and saudi arabia basically incited against iran and enticed trump who is quite greedy you know when it comes to business doing business and so on so forth with hundreds of billions of commitments of contracts in order to get trump on board against iran so it's not that saudi arabia and israel supports trump against iran it's trump. embracing israeli and so would the mindset against iran and the danger here is that previously american administrations looked at the region whether it was the so-called off shore balancing or confrontations or tensions between various regional partners and they try to weigh and calm the situations but when the united states itself acts like an israel when the united states itself acts like a saudi arabia or basically you could kiss the region goodbye. thanks very much around the sheriff an

mr. friedman said i'm very satisfied with my lawyer. he should be. he was looking at 20 years in prison. $5 million he owes. he's got to pay back 1 million, no prison time if he cooperates. what that suggests is the prosecutors thinks he's got the goods on somebody. probably mr. cohen. we know the prosecutes went into his two office, hotel room, his house. they looked at every document he's ever touched. >> we're talking about a lot. we've seen and you can't connect debts b dots but just by common sense we have seen an increased anxiety and anger on the part of the president in his tweets. now you have trey gowdy and nunes going and meeting with the people investigating the president. potentially being permitted to look at classified information. a lot of people are arguing that rod rosenstein did the right thing to get himself out of the box after being order by the president to share everything. he did the right thing by calling on the inspector general to expand an ongoing probe but he's really doing something wrong by agreeing to this meeting wit

mr. friedman. >> i want to bring in an msnbc legal analyst, editor-at-large for the libertarian magazine. and a professor at princeton university. >> ned, let's go to you first. can we actually say because that because cohen's business partner was dirty corner was too? >> in isolation, stephanie that would be an unfair statement. fortunately for us, or unfortunately for us we know ate great more deal about cohen's business dealings. and that allows to us come to that conclusion pretty solid. leave it to michael cohen to be in business with someone known as the taxi king. and leave it to donald trump to have a personal attorney like michael cohen who seems to have his hands in a lot of shady business deals. >> so michael cohen's business partner could say i'm not tied to them. and rudy giuliani could say this doesn't impact the president. but if they're getting the business partner to flip, he's flipping on someone. >> the primary concern defense attorneys like me have with kwoomenti i cooperating witnesses is they have a tremendous incentive to fabricate or embellish stories because they'

mr. friedman who declined to comment. om the e.p.a., and what do we know about friedman and his business relationship to pruitt? >> to back up, this is the third foreign trip. like you say, this one wasn't taken because of hurricane harvey. this is the third foreign trip in which there is now documented evidence showing that it was planned in large part by people outside the e.p.a., and by people who are in some cases, in one case a lobbyist. in one case a former lobbyist to australia with business ties in australia, and in one case a very influential head of a conservative judicial group, and consistently we are told by people in the e.p.a. and people who have worked for the e.p.a. for decades that that is very irregular. it is not common to have someone outside of the agency, particularly a lobbyist, arranging an administrator's travel. >> so i have molly hooper and katherine with me here onset. they're listening to you walk through your story. i know they want to jump into the conversation. before that, based on your re

mr. friedman is getting the deeflt century. he stole $5 million from new york taxpayers.e was looking at 20 years in prison. under this agreement, he doesn't do a day in jail. and has to pay back $1 million. >> what did he have on cohen? i mean that sounds like a really, really, really sweet deal. what did he have? >> it has to be really really good. we can surmise. >> pictures? video? give me categories of stuff. i'm not a lawyer. >> yeah, something compelling enough to reduce exposure from 20 years to zero. you know, it has to be against someone high ranked as well. this is obviously an attempt to squeeze cohen because the friedman has the gohdes on cohen. they worked together for many years in the sordid new york taxi business. and cohen is the key to the kingdom for mueller because cohen wasn't mr. trump's lawyer as much as he was the fix it dude. so if there are bodies buried then mr. cohen knows where they are. >> paul used the word sordid related to the taxi business. i would like to substitute it to two other words which are factual, mobbed up. the new york taxi b

mr. friedman has a long stand ing relationship with mr. cohen and considers him his friend.pasts. i have no comment on the details of his plea agreement and what if any impact it may have on other matters. so what would friedman know about his business practices or the special counsel's investigation? >> i think he may have information on cohen's medallions and his more direct personal business dealings as well as his relationship to trump. i think that's why you see such a light sense. because prosecutors are certain he has a lot to offer. >> this putting more pressure on the president and renewing questions about whether cohen will flip on his friend is if faced with frl charges. >> we reviewed the court transcriptions from yesterday's hear iing interesting to note a part of the agreement, friedman will be exempt from future criminal prosecution as it relate to the medallions over that three-year period. it's interesting to note what future prosecutor couions out t. >> a year ago, obviously adds up. next, kim jong-un fearing tonight he could be deposed. if he travels to me

and i understand mr friedman that in that book, you predicted the worst outcome for italy, would be athe eurozone. because this is a group of populists, including the ha rd group of populists, including the hard right populists, but notjust anti—immigrants, and at times racist on the slovenian side, but have promised to do things which would blow italy's budget to sky—high. for example, they are talking about a flat tax of 15 to 20% which would create an immediate loss of 50 billion euros per year. money that isn't there. by cutting taxes and eliminating others. they are talking about thundering pension reform which has saved the pension system of italy, which would cost 200 billion euros in the next ten years. the kind of thing is normally considered irresponsible but dangerous. and they are taking power. right now this evening there isa power. right now this evening there is a fight between the winners of the collection, the president of the republic, about naming an anti—european finance minister. —— the winners of the election and the president of the republic. i've been speaking

mr. kushner: thank you, ambassador friedman. today has really been spectacular. thank you very much.roud to be here today in jerusalem. the internal heart of the jewish people. and i am especially honored to be here today as a representative of the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump. i want to thank prime minister netanyahu for being with us today to celebrate this historic occasion. thank you very much. i would like to ask all of the members of congress who are here to be rise -- to rise and be recognized. i be here without your efforts. thank you, secretary mnuchin. and ivanka, think you for the great work you do to help so many people in our country and throughout the world. and including me. [applause] i also want to acknowledge vice president mike pence for his tireless efforts to strengthen the u.s. israel relationship. president trump announced to the world last year that the would finally recognize the truth. that jerusalem is the capital of israel. he also declare that we would soon move our embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. it five months later, we are s

mr. kushner will now offer his thoughts on this historic moment. [applause] >> thank you, ambassador friedman. you've really done a great job today, and you've done a great job as ambassador. the stay's really been spectacular are, so thank you very much. [applause] i am so proud to be here today in jerusalem, the eternal heart of the jewish people. [applause] and i am especially honored to be here today as a representative of the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump. [applause] i also want to thank prime minister netanyahu and sarah for being with us here today to celebrate this historic occasion. thank you very much. [applause] i'd like to ask all of the members of congress who are here on their delegations to rise and be recognized. today would not be possible without your advocacy throughout the years. [applause] thank you, deputy secretary sullivan, for leading our delegation, secretary mnuchin for your leadership and for your friendship and, of course, ivanka, thank you for all of the great work you do to help so many people in our country and throughout the world, inclu

and according to the "new york times," cohen managed cabs for friedman even after new york city regulators barred mreidman last year. take it from me, you've got to do something pretty bad to get barred from cabs in new york. i'm talking at least two of the top three bodily fluids. friedman's charges stem from accusations that for each fare in his cab kingdom, he pocketed a 50-cent surcharge used to pay for mass transit improvements. wait, he took money meant to improve the subway? there's only two possible punishments: either he has to go to jail for life, or he has to ride the subway. ( laughter ) ( applause ) yep. ( piano riff ) and prosecutors are coming hard at the king, charging him with four counts of criminal tax fraud and one count of grand larceny, each carrying a maximum prison sentence of up to 25 years. that's 125 years in jail. by the time he gets out, the g train might finally have arrived. ( laughter ) g train! we found the g spot. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) thank you, jon. that was worthy of celebration. but it looks like freidman is going to stay a free man because he h

mr. johnson, a cherokee friedman, was born in oklahoma on june 7, 1918. he fought bravely during world war ii, serving as the staff sergeants in the u.s. army. he began a lifelong career with the united states postal service in 1946. mr. johnson is a loving father, grandfather, and great grandfather. mr. johnson is a patron of macedonia baptist church in california and a tribute to his longevity to being close to god treating other people the way he would want to be treated. i want to wish mr. treating oth johnson sr. a very happy birthday and thank him for his service to our country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition. >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> mr. speaker, it is my honor to recognize staff sergeant dehart for the selfless actions and bravery he showed on april 10, 1969 during the vietnam war. while dehart for the conducting reconnaissance operation, h

mr. rothfus: a graduate of friedman hospital nursing school in washington, d.c., louise proudly served our country during world war ii as a nurse in the army. for her dedicated service, she earned the american campaign medal and the world war ii victory medal. it was through the army that louise met her husband, lieutenant colonel emits c. dawson jr. the dawsons married on september 3, 1949, and moved to pennsylvania where louise worked as a nurse until the start of the korean war. always caring for people and wanting to serve better, louise worked as a head nurse at the former state hospital in killbuck township while studying psychology. louise led an exemplary life of hard work and selfless service toward others. she instilled this work ethic in her daughters, telling them, you never fail until you quit. and by sitting -- setting an incredit ebel -- an incredible example for them to follow. god only knows how long louise will remain with us. but we always remember her extraordinary life witness to serve, be kind and persevere. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempor

mr. winter, you first. if michael cohen says we're not business partners and rudy giuliani says president trump has nothing to do with michael cohen's businesses, then who and what would friedman be flipping on? if he's just a russian guy that doesn't pay his taxes, the government will just fine him and stick him in jail. >> it's a super question. we know that michael cohen part of this investigation is tied into michael cohen is tied to his taxi medallion business. so we know there's a lot of interest in the business he has in that. we know prosecuters are looking into that. we know that from what we've reported. so now we have some information that the taxi king in new york s city has pled guilty. when we look at that, we say is this somebody who and remember that friedman has already said that michael cohen is a client of his and a friend. so when we look at that, we say okay, does he have information that might be relevant to the ongoing criminal investigation into michael cohen. does he have information that might be relevant that we don't know about? he's been disbarred. these are all the things we're looking at. i think it does have when you have somebody in the same bu

friedman's guilty plea means he could cooperate with governor prosecutors in state and federal investigations. that development could possibly be used to leverage mrsel probe into russian interference in the 2016 election. cohen is already under investigation in new york state related to his business practices. his home, office and hotel room were raided in april and a search for documents, including anything related to that $130,000 payment to adult film star stormy daniels who claims she had an affair with the president. a hearing for cohen related to these search warrants and whether daniels' attorney michael avenatti can join the proceedings has been pushed back to next week. >> seems like michael cohen has a big decision to make. what are the chances he won't cooperate? >> he needs to make a calculation. if he's charged at the federal or state level he has to make a decision as to whether he wants to go forward with a trial and gamble on a potential presidential pardon for not sharing sensitive information about his inner circle and his family but a presidential pardon only protects you from federal charges, not any charges that he could face

mr. wilson: i was grateful to lead nine of our colleagues in the house of representatives on a congressional delegation to jerusalem for the opening of the u.s. embassy with ambassador david friedman, ivanka trump and jared kushner. i was joined by representative mario diaz-balart of florida, ron desantis of florida, jody hice of georgia, steve knight of california, tom rice of south carolina, dennis ross of florida, scott taylor of virginia, lee zeldin of new york. i appreciate armed services committee chairman mac thornberry for authorizing the delegation. we had the opportunity to meet to the israeli parliament and especially grateful as a senior member of the house foreign with committee to meet the parliament. we must work together to stop hamas terrorist attacks, using human shields financed by iran. with president donald trump, the alliance has never been stronger to protect american families. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from the virgin slands seek recognition? ms. plaskett: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute