ms. daniels was speaking to journalists from "good morning america" and slate.com.ong a draft of the original agreement. in it, the porn star is referred to as peggy peterson, and trump is referred to as david delucia. david delucia. now we know the president's first pet and the name of the street he grew up on. ( laughter ) tyrone honey bee. tyrone honey bee. >> jon: oh, wow. >> stephen: yeah. and there is some confirmation because at the time, ms. daniels told a friend, "all i'm going to say is i ended up with donald in his hotel room. picture him chasing me around his hotel room in his tighty-whities." ( audience reacts ) first of all: i will not picture that. ( laughter ) you cannot make me. ( laughter ) secondly, i am now picturing it. ( laughter ) damn it. and thirdly, chasing you around in his tighty-whities? that's totally unbelievable. trump can't run. ( laughter ) but despite her earlier statements, ms. daniels now says, "my involvement with donald trump was limited to a few public appearances and nothing more. these stories are not true," which is exactly

ms. daniels. he did not address any alleged payment. ared a letter that he says is signed by stormy daniels in which she purportedly denies that anything took place and denies that she was paid hush money by donald trump. she doesn't say if she was paid hush money by michael cohen. if that wasn't enough, today before we got on the air, "the daily beast" says it, too, was chasing the story during the campaign negotiating with her to go on the record with them. they say they have three sources confirming that a sexual relationship between mr. trump and stormy daniels did take place. "wall street journal" reporter that broke this story today joins us next. out of this life. there are patients out there that don't have a lot of time. finally, it was like the sun rose again and i was going to start fighting back now. when those patients come to me and say, "you saved my life...." my life was saved by a two week old targeted therapy drug. that's what really drives me to- to save lives. coaching means making tough choices. jim! you're in! but w

ms. daniels in 2011, but they're publishing it today. we do have the question as to why this magazine is choosing to publish it now, seven years down the road. they had it in 2011, we asked and they gave us no comment. but this tabloid account, published after a seven-year delay, that at any other time at any other president it would have blown the doors off whatever else was going on, right? "the wall street journal" one month before the election michael cohen paid stormy daniels $130,000 to purchase her silence over her claims of a 2006 affair with the president. and she was not, reportedly, the only one. in a story that got buried, because it came out four days before the presidential election, the same "wall street journal" reporting team reported that a different adult star karen mcdougal, had also been paid for her silence by mr. trump. she was reportedly paid $150,000 by the national enquirer, which bought her story after buying the exclusive rights to that story, exclusive being the important part of that, the trump-friendly nati

ms. daniels. not directly address the idea of a payment but did give cnn a statement he social security from stormy daniels saying, "my involvement with donald trump was limited to a few public appearances and nothing more. when i met donald trump, he was gracious, professional, and a complete gentleman to me and everyone in my presence. rumors that i have received hush money from donald trump are completely false. if indeed i did have a relationship with donald trump, trust me, you wouldn't be read being it in the news, you would be reading about it in my book. but the fact of the matter is these stories are not true," she says. cnn has tried to reach ms. daniels for independent confirmation. we've not spoken to her yet. and trump's lawyer, cohn, has not provided contact information for her. if the alleged event did nonetheless take place, it would have occurred the year after he married now-first lady melania trump. the white house, however, is calling this old, recycled news, strongly denied pr

ms. daniels and mr. trump have been in the same place at least once.le to document anywhere else they were seen in the same place? >> we don't know over instances in the same place and spoken to at least three people, three people who contemporaneously spoke to stormy daniels about her account of an encounter, sexual encounter with donald trump. around that time. >> okay. this is -- this is our lives now. michael rothfeld of "wall street journal," one of the reporters who broke the story today, thank you for helping us understand it today. >> thanks. >> we'll be right back. ♪ with expedia, you can book a flight, then add a hotel, and save. ♪ everything you need to go. expedia >>> friday has been a big day for the special prosecution's russia investigation and learned that robert mueller issuing a first indictment in the case. friday december 1st news broke that security adviser mike flynn pled guilty to making false statements to the fbi. and now friday again. tonight bloomberg news reporting that robert mueller and the team are talking to the presiden

ms. daniels. he did not directly address the payment but he did give a statement saying my involvement was limited to a few public appearances and nothing more. when i met donald trump he was gracious, professional and a complete gentleman to me and any in my presence. the fact of the matter is these stories are not true, she says. cnn has tried to reach ms. daniels for independent confirmation. we've not spoken to her yet and trump's lawyer have not provided contact information for her. if the alleged event did nonetheless take place it would have occurred the year after he married now first lady melania trump. the white house however is calling this old, recycled news, strongly denied prior to the election. >> all right. thank you so much. >>> so the white house says the president, he's in excellent health after his physical exam. there's a group of medical professionals that sent a letter asking for his neurological health to be evaluated as well. >>> and crews are searching for seven missing p

ms. daniels." did not directly address the idea of a payment, but he did give cnn a statement he says is from stormy daniels which says, "my involvement with donald trump was limited to a few public appearances and nothing more. when i met donald trump, he was gracious, professional, and a complete gentleman to me and everyone in my presence. rumors that i've received hush money from donald trump are completely false. if indeed i did have a relationship with donald trump, trust me, you wouldn't be reading about it in the news. you would be reading about it in my book. but the fact of the matter is these stories are not true." that's what she says about this supposed $130,000 payment. cnn has tried to reach ms. daniels for independent confirmation. we have not spoken to her yet. trump's lawyer cohen has not provided contact information for her either. if this alleged event did nonetheless take place, jim, it would have occurred the year after he married first lady melania trump. the white house, howe

ms. daniels. in a statement provided to nbc news, which cohen says is signed by daniels, she calls the journal article absolutely false, adding, rumors that i received hush money from donald trump are completely false. nbc news has not independently verified the statement. and neither the white house nor cohen deny or acknowledge the six-figure payment. now, while there is no allegation of nonconsensual behavior in this instance, more than a dozen women have come forward with claims of sexual harassment and assault against president trump, allegations he vehemently denies. >> jeff bennett, thank you so much for that report. >>> it's a big week ahead for steve bannon. sources tell nbc news that the former white house chief strategist will testify before the house intelligence committee this tuesday. with me to shed more light on the legal significance of this is former federal prosecutor doug birds. doug, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> nbc has learned that bannon hired bill burke to repres

ms. daniels. daniels says, rumors i received hush money from donald trump are completely false. if i had a relationship with donald trump, trust me, you wouldn't be reading about it in the news, you would be reading about it in my book. she says i didn't receive hush mon f money from donald trump. the "wall street journal" says she received it from the llc. >> her true name is stephanie clifford. when in a porn movie, stormy danielsment when she's receiving money from michael cohen and essential elements llc, she's called peggy peterson. i would say something looks fishy, just on the surface of this. >> what about where the money came from, if the payment was made, $130,000, is there a way to know, was it campaign contributions since it was made at the end of the campaign, october 2016? if it was, what questions does that raise? >> the questions that are raised in addition to the election contribution, you talk about money laundering. for instance, if somebody -- if this wednesday money that taxes hadn't been paid on, it depends on where the source of the money was. you're alway

ms. daniels has said no such affair has took place. mr.aid the reporter was, quote, wasting his time pressing for details about the payment which was arrangd three a private company in delaware. joining me is michael roth feld one of the reporters who wrote the story. so what are the details of the payments that the president's lawyer made to stormy daniels? >> well, they agreed to pay her $130,000. at least michael cohen did, the president's lawyer, through a limited liability company that he created in delaware. >> so they created this limited liability company especially for this payment? >> yeah. michael cohen created it, and he's listed as the authorized person on the paperwork in delaware, which we obtained, and opened a bank account and then wired the money to the lawyer for stormy daniels in los angeles at citi national bank. >> why $130,000? it just seems like an odd sum. >> it is. i mean who knows what is the market for, you know, keeping a story of an affair quiet right before an election involving a porn star? but we had previo

we will also speak to daniel ms 13 and how more deportations will not helpful stop all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump read his first state of the union address on tuesday night in which he called on congress to pass an immigration overhaul and repeatedly tried to conflate immigrants, including dreamers, with terrorists and gang members. among his guests to the state of the union were the parents of a young girl who was killed by members of the ms 13 gang two years ago in long island, new york post up to girls, in the 13 is a thing that originated in the 1980's and since reggie central america as a result of the u.s. mass deportation policies. during a lengthy address, trump announced he had signed an executive order keeping the guantanamo bay military prison open and escalated his warmongering rhetoric against north korea, calling the north korean government depraved, warning it poses a nuclear risk to the united states. trump celebrated his massive tax overhaul in a fitting corporation

ms. daniels. we have not spoken to her. and mr. trump's attorney has not given information for her. if it did take place it would have occurred the year after he married first lady melania trump. the white house is calling this old recycled news strongly denied prior to the election. >>> we have this story from milwaukee. a scary situation on a greyhound bus heading from milwaukee to chicago. one of the passengers called police friday saying a fellow rider had a gun and was threatening to kill people. police located the bus and chased it until it finally stopped. police got everyone out safely and took a man into custody. 40 passengers were on board. no one was injured, we're happy to say, and as you can see, traffic on that highway backed up for miles. it wasn't in milwaukee, it was in illinois. >>> new developments in the october massacre in las vegas. hundreds of pages of documents released it comes after cnn and other outlet sued to have the documents unsealed. they offer some insight into what investigators are looking into, how gunman steve paddock carried out the shooting fro

ms. daniels was talking to major media outlets. >> she was negotiating with media outlets about appearingterview a view years prior to in touch magazine with great detail about the alleged affair. does it matter if donald trump knew about the money? if michael cohen went and did this without trump's knowledge, does that take away any concern about the campaign? >> it definitely matters. if he was acting without donald trump's knowledge and authorization and completely without any knowledge or authorization by other trump campaign committee staffers. this will not be. it's not a contribution to the trump campaign. our complaint is invalid. it should not be prosecuted. i highly doubt that was the case. we're talking about donald trump's personal lawyer who seemingly orchestrated this whole thing. he set up the llc. i'm pretty sure an investigation would reveal that donald trump was fully knowledgeable about this. >> of course as you point out it was tone just before the election. thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >> thanks so much for having me. >>> next, some gains for african-a

ms. daniels $130,000 before the election to not talk about what she had previously been talking about, anerself and the president in 2006 although right now they both deny it. our panel is back with me. so you're a white house communications director under president obama. i'm wondering in a world where these allegations were made in president obama and what the response would be in the media or the political world. >> certainly quite more significant than it is today. the reality is, look at that headline, the president of the united states, his lawyer paid off a porn star. that almost took down a presidency, a similar version of that back in the 90s. if this had happened in the obama administration, racism would have been at play. many other factors would have been at play. hatred against liberals would have been at play. but this story is number 6, 7, 8 in ranking. in part because of many unforced errors of his own, but it's pretty astounding that this barely made a bleep in the news coverage. >> she said this seems to be a marital between the president and the first lady. >> we had an

ms. daniels. however, he hasn't commented about the $130,000 payment or this company that was created. stormy daniels has also denied the relationship and said she never received any sort of hush money from donald trump. but keep in mind this money didn't actually come from donald trump, it came from the established consultant llc and her attorney. >> how unusual is it to have a private llc and pseudonyms at the same time as reported by the "wall street journal"? >> well, it's bizarre and it's incredibly rare. this appears to be a botched cover-up of a porn star payoff. and we have various red flags that are shining here, demonstrating an apparent intent to conceal. so, for example, they're using an llc, a limited liability company. llcs are typically used for an operating business. it doesn't have to be fancy, it doesn't have to be general electric, but it has to be an operating business. there is no such role here. this is just a single payoff, one and done. if you take a look at the signature lines of the settlement agreement, it is signed anonymously, so they anonymize the name in t

ms. daniels.eported statement says when i met donald trump he was gracious, professional and a complete gentleman to me and everyone in my presence. rumors that i have received hush money from donald trump is completely false. if i had a relationship with donald trump you wouldn't be reading about it in the news, you would be reading about it in my book, but the fact of the matter is these stories are not true. we've not spoken to her yet and trump's lawyer cohen has not provided contact information for her. if the alleged event did nonetheless take place, it would have occurred the year after he married now first lady melania trump. the white house however is calling this old, recycled news, strongly denied prior to the election. >> all right. thank you so much. we'll be right back. it's time for sleep number's 'lowest prices of the season' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? right now our queen c4 mattress is only $1

ms. daniels and mr. trump have been in the same place at least once.document any other instances where they seem to be in the same place? >> we don't know other instances where they were in the same place, we have spoken to at least three people who contemporaneously spoke to stormy daniels about her account of an encounter, sexual encounter with donald trump around that time. >> okay. this is our lives now. michael rothfeld, wall street journal, one of the reporters who broke this story today. thank you for helping us understand it. my name's dustin. hey, dustin. grab a seat. woman: okay. moderator: nice to meet you. have you ever had car trouble in a place like this? (roaring of truck) yes and it was like the worst experience of my life. seven lanes of traffic and i was in the second lane. when i get into my car, i want to know that it's going to get me from point a to point b. well, then i have some good news. chevy is the only brand to receive j.d. power dependability awards for cars, trucks and suvs two years in a row. woman: wait! (laughing) i de

ms. daniels, although we'll note that he did not directly address the idea of a payment, just the occurrencer non-occurrence, as he would state it, of this event. >> okay. so has the porn star responded to the claims of either the alleged sexual encounter itself or the payment? >> well, not to us directly. cohen gave cnn a statement. he says is from stormy daniels. saying "my involvement with donald trump was limited to a few public appearances and nothing more. when i met donald trump, he was gracious, professional, and a complete gentleman to me and everyone in my presence. rumors that i've received hush money from donald trump are completely false. if indeed i had a relationship with donald trump trust me you wouldn't be reading about it in the news, you would be reading about it in my book. but the fact of the matter is these stories are not true." again, cnn has reached out to try to get her to independently confirm that. we've not spoken to her yet, and trump's lawyer cohen has not provided a contact for her information so we can reach her directly. >> i want to make a point. you made

ms. daniels for independent confirmation. we have not yet spoken to her. and trump's lawyer cohn has not provided contact information for her. if the alleged event, nonetheless, did take place, it would have occurred the year after he married now first lady melania trump. the white house, however, is calling this old, recycled news strongly denied prior to the election. wolf? >> tom foreman reporting for us, thank you very much. >>> just ahead, we'll get more reaction to the president's vulgar remark and the message it's sending to the rest of the world. >>> and a new target for russians trying to meddle in american democracy. the united states senate now in danger of being hacked. (avo) help control cravings and lose weight with contrave. it's fda-approved to help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain: your hunger center... i'm so hungry. (avo) and your reward system... ice cream. french fries. (avo) to help control cravings. one ingredient in contrave may inc

ms. daniels. however, he did not deny making the payment of $130,000.e now is eli stokols, white house reporter for the "wall street journal" and an msnbc political analyst. i have been watching the story develop. it doesn't develop much, but there it is, the money payment, the reason for it assumed to be the president's silence on the matter, denial. i guess, is this all baked into the cake of who we think donald trump is to the point it's barely even a ripple? it doesn't seem to be except for the "wall street journal," your paper. it's not bopping around top of the fold. >> that's right. when there were over a dozen women who came forward during the campaign with public allegations, they didn't have situations like this where we have seen hush money payments dolled out, but we had a lot of women going on the record making similar allegations about stories like this that candidate trump at the time had at some time in the past come on to them in a very forceful way and made them uncomfortable. i think what's interesting about this is, you went through

ms. daniels. in a statement provided to nbc news which cohn says is signed by daniels, she calls the journal article absolutely false. adding rumors that i received hush money from donald trump are completely false. nbc news has not independently verified the statement. and neither the white house nor cohn deny or acknowledge the six figure payment. while there is no allegation of nonconsensual behavior in this instance, more than a dozen women have come forward with claims of sexual harassment and assault against president trump, allegations he vehemently denies. >> jeff, thanks. >>> now to that devastating scene in california where search and rescue crews are working around the cck hoping against hope to signed survivors in this week's mud slides. an 18 accouvictim was found. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. this is still very much a search and rescue operation. no one is the ground is calling this a recovery effort. we are well beyond the first 72 hours which means every single second now

ms-13 members. >> how evangelical members are finding religion in the stormy daniels affair. >> you get a mulligan you. get a do over here. >> when "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. breaking news from the "washington post" about the fbi deputy director andrew mccabe and the president. it's literally just been published. we learned today before that the sitting attorney general of the united states, the top law enforcement officer in the nation was questioned by the special counsel's team in a criminal investigation of the president of the united states, his campaign and associates for possible obstruction of justice and collusion with a foreign adversary. take that in for a moment. the justice department confirming today jeff sessions did sit for hours last week with robert mueller's investigators, accompanied by his personal attorney. they also learned today that james comey, the former fbi director whom the president fired last may, was also interviewed by mueller's team late last year. on deck according to "the washington post" none other than the presid