player had done the same that there is the chairman of american media inc am i which owns the national enquirer a supermarket tabloid not known for stellar journalism the enquirer is part of the trump story not just because of the stories it published but because of the ones that didn't the practice is known as catch and kill it works like this if someone had a potentially damaging story about donald trump for sale the enquirer would buy it and bury it so that that bad news would never see the light of day what about the legal precedent though a newspaper under investigation so that prosecutors argue the enquirer is no news outlet it's a political tool our starting point this week is new york city. they're dropping like flies flipping like pancakes one by one some of donald trump's closest confidants have become witnesses for the possible prosecution of the president and those people are michael cohen who is trying to longtime personal attorney and his longtime fixer and you also now have ellen white's o'berg who wasn't the c.f.o. of the trump organization and was sort of the guy who took care

player had done the same that there is the chairman of american media inc am i which owns the national enquirer a supermarket tabloid not known for stellar journalism the enquirer is part of the trump story not just because of the stories it published but because of the ones that didn't the practice is known as catch and kill it works like this if someone had a potentially damaging story about donald trump for sale the enquirer would buy it and bury it so that that bad news would never see the light of day what about the legal precedent though a newspaper under investigation so that prosecutors argue the enquirer is no news outlet it's a political tool our starting point this week is new york city. bill dropping like flies flipping like pancakes one by one some of donald trump's closest confidants have become witnesses for the possible prosecution of the president and those people are michael cohen who is trying to longtime personal attorney and his longtime fixer and you also now have ellen white so byrd who wasn't the c.f.o. of the trump organization and was sort of the guy who took care of t

player had done the same that there is the chairman of american media inc am i which owns the national enquirer a supermarket tabloid not known for stellar journalism the enquirer is part of the trump story not just because of the stories it published but because of the ones that didn't the practice is known as catch and kill it works like this if someone had a potentially damaging story about donald trump for sale the enquirer would buy it and bury it so that that bad news would never see the light of day so what about the legal precedent though a newspaper under investigation that prosecutors argue the enquirer is no news outlet it's a political tool or a starting point this week is new york city. i mean. they're dropping like flies flipping like pancakes one by one some of donald trump's closest confidantes have become witnesses for the possible prosecution of the president those people are michael cohen who is trump's longtime personal attorney and his longtime fixer and you also now have ellen white so byrd who wasn't the c.f.o. of the trump organization and was sort of the guy who took ca

the national enquirer is also where stories go to die when those stories are potentially damaging to donald trump in august of two thousand and sixteen just months before the election the enquirer paid a former playboy model karen mcdougal one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. for her story of an affair with trunk the agreement stipulate that macdougall could not tell her story to anyone else but the enquirer never published it caught the story then effectively killed it and the paper did the same with the story alleging trumpeted fathered a child out of wedlock in the late one nine hundred eighty s. and those are just the catch and kill stories involving trump and the enquirer that we know about no one would be shocked if there were. white david pecker does is he buys the rights to those stories but that he never publishes those stories those stories never see the light of day he keeps them in a safe but in return david packard gets other things from trump other stories other bits of gossip and he trades on that with donald trump if you go out and pay a substantial amount of money

the national enquirer is also where stories go to die when those stories are potentially damaging to donald trump in august of two thousand and sixteen just months before the election the enquirer paid a former playboy model karen mcdougal one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for her story of an affair with trunk the agreement stipulate that mcdougal could not tell her story to anyone else but the enquirer never published it caught the story then effectively killed it and the paper did the same with the story alleging trumpets fathered a child out of wedlock in the late one nine hundred eighty s. and those are just the catch until stories involving trump and the enquirer that we know about and no one would be shocked if there were. what david pecker does is he buys the rights to those stories but that he never publishes those stories those stories never see the light of day he keeps them in a safe but in return david packard gets other things from other stories other bits of gossip and he trades on that with donald trump if you. you go out and pay a substantial amount of money for a

this might not be a news flash to everybody but the national enquirer doesn't do journalism you know there's a big difference between being biased in someone's behalf and doing their dirty work working with their fixer michael cohen to shut people up who might have negative stories about donald trump the claim here is that the national enquirer was affectively making a campaign contribution to donald trump and that would be a violation of our campaign finance laws. donald trump first rose to prominence decades ago in new york for that he had the city's tabloids to thank his brash persona suited the daily news and the new york post far better than the new york times they could not get enough of him. these days the times is among the outlets trump targets they are the fake just scariest thing. and labels the enemy of the american people. now as the prosecutors appear to be closing in the biggest threat posed to the present comes not from the times c.n.n. or the washington post it comes from a tablet and all the news that the national enquirer did not consider fit to print . we're looki

he worked for the national enquirer for 28 years. and thanks for being with us.ployees. explain what kind of a safe we're talking about and what kind of evidence was kept in it. documents, recordings, photos, what was it? >> materials of a particular sensitive nature were kept in this safe and an iron safe with a combination. and it included very sensitive story files in addition to photographs, audio and video recordings, things that were the utmost sensitive to the news gathering. >> so were these things just related to donald trump? or could they have been about other people and other stories? >> no, it's a litany of very important names are involved. but of course president trump wanted a clean slate and he thought it would be best to just buy everything up have it off the market so he wouldn't have to worry about it. >> now, did you know that president trump was trying to buy those items that were in the safe? >> only later did we learn that president trump was actually work upbg hand in hand with ceo david picker and someone comup with the idea of purchasin

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donald's source for this is the "national enquirer."onal enquirer" is tabloid trash, but it's run by his good friend david pecker, the ceo, who's endorsed donald trump and is so the "national enquirer" has become his hit piece. i'll tell you what i think of donald trump. this man is a pathological liar. >> even at the republican national convention, cruz couldn't bring himself to openly support him. >> stand and speak and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faith to feel the constitution. >> so independent, so brave, just standing up to that roomful of booing people. just amazing. but by the fall of 2016, ted cruz had come around, he endorsed donald trump, he even worked the phones to get him elected so, yeah, now cruz will get trump's help and cruz may need it because the race has tightened in a very red texas. that's next. >>> i take this as an indication of the fact that we are in contention in this race. the fact that ted cruz whose father was accused by the

and used the national enquirer to keep his secrets. >> david pecker as the head of the ami.tion as someone who coordinated the concealment of the affair that donald trump allegedly had with karen mcdougal. there are different reasons the prosecutor may have decided that it was not worth prosecuting pecker and it's still to be determined what information david pecker has beyond what we can read in the michael cohen criminal information. >> cohen's revelation quick will claimed another trump associate. and this one knew more about the president's private financial world than almost anyone alive. >> allen chief financial officer for the trump organization was granted immunity to help prosecutors in the case against the president's former lawyer. >> one wonders not only what allen knows about hush money payments. related to the campaign. but what other misconduct maybe out there. related to the president, or the trump organization. and when you go testify in a grand jury under oath, you have no choice but to tell the truth. that is an avenue that could be disaster for the presid

donald's source for this is the "national enquirer."trash, but it's run by his good friend, david pecker, the ceo who endorsed donald trump. so the "national enquirer" is his hit piece. i will tell you what i think of donald trump. this man is a pathological liar. >> even at the convention, cruz couldn't bring himself to openly support him. >> stand and speak and vote your conscious. vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution. >> so independent, so brave standing up to that room full of booing people. it's amazing. by the fall of 2016, he come around and endorsed donald trump and worked the phones to get him elected. now he will get trump's help and he may need it because the race tightened in a very red texas. that's next. texas. that's next. r toys. [ giggling ] the c-class sedan, coupe and cabriolet. the thrills keep getting better. the 2018 c-class sedan starting at $40,250. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. ♪ as moms, we send our kids out into the world, f

and used the national enquirer to keep his secrets. >> david pecker as the head of the ami.as someone who coordinated the concealment of the affair that donald trump allegedly had with karen mcdougal. there are different reasons the prosecutor may have decided that it was not worth prosecuting pecker and it's still to be determined what information david pecker has beyond what we can read in the michael cohen criminal information. >> cohen's revelation quick will claimed another trump associate. and this one knew more about the president's private financial world than almost anyone alive. >> allen chief financial officer for the trump organization was granted immunity to help prosecutors in the case against the president's former lawyer. >> one wonders not only what allen knows about hush money payments. related to the campaign. but what other misconduct maybe out there. related to the president, or the trump organization. and when you go testify in a grand jury under oath, you have no choice but to tell the truth. that is an avenue that could be disaster for the president.

it's run by his good friend, david pecker, the ceo, who's endorsed donald trump, and so "the national enquirer going to tell you what i really think about donald trump. this man is a pathological liar. >> even at the republican national convention when trump's nomination was crystal clear, cruz couldn't bring himself to openly support him. >> stand and speak and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution. >> so independent, so brave, just standing up to that roomful of booing people, it's just amazing. by the fall of 2016 ted cruz had come around. he endorsed donald trump and worked the phones to get him elected. so now cruz will get trump's help and he may need it because the race has tightened in a very red texas. that's next. red texas. that's next. your insurance company is gonna raise your rate after the other car got a scratch so small you coulda fixed it with a pen. maybe you should take that pen and use it to sign up with a different insurance company. for drivers with accident forgiveness

the "national enquirer" buying and burying the story about karen mcdougal may just be the tip of theorts donald trump had a plan to buy up all the so-called dirt the tabloid supposedly extra kiewsmed up on him since the 1980s. but the deal never happened. new york's "village voice" that published a lot of investigative reporting it was liberal but the model for similar papers around the country died this week. victim of print publications and other city papers have shrunk or shrivels or gone away. the "village voice." i'm howard kurtz. i hope you are enjoying the labor day weekend. ratings go up and down. but i want to take a moment to thank you. this show had more viewers in august than any cnn show in prime time. let's continue the conversation on twitter and my facebook page. you can comment and i'll comment right back. you might want to subscribe to my podcast. you can subscribe at apple itunes, google play, or foxnewspodcasts.com. we'll be back next sunday with the latest buzz. plus melatoniu can fall asleep quickly. ♪ oh, what a relief it is! as king midas, i here, you will too

you also mentioned david pecker, the ceo of ami, the parent company for the "national enquirer."t think, reverend, that it's going to be like when geraldo rivera open to the alcapone there was nothing there. i think if you look inside that safe that we hear about, there's going to be some juicy stuff in there. from a legal perspective, do we think that trump continues to perceive himself as a teflon don? and he has to be nervous. his kids are in the firing line. mueller's net and the noose is tightening. i believe if it's not the mueller investigation it could be a criminal investigation involving the trump foundation that could bring him down. so, you know, trump should not be casual in terms of legal exposure. and then giuliani says he's going to prepare this report that's already halfway done to rebut mueller's find sngs well how do they know what mueller has already found because we don't even know what mueller knows. >> yeah. he's going to rebut a report that has not been released. >> exactly. >> and that he has not read. shows you how credible that report could be. but, eri

national enquirer chairman david pecker has been granted immunity. >> it was a major development fromnd used the national enquirer to keep his secrets. >> so david pecker, as the head of ami is referenced in the information as someone who coordinated the concealment of the affair that donald trump allegedly had with karen mcdougal. now, there are any number of different reasons that the prosecutors may have decided that it was not worth prosecuting david pecker. and it is still to be determined what information david pecker has beyond what we can read in the michael cohen criminal information. >> cohen's revelations quickly claimed another trump associate, and this one knew more about the president's private financial world than almost anyone alive. >> nbc news has learned alan weisselberg, chief financial officer for the trump organization was granted immunity to help prosecutors in their case against the president's former lawyer. >> one wonders not only what he knew about hush money payments relate today the campaign but what other misconduct may be out there related to the preside

financial officer of the trump organization apparently helping in have the publisher of "the national enquirer," who had all sorts of information, helping the mueller investigation. on all sorts of levels, i would guess that the anxiety levels in the white house are increasing, and donald trump's mood darkening.ne rajinir a dull day in washington. jon sopel, thanks very much for joining us. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, 1years after the lehman brothers crasfl we go to a orida suburb to see what the lasting impact has been of the financial crisis. --ni: the human envoy the human envoy to syria has been in meetings with officials as a major offensive is planned for the rebel stronghold of idlib. bemore from ut. reporter: actual defiance by rebels in i -- a show of defiance by rebels in idlib,g gettady for any events by syrian government troops and allies. with turkey stuffing up arms shipments to some opposition groups, it is a reminder of how many foreign players are volved here. we are the national liberation front. we have increased preparation

and i want to mention about this guy from the national enquirer, -- andt is, is another you.ost: in a release from the white house, the ministration has -- the administration secured a political agreement that modernizes and rebalance is the trade relationship to reflect the reality of the 21st century. it will create more reciprocal trade, grow the economy, support high-paying jobs for american and protect american intellectual property. the preliminary agreement is a mutually beneficial win for north american farmers, ranchers, workers, and business. as is the first time that a modern u.s. trade agreement -- this is the first time a modern u.s. trade agreement has been renegotiated. host: let's go to janet, in west virginia, on the republican line. caller: i don't know how people come up with this thing that trump is not doing anything and they don't think about what hillary.with obama and selling our uranium, tearing up 33,000 emails, and they've also come up with a lot of people in the fbi administration, or whatever you want to call it, of tople that were going collusion

prosecutors and the american news media all want to know what does the man in charge of the national enquirer have on donald trump out of amsterdam and into darfur the radio station that beams news and information to citizens left in the dark.

there's reporting that david pecker had his secrets in a safe -- at "the national enquirer."dent has to be thinking that if all of these people are talking and paul manafort is just another name on the long list of people, what a story they can tell. >> the nature of our politics today, we're constantly talking about people flipping and going to jail, we should be talking about the country. >> i think perhaps with the president and all of these people who have been indicted or have come under questioning. is that he may not have any deep insight into their nature because he didn't really know them. so he almost can't judge where they're going next, the people around trump during the campaign were an island of broken toys. they were individual operatives, their driven by their own drama. donald trump couldn't get anybody else, he couldn't get the grown ups to join and he got what he got. >> for what it's worth, trump's always built his worlds that way, it's not just in politics, he sort of ends up with everybody with their own agendas everybody with their own agendas and he en

testimony from trump insiders about his private dealings and decades of salacious files that the "national enquirerning now is harry lipman and david corn. he's an msnbc political analyst, and that's a book you need to read. i'm glad i have you here to close out this week before labor day. so much has happened. let's tell people who weren't sure why that rudy giuliani said that september 1st, why these are deadlines. they are two months away, depending on how you look at it from the election. september 1st is -- september 7th is 60 days exactly. >> yeah. well, giuliani was asserting that there is a doj policy that, as he put it, you don't conduct investigations of this sort near an election. he was, if not 100% wrong, 99% wrong. the policy, which is more of a guideline is that you don't take overt acts that would influence a particular campaign. nothing about an investigation. you would expect mueller to completely continue with his work. and indeed donald trump isn't on the ticket, so really it is not even clear if any of it would apply. but that's what he was saying. and of course it may have bac

dealt with personally and in a businessmaner, david peck her secrets in a safe at the nation "national enquirerresident has to be sitting back and thinking all these people are talking and paul manman manafort is just another man on the list. >> the nature of our politics today is we're constantly talking about prosecutors and people flipping, people going to jail. we should be talking about the state of the country. this is obsessing us and understandably so. >> i think part of the story perhaps with the president and all of these people who have been indicted or have come under questioning. is that he may not have any deep insight into their nature because he didn't really know them. so he almost can't judge where they're going next, the people around trump during the campaign were an island of broken toys. they were individual operatives, they were driven by their own drama. donald trump couldn't get anybody else, he couldn't get the grown ups to join and he got what he got. >> and that shows the lack of experience and not bringing in the people that knew what they were doing. >> for what it

incident or another and it will lead to the whole me the east and it will be the end of america and national enquirerus in the whole arab gulf coast see it quickly it's but out of that iran it stays and is held and brought more to stay with the nuclear deal by sub or from b. of a signal if that is of the deed mr salami thank you very much for that we have run out of time solve it like to thank all of our guests remy born in paris mamba salaam a in london and christopher balding in the men and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website as the adult com and further discussion and to go to our facebook page that facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter a handle is at a.j. and side story for me elizabeth pran him and the entire team here and doha by fanatics. we. thank. you. well they're on line for humanity has been taken out of this goes of this we're talking about numbers on a spreadsheet or if you join us on sat i guarantee no one else has a back story like yours this is a dialogue on this tired of se

the media including the ones usually loyal to him this week the listening post looks at the national enquirer and the boss of its parent company who just might have something big on the president have a look for yourself attach and kill is the name of the episode that is the practice of getting stories and not publishing them it is from the listening post at al jazeera dot com and you can get in touch with us of course the hash tag is a.j. newsgroup we're getting plenty of comments and questions in already gladdest on facebook is said with november the midterms coming up the chaos has just begun gladys is watching at facebook dot com slash al-jazeera where you can watch the live stream and comment as you go and you can also use that number there plus nine seven four five zero one triple one four nine what's that for you comments questions and content and also join an app telegram channel if you'd like. right we're moving on iraq and the headquarters of the provincial government in the southern city of bastra is on fire these pictures just into us the fifth public buildings set ablaze in the b

as has the head of the "national enquirer" which they said participated in the president's illegal hush money schemes which have now been charged as federal campaign finance felonies. also granted immunity, this convicted pedophile who most recently was the business partner of a major trump donor and a high ranging republican party official who is now reportedly under the investigation for influence peddling. a federal grand jury in washington this week is continuing to hear testimony that appears to be connected to the president's long time political consultan, roger stone, who is now pleading publicly for help paying his legal bills. he says he's quite sure that he is the next one to be indicted and soon. yes, so it's not like the president has anything to worry about. no chance anything related to this president will end up in the courts any time soon, right? "the new york times" reports that the special counsel's office is now negotiating in writing with the president's current legal team about the manner in which they expect to be taking testimony from the president himself in this

deputy campaign chairman, allen weisselberg, david pecker, the longtime trump ally who owns the national enquirer and, of course, donald trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. here to discuss the impact of today's manafort development and the picture coming into focus of the breadth and daepth of the special counsel investigation, we're joined by some of our favorite reporters and guests. former u.s. attorney and former senior fbi official chuck rosenberg. former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence, frank figlusi, joyce vance. from "the washington post," white house reporter ashley parker. and with us on set, john heilema heilemann, nbc news, msnbc national affairs analyst and co-host and executive producer of showtime's "the circus" which is back sunday and daniel goldman, district attorney for the southern district of new york. let me start with you, chuck, because we've had a lot of conversations about what manafort might do. you've often warned us that this kind of development could come at any time. but did anything about today's cooperation agreement go further

cohen, a plea deal, immunity for alan weisselberg ceo of trump empire and david peker from "the national enquirerney, george pap dap police saying trump agreed to a meeting with putin, bruce ohr saying russian intelligence had trump, joy, this all -- we learned about this in the last ten days. right. so i think what this tells us is, look, this investigation is still very much alive, it's still very serious, and they are closing in on donald trump. the president of the united states is under criminal investigation. i don't care what he says. let's not forget that. >> does the trump camp understand, because it does feel like there's almost a lull in worry inside of the trump team. everyone in russia apparently was helping his campaign, but -- did he not notice them? were the accents not that profound? i don't get it. are they worried inside? >> i think they're worried about what the president will do and say now that will further incriminate himself or obstruct the investigation than about the actual substance of it as of right now. the mueller probe is still kind of a very abstract concept becaus

michael cohen paid off the president's parramore, paid off the nation"national enquirer" f story about another affair with another woman. trump then paid cohen for those payments. these payments, illegal campaign contributions may have been written off on mr. trump's taxes as business expenses. the public and this congress has a right and a duty to find out if there's any conflicts of interest with any member of the executive branch of government including the president under 6103, written in 1924 and 1925. three committees are allowed to look into these things, us, our great committee, the senate finance committee and the joint committee on taxation. there is credible evidence that the president's business engaged in money laundering to profit from real estate transactions when lawful institutions would not loan him the money. we know he has a history of money laundering. his atlantic city casino was fined for it by the irs. he has a history of tax avoidance, has been complicit in money laundering schemes. you can't make this up. yet my colleagues think checking out his tax returns wo

and the national enquirer for a storyy about another affair with another woman and former playboy model. then they played -- paid for the payments. the illegal campaign contributions may have been written off on mister trump's taxes as this is business expenses. the public in this congress has a right and a dutyy to find out if there is any conflicts of interest with any member of the executive branch of government under 6103. with 1924 and 1925. three committees are allowed to look into these things. ask, our great committee, senate finance committee, and the joint committee on taxation. there is credible evidence that the presidents business engaged in money laundering to profit from rural estate transactions.. we know he has a history of money laundering. he was fined for it by the irs. it was a history of tax avoidance and has been complicit in money laundering schemes. you can't make this up. yet my colleagues think checking out his tax returns would be in overreach. that's not why i'm here to talk today. we need to know how the president has personally benefited or well personally

michael cohen paid off the president's parramore, paid off the nation"national enquirer" f story about another affair with another woman. trump then paid cohen for those payments. these payments, illegal campaign contributions may have been written off on mr. trump's taxes as business expenses. the public and this congress has a right and a duty to find out if there's any conflicts of interest with any member of the executive branch of government including the president under 6103, written in 1924 and 1925. three committees are allowed to look into these things, us, our great committee, the senate finance committee and the joint committee on taxation. there is credible evidence that the president's business engaged in money laundering to profit from real estate transactions when lawful institutions would not loan him the money. we know he has a history of money laundering. his atlantic city casino was fined for it by the irs. he has a history of tax avoidance, has been complicit in money laundering schemes. you can't make this up. yet my colleagues think checking out his tax returns wo

the only thing more frustrating, is the national enquirer style of management that trump is using. that is not what he's elected to do, he was elected to run the government not be a game show host. i cannot wait to this is over and trump is out. pedro: john, pennsylvania. caller: hello. the lady that called about the statute of limitations for the case of kavanaugh, and pennsylvania, they want to take the statue limitations off for priests. they cannot have it both ways. i do not know what the hurry is for the skies nomination. we already waited a year. this is unbelievable. pedro: from idaho, steve, republican line. caller: thank you. i wanted to point out as far as the media bias, when you have people that prefer to the down, i to jam it listened to a few of the hearings, i did not hear anything about jamming it down. but i hear it in the media. referring to it as hijacking. as far as kavanaugh, i think we should point out the hearings are intended to get credible evidence on both sides of the fence so you can decide if we should confirm him or not. it is clear, one side has pres

contributionf at the request of a candidate michael coleman paid off the presidents paramore in the national enquirer for a story about another affair with another woman and former playboy model. and then to be written off on mr. trump's taxes. to have a right and duty with there's any conflicts of interest of any member of the's executive branch of government of 61031923 in 1925. the senate finance committee and the joint committee for taxation there is credible evidence those that engage in money laundering. those unlawful institutions we know they have a history of money laundering because they were fineded by the irs. there was a history of tax avoidance to be complicit in money laundering schemes, you cannot make this up my colleagues thinking out checking out those tax returns is overreach just like those 50 tax returns from six years ago. that's not why i'm here to talk today. we need to know how the president personallyar benefited the tax policies that he himself has signed into law that is a reasonable look in oversight. this is what checks and balances mean for the democrat republican that