patton? >> i'm responsible for lynne patton joining the trump organization and the job that she currently holds. >> well, that's -- i'm glad you acknowledge that because you made some very demeaning comments about the president that ms. patton doesn't agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who is racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> i have a black friend prop. a black employee prop. come on, y'all. what he's essentially saying is this president can't be racist because he's hired this black woman. that's not how racism works. and by the way, in fairness, in truth, we asked mark meadows to come on. i wanted to hear from him himself, to explain, to have a thoughtful conversation. but he went on fox news with sean hannity tonight. and i think i could have had a really good conversa

i'm right here of you sir you know lynn patton yes i do. i asked lana to come today in her personal capacity. to actually shed some light how long of you know that i'm responsible for lynne patton joining the trump organization and the job that she currently holds well and that's i'm glad you acknowledge that because you made some very. demeaning comments about the president that miss patton doesn't agree with in fact it has to do with your claim of racism she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham alabama that there is no way that she would work for it for a an individual who is races how do you reconcile the two of those as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. but mr cohen i guess what i'm saying is that i've talked to to the president over three hundred times i've not heard one time a racist comment out of out of his mouth in private so how do you reconcile it do you have proof of those conversations i would ask you to you have tape recordings of those conversations no sir but you've taped everybody else why

here's patton oswalt in the season two premiere of "a.p. bio."er. not as great a news. it's going to take 10 days to get here. >> okay. i'll tell you what we're not going to do. we're not going to not get out in front of this thing. in fact, we are going to get in front of this. i mean, it's something until -- >> attention, whitlock. this is your principal. principal durbin. i just wanted to talk to you about our copier, which is doing amazing, in fact better than ever if you ask me. but maybe we should also be asking ourselves, why are we making so many copies? >> that's a great idea, ralph. >> thanks, helen. long story short, everything's normal. everyone have a ram-tastic day. less copying, more originaling. [ laughter ] that's going to buy us some time. am i right? >> good, it does. >> okay, thanks. i'm fist bumping. no, you make a fist and -- boop. >> oh.la [ cheers and ae ] >> jimmy: catch it. >> i love it. >> jimmy: patton oswalt, rserybody. [ chnd applause ] "a.p. bio" returns next thursday at 8:30 p.m. on nbc. we'll be right back with a

patton today?she's not a prop and what you hear the point congresswoman lawrence made yesterday in that testimony. and she's making it again right here today. >> first of all, to be in the room where you know you are not going to be sworn in, you can't speak, you can't even get to a microphone, you're nothing but a prop. for her to say to congresswoman tlaib or lawrence, do you take the word of someone over my word. what word? she couldn't testify. she was standing there as a prop that was not allowed to speak, was not brought there to speak. i wish she would step forward and let some of the congresspeople question her because i would ask her, have you ever seen black executives in the trump organization? i have, kristen, for over 30 years gone back and forth with meetings with donald trump, fighting over issues, standing up to him. i've been in trump tower any number of times. i've never seen one black executive in the c suite. michael cohen was there. he was one that would set up the meetings, tr

patton oswalt is back, everybody!ers and applause ] you know her from "snl" and now she's the voice ofuva van void on syfy's "alien news desk." heidi gardner is here, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] delighted that she's stopping by. and back on the show to perform for us, elle king is here. [ cheers and applause ] just a fantastic singer. before we get to that, president trump claimed he would be able to fix an issue that both democrats and republicans can agree on, the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. bu, while one party has a pl the other party -- well, they have trump. for more, this is "the check-in." ♪ [ chrs and applause ] >> seth: for years, prescription drug prices in this country have been soaring, largely because go ournment, for the most part, does not negotiate the price of medication. that means pharmaceutical companies can charge whatever they want. things havgotten so bad that some americans are forced to go abroad to get life-saving medication, like iulin. and one of those destinations abroa

cohen, do you know lynne patton? i'm right here. >> yes, sir. >> do you know lynne patton?> yes, i do. >> i asked lynn to come today in her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known miss patton? >> i'm responsible for lynne patton joining the trump organization and the job she currently holds. >> you made some very demeaning comments about the president that miss patton doesn't agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of those. >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> so later in the hearing democrats on the committee objected to that. >> to prop up one member of our entire race of black people and say that nullifies that is totally insulting. >> would you agree that someone could deny rental units to sf m stram -- africa medicine americans, and refer to white supremacists as fine people and have a black friends and still be racist. >> ye

patton? i'm right here. do you know lynn patton? >> yes, i do. >> i asked lynn to come today in her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known ms. patton? >> i am responsible for lynn patton joining the trump organization and the job she knrrently holds. >> i can glad you ledge that because you made some very demeeng comments about the president that she doesn't agree with. it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of ose? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> but, mr. cohen, i guess what i'm saying is i have talked to h president over 300 tiempzmes. i have not one time heard a rah st comment out of his mo in private. do you have proof of those conversations? do you have tape recordings of those conversations. >> no, sir. >> you taped everybody else. >> that's not true, sir. >>

here's patton oswalt in the season two premiere of "a.p. bio."great news. i ordered the new copier. not as great a news. it's going to take 10 days to get here. >> okay. i'll tell you what we're not going to do. we're not going to not get out in front of this thing. in fact, we are going to get in front of this. i mean, it's something until -- >> attention, whitlock. this is your principal. principal durbin. i just wanted to talk to you about our copier, which is doing amazing, in fact better than ever if you ask me. but maybe we should also be asking ourselves, why are we making so many copies? >> that's a great idea, ralph. >> thanks, helen. long story short, everything's normal. everyone have a ram-tastic day. less copying, more originaling. [ laughter ] that's going to buy us some time. am i right? >> good, it does. >> okay, thanks. i'm fist bumping. no, you make a fist and -- boop. >> oh. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: catch it. >> i love it. >> jimmy: patton oswalt, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] "a.p. bio" returns next thursday at 8

cohen, do you know lynn patton? >> yes, i do. >> i asked lynn to come today in her personal capacity to shed some light. how long have you known ms. patton? >> i'm responsible for ms. patton joining the trump organization in the job that she currently holds. >> i'm glad you acknowledge that because you made some very demeaning comments about the president that ms. patton doesn't agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> but, mr. cohen, i guess what i'm saying is, is i've talked to the president over 300 times. i've not heard one time a racist comment out of his mouth in private. so how do you reconcile it? do you have proof of those conversations? do you have tape recordings of those conversations? >> no, sir. you've taped everybody else. >> that's also not tr

and then you saw lynn patton there standing there. her, right. >> she didn't speak. that did not make the case very well. >> it didn't make the case. you saw her sort of awkwardly standing there. what do i do? should i sit over there? i want to be in the frame because my sort of black presence here is important in what mark meadows is saying but it was so bizarre. and you had exchanges from the freshman members who were really insulted. congresswoman talib basically saying this in and of itself was a racist act, bringing this black woman who was silent there as a prop was in itself a racist act and then you had mark meadows again citing his friendship with elijah cummings in citing his relatives who are people of color basically taking ombre at the idea that he could have committed a racist act. there was all this tokenism and rhetoric around race that really, think, struck a nerve with folks on that panel and certainly the broader public. >> and there was internal politics involved there too. do we have kpt change? did you want to km

sam patton is tied to con important steen kilimnik. sam patton is also tied to cambridge analytica, which is the campaign data firm during the election around which there has been lots and lots of intrigue. we found out today that sam patten will finally be sentenced on april 12th. the first week of april we will get filings in his case that we expect to detail the extent of his cooperation with federal prosecutors since he plead guilty last summer. given all of the different elements of the scandal that sam patten is potentially connected to, the inaugural, kilimnik, cambridge analytica, it's going to be fascinating to see what he's helped prosecutors with when he finally turns up in court and his case, which has been totally opaque to us the public thus far gets laid out for the public, we will understand how he fits into this puzzle as well. so there's definitely still stuff that remains to be explained that we will eventually learn as members of the public who are watching all of this stuff. there is definitely cases that aren't ov

then this summer we also had david patton getting indicted. sam patton, i'm sorry. not the former governor of new york. so sam patton this summer pleads guilty to a case where there were straw donations involved there. there was no allegation that the inaugural committee did anything wrong. but it does raise questions as far as who was putting money into this, where did the money ultimately go and that's a question for prosecutors. while this is at an early stage, we would have to have some sense there is wrongdoing here. you can't just say i want to see what ali has in his bank account so here's a subpoena. you have to have a little bit there to get into this. >> let's bring in via skype greg jenkins. headed george w. bush's second inaugural committee. greg, for us, we're novice at this. we've obviously never planned something like it. draw a comparison. the amount of money spent, what you've seen president trump spend, and the big lump of money that doesn't seem to be accounted for. >> yes, it's a really tough thing for me to try to figure out. my best understandi

cohen, do you know lynn patton? i'm right here. >> yes, sir. >> do you know lynn patton? >> yes, i do. >> i asked lynn to come today in her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known miss patton? >> i'm responsible for lynn patton joinings the trump organization and the job that she currently holds. >> well, that's -- i'm glad you acknowledge that because you made some very demeaning comments about the president that miss patton doesn't agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in bir ming hamm, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> but, mr. cohen, i guess what i'm saying is, is i've talked to the president over 300 times. i've not heard one time a racist comment out of his mouth in private so how do you reconcile it? do you have proof of those conversations? >> i would ask you to ask -- >> do you have tape recordings of those conversations

bringing in lynn patton that it is proof that donald trump is not a racist. >> i'm responsible for lynn p patton joining the trump organization and the position she holds. >> you made very demeaning comments about the president that she doesn't agree with. it has to do were your claim of racism. she says as the daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, there is no way she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile that? >> i have not heard one time a racist comment out of the president's mouth in private, how do you reconcile it, do you have proof of them? do you have tape recordings of those conversations? >> ask mrs. patton how many people who are black are executives at the trump organization. >> i don't think we need an introduction, we know who you are, what do you think of that? >> do you want my angry black woman response or my msnbc analyst response. >> which ever you have to give. i have to start as a black woman. that was the most defensive thing i have ever seen in my life and to take one person, parade her physically in front of cameras and say sh

it wasn't just sam patton.ew mueller's team stopped some russian oligarchs including victor vexelberg and questioned him if he had donated money to the campaign. he didn't cooperate. it's something mueller's team has been poking around on for at least a year. some information was picked up with michael cohen, a vendor for the committee. we are seeing it come together but under the new york umbrella, not mueller. >> many of the cooperation agreements demand cooperation from the individual who is pleading with other law enforcement sources, other law enforcement agencies including other prosecutors that wouldn't have to be the special counsel's team. >> something to watch. thank you very much. >>> governor of virginia ralph northam said if he resigns now he would be called a racist for life. he's asking for more time to clear his name for the racist photo in his medical school yearbook. is it too late for him politically? and stocks set to open up this morning. green arrows there as investigators watch key earnin

at one point, meadows went after cohen by using miss patton.look. >> you made some very demeaning comments about the president that miss patton doesn't agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. >> well, hours later, a democrat who was on the committee took issue with that moment. here's congresswoman rashida tlaib when it was her time to talk. >> the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman, in this chamber, in this committ committee, is alone racist in itself. donald trump is setting -- >> mr. chairman, i ask that her words be taken down. >> i reclaim my time. >> mr. chairman, i ask that her words, when she's referring to an individual member of this body, be taken down and stricken from the record. i'm sure she didn't intend to do this. but if anyone knows my record as it relates, it should be you, mr. chairman. >> the democratic committee chairman, elijah cummings st

patton?know lynn patton? >> yes, i do. >> i asked lynn to come today in her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known ms. patton? >> i'm responsible for lynn patton joining the trump organization and the job that she currently holds. >> you made some very demeaning comments about the president that ms. patton doesn't agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for a -- for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber, in this committee is alone racist in itself. donald trump is setting -- >> mr. chairman i ask that her words be taken down. >> i reclaim my time. >> is it -- i want to make sure i understand. you did not -- you were not intending to call mr. meadows a racist is that

president trump: lynn patton is great. the mayor of new york has done a terrible job with public housing. the mayor of the city of new york has done a terrible job with respect to public housing. we are getting reports back. it is a disgrace how badly new york city handles public housing. go ahead. >> do you have any thoughts on bill de blasio? president trump: i think he has to learn how to run new york city before he starts running the country. he has not done a very good job, including with amazon. >> officials say kim jong-un has not decided whether or not he wants to denuclearize. president trump: we have had such a great relationship. china has helped us a lot with north korea and kim jong-un since i got to office. if i were not elected president, you would be at war with north korea. we now have a situation where the relationships are good, where there has been no nuclear testing. we have got our hostages back. we have many of the remains back and coming back rapidly. the remains of many of our warriors, and the fam

we know that sam patton has aggrade to cooperate with prosecutors in d.c. because of a referral that grew out of robert mueller's office and also will cooperate about how he tried to use straw purchasers to get russian oligarchs into the inauguration. another thread we'll be pulling on for weeks or months to come but he is someone who has a sentencing date set up. being cooperative. that's how easy things could have been for paul manafort given he was charged with more. he was more involved in the campaign but it was as easy as that. as we've gone over tonight there were a lot of irrational decisions from the outside in paul manafort's case when you look at how straightforward it was for sam patten. >> sometimes i swear there's less talk in russia than there is here. our thanks to our panel for straightening stuff out for us. >>> coming up, president trump plans to look for land mines in this new border deal legislation. one of his closest friends in the senate, can you guess who, warns declaring a national emergency may still be on the table that will make

cohen, do you know lynn patton? i'm right here. >> yes, sir. >> do you know lynn patton? >> yes, i do. >> i asked lynn to come today in her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known miss patton? >> i'm responsible for lynn patton joinings the trump organization and the job that she currently holds. >> well, that's -- i'm glad you acknowledge that because you made some very demeaning comments about the president that miss patton doesn't agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in bir ming hamm, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> but, mr. cohen, i guess what i'm saying is, is i've talked to the president over 300 times. i've not heard one time a racist comment out of his mouth in private so how do you reconcile it? do you have proof of those conversations? >> i would ask you to ask -- >> do you have tape recordings of those conversations

leah, you know, when you were watching the whole congressman mark meadows, lynn patton, rashida talibs, what did you think? >> i mean, brooke, it's incredibly disappointing, but it's also exhausting because we continue to have this, you know -- just faulty conversation. what we saw yesterday was a political stunt in a day full of political stunts that added to the craziness of a situation that was already a circus and so to have this moment that where this black woman is trodded out essentially and stands speechless behind mark meadows and as he gets into this back and forth about my black friend says so much about where we are and why we keep repeating these things over and over again and then for it to escalate later on, escalate into something much bigger with congressman tlaib it points to these moments, these moments of political stunt where in this moment mark meadows makes -- made it about himself as opposed to actually listening to the substance of what the congresswoman was trying to say. really, you know, you have to ask yourself, why are we having this conversation over and

lynn patton spoke with me ampt hearing. tells me she wanted to stand there and knows michael cohen very well and she wanted to make sure he knew and she knew she was on the higher moral ground. he also wanted to pivot back toh this ide president trump doesn't see color and told me he only sees succand failures and more people should be like that. we have the president's camp and the white house pivoack to the original image of the ident, someone from "the aprevents" hiring and firing people and making deals. >> woouff: it's interesting bcause we heard another member of the commit later on, representativehreeb, in essence, saying one of her fellow members of congress, a republican, was a racist. he denied that later. it brought up a whole different dimension here. right now i do want to turn to more of the testimony. michael cohen also described hush money payments he said president ump directed him to make to two women who have been alleged to have had extramarital affairs with mr. trump. cohen today produced a copy of the

that patton made over his funnels foreign money into the trump inauguration. now we do not know if anybody else that has testified with the intelligence committee is likely to face the same kind of trouble in terms of potential felony charges, potential legal liability for having lied to congress under oath, but this is a whole lot of transcripts that mueller received today from the intelligence committee. these are a lot of witnesses that we are talking about here, including the president's eldest son and his son-in-law jared kushner, and trump campaign figures including brad parskal and hope hicks and corey lewandowski and erik prince of black water fame, right? and keith schiller, the president's long-time bodyguard. alexander nix from cambridge analytica, rhona graff. lots and lots of people. transcripts amounting to thousands of pages. and, again, we don't know if any of those people, any of those witnesses who testified under oath before the intel committee, we don't know if any of them are facing any kind of felony legal jeopardy that roger stone and mi

patton? i'm right here. do you know lynn patton? >> yes, i do. >> i asked lynn to come today in her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known ms. patton? >> i am responsible for lynn patton joining the trump organization and the job she currently holds. >> i can glad you acknowledge that because you made some very demeeng comments about the president that she doesn't agree with. it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> but, mr. cohen, i guess what i'm saying is i have talked to the president over 300 tiempzme i have not one time heard a racist comment out of his mouth in private. do you have proof of those conversations? do you have tape recordings of those conversations. >> no, sir. >> you taped everybody else. >> that's not tr

development and possession of intermediate range nuclear missiles that washington and states with george patton this month mr stoltenberg says there is still time to negotiate so russia still has a chance to come back into compliance and we call on russia to take this opportunity. what to do. was standard it to engage further with russia but we're also preparing for a world with zero on this treaty let's go to people that international film festival which underway just across town. they sat down on the red carpet welcome let's start with the control will see this chinese for one second it's being withdrawn from the world's premiere and from the competition why. was of a mystery why actually we were all rather shocked yesterday when we saw that it had in fact been withdrawn in the press screenings had been canceled especially because the directors is somewhat of a fixture at ballymaloe he was the first chinese director to ever win a golden bear way back in one nine hundred eighty eight he's also considered one of china's top directors he directed the two thousand and eight the opening ceremonies

republican congressman mark meadows responded by introducing an african-american woman, lynn patton,ks for the trump administration and used to work for the trump family as an event planner and also was vice president of the eric trump foundation. >> she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama that there was no way she would work for an individual who was racist. >> that set off a chain of e-mails between democrat rashida tlaib. >> mr. president, i reclaim my time. he is setting a precedent that the highest office can be obtained for legal activity. >> hillary shelton is director of the naacp's washington bureau. he's with us now. what did you think, mr. shelton, as you saw this? >> it was such a distraction. the issues going on at the time was testimony from the president's former lawyer, someone that's been close to the president and his family for years and years. >> you mean congressman meadows having lynn patton, that that was a distraction, or -- >> yes. the back and forth with lynn meadows and so forth. i appreciate what the congressman said in response to

patton? >> i'm responsible for lynn joining the trump organization and the job she currently hold. >> reporter: well, i'm glad you acknowledged that. you made some very demeaning comments about the president that ms. patton doesn't agree with, in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there's no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile two of those? >> as neither should i as a holocaust survivor. >> i'm saying, i talked to the president over 300 times i haven't heard one time a racist comment out of his mouth in private, how do you reck sill it, do you have proof of those conversations? do you have tape recordings of those conversations? >> no. >> you taped everybody else -- >> i haven't taped anyone. >> i would ask you -- you asked me a question, sir. >> do you have proof -- yes, or no. >> i do. >> where's the proof? >> ask ms. patton how many people who are black are executive

and tom patton says, i'm going with you. all we know is that there was a power gas issue at 625 morris street. as we're walking up the garage door was up. and there's a guy standing in the garage door. a plumber. we show him the pictures of patty and wendy and he says, i don't know if it's them or not but there's two women upstairs, i've heard them giggling. tom pat son was the senior guy, he makes the decision. he says, i'm going to the backdoor. when he gets there, it's open, wendy is sitting at the table with hearst. >> tom patton says, fbi. what does patty hearst do? does she run into their arms and say, thank you so much for saving me? no. she runs towards the bedroom where the guns are stored. >> you've seen the firearms and the bombs at the other location. now she's in an area where we can't observe her. >> he put the gun to wendy's head and said, i'm going to kill her if you don't come back. >> it's only because the agents and cops acted quickly in that apartment that there was not a hail of gunfire too. >> she was p

mark meadows from north carolina literally said, well, here's the black friend as proof that -- lynn patton -- >> she works for hud and she used to work for the trump organization. >> that was such a bizarre moment. the only time i think that they tried to defend donald trump it failed miserably. it was an i had ottic thing to do. she was very happy about this moment. tweeted about it before it happened. but then looked very odd and uncomfortable literally standing behind as the embodiment of the black race. >> i've been around him on a flight in air force one and never said anything racist. >> it may be that the president liked both green book and driving ms. daisy so that apparently -- hollywood thinks -- >> you're getting really comfortable. >> i think -- i actually think to -- john to your point, this is where cohen mistakenly fell into the trap of staying in this box of partisanship because he did seem partisan in this opening statement. he really crossed that line. it's one thing to say, i've had a link in to what trump did. >> he went overboard on that and i think he will loses -- he

do you know lynn patton? >> yes, i do. >> i asked lynn to come today in her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known her? >> i'm responsible for lynn patton joining the trump organization and the job that she currently holds. >> well, i'm glad you acknowledge that because you made some very demeaning comments about the president that ms. patton doesn't agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> but, mr. cohen, i guess what i'm saying is, i've talked to the president over 300 times. i've not heard one time a racist comment out of his mouth in private. so how do you reconcile it? do you have proof of those conversations? >> i would ask you to -- >> do you have tape recordings of those conversations? >> no. >> well, you've tape

patton doesn't agree with. in fact it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. >> let's show you what happened when democratic freshman congresswoman rashida tlaib reacted to this and challenged mark meadows. >> the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman, in this chamber, in this committee, is alone racist in itself. donald trump is setting a precedent -- >> mr. chairman, i ask that her words be taken down. >> i reclaim my time. >> my nieces and nephews are people of color. not many people know that. you know that, mr. chairman. and to indicate that i asked someone who is a personal friend of the trump family, who has worked for him, who knows this particular individual, that she's coming in to be a prop, it's racist to suggest that i ask her to come in here for that reason? >> it was quite dramatic. then elijah cummings jumped in and said, mark meadows is one of my closest friends. there's a lot going o

david patton, the chief federal defender for new york says he plans to file a lawsuit on behalf of the inmates. >> not getting adequate heat and the conditions overall are not safe. >> officials now expecting power to be restored to the jail by tomorrow. >>> in a statement the federal bureau of prisons also says medical staff are checking on each inmate to ensure their safety. >>> actor and singer jussie smollett was back on stage last night for the first time since he says he was attacked on a chicago street last tuesday. police calling it a possible hate crime. as morgan chessky report smollett had a lot say about the incident. >> reporter: back on stage in front of a sold-out crowd in west hollywood, jussie smollett put on the show fans came for, but also opened up about tuesday's alleged assault in chicago. >> i was bruised, but my ribs were not cracked. they were not broken. >> this photo shows smollett two afters after two men attacked him shouting racist and homophobic slurs. >> they'll taker care of it, obviously. >> regarding the incident. above all, i fought back. >> chicago

that became firm patton boggs and is now square patton boggs.t is a large, corporate law offices in washington and other places in the united states and across the world. brian: your greatest frustration when you think back to this experience? tim: do we have any? we were really lucky we had elliott richardson. we had george bell. we had farnese:. we had ron -- we had barney skolnik. we had ron. we had revenue agents like marvin case and others. we were verym, lucky in that all these wonderful people were in the right races. ron: chemistry was great and we were young but serious. involved -- the kc vault and our involvement -- the way the case evolved and our involvement, in addition to the pride that i have and i know tim and the others do in the job we did come in the terms of my development as a lawyer, it was an incredible experience. brian: who is the boss of george bell at the time? ron: the attorney general of the united states, elliott richardson. tim: there's a hierarchy. brian: what direct line does the president of the united states h

cohen, do you know lynn patton? >> yes, i do.ay ind linda come her personal capacity to actually shed some light. how long have you known her? >> i'm responsible for her joining the trump organization and the job that she currently holds. >> well, i'm glad you acknowledge e that because you made some very demeaning comments about the president does not agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racist. she says, as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way she would work for an individual who was racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. but, mr. cohen, i guess what i'm saying is, i have talked to the president over 300 times. i have not heard one time a racist comment out of his mouth in private, so howow do you reconcile it? do you have proof of those conversations? amy: congresswoman r rashida tlb of michigan laterr responded to congressman meadows. >> just to make a note, mr. chairman, just because someone has a person of col

sam patton, who pled guilty, we found out about this individual the day before the labor day weekend in august. in his statement of the offense and the criminal information associated with his guilty plea being it said he arranged for the straw purchase of two tickets for the trump inauguration for russian businessmen and he agreed to cooperate as part of that investigation. that was something we were told at the time came out of robert mueller's office. it was a case prosecuted by prosecutors in washington, d.c. so similar here to new york where you have another district or another part of the justice department that's taken inquiry into this. we don't know whether or not the subpoena is a result of information robert mueller learned. we know the donations to it have been on law enforcement's radar. there's been no suggestion the inaugural committee committed some sort of crime or there's fraud surrounding it. obviously people commit straw donations violations and the committee didn't know about it, that's not on them. i think what's interesting here is this is a really wide subpoen

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. >> reporter: that prompting republicans to bring up lynne patton, an african-american former staffer at the trump organization. >> she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. >> reporter: cohen, pressed on whether the president would threaten people -- >> no. he would use others. >> how many times did mr. trump ask you to threaten an individual or entity on his behalf? >> quite a few times. >> 50 times? >> more. >> 100 times? >> more. >> 200 times? >> more. >> 500 times? >> probably. over -- over the 10 years. >> reporter: and tonight cohen hinting there could be more to come. >> is there any other wrongdoing or illegal act that you are aware of regarding donald trump that we haven't yet discussed today? >> yes, and again, those are part of the investigation that's currently being looked at by the southern district of new york. >> reporter: the hearing ending on this emotional plea. >> and hopefully this portion of your y will lead to a better, a better, a better michael cohen, a better d

comedian patton oswalt congratulated speaker pelosi for inventing the "bleep you clap.".natsot" "we will rock you."the internet was rocked with memes as photoshoppers added things like golden handcuffs.the clapback reminded one guy of "when i tell my wife i changed a diaper."jeanne moos, new york/standup bridge:"and then there what was nancy reading." trump speaks as pelosi reads: "not right.some called it rude and petty for pelosi to bury her nose in papers.was it the mueller report, or trump's tax returns, or a menu?trevor noah: "i kept expecting a waiter to come over with an order for buffalo wings."nah, she was just reading along with the president's speech.jeanne moos, new york/standup bridge: "of course, nancy wasn't the only headshaking eye-roller in the house."presidential hopeful kamala harris looked exasperated, as did kirsten gillibrand, who even used her eye-roll as a fundraising appeal, then took it down after critics said it violated house rules.speaker pelosi's daughter christine tweeted "oh yes, that clap took me back to the teen years. she knows. and she

that had been in the country for you know prior to the conflict we're now seeing some disturbing patton's of what we would say is deliberate diversion of weapons particularly vehicles and we see a wide variety of us not just u.s. south african army vehicles but also small arms from various european states including. garia belgian so we have seen mortars serbian mortars and singaporean truck how do we know if i could well patrick how do we know who transferred those weapons to these militia groups on the ground. i think that's an open question and the question that the immoralities and in some instances the saudi arabian authorities have have to answer them iraqis have been on record saying that they are supporting these militias it's well known on the ground that they're supporting these militias and has said that for instance the giants form part of coalition forces and are under their command in a sense and i think this is worrying particularly from the you know not not states perspective and any other supply states because you know usually western states are quite rigorous in their the

patton doesn't agree with. in fact it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, al, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. >> reporter: the moment drawing quick backlash on line and criticism from fellow lawmakers. >> the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber in this committee is alone racist in itself. >> mr. chairman i ask that her words -- >> reporter: patton speaking out this morning on fox news. >> would you ever work for a racist. >> never. there is no amount of money in the world that you could pay me to work for a racist. >> cohen highlighting the day's the theatrics when asking why he's speaking out now. >> i protected mr. trump for 10 years. i can only warn people the more people that follow mr. trump as i did blindly, are going to suffer the same consequences that i'm suffering. >> reporter: and in another headline grabbing moment cohen was asked if there is any other wrong doing or illegal act that he's aware of regarding p

after about a year or so, i moved to a firm then called patton boggs and low and is now squire pattonoggs. it is a large, corporate law firm with offices in washington and other places in the united states and across the world. brian: your greatest frustration when you think back to this experience? at the time? tim: do we have any? you know, we were really lucky. we had elliott richardson. we had george beall. we had barney skolnik. we had ron. and we had maybe the best irs agent ever. we had a bunch of revenue agents like marvin case and others. the whole team was -- we were very lucky in that all these wonderful people were in the right places. ron: chemistry was great, and we were young but serious. and the way that the case evolved and our involvement, barney's and tim's and mine, with the attorney general and assistant attorney general, in addition to the pride that i have and i know tim and the others do in the job we did, in the terms of my development as a lawyer, it was an incredible experience. brian: who is the boss of george beall at that time? ron: the attorney general o

david patton, the chief federal defender for new york, says he plans to file a lawsuit on behalf the inmates. >> they're not getting adequate heat, and the conditions overall are not safe. >> our thanks to jose for that report. >>> now to breaking news out of southern california. five people are dead after a horrific small plane crashed into a residod in flames. the cessna had just taken off from a nearby airport when it slammed into homes. po arriving units, they found a well-involved residence, two-story family dwelling with fire showing from all sides. >> witnesses report feeling the ground shake like a bomb went off. dozens of emergency workers were n front of to the scene. the residence. all incoming units are going to need to stage out of this trap. >> it is still too early to pinpoint the cause of the crash. this morning ntsb is investigating if weather played a role in this devastating crash. the pilot, who was the only person on board, and four others inside that home, were killed. >>> pro-mixed martial arts fighter back behind bars this morning after police in texas say the