you've known david pecker for years. you worked for david pecker for years.his fit in with the man that you knew? >> it certainly does, kate. i mean, it was clear that david pecker was intoxicate katd with admiration for president trump. going back to the late '90s. there was nothing he wouldn't do to please him. >> why do you think that was? >> well, i think that you know, in david pecker, donald trump found a -- an amoral ally who saw the turf the same way as he did. and the results were phenomenal for the president at first. >> yeah. many people, jerry, remember that president trump over the years -- you're talking about the admiration david pecker had for the president, now president, but trump, for years, talked glowingly about "the national enquirer." listen to this. >> "the national enquirer" did a story, they actually have a very good record of being right. i've always said, why didn't "the national enquirer" get the pulitzer prize for edwards and o.j. simpson and all these things. you can't knock the national enqueerer. it's brought many things to li

pecker granted immunity for his grand jury testimony, told investigators about mr.nvolvement in the mcdougal deal. joining us now barbara mcquade, a former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor. and david corn is back with us. barbara, your reading of the legal implications of this wall street journal reporting. >> well, it's a very painstaking walk through the very same criminal information that michael cohen pleaded guilty to. they filled in a lot of the gaps here and filled in a lot of the blanks. it is protocol at the just department when you're not going to charge someone to refer to them by a pseudonm. candidate one, executive one, et cetera. and based on the reporting we now know that president trump himself, if this report was true was intimately involved every step of the way which essentially makes him an unindicted coconspirator. they would certainly have all the pieces of the evidence to charge the president with being a coconspirator with michael cohen based on that report. >> let's listen to the president of the united states lying to the american people

pecker to quash the story of a former maybe model who said they had an affair. mr.'s company soon paid $150,000 to the model, karen mcdougal, to keep her from speaking to the media. trump later thanked mr. pecker for his assistance. >> it's not entirely clear that what trump has done is illegal without one additional element which was actually mentioned in that wall street journal story. under campaign finance law, for it to be a crime, you have to know what you're doing is illegal. it's quite possible that trump did know that but that's another element that trump did need to show, that he knew what he was doing was not just shady but in violation of campaign finance law. >> it's also quite possible that pecker has been involved in even shadier things with trump. as with harvey weinstein, there have been stories that pecker has made catch-and-kill agreements to kill stories where weinstein was accused of sexual assaulting people. we don't know whether trump has done anything of that sort, though there was one woman who accused him of kissing her against her will and

pecker and says please take care of this. pecker promises to do so. they end up paying her. during the transition at a meeting at trump tower, trump thanked pecker for taking care of it. >> nicole, thanks to you and the team for your reporting. i know when it came out, many did not know how deep it went and turns out it is out right to the man, the president of the united states. >> president trump is rebuffing his calling matthew whitacre to recuse himself. democrats are concerned given whitacre's comment on the mueller's investigation like these. >> the truth is there were no collusion with the russians in the campaign. there was interference by the russians into the election. that's not the collusion of the campaign. that's where the left seems to be combining those two issues. the last thing they want right now is the truth to come out and the fact that there is not a single piece of evidence that demonstrates the trump campaign had any illegal or even improper relationship with the russians. it is that simple. >> all right, with me now is former u.s. congressman elizabe

pecker but mr. weisselberg, who was also involved in some of these arrangements or negotiations about how to pay these people off, he also has immunity. he's also talking. i think there is a strong case, probably, to be made against the president. then we had these constitutional issues. >> and then just to remind people, presidents cannot be indicted -- sitting presidents cannot be indicted, right? >> according to a guide line. it's not set in stone. frankly, guideline is never supposed to be. that seems to have been the pace up until now about a sitting president. but the word "sitting" is very important. we already passed the midterm elections and that could change with time. another thing to remember is not just weisselberg, not just pecker. michael cohen also made a statement in open court, along with his own guilty plea. he'll be sentenced a few weeks from now, beginning of december, talking about the president giving him a direct connection and really an order to violate campaign finance law

that agreement actually happened when david pecker went to trump's office. and trump said to him the campaign was two months old, what can you do help my campaign, and pecker said if stories come out about women from the past, allegations of your affairs, i can help kill him by buying their stories. and i'll alert michael cohen, and we'll take care of it. >> and based on all the reporting, that's exactly what the national enquirer did. >> that's right. the following june, karen mcdougal, playmate of the year 1998 was looking to sell her story, and her lawyer contacted howard, and howard called cohen, cohen told trump and trump called pecker and said hey, can you help me out with this. and there were some negotiations. they didn't immediately buy it, but after she started talking with abc news investigative reporters ami went back and paid $130,000 in coordination with michael cohen and donald trump to buy her silence. >> and you also talked about where the money came from to pay stormy daniels. >> that's right. we know the money ultimately came from michael

david pecker says, one thing i can do is something they call catch and kill.can figure out who these women are who are going to come forward with stories about you and we can buy them and dispose of them, baicsically. >> that's how politics goes these days. our thanks to rebecca davis and always to mimi rocah, we appreciate it. >>> coming up, claims of election fraud from the white house as midterm ballots are still being counted. steve kornacki, believe it or not, is back at the big board to walk us through the latest developments, having had nourishment, when we come back. (music throughout) (burke) seen it, covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ if you way too often...e moves then you might have a common condition called dry mouth... which can be brought on by many things, like medication and medical conditions. biotène provides immediate, long lasting relief from dry mouth symptoms. it is clinically proven to soothe and moisturize a dry mouth. plus, it freshens breath. biotène.

a meeting between trump tower and david pecker. the company that owners national enquirer and others. >> when cohen pleaded guilty in august the prosecutors had mentioned there was an agreement in august 2015. what we report the agreement happened when pecker went to trumps office and trump said to him the campaign was two months old what can you do to help. if stories come out about women from the past, allegations of affairs. i can help you kill them. as i have done for others in the past. by buying their story. i'll alert cohen and take care of it. >> based on all the reporting. that's exactly what the national enquirer did. >> that's right. the following june, karen mcdougal the play mate of the year 1998 was looking to sell her story. and her lawyer contacted dillen howard. of american media and howard called cohen. trump called pecker and said can you help me with this. there were negotiations. they didn't immediately buy it. after she started talking to the news. investigative reporters. ami went back and paid $150,000 in co

>> david pecker is the chairman of american media, which is the publisher. >> they own? >> they own the national "enquirer "enquirer." he has been a friend of donald trump's and michael cohen's actually for decades. they had previously done -- a business relationship that goes back. we've written about this before. in august 2015 as we have written about in our story today, michael cohen arranges a meeting in donald trump's office. at this time donald trump has risen to the top of most polls and he meets with pecker in his office and says how can you help me with my campaign, and david pecker has a few tricks of his sleeve and says one thing i can do is catch and kill, we can figure out who these women are that are going to come forward and we can buy them and, you know, dispose of them basically. >> wow. >> so that's how politics works these days. congratulations on being part of this byline story that moved the agenda today. our thanks to rebecca davis and mimi roca. appreciate it. >>> coming up for us, claims of election fraud coming from the white house as midterm ba

chairman david pecker to silence two women who claimed they had affairs with trump. >> seth: you knows a lot that's hard to believe about the trump era. but, one thing i will never get over is the fact that the president asked a friend to help him cover up an affair with a playboy model, and that friend's last name was literally pecker. [ laughter and applause ] it's like the worst screen play in a freshman creative writing class. [ laughter ] i need a name for the guy who covers up the sex stuff. oh, i know. i'll call him rex penis. [ laughter ] so prosecutors now have evidence that trump personally violated election law during a presidential campaign, which makes it pretty convenient that he just installed an acting attorney general matt whitaker who is very much a trump loyalist, and much like trump, whitaker also has a history with fraud. >> whitaker later joined the advisory board, and was first paid in october 2014 for a company that has since been shut down and slapped with a $26 million fine by federal authorities. world patent marketing billed itself as helping investors secu

he looks like he just got kicked in the -- >> pecker.ter ] >> seth: so -- we have to -- we have to get our pecker jokes in now while we can.ht [ light la ] the guys lying about nonexistent fraud are the ones who've committed actual fraud. a grifter president put a grifter in charge of the justice department, and is trying to ger anotheter elected to the senate. but like the grifter he is, trump always abandons the peopl rve him, whether it's attorney general, his personal fixer, or even someone as close to him, like his own -- >> pecker. [ laughter ] >> seth: this has been "a closer look." ♪ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with kerry washington, everybody! a [ cheers alause ] ♪ >> announcer: for more of seth's "closer looks," be sure to subscribe to "late night" on youtube. ♪ um bum bum bum ♪ t-mobile believes it's better to give than to receive. some may disagree. seriously...no...no...no... others won't believe it. (screaming in excitement) and some just won't have the words join t-mobile and get the samsung galaxy s9 free. w

cohen's part and on donald trump's part is what happens if pecker leaves american media. there were thoughts he was going to buy "time" magazine at the time, if you recall. they're thinking, oh my god, he knows all this stuff about us and he has a file this thick and can we buy that, can we own that ourselves so that if he goes, it's our property and we get to protect ourselves. >> all the secrets, all the hush money, all the women, doesn't eventually come out depending who is in charge a.m.i. when mr. cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violation, prosecutors filed a 22-major document asserting mr. cohen coordinated with one or more members of the campaign including through meetings and phone calls about the fact nature and timing of the paymen payments." how serious is this for the president? >> it's quite serious. he said i did this at the direction of a candidate for office. the big question coming out of that proceeding was does he have the proof of that, does he have the goods? i think michael cohen probably has some credibility issues that the southern distric

chairman, david pecker.al prosecutors had enough evidence to outline trump's role without naming him in an 80-page draft indictment of michael cohen. trump reportedly asked pecker to kill a story involving playboy model karen mcdougal. she claims to have had a long-running affair with trump. >> if he weren't married, i wouldn't have any regrets. he was kind and it was a good relationship while it happened. now, had i known at the time there were supposedly all these other women, no, i wouldn't have been in the relationship. >> reporter: trump was involved in or briefed on nearly every step of the agreements, according to the journal. he directed deals and phone calls and meetings with the self-described fixer, michael cohen, and others. >> i'm obviously very loyal and very dedicated to mr. trump. >> reporter: cohen pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts in august, including two counts of campaign finance violations. cohen told the court that it was at trump's direction that he facilitated the secret payment

she was coming forward with a story and an agreement with trump and pecker helped a range -- to sell to american media. she appeared on some publications covers and in turn they basically killed the story and it would never go somewhere else. >> shepard: rebecca o'brien one of five that co authored this story. the story is on wsj.com and worth a read. thanks so much. >> shepard: our news reporting continues after this. after a sc you could fix it with a pen. how about using that pen to sign up for new insurance instead? for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ smile dad. i take medication for high blood pressure and cholesterol. but they might not be enough to protect my heart. adding bayer aspirin can further reduce the risk of another heart attack. because my second chance matters. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. are ynewday usa can help.home, and need money for your family? we earned a lot of va benefits with our service. but the va home

but david pecker was also mentioned prominently in that story. and he appears that he might have had a an immunity deal as wisenberg from the trump organization clearly got an immunity deal. so i don't know that that case is going to go much further. but it is a certainly evidence of a conspiracy. >> so this is according to the "journal," john barrett, trump met in august 2015 with david pecker ceo of the company that owns the "national enquirer." pecker offered to pay the silence of women who might publicize sexual affairs. the bottom line here this stormy daniels saga isn't going away. some trump supporters turn up their nose and say what are you doing this. but if you look at what happened with the stormy daniels saga, it uncovered michael cohen who is now been prosecuted or indicted i should say by the southern district of new york. it has also made the president a liar. it shows him on air force one denying it, and now it is true. this is not going away. >> no. and it connects obviously not just to cohen, but to pecker, to other employees of

pecker to pay the $150,000 to karen mcdougal to keep her quiet? 2016 then candidate trump met with him and asked him to help with the campaign. he used his tabloid and he wanted to help quash the story. when karen mcdougal started to come forward, donald trump asked mr. pecker to step in. >> had immunity and testified with federal prosecutors in manhatt manhattan. >> he got immunity. you and your team have done an excellent job in this report. thank you very much. >> let's get analysis. joining us is a cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor. what's your reaction? >> it's not a shocker that mr. trump would be involved. it's unlikely that michael cohen would dip into his own pocket and not expect to be reimbursed and the relationship with mr. pecker seemed to be established over years that he was acting in mr. trump's behalf to catch and kill these articles. >> and the argument is where the illegality potentially is. it could be an illegal campaign contribution. that was not disclosed to the federal authorities. >> absolutely and would have been so

the report says trump in 2015 met with david pecker, the head of ami which owns ""the national enquirer and other publications and asked him, "what can you do to help my campaign?" the women involved include playboy model karen mcdougal and porn star stormy daniels, both of whom say they had affairs with him. trump denies the allegations. the report says the "wall street journal" found that mr. trump was involved in or briefed on nearly every step of the agreements. he directed deals in phone calls and meetings with his self-described fixer, michael cohen, and others. daniels was convinced trump knew about her hush agreement and sued him to get out of the agreement. >> my attorney and i are committed to making sure that everyone finds out the truth. >> reporter: mcdougal told cnn's anderson cooper in an interview she was unsure. >> do you think donald trump would have been aware of this deal? >> one of the big complaints with why i think my contract is illegal is because his attorney was talking to my attorney, so -- >> you're saying donald trump's personal attorney, michael cohen? >> c

it tabs a closer look at the start of the agreement between donald trump and david pecker, the chief executive of a.m.i. to have a.m.i. operate in service of the trump campaign and help suppress negative stories about donald trump during the campa n campaign. that started with this august 25th meeting that the journal talks about. >> there is a huge difference, paul, between something as it reads, you know, mighty shady and actually illegal. >> well, that's very true but i think the reason we're talking about this is this wall street journal case reads like a crime novel. it gives you all of the details, all of the sleazy deals going on. one of the things that jumped out at me was david pecker, talking about or testifying before a grand jury admitting that there was this deal with trump that they would cover up his affairs and make it look like the woman was being paid -- this is mcdougal, for being on the cover of the magazine. really even talking about the fact that we have to be good about how the cover-up works because if it doesn't, american media would be in trouble. so it's a

but he personally directed not just the hush money to carol mcdougal calling his buddy matthew pecker hey i need you to pay this. and stormy daniels, cohen for a long time said i did this personally. i'm trump's fixer. i do things for him. he didn't even know about it. now we know president trump in october 2016 weeks before the election said get it done, michael. michael wired stormy daniels lawyer the $100,000. alongside the story, we have this big video. it shows you what trump was doing privately. in august he is saying megyn kelly has blood coming out of her wherever, he is meeting privately with peck tore silence women. when allegations surface that he had sexual misconduct and beauty queens started accusing him, he asked david peck tore pay off karen mcdougal, it was a great time line, doubling down on his treatment of women, privately, he was working very hard to silence these women. >> john? >> well, it's going to be very hard for mr. trump to compromise the southern district investigation. it's not under the guise of the special counsel investigation. but a good friend of mi

the report says that trump in 2015 met with david pecker, head of ami which owns the "national enquirerpublications and asked him what do you do to help my campaign. the women involved influence karen mcdougal and stormy daniels, brooth of whom say the had affairs with him. trump denied the allegations. the report says the "wall street journal" found that mr. trump was involved in or briefed on nearly every step of the agreement and thatdirected deals and phone calls and meetings with his self described fixer michael cohen and others. daniels was convinced trump knew about her hush agreement and sued him to get out of the agreement. >> my attorney and i are committed to making sure everyone finds out the truth. >> reporter: mcdougal says she was until sure. >> do you think that donald trump would have been aware of this deal? >> one of the big complaints with why i think my contract is illegal is because his attorney was talking to my attorney, so -- >> you're saying michael cohen was talking to keith -- >> was talking to keith without my knowledge. i would assume that maybe he did. i k

pecker said in response they could use the national enquirer to buy the silence of women that mading a sayings against trump. they emerge as his guilty lawyer michael cohen arranged those deals is cooperating with bob mueller. you see on the screen the efforts to protect mueller from trump's new pick at the doj. thousands marching in cities all over the country. a big story you may not have heard about. newly empowered democrats promising to hold donald trump accountable. >> he should recuse himself. to be track with you, i'm shocked that he has not already recuse himself. he is the absolute wrong person to have in this position. >> this person does not, should not be there because of the statements he's made already. >> if there is any effort to obstruct or subvert justice here, we will find out about it. >> trump today down playing any reports he picked whitaker because of his past criticism of the mueller probe. >> well, matt whitaker, i don't know matt whitaker. he worked for jeff sessions and he was always extremely highly thought of and he still s. but i didn't know matt whitak

david pecker. all these people were involved. vulnerability for themselves what can they give you on trump to save their own skins. >> michael cohen told me specifically directly that donald trump was directing all of this. also audiotapes that speak to that and david pecker has been cooperating. question, is this the kind of thing that in some way the american public, even if it does come to fruition say, you know, technically yeah, but we need more. okay. great. this is one of those one its worry about, just as somebody who is behind the democrats that they can overplay their hand. in the court of push opinion at the end of the day, okay, paying off a porn star. there's politics as usual. thoughts? >> well, i don't worry too much about that. i don't think we know what the story will play out to be. it's hard for me to see how people will react. it's much bigger than it was in the beginning. what we'll see from the full flower of this investigation is both investigative leads in other parts of trump businesses, but also we might

chairman david pecker.ral prosecutors had enough to outline trump's role without naming him in an 80 page draft indictment of michael cohen. trump asked pecker to kill a story involving karen mcdougal. she claims to have had a long running affair with trump. >> if he weren't married, i wouldn't have regrets, he treated me very kind and was respectful, it was a good relationship while it happened. had i known at the time there were supposedly all of these other women, no, i wouldn't have been in a relationship. >> reporter: trump was involved in or briefed on every step of agreements according to the journal. he directed deals and phone calls and meetings with a self described fixer michael cohen and others. >> i am obviously very loyal, very dedicated to mr. trump. >> reporter: cohen pled guilty to 8 criminal counts in august, including two counts of campaign finance violations. cohen told the court it was at trump's direction he facilitated secret payments. prosecutors said cohen coordinated with one or mo

pecker offered to use his national enquirer tack llo e ery the silence of women.accepting reb e reimbursement from trump. in a sear >>> yesterday video surfaced of a republican senator from mississippi cheerfully saying that she would attend a public hanging if a supporter invited her. cindy hyde-smith made the comment while praising a supporter in tupelo on november 2nd. >> as you can imagine, the video footage went viral and hyde-smith said, in a comment i referred to accepting an invitation to a speaking engagement. in referencing the one who invited me, i used an exaggerated expression of regard and any attempt to turn this into a negative connotation is ridiculous. mike espy called hyde-smith's comments reprehensible. public hangings were commonly used to terrorize african-americans for a century. in fact, mississippi had 581 documented lynchings between 1882 and 1968. >>> as you wake up this morning, you need the hat, the gloves, the scarf? >> very active weather week ahead. first, let's start in southern california because it's going to be another dangerous

chairman david pecker to soilance two wel who claimed they had affairs with tr s wits.h to outline his role. trump reportedly asked pecker to kill a story involving a playboy model karen mcdougal. >> if he weren't married, i wouldn't have any regrets because he treated me very kind, he was very respectful. it was a good relationship while it happened. had i known at the time there were supposedly all these other women, no, i wouldn't have been in the relationship. >> reporter: trump was involved in or briefed on nearly every step of the greet according to the journal. he directed meetings with the self-described fixer michael cohen and others. >> reporter: cohen told the court it was at trump's direction he facilitated the secret payments. prosecutors said cohen coordinated with one or more members of the campaign. there's this secret recording or trained by cnn in july. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of all that info recording our friend david. i'm going to do that right away. i've spoken to alan weisselberg about how to set the whole thick up with fun

trump reportedly asked pecker to kill a story involving "playboy" model karen mcdougal.aims to have had a long-running affair with trump. >> maybe if he weren't married, i wouldn't have regret because he treated me very viend. he was respectful -- very kind. he was respectful. it was a good relationship. it i known at the time there were supposedly all these other women, no, i wouldn't have been in the relationship. >> reporter: trump was involved in or briefed on nearly every step of the agreements, according to the "journal." he directed deals and phone calls and meetings with his self-described fixer michael cohen and others. >> obviously very loyal and very dedicated to mr. trump. >> reporter: cohen pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts in august, including two counts of campaign finance violations. co-toenld the court it was at trump's direction that he facilitated the secret payments. prosecutors said cohen coordinated with one or more members of the campaign. and this secret recording obtained by senior citizen n july. >> i need to open up a company for the tran

his advisers concerned about potential women coming forward and he reached out to his friend david pecker in august 2015 and the rest is outlined in our story is history. >> what you outline in the story is beginning with the meeting with david pecker saying what can you do for me, he was at the center of the efforts to direct hush money to keep women quiet. >> we say that he was aware of or direct participant in and briefed on all of those -- all these various -- the arrangements as they came together. >> well, let me ask you this. what evidence, according to your reporting, does the southern district of new york which has a case against michael cohen -- he's pleaded guilty, what evidence do they have of this? >> we don't know all the evidence, but its -- our article includes one detail which is even before michael cohen pleaded guilty, they had what was at one point an 80 page draft indictment that included more information about what mr. trump was -- what his role was. we know that going into that guilty plea they had that tape in which michael cohen and donald trump were discussing th

in august. >> you outlined the meeting with david pecker, what can you do for me, he was at the center of the efforts to direct hush money to keep women quiet. >> we say he was aware of and a direct participant in, and briefed on all these various -- the arrangements as they came together. >> well, let me ask you this, what evidence, according to your reporting, does the southern district of new york, which has a case against michael cohen, i mean, he's pleaded guilty, whatn evidence do they have of this?ui >> well, we don't know all the evidence, or, you know, but el it's -- our article includes onr detail, which is even before michael cohen pleaded guilty, they had what was at one point, at least, an 80-page draft indictment that included more information about what mr. trump was -- what his role was. we know that they, going into that guilty plea, they had that tape in which michael cohen and donald trump were discussing the payments, or buying the karen mcdougal story. and since the plea, michael cohen, as we report, has been speaking to them and presumably opening up a little bit

. >> we have to remind our audience, owned by david pecker who also owns the national enquirer.e friend of trump. trump was a source for his news outlets for years and years. he also has been tied up in all of this. don jr., kushner, all know david pecker very well. >> almost even before he flipped, as if they knew it was going to happen sooner or later. >> he certainly knows a lot of things about donald trump. he knows embarrassing things about donald trump because donald trump has behaved in embarrassing ways his entire public life. there's no chance he's not going to caught trouble with the prosecutor getting him in there. there have been other fire walls too. mannen for t m mannafort. why do these people -- >> if you want to speak to the president, you can't call 1-800-white house. you go on cable news. >> he said manafort, he's a congenital liar. he didn't have that much to do with the campaign. >> let's remind our audience, he was the campaign chairperson. specifically at the republican national convention. when trump secured the nomination. so don't let anyone ever tell y

lsu quarterback was described tough as wood pecker's lips. that's random. needed to be there.wns and nine punts. ran for this one, 44 yard toured. the touchdown. alabama always in control. came up limping a bit but not serious. this expression says it all. yeah, there is nothing to cheer about at lsu fan club. they got rolled by the number one alabama. the winners honoring best defend defensive players will be named. the a's have his own, and that includes his own manager bob melvin. >> you can look at the metrics and statistics and deduce that matt chapman is one of the best defenders in the league or you can watch and decide for yourself. >> watch chapman. >> chapman with the backhand. >> bare hand, strong arm, talking gold in them hills, boys, and that's chapman in full effect. >> his range, i've never seen an infielder let alone third baseman have that range. he plays so deep and he's quick. he has great arm strength. >> it's understandable that a manager would pump up his own player. especially with the prestigious award at stake. but initially he wasn't keen on the depth

moving along michael cohen and david pecker also has immunity and lastly, there is gerome. as they all become witnesses i want to break down what each person has to offer. flynn and pop -- a more personal look at the president's dealings. with gerome the focus is presumably on wikileaks. incited 12 russian agents for hillary clinton's presidential campaign. robert mueller could be close to putting the pieces together to answer the questions about russian interference. sum mar reezed this morning in the guardian. are any americans charged in connection with that? what about donald trump junior and how close did this come to the campaign? christina is here. she an author and host of the aftermath. mike pesca hosts the podcast the gist and paul butler is a professor after georgetown yufrt university. jer home corsi, what does this say to you? it is not somebody that was working with donald trump for his campaign but he was certainly was in an orbit close to him. >> he was flown to many people because he is a nut and a liar. she t he is the one that came up with this lie that p

cfo of the trump organization who was there all the way back to trump's dad, weissleberg, and by peckere ceo at american media. so we have a lot of rich stuff here. and yet this part -- i don't know percentage wise how much it was that cohen told him, but this is the discreet part of cohen's involvement that really overlaps and forms part of the tangled web of the russian connection. we have the re-emergence of the cleverly charact colorful character of felix sater, the russian organized crime guy who said, buddy boy, we're going to make trump president. >> and we can orchestrate it. >> we can orchestrate it. we have cohen pulling the plug on the russia trip just at the time of the trump tower meeting. so i think you're right, much of what he has told mueller has much to do with the previous probably questionable transactions. but this is the one rich part, and as laura says, this is a really important point that was filled in today. we now know one of the questions was -- that trump answered was about this point. and so he is locked in. i mean, he was locked in also to the wikileaks po

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i believe it was pecker who said to him in the meeting, how can we help you in the campaign?ting. >> very campaign oriented. so i don't know how trump really escapes this one and the connection here and how he was so involved in it. plus these reports now about his son saying he's fearing a possible indictment. trump has to be on edge this week with the midterm elections, this report from the "the washington post," this isn't the cnn, "new york times" that he calls fake news, right, this is "the washington pos "wall street journal" one that should be in trump's corner. >> he has a lot of stuff coming at him that could cause big charges. >> i just imagine the people in mueller's shop sitting there coming across this evidence of wrong doing, where does this go? i don't know. give it to the guy in new york. what about this one? i don't know. give it to -- what we're discovering is that trump, as we thought, is involved with a lot of nefarious dealings and now we're getting to evidence that will probably lead to something legal, but can they indict him? >> the notoriety doesn't b

among those details are he met with david pecker who runs the publisher of "national enquirer" saying what can you do in 2017. and he allegedly paid off a former "playboy" model and thanked pecer for making that payment and referring to paying off stormy daniels, a former adult film star who the month before the election was threatening to go public with her allegations of an affair with the president. it lays out that the president was very involved in two campaign finance violations that michael cohen has now pleaded guilty to. >> henry, rebecca's initial report on the hush payments says mr. trump was involved in or briefed on nearly every step of the agreement. he directed deals in phone calls or meetings with his self-described fixer. and the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan has gathered evidence of mr. trump's participation in the transactions. what could the u.s. attorney's office do here? >> quite a bit. first of all, this is phenomenal reporting by rebecca and her colleagues. kudos. they interviewed 36 people. they are looking at potentially conspiracy charges involving vio

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an effort to violate campaign finance law and he knew that the folks at american media, that david peckerate allies were corned about corporate finance issues. if that sort of knowledge existed in the president's mind and prosecutors can prove it, then we look at criminal liability here. this is very significant. >> very significant indeed. joyce vance, frank, gwenda blair, thank you for joining us. >>> breaking news out of california as wildfires are raging out of california in the northern and southern parts of the state. the campfire in northern california is the most destructive in the state's history and has claimed 23 lives. the woolsey fire has claimed two more lives. fire officials fear that high winds will hinder firefighters efforts to contain the blazes. o. every insurance company tells you they can save you money. save up to 10% when you bundle with esurance. including me, esurance spokesperson dennis quaid. he's a pretty good spokesperson. ehhh. so when i say, "drivers who switched from geico to esurance saved an average of $412," you probably won't believe me. hey, actor lad

. >> right, and i believe it was pecker who came out and said to him in that meeting how can we helpe campaign, very clearly campaign oriented. looking at that reporting through and through, i don't know how trump really escapes this one and the connection and how he was so involved in it. plus, i mean, these reports now about his son saying that he's fearing a possible indictment. trump has to be super on edge this week with the midterm elections, this report coming out from "the wall street journa journal". this isn't the cnn, "new york times" that he calls fake news. this is "the wall street journal," one that should be in trump's corner. >> how soon this is happening, but it is getting bigger and bigger. the president's got a lot of stuff coming at him that could cause him big criminal charges and doing everything he can to prevent that. >> i just imagine the people in mueller's shop sitting there coming across all this evidence of wrongdoing, and they're like where does this one go? maybe to the guy in new york. what about this one, and you know, so what we're discovering is tha

he wanted unswerving loyalty from his vice president, which to put it in lbj's language i want is peckern my pocket. i'm sorry, but that's how they talked; okay? humphrey was a brilliant campaigner in 64. he helped-- he made coldwater seem like the extremist of that i think he was and johnson campaigned on no wider ruler. they wanted overwhelmingly and johnson came to the white house. not long after johnson was in the white house after the election he began to plan major bombing attacks on north vietnam hubert humphrey thought that was very bad idea. he got together with a man named thomas hughes who is at the time had been a humphrey staffer who then went over to head to the research division at the us state department. and hughes and humphrey developed a memorandum which humphrey came to lyndon johnson in february, 1965, just as a johnson was about to give the green light to what was called operation rolling thunder, which would be the start that would last 10 years of the b-52 bombing of north vietnam. and that memorandum said that the public will not long supporting war. doesn't seem