i think is going right to the president i think robert muller is is pursuing both tracks. the collusion possible collusion with the russians not proven yet and possible obstruction of justice also not proven yet but i think what we've seen in the little bread crumbs if you will that mahler mahler has dropped along the way that's what is leading to a serious criminal case against the president of the united states reading that michael flynn document as i read it if i were donald trump i'd be nervous any where do you think it's going. well so far you know hold on to your hat bill frezza right barked and the president has not been tweeting about michael flynn and summer is basically because lawyers told him you know zip it that this can get you in some more legal jeopardy but the big question is in this report well there actually be a criminal referral to any of these you know top lieutenants and from the trunk campaigner in the trunk administration or will the special counsel opt to issue a report that he then hands off to congress and congress then can decide whether or not

firstly that michael cohn donald trump's former fix what we have in the this isn't just about robert muller this is about the southern district of new york the federal prosecutors there who had a case against michael cohen part of that case was about his tax evasion related attacks you medallions the bit that's interesting from trump's point of view from donald trump's point of view is his violation of campaign finance law michael cohen was the into me jury who paid the hush money to silence women who had affairs with donald trump during the press during the presidential campaign the silencing was during the presidential campaign as word. what we have here there is a direct implication for the president in that crime this is that these are the lines on approximately june sixteenth twenty fifteen individual one for whom cohen worked at the time began an old ultimately successful campaign for president of the united states individual one i mean from that description donald trump during the campaign kern played a central role in two similar schemes to purchase the rights to stories each from w

llevarÁ a prisiÓn a pesar de haberseec haber cooperado con el fiscal especial del rusia gates robert mÜllerpartir del 6 de marzo 3 aÑos de prisiÓn y luego 3 aÑos mÁs en domicilio y la condena por mentir por los negocios del presidente trump y pagar a dos amantes supuestas de trump y por evasiÓn fiscal. la sentencia de cohen es lo mÁs cercano que sufre el presidente por la trama rusa, lori tiene este escÁndalo que amenaza la presidenrd >>> gracias josÉ, del presidente trump y ni una palabra sni un twitter total silencio sobre la sentencia de su exabogado cohen quien dijo hoy perdiÓ su brÚjula moral >>> el hombre que una vez fue el abogado personal del presidente trump y ayudaba a esconder sus trapos sucios es hoy un criminal convicto. michael cohen que llegÓ a decir como muestra de lealtad serÍa capaz de llevarse una bala dirigida al hoy presidente con tal de salvarle dijo emocionado en corte que fue la lealtad ciega a trump que yo llevÓ al camino de la oscuridad. >>> cuando cohen hace fraude Él viola su mejojuramento en la co >>> cohen es la cabeza mÁs reciente que ha rodado en torno al man

eighteen years ago so the question now comes up will the will robert muller try and bring an indictment to make sure that this issue is not lost president trapes to face this issue of in face this question the other topics that come up the other potential indictments are not just for president trump himself but now we're looking at the potential indictments of his company trump organization because they were involved with these payments both federal prosecutors and state prosecutors could indict trump organization and its executive officers and also the trump campaign the other person who's now in the crosshairs who is very important is the trump organization chief financial officer the c.f.o. named allan weisel berg he played a role on the audiotapes when when michael cohen was odd it was was bugged was taping the conversations he was on he was mentioning allen weisel berg and allen weisel berg may be a pivotal figure not only for the question of campaign finance crimes but also what does he know about money laundering if president trump was money laundering from russia then the person

special counsel robert muller is recommending no jail time for president donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn. cooperated substantially with the investigation into alleged russian interference in the twenty's sixteen election. british m.p.'s have found their government to be in contempt of parliament by failing to publish the full legal advice on the prime minister's breck's a deal with the european union members of parliament have begun five days of debate on terrorism is proposed to both plan before they vote on it next week the democratic unionist party from northern ireland which props up the minority government says it will oppose the deal now has the latest from london. series of setbacks for to resume a government it was supposed to see the start of five days of debate on. the deal ahead of a parliamentary vote for next tuesday but that was delayed because politicians from all of the opposition parties here would westminster and the northern noirish do you democratic unionist party as well who have been propping up to resume its government called for a vo

that had worked with him the one that worked with him with regard to the russia probe and the robert muller investigation the special counsel said that michael cohen had provided credible valuable information links between donald trump's presidential campaign and a foreign government but it was in the southern district of new york that prosecutor where in fact there was a very different picture of michael cohen portrayed one that harmed national interests hurt the free and transparent elections in a row did faith in the electoral process. it seems that some of that argument seemed to resonate with judge william pauley when he handed down the sentence three years in jail for michael cohen. so where does just remind us where does michael cohen fit into the bigger picture of president trump of the ongoing investigation into alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixth the election. right well michael cohen has known donald trump for years he once said famously that he would take a bullet for the president it was this blind loyalty though that in the end seemed to cost him essentially what is a

this as washington awaits the findings of robert muller's investigation. >> reporter: president trump could be indicted the day he leaves office according to adam shift that appeared on cbs's face the nation yesterday. >> he maybe the first president in quite sometime to face the real prospect of jail time. >> reporter: the intelligence chairman wauseon telephone lawmakers sounding off on the talk show, it was all in response to the latest in robert muller's russia investigation and friday's sentencing memo of mr. trump's former lawyer, michael cowen. prosecutors in new york southern district said cowen paid off trump's alleged mistresses to influence the presidential election in coordination with and at the direction of individual 1s also known as president trump. republicans are urging patience until the muller investigation is complete. >> i would caution, wait until this plays out. it's important this continue to move forward. >> reporter: the president addressed the developments. >> as far as the report that we see according to everybody i have spoken to, i have not read it. ther

former national security advisor to president trump should not face jail time special counsel robert muller cited flynn's quote substantial cooperation with the russian investigators. when resigned from his post in february after the merge he'd lied to the white house of this rolls about a meeting he had with the russian ambassador in the lead up to the twenty sixteen election. a handwritten letter from the nobel physicist albert einstein as sold for two point four million euros at an auction in new york a one and a half page so-called god letter was written in german in one thousand fifty four to the philosopher eric good kid and it takes issue with the concept of religion and einstein's own jewish faith and it's regarded as a key manuscript in the debate over science and religion. and a medical first doctors in brazil have reported helping a woman to successfully deliver a baby from a transplanted uterus the uterus had been taken from a deceased donor the baby girl was born last december previous cases of uterus transplants from dead donors have failed to produce a live birth. it's to fra

carries a maximum five year sentence flynn is the highest profile culprit so far in special counsel robert muller's investigation into links between trump's election campaign and russia. d. day for michael flynn u.s. president donald trump's former national security advisor is at the center of special counsel robert mueller so-called russia probe this was expected to be the last time he faces the investigating judge but the judge sentencing. was called lying to federal investigators about his russia contacts specifically to sergei the former russian a bessemer to the united states but flame eventually pleaded guilty and then robert mueller paid for it with the special counsel recommending no prison time for the now disgraced lieutenant general flints case concludes as washington is still dealing with last week's revelations by trump's former private lawyer michael cohen wants the president trust the fixer cohen switched sides and cooperated with federal investigators revealing details of so-called body page to former adult entertainer stormy daniels he directed me to make the payments he directed m

shed light on how to have slumps close as former aides have helped or hindered special counsel robert muller spro. a second day of talks is being are being held rather in sweden aimed at ending the war in yemen there was a promising start on thursday when warring sides agreed up to a prisoner exchange deal. orators is reporting that iran has given the oil producing group a green light to cut its oil output by eight hundred thousand barrels per day starting next year groups expected to ask a nonmember producers to cut production by four hundred thousand barrels per day and a source from member countries have been trying to reach an agreement on how to reduce its output of crude oil since thursday russia which is not and opec has opposed to cut off saudi arabia one of their production of about a million barrels a day those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more to come the stream is that next. getting to the heart of the matter how can you be a refugee after you while eight borders between five safe countries facing realities the pain starts from the very beginning of the burni

cool to end the constitutional crisis big of them also gays if he five as the special counsel robert muller well we are on two paths right now and one of those pounds will culminate the combination of the federal prosecutions and of robert muller's investigation as to when miller will bring his full legal case with political implications against trump i think that will probably be in the spring the second path is whether donald trump can get rid of robert mueller before that point a curse the problem for trump now it is not only the weight of evidence that's piling up but his new attorney general pointed yesterday william barr he's the one that has the authority to fire more and i think william barr is regarded in washington as more of a straight shooter on the legal front and will be unlikely to carry out a trot order to stop more if donald trump insisted on getting rid of robert moore to try to shut down the evidence and the charges you would be in a constitutional crisis even greater than in one nine hundred seventy three when richard nixon used an attorney general to fire the special pr

to disclose other past crimes and other coconspirators they describe him as greedy and devious robert muller also weighed in on this sentencing with his prosecutor saying that the information he provided to them is actually at the core of the investigation of a russian interviewer and in the two thousand and sixteen elections and experts are saying that the memo submitted by the moller team strongly implies that the information given by michael cohen does implicate the president in criminal activity last month remember michael cohen a admitted that he had lied to congress about when members of the trump team had met with russian operatives prior to the campaign now the moller team does say however that the sentence handed down should reflect the fact that lying to federal investigators has serious consequences. the head of the cia gina hospital has been addressing members of the u.s. house of representatives on the situation with saudi arabia this as pressure grows for a change in policy of the country's involvement in the war in yemen in the coming hours u.s. senators will vote on a new res

you have to remember in all of this that michael cohen still working with the special counsel robert muller we also have michael flynn the former national security adviser also working with the special prosecutor we know from these court filings he has met with them nineteen times what does this mean this means that we are continuing to await robert mueller report it will be presented to the justice department we know that he is poised to deliver the key findings but now maybe by a little bit more time in order to do so but at the same time what this means is that with these revelations with these disclosures from these two people from donald trump's inner circle this presents not only a political problem for donald trump especially as we have the democrats taking over the house of representatives in january but also potentially a legal problem as well all right for the moment kimberly how could life force there in washington thanks can be a cliff stein is a professor of law at the university of pennsylvania law school she joins us now from philadelphia thanks very much for being with us so

special counsel robert muller is now suggesting the president's national security advisor michael flinuld not serve jail time. flin provided substantial assistance to this investigation. that's despite last december when flin admitted lying to the fbi. details contacts between the trump transition team and russia. >>> new reports claim former cbs ceo destroyed evidence. it includes previously undisclosed allegations by numerous women. lawyers found him to be invasive and untruthful. he was forced to resign last september. >>> time now 6:40. alaska roads damaged in last week's ersdz quakes. we asked caltrans why does it take repairs so long. >>> welcome back. a bald eagle is back in the wild. it was unable to use its legs and suffered from extreme weakness, dehydration and the lack of muscle mass. take a look at that. >>> folks at a wild life center were able to rehabilitate the eagle. >>> new images out of alaska this morning. the shaking caused this off ramp to break apart leaving the car stranded in the middle. it was repaired in just a matter of days. >> well this made us wonder abo

national security adviser to president trump should not face jail time as the special counsel robert muller cited substantial cooperation with the russia investigation. when resigned from his post last february after murphy had lied to white house officials about a meeting he had with the russian ambassador in the lead up to the twenty sixth election. a new seven point zero magnitude quake has just hit off of new caledonia this comes after authorities ordered the evacuation of coastal areas after issuing a tsunami warning now that warning came after a powerful undersea earthquake of magnitude seven point six struck off the east coast of the french territory earlier. in a medical first doctors in brazil have reported helping a woman to successfully deliver a baby from a transplanted uterus uterus had been taken from a deceased donor baby girls born last december all previous cases of uterus transplant from the donors have failed to produce a live birth. it's two fronts now where president manuel mccall has climbed down from his unpopular increase in fuel taxes the move comes after three week

team with robert muller's team in the u-s - russia investigation. what newly revealed court papers are saying about trumps potential site for the tower. . (mabrisa)a look at your coming up... (jrstone) president trump was kept in the loop about the progress of the planned moscow trump tower much deeper into his run for president than previously known.(justine) that's according to trump's former personal lawyer michael cohen in newly revealed court papers. c-n-n's matthew chance visits the sprawling entertainment and business park that was looked at as a potential site for the tower. for trump, it's always been about business: his business; his brand; his properties.. "people ask me what does trump stand for more than anything else. and if i use one word, it is always quality. big windows, great fixtures, beautiful kitchens. everything is going to be the best. that's what it is all about," and it was trump, that property developer, who campaigned to be a republican presidential candidate - juggling his business and political ambitions, which inevitab

. >> el abogado del presidente donald trump dijo bería investigar a robert muller de la interferenciaral y no hay señales de cambio como dice juliana de washington miles de empleados no saben si tendrán sus cheques de pago . >> el gobierno sigue parcialmente cerrado y los empleados sin saber si tendrán pago . >> todos trabajan porque se necesita . >> debe haber gente que le haga ver o hagas las cosas correctamente . >> en un tweet dice cayeron en cuenta los demócratas que quién no recibe su pago es demócrata? dice que se necesita desesperadamente un muro para elo . >> quién paga impuestos, todos nosotros le demos el dinero a él para pagar el muro . >> el presidente es firme . >> en miércoles en irak dijo . >> el gobierno sigue cerrado por el tiempo que es necesario . >> la patrulla fronteriza y más de 400 mil empleados esenciales trabajan pero no tienen pago inmediato 380 mil dejan de trabajar sin recibir salario . >> jueces dicen que varias investigaciónes se han detenido . >> piden detener casos de inmigración pendiente pero uno que con política de asilo negaron petición . >> del de

the case is linked to special counsel robert muller's investigation into possible illegal winds between the trump campaign and russia. all right as we hate and as we wait to hear what the verdict will be we can now talk or to our correspondent in washington you. schrader my o'flynn is the man we know him who led donald trump supporters in chance of lock her up about hillary clinton what else can you tell us about michael flynn who is the where does this case matter what's interesting to note is michael flynn actually used to be a democrat speaking of him leaving the chance of laugher up he was one of the first trump surrogates of her and one of the first time surrogates to do that he was also a three star general who served trump adviser to be fired or have to leave the administration now at the time the president said that he was being fired for supposedly lying to the vice president but what has come out in the almost two years now since then is a series of encounters that clinton had them with the russian ambassador during the campaign and why this matters is this was this is part of

carries a five year prison sentence flynt is the highest profile culprit so far in special counsel robert muller's investigation into links between trump's election campaign and russia are joining us now from washington is our correspondent swager my it's good to see you have this was supposed to be a cut and dry sentence and instead it's been postponed what changed the mood within the court room i understand there was a lot of drama. andy and not just in the courtroom but even just between yesterday and today when the the buzz around town shall we say was that when might get zero jail time given that prosecutors are saying he had been extremely cooperative with the mauler investigation and maybe even perhaps wanted to keep him around for more help and they were recommending zero jail time people were expecting that that was going to be the case and now we see this change in the courtroom with the judge some harsh words for flynn stopping short of accusing him outright of treason but really a judge who seem not sympathetic to the cause that flynn and his lawyers are trying to put forward which is

in a federal penitentiary the judge in the case said cohen's cooperation with special counsel robert muller who deemed his information credible and relevant had to be balanced against the serious nature of his many crimes and he gave cohen who won't go to prison until march a sentence that was less than federal sentencing guidelines are likely going to take a good one michael cohen's conviction ultimately will mean for the president remains to be seen but the man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now beginning in march will serve three years behind bars for covering for him kristen salumi al jazeera new york still ahead on al-jazeera. president moves to undo controversial education performs but at what cost and looking for a way out of lebanon on palestinian refugees seek new routes to escape desperate conditions. through tranquil review. i do not mean. in its image going to like. hello there we're still seeing severely disturbed weather over parts of the middle east at the moment the latest satellite picture shows that the majority of the clouds currently over parts of turk

en el caso de paÚl el fiscal especial robert muller presentÓ un documento sellado. >> yo creo que elÓn, en el evento de que el presidente quiera despedirlo. >> pero eso no fue todo. el ex director del fbi, llegÓ al capitolio sonriente antes de someterse a un interrogatorio maratÓnico, a puertas cerradas. criticÓ los ataques del presidente al departamento de justicia y resaltÓ que se le cuestionÓ sobre los correos electrÓnicos de hillary clinton. los republicanos citaron al ex director del fbi despedido por trump, a declarar sobre la injerencia rusa y los correos electrÓnicos de hillary clinton. republicanos y demÓcratas describieron el ambiente como tenso. vamos a pedir que regrese, dijo este congresista republicano enojado. asegura que no contestÓ varias preguntas porque abogados del departamento de justicia consideraban que eran clasificadas. Éste demÓcrata dijo que el interrogatorio fue una pÉrdida de tiempo. y advirtiÓ que cuando los demÓcratas tomen las riendas de la cÁmara de representantes, le pondrÁn fin a esta investigaciÓn del fbi. el presidente escribiÓ se ha reportado que

. >> hoy se refiriÓ a la investigaciÓn de la trama rusa encabezado por robert muller el exabogado michaelrios delitos financieros a pesar que coopera con la investigaciÓn. >> el presione gÓ que el individuo uno al que la fiscalÍa se refiere que realizÓ los pagos a stormy daniels fuera e la trama rusa estÓn no ha sido justa con Él hasta ahora la pesquisa mostrÓ que hubo contacto con la campaÑa trump desde el 2015. >> mientras la casa blanca tiembla con cambios en el personal, la investigaciÓn personal acecha a la oficina oval. >> en otras cosas, 25 millones de personas de residentes 3 estados estÁn en alerta por el sistema invernal que barre el paÍs, la tormenta diego dejÓ su prueba huella con acumulaciones de nieve de 10 pulgadas arkansas tennessee, kentucky y georgia reciben lluvia y lluvia helada las temperaturas superan los 32 grados f°. >> ¿quÉ se puede esperar? >>> nos vamos con alfredo f. de nuestra telemundo miami nos explica mejor, alfredo. >> hola ¿quÉ tal? con mÁs propio. vemos el desplazamiento de un nuevo sistema invernal lluvias y tormentas inclusive sin descartar la posibili

single day a federal judge the judge in the case said cohen's cooperation with special counsel robert muller who deemed his information credible and relevant had to be balanced against the serious nature of his many crimes and he gave cohen who won't go to prison until march a sentence that was less than federal sentencing guidelines likely going to. you know what michael cohen's conviction ultimately will mean for the president remains to be seen but the man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now beginning in march will serve three years behind bars for covering for him kristen salumi al jazeera new york well bruce fein is a former us associate deputy attorney general he joins us now from washington d.c. thanks for being with us bruce and michael cohen was president truman's right hand man for a time and now he's blaming his blind loyalty to him and his dirty deeds for ending up in prison what's changed in their relationship. well everything is changed i think mr cowen when he found that hand was caught in the cookie jar decided that on reflection he confessed that he had. ab

day a federal court judge the judge in the case said cohen's cooperation with special counsel robert muller who deemed his information credible and relevant had to be balanced against the serious nature of his many crimes and he gave cohen who won't go to prison until march a sentence that was last in federal sentencing guidelines likely going to take a look at what michael cohen's conviction ultimately will mean for the president remains to be seen but the man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now beginning in march will serve three years behind bars for covering for him kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. french prosecutors have identified the man they suspect shot dead at least two people at a christmas market in the french city of strasburg and he says searching for twenty nine year old named us sheriff check out it has a long history of gun crime he was injured while fleeing the scene on tuesday night smith has this report. preparing for christmas and a heavily armed guard strasbourg on wednesday morning noticeably quieter as police continue to hunt a gunman who opened

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that's what special counsel robert muller is saying. >> he says the former national security advisor has offered substantial assistance in several ongoing investigations. >> he participated in 19 interviews and assisted with the special counsel's investigation concerning links and coordination between the russian government and individual associated with the campaign of donald trump. >> last year flynn became the first high ranking trump advisor and agreed to formally cooperate. with likely influencing others to also be forthcoming with investigators. the details of what flin has shared largely redacted because the matters are still under investigation. muller's memo suggest flin's sentence be zero to six months in prison. mark liverman cbs news new york. >> later this week muller's team is expected to file memos about new details. >>> time check 4:41. a cheerful sign of the season vanishes in the middle of the night. >> looking for the grinch who stole santa. >> and looking live at the golden gate bridge this morning it is 51 degrees in san francisco. it's 4:41. we'll be right back.

before what's most interesting is that william barr has expressed confidence in special counsel robert muller who is carrying out the investigation into alleged collusion between the trumpet ministration and russia it appears that william barr has called for a what he says is a more balanced investigation team regarding that effort so both of these appointments will have to be confirmed by the u.s. senate and as we saw with kavanagh in the supreme court confirmation hearings in the era of trump the confirmation hearings aren't always as smooth as some would expect. president putin has been hosting the greek prime minister today in moscow the told so with an axis of prospal it was a tense summit between the two countries when greece expelled two russian diplomats over allegations of and demining national security at medina caution of the details despite the diplomatic fallout between the two countries and the semi when greece expelled to several russian diplomats this friday. and the kremlin prove that their relations between the two countries are in good shape. they both leaders touched upon

quedoque seÑala al presidente con mÁs claridad, por primera vez la investigaciÓn encabezada por robert mÜllera ilegal para ganar las elecciones de 2016, ante esto hoy las voces que hablan de un juicio polÍtico, subieron de tono. >> la palabra juicio polÍtico ronda otra vez en los pasillos de washington. >> hoy el congresista por nueva york, gerald dijo a cnn que las faltas que donald trump pudo haber cometido en campaÑa podrÍan ser motivo para removerlo del cargo. >> este sÁbado Él lo negaba pero el viernes el reporte de la investigaciÓn de la trama rusa decÍa que el presidente habria ordenado a su exabogado michael cohen pagar dinero para silenciar a la actriz porno, serÍa la primera vez que se le vino con e con un crimen federal, ademÁs indica que el contacto entre la campaÑa trump y el kremlin comenzÓ en 2012. (hablan en inglÉs).. >> estedelexdirector del fbi james comey donde revela que la investigaciÓn de la trama rusa comenzÓ con 4 ciudadanos americanos cercanos todos al presidente, el presidente trump restÓ importancia a las declaraciones diciendo que comey solo mintiÓ y que la investi

sixteen election the delay is so that flynn can complete his corporation and special counsel robert muller's rush of turkey russia and iran a failed to agree on the makeup of a committee that would draft syria's new constitution and pave the way for elections their foreign ministers are meeting in geneva they say they'll try to ensure the committee convenes early next year it's the departing u.n. special envoy for syria says there is still much further to go before a credible and inclusive committee is established. these conflicts never ended with a wonderful peace or death treaty and a conference and everybody embracing future of the it is actually a process that may go on and on until all death and hopefully in the best way for devalued people the two constants in this conflict over different laws for years one there's never been a constant moment of anything there being constant shifts of what they've been the military event and the facts on the ground and the political bullshit just look where we were four years ago and where we are today second constant. there have always been the syria

single day a federal judge the judge in the case said cohen's cooperation with special counsel robert muller who deemed his information credible and relevant had to be balanced against the serious nature of his many crimes and he gave cohen who won't go to prison until march a sentence that was less than federal sentencing guidelines likely going to take a good one michael cohen's conviction ultimately will mean for the president remains to be seen but the man who once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump now beginning in march will serve three years behind bars for covering for him kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. canada's foreign minister says the extradition process of what ways chief financial officer should not be politicized chrystia freeland made the comments today after a long slow was arrested or rather released on bail she was arrested in vancouver on december first and she now faces extradition to the us where she's accused of violating sanctions on iran. it is thought to be incumbent on parties seeking an extradition from canada recognizing that canada is a rule of law cou

the last couple of hours five tweets almost a stream of consciousness of anger lashing out at robert muller accusing him of being best friends with the former f.b.i. director that he has conflicts of interest donald trump going on to say pointing the finger at angry democrats crooked hillary clinton things we've all heard before but the fact that there were five tweets in just a matter of a couple of hours shows this president is feeling not only the pressure but potentially worried about what could come to light on friday being today in the next twelve hours that's almost like rage tweeting if you will really help it live for us in washington and really. president trump is expected to pick heather nauert to be his new ambassador to the united nations now is the spokeswoman for the u.s. state department or nomination we need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate if she is approved she will replace nikki haley who leaves at the end of this month. germany's ruling christian democrat party has set select a new leader to replace chance along the merkel she has given her last speech

how will this latest development impact the president and where does the robert muller investigation go next let's start there with our political panel they are john went back republican strategist. party of virginia he's in lansdown virginia and in boston jake maggie who worked in the obama administration is the former chief speechwriter to attorney general eric holder or john we'll start with you what do you make of what happened in the sentencing of mystic own. well you know i think the media would have us believe that michael cohen is this major witness against trump in the mall investigation but i think the sentencing today tells us that he's not as useful as they thought he got a pretty much typical sentence they did a pretty sense investigation like they normally do in federal sentencing the probation office i think they recommended that he do forty two months of the judge gave him thirty six and i would expect if he was such a great witness for the mole investigation he would have gotten a much better deal he didn't so i think they're going to move on and look for a better wi

crimes allegedly committed during the two thousand and sixteen white house campaign separately robert muller stane which is investigating alleged russian interference in that campaign saying that moscow contacted donald trump's then personal lawyer michael cohen as far back as two thousand and fifteen miller's team also says trump's former campaign manager paul mann afford violated the plea deal by lying to them on five different matters including his contacts with the russian associate but the white house doesn't appear to be worried saying none of this reveals anything new or is damaging to donald trump shepparton see breaks it down for us from washington d.c. . shortly after the release of some of the prosecution documents the u.s. president expressed his lack of concern totally clears the president he wrote thank you it's not clear exactly what he was referring to but some believe the contents of the latest memos should provide some cause for concern for donald trump michael cohen was trump's long time lawyer and fix up he's pled guilty to tax evasion and campaign finance violations and

to pinpoint that activity and to label it and cross as a course that's the centerpiece of the robert muller investigation in particular whether there were people associated with russia or russian interests that were you know involved in trying to help him win the election or in you know offering up business favors or to his business interests in exchange for possible presidential favors and so that that's something that michael cohen has also provided information about he lied to congress about. president trump's attempt to deal that business dealings in russia and the what was taking place during the presidential campaign lied to congress about that in part to help cover that up so that's what five moeller that special counsel is primarily looking at and these cases are always challenging to prove because you're you're focused a lot of what was going on in people's minds and sort of backdoor secret deals and things that aren't always that easy to find so that it can take some time and a lot of work to put together but when you know people like mr cohen who plead guilty and cooperate that's

special counsel robert muller is recommending no jail time for president donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn melissa's friend cooperated substantially with the investigation into alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen election fenty did guilty in december twenty seventeen to lying to the f.b.i. about his contracts with russia a magnitude seven point six earthquake has struck off the coast of new caledonia and the south pacific a tsunami alert has been issued for the region the pacific tsunami warning center says hazardous waves a possible within a thousand kilometers of the epicenter some islands and new caledonia have been issued with evacuation orders. british prime minister to resign may's government is being forced to publish the full legal advice on the brics a deal she's agreed with the e.u. m.p.'s found it broke parliamentary rules by only releasing a summary politicians have begun five days of debates on the agreement. france's president has caved in to protesters and delayed a fuel tax rise the proposal led to weeks of violent protests eman

problems are compounding cohen's cooperation also suggest the russian probe under special counsel robert muller is accelerating can really help get al-jazeera the white house well u.s. president donald trump has named an acting chief of staff in a tweet he announced budget director mick mulvaney will step into the role next year he takes over from john kelly who is resigning after almost a year in the job after weeks of political turmoil sri lanka's disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa has announced he's going to step down the government hasn't been functioning for nearly two weeks after a court suspended rajapaksa and his cabinet following the loss of two no confidence votes in the hayward reports. less than two months ago he was being sworn in as sri lanka's new prime minister but after weeks of political turmoil mahinda rajapaksa has to resign to ensure his son said on twitter the stability of the nation rajapaksa was previously sri lanka's president for decades bringing to an end the country's long civil war with the brutal final assault on the tamil tiger rebels his appointment as pri

sentencing until next march now that could give flynn more time to cooperate with special counsel robert muller as he investigates possible collusion between trump's campaign and russia flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia's u.s. ambassador in the days just before donald trump became u.s. president clinton originally said that he had not met the ambassador when in fact he had today a federal judge lambasted flynn saying he quote arguably sold out his country are joining us now from washington is our very own on my ass wait on the story for us tonight good evening to you my at ok the irony here it cannot be overlooked michael flynn during the republican national convention in two thousand and sixteen led the crowd chanting about hillary clinton lock her up today when flint entered the courthouse people were shouting about michael flynn lock him up. oh and it should also be noted that michael flynn used to be a democrat pretty much up until the twenty sixteen campaign if i recall correctly. a couple of also circle moments happening today in washington d.c. bu

sixty three months we understand under federal guidelines that's what this is about meanwhile robert muller who has was also investigating in addition what we heard off recently last week in fact that cohen had lied about the when negotiations with russian interests had stopped in relation to a potential property deal to get trump's name on top of a large building in moscow that's what mulder is referring to so he's saying look i'm happy with what the new york prosecutors have decided to release that recommendation to the judge about the sentencing for michael cohen up to sixty three sixty three months and there's no need to sentence him anymore for what we're investigating which is that is not telling the entire truth about the property deal so that's that's just breaking it down i hope that's clear so it would seem that mccoy did not give the prosecutors what they wanted in order to have a better in order to have make a deal on lessening his sentence so that's point the. and michael curran is due to be sentenced on december the twelve now the judge has to consider these recommendations fr

be called to in a constitutional crisis bigger the more cicadas he five as the special counsel robert muller well we are on two paths right now and one of those pounds will culminate the combination of the federal prosecutions and the robert morris investigation as to when miller will bring his fall.