with his friend and lawyer in another matter, schwartz doing the talking for him. but schwartz may be making matters worse for cohen and for trump, arguing points that support avenatti, who says the hush agreement is invalid because trump did not sign on the line reserved for him under a pseudonym. >> the president was not aware of the agreement, michael cohen never told him about the agreement. you asked a bunch of questions so let me cover that. you asked about the 12 days before -- >> what about the money? >> he was not affair of any of it. >> reporter: schwartz suggested cohen did these sorts of deals without trump's knowledge frequently. >> because he's that close to him, he had great latitude to handle these matters. michael was the fixer. it could be anything. there were a ton of matters that took place that michael fixed, and donald trump wasn't involved in every single matter. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor who watched and tweeted about the interview with cnn's erin burnett said schwartz's admission supports the idea that the deal was void. >> you

schwartz had anything to do with that deal? >> i don't know, it's pure speculation. i don't know a lot of the details between keith davidsonc. do we have the order? >> we do have the order. it's a several-page document if there's something specific you want to read. let's wrap up with keith davidson. he got $150,000 for karen mcdougal. in exchange for that, she was supposed to do things for the national enquirer and not talk about her relationship with donald trump many years earlier, in 2006-2007 as a private citizen. i'm just wondering if this was normal for keith davidson to work out arrangements with clients who say they've had a relationship with donald trump. >> i don't know. >> he cites attorney-client privilege and says your client stormy daniels won't let him out of that and therefore he can't speak publicly. >> wait a minute, wolf. my relationship with stormy daniels has nothing to do with the question you just posed, which is, does he do this on a regular basis with other people? my client is not permitted to answer questions to that or providing answer to

call if you want. >> we're here with meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. our first alert weather team is tracking this major coastal storm as we have been telling you. it's not just a storm that's going to hit the coast. it's different anywhere you live. >> everybody is going to be affected by this. some areas will have different kinds of problems like there's going to be a lot of heavy, wet snow in the poconos. that's going to weigh down the trees and cause power outages there. and other parts of the area are going to just have plain wind to knock down trees and power outages. this is a live look at downtown ocean city. one of the areas that's going to get strong winds. . but at the beaches, you may get a little less wind than you get on the bayside. you have to watch out for the bayside with this storm. a little bit different than your typical coastal storm. the entire area under the first alert friday at 5:00 a.m. to saturday at 10:00 a.m. we have 50 to 70 mile an hour wind gust. the coastal flooding is saturday morning is the worst tide. and it also ma

harvey schwartz is the eventual successor to chief executive lloyd blankfein.e look at what it means for the firm's future. markets fluctuate after early gains investors turning cautious over president trump's tariffs and the potential for a trade war. theresa may is expected to make a statement about the nerve gas attack on her former russian spy his daughter. will she point the finger of blame at moscow? we are 30 minutes away from the end of the monday session. is the function. still up for the sixth consecutive day. byt runs october, led greece, germany, belgium and spain. currencies rise against the dollar. big week for inflation both metrics out of the u.s. and europe. a key week for china data. and cbs, your final two columns. president trump's tariffs on aluminum and steel shaking investor confidence in palladium. their netgers cutting long position in palladium futures and options by 15%. the smallest since january last year. bulls backing away amid concern that a demand for the metal will slow should the eu and countries like china retaliate against l

schwartz come on your show.ecause every time he speaks on television, my case gets that much better. so i was hoping he would come on the show. because what happened last night was disastrous for mr. cohn and mr. trump. those admissions are very damaging. bau because if what he says is true t and i have serious questions if it's true. >> as to whether the president knew or did not. >> correct. >> if he did not know. >> then the nda is invalid and our case is a home run. so i don't know what these guys are thinking. it's like they are not communicating or paying tension. butt will he me say this i hope david schwartz is not with the nuclear launch codes because if he is we are in trouble. >> i know your assertion if the president didn't know about it. but a lawyer gave me ha example of a life insurance contract, i could sign one between me and the life insurance company. and i could say you are my bish. something happens to me you would et go the money even though you knew nothing about the contract that had been

david solomon will take over harvey schwartz will retire.ut who the next ceo will be >> i won't say a lot of clues. i think it's decided he is now the heir apparent. the question is on timing. let's go back over a little of the time line of the last couple of weeks of how we got to this point. there was a board meeting february 21. at that meeting, it was decided that the long-term successor would be david solomon and harvey would retire. the three people concerned -- two mostly concerned were told quickly after that it was decided internally this would distribute the news at this morning's management committee. that was done at 8:15 this morning internally the decision to release it this monday was made on february 21 the time line when to release the information wasn't altered by friday's wall street journal discussion when it was announced this morning, the management committee i'm told -- there was a lot of surprise by that level of people just below the president -- the various business heads one of them said, wow, just wow. another sai

schwartz is now the cfo.ut he's got kind of a long history there and a lot of different areas as well. >> so different parlts ts of th bank >> they are. and this is an open competition that has been going on for some time it's been covered by any number of people. both of them trying to potentially raise their profile. schwartz not as much as solomon has been and as for blankfein, of course, he's one of the traders. he's been there 36 years as was cohn when that was an acquisition many years ago been amount goldman sachs for 36 years if you include that tenure of course. >> do you think it says anything about the comfort of the trump -- with the trump era in the banking industry that we would even be talking about a major succession it's hard to imagine but perhaps a year ago when everybody was trying to get their bearings and how this administration was going to affect the markets and what not, that that this would have been as comfortable a move to make if this report bears out? >> my sense is that the repo

schwartz may be making matters worse arguing points that support daniel's lawyer saying the agreementis invalid. >> the president was not aware of the agreement. michael cohen never told him about the agreement. i can tell you that. you asked a bunch of questions. let me cover that. you asked about 12 days before -- >> what about the money? >> he was not aware about any of it. >> reporter: suggesting cohen did these deals without trump's knowledge frequently. >> because he's that close to him, he had great latitude to handle these matters. michael was the fixer. we all know. >> yes. >> could be anything. it's not that this -- there were a ton the matters that took place that michael fixed, and donald trump was not involved in every single matter. >> reporter: former federal prosecute who watched and tweeted about the interview with cnn says schwartz's admission supports the idea that the deal is void. >> you cannot bind another person to a contract without informed concept and unethical to be in a client on their client's behalf without concept. >> reporter: schwartz's statements, he

tony schwartz is back on "the beat." why so much fear? >> why not?aused by uncertainty, change and insecurity. all of those are rampant in the world right now. and what was interesting after we spoke last week is that we ended up subsequently off the camera talking about what is a different perspective, what's a wider perspective that we could bring to this and to the national conversation that goes beyond fear? because fear is what's narrowing us and putting us in this contracted state and it's not a good state in which to operate. i think what's interesting is to imagine what is perspective that wouldn't be an emotional state, so polarized and so black and white and so focused on where our differences are as opposed to where our commonalities are. >> and you were also talking about a bit about freeze. we talk about flight or flight, and there's the concept of freeze. a situation where you concluded you can neither defeat this dangerous opponent confronting you but you also cannot safely bolt it. you cannot do the night. i'm sure some people watchin

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e meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with a look at specific areas and what to expect. >> there's going to be quite a variation of types of weather from snow to the coastal flooding. but everyone is going to be seeing dangerous winds. not so much tonight. this is the rain b and the wind gusts plotting on top of it. we're going to the jersey shore first. and it's by tomorrow morning that winds picking up a little bit. look at the wind direction. that's an offshore wind. it's not as bad as if it was on shore. the flooding would be much worse. in the afternoon, gusts. up to 60 in atlantic city. 62 at toms river. this area of pink is a wintery mix. we could be seeing rain changing over during the afternoon rush hour. look at that gust up to 62 in cape may. and the wind direction again, the bayside is perhaps the most vulnerable here in cape may county. and in the other barrier islands because of the wind direction of this particular storm. unusual for these coastal storms because. developing right on top of us. here's friday evening. it could be changing over to snow in par

but last night on cnn, stormy's lawyer michael avenatti and trump's lawyer's lawyer, david schwartz went after each other like two lawyers fighting over a tv camera. >> let's talk about michael cohen, what kind of man this is? this is a legal genius. completely false. the guy doesn't even know the law. he's a thug. >> right, right. >> your friend is a thug. >> well, thank you. >> he's a thug. >> that's a million dollars. >> no, that's 3 million. >> a million dollars. >> thug. thug. >> a million dollars. >> thug. thug. >> you know what? you're a thug. >> thug, thug, thug. he's a thug. >> by the way-- >> he's a thug. >> stephen: gentleman, please, you're both thugs.

schwartz, he was a less averse to that.ike mayo and he had a bit more to say in terms of why mr. solomon was a pick. take a listen. >> his strength is on the investment banking side. the revenues of goldman sachs were down 20%, but the revenues for his area in banking were up 10%. so he is heading the area with good growth. one of the best corporate rolodex is around. ramy: it basically seems like it comes down to kindred spirits. what do investors want? they want profit. that is why mr. solomon in part was likely chosen. >> thank you so much. a big story for us here today. you can get a roundup of that story and many more you need to know. bloomberg subscribers can go to dayb . available on mobile in the bloomberg anywhere app and you can customize your settings so you only get news on the industries and assets that you care about. more ahead. a look at a deepening political scandal rallied markets and threatening to derail shinzo abe's economic strategy, later this hour. yvonne: our next guest will have a negative eff

tony schwartz is back on the beat.ing here. >> thank you for having me. >> why so much fear? >> well, why not? we're living in a world fear is caused by change and uncertainty and all those are rampant in the world right now. after we spoke last week we ended up, subsequently, off the camera talking about what's a wider perspective that we could bring with this? fear is what's narrowing us and putting us in this contracted state and it's not a good state from which to operate. what is a perspective that wouldn't be so polarized and black and white and so focused on where our differences are as opposed to where our commonalities are. >> situation where you concluded you can neither defeat this dangerous opponent confronting you but also cannot safely bolt it. you can't do the flight. >> i think freeze is the most extreme version of flight. the fight/flight freeze, freeze is the end game. it's when you just feel you've given up and turned over. >> it's a type of flight but the surrender flight? >> it's the surrender. lis

anything beyond that, i would refer you to the president's outside counsel, david schwartz. >> one more question. there was a line for d.d. that donald trump was supposed to sign, why did he not sign on that line, on the nda? >> once again, i would refer you to the president's outside counsel on that matter. i can't speak to -- >> one very quickly and follow

david schwartz, i appreciate you being on. jeff toobin as well.om -- >> thank you. >> -- michael avanati, stormy daniel's attorney in the next hour. >>> more breaking news ahead, robert mueller subpoenaed the trump organization. the question is, has the special counsel crossed the president's red line? more ahead. i am totally blind. and non-24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424.

schwartz went after each other like two lawyers fighting over a tv camera. >> let's talk about michael cohen, what kind of man this is? this is a legal genius. completely false. the guy doesn't even know the law. he's a thug. >> right, right. >> your friend is a thug. >> well, thank you. >> he's a thug. >> that's a million dollars. >> no, that's 3 million. >> a million dollars. >> thug. thug. >> a million dollars. >> thug. thug. >> you know what? you're a thug. >> thug, thug, thug. he's a thug. >> by the way-- >> he's a thug. >> stephen: gentleman, please, you're both thugs. ( laughter ) i guess they're just following the legal precedent as established in the landmark case "shut up v. no, you shut up." ( laughter ) i can't believe how happy anderson cooper looked there. ( laughter ) in contrast, could jeffrey toobin look any more awkward sitting between these guys? well, we here at "the late show" have acquired exclusive audio of jeffrey's internal monologue.

there are two candidates the copresence and khouw ceo's harvey schwartz and david solomon.estment bank for his entire harre she schwartz, 53, dame through a trade asking sales background to become sfo and has a broader background gary cohn is not a contender it will be interesting to see if the leader of schwartz and solomon stays on and who gets promoted to president. perez and chavez both have a good chance for promotion in that circumstance as do a handful of others there. it's important to stress blank fine goes when he decides. yes, the betting has come in a bit recently, but my sources say nothing has changed in the last couple of months so where we stand today is where we were standing late last year. >> the market reaction was interesting. >> very. >> initially it dove momentarily, almost as if it was an algorithmic trade and bounced back almost no reaction in the stock. >> obviously the stock ended up nisly today it is down relative to the other banks this is a great day for the banks it's definitely bad news if he goes it was worse news the second it hit because p

sonny schwartz. alice rogers. part of the south beach rincon. bruce, also a member of the organization. and katy who is not here, chairs the organization as well. i talked a lot about the affordable housing, but this is a mixed use development project that is going to provide retail and small businesses, amenity, open space. the type of neighborhood that is inkredably excite -- incredibly exciting, providing amenities we need for the mission bay neighborhood. finally, i want to thank the city for all of your work. and the hard work begins now. we have to make sure we get the infrastructure in the ground so the thousands of units of the housing can get built. thank you, everyone, for making this a home run for san francisco. >> thank you to everyone. i understand now we have the honor of signing the legislation. mr. mayor and larry bear, president breed. ready to roll. all right. congratulations, everyone. [cheers and applause] >> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more ec

schwartz or mr. cohen or the president. they need to bring it and we're going to bring it.a court and, perhaps, a jury, ultimately decide who's telling the truth and who's not telling the truth. anderson, this situation has gotten so unseemly that now the attorney needs an attorney. so at first it was president trump, then he was relying on mr. cohen. now mr. cohen is relying on his friend, an attorney. and, frankly, anderson, where is michael cohen? i mean, where is this guy? this guy prides himself on being a fixer. he ends tweets with #raydonovan. he actually refers to himself as ray donovan. where is he? why won't he come on your show or any other show and sit here like i do and answer simple questions? where is this guy? >> i should also just point out for full disclosure for viewers who don't know, i have sat down with stormy daniels for an upcoming "60 minutes" interview. cohen's arguments according to schwartz is the nondisclosure agreement is valid and binding because of the use of the word "and/or" that donald trump, aka, david dennison, didn't have to sign it, as

in my part schwartz, david solomon, it might be both of them, -- it might be harvey schwartz, david solomonf them, or it could be an outsider. when an iconic ceo announces his the archer or it is otherwise announced, -- announces his departure or it is otherwise announced, the stock is not take and that means the shareholders have confidence. another way to look at it -- this is an analysis that might sound a generous might be honest at the same time -- 80 lloyd -- may lloyd hung around the little too long. julia: one of the frustrations with morgan stanley was that he did not get to the physical commodities business soon enough, and that is a criticism -- blankfein,ap that he has not shape that fixed income business soon enough. that probably falls under the banner of what will lloyd b rimmer four. -- what will lloyd be remembered for. keeping on the same track, not changing as much as other wall street firms changed is certainly something that you could say about goldman sachs. goldman, lloyd in particular and goldman is a firm have been very, very clear that they did not feel the need to

. >> so, what david schwartz just said, that cohen was acting without trump's knowledge help daniels get out of this nda agreement? this is what stormy daniels' attorney michael avenatti just said about that on cnn. >> this is legal bafoonery. they're making it up as they go along. i've practiced law at a high level against really good attorneys across this country for 20 years, this is amazing to me. david schwartz, if that's to be believed, there are significant ethical concerns now related to michael cohen's conduct in supposedly settling cases without authority. that raises a whole host of additional issues. >> gloria borgeer eborger is w. so, paul, let's just begin with you on the news, on the first front. this federal judge in california denying stormy daniels' motion for this trial and this discovery. they wanted trump to be deposed. you're saying avenatti overplayed his hand. why? >> i think he has overplayed his hand. he's seeking an expedited trial, & discovery. that means we want to jump to the front of the calendar. >> now, now, now? >> now nourks, now. this judge says i'

schwartz:"i'm not surprised in the least bit.that the motion was filed that it was frivolous. it was untimely and the judge made the proper decision." schwartz called the hush agreement "rock solid" and continued to argue that it is valid even though trump didn't sign it.david schwartz:"the president is a third party beneficiary to this agreement. it's been said all along." meanwhile - a legal shakeup in the case of former "apprentice" contestant summer zervos -- who is accusing trump of defamation for denying her claims he sexually assaulted her in 2007.zervos losing her high-profile attorney gloria allred. attorney profile her high- zervos losing in 2007. assaulted her sexually claims he denying her defamation for trump of accusing -- who is accusing trump of defamation for denying her claims he sexually assaulted her in 2007. zervos losing her high-profile attorney gloria allred.allred, who frequently represents women in similar cases, saying in a statement:graphic:"our withdrawal has nothing to do with the merits of her case

he'll now be the sole president and coo as harvey schwartz is retiring the timing is not announced thiseans that david solomon is anoinlted as the heir to lloyd blankfein. the other co-president and co-coo harvey schwartz will retire this was decidedat a board meeting on the 21st of february following a recommendation by blankfein. solomon and schwartz were told soon after gary cohn was never considered the rest of the management committee where there was significant level of surprise that things were moving so fast. the final date, of course, of the transition at coo level yet to be decided. solomon's power internally has jumped already today solomon's background is in the investment bank. its no the just pure m & a and advisory he also built the debt capital markets business and that meant greater interactions with securities businesses than perhaps otherwise would have been the case. he is liked very much internally and by all ages not just because of his deejay background and excellent with clients now given that he doesn't have that pure trading background, talk already now interna

david schwartz, i appreciate you being on. jeff toobin as well. you. >> -- michael avenatti, stormy daniels' attorney in the next hour. >>> more breaking news ahead, robert mueller subpoenaed the trump organization. the question is, has the special counsel crossed the president's red line? more ahead. feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin with 24-hours of continuous allergy relief, when allergies occur, day, after day, after day. because life should have more wishes, and less worries. feel the clarity and live claritin clear. for one week only, save up to $40 on select claritin products. check this sunday's newspaper for details. i just need some rest. i'm just worried about the house. and taking care of the boys. [ door slams ] he's still asleep. zach? zach?! [ dog barking ] ♪ [ sighs in relief ] zach! talk to me. it's for the house. i got a job. it's okay. dad took care of us. principal. we can help you plan for that.

joining us, his attorney in another legal matter and friend david schwartz, and michael avenatti who represents stormy daniels and released this picture of his client taking a polygraph test in 2011. according to the report he released from that polygraph test, stormy daniels was and i'm quoting "truthful about having unprotected vaginal intercourse with donald trump in july of 2006," i guess a quote from the polygrapher. want to remind that polygraphs are generally not admissible in court. why release this information about the polygraph because as i said, it's not admissible in court. does it help your legal case? >> i don't know that it helps our legal case, but we want the public to have as many facts as possible at their disposal. our position has been consistent for weeks now. we want the public to know the facts, to know my client's story. to the extent that mr. cohen or the president have an alternative narrative they wish to provide, they should provide it. i will note that while lie detector tests are not admissible in most courts of law, i believe the attorney general has

moments after schwartz's interview, as we said, those lawyers said, i can't believe what i'm hearing.s it surprise you? >> well, yes. ethically, a lawyer can't bind a client without talking to the client. why was he out on his own, getting the signatures from the other side, and then paying out money? it doesn't make any sense. he can be up in front of the new york bar for this, at a minimum. it doesn't make any sense. also, it puts this in a position where there can be true discovery, which the white house isn't going to want. i.e., a deposition of michael cohen, as requested, and a deposition of donald trump. >> yeah. in fact, schwartz was on with megyn kelly just a few hours ago, and here's what he had to say about the depositions. >> let's start with avenatti, the other lawyer for stormy. he's seeking to take the deposition of michael cohen and president trump. is that going to happen? >> absolutely not going to happen. not in this case anyway. the case itself is completely frivolous. >> that's what we keep hearing from the white house. how worried are they about where this is goi

the copresidents today, david solomon and harvey schwartz, are terrific.ne or both, i assume one, will step into his shoes whenever it is. i am sure the firm will go on. shery: is that the reason the stock has barely reacted, up more than 1%? >> i have been hearing more and more on wall street that people were questioning when is lloyd blankfein going to go and i do not think this was very shocking people -- shocking. people assume there would be leadership change. even with jamie dimon, this comes up once in a while. jpmorgan is still firing on all cylinders. they have not had any of the slowdown in trading or anything else that goldman has gone through. and we say jamie dimon has been around for so long, will he be there for many more years? every few years they say he will be there for five years and we do not know when the five years ends. this is not surprising with goldman. people were expecting change and it may be good if we get good, new, fresh leadership with a fresh look at what is going on and say, here is how we will go forward and this is how

previous copresident, harvey schwartz, will be leaving.e joined to discuss it all by allison williams, bloomberg intelligence senior analyst. where does this leave us in succession talks on wall street? where does goldman stand now that it has what we can all presume will be the successor to lloyd blankfein. ? allison: an interesting contrast because jamie dimon has given a timeline, five years or so, but not necessarily a successor. with goldman we have the opposite. a successor, but not necessarily a timeline. vonnie: where does it leave investors? does this change the arithmetic on goldman? alison: i don't think so. for goldman sachs one of the strong points the firm has always had has been a strong and consistent culture. they've talked about risk management being one of their key comparative strengths. something that has been built into the culture of their firm. because they have had such consistent leadership, this is not a firm that was a combination of two larger firms. .hey made small deals it's been one strong consistent culture

these twomes down to presidents, what does someone have that harvey schwartz does not?eeded two lines. in terms of business expansion, david solomon in the investment banking division. on the other side, risk aversion. being the former cfo, harvey schwartz how to think about what was happening in terms of making sure the company was protected. of course, you need to have both of those to have a functioning and profitable company. the best thing about mr. solomon , we heard something like this from the wells fargo analyst here. >> for the decade that david solomon ran investment banking, revenues for goldman sachs were down 20% but revenues for his area were up 10%. he has headed the area with good growth and he is one of the best corporate role of taxes -- rolodexs around. ramy: hop onto the bloomberg terminal, this is what has been happening over the past 12 years. anking function in the bloomberg terminal. in recent months, it has been more positive than negative, this is 2008-2011, trying to get out of the recession. lots of folks are saying, hey, you know what? he d

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gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> we saw them in west virginia. teachers rising up, demanding better pay and winning. now it's happening in arizona where teachers are threatening to walk out if they don't get the pay raise they're demanding. national correspondent miguel almaguer is there for us. >> overworked. >> underpaid. >> overworked. >> underpaid. >> reporter: teachers in arizona call this a learning moment. thousands demanding more money for the classroom. >> what do we want? >> funding. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> reporter: and a 20% hike for teachers. elementary instructors here are the lowest paid in the country. >> i make $36,000 a year on a master's degree. i have $70,000 in student loans, and i can't afford to pay them. >> reporter: new teachers here make $34,000 a year. $16 an hour, just more than an intern at the arizona department of transportation and less than a dog walker in atlanta. >> i'm a single mom with two kids. i bring home $983 every two weeks. and there are some weeks where i wonder how i'm going to feed my childr

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gadi schwartz, nbc news, the grand canyon. >> gadi having way too much fun. we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. right now at 6: busting through a fence. the bay area students who took thei >>> right now at 6:00. busting through a fence. the bay area student who took their schoolwalkout off campus. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> jess and raj have the night off. from san francisco to walnut creek, thousands walked out of class to call for gun control. some marched. some spoke out. others had demonstrations. and in the case of those of mount diablo high school in concord they broke through a fns to get off campus and march. >> we have reporters fanned out across the bay area. let's start with nbc bay area, correspondent, live in concord. >> yeah, guys, the gate its open now. this is the gate that students broke through. staff told me the gate was broken. h

let's bring back nbc's godgy schwartz. he's outside a school in clayton, missouri. give us an update. >> i'm here with matalli. she was one of the organizers here of a large walkout. earlier you were nervous. you didn't think a lot of students would come out. hundreds came out. tell me about that. >> i was really, really leezed that everyone came out. i think it shows how much students care about this issue. and really want to get their issues heard. i was totally pleased. yes. >> clayton high school, this one of the high schools where you fill face disciplinary action if you walk out. all those hundreds of students that we saw come out here, they'll have to serve detention. tell me about that. >> that's the heart of civil disobedience. we're taking the consequences for our actions. that's how we get a point across. we will get unexcused absences which could result in detentions. the district has to do that. they can't treat this any other way than like any other walkout. yes. >> stephanie, just a little while ago you were talking about some of the regulations, the

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glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with another check on the forecast.ut. >> yeah. we had the rain first. and that wets the ground and so the ground is kind of soft and then you get these 60 mile an hour went gusts and that can knock trees over which then knocks out power. so that's why there might be a lot of power outages as we go through the rest of the day and into the tonight. you can see the whole western half of the storm has fallen apart as it gets more and more concentrated which means more trouble for new jersey, especially central new jersey and less for delaware and let's say cape may counties. now we've separated out the lighter snow, so these pinkish colors just the heavy stuff, the green is the absolute heaviest that you can see in new jersey headed through ocean county. we can go almost neighborhood by neighborhood to show you where this heavier snow is. we just had a burst come through norristown and about to hit pottstown and charlestown and look how close it is. if we told you about it going into chester brook. it's in chester brook no

david schwartz has become the person who speaks for michael k cohen on tv. his friend is at least as bad as michael cohen and has made it clear that the confidentiality agreement will be ruled invalid. >> the president was never aware of the agreement. >> the judge denied a motion to speed up depositions for president trump add michael cohen but indicated the depositions can go forward after other preliminary steps are taking. they say asking for the depositions now are premature. barbara, here you have schwartz saying that the president if knew absolutely nothing. he knew absolutely nothing about this confidentiality agreement with stormy daniels and therefore could not possibly have been a party to it and yet donald trump in his own name is trying to federal court to enforce it. >> yeah. as other experts have pointed out, today if president trump or david dennison did not know about the existence he could not have entered into it and it is unenfor unenforceable. the kmepts comments is illogica may render the contract unenforceable to free stormy daniels to