the associated press is reporting stormy daniels is free to discuss her story.nt was made to her just before the 2016 election a manager for the adult film actress telling the associated press wednesday that daniels believes trump's lawyer invalue dated the nondisclosure agreement by publicly disclosing the payment. she will discuss her extra marital affair with trump. attorney michael cohen who represents the president said tuesday night he paid clifford with his own money, facilitated that, making a statement. we're going to be watching this. sarah sanders is going to be pressed on it an hour from now when she takes questions in the brady briefing room in the west wing of the white house. that's going to wrap up this hour of msnbc live. katy tur is joining me now. the bottom line here is it seemed like michael cohen was trying to put this story to rest, but there appear to be legalese in his statement and it certainly appears that those supporters, those allies of stormy daniels says this opens up their opportunity tell their story exactly as it occurred. >> e

maybe michael cohen had some reason to pay stormy daniels $130,000.ut certainly it looks like a contribution being made on the president's behalf. >> we don't have all of the facts, but we have one hell of a fact, which is that now michael cohen admits he paid stormy daniels, this adult film actress $130,000. another fact is it was right before election day. you said you think he broke a campaign finance law. there is some case law now that deals with something not completely dissimilar here, it has to do with john edwards and whatnot. john edwards was not found guilty. >> that's right. john edwards is a good example of how this has been handled in the past. he was indicted, in fact, for payments made to a mistress who later bore a child for him. he was acquitted by a jury because the jury found that the prosecutors couldn't prove it was a political contribution as opposed to a personal contribution. cohen's situation here is different in that cohen works for the trump organization. he's been a trump loyalist for a very, very long time. you would have

three. -- is stormy daniels.ny other white house and this would have been huge headline news and yet as we said earlier when it comes to donald trump it is like, yes, of course. just another day in the neighbourhood, just donald trump being donald trump or stop the reality tv star on the highest state in the world. if this had been barack 0bama or president bush you would have had people on either side of the political divide saying impeachment, investigation. but donald trump it is like, what else is new. it's hard not to have sympathy for lawmakers who are trying to get things done on capitol hill but instead have all this to deal with. a brief time ago i spoke with democratic senator amy klobuchar. you know, when chaos goes on, it is always harder to get a job done. because you want people really focused on what we see something incredibly important with the mid—term elections in america only 264 days away. and that is that we need to not make ourselves as vulnerable to foreign interference, specifically russi

stormy daniels, peggy pederson?ut how about honey bunch since that's the way she was referred to. >> the 1099 is crucial because it has to be to a real name or it's tax fraud. that real name has to have a real social security number or it's tax fraud. there's so many tripwires around the 1099 for tax fraud. and if donald trump knew about this and michael cohen was talking to trump about pulling this off, wouldn't donald trump be part off that conspiracy, the special prosecutor would be able to focus on that? >> okay, a couple of things here. there was a recent new yorker article with regard to a karen mcdougal, a playmate has was sau also a paramor, and in her personal notes she put down no paper trail for him. i'll leave it to the viewers as to him, who might that be. what we have is pattern here. >> martin, i'm sorry. we're going to have to leave it for the viewers tonight. i think you're onto something really important about the question for michael cohen, next time someone gets to and him a question is did you f

enough people moving and talking that i think there is more legs in it and it seems that the stormy danielsnd a way of speaking publicly on the record. she did speak before he was elected president. water, story, i'm sure. let's move on to the next story. it is about a ship that has crossed an outbreak —— crossed the arctic without an ice rake. the ship was able to make its way from south korea through to north russia and breakthrough. as the ice melts, it means the northern oceans are becoming more accessible to vessels. with that, people are able, one side says the ship routes will become faster and there are economic opportunities and other people argue it is another example of global warming affecting the planet. there is an irony of what the ship was transporting. fossil fuels, naturally. was transporting. fossilfuels, naturally. greenpeace say, we are already over our agreed target in that part of the world a nyway target in that part of the world anyway and the person says inevitably this causes big changes and so, ironically, at delivering fossil fuels this way, more quickly, it is

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michael cohen says he ponied up this $130,000 to this porn star, stormy daniels, ahead of the 2016 presidential election. daniels, whose real name is stephanie clifford, allegedly had this affair with trump more than a decade ago. now she denies this affair and she -- so does cohen, even though he wrote this check and says he was never reimburse bid the trump campaign nor the trump administration n a statement, let me read for you what cohen has said. the payment to miss clifford was lawful and not a campaign correction or a campaign expenditure by anyone. just because something isn't true doesn't mean that it can't cause you harm or damage. i will always protect mr. trump. a source tells cnn cohen only recently told the president about this payment. let's talk about this. cnn contributor larry noble is with me. former swr eer general counsel and mark geragos, a defense attorney. mark geragos, so let me get this straight. you have this -- >> happy valentine's day, brooke. >> happy valentine's day to you. you have this trump personal attorney saying he pays 130 grand from his own pocket. this gu

or organization reimbursed him but cohen's allegations raise more questions and according to stormy danielserself, cohen broke the non-disclosure. the manager saying everything is off now and stormy is going to tell her story. jason johnson, professor at oregon state university and host of the majority report with sam seater. what do you make of the michael cohen statement? >> it's possible a guy like that knew my job is to go and expaen $130,000 and if you don't believe the trump people would necessarily win the election, maybe he thought that money would come back later. it also occurs to me that maybe this was pretty good timing. i mean, to announce something like this. i don't know what the stakes are of stormi daniels. if it's not porter, if i was the trump people, i'd rather be talking about stormi daniels than porter. >> the way they treated this from the beginning, the way they dealt with it is to the threat it represents to donald trump's reputation. >> right. >> that's the part of this i don't understand. that's a lot of money. they don't like throwing around a lot of money. i don

the manager for porn star stormy daniels said today her client now feels free to tell her story. this comes after president trump's personal lawyer michael cohen acknowledged in a statement that he facilitated a payment to daniels in the amount of $130,000. daniels' manager told the associated press that trump's lawyer michael cohen invalidated a nondisclosure agreement by discussing the payment. cohen insisted in a specifically worded statement, quote, and we note stormy daniels real name is stephanie clifford. neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was party to the transaction with ms. clifford and neither reimbursed me for the payment. stormy daniels is reported to have had a sexual encounter with trump in '06 something they have both denied. somethi still with us for our conversation, jonathan, remind the good folks at home why mr. cohen would have gone public and give this story the first fresh lead of what may be many more? >> let's back up a quick second and say he's been the president's long time lawyer, lawyer for the trump organization. he doesn't want to

michael cohen paid stormy daniels $130,000. we are in washington with that. >> reporter: >> reporter: adult film star stormy daniels sent mixed messages whether she had an affair with trump in 2006 in a lake tahoe golf tournament years before he was president, but months after melania trump gave birth to their son. she allegedly admitted to the affair in a 2011 interview but since denied it. now the president's lawyer, michael cohen, admitted to paying the porn star using $130,000 of his own money, cohen said in a statement, neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was aparty to the transaction and neither reimbursed me for the payment drae directly or indirectly. the payment was lawful and not a campaign controversial or campaign expendture by anyone. cohen did not say whether mr. trump knew he made the payments. reports of an alleged affair between daniels and president trump resurfaced after a "wall street journal" report alleged she was paid $130,000 before the election to prevent publicly speaking about the re

he could be telling the truth as far as he's gone and i paid -- i paid the $130,000 to stormy daniels and the organization and campaign did not reimburse me. that may be true. but he's not telling us where the money came from. and he could be in trouble. as far as the fec -- >> he said it's his personal money. >> doesn't say he wasn't reimbursed. that may mean it came out of his pocket. he's a lawyer and knows how to make the statements. even if it came out of his personal pocket and it was his own money, then it still may be an illegal campaign contribution on his part, which may -- may have ethical implications for him. >> larry and rebecca, thank you to both of you. still ahead the house oversight committee launching an investigation into how the white house handled the employment of rob porter. this as republican sources tell cnn they are frustrated over president trump's fate you'reil stem the crisis. i no wondering, "what if?" uncertainties of hep c. i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of

we continue to cover stormy daniels story on the beat because this is a huge story.s a big story, it has a lot of big implications. jim, let me play some of your interview here with stormy daniels. >> did you have a sexual relationship with donald trump? have you been paid to keep quiet? have you signed a nondisclosure agreement? are you frustrated that you can't talk about these things? you clearly want to say -- you're looking at me like you can't talk. i'm taking this that you can't say anything. is that accurate? i'm taking that as a yes. >> now jim, interviewing silent film stars has always been known to be challenging. walk us through what you did learn with an individual, a woman who allegedly did make a legal agreement, a contract for her silence, allegedly her silence was purchased and we just saw what that looks like. >> we cdo know that in 2011, sh gave an interview to in touch, and gave tremendous detail about what occurred between she and donald trump and we do know that after she was allegedly paid, she didn't say anything. i spent about four or five ho

the first, of course, is adult film actress stormy daniels whose saga took strange turns.nd michael cohen said he facilitated the $130,000 out of his personal funds shortly before the election. in florida today, amazingly, because this is the world we live in, trump's motorcade drove by a gentleman's club advertising stormy daniels. reporting about a former playboy model who four days before the election was paid $150,000 for her alleged affair with trump which the white house denies only the story never ran. here to explain why, megan who co-authored the "times" story on mcdu gle. who is she and how does she come into the circle of trump? >> so cara mcdu gle is a play mate that said she had an affair with trump around 2006 when stormy daniels the porn star says she had a sexual encounter with him. >> the same vent? the same time. >> they certainly claim to have, there is no doubt they were both at the same celebrity golf event in las vegas where stormy says she met him for the first time. into the circle of trump? >> so cara mcdu gle is a play mate that said she had an af

stormy daniels once claimed that she had an affair with trump. discuss, senior political analyst mark preston, senior political analyst michael bender and a white house reporter for "the wall street journal." okay, guys, thank you for joining us. just getting this new information. cnn has now gotten the information in and a statement from michael cohen. so, mark, the stormy daniels story now back in the news because of this. why does michael cohen say that he paid this money, just out of the goodness of his own heart? >> no. in fact, we don't even know why he decided. he would not answer questions to "the new york times", to maggie haberman, who we heard last hour here on cnn who broke the story. we don't know why he made the payment. he described this as a personal transaction. we also don't know why he decided to make the payment and we don't know if he has made similar payments in the past to other folks, presumably on behalf of donald trump. so there is an incredible amount of questions that still need to be answered by this, but we should no

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trump campaign official describes michael cohn's out of pocket payment to the porn star known as stormy daniels2016 presidential election. the president and daniels had an alleged affair years before he took office, but the president's personal lawyer has denied the accusation, says he still paid daniels $130,000 out of his own pocket, his own money. our national politics reporter m.j. lee has been working the story for us. m.j., did cohen say why he paid her all that money? >> wolf, first of all, it's really important to keep in mind that both michael cohen and stormy daniels have previously adamantly denied allegations of this affair having taken place back in 2006, and they also really have not engaged questions about the issue of this payment. so it is a big deal that michael cohen is now saying that he did make this payment of $130,000 to stormy daniels in 2016, but what he is emphasizes is he did it on his own, that it was his own money. here's a statement in which he explains who was not involved in making that payment. he says neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was a

you have stormy daniels, it at least looks questionable.p to the election there. this really seems to be a pattern that we're talking about. >> it does. and ronan farrow is reporting is it shows a system. right before the election day, there was a story in the "wall street journal" about this particular story involving this particular playboy model and how the story was buried. so there are some details but farrow has a lot more that he has shared. it does look like a pattern and it begs the question how many other stories about president trump have been caught and killed? how many other stories has the national choirer success, inquirer bur snid when you go to the supermarket, it is one thing to be out there promoting his agenda. it is another to cover tim stories that would hurt him. >> we noticed the response saying, this is an old story. it is more fake news. of course he mentioned that as always. the president said he never had a relationship with mcdougal. not that there was no relationship. >> i think we'll see this more often. sarah

but right now another cloud over the white house, namely, stormy daniels. what she's saying and not saying about her alleged a fair with mr. trump. what are you learning, sarah? >> reporter: she had a big opportunity supposed to be on the view, canceled that last minute. and just heard from her manager saying she isn't doing anymore interviews. appearances for stormy daniels are wracking up, but former mistress canceled her view. says she watched from the storm for the first time and did not like the way cup talked about her. complained about the late night host saying kimmel should have invited on monica lewandowski intern bill clinton had sexual relations with during her time there at the white house. >> she needs to have her on his show if he expects us to watch an interview with stormy daniels and take it seriously. >> reporter: jimmy kimmel has had lewandowski on several times. but book daniels the same night as president trump first state of the union address. >> i know you can't answer questions about the nda that you don't have, but puppy can perhap

stormy daniels, an adult entert spill the beans about her alleged relationship with the president. what is the latest there? anthony: "the new york times" reported that michaen, the president's personal lawyer, kind of his fixer, paid $130,000 to stormy daniels in october 2016, just weeks before the presidential election. "the wall street journal" had been reporting on this last month, but michael cohen came out and said hmade the payments. what he didn't dey was why he he payments. "wall street journal" said it was in exchange for stormy daniels signing a nondisclosure agreement that would prevent her from talking about an affair she says she had with donald trump in 2006. after the payment went out, she essentially went mum on the subject and didn't talk about it until the stories surfaced last week. now, however, although she has not said anything yet, her manager says that by cohen " talking e new york times," that essentially renders there nondisclosure ent null and void and she could start talking. jane: our north america reporter bbthony zurcher. you are watchingworld news a

sources say cohn paid stephanie clifford, better known as stormy daniels, out of concerns the accusation could damage the president. in a statement, cohn says the payment to mrs. clifford was lawful and not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone. just because something isn't true doesn't mean that it can't cause you harm or damage. i will always protect mr. trump. >> cohn says he was not reimbursed by the trump campaign or the trump organization. he has previously said the president denies any affair with daniels. she has dodged questions about an affair in recent weeks but has not publicly denied it. >>> joining us now, cnn politics digital director zach wolf live in d.c. this morning. don't worry, we're not going to get too into the stormy daniels -- it's not even the lead story, of course. this is -- >> which is incredible. >> -- the trump administration. it is day eight of the rob porter mess. this is really a textbook example of how not to do crisis management. how will the white house get this behind them? >> reporter: i don't know. i mean, it -- it's almost li

>> you're so smart, jimmy. >> that was stormy daniels just two weeks ago.today her manager told the associated press she now believes she's free to discuss her reported sexual encounter with donald trump in 2006. why is that? this morning michael cohen confirmed he personally paid the porn star $130,000. that payment was made just weeks before the november 2016 election. cohen insisted in a statement today his actions were legal and he says trump, the campaign, and the campaign money were not involved. he told nbc news the cash came out of his own pocket, so why is he confirming all of this now? we'll see melania trump later today who tweeted about a visit to the national institute of health. joining me is politico's josh ger stein. what's the reason right now that michael cohen is giving for confirming the payment to stormy daniels? >> well, it seems that he's linking this back to legal complaints that have been filed. a number of people have alleged this payment must have had something to do with the campaign and must have been a campaign donation. i know

>> yeah, that is kind of goofy, but in both of the instances, both in the stormy daniels' breach andre with karen mcdougal, the question is really, is the national enquirer actually going to enforce this? i don't think they will, because if there is a question of the breach, does donald trump become a critical witness in this? >> yeah, okay. >> it is a contract, but is it going to be enforce and i really doubt it. >> we will leave it right there. richard, we have to get you next time, because we are out of time, and we have a special coming up. okay. thank you, guys, for hanging with us. the cnn bleacher report all access at the nba all-star game is next. i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> welcome into cnn special coverage of the nba all-star game. >> i'm ali la fourche. >> i'm andre iguodola here at the all-star show. >> the stars coming together with a global celebration of the games. >> welcome to hollywood, you have arrived. >> this year in los angeles,

. >>> longtime liar michael cohn said he paid $130,000 out of his pocket to porn star stormy daniels who once claimed she had an affair with mr. trump. it is the first time cohn has acknowledged making the payment since it was first reported last month by the "wall street journal." sources say cohn paid stephanie clifford, better known as stormy daniels, out of concern the accusation could damage the president. in a statement, cohn says this, "the payment to ms. clifford was lawful and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone. just because something isn't true doesn't mean that it can't cause you harm or damage. i will always protect mr. trump." >> cohn said he was not reimbursed by the trump campaign or trump organization. he has previously said the president denies any affairs with daniels. she has dodged questions about an affair in recent weeks but has not publicly denied it. >>> the nation's top intelligence official sending a unanimous full-throat warning to the white house -- russia is already meddling in the 2018 midterm elections. director of natio

this was the stormy daniels scandal. was paid $130,000 before the election to keep quiet about her alleged affair with president trump while he was married to his current wife. michael cohen is the man behind the payments but he's told the times tonight after a lot of questions, weeks of questions whether or not that might have been a campaign contribution. some campaign contributions co-hco cohen is reporting it was his personal money he paid. the 2016 payment made to the actress, mr. cohen said he was not reimbursed. the trump campaign was not a party to the transaction with miss cliffclifford. it was lawful and not a campaign ex ppenditure by anyone. he declined to answer followup questions and mr. trump paid the payment and what the motivation was and whether he made similar payments to people over the years. so again, you know you never expect that your news job will have you talk about stuff like this but there are several weeks of reporting about the alleged relationship, which mr. cohen denied between mr. trump a

and we mentioned it the other day, the $130,000 to stormy daniels. well, kellyanne conway said the president privately has given a lot of aide to women. i guess that's their idea of what aide is. 130 grand to a porn star. you could call that aide. >> i want to make a quick point here. i think everyone around donald trump's orbit ends up getting kind of sully and their credibility starts to shatter. and the president has started to be teflon in this way, because you have people blaming steve bannon for why donald trump was winking at the alt-right. people are blaming steve miller for the hard immigration line. now they're blaming john kelly for how this rob porter thing is handled. but at the end of the day, donald trump is the one who's the captain of this ship. he is someone who definitely is driving the way that this white house is handling things. >> that's a great point. >> i think it's too easy to just say that he's someone off on the side and doesn't understand what's going on. >> that is a great point. buyer beware, power suckers, those who ar

stormy daniels once claimed she had an affair with donald trump. i want to bring in cnn white house reporter, caitlan collins, political commenter jack kingston and senior adviser to the trump campaign. and bakari sellers. ka kate -- kaitlan, i'm going to start with you. what is the reporting tonight coming out of the white house about the chief of staff kelly. >> well there are a lot of questions about whether or not john kelly will last in this white house much longer. because obviously you have seen the reporting the last few days. the white house completely botched in re response to the fallout from the rob porter scandal, who is accused of beating two of his ex-wives we have seen the white house double do you want on the way the white house has handled this. telling "the wall street journal" journal he wouldn't change the way he respond. we saw the shifting narrative blown up by the fbi director christopher wray whenever he said the fbi completed the background check into porter months ago. so it certainly goes against what the white house has

anyway, stormy daniels over her alleged affair with the president years ago.the new york times" is now reporting that michael cohen, the president's lawyer, says he paid the $130,000 out of his own pocket. maggie haberman joins me on the phone. maggie, explain what this story is. >> sure. michael cohen told me that he had paid that $130,000 payment that "the wall street journal" first reported on last month as coming from an unknown llc that he had set up, but he had not answered any questions about it. he now confirms that he paid it. he says it was money out of his own pocket, that it was not money from the campaign or money that was routed through him in some other fashion. he said this because it's essentially what he said in response to a complaint the common cause filed, the good government group with the fec and the doj about the nature of that payment. they allege it was an in kind contribution. there was widespread speculation that it was. look, we obviously have not seen bank records, but cohen has been trump's lawyer and working at the trump organiz

blanca: la estrella porno stormie daniels dijo que estÁ en libertad de hablar sobre su presunta relaciÓniÓn que aboga por la transparencia en las finanzas de campaÑas electorales, pidiÓ a la comisiÓn electoral federal que investigara el caso. >> -- cohen sostiene que ni la campaÑa presidencial ni la organizaciÓn trump le reembolsarÁ el dinero que le pagÓ a la actriz porno. >> es normal que el abogado tenga una cuenta bancaria para mantener los fondos y hacer pagos para pagar las obligaciones legales del cliente, pero eso no se hizo en este caso. el abogado usÓ la cuenta bancaria de la corporaciÓn ppara hacer el pago. blanca: hasta finales de enero, stormie daniels dijo que nunca sostuvo un encuentro sexual con el presidente pero el mismo dÍa del discurso sobre el estado de la uniÓn, y en un programa de televisiÓn pareció contradecirse al aafirmar que no sabÍa de dÓnde salió ese comunicado y que ademÁs la firma no se parecÍa a la suya. son varias las preguntas que siguen vigentes en este rompecabezas. la principal para ambas partes es por quÉ se hizo el pago de 130,000 dÓlares. jorge: pas

and then stormy daniels, it was going on at the same time.wyer to have these pay offs going on. so this is who donald trump is. i think it's despicable. a lot of people warned about this. it was all evident on his howard stern appearance. >> but that didn't matter. he was still elected. >> unfortunately. >> i'm sure it won't matter now to supporters. it may matter to i don't know independents or -- >> right, it will. because you're seeing a shift in women right now. his polling numbers are terrible. >> allison, what do you say to this? >> my heart goes out to melania. it's bad enough to have a husband -- >> mine doesn't. >> -- facing all these credible allegations of infidelity, and my heart goes out to her. and i don't blame her from exhibiting some independence from him on a lot of these things. not wanting to take the walk of shame across the south lawn today. i don't blame her. >> let me tell you what happened, then you can jump back in. because she broke with tradition, drove by herself to marine one instead of the traditional south lawn

michael cohen, trump's longtime lawyer says he paid stormy daniels out of his on pocket. been a little ahead of the story. he didn't say he paid out of his own pocket. what he said what, "quote, i used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to stephanie clifford, aka stormy daniels. he said neither the trump organization or trump campaign was a party to the transaction and neither reimbursed me for the payment. he said he was not reimbursed by the campaign but there was no denial he might have been reimbursed by donald trump himself. when he says he used his own funds to facilitate the payment, honestly that means he could have paid out of pocket for the stamp on the envelope with somebody else's check inside, right? to facilitate that payment getting to its destination. so who paid? and there's also this matter now of why michael cohen would come out and admit this payment right now. the "new york times" suggested his statement was linked to a deadline requiring him to respond to the fec complaint filed by common cause. that doesn't make sense either.

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one more update to this morning, john, the lawyer to stormy daniels weighing in on this as well basicallycking the idea that the $130,000 was in fact cohen's own money saying this is in complete harmony with what he was told by cohen at the time of this transaction, now the strategy here seems clear that both michael cohen and stormy daniels are now saying that there was little involvement actually no involvement by the trump campaign and that essentially cohen was acting alone. the question of course still remains, what did trump know at the time and what is he aware of right now and what is his reaction to all of this? >> those are very important questions right there. $130,000 a lot of money to be exchanged on his behalf without him knowing just a couple of weeks before the election. mj lee, thank you very much. live pictures from capitol hill right now where congressional leadership answering questions, kevin mccarthy, the house majority leader rumored as a possible replacement to john kelly. much more ahead, stick around. ♪ vibranium secured. well done my king. is my ride ready? of c

the stormy daniels story returns on valentine's day, what better holiday? i can't think of one. trump's personal lawyer says he paid a porn star 130 grand without trump or the campaign knowing. michael cohen, what did you pay her the 130 large for? raising many questions. why exactly is he paying her 130 grand? strange, isn't it? >>> all right. we're going to begin today at the white house where the trump administration may be running out of people to blame for the rob porter mess. now they're saying it was the personnel office that let porter keep his job while they spent months looking into domestic abuse allegations. but does that story add up? the answer is, most likely not. i have a great team to break it down. firstivi ivit want to walk you h how the white house has changed its story within the space of just 24 hours. remember, it was andy card who said to ali velshi and ion mond -- and i on monday, that the press needs to stop covering this story. on monday white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said information about porter's past had not made it to the white

there is plenty of smoke to the stormy daniels fee as iasco.us why that is important for the american public to understand. >> john edwards, a senator from north carolina, was indicted and put through a felony trial because a supporter of his had paid off a mistress to keep secret the affair while he was a candidate for president of the united states. the jury ultimately was not willing to convict john edward based on those facts. the same justice department that criminally charged john edwards should be investigating what happened here. this looks like a campaign contribution. if so, if it were to be held by a court to be a campaign contribution, there would be a felony, because it was not reported as a campaign contribution and well exceeds the amount which the lawyer could contribute to the campaign. so the justice department, unless they only prosecute democrats for this -- or i don't know what their rule is, but they need to investigate this and decide whether it should be prosecutioned as a campaign contribution or not consistent with the

personal attorney now says that he paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to adult film actress stormy danielsdaniels was on jimmy kimmel live last month. the actress once claimed she had a sexual relationship with mr. trump in 2006. several media reports say daniels was paid to keep quiet during the presidential election. mr. trump's attorney, michael cohen, says he was not reimbursed by the trump organization, nor the trump campaign. >>> happening today, two actors from the '80s sitcom charles in charge will speak publicly about the sexual abuse allegations that they're making against scott baio. baio was the star of that show and nicole eggert accused him of sexually abusing her as a minor. her teen brother on the show is accusing baio of sexually abusing him. poe lynn ski came forward with stories of physical and mental abuse last week. he's expected to reveal more details today. baio is denying the allegations. >>> now to your morning money report. a fast food shakeup this morning. >> chipotle hired tack ibell ceo. he's replacing steve else who will become executive chairman. of the move

we saw that with the stormy daniels saga.ve people around the trump campaign that clearly were willing to take stolen information from an american source by a hostile power, and, in fact, mr. steele as a foreign government person gave information to the fbi when nobody in the trump campaign ever thought to do the right thing and do that. then we obviously have people when the information comes up lying and doing cover-ups and then attacking those institutions that can hold someone accountable. so i think that narrative of collusion is quite, quite strong, and when you add on to that the president's working with russia and his unwillingness to accept the overwhelming evidence of russian attacks on our system, yeah, it's very troubling. >> ben, i want to bring you in on this topic but i also want to get to the incredible piece on "law fair" this week, but let me get your thoughts about what we're talking about. and let me ask your opinion as someone who knows full well the consequences of overriding, publicly turning down an fb

just this morning, "in touch" magazine, all right, they printed an interview with stormy daniels, wherehe talks about the alleged affair in depth. daniels told the magazine that trump allegedly told her, "i was beautiful and smart, just like his daughter." [audience groans] yeah. yeah. "ooh" indeed, my friends. come on, trump. really? can't we just enjoy a story of you having an affair with a porn star without you making it sleazy? [laughter] 'cause now it's gross. but it's also not surprising, because-- i thought i'd never have to say this again, but don't ever forget. donald trump wants to bang his daughter. [laughter] [patriotic music] ♪ join t-mobile today, and get an unlimited family plan with netflix included. wow. plus, when you buy an iphone, get an iphone for your bff on us. i like it. all on america's best unlimited network. about a beer. rooted in the heart of america. raised by generations willing to sip, share, risk, remember. this is a story bigger than beer. this is the story of beer country. ♪ of beer country. today, right now, you have more power at your fingertips than

just this morning, "in touch" magazine, all right, they printed an interview with stormy daniels, wherehe talks about the alleged affair in depth. daniels told the magazine that trump allegedly told her, "i was beautiful and smart, just like his daughter." [audience groans] yeah. yeah. "ooh" indeed, my friends. come on, trump. really? can't we just enjoy a story of you having an affair with a porn star without you making it sleazy? [laughter] 'cause now it's gross. but it's also not surprising, because-- i thought i'd never have to say this again, but don't ever forget. donald trump wants to bang his daughter. [laughter] [patriotic music] ♪ [thinking] mexican spices? ♪ [thinking] nacho cheese sauce? they don't want these coming out. who's they? the burger people. they! they! nacho fries, now serving at a taco bell near you. [bong!] c(puppy barks) you can do it duck. hurry up duck! you can do it duck. iams. helps keep your dog healthy at every stage. so you can always look forward to what's next. then he tried tostitos flavored salsas...nline. ...and realized that not all sharing is easy

"wall stre journal" said it was in exchange for stormy daniels signing a nondisclosureg ement that would prevent her from talking about an affair she says she had with donald trump in 2006. after the payment went out, she essentially went mum on the subject and didn't talk about it until the stories surfacedast week. now, however, although she has not said anything yet, her manager says that by cohen talking to "the new york times," that essentially renders the nondisclosure agreement null and void and she could s talking. jane: our north america reporter anthony zurcher. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, this valentine's day, we get tips from the experts on how to make love last. the actress emma watson has been speaking about her shock system in was no place to help people in the film industry who have been sexual interest. she is one of a number of women in the industry who has been consulted by the british film in institute as it looks to change is the pro:em. reporter this year it is the -- this sunday does bafta awards, and the industrie

push lands her on a late-night couch after a report the president's attorney gave six figures to stormy daniels keep an alleged affair quiet. >> does this at all seem familiar to you? tighty whities. >> reporter: the appearance comes after the "wall street journal" reported daniels received hush money right before the election to keep under wraps a supposed sexual relationship with donald trump in 2006. those allegations of an affair denied by the president's long-time lawyer and denied by daniels herself in this signed statement. but -- >> the signature on the original statement does not match the signature on this statement. >> reporter: daniels playing it coy. >> did you sign this letter that was released today? >> i don't know. did i? i do not remember. >> you do not know where it came from. >> reporter: the alleged encounters with donald trump reportedly hand not long after the president's wife, melania trump, had given birth to the couple's son. the first lady's office pushing back strongly on reports she's angry with her husband, saying "the laundry list of salacious and flat out false r

president trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen, said he paid his own money to stormy daniels. cohen insists he was not reimbursed by the trump campaign or trump's business. as for policy, the immigration debate and the senate getting off to a rocky start arguing over how to even begin the process. this comes as a second federal judge blocks. abby phillips, you have your work cut out for you today. >> reporter: that's right, alisyn. blame is shifting again. day eight of the story of alleged abuse allegations by a top white house aide rob porter. it is contradicted in an instant by the fbi director's testimony before congress under oath that contradicted what the white house has been saying all of this time. now the pressure is being put on john kelly. rumors are heating up that he might be replaced soon. the trump administration changing its story again about the white house's handling of domestic abuse allegations against former top aide rob port or. hours after chris wray. >> the fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march. and then a completed ba

left unanswered tonight, why pay stormy daniels anything? michael cohen describes it as an act of loyalty telling nbc news of those allegations just because something isn't true doesn't mean it can't cause you a harm or damage, adding "i will always protect mr. trump." lester? >> peter alexander at the white house tonight, thanks. >>> here in pyeongchang, team usa is creeping up in the medal board now in fifth place with seven medals, four of them gold. a milestone was also reached. americans now have 100 gold medals in winter olympic history. >>> and as those medals pile up, there's more much ahead from pyeongchang. when we come back, a comeback, a controversy for gold medal winner shaun white. >>> and the olympic daredevil looking for >>> and the olympic daredevil looking for a comeback tonight in we've been preparing for this day. over the years, paul and i have met regularly with our ameriprise advisor. we plan for everything from retirement to college savings. giving us the ability to add on for an important member of our family. welcom