had to be daniel and daniel alone. but making the case in court might not be so easy. >> this is one of those cases where circumstantial is -- is kind. i mean, you had no fingerprints, you had no dna, you had no bloody clothes on the suspect, you had -- >> right. >> you had no incriminating statements really, just some sort of weird stuff, but -- >> right. yeah. it's a -- >> you have-- >> tough case. >> nothin'. >> tough case -- >> it was. circumstantial is a correct word. >> reporter: question was, could they make the case -- or would a jury believe they'd reached the wrong conclusion? coming up -- motive -- it's been tricky to pin down in this case. but in court, prosecutors present jurors with a theory of everything. >> that's why this whole thing happened. >> reporter: when "dateline" continues. and it can feel like no matter what you do, you're itching all the time. but even though you see and feel your eczema on the surface of your skin, an overly sensitive immune system deep within your skin might actually be ca

this from stormy daniels and karen mcdougal? >> i don't think there's a huge distinction. both were nondisclosures that went forward and i don't really think it's that big of a difference. here, they didn't enter into it, basically. >> president trump's lawyers are negotiating with robert mueller's team for a sit-down between the special counsel and the president. the public discrepancies could be part of a problem. let's take a listen. >> are you going talk to mueller? >> i'm looking forward to it. >> do you have a date set? >> there's no obstruction. >> we are going to be the laughingstock of lawyers if we let him testify. >> i will say this. i would love to speak, i would love to. nobody wants to speak more than me. >> because of them, we don't want him to testify. they are not fair. >> i have always wanted to do an interview because, look, there's been no collusion. there's been no talk of russia. >> you couldn't put a lawyer on the show that wants to keep his license to get him to testify. >> go in, talk to robert mueller a

of quill intelligence daniel de martino boots thanks danielle thank you have a great weekend. it's been a week of trade talks on tariffs and the potential economic impact of those tariffs and the efforts to strike a new deal with mexico for the latest on mexico canada nafta the north american free trade agreement and the ongoing trade tensions with china we are joined by artie's alex mileage from toronto alex thanks for being with us let's start with nafta perhaps or maybe it's better to talk about the bilateral mexico u.s. trade deal of might that might be more appropriate what's going on. well we were hoping to see a trade deal this week actually between mexico and the states that doesn't look like it's going to happen now the sticking point really is automotive looks like these talks are going to be pushed into next week and i think all three parties including canada are hoping to see some results from these talks simply because we've heard from mexico saying that we need to get this phase done so that can take either candidate can be included in the talks once again we kno

of quill intelligence daniel de martino booth's thanks danielle thank you have a great weekend. it's been a week of trade talks on tariffs and the potential economic impact of those tariffs and the efforts to strike a new deal with mexico for the latest on mexico canada nafta the north american free trade agreement and the ongoing trade tensions with china we are joined by our tease alex mileage from toronto alex thanks for being with us let's start with nafta perhaps or maybe it's better to talk about the bilateral mexico u.s. trade deal of might that might be more appropriate what's going on. well we were hoping to see a trade deal this week actually between mexico and the states that doesn't look like it's going to happen now the sticking point really is automotive looks like these talks are going to be pushed into next week and i think all three parties including canada are hoping to see some results from these talks simply because we've heard from mexico saying that we need to get this phase done so that can take either candidate can be included in the talks once again we k

of quill intelligence danielle de martino both danielle we always have you on exciting days and you provide us with this important intel thanks for being with us i mean the good news is that this data seems to indicate u.s. factories excited that with the retailers are doing pretty well rev of the retailers so that's pretty much helping isn't it. oh it certainly is and i think that a lot of what we're seeing today in this monster rally which is the biggest in four months has to do with with two levels of uncertainty being torn back and that is obviously china saying it was going to send a trade delegation to the united states at the end of this month and then of course qatar providing a fifteen billion dollar infusion into the turkish into the turkish economy which was desperately need it so we've actually seen the turkish lira up for three days running now but again bart it's that uncertainty that has been plaguing markets they haven't known what's going to happen in turkey with a potential trade war with china and those both of those worries went away today on top of all of the great earn

of quill intelligence danielle de martino both danielle we always have you on exciting days and you provide us with this important intel thanks for being with us i mean the good news is that this data seems to indicate us back to that with the retailers are doing pretty well rev of the retailers so that's pretty much helping isn't it. oh it certainly is i think that a lot of what we're seeing today in this monster rally which is the biggest in four months has to do with with two levels of uncertainty being torn back and that is obviously china saying it was going to send a trade delegation to the united states at the end of this month and then of course qatar providing a fifteen billion dollar infusion into the turkish into the turkish economy which was desperately need it so we've actually seen the turkish lira up for three days running now but again bart it's that uncertainty that has been plaguing markets they haven't known what's going to happen in turkey with a potential trade war with china and those both of those worries went away today on top of all of the great earnings news that y

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of quill intelligence daniel de martino boots thanks danielle thank you have a great weekend. it's been a week of trade talks on tariffs and the potential economic impact of those tariffs and the efforts to strike a new deal with mexico for the latest on mexico canada nafta the north american free trade agreement and the ongoing trade tensions with china we are joined by artie's alex mileage from toronto alex thanks for being with us let's start with nafta perhaps or maybe it's better to talk about the bilateral mexico u.s. trade deal might that might be more appropriate what's going on. well we were hoping to see a trade deal this week actually between mexico and the states that doesn't look like it's going to happen now the sticking point really is automotive looks like these talks are going to be pushed into next week and i think all three parties including canada are hoping to see some results from these talks simply because we've heard from mexico saying that we need to get this phase done so that can take either candidate can be included in the talks once again we know t

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where would we be if stormy daniels and you had never come forward? >> well, lawrence, i don't think we would be in this exact spot. but you know, you don't want to speculate as to where we would be. i'm going to let you and others speculate as to that. i think we're in a better place because of the courage and fortitude of stormy daniels. >> we're going to have to go to a break. michael avenatti, jill wine-banks, john heilemann, mimi rocah, thank you for starting us off on this very important night. and when we come back, details of the conviction against president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort on the same day that his personal lawyer pleads guilty to eight federal crimes. paul manafort is convicted by a jury of eight federal crimes. where does that leave donald trump tonight? as donald trump contemplates the future of his presidency. ♪ ♪ i don't care where we go ♪ and i don't care what we do ♪ just take me with you there are roadside attractions. and then there's our world-famous on-road attraction. the 2018 glc. lease the gl

then they understand loyalty. >> your client stormy daniels tweeted this. this is the last thing i've got. how do you like me now? #team stormy. how big of a day is this for your case? >> it's a huge day. she's ecstatic. she feels vindicated. there were a lot of pundits that took shots at her and our strategy. how we used the media. as of today it looks okay. >> all the reporting we were doing was fake news, remember? >> it's all fake news. >> all fake news. >> all facts are fake news. . >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. we'll be right back. what if your skin could light up the room? aveeno® positively radiant sheer daily moisturizer. lightweight hydration for positively radiant skin that lasts. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results®. i knew at that exact moment ... i'm beating this. my main focus was to find a team of doctors. it's not just picking a surgeon, it's picking the care team and feeling secure in where you are. visit cancercenter.com/breast i couldn't catch my breath. it was the last song of the night. it felt like my heart was skipping beats.

and daniel goldman, former assistant u.s. attorney for of all things the southern district of new york, the jurisdiction at the center of much of today's news. welcome to you all. nicolle, i'd like to begin with you with something. mr. goldman's former bogs, preet bharara, the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, said on twitter today, just a plain statement of fact, "michael cohen in a courtroom in the southern district of new york under oath declared that the president directed him to commit a federal crime." a lot of this, all of this happened while you were on the air this afternoon. have you had time to inhale just what it is we witnessed today? >> you know, i thought about today. we were on the air together on the day of trump's bizarre inaugural address, which my old boss had colorful language to describe. george w. bush called it some crazy bleep. i was thinking about the line about carnage and i was thinking that the real carnage and it was all in motion when he came that day. the real carnage

he had no connection to stormy daniels. he didn't know who stormy daniels was. the only way he would have had the ability to know any of that was because donald trump told him about it. donald trump told him that there was a danger that she was going to release all this information before the election. >> and it's very, very well detailed in here. the question, of course, most thinking people realize that what nick said, there's no reason why michael cohen would have been paying random people. >> what's clear is that, i would actually sort of clarify that in the case of stormy daniels, her allegations that she had engaged in consensual sexual relationship with trump had been percolating prior to the time of her payoff. it was something that had been sort of rearing its head, going back down. so it was something that cohen and trump were both well aware of for sometime prior to the payment to her. prior to the election. and so the question, though, there were these repeated denials. this is a mystery that's been kind of unraveling over the course of a year. at fi

four decades ago, daniel 0rtega was a latin american revolutionary at war with a corrupt autocracy. now he stands accused of defending his own autocracy in the face of a popular revolt. several hundred anti—sandinista protestors are believed to have died in the last four months, but power remains firmly in president 0rtega's hands. hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks tojuan sebastian chamorro, a leader of the opposition alliance. has the window of opportunity for change in nicaragua already closed? juan sebastian chamorro, in managua, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for having me on your programme. we've been watching events very closely for the last four months in nicaragua, we have seen the street protests, we have seen the violence and we have seen thousands of nicaragua and is demanding an end to the presidency of daniel 0rtega. but i'll be honest with you, it looks as though those protests have run out of stea m. though those protests have run out of steam. would you agree?” though those protests have run out of steam. would you agree? i would not agree. i

of quill intelligence and write the daily feather thanks danielle thank you very much. and there's more earnings news and there's a little bit more than that here with a look at samsung the south korean manufacturer of telephone manufacture and other technologies smart t.v.'s and. is there a trinity each office new york who has something on their new not novel no nine that's new phone. samsung is making some big moves and it's planning on the besting billions of dollars into new growth areas south korea's largest conglomerate samsung group is planning to invest around twenty two billion dollars over the next three years into five g. and a high technology led mostly by samsung electronics the investment would be a part of samsung's overall one hundred sixty one billion dollar investment plans that include capital expenditure research and development and of that total around one hundred thirty billion dollars will be spent in south korea alone the investments include four key areas artificial intelligence fifth generation mobile network technology electronic components fo

whether that goes back to payments made by stormy daniels, we don't know. and alexander virginia where the judges of the manafort case are telling jurors to keep deliberating. some of them were confused that at least on one of the 18 counts, they could not reached agreement. whether that jeopardize the other accounts in which they did find agreement, again, it is anyone's guess. then there is wall street where investors are holding on to the gains today. i'll ahead of what could be a record-setting day tomorrow. in terms of gain, but for the longest market advance in american history. the longest a bull market in american history. so much going on. i'm neil cavuto, this is "your world." the latest on what you can expect in new york with the grievance and the deal that michael cohen has apparently made. >> shepard: we are learning from the associated press that he will be guilty in new york with charges including tax evasion. we have producers inside the courtroom. we will learn the details in the next few minutes. michael cohen spent more than a decade as p

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payments, denying involvement. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no, no. >> why did michael cohen make this if there was no truth? >> michael is my attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> a few days later he acknowledged michael did represent him in the deal with daniels. >> he represents me like with this crazy stormy daniels deal, he represented me, and, you know, from what i see, he did absolutely nothing wrong. there were no campaign funds going into this. >> why is he pleading the fifth? >> on may 2nd, rudy giuliani took it one step further. >> no campaign finance violation. so they funneled it through a law firm. >> funneled it through a law firm and the president repaid it. but he did know about the general arrangement that michael would take care of things like this. >> the following morning, mr. trump added that cohen received a monthly retainer. then on july 24th, cohen's lawyer released a secret recording between cohen and mr. trump discussing the logistics of another payment. this time to former playboy model karen mcdougal. >> w

daniels by having cohen do the deed rather than himself. there is no dispute, there is no need for proof. his lawyers have admitted that fact. >> everyone knew that the president knew. and when he got aboard air force one, we know, he knew about this payment. you say michael cohen has information that should be of interest to the special council, and he's more than happy to tell mueller all that he knows. does this mean that cohen will say what cnn reported a month ago, that cohen told friend s trump knew of the trump tower meeting ahead of time? >> there's certain things that an attorney and client share that i can't divulge, unlike rudy giuliani, who waived attorney client privilege when he spoke about what donald trump told him. i'm not allowed to do that. there is a certain complication in that story that we were never able to correct. but i do, to answer your question know that michael cohen has information that would be of interest to mr. mueller in his probe of a conspiracy to corrupt american democracy, very similar to the indictmen

it is now part of the focus, daniel goldman and ken delaney. thank you for joining us from there. the other part of the drama involves developments in new york city, about an hour and eight minutes from now, we're expecting that michael cohen is entering a guilty plea. he has turned himself in. this was just a few minutes ago, you see him right there in the act of turning himself in for processing there before this guilty plea, which is expected to be entered at 4:00 in federal court in lower manhattan. that has taken center stage. joining us jeff mason and back with us former deputy assistant general tom dupree. we had our investigative reporter who has been all over this just before we went to that break, he was talking about the possibility at least, we will see, we don't have any hard reporting on this right now, but the possibility that what michael cohen enters there at 4:00 will just be a guilty plea. he will plead guilty to a set of crimes and misdeeds. he will not be the possibility that there will be no cooperation agreement announced. what do you make of that possibilit

and daniel ortega has made a point to working with the business community. you put all that together and, actually, ortega's achievements are not inconsiderable. and many people in nicaragua think he had better stay in power rather than have you guys muck things up. well, i think you are right in the sense that the economic situation was moving relatively well, but everything changed, stephen, in april. we have a completely different country now. we have the economy in ruins. we have entire sectors, like tourism, 1 million people came from abroad, many from the uk and elsewhere, to visit nicaragua... but with respect, with respect, that's in many ways your fault. you're the one who told the protesters to put the barricades up, which has ruined transportation links inside nicaragua, you're the one who has consistently called for people to take to the streets so we see all of these images on our tv screens of violence and instability in nicaragua. who can you blame but yourselves for the fact that international investors and tourists don't want to go to nicara

let's roll that tape. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no. no. >> why -- >> what else? >> why did michael cohen make that -- >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael's my attorney and you have to ask michael cohen. >> do you know where he got the money to make that payment? >> i don't know, no. >> laura, let me ask you, it's not a crime to lie to the american people. it's not a crime to lie to reporters. what is the relevance of that? >> it is a crime if michael cohen is in the courthouse today telling the judge that he's pleading to campaign finance violations and if those campaign finance violations charges relate to the statements that the president of the united states just made, well, now you are talking about a court of law weighing in. not simply the media or the american people duped by the president of the united states. and so, if the judge and what the judge will do is ask questions like, were you directed by anyone in particular to make the campaign finance violations or what campaign were you acting on behalf of? well, if he's a

trump in the stormy daniels saga. i'll ask his lawyer, michael avenatti about his plea and how he implicated mr. trump in court tonight. >>> manafort found guilty. president trump's former campaign chairman convicted tonight of tax fraud and bank fraud. jurors delivering their verdict on eight counts a little while ago. what will it mean for the president? and the mueller probe? >>> and russians busted. microsoft says it disrupted attempts to influence the midterm election linked to vladimir putin's military spies. why are the russian hackers behind the 2016 attacks on democrats now targeting conservatives? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following major breaking news. two men tied to president trump now both convicted felons as legal cases hanging over the white house come to a dramatic close at the same time. mr. trump's long-time lawyer, michael cohen, pleading guilty to eight counts

i asked reporter daniel foggo to help me. the police have told us that you can go to america, find yourself a gun shop, buy a gun and literally bring it back to the uk. albeit an antique gun. but the thing is, it's fully working. no licence or anything needed, yeah? yeah. and if you can get hold of the bullets then you've got yourself a murder weapon. it's as deadly as any other gun? exactly. wow. what do you think about going out there and putting it to the test? of course, yeah. it's probably easier for you to go. what we're finding is that in the uk it was old, middle—aged white guys going out, buying these antiques and getting them back into the country. i won't take offence at being an old middle—aged white guy! but, no, i'm happy to have a go at that. cheers! dramatic music daniel's been online and chosen an antique gun in full working order. he's landed in houston, texas, and is off to the dealers to collect it. look at that, smith & wesson russian .44, which fires .44 calibre ammunition in the russian style, which

trump dice que cohen miente sobre los pagos a la actriz porno daniels, para silenciarla antes de las elecciones. pero el director de la revista que comprÓ la historia y no la pÚblico ahora coopera con la fiscalÍa y estaría confirmando lo que dice cohen. esto unido a que el presidente de la ex campaÑa electoral de el presidente, paul manafort, tambiÉn ahora es un convicto. la expresiÓn "juicio polÍtico" comenzÓ a sonar. "no sÉ cÓmo vas a hacer un juicio polÍtico contra alguien que ha hecho un gran trabajo," se defendiÓ trump. su actual abogado incluso hablÓ de una revuelta popular. no sÉ ni por qué el presidente estÁ hablando de esto, ni cuando los demÓcratas estÁn hablando de esto. pablo: su prioridad ahora es que se proteja la investigaciÓn del fiscal de rusiagate, robert mueller. muchos congresistas republicanos evitaron por todos los medios a la prensa. hasta ahora habÍan defendido a trump, pero hoy. "son son acusaciones muy serias y no pueden ser ignoradas," dijo este senador republicano. si los demÓcratas ganan la cÁmara baja en noviembre, las posibilidade

did you talk to stormy daniels yesterday? >> i spoke to her a number of times yesterday. >> what was her reaction to michael cohen's plea? >> she was very pleased by it. she feels vindicated. she's looking forward to this process playing out. she understands that this is a long road. you know, we're in about the second quarter of a four-quarter game. >> what do you mean by that? it seems to us, well, to the layperson, a guilty plea from someone she had said paid her, that sounds like a touchdown. >> well, it is a touchdown. there's no question about it. but we've got additional quarters to play in another game, and that's our civil case. we're going to depose michael cohen under oath. we're going to find out the details behind the facts that were stated in court yesterday. we'll find out about the specific communications that he had with donald trump, what donald trump knew, how they covered it up together, what was the agreement related to the reimbursement? there's a whole host of information we'll discover with that case.

hawkins is there for us need joins me now live from berlin daniel good to see you and what more do we know about their meeting so far. this is of course the second meeting between mr putin and mrs merkel in the matter of months her last visit to russia came back in may where they took part in but actual talks this is their first but actual talks in germany for quite some time the shots it has been quite blunt with a message don't expect results has been the message so far quite pragmatic with what can be expected saying this is a normal working visit nevertheless though the media has already been speculating what can be gained from this meeting who will come out on top and can headway be made on the key issues there one of them of course being the syrian conflict which is coming to simmer down at least the military front differences though do remain among global leaders this will be viewed as an opportunity by michael to try to make some headway that you have with some of them and he says that's what's going on and a meeting on syria and between germany france russia and turkey could

>> daniel: so, i think, certainly-- >> whitaker: stop? >> daniel: the fact that this was the first time we had ever exercised this channel, which was supposed to be, you know, for very serious cyber incidents and cyber issues-- i think that, in and of itself, sent-- sent a message. >> whitaker: the russians brushed it off. the administration was bracing for the worst. it drew up this election day response plan, which called for war rooms at the white house, the f.b.i., and homeland security, and planned for the unprecedented deployment of "armed federal law enforcement agents" should a cyber attack cause complete breakdown at a polling place. on e sns the russians tampered with the vote. why do you think they didn't pull the trigger on election day? >> ferrante: i don't know. i don't know if we'll ever know. would have succeeded in creating chaos? >> ferrante: absolutely. >> whitaker: the agency charged with helping states protect elections from attack is the department of homeland security, d.h.s. the agency has been criticized for a slo

there had been a break-in at daniel else brg's psychiatrist's office. all the things i listed that resulted in me not being very surprised by watergate happening. >> senator santorum was saying there are other things he thinks the american people care about more. something nixon said in 1973, he said people got to know whether or not their president is a crook. michael cohen today accused donald trump of being a crook. he said, i'm a crook. he pleaded guilty. and he said, by the way, i was doing it at the direction of this other guy who is now the president and he's a crook too. >> absolutely. this raises fundamental questions now. if cohen is indeed a felon or, you know, he's pled guilty of a felony, why isn't donald trump then guilty of a felony? if donald trump was willing to commit a felony to help his campaign with regard to stormy daniels, why are we to think that, no, no, no, he couldn't have possibly accepted help from the russians? i think if there are competing narratives of truth as rudy giuliani tells us, then isn't it time for donald trump

>> we've got a $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. there's no question we're talking about a large sum of money. but the issue here, is if you're trying to protect what lindsey graham himself said in the context of bill clinton's impeachment process, that it's about cleansing the office of the presidency, this is actually a significant issue. i think the fact that we have a president who's also said inconsistent things about it regularly d regularly demonstrates that there's a real issue about whether our commander in chief is actually a commander in thief? >> interesting. let me ask you about that money aspect. the argument, that the president is asking somebody to do it, commanding them to do it, paying them out of his own money, that it's not a crime. had cohen done this on his own without the president's knowledge, he would be liable for this. to that end, that trump says it's not a crime because it's his own money? >> all due respect to the professor, i think he's wrong here. admit the conduct, then deny the conduct, then deny th

so i'm all over that. >> joining me live is michael avenatti, attorney for stormy daniels. michael, good to talk to you. i heard you saying the other day tuesday evening after this news broke with michael cohen that the likelihood of you being able to depose the president and the likelihood of your civil suit succeeding is exknoponentially e as a result. what does it mean to you the immunity of alle >> well, this is another domino to fall in this process. and you know, with each passing 24 hour period, we're seeing more and more dominos begin to fall. and the world around donald trump and his criminal enterprise crumbling frankly. there is no question that this is going to further our case. our case has come a long way in the last week. we always believed that it was very strong. but there is little question at this point how strong it is. and i think all of these developments are very positive for us and very negative for donald trump. >> i want to remind people there is a civil case, it was put on hold because of the impending indictment of michael cohen, which has now ha

also joining us is daniel goldman. thank you for being with us. tom, let me start with you. michael cohen's lawyer lanny davis said today that he wouldn't accept a pardon if trump even offered one up. we don't know if that's true but that's what his lawyer said he would say. with manafort, is there any reason for him not to accept a pardon from the president. >> i don't see any reason why he wouldn't. one school of thought is the very reason why manafort was willing to roll the dice, go to trial rather than take a plea as so many other people have in the mueller investigation is precisely because he thought there might be the possibility of a pardon down the road from the president. the other option that the president could at least consider is whether to commute manafort's sentence which would mean that even the conviction would remain he wouldn't end up serving jail time. >> let's talk about that for a second. michael flynn has not been sentenced yet. papadopoulos, the special counsel, didn't provide substantial evidence and the government -- the mueller investigation has

and i want to bring in our correspondents on the africa desk daniel now daniel you spoke to anita all the workers union in ted you which took on a chinese construction company and successfully negotiated better conditions what was his experience how hard was it well joe much already other union leader that i talked to said negotiating such a deal with a chinese company was the hardest thing he had ever done in his law if and i think it speaks for itself when you have an experienced union leader talking that way he said it was clear from the beginning that the monitors off the chinese company didn't have any experience negotiating with the unions and first kind of had to understand why the shots that they said down and negotiate with the. union leaders about such issues as payment holidays so the hardest thing he's ever done in his life these can be clearly david and goliath battles small unions against large multinationals do you think the success in kenya has emboldened other unions to stand up for their rights or yes i think it has i mean so far there are about eighty agreements in

and the payment made to stormy daniels. the president directly involved. a lot of statements made about how the cases that have been brought so far are tied to mueller specifically or come out of mueller's investigation. this is one of those cases that don't have anything to do with the president. >> yeah, and we should note the timing here is, this is going on in late october of 2016. >> exactly. two weeks before the election. >> the payments that he made, the question was the position taken by people around this defending the president, defending michael cohen, well, this is nothing to do with the campaign. today he saturdays this is all about the campaign. >> exactly. done to influence the campaign. so this is something that is specific to the campaign. involves american media, the "national enquirer." so you have got a lot of different players that have been talked about in president reports before. we have been hearing about this for six months or longer. and everything that everybody says wasn't true, you played the clip of the president saying i did

then he tweeted that cohen did it to stop a false allegation by stormy daniels. then rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney, said the president did reimburse cohen for the payments. so of course the president was involved. does that changing story, beyond what it means publicly, in a legal sense does that matter? >> yes, it goes back -- remember, this is always about the nondisclosure agreement that's a case in california right now which is largely based on the idea that one of the reasons the nda -- you cannot abide by it or honor it is because it -- you cannot uphold a legal contact to make radar under the activity. think about the motivation, the intent. think about the air force one comment the president had to the press pool. you think about the fact that david dennison signed on to it and you have this changing story. a court of law is looking at this and saying, well, perhaps you were spending to deceive not only the public but perhaps the court into thinking you can uphold this nda. that's also a problem. >> glen, michael cohen is under investig

stormy daniels's lawyer is standing by. people would revoke after trump's impeachment would do to the economy. rudy giuliani goes further warning of a grass root uprising. will their scare tactic work. >> the president is suggesting should be illegal for prosecutors the flip witnesses. it is one of the bizarre new comment by cohen's unindicted conspirator. we want to welcome our viewers around the world, i am wolf blitzer, you are in "the situation room." this is cnn breaking news, breaking tonight, the president's war against his attorney general maybe coming ahead. as jeff sessions finally hits back. he's vowing he won't let the justice department be influenced by politics, responding to some of the harshest attacks by mr. trump yet. mr. trump may fire sessions right after the midterm elections which could pave the way for firing the special counsel robert mueller. also breaking reports a t the national inquire publisher was granted immunity in exchange of information of michael cohen, the president and hush money payment

because shortly after daniel took his last jump off a diving board dylan took his first. >> yeah! >> it was really n that that inspired him to do it. it was a neat moment. >> reporter: this all happened last month. and today dylan jumps no problem. hopefully, his courage will now inspire you with whatever leap you need to make. steve hartman, on the road. in canton, ohio. >> a splash, of course. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a bit later for the morning news and "cbs this >>> it's thursday, august 23rd, 2018, this is the cbs morning news. president trump. he's pushing back against allegations from his former lawyer and we're learning just how close his ex campaign chair was to be convicted on all financial fraud charges. plus, new reaction from the california congressman facing charges today for alleged stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign money for his lavish lifestyle.

before all this let's cross live now to executive director at the ron paul institute daniel mcadams daniel thank you very much indeed for joining us to discuss this let's have a look at some of the facts and figures that face because deleted several what looked to be very unpopular accounts where the real threat. well these are i think thirty little more than thirty accounts and facebook has two point two billion users. as of last month so we're talking about such an infinitesimal small amount that it's hard to imagine this is a significant thing when facebook at so in this press release today said we have we haven't done really an investigation we don't know the facts we don't know who's behind it but then the next answer said but it looks a lot like what the russians did before so obviously they admit that they have no facts but by golly it's got to be the russians again trying to sow divisions among americans this is a conclusion they make well yeah i mean facebook says no evidence as you say russian links but american media on the politicians they already accusing russia of election me

now concludes the statement on stormy daniels was a lie. what do we make of the he handled the stormy daniels thing for me? i didn't hear that until later. it's messy. >> the reason "the washington post" changed the wording on this, they're saying the president knowingly told these m m mistruths. critics of the press have said the press has been far too -- will always say when it comes to negotiation, one of the traits of donald trump is that he lies. critics have called out the press on this saying this is semantics and the press should have used that word much earlier. >> we have presidents before that have not told all the truth. fdr was not exactly forward. everyone the going down the path, did the president lie or not. he might have. there's nothing they affects the mueller investigation. it won't go to court. might be a guy who didn't want his wife to know what he was up to. that's the argument. okay. great. what does that have to do with all the other stuff going on in the world like creating jobs and nuclear. >> his lawyer said he d

jimmy and danielle. danielle, it seems to me like sometimes the president's righteous indignation over things are sort of situational based on what he needs and how he's feeling in the moment. and i kind of have this sneaking suspicion that the next time there's a news report with anonymous sources saying good things about him or things that are helpful to him, maybe he'll share that story widely. right? am i wrong? >> i'm picking up what you're putting down. i think that's true. you know, this is a man who was known around new york city for decades as being his own anonymous source, launching stories that were good and were good for him related to his dating life and also some other stuff. these people often won't tell their stories unless they're given anonymity, and we've seen instances in history. you think about deep throat, we would never have known about watergate if we hadn't had people that were willing to come forward that didn't want to be the identified. guy: jimmy, do you change your accent?

michael avenatti represent daniels. >> she feels very vindicated. shfought the good fight and will continue to fight the good fight. >> reporter: the president says he didn't know about the payment. the president's attorney, rudy guiliani, tells nbc news late tonight there is no allegation of wrongdoing against the president and the government's charges against mr. cohen. it is clear, as the prosecutor noted, mr. cohen's actions reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a period of time. the president himself suggested he's not concerned with what cohen might say. >> just wonder if you're worried if he will cooperate. >> no, because i did nothing wrong. >> reporter: got it. >> nothing wrong. >> reporter: cohen will not have to go to trial but faces 3 1/2 to 5 years in prison and will be sentenced in december. >> he can go to jail for a jail, the years. more information, more truthful information he provides the better off he will be. >> reporter: it's a stunning development for two men whose relationship dates back a decade. cohen once memorably