donald trump returned to his comfort zone on saturday giving a rambling campaign-style speech at the conservative political action conference and republican pep rally that clocked in at more than two hours. the longest speech of his tenure so far. trump berated the media, who he continued to label fake news. his former attorney general jeff sessions who he mocked in a fake southern accent, no less. and other targets for whom he rolled out a little bit of profanity. >> we had the greatest of all time. now we have people that lost. and unfortunately you put the wrong people in a couple of positions and they leave people for a long time that shouldn't be there. all of the sudden they are trying to take you out with bullshit, okay? >> but trump stopped short of mentioning by name the man who caused him the most trouble this week. his former personal attorney and fixer michael cohen. maybe because cohen's bombshell testimony triggered more house inquiries to come which could potentially reach the man who knows what's in the books. trump organization chief financial officer alan weisselber

national security scandal. "new york times" reporting trump overruled intelligence professionals who made a security clearance for jared kushner. we have that in the hour. >>> also powerful house chairs demanding testimony from trump money man alan weisselberg. tonight we're joined by one of the few trump executives to work by his side. that could be interesting. but i begin with client number 3 sitting down with individual 1. allow me to explain. it's a very 2019 story. donald trump went to speak with another fellow former michael cohen client, sean hannity, to attack cohen's allegations that trump was behind that money scheme to pay off stormy daniels. >> he told me at least a dozen times that he made the decision on the payments and he didn't tell you. >> he did. and he made the decision. remember this, he's an attorney. whatever decision he makes, he's supposed to rely on an attorney to make a decision. when you have an attorney, you're supposed to be able to rely on your attorney. >> attorney-client privilege? >> it's also called reliance. >> he knows what he's doing. relian

prevent michael cohen and others from testifying against donald trump. in a breaking news report tonight "the new york times" is reporting that the president's tv lawyer rudy giuliani says that lawyers for several people approached him about the possibility of presidential pardons. "the times" reports mr. giuliani who has been representing mr. trump since last spring says he always insisted to defense lawyers that in trump would not consider granting pardons until the investigations were long over. i always gave one answer and they always left disappointed, mr. giuliani said. "the times" notes tonight that president trump's first legal team, headed by washington lawyer john dowd, quote, had discussions with lawyers for paul manafort and michael t. flynn in 2017 about pardons. abc news is reporting that in the weeks following the raid on michael cohen's home, office and hotel room last year, michael cohen was, quote, contacted by two new york attorneys who claimed to be in close contact with rudy giuliani. sources described the lawyers' contact with cohen as an effort to keep him

] - [giggles] ♪ - president trump clashing with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer over border security during an explosive sit-down. - nancy pelosi and chuck schumer together with the president, clashed big time over border wall funding. with a december 21 deadline to avoid a government shutdown, the clock is ticking. - trump is demanding $5 billion for a border wall, and as you can imagine, democrats would rather release obama's original kenyan birth certificate than give trump that wall money, which is why this meeting turned into an absolute mess. - you want to shut it down. you keep talking about it. - no, no, no, the last time, chuck, you shut it down... - no, no, no, 20 times-- - and then you opened it up very quickly, and i don't want to do what you did. - but you said it is effective. - can i be-- can i tell you something? - yeah, you just said it's effective. - house democrats who just won a big victory... - elections have consequences, mr. president. - let me just say this-- - that's right. and that's why the country's doing so well. - you can do border security without a wal

investigate security clearances. team trump is fighting back tonight. >>> plus, president trump takes on michael cohen and his former fixer says not so fast. who's winning this war? >> and trump accused of low-balling the value of his properties. is he saving millions of taxes or violating the law? let's go "outfront." >> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a top secret ultimatum. the chairman of the house oversight committee demanding more information about jared kushner and how he got top secret security clearance. the deadline for this, monday. now this big development coming after "the new york times" reports president trump himself intervened overruling concerns from intelligence officials about kushner having access to america's biggest secrets. "the new york times" actually cited internal white house memos detailing the president's order. well, the white house is now firing back. white house counsel saying he will only make some documents available to the committee, and he says don't try and go around me. don't try to go around me to talk to white house staffers, e

breaking news story and plenty more at the top of the next hour will trump pardon his former campaign chair and wouldn't pay a political price for that with his base take a look at that on this edition of. the politicking on larry king on wednesday donald trump was former campaign manager paul now for learned his fate on his federal convictions immediately after began the speculation about whether the president will pardon him but how would issuing a pardon affect his popularity with his base and what role to play in his twenty twenty reelection bid we will talk about that with rick wilson g.o.p. consultant his number one best seller everything trump touches dies and a republican strategist gets real about the worst president ever is now out in paperback and he joins us from tallahassee the capital of florida ok what's your reaction rick to the sentencing a man of forty. well larry i think what happened yesterday with paul mckenna for it was a shock to very few people he got a very light sentence in the in the virginia case and judge berman issued a sentence that stretches th

michael cohen tells congress what he thinks of president trump. >> he is a racist. he is a con man and he is a cheat. >> and provides new areas for investigators to look at, from jared and ivanka to mr. trump's tax returns. republicans attack cohen. >> you lied. >> he lies. >> you are a liar. >> liar, liar, pants on fire. >>> and president trump tells a conservative conference what he thinks of all the investigators. >> and you will of a sudden they're trying to take you out with [ bleep ]. >> i will talk to the vice-chairman of the senate intelligence committee, democrat mark warner and to the ranking republican on the house oversight committee, jim jordan. >>> plus democrats and activists are arguing over impeaching the president. >> impeachment of this corrupt and lawless president is a first step. >> impeachment is a divisive issue in our country and let us see what the facts are. >> debating purity tests for democratic members of congress and disagreeing over what's more important to them in 2020. a candidate who shares their views or one who simply can beat president trump. >

evaporated from donald trump's political horizon. special counsel robert mueller found no evidence that the president colluded with the russians during the 2016 presidential election, even though mueller left open the question of obstruction of justice, mueller left open the question of obstruction ofjustice, the president is claiming exoneration. my president is claiming exoneration. my guest has a unique —— perspective on all of this. george papadopoulos was the first campaign member to be convicted as a result of them mueller probe. are we any closer to the truth? george papadopoulos in new york city, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you have had a few hours now to digests the news of the headlines that come out of the special counsel's report, as reported by the us attorney general. you have a unique perspective on this. give me your initial response. my your initial response. my initial response is that i feel quite vindicated actually. i would like to echo the president's sentiment where he stated that he felt exonerated to some extent. it is, i guess it really... you are right

unity of the that's what people want now. >> what a contrast between trump and o'rourke. it would be incredible. >> history calls for us to come together. to show ourselves and fellow americans the generations that follow what we're made of. and what we can do. and the only way to get that done is get it done together. thank you all for having me out today. this is an msnbc special presentation. >>> all we hear about is this phony russia witch hunt. >> the mueller/russia report is not ready yet. >> washington is in eager and anticipation mode. our report is. >> this is really important. the unprecedented moments. >> those were lies and i am so sorry that the american people were told that. >> mr. trump knew of and directed the trump moscow negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it. >> the infamous meeting. >> when you tell someone you have dirt, once you get a yes, you have hooked your fish. because they lied that makes it look more significant than it is. >> the aggressive defense. >> fake news of the russia witch hunt. >> trump create a great job creating an atmosphere

, michael president trump's former lawyer, testified about investigations related to the 2016 presidential campaign and the president's financial disclosures. here is mr. cohen's opening statements followed by highlights from the hearing. : thank you for inviting me here today. ensure this committee to that my family be protected from presidential threats and that the committee be sensitive to the questions pertaining to ongoing investigations. thank you for your help and your understanding. i am here under oath to correct the record. to answer the committee's questions truthfully and offer the american people what i know about president trump. i recognize that some of you may doubt and attack my credibility. it is for this reason that i have incorporated into this opening statement documents that are irrefutable and demonstrate that the information you will hear is accurate and truthful. never in a million years did i imagine when i accepted a job in 2007 to work for donald trump that he would one day run for the presidency. to launch a campaign on a platform of hate and into

president's efforts to build trump tower in moscow. here's cohen last week saying trump's lawyers changed that key part of his false testimony. >> which specific lawyers we viewed and edited your statement to congress on the moscow tower negotiations, and did they make any changes to your statement? >> there were changes made, additions. jay sekulow for one. >> were there changes about the timing? >> several changes including how were they going to handle that message, and the message, ob, being the length of time the trump tower moscow project stayed alive. >> trump attorney jay sekulow denied the press's legal team made those edits. however, nbc news is now reporting cohen today backed up his allegation with new documents that show edits to the false written statements he made to congress. not only that but "the new york times" has now acquired eight of the 11 checks the president used to reimburse cohen for his illegal hush payments to stormy daniels. there they are. in other words, cohen left a paper trail that could be a treasure trove to investigators. this comes as a new qu

noah" presents... ♪ [lilting string music] - robert mueller gave a list of questions to trump's legal team. and those questions have now leaked to the media. and everyone knows, unless it's in a hotel room in russia, president trump does not like leaks. - the president tweeting this: - but you can tell from this tweet that the president is really mad. first off, because he says none of mueller's questions are about collusion, which is not true, because 14 of the questions are about collusion. but i guess if you round down, 14's basically zero. and second--second, he's really mad because he believes that mueller's team leaked these questions to the press. but... what if it turns out the leak is coming from inside the house? - it's very likely, or at least it would make a lot of sense, that the leak would come from trump world. - because people like us on television would be saying that this is a really bad idea, and perhaps he listens to the television more than he listens to his own advisers. [laughter] - being trump's lawyer must be so exhausting. no, just think about it. he won't li

. ii hope you'll open the floor to amendments. >> on monday the trump administration doubled down on their assault on american health care. by supporting an effort to completely eliminate the health care law through the courts. people scratched their head, are they really doing this? after trying for two years unsuccessfully? after losing thesu election? yep, they were. the action is no small matter. the trump administration's radical support for the wholesale elimination of the health care law would send our health care system into certain chaos. if the trump administration has its way, it would send premiums soaring for millions of americans. it would revoke coverage for tens of millions more who gaped coverage through med -- who gained coverage. it would strike protections for an estimated 133 million adults in america who have pre-existing medical c conditions, even peope who get coverage from their employer. let me say that again. there are 133 million americans who have pre-existing medical conditions. if the trump administration has its way, the insurance company could just te

the president has been cleared of collusion which president trump is trying to falsely claim. this was not a case about russian contacts with the trump campaign. if you that want case, paul manafort will be sentenced next week for lying about russian contacts with the rush shan campaign, but the judge yesterday did not say there was no collusion with russia. >> the judge said no collusion with russia. it has nothing to do with collusion, there is no collusion. it's a collusion witch hunt. i don't collude with russia. the judge for whatever reason, i was very honored by it, also made the statement that this had nothing to do with collusion with russia. so keep it going, keep the hoax going. >> katie turr covered the trump campaign, she the host of this show occasionally. and mimi rrr roeka is our legal guru, i feel like we need to give a history lesson about the paul manafort window. his time at the trump campaign is at the heart of so many questions. the first full screen, when manafort was campaign chief. the dnc says the rub shassians hacking themselves. the dnc platform is made

were mostly peaceful u.s. president donald trump's asked china to lift all tariffs on american agricultural products he says it's because trade talks between the world's two biggest economies are progressing well china in the u.s. a negotiating a way out of a trade war that seemed to it for tat increases in tariffs since last year canada has begun the process of extraditing a top while away executive to the united states among one job is under house arrest after being detained at washington's request she's accused of conspiring to violate sanctions on iran. chlorine was used as a weapon in the syrian town of duma but an investigation into the deadly attack doesn't say any blame the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it found reasonable grounds the toxic chemical was used but can't say who was responsible whom it was the final target of the syrian government's campaign to regain control of the suburbs of eastern ghouta damascus from opposition fighters and kurdish forces in syria say they're about to launch the final push against eisel in their last strong

off of this. >> and i want to be clear, one of the key things to understand about the trump presidency in this moment and the reason this tape -- and i thought i was glad that pirro said what she said in so far as she just said what is the belief of many people at that network and in the conservative movement and it is that this woman with the hijab is antithetical to the constitution.th own your views and don't pretend otherwise. but one thing about your point, all of that mass oth annie is not an act. they sit there getting their brain rotted by it. >> that is their belief and true core. >> and pirro didn't ad lib. >> it was loaded into the prompter. >> and somebody wrote that for her and probably a producer approved that language. look, this is what fox -- and they've been doing this before donald trump. let's be very, very clear. all of the hatred they spewed er during the obama administration and this is just who they are. even rupert murdoch back in 2015 was tweeting things that were 15 islamo phobic and disgusting and they package this and do it 24/7 and lies and hate

roger stone and a whole lot more. "hardball" with chris matthews is up next. >>> trump gets it wrong. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> president trump was out there today distorting the words of the federal judge who sentenced paul manafort to four years in prison. he tweeted a total untruth that quote both the judge and lawyer in the paul manafort case shouted loudly and for the world to hear that there was no collusion with russia. the judge said nothing of the kind. and he repeated that false hood from the south lawn of the white house. >> i feel very badly for paul manafort. i think it's been a tough time for hum. but if you notice both his lawyer, a highly respected man and a very highly respected judge, the judge said there was no collusion with russia. the judge -- i mean for whatever reason, i was very honored by it also mod the staumt that this had nothing to do with collusion with russia. so keep it going. let's go. keep the hoax going. just a hoax. >> that's twice now in one day trump said something the judge never said. manafort was sentenced yesterday for committing tax an

with donald trump's signature on it. >> my favorite moment was that congressman from louisiana being like where are these boxes? where is this box of treasure? why haven't these things been handed over to the fbi? and michael cohen was like i just got them back from the fbi. and the guy was so caught up in what he was asking in his fantastical tale he couldn't even hear that as an answer. then to get emily jane fox's reporting today about where exactly those boxes were was just perfect. >> she knows where the boxes of treasure are. she's going to be my first guest. thank you, rachel. >> thanks. >> well, president trump has just arrived back empty-handed from his negotiations with kim jong un, the murderous dictator who he continues to call his flend. and when the president landed tonight he was greeted by an investigative report in the "new york times" saying his son-in-law jared kushner was rejected for a security clearance and president trump overrode the objections and ordered a security clearance for jared kushner. "the new york times" says that the white house chief of sta

conclude president trump committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. good morning, everyone. we want to get your take on what we know so far about the mueller . democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can post your comments on facebook.com/c-span we will get to your calls in a minute. mr. mueller and the special counsel could not answer the question. he left it to the attorney general. within 48 hours, the attorney general and rod rosenstein concluded that the evidence developed during the special counsel's investigation is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction of justice offense. the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and chuck schumer, the democratic minority leader in the senate responded this way yesterday, the fact that special counsel robert mueller's report does not exonerate the president on a charge as serious as obstruction of justice demonstrates how serious it is that the report be made public without further delay. given liam bars public record of bias against -- given william b

donald trump has win enormous incentive to remain in office as long as he remains in office t justice department will not indictment him or put him on trials for his crime. he loses that protection as soon as he leaves the white house. he'll do whatever he can to make it tough for him to go. >> joy, just to clarify, i have zero faith in him. >> you heard it here first, matt miller. thanks to matt miller and joyce. that does it for our week, thank you so much for watching, i am nicole wallace, i will see you back here on monday at 4:00 p.m. >>> top secret clearance, let's play "hardball." >> good evening, i am steve cornacki in for chris matthews. chris will be back for his vacation on monday night. tonight though we continue to follow the explosive news that president trump lied about how jared kushner received his security clearance. four people briefed on the manner told new york times that president trump ordered his chief of staff to grant his son-in-law top secret security clearance. the decision was so alarming that john kelly, he wrote a con testimo contemporaneous memo

. you'll only see it here. cnn's pamela brown and kaitlan collins have just learned that president trump demanded a security clearance for his daughter ivanka over the objection of two top advisers, one of them retired four-star general. for the president, though, family came first. just as it reportedly did for his son-in-law jared kushner. special treatment by all appearances for both. cnn's pamela brown joins us now with details. so what have you learned? >> we've learned president trump pressured his then chief of staff john kelly and white house counsel don mcgahn to grant his daughter and senior adviser ivanka trump a security clearance against the recommendations, this is according to three people familiar with the matter speaking to me and my colleague kaitlan collins. as you know, the president has the legal authority to grant clearances. but most instances are left up to the white house personnel security office, which would then determine whether a staffer should be granted one after the fbi conducts a background check. but after concerns were raised by the personnel office, p

trump attorney's about boardpardon. after april fbi raid. as we just described with judiciary chairman, one of the issues that is being pursued by that committee and potentially by others is the prospect that pardons were dangled to michael cohen or potentially other witnesses and other subjects of the various russia investigations that may have been improperly offered as essentially a means of trying to persuade those witnesses or subjects of the investigation to cast things in the president's favor in exchange for a pardon but this is the "wall street journal" tonight reporting that one of michael cohen's attorneys, his attorney at the time steven ryan himself affirmatively approached trump's attorneys after cohen was raided asking about the possibility of a pardon. just posted tonight by the wall street journal. see you again tomorrow. that does it for us tonight. now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> once again, i'm learning my breaking news from you. >> in the crossover, sorry. >> yes. no, i need to hear it and so if you need more time to expand on this "w

byrne fan of mr trump says he has no doubt the president will pardon him do you feel the way. i think i think that. mr brennan may be mistaken in this regard donald trump doesn't really have a lot of will to the people who aren't useful to him and at this point now that paul man of fort faces. thirteen charges in new york against him of the for the manhattan district attorney you know there is no reason for donald trump to get paul in a four out of jail he is going to benefit is is should have flipped when he had the chance or should have told the truth to the special counsel when he had the chance these charges might have been levied against him had he been seen to be somebody who had remorse and was cooperating with authorities so i don't think that triple pardon him at the new york matter has to go to trial it does but right now from the from the initial reading that i've done on it it looks like a very open and shut case in terms of the way he misrepresented to value of his assets in order to get these mortgages for these apartments that he was purchasing trends says he's go

president trump and his company because of michael cohen's answers to congresswoman alexandria cortez. >> have they inflateed to an insurance company? >> yes. >> who else knows that the president did this? >> weisselberg, cale marry. >> "the new york times" says new york state regulators issued an extra pans sieve sexpansive fir the insurance policies exclaims involving president trump's family business according to a person briefed on the matter. "the new york times" also reports that the nine-page subpoena demand as broad range of materials dating back to 2009. the subpoena demands copies of all communications between an insurance broker and donald trump and the trump organization, state and federal investigators are not the only ones that found michael cohen's testimony credible enough to require further investigation, a new poll shows that 50% of voters believe michael cohen now more than they believe president trump with only 35% believe president trump more than they believe michael cohen. that same poll shows that 64% of voters believe that president trump committed crimes befo

, president trump lashing out as one of the only bank that's would do business is now the target of the new investigation. what could they have on trump? and a new book says trump tried to push ivanka out of the white house. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front, manafort's russia connection. we're hours away from paul manafort, president trump's former campaign chairman, from his first sentencing for crimes related to russia. front and central, manafort's relationship with his co-defendant, a russian. a russian mueller says is tied to russian intelligence. a russian that judge amy betterman jackson has already said is material, her word, to mueller's probe. that russian is constantine. tomorrow we may be a lot closer to finding out if this is the ultimate lie. >> this was no collusion. never has been. >> no choogs. >> no collusion. >> these judge who not only sent manafort to jail but to solitary confinement, this after he was accused of witness tampering. the ruling comes early tomorrow and she has complete discretion over whether it will run on top of or concurre

on march 14th, we'll have an open interview with felix saider on moscow trump tower. i must tell you to set your expectations. not every hearing will be like the open hearing of michael cohen. >> he dropped a lot of names, alleged accomplices or witnesses who can corroborate his claims about the president including the president's children. the oversight chairman elijah cummings said he wants to hear from every single person shows up in the hearing transcript. house intelligence reportedly interested in the one that came up the most. cfo allen weislberg. said to know every last detail about the business. we already knew the president was implicated in the criminal scheme to violate campaign finance law to which cohen pleaded guilty last year. identified as individual one in those court documents. it now brings the scheme inside the white house. a reimbursement check for the illegal stormy daniels hush money payment signed and dated august 1st, 2017 while donald trump was in august. but that's just one of the many potential crimes of which cohen accused his former boss. despite the ca

that president trump pushed officials to grant his daughter a security clearance. unlike what was just argued to you, just because you have a power doesn't mean you can exercise it any way you want, right? if he pressures people to give clearance to jared kushner, isn't it a legitimate question to ask why? we'll see tomorrow and i'll see you as well. thank you for watching. "cnn tonight with erin burnett" aka, the upgrade. for d. lemon, starts right now. >> oh, it is so true. sadly, he's probably not even watching to know what we're talking about. >> he passed out long ago. >> he's a lightweight. all right. have a good night. >> you, too. >>> and to 5all the of you, welcome to tonight. this is "cnn tonight" in for don lemon. multiple sources telling cnn president trump put pressure on two former top aides, chief of staff john kelly and white house don mcgahn. put pressure on both of them to grant security clearance to ivanka trump, the president's daughter and senior adviser. now it's not just jared kushner, it's also e vuivanka. kelly and mcgahn were against the move so the presi

democracy now! pres. trump: we always have to be prepared to walk. i could have signed an agreement today, and then you people would've said, oh, what a terrible deal, what a terrible thing you did. amy: a historical summit to denuclearize the korean peninsula inns w without an agreement. president trump walked away from the deal after kim jong-un demanded the u.s. lift sanctions on his country. we will go to vietnam for the latest. then president trump's former fixeral attorney and michael cohen testifies on capitol hill for more than five hours, directly accusing trump of committing crimes before and after he became president. chose toshamed that i take part in concealing mr. trump's illicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience. i am ashamed because i know what mr. trump is. he is a a racist. he is a con man. he is a cheat. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in the vietnamese capital hanoi, talks between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un came to an abrupt end thursday aft

thing we heard about jared kushner. donald trump's son-in-law at the time of trump's inauguration. namely that trump was putting kushner who has zero foreign policy experience in charge of solving the crisis in the middle east. next, we learned about 666 5th avenue, the billion dollars headache that kushner created for his family's real estate business for which he owed a lot of money. that he reportedly was hunting for in the middle east. later in 2017, kushner raised more eyebrows when he slipped off to saudi arabia and the white house refused to tell the public who he met with at a time when kushner was becoming bff with the saudi crown prince muhammad bin salman. all that time jared kushner held a very high security clearance which we now know senior intelligence officials did not want him to have, but to which donald trump really, really wanted to give him. according to the "new york times," giving jared kushner that top security clearance met defying the recommendations of senior intelligence officials including the cia. donald trump did it any way. which as president he has

numbers. manufacturing jobs have increased slightly, not necessarily due to trump's policies but voters in ohio may not be feeling like the president kept his promise. a poll from morning consult shows president trump's approval rating in ohio has fallen by 19 in lord's town, just 200 miles away from where the president spoke, a general motors plant is shutting down this month. gm ceo cited the trump tariffs which cost the company about a billion dollars as a reason for the closure. the president seemed to recognize that closing as a threat to his core support. he spent the week tweeting demands about reopening the plant. >> get the discussions going. get it open. lord's town is a great area. i guess i like it because i won so big there. >> meanwhile in washington, the federal reserve chairman gave an economic forecast that was less optimistic than what the president was saying and what the white house said yet. >> data suggests that growth is slowing somewhat more than expected. financial conditions tightened considerably over the fourth quarter while conditions have eased since

attorney general william barr detailing his investigation into president trump and russia. in the weeks since, it's become clearer every day that the fight to release mueller's full report might be uglier, dirtier and just as controversial as mueller's actual investigation. that is especially evident after barr sent a letter this afternoon to the chairman of the senate and house judiciary committees. barr writes in part, "we are preparing for the report -- preparing the report for release, making redactions that are required. the special counsel is assisting us in this process." and that is where things get tricky. what barr decides to redact and why he decides to make those redactions will be the subject of intense scrutiny and debate. house democrats are calling for maximum transparency, but barr seems to suggest in his letter that what could amount to a substantial part of the report will be redacted. he says he'll redact grand jury material, intelligence information, information that impacts ongoing cases and, "information that would unduly infringe on the personal privacy and reput

we will officially usher in the dangerous chapter of donald trump's pregnancy that can be spoiled by mueller's report to be handed over any day now. will that be the beginning of the existential peril for president trump, which could come with more indictments criminal referrals and intensifying investigations on capitol hill, and if any of the findings of any those inquiries are damning enough, impeachment. so it's against that grim background that president trump seems to be having long public meltdown on twitter. its so long it's raising questions about his competence and fitness for office -- not the first time -- as well as speculation trump is suffering a panic attack related to the mueller report we were talking about. regardless of whether trump is freaking out for good reason or simply losing it or both is that his nearly 72-hour long airing of grievances seemed designed to stoke outrage over the most demi demissive themes of his presidency. he also atamtacked john mccain. called for a probe of "saturday night live," which was in reruns this weekend. he tweeted in support

story for mr. trump. he left without a deal and upset the parents of otto warmbier. here is mr. trump's response when asked by supporters whether he raised the issue with the north korean leader, kim jong-un. >> he felt badly. he knew the case very well. he tells me he didn't know about it. i will take him at his word. >> that provoked this angry response from warmbier's family. >> kim and his evil regime are responsible for the death of otto. they are responsible for cruelty and inhumanity. no excuses or lavish praise can change that. president trump says he was misinterpreted. he says he was the one that got their son out of north korea and he holds north korea responsible. an adviser to president trump, kelli kellyanne conway had this to say. >> the president is saying that there's no indication chairman kim knew what happened when it happened. >> critics, though, say mr. trump only had praise for the north korean leader. let's talk about it with will r ripley. he is live in hanoi. start with the fall out to the president's response to otto warmbier's family, letting kim jong-un off

questions that have to be answered! ( laughter ) why is trump so supportive of putin? ( laughter ) why did trump's son meet with a russian lawyer in a secret meeting? why did trump lie about the moscow tower? don't leave us alone with him. he's crazy! ( laughter ) mueller! come back! ♪ ♪ >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert! tonight, russian to judgment. plus stephen welcomes senator elizabeth warren and tony hale, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> stephen: hey! downtown! happy monday! welcome! welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your shows stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) now, folks, how was everybody's weekend? ( cheers and applause ) i had a pretty good weekend. not as good as the president's, but good. in case you're coming to us from under your rock -- i hope you're all sitting down, and you all are, good. ( laughter ) out there, too. because this weekend, we got some troubling news -- our president is "not" a

. >> mr. trump knew of and directed the trump moscow negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it. >> the infamous meeting. >> when you tell someone you have dirt, once you get a yes, you have hooked your fish. because they lied that makes it look more significant than it is. >> the aggressive defense. >> fake news of the russia witch hunt. >> trump create a great job creating an atmosphere that a third of the country will not believe anything that robert mueller says. >> how do we get here? >> i am concerned that donald trump is behaving someone who may have been compromised or blackmailed by russia. >> the house committee sending outleters to individuals looking for these things. >> it is hard to imagine the worse thing that happens to donald trump was being elected president of the united states. >> russia, if you are listening, i hope you are able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >>> for more than two years, the nation has been consumed by questions about whether trump campaign and the russians interfered in the 2016 elections? >> we have a special counsel

has dispensed that president trump is a liar leaves behind a paper trail. he is sharing documents that show edits of the president's false testimony before congress. those surround questions about the trump tower moscow project which lined up his conviction for being charged. the documents are intended to bolster cohen's claim before lawmakers last week that the president's attorney, jay sekulow, was involved in crafting the statement on trump tower moscow. here's that claim from cohen's testimony. >> there were changes made, additions. jay sekulow for one. there were several changes that were made, including how we were going to handle that message which was -- >> were you finished? >> the message, of course, being the length of time that the trump tower moscow project stayed and remained alive. >> sekulow denied that allegation last week, and he told nbc news today he stands by that denial. but news about the edits to cohen's testimony isn't the only bombshell in today's news cycle. the "new york times" out with some blockbuster reporting of their own today on six new checks tha

. president trump visited florida's lake okeechobee and whichrbert hoover dike, surrounds the lake north of his mar-a-lago resort. the president of florida lawmakers spoke to reporters about funding and discussed immigration, mexico, and health care. this is about 15 minutes. about 5 minutes. pres. trump: we have had a tremendous success here. come on over. we have had a tremendous construction success. in florida. okeechobee, -- lake which i have known for a long time, and incredible lake but it has had a lot of problems. i want to introduce some of the people here. governor desantis. thank you for being here. you have done a fantastic job. you took over from a governor who you know, rick scott, who has been bothering me about getting this done for a long time and no sinner does he go -- no sooner does he go to the senate that governor desantis starts bothering me and i want to thank the army corps of engineers who have been fantastic. we need a wall also on the border. you know that, right? i am looking at these walls and say do not forget our southern border. i want to thank senator m

. ah donald trump do solemnly swear. trump do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states also has the president of the united states the day trump this morning and the two thousand and sixteen election that secured his victory is already under investigation did russia help them get the presidency. so they got the breath of life. as he walks on pennsylvania avenue from where he took the oath of office wards the white house he steps on to a political battlefield. pennsylvania avenue is the heart of washington that connects a major political players congress the f.b.i. the department of justice. the press. the white house. this is the story set at one of the most powerful capitals in the world a political and judicial conflict. a battle that has pitted tromp against those who believe he was an accomplice and russia's interference is. a battle for the truth. about the president of the united states and for the principles of american democracy. according to top u.s. intelligence chiefs the russians interfered in t

[helicopter whirring] [indiscernible] announcer: president trump and first lady melania trump toward areas in lee county, alabama, damaged by tornadoes. the president met with alabama governor, k.i.a.'-- kay ivey and also met with local residents, paying tribute to dozens who died in the storm. this is half an hour. [helicopter whirring] president trump: thank you, folks. thank you. [indiscernible] >> thank you all so much. you this morning? >> i am doing better today. president trump: she is doing great. >> mr. president, what did you see from the air? president trump: i saw this. you saw things that you wouldn't believe. we saw the same thing. catherine has done an incredible job, and the governor has done an incredible job, and we really appreciate it. >> we appreciate you and the first lady for taking time to come into how important it is for people to work together and stand up together. when we do that together, we wind up being stronger together. we thank you for that. president trump: thank you. already1200 folks have volunteered from all over the state and they will c

trump campaign and russia, though he did say he was suspicious. trump also said it could -- shouldn't have been scheduled to co inside with his trip to vietnam. >> i think having a fake hearing like that and having it in the middle of this very important summit is real a a terrible thing. they could have made it two days later or next week and it would have been even better. there would have been more time but having it during this very important summit is very incredible. >> the front pages of this morning's newspapers played up the revelations and accusations made during the public hearing yesterday. those papers went to press just before the summit which ended early this morning with little to nothing in the way of reesults. wednesday's explosive six-hour hearing, he suggests that president suborned purnlry. and that stemming from the testimony that trump hint said him in a code that cohen understood. and cohen did testify as well that the president didn't directly tell him to lie. the most direct evidence did come in the form of a check signed by trump while he was president. inte

democrats are launching a sweeping trope into donald trump's business dealings and his family members. democrat leaders admit before you begin impeachment you've got to be convinced the american public so is that with the new investigations are about. new pictures as a new report reveals an unprecedented number of migrant families crossing into the us illegally this month alone, this comes days after a vote in the senate where growing number of republican say they will help democrats block the president's national emergency funding the border wall. breaking late tonight and ethics watchdog filing a complaint with the federal election commission, congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez could be in big trouble, the complaint claims more than $1 million in political donations wound up in the staffers home company. welcome to fox news at night in washington. we begin with house democrats and their probes into donald trump's businesses and family members, democrats 8 is their duty but how will the american people react? trace gallagher has the details and the fallout. >> new york democratic

week marred by defeat and controversy, president trump delivered the longest speech of his presidency. ditching his prepared remarks, he went on the attack. attacking the robert mueller investigation, attacking james comey, rod rosenstein, jeff sessions. even mocking his own infamous calls for russia to find hillary clinton's e-mails. >> unfortunately, you put the wrong people in a couple of positions and they leave people for a long time that shouldn't be there and all of a sudden, they are trying to take you out with bullshit. okay? robert mueller never receive d vote. nee neither did the person that appointed him. the attorney general says, i'm going to recuse myself. i said, why the hell didn't he tell me that before i put him in? you tell a joke, you are sarcastic, if you are having fun with the audience, if you are on live television with millions of people and 25,000 people in an arena and you say something like, russia, please, if you can, get us hillary clinton's e-mails. please, russia, please. please get us the e mays. please. >> that wraps up a week that include