marc kasowitz apologized. he apologized for sending a threatening e-mail to someone who had sent him an e-mail that was critical of him. it all started at 9:28 p.m. last night, right after rachel made some general comments about a very negative article about marc kasowi kasowitz. >> it's got a lot of disparaging personal information about mr. kasowitz, including stuff like about his lifestyle and even medical issues for him. it's got a lot of details about -- i kid you not -- his behavior at office christmas parties. it is an unusual thing. >> that was rachel last night. that's as far as she went. she's so polite. she didn't mention any of the details in the article, but she urged people to read the article, which details marc kasowitz's repeated struggles with alcohol. the article says he sought treatment at a high-end rehab facility according to two people who heard it from kasowitz himself. the reason all of this was relevant is that marc kasowitz has not applied for a security clearance, which makes it vir

but mark kasowitz doesn't have one. and the rest of the reabpiece i about why he might not be able to get a security clearance if he wanted to. and this gets into personal stuff about drinking and rehab and what sounds like kind of a tremendous bar fight. it's lurid stuff and it is sourced up the what zoo. and this would be personal in nature and wouldn't be our business if it wasn't for the fact that mark kasowitz is now president trump's lawyer. and this stuff described, it may affect his ability to get a security clearance which really may affect his ability to provide effective representation to the president. i talked about that briefly last night around this time and then something new happened. i'm going to recount this. we're going back to reporter justin elliott at propub la ka. quote, mark kasowitz, president trump's personal attorney threatened a stranger last night. the exchange began after the man saw our story featured last night on the rachel maddow show on msnbc. the exchange of e-mails on wednesday bega

kasowitz since expressed remorse. i must ask you, is this appropriate behave for the lawyer representing the president of the united states? >> well, trial lawyers are pretty good at controlling their emotions, don. this is a very seasoned trial lawyer. he just decided to let his inner bully go out and run roughshod over this guy. it's really quite surprising. it might have been the end of a long day, as he said, but he had control of himself and he just decided to go after him and be abusive which is what bullies do. >> do you think mr. kasowitz is going to face any repercussions for his behavior? >> there are -- the american bar association's model code does have a provision that says attorneys should not do anything to embarrass the profession. so this depends on the new york bar and what -- how their view of it. they may cut him some slack as a first time, but if he has this problem again, i suspect they might give him a call. >> i wonder if it shows the amount of pressure that he's under to have, as you said, a s

it all comes amid a flurry of reports on marc kasowitz. let's talk it over with cnn legal analyst and former homicide prosecutor paul callan. according to "the washington post," kasowitz is struggling to manage his client who won't follow instructions, won't discipline himself. they write this quote after one meeting in which his legal team urged trump to steer clear of a certain topic, he sent out a tweet about that very theme before they arrived back at their office. what would you do if you were his personal lawyer right now? >> you know, he's got a horrible situation on his hands. he has a president who is being investigated by a special prosecutor. and what lawyers tell their clients is essentially, don't say anything or talk about anything related to the case unless you clear it with me. and the president's, you know, sending out the tweets at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. believe me it's enough to give a lawyer a heart attack or a stress attack which is what happened with marc kasowitz. >> what -- >> pardon me? >> do you think that's

five minutes later kasowitz replied with two words, f you. 15 minutes later kasowitz e-mailed again. you don't know me, but i will know you. how dare you send me an e-mail like that. i'm on you now. you are expletive with me now. he continues to bee rate the writer ending the e-mail, watch your back, then an expletive. the unnamed viewer replied writing thank you. so which kasowitz wrote two more e-mails, call me. don't be afraid you piece of -- expletive. the last e-mail, i already know where you live. i'm on you. you might as well call me. you will see me, i promise, bro. >> shockingly inappropriate e-mails for a person of mr. kasowitz's stature in the legal profession and as counsel to the president of the united states. >> reporter: cnn legal analyst paul callan is also a new york attorney, aware of kasowitz's aggressive take-no-prisoners reputation. shortly after fired fbi director james comey testified before the senate intelligence committee, kasowitz swung hard on behalf of the president. >> the president never, in form or substance, directed or suggested that mr. comey stop

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kasowitz has thrown at him. he responds, thank you for your kind reply. thank you for your kind reply. i may be in touch as appropriate. then two minutes later, the president's lawyer, marc kazowitz continues to go nuts. quote, call me if you want a conversation. i will have it with you. you are such a piece of -- call me. don't be afraid you piece of -- stand up. if you don't call me, you're just afraid! call me. no response from this other guy to this e-mail. but marc kasowitz is not done. that did not help him blow of enough steam. he's also not busy. five minutes later he's still erupting. i'm jewish. i presume you are too. stop being afraid. call me or give me your number and i will call you. i already know where you live. i'm on you. you might as well call me. you will see me. i promise. bro. bro? so that's the president's lead lawyer on the russia investigation. the guy he was threatening there, he says he has now forwarded this exchange to the fbi. but for what it's worth, i am not a lawyer, the i know where you live and you will see me, that is n

today, "the new york times" reports that mark kasowitz is considering resigning. pro-publica has published an enormous hair-curling story about mark kasowitz today, which is part personal profile, but also part cliffhanger in terms of whether mark kasowitz is going to be able to continue in his role leading the trump defense. even if he does stay on and he doesn't resign, they're raising the question whether he can continue to effectively run this defense. we have posted this pro-publica story on our website tonight. it's long. it's fascinating if you're interested in this side of the story. i should tell you, though, it's got a lot of disparaging personal information about mr. kasowitz, including stuff like about his lifestyle, and even medical issues for him, it's got a lot of details about, i kid you not, his behavior at office christmas parties. it's an unusual thing. there are some unnamed sources in the piece, but there are a lot of named sources as well, including named sources who are people close to the president. so i don't have that much appetite for li

sources telling cnn marc kasowitz, trump's long time lead attorney, on the russian investigation, is now being phased out. joining me is cnn's gloria borger. you got this breaking news, what's happening? >> well, what the president is doing is reshuffling his legal team. you now have a special counsel investigation that's really moving full steam ahead. and i think the feeling inside the white house was that they needed a legal team with more washington experience. more experience in dealing with a special counselc kasowitz who was trump's personal material, he has been taken over by a lawyer with a lot of experience inside the white house, ty cobb. and another attorney, john doud, taking the lead, whole be the president's primary personal attorney. so you see a new team being set up. and you know, this is not the kind of law he is used to practicing and you know, they needed people with more washington experience, quite honestly. >> and that was said at the beginning when he hired marc kasowitz for this russia investigation. we talked about that a lot. was he the right person for th

i speak with kasowitz and my other co-counsel on this every day. i don't know where this is coming from but let me be really clear. mark kasowitz is the lead lawyer in this case. i'm one of the lawyers on the team. mark kasowitz's firm is the lead on this case. there is no dissension in the ranks. this is a completely false story. i don't think i can be any clearer than that. >> in the ranks, you're included jared kushner? >> anybody. in a situation like this, there's multiple lawyers. people have lawyers. different clients have different lawyers. but there's no -- >> no frustration? >> no frustration. there's cooperative arrangements. lawyers are working well together. you put a group of lawyers in the room, we work through issues. one wants to go in this direction, one in that direction. you work it out. you know what the situation is like in any case? you make a strategy decision, talk to your client about the strategy decision and they accept it. the idea that mark kasowitz who has represented the campaign for years. >> the president personally

i think the downgrade of kasowitz is more significant. this is trump firing a long-time loyalist, a lawyer who has worked for him for decade. i think that shows they know they have a serious legal problem on their hands, that a guy who goes to fork court for you isn't the guy to go up against mueller's team, the "new york times" and washington post reported they have been dock extensive research into people on mueller's team. i think this is significant. he is making a change by actually firing a long-time loyalist, showing the number one quality he cares about loyalty isn't what he's going to promote right now, which in terms of having a legal defense team ready to take on this is probably smart. >> all right. annie carn nip, ken delelaneyde thank you to all for joining us, a lot more on this breaking news tonight the walk post reporting again jeff sexes the attorney general last year as a senator discussed trump campaign-related matters with the russian ambassador. >> that is according to u.s. intelligence intercepts. >> that story brea

peter you just mentioned the attorney kasowitz of new york, the pro from manhattan. the president brought in to clean things up. he is a critical player in your piece as either perhaps under a cloud of resignation or firing but may not last. how is that true? >> well, what we're told is that marc kasowitz, the lawyer and his legal team feel frustrated that you know, they've been boxed out to some extent by the family particularly by jared kushner. there are decisions being made, conversations are being had that don't involve the lawyers and that in their view don't necessarily reflect the views of their client the president so much as the interests of the president's son-in-law or his family. there is talk among them that you know, this can't go on. this is not a good way for a lawyer to operate. that doesn't mean necessarily going to be a change. whether or not mr. kasowitz might finally take his leave and move on or that might be a way of getting the president's attention to improve the situation they have right now with their client. >> ashley, i know you're not g

so you see kind of a whole new legal team being set up and kasowitz kind of becomes a victim in all of this because this is not the kind of law he's used to practicing and they needed people with more washington experience, quite honestly. >> and that was said at the beginning when he hired him for this russia investigation. was he the right person for this? and the president seemed to think so. there's also been a lot of t turmoil. >> i mean, i think the president has not been happy with the way this whole investigation is going. obviously we spent a day talking about what he said to the new york times. he wasn't happy about the special counsel in the first place and internally at the white house, he's made no secret about the fact he's not been happy about the way this has been handled and kasowitz has been in new york. we need people here. and we've learned the spokesman and the communications strategist for trump's legal team is also leaving. so you know what you essentially have is a wholesale changes here in the president's legal team, largely because they feel they need to take

kasowitz, also known for having a hot temper. now, you might remember last night on this show we had bloomberg news reporter, investigative reporter greg ferrell here. greg ferrell and a colleague yesterday reported for bloomberg this seemingly very important story. you see the headline, mueller expands probe to trump business transactions. the reason i say this was a seemingly very important story is in part because of the freak out it seems to have occasions in the white house. that bloomberg article came out yesterday, mid morning. updated a couple of times during the day but initially came out mid-morning yesterday. by the time we were on the air last night, these were the stories that were breaking in "the washington post" and in the "new york times" about the president considering his pardon powers, having his legal team discuss who he's allowed to pardon, including considering the question of whether he's allowed to pardon himself. and the white house trying to cook up ways to discredit robert mueller, the special counsel'

. >>> meanwhile trump's lawyer marc kasowitz is making stranger in a profanity laced e-mail. there was an e-mail with the subject line resign now. trump's lawyer responded to the stranger's e-mail with a lot of profanity and threats. one read "i already know where you live. i'm on you. you will see me, i promise bro' ." a spokesman for kasowitz says he plans to apologize and he wishes he could reverse the clock but he can't. >> 4:34 is the time right now. let's get over to mike thomas and talk about the weather. mike, good morning to you t i heard you say in the last hit there was going to be a cooldown at some point and consequences as well. >> there's always consequences. >> paying attention. >> you are paying attention. which is rare for a friday. you must have just come back from vacation. let's get to it. we have to watch some thunderstorm activity later today. it will still be hot this weekend. the good news is we'll clear out some of that humidity. it's the humidity that's really driving people crazy around here. satellite and radar showing a few showers out that were

also i don't know that referring reporters to mark kasowitz and trying to brush off questions, mark kasowitz who is the current representation outside of the white house has been an effective strategy because it leaves a lot of unanswered questions and loose ends in the sense that the white house is not addressing these questions head-on. having a lawyer in the white house able to shape the white house's response to these type of questions could help the west wing appear more transparent and it's not clear that mark kasowitz ever sought or obtained a security clearance, so it's important to have an attorney that is able to access classified information given that this investigation has to do with material that is so sensitive, so bringing someone in-house who has that capability could also help sharpen the legal defense. >> errol, even with a security clearance for ty cobb, the president, even yesterday, called this the probes into the russia collusion a hoax. is the president on the list of people as attorney eldin said a few moments is aware of how serious this situation is? >> i don't kno

a professional sent kasowitz an e-mail with the many subject line resign now. trump's lawyer responded to the stranger's e-mail with a lot of profanity and threats. one read i already know where you live. i'm on to you. you might as well call me. you will see me i promise bro'. a spokesman for kasowitz says he plans to apologize for his actions and that he wishes he could reverse the clock but he can't. >> wisconsin and illinois hit with dangerous flooding after storms swept through the area. scott walker discovered a state of emergency in three counties in the southeastern part of the state. 100 national guard troops have been sent to t flooding caused power outages that forced a hospital to relocate its patients. power has since been restored. >>> check this out. windy weather in amarillo texas. it fanned the flames into what some called a fire tornado. the stunning sight was caught on camera by a photographer named steve douglas. that really isn't a tornado. this is just a phenomenon caused by high winds that made it tough for firefighters to contain the bla

. >> yeah, mark kasowitz who was the president's personal lawyer, someone very loyal, a confidante a friend of the presidents, set to lead the legal team outside the white house sponing to all the injuriys around the mueller investigation, the congressional investigation. he has had some controversies. he is a very colorful. >> ewe good euphemism. >> and a seasoned washington lawyer. he is not a real estate lawyer, not a transactional lawyer. a very seasoned lawyer now taking the lead. and then mark coral o the crisis communicator who had been trump on liked had a lot of respect for was going to handle the outside communication to take the pressure off the folks inside the white house, he on thursday announced he was resigning a person close to him says it was becoming too chaotic didn't feelic he was in the know, left out of the loop and he didn't need this essentially. and moved on. >> peter baker, in addition to being a long-term washington journalist you are of all of us here the only former moscow bureau chief. i have to ask you a closing question. what do you think they make of

dowd will replace marc kasowitz. oil producers to meet to clear the global oil glut. there is little chance they will come up with a more aggressive schema. they are try to find a deal between major oil producer -- producers. the fund says it has approved in new loan worth as much as 1.8 billion dollars in conditioned on eurozone countries providing greece with the debt relief. in london, a judge rejected a request to file an $80 billion suit against mastercard. the group accused them of unfair charges. the judge's ruling could limit britain as the location for class-action suits. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. nejra: thank you. shares of a major german automaker falling after they held the decades of talks on engine technology that breached rules. this is bloomberg. ♪ funny -- vonnie: i am vonnie quinn. nejra: how to your down to the european close. ismany's auto industry reacting to a new report about potential antitrust collusion, volkswagen and b

marc kasowitz will see his role as lead lawyer on the russian investigation diminish. jay sekulow and another washington attorney, john dowd, will take over. >> by working outside the white house, their relationship will be protected by attorney-client privilege. jay cobb will replace mark peralo. >> donald trump jr. and paul manafort may be appearing. >> we have asked for voluntary appearances. we're having hearings next wednesday. we want to hear right away. >> trump jr. and manafort are scheduled to appear before the senate judiciary committee. senator dianne feinstein also reiterating the subpoena threat. >>> we're learning jared kushner's closed door session next week will be with staff. it's not yet clear when he will meet with senators. this is now being called, miguel, an interview, not testimony. >> meantime, cnn has exclusively learned jared kushner's status as a top aide for president trump is still being used to lure chinese investors to the new jersey development. kushner's name being used online for two companies. being touted quote the celebrity of the f

trump's former attorney marc kasowitz is out. kasowitz's spokesman ron has resigned. >> mr. trump said this week that investigating his and his family's finances would redline. sources say they're investigating business dealings against the president's former campaign chairman paul manafort. they started that inquiry and then turned it over to mueller's team. >>> senators are expected to vote next week. right now it's not clear what will be in that bill. senate majority whip john cornyn was asked yesterday if republicans would know brhand what they would be voting on. he said, quote, that's a luxury we don't have. shannon pettypiece is the white house correspondent. good morning. why don't they know what bill they're going to be voting on? >> because republicans haven't been able to come together about any consensus about what they'd like to do. there's a couple of options out there right now. one would be flat out repeal obamacare for delay two of years to give them a couple of years to come up with some sort of replacement. there is a bill right now with a replacement opti

and trump's personal lawyer -- marc kasowitz who was leading that team -- is now said to be working in a lesser role. according to sources -- ty cobb will now be taking the lead. there you have it -- o.j. simpson -- soon to be a free man. o.j. simpson -- soon to be a free man. the parole board in nevada voted unanimously to release him from prison after serving nine years of a 33 year sentence for robbery and kidnapping. one of his victims -- even pleading on his behalf. the soonest simpson could be set free is october 1st. more on what led to the parole board's decision, and what o-j plans to do next -- coming up at 5:45. happening today.. the man accused of stealing an unoccupied ambulance from prince george's hospital center will be arraigned. william person allegedly stole the ambulance in may, and led police on a more than hour-long chase. before the incident, officers found him on the street, with an apparent injury, acting erratically. he was taken to the hospital for treatment. police say he stole the ambulance shortly after he was released. wicked weather ripping through -- ho

mark kasowitz as we reported first thing this morning as the day has come full circle, is stepping away leading the charge. i am told he'll be providing guidance to the president but now the operation is off and running, they're handing off, tagging off to john dowd. to ty cobb. he has not started that upon yet. we don't expect to happen for probably another couple of weeks. at least a little down the road. he is wrapping up his business before he moves into the white house. and jay sekulow will be the public face. just like this one. we will update of course, if we hear back. remember, sekulow and scaramucci are buddies, old friends as anthony scaramucci said today. so this will be, if not the top issue that scaramucci will figure out. how do you get the messaging? you have to have some kind of communications strategy on it. so far the strategy has been to put a was the between them. and i have a feeling old see it in the coming days. >> just looking at scaramucci. in hearing how the president was pleased with the performance, the question that hovers over the appointment like all othe

marc kasowitz is out as a personal attorney and his spokesman has resigned. >> the new team has been pushing back against robert mueller's probe and is reportedly looking into the backgrounds of investigators to use it to pinpoint. >> it's broad and allows him to look into any matters that arise or arose directly from the investigation. anne-marie? >> mola lenghi in washington. thank you, mola. >>> the white house says the president has confidence in attorney general jeff sessions. that follows mr. trump telling the "new york times" he never would have hired sessions if he had known he was going to recuse himself from the russian investigation. sessions said yesterday he is staying on the job. >> we love this job. we love this department, and i plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate. >> sessions said it is an honor to serve as attorney general. >>> a push by the president senate republican leaders plan a vote this tuesday as they try to breathe life back into the health care bill, but it's not clear the republicans have the vote to clear the debate. if two republica

message was sent to a tern who asked why marc kasowitz did not think of personal appearances. >>> "stuff" reports that a caribbean tourist was killed by a blast from a jet airliner. this woman was slammed into a wall yesterday at san martin. >>> las vegas sun, the emergency move will speed up the licensing of pot dribtders. demand for pot has been overwhelming since it became lee goal on july 1st. ing. >> serena williams is promised a run for the finals. the 37-year-old williams is playing her 20th wimbledon despite injuries and an autoimmune illness. >>> still ahead, beyonce's baby pictures. the singer reveals her twins in a new instagram post as they mark a special day. (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. but entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest heart failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entre

now, my understanding is he doesn't replace kasowitz. he's still trump's personal lawyer, but he is now a representative of the white house, the administration, you know cobb, tell us about him and does he fit the bill? >> yeah, ty is a very good lawyer and a very nice guy. whether he can corral everybody in the white house counsel's office to get everyone seeing on the same score card is something that remains to be seen. but he has a lot of experience, and he's a likable guy. and he could do what the current white house counsel can't do, which is bring a lot of prior experience in criminal investigations to this. but you see two things going on, ana, that are interesting. one is they're bringing in ty to try to replicate what clinton did during his problems which is to create a legal war room in the white house counsel's office to deal with this on a day-to-day basis. and you see abbi lowell coming in to represent jared kushner. she's a well-known criminal lawyer, represented john edwards recently in his problems. you see the shifting,

marc kasowitz will no longer serve as trump's lead personal attorney. the move follows an expletive laden series of threats kasowitz sent by email to a stranger who said h he should resign. in iraq, newly revealed intelligence reports show more than 40,000 civilians died in the u.s.-led battle to retake mosul from isis, a total far higher than previously reported. writing for the independent, patrick cockburn cited an official he said previous estimates of the deaths were low because thousands of bodies remain buried in the rubble. the battle, which wrapped up earlier this month, began last october and lasted months longer than the siege of stalingrad during world war ii. back in the u.s., civil rights groups are warning a pair of bipartisan bills would criminalize free speech and peaceful protests. the israel anti-boycott act would make it a felony for u.s. citizens to support boycotts of israel and israeli settlements. they would be punishable by at least a $250,000 fine, with a maximum penalty of two decades in prison and a fine of $1 million. so far

and i think what you see is the asengs -- ty cobb is working on his inside team, i don't think marc kasowitz is going to disappear, but i think you'll see people that traditionally have worked with special counsels and with special prosecutors taking more of a lead role. jay sekulow will do media, dowd, i see this as a traditional team. >> we'll see how long it lasts at this stage in the game. thanks, guys. as russia revelations continue to dominate the headlines, republican senators are still trying to repeal and possibly, because we're not sure, replace obamacare. a progress report from the lawmaker who coined the term, the jimmy kimmel test. that's next. >>> well, the daily russia revelations continue to overshadow the big battle on capitol hill over health care. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is still planning a vote next week, but no one seems to know exactly what they'll be voting on. let's bring in one person who can help us answer this. we have republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana, he's a physician. and you may remember he coined the term, the kimmel test as a standar

marc kasowitz wrote, "i'm on you now. let's see who you are. watch your back. expletive." he added "i already know where you live. i'm on you." a kasowitz spokesman says he should not have responded in that inappropriate 3457ber and it happened at the end of a long day. kasowitz represents the president in the russian meddling investigations. >>> "usa today" reports that social security benefits are projected to rise. the trustees who oversee the program predict a 2.2% cost of living increase next year. that's about $30 a month for the average retired worker. >>> and the "toronto star" says an air canada jet came within 100 feet of hitting two other airliners on the ground in san pfrancisco. we told you earlier this week about the close call on july 7th at sfo. canada's first official account confirms that the air canada jet was mistakenly trying to land on a busy taxiway. an air traffic controller alerted the pilots and averted a disaster. >>> senate republicans are trying to bridge differences over the latest version of their health care bill. health care is one of the i

first of all, just days ago, after comey's testimony, trump and his lawyer mark kasowitz quote, "that he had been proven right." kasowitz said, "the president was not under investigation as part of any probe into russian interference." and trump tweeted, "total and complete vindication." trump is the king of spiking the ball at the six yard line. [ light laughter ] his timing is amazing. i swear if he tweeted, "only fat losers step on rakes," this would be the next thing to happen -- [ laughter ] then there's the backstory of how we got here. remember, comey told trump that he was not personally under investigation. trump wanted comey to announce that publically, but comey refused so trump fired him. and now, because he fired comey, trump is personally under investigation. it's one of the greatest self-owns in political history. "i want to get rid of this boomerang. oh, i know, i'll throw it." [ laughter ] mr. president, in the immortal words of dj khalad -- >> "congratulations, you played yourself." [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: now, the timing -- the timing of this news is also n

kasowitz is seen as a diminishing presence in the operation. the spokesman for the outside legal team tells peter alexander he has resigned. he started this two months ago, according to politico has grown up with the waring factions and lawyers. he was reportedly concerned about whether he was being told the truth about various matters one of those people said. heidi, what do you hear about how hope springs etern am, someone, some day will be different, it seems how this every story about tang himming with trump ends. >> it's also in the context of what is happening at this time which is carallo knows more than what he is saying than having this distrust that maybe he's not told the truth t. timing of all of this in terms of trump going after mueller, going after sessions, seems to be that he is upset that they are going to go after hess tax returns. i take you back to the very beginning of this campaign that all of us have been pushing to get that disclosure and somehow, you know, the president promised during the course of the campaign, after

his personal life marc kasowitz is out. he's weijia jiang cbs news the white house. >> special counsel mueller's team is investigating the business dealings of president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort. manafort has been invited to testify before congress next week but has yet to accept the invitation. here's a quick look at two of the most notable presidential pardons in recent history. one of the 20th century's most famous labor leaders james r. hoffa was the recipient of a controversial presidential pardon after a series of government investigations into the practices of the teamsters union, ffa was convicted in two separate trials. he went to jail in 1967 and was pardoned by president richard nixon a few years later. president nixon resigned from office in 1974 amid accusations of malfeasance related to the watergate scandal. president gerald ford paed at the time many agreed that ford's pardon was necessary to help the nation move forward from an era of scandal and abuse of power, but others argued it ha

marc kasowitz has been quoted as bragging about pete bharara fired because he said he could do damage to donald trump. while he was at it, the president fired all of the u.s. attorneys in the country, and some say that was done just as a cover for his real intent, which was to fire just one, the one who was investigating russian money laundering in new york city in the real estate business. and now there won't be a trial of the century. there will not be a trial in that case because the trump justice department run by attorney general jeff sessions settled the case, accepting a $6 million settlement from the defendants instead of going to trial. and so there is much we'll never know about this case because it did not go to trial, and all the evidence did not come out. all of the democratic members of the house judiciary committee want to know more. they sent a letter today to attorney general jeff sessions saying that they are concerned, quote, that the department may have settled the case at a loss for the united states in order to obscure the underlying facts. congressman jeremy nad

you know, mark kasowitz, he is a new york attorney. it's how business is done in new york. it's eye-opening to those of us who cover capitol hill and congress to see the kind of -- what goes on up in new york city, the big city, but down here you need to have connections. notice that mike pence, when he hired his outside counsel, did so with a former prosecutor from richmond. you want people who know exactly how these type of investigations work and the way you need to proceed and interact with the folks involved. >> that's a good point. molly hooper, hope to talk to you later on in the program. >> look forward to it. >>> the parole hearing of the century. you know what we're talking about. o.j. simpson, whose trial in the 1990s for the murder of his wife and her friend became must watch tv was once again in front of the cameras yesterday. this time as the nevada parole board heard his arguments that he should be granted parole on his 2008 armed robbery conviction. nbc's joe fryer reports. >> reporter: mr. simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible, and that will conc

the spokes person for mark kasowitz resigned. taking a back seat role. ty cobb is joining as well. ty cobb is going to be a sign to really try to get the messaging in a more tight, more disciplined way. and so it will be interesting to see how he deals with anthony scaramucci and if the two can get on the same page in terms of the messaging we're seeing out of the white house. ty cobb doesn't come on until the end of the month. it will be interesting to see if we see a major see change once he gets on board. >> i think the fact that "the new york times" did an interview with the president, an extensive, very controversial interview with the president without anyone there except hope hicks from the communications team, without any lawyers present, without reince priebus rent. it shows that president is his own communications team. and communications director. and i don't know how any outside attorney is going to change any of that. by the way, glenn thrush who broke the story from "the new york times" as tweeted press sec has resigned. per senior administration official. thank you,

. >> his leading attorney, mark kasowitz steps aside and john dowd taking his place. according to media reports the legal team is investigating the investigationers looking for collusion between the trump campaign and russia, and looking for conflict of interest in robert mueller's team many are democratic donors. >> it's relevant that people know the motivations. that is not an attack on the team but what is fair is fair. >> doubling down that he would cross a red line if it included trump family finances not tied to russia. >> that the special council so not move out of the scope of the investigation. >> jared kushner is expected to answer questions on monday on capitol hill and donald trump jury and paul manafort face a deadline tonight to testify. >> i'm not concerned because if they don't they will be subpoenaed. and a shakeup a new communications director, choosing wall street director. channel 6 "action news." >>> back here fmd police have identified the woman arrested for stealing a taxi cab in a bizarre move stopping to pick up a fare during the crime. identi