. robert mueller's next reveal at any moment, involving two trump figures you may know most along with michael flynn about trump campaign and business ties to russians. first, michael cohen, the man whose main job was to clean up donald trump's messes, any second now between now and 5:00 p.m. eastern time, mueller is expected to submit his recommendation on how much prison time he thinks cohen deserves after pleading guilty to lying to congress to back up president trump's lies about having no business ties to russia. and speaking of lies, mueller by midnight must explain to a judge what the president's former campaign chair, paul manafort, lied about. lies that resulted in mueller shredding the manafort plea agreement. this is all happening as president trump announces his choice for the next attorney general, also known as robert mueller's new boss. and as cnn is breaking stories about the encroaching mueller storm, including new details about how justice department officials last year began an investigation into the president obstructing justice even before mueller was appointed. ne

just released, one by the special counsel, robert mueller, the other by prosecutors in new york, and there's new information about cohen's cooperation. what it could mean for president trump and for michael cohen as the feds in new york argue he should get substantial prison time. right now, robert mueller also is set to file a secret document on paul manafort, the former trump campaign chairman, and why prosecutors believe manafort lied. there's lots of news to unfold right now. >>> i want to go first to our political correspondent sara murray. sara, mueller's document makes it clear that michael cohen was cooperating but he's not necessarily suggesting he shouldn't get a substantial prison sentence. >> no, i think there's a reason it was filed in tandem with the southern district of new york, which took a much harsher tack on what michael cohen should serve in terms of prison time. they said they participated in seven interviews and he was not entirely forthcoming in the first one, but by the second one it sounds like cohen came around and continued to participate. he really did di

. it appears we just got another one, this from bob mueller's team and the federal prosecutors, that focuses on michael cohen and paul manafort, it will be interesting to see if the special counsel's office has a different view of michael cohen in sentencing than the southern district of new york. you've gotten a preview there. the southern district of new york doesn't want to give too much credit to mr. cohen and his cooperation. let's get right to our investigations reporter, tom winter. i've done my best to digest memo one and it sounds like the southern district is saying these are serious crimes, michael cohen only cooperated after he realized he was in deep trouble, he should get some credit, but not a lot of credit. what else are you learning? >> as far as anybody expecting here we're going to learn more about what michael cohen may have said to prosecutors in the southern district of new york and his attorneys had said, chuck, there was a separate ongoing federal inquiry in new york, which he was being helpful to, federal prosecutors making it clear he hasn't been helpful at

washington >>> tonight on "all in." >> general flynn is a wonderful man. >> mueller time for michael flynn. >> well, i feel badly for general flynn. >> the sentencing memo -- what we know about mark for identification's cooperation with the special counsel and what it could tell us about what mueller knows about trump and the russians. >>> plus, ben wittes, robert mueller is laying seeds to the -- the election scandal grows in north carolina. >> he was more like need to get more hairs in here. >>> as republicans move to take power from democrats in wisconsin, the same power grab moves forward in michigan. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. at this very hour we are still awaiting special counsel robert mueller's court filing on the sentencing of president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn. now, mueller's sentencing recommendation comes one year after flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and agreed to cooperate with mueller and his investigation. and today's filing, or it will be tonight's filing, when and if it comes, is

, michael cohen. one from the special counsel, robert mueller, and another from federal prosecutors in new york. and we're awaiting another mueller filing pertaining to former trump campaign chairman, paul manafort. there's lots of news that's breaking right now, significant developments. i quickly want to go to our senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, like all of us, you've been going through these filings. give our viewers the headlines. what are you findin out? >> well, wolf, this is a tale of two documents of the. the first document filed by the prosecutors in manhattan, they describe a pattern of deception by michael cohen. we'll read just a part of what the court filing says. it says that cohen, an attorney and businessman, committed four distinct federal crimes over a period of several years. he was motivated to do so by personal greed and repeatedly used his power and influence for deceptive ends. now he seeks extraordinary leniency, a sentence of no jail time, based principally on his rose-colored views of the seriousness of his crimes. he claims to a sympathetic pe

learning robert mueller actually questioned the chief of staff, john kelly, in regard to potential obstruction of justice by the president of the united states. let me let that sink in for a second. this, just hours after sources say kelly is on his way out, he's expected to resign soon. the brand new developments happening as we wait for two court filings that will most definitely shed light on the size and scope of mueller's mysterious investigation, specifically about two of trump's former insiders, one who is cooperating, michael cohen, and one who is allegedly not, paul manafort. we're expected to learn any moment about how cohen has cooperated and what manafort may have lied about to recently break his plea deal. let's start with dana bash who is breaking the story on john kelly for us today. before you get to john kelly, you have more breaking details on paul manafort. hit me. >> right, brooke. this comes from rudy giuliani, the president's lawyer, who as we've been reporting over the past week or so is in touch with paul manafort's attorney general. what giuliani is told by

their aim was to improve trust in robert mueller's current russia probe. >>> the russia investigation has coupled u.s. politics since may of 2017. is that wh that is when robert mueller was hired. and so far four people have been sent to prison. one person convicted at trial, seven have pleaded guilty and 36 people or entities have been charged. but as more information comes to light, robert mueller is also under the microscope. cnn's gloria borger has this. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller is a mystery man. perhaps the most private public figure in washington. but as the leader of the russia investigation, he and his team have become a political pinatta after squeezing deals from former advisers. >> there should have never been any mueller investigation because there was nothing done wrong, there was no collusion. >> reporter: it has been a frame job since says one of his lawyers. >> they are arer they are a groy partisan democrats that make up the mueller team excluding him trying very, very hard to frame him. >> reporter: an angry president fired his attorn

west wing, we are told robert mueller's investigators interviewed john kelly. sources describing the questions as narrow as to context as to a deteriorating relationship with his boss, the president. he is set to leave the office in the coming days and sources tell us he is no longer on speak terms with the boss. let's focus on the special counsel part of the news. evan, what do we know about the special counsel's questions for john kelly. what did robert mueller want for him? >> these were a narrow set of questions having to do with the obstruction of justice part of the investigation. they wanted to have kelly essentially corroborate testimony that they had already received from don mcgahn, the former white house counsel. there was an episode in the white house that said that the president had tried to get don mcgahn to order the firing of special counsel robert mueller. the president was angry about the news stories and wanted don mcgahn to refute the stories and he refused. kelly was witness to some of this. that's what the meat of this interview was about. especially for kelly t

than does whatever mueller might conclude. we just don't know what mueller has but we do know a great deal because of the cohen plea about this claim that could be made against the president for his role in violating federal election law. now of course you know, ana, the precedent is that you don't indict a sitting president, so maybe he's protected in that regard. one of the questions that i have is what ultimately happens at the end of the road with the southern district investigation. does it get folded into the mueller probe? is it presented in some way that congress, if they wanted to, could act on it? that's unclear. >> we don't really know what's happening behind the scenes in the white house, but we do get a sense of what may be happening, the conversation on capitol hill, particularly among republicans, many of whom shrugged off the campaign finance allegations that you say are perhaps the most threatening right now against this president. among those republicans initially brushing this off was orrin hatch, who said this to cnn's manu raju. >> i don't care. all can i say is i

down. the last 24 hours, three of which came from special counsel robert mueller. now, prosecutors in the southern district of new york, they're saying that cohen had violated campaign finance laws with hush money payments to two women who claimed affairs with trump. court documents say cohen told them he acted in coordination with and at the direction of donald trump. and special counsel robert mueller also filing a sentencing document that indicated cohen provided relevant and truthful information about russian attempts to contact the trump campaign during t campaign during the election. and filings on former trump adviser, paul manafort. mueller's team accusing manafort about lying about his business dealings that were linked to russian intelligence and a second filing from mueller against manafort. that one remains sealed. this afternoon, president trump did weigh in on the two government filings against his former lawyer, and fixer, michael cohen. this is what he said. >> no, no, no. i think it's all turning around very nicely. but as far as the report that we see, according t

time for former trump national security adviser michael flynn. mueller's team cites the benefit the government has thus far obtained from the defendant's substantial assistance. it goes on to say some of that benefit may not be fully realized at this time because the investigations are ongoing. flynn's pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about conversations with the former russian ambassador. he is the first high ranking trump advisor who agreed to cooperate with the special counsel's probe. let's bring in cnn's sara murray. good evening to you. what's your biggest take away from this memo? >> it's got to be the words substantial assistance and the memo for all it is redacted it does lay out how much michael flynn cooperated. he's been cooperating for over a year. the filing shows he sat for 19 interviews with the special counsel's office as well as other justice department offices. that indicates to us he not only cooperated on the special counsel's probe but potentially other investigations that have yet to come to light. this is really an enormous amount of cooperation from you kn

he lied to congress and th president continues his political war with robert mueller after the special council withdrew a plea deal with paul manafort. all this while the president is abroad in argentina along with russian president vladimir putin. the latest roberting next. announcer: this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> kevin. >> kevin. >> kevin. >> advice for life. life welled plann learn more at raymondjames.com. announcer: funding is provided by, newman's own foundation donating all profits to charity and nourishing the common good. and patricia ewing, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the epics in excellence in journalism foundation. the corporation for public oadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank yo once again from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. the russia probe that has lon gripped the trump presidency was olted this week by michael coe went. the president's former lawyer who admitted he liedon toess about what was called the moscow project. cohen had t

filing, robert mueller recommends that michael flynn get no prison time because of his cooperation in the russia investigation. the key words, the defendant has provided substantial assistance in a criminal investigation. mueller says flynn has helped with at least three investigations. the details of two of them are redacted. we also learned that flynn has met with the special counsel's investigators 19 times, and mueller adding flynn's early cooperation was valuable giving the prosecutors a road map for the russia probe that may have prompted others to cooperate as well. >> we have yet to hear from president trump about the flynn revelations, and he tweeted on monday saying the judge should throw the book about cohen. how does he feel about flynn's sentencing >>> the viewing for george h.w. bush has just ended and his flag-draped casket will soon depart for the national cathedral where his state funeral will be under way in a few hours, and this is the last time you will see the aerial view from the rotunda. all five living presidents and world leaders will attend the state funeral.

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robert mueller questioned white house chief of staff johnicly e y injohn kelly ranking white house official known to provid information in the russia investigation. the questions to kelly focused on potential obstruction of justice. this comes as kelly is poised to resign in the coming days. we are expecting court filings by mueller that could shed new light on the scope and the direction of the probe. what is paul manafort accused of lying about in a breech of his plea agreement and what will the sentencing memo reveal about the cooperation with the mueller team and what is james comey saying in closed door testimony. ? we are following another shake-up. the president dominated bush 41's attorney general to replace jeff sessions. he chose heather nauert to replace nikki haley in the un and john kelly looks to be on his way out. first our cnn exclusive report with evan perez or dana bash who broke the news of the latest twist in this mueller investigation. this is a big deal, evan. the chief of staff to the president is being interviewed by the special counsel over nos. >> that's r

counsel, robert mueller. one on michael cohen and just how he has helped mueller, the other on paul manafort. >>> and he's lied. details about contacts with trump administration officials. >>> plus the president's tweets that he's in the clear tonight. is he in denial or purposely muddying the water. >>> and then rex tillerson versus trump. did the former secretary of state reveal one of the most damning details about trump and the law yet? let's go "outfront." good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, mueller dropping a major bomb on trump in a new court filing and we've got a few of them here tonight. in a new filing, mueller says president trump's former attorney general, michael cohen, has, quote, gone to significant lengths to assist the special counsel's investigation. mueller goes on to say cohen helped in multiple, quote, significant respects. okay, so multiple significant respects and in this filing, we learned that there are multiple russia related issues that are core to the investigation. so, let me read to you mueller's words here to that effect. this is from

america first, the mueller witch hunt slithers on, producing no evidence of collusion in more than two years of investigation by the fbi and the special counsel. the angry dems who make up the special counsel are increasingly desperate and trying to smear the president and those close to him with their politically motivated leaks and campaigns of innuendo. the partisan establishment and globalist elites cheering mueller on and on and on. we examine mueller's partisan persecution of president trump. and they undermine him when he's within days of an important summit. coincidence? not on your life. jerome corsi joins me tonight. in brazil, an historic election of a path sometimes called the brazilian trump. they are to be led by the populist. he won on a platform of putting his country first. strengthening the military. cutting taxes. the president-elect's son joins us tonight. a powerful earthquake shocking alaska. the earthquake, a magnitude 7 .0. and it has had a number of aftershocks ripping down buildings and tearing up roads and bridges. dan springer from our northwest bureau in se

from the mueller team today. but first, did white house counsel don mcgahn, who reportedly spent upwards of 30 hours testifying before the special counsel provide a road map detail exactly when and how donald trump obstructed justice? nbc news has learned that white house chief of staff john kelly, who is reportedly on his way out of that job, was questioned about news accounts that revealed the president wanted mueller fired. the report suggests the special counsel is targeting his questions to witnesses around known flashpoints in the obstruction inquiry. the bombshell development here is that the white house lost a bid to protect all those conversations between the president and his chief of staff. white house lawyer emmett flood is known for his aggressive use of executive privilege. today's reporting suggests that mueller in this instance got his way and kelly answered some questions about the president's conduct. it's unclear which of these developments triggered the president's tiride this morning but he unleashed a harsh batch of attacks on mueller, his investigators and

. >> what is it do you think robert mueller is doing that, with michael cowans deal and is guiltily? >> what i find most interesting, also robert course to comfort so controversy, a guy mulder wanted to the guilty and he turned over what is essentially the draft plea agreement that mother wanted him to sign. what's interesting about both colin and corsi is mueller is clearly hunting for trump. before there was a lot of speculation is mueller really trying back trump? i think it's good for the last two weeks the answer is yes. these are moves by mueller to try to get a clean shot at trump. they didn't succeed so the question is does he have had something more than these two individuals. >> let's listen to trump yesterday. >> michael cohen has made many statements to the house as i understand and the senate. he put out a statement talking about a project which was essentially essential i guess more or less of an option that we were looking at in moscow, everybody knew about it, , was it about in newspapers, and was a well-known project, it was during the early part of 16 at a guess it

. trish: we have details pouring in after special counsel robert mueller issues a series of memos in connection with his russia investigation. but so far no apparent proof of collusion with russia. robert mueller alleging former trump campaign chairman paul manafort repeatly lied about a variety of topics. federal prosecutors coming out swinging against michael cohen. recommending he receive four years in jail, even though he cooperated with prosecutors. here is mueller's so-called biggy. the filing says that michael cohen provided crucial information about new contacts between the trump campaign and the russians, including outreach as early as november, 2015. joining us, mercedes colwin, and curt selector. the filing reads 2015. cohen got contact information about a russian national that could offer campaign synergy on a government level. the person was talking about a possible meeting between mr. trump and mr. putin. but here is the thing. that meeting never happened. it never happened. and cone never even reached out to arrange a meeting. we live in a global economy. and this is d

from this new mueller filing. we have new synergy and we'll pick whereupon you're leaving off. that's my comment. my question is take a step back from the law. what do you think it means for america when you see a filing, you see the news today out of new york, the feds are saying the president of the united states directed a campaign-related crime by his lawyer? >> i think we're going to learn in the next couple of weeks how much power the president has over this supposed 35% or 40% of the country. we know a good 30% to 40% of the country lives in another world, has an alternative reality at times of what facts are and what are alternative facts, to borrow a phrase. i will be curious. these are legal facts. these are done by a republican named bob mueller. i'm curious to see how much it penetrates. keep an eye, though, on some senate republicans here. the first ones to peel would be them. keep an eye on folks like marco rubio in particular. those would be sort of what i would call the center of the republican conference. if they start breaking from the president, watch out. >

proof robert mueller and his team are retaliating against him because he says he's daring to take them on. including suing mr. mueller for $350 million. stay tuned for dr. corsi here. and another "trish regan primetime" exclusive. socialist venezuela on the verge of collapse. nick lapse maduro my sources tell me may only have days left as president of the country. the man venezuela owes the most of money to is here. bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez listen up. breaking night. president trump picking budget hawk mick mulvaney as acting chief of staff. good timing considering the government shutdown is looming. you want somebody who understands the economy? chad pergram joins us with the fast-moving developments. fill us in, chad. reporter: he's a former south carolina congressman who came to washington in the tea party wave of 2010. he declared if usual a lobbyist who never gave us money i didn't talk to you. if you are a lobbyist who gave us money i might talk to you. he insisted the gop leaders defund obamacare in order to fund the government. mulvaney opposed a 2013 bu

trump refrained from railing against the mueller investigation on twitter today. it's possible he had mr. mueller on his mind. a late night filing makes clear that mueller rewards truth telling and cooperation and isn't quite ready to show all of his cards just yet. >>> is president obama searching for the next democratic president? new details about his meetings with rising stars in his own party. and before all that, one more moment from today's celebration of the life of george herbert walker bush, the nation's 41st president. >> in his 90s, he took great delight when his closest pal james a. baker smuggled a bottle of grey goose vodka into his hospital room. apparently it paired well with the steak baker had delivered from morton's. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. sometimes you need an expert. i got it. and sometimes those experts need experts. on it. [ crash ] and sometimes the expert the expert needed needs insurance expert

mueller's sentencing memo for fired trump national security adviser michael flynn, raising a number of significant questions, and it gives us clues to what may be an investigation that expands even further than we know. so let's take a look at all of this because as you can see, a lot of this is redacted information. take a look at your screen. a lot of it's redacted. so you have to read between the lines here. but what isn't, it tells us a lot about what michael flynn knew and what the special counsel now knows. so here's what we know, okay? we're going to go through it throughout this broadcast. flynn was interviewed 19 times, 19 times by mueller's office or attorneys from the department of justice offices, from the doj offices. and what he told them provided substantial assistance in a criminal investigation. intriguingly, though, the rest of that section is completely redacted. we know he provided firsthand information about interactions between the trump transition team and russian government officials and that several senior members of the transition team publicly repeated fal

information on robert mueller's russia probe at any moment. he's expected to reveal the extent of the cooperation he's been getting from the president's fired national security adviser, michael flynn. the documents could contain very important clues about what's next in the russia probe. >>> this hour i'll talk with the house intelligence committee member jim hines and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first let's go directly to our chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto. jim, roger stone is a big part of mueller's probe into whether the trump campaign was working with wikileaks. why is he using the fifth amendment right now to avoidancing t avoidancing -- avoid answering the questions? >> let's remind people why he is central to the investigation. roger stone tweeted repeatedly in the midst of the campaign and releases of the stolen clinton e-mails, prior to the releases he tweeted messages talking about damaging information to come. how did he know that? his defense in recent days has essentially been it is just bluster, he was just making it all up. but k

circumstance under which i would testify against the president. >> as robert mueller prepares what could be another bombshell. >> darn right, you're exactly right. >> tonight, a compromised president lashes out as the special counsel closes in. >> i feel badly for general flynn. >> then, >>> former president george h.w. bush honored on capitol hill. lawmakers and citizens alike are paying their final respects to the late president with solemn tributes. his body will lie in state at the capitol rotunda until tomorrow. >>> plus we could get new information about the status of the robert mueller probe when the team submits a new sentencing memo for michael flynn today and another memo for paul manafort later this week. >> this as president trump weighs in on two key witnesses in the investigation. he's attacking his former fixer michael cohen while offering praise for long time ally roger stone. ♪ >>> good morning, everyone. i'm ayman mohyeldin. throughout the night and early morning hours, americans have been filing into the capitol to pay their respects to george herbert walker bu

adviser, michael flynn, has been a very, very valuable witness to robert mueller and his investigators. update on that as well. >> reporter: indeed, wolf. we've not yet heard the president comment specifically on that michael flynn bombshell report earlier in the week. we knew he spent 19 hours or so with the special counsel's office, but the president after being quiet for a couple of days he tweeted something this morning showing that the russia investigation is very much fresh on his mind. let's take a look at it, would. he said this. he said without the phony russia witch hunt and with all that we have accomplished in the last almost two years, tax and regulation cuts, judges, military, vets, et cetera, moy approval rating wok 75% rather than 50% just reported by rasmussen. it's called presidential harassment. again, wolf, the president slowly coming out of his respect for president bush. we should point out the average of the president's approval is about half that, wolf. it's about at 40%, 43, according to real clear politics. >> good point. jeff zeleney at the whit

reaches a plea deal with robert mueller, confessing he lied to congress to protect trump, cornering the president. >> he's a weak person. he's lying, very simply, to get a reduced sentence. >> questioned for 70 hours by mueller's team on contact with russia and obstruction of justice. once trump's most fierce defender, now his most serious threat. we'll analyze it with a top democrat on the house intelligence committee and our powerhouse "roundtable." >>> and an interview with roger stone. he joins us live. we'll break down the politics. smoke out the spin. the facts that matter. "this week." >>> good morning. and welcome to "this week." late friday night, america lost the last president of the greatest generation, george h.w. bush, his final words, i love you, too, for america's 43rd president, his son, george w. his lifetime of service capped by a single term as president, that loss which hit so hard in the moment, redeemed by grace in defeat and wisdom revealed by history. the 20-year-old fighter pilot shot down in world war ii landed softly in the cold war as president. a singul

" editor david remnick and what will the special help to robert mueller mean for the president and his family? also, the plot to destroy democracy. "new york times" best selling author and counterterrorism expert malcolm nance explains just how russia attacked the 2016 election. >> uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour and company." when bea tollman founded a collection of hotels, those bigger dreams were on the water, a river specifically, multiple rivers that would one day be home to riverworld cruises and their floating boutique hotels. today that dream sets sail in europe, asia, india, egypt and more. for more information, visit uniworld.com. >> additional support has been provided by bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar walkenheim iii, the sheryl and philip millstein family, judy and josh weston and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. withal come to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. president george herbert walker bush at his final resting place will lay beside his wife, ba are bra, and his daughter, robin, who die

the bush state funeral. did he walk away feeling snubbed? >>> blurred lines. robert mueller's new memo is filled with redactions along with tantalizing hints about ongoing investigations. we'll read between the lines as more mueller documents are about to drop in the russia probe. >>> and 19 meetings. that's how many times michael flynn met with the special counsel's team. the former national security adviser, working with mueller longer than he actually worked for president trump. has flynn's information strengthened the case for obstruction? >>> 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 the final journey of george herbert walker bush on this day of national mourning for the 41st president of the united states. we just saw the plane carrying his casket land in texas after a very moving state funeral here in washington. there it is. special air mission 41. president trump attending the service along with all four living past presidents, produci

evening from washington as the deadline for robert mueller's prosecutors to submit sentencing recommendations for president trump's national security adviser michael flynn. midnight is the latest it can happen. may happen over the course of the next hour. when it does we should know details of general flynn's cooperation with the russia investigation which we don't know of as yet. and how the prosecutors believe it could reflect on his sentence. we've been waiting for in much of the day. as we did we got a piece of breaking news about another figure in the trump aire. long time associate roger stone. stone appears to be of interest to investigators in connection with where he fits in the chain of events and where the emails were delivered by wickty leeks. stone tease the them before they released. trump delighted. presumably rodger stone might have a lot to say about in including possible ties between the campaign wikileaks and russians. later today we learned he wouldn't be cooperating. he is taking the fifth, invoking fifth amendment protection against self-discrimination. r

at any minute now, the special counsel robert mueller could reveal inside info about president trump's former campaign chairman and the president's former personal lawyer and fixer. now the president promising what he calls a major counter report to the special counsel's case. also, the former fbi director, james comey, is on capitol hill. he has cut a deal with republicans to make his private testimony public. and a live look at the big board on wall street. stocks have plummeted again today as we get new numbers on jobs and fears escalate about possible new trade troubles with china. reporting begins now. good friday afternoon. our reporting begins with new developments in the russia investigation. time is running out for the special counsel robert mueller to turn in two major court filings involving two key players. president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort on the left here and the president's former long-time attorney and fixer, michael cohen on the right. those court documents have to be turned in today and they're expected to reveal what has been going on

. pamela, what are you hearing? >> john, we've learned that special counsel robert mueller's team continues to be interested in interviewing president trump. this is according to two sources familiar with the matter. mueller's stance on interviewing the president i'm told has been constant for a year and a half now. it is not a settled issue, and nothing has changed from day one. one of the sources i spoke to said now the president and his lawyers are still very much opposed to any interview. we know, john, the president's legal team has resumed some discussion with special counsel, with the special counsel in the weeks since the president responded to written questions. mostly regarding collusion and the time period before the inauguration. the two sides had agreed to hold off on discussing any interview while the president wrote responses to those questions which were returned, as you'll recall, just before thanksgiving. that was seen as a first step to concluding more than a year of back and forth between the two sides. and the president's lawyers had hoped would bring mueller

mueller prepares to drop more bombshells. >>> felonies and lies. federal prosecutors now have implicated the president in two crimes, and they're digging deeper tonight, focusing in on mr. trump's business and his family. what will they uncover? >>> and not if. a top contender to replace john kelly as white house chief of staff just says no. now mr. trump is said to be furious about how this is all playing out. we're going to tell you what we're learning and who he is blaming. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the rich eisen show". ♪ >> you're in "the situation room." >> we're following breaking news on the search for a new chief of staff. multiple sources telling cnn mr. trump is angry and feels humiliated after he was turned down by the vice president's chief of staff, nick ayers. it is possible but not clear if maria butina agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors or if she could advance the russia investigation, but there's no doubt that the legal pressure on the president and his inner circle is ratchetin

will eventually 3d sendishow humans can go to the moon. >>> mueller dropping a major bomb on trump. >> we know a lot more about where mueller is heading and who must be next. >> his own justice department, trump's own appointees saying that you, mr. president, are directly implicated in federal felonies. >> in a normal case, if he weren't the president, he should expect to be indicted. as we know, the department of justice has apined that you cannot -- opined that you cannot indict a sitting president. >>> here's what i want to do, and here's how i want to do. it i would have to say, mr. president, i understand what you want to do, but you can't do it that way. it violates the law. >>> good saturday morning to you, i'm victor blackwell. >> hi, everyone, i'm jessica dean in for christi paul. >> we start this morning with the bethlehmemo from federal prosecutors accusing president trump of asking nooik break federal election -- michael cohen to break federal election laws. >> and cone's admission to two finance crimes on the eve of the 2016 election for the president of the united st

tonight we will show you the real story behind the mueller witch hunt and why it's a witch hunt, perjury traps, legally, legal bribery in america. tell us this and you get a get out of jail free card. persecution led by a team of big-time democratic donors and even hillary supporters and lawyers and trump hating sycophants. it is a teary material justice system which should scare americans regardless of where you stand. it's the biggest scandal with pat in our lifetime and it continues to unfold. a new report from the hills, john solomon is now showing how six different members of the intel community literally tried to set up the trump campaign and trump campaign officials during the 2016 election. very important story you will only hear tonight on "hannity." in the mainstream media is too busy worshiping at the altar of all things robert mueller. celebrating any and everything that contains russia. russia, russia, even if it's insignificant. later on we will take on google and others companies. buckle up, time for our special friday opening monologue. ♪ for months, you have h

>>> very important night. the russia investigation is far from over. bob mueller says general michael flynn provided such significant cooperation he should serve no prison time. that is unusual. he has not asked for no jail time in all cases. that tells you about the scale and the scope. one is largely background. but then there is an addendum. that's supposed to provide the particulars. wait until you see what's in that document. let's get after it. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> the special counsel again saying that general michael flynn gave such good cooperation, so substantial, he should serve no time in jail. how did we get here? 2017, michael flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi to the department of justice about his contacts with russian ambassador sergei kislyak. flynn has been cooperating ever since. the special counsel answers a very early informative question. did flynn cooperate right away how much was he into cooperating? there has been so much speculating and reporting that he was dragging his feet, he didn't want to cooperate. the special counsel

. arthel: ellison barber, thank you very much, ellison. eric: new disclosure in mueller investigation, the special counsel's team with -- out with heavily redacted court filing yesterday saying that they believe former trump campaign chairman paul manafort lied during cooperation sessions with the fbi and with the special counsel's office. they say he was not forthcoming about having contact with trump administration officials through the whole process allegedly happening after guilty plea deal, however, mr. manafort's defense team with reject prosecutors' claims, garrett tenney from washington bureau. >> eric, we are getting a few more details on what they believe paul manafort lied about and there's not a shortage of items and how he did so repeatedly to cooperate with the special counsel. in court filing mueller's team stated, quote, in his interviews with the special counsel's office manafort told multiple discernible lies and not instances of memory lapses, if the defendant contends the government not acted in good faith, the government is able to prove the false statements at he

. he's playing politics. and trying to keep the mueller report off of people's minds. and he's getting ready for what may happen when the house begins next week when they're sworn in to start talking about what they want to investigate and look into his personal business as well as his businesses. >> i'm going to go to eli now. so at this point, is donald trump hostage to the base? is that what this is all about? and he isn't going to consider the 800,000 employees who have done honest work and they've done their job and want their paycheck as expected. it is really about the symbolism of the base as his political strategy? >> he's always been hostage to the base, elise. from the beginning of this presidency. every time he thought he had a meet with pelosi and schumer in the first year of the administration. made a compromise. and then went back on it because he got backlash from the base. he's always been most afraid of losing his closest and strongest supporters. and very susceptible to manipulation by people who tell him if you don't do this, you're going to lose them. he he

over the wires, guys. >> they were very excited. they got excited you're about to solve the mueller mystery. >>> it's 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. in washington where the country is sorting through major filings that all connect back to the president of the united states. from the southern district of new york where prosecutors were unforgiving in their sentencing recommendation for donald trump's personal lawyer and long time fixer michael cohen. they called cohen a serial liar who thought he was above the law. charged with tax evasion, bank fraud, campaign finance fraud and lying to congress. the sdny argued cohen deserved little leniency. he was motivated by personal greed and repeatedly used his power and influence for deceptive ends. while many americans who dire a particular outcome to the election knocked on doors, toiled phone banks or found any number of legal ways to make their voices herdahead, cohen st to influence the election from the shadows. he did so at the direction of individual one. otherwise known as donald trump. >>> looking for less jill tiail cohen appro

jail time despite his cooperation in the russia probe. tonight robert mueller revealing what cohen told him and what mueller told the court today about paul manafort's ripped up plea deal. >>> major shakeups, the president's pick e new attorney general overseeing the rmussia probe. the fox news host he wants at the u.n. and word his chief oftaff may be out at any moment. >>> judgment day, the man that drove into a ow crd protesting the white nationalist rally in charlottesville found guilty of murder. >> stocks plummet 55gain, the dow down anothe0 points capping off a wild week on wall seet. >>> the monster winter storm sweeping the country. 47 million in the path of snow, i and torrential rain. we're tracking the threat. >>> wild chase, suspects fleeing police at speeds over 100 piles an hour. the dramatic end caught on camera. >>> and the woman who came back to life after she was declared nearly brain-dead. >> i me the hardest decision i ever had to make, and decided to take her off of life support. >> her family calls it nn medical miracle. >> aouncer: this is "nbc nightly news" with

special counsel robert mueller about paul manafort and michael cohen. will big secrets and lies be exposed? >>> and punishing the prince. there is growing momentum in the senate right now to rebuke the saudis for the murder of jamal khashoggi. republicans are furious and fed up with president trump's refusal to acknowledge the evidence and blame the crown prince. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer at the bush presidential library in texas, and you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> as george h.w. bush is laid to rest here in texas, president trump is taking a cue from bush 41 to fill a very critical opening his cabinet. sources now tell cnn that bush's former attorney general william barr is emerging as a leading candidate to lead the justice department once again, potentially replacing jeff sessions and inheriting oversight of the russia investigation. the president weighing his options right now at a very sensitive moment in robert mueller's probe. the special counsel is poised to reveal new inform

the appointment of his next attorney general, the robert mueller witchhunt and persistent attacks by radical dimm leaders. president trump is poised to name the next attorney general. he is a highly regarded attorney with private sector experience. served as prosecutor and attorney general for former president george h. w. bush. his reputation as a no-nonsense and highly talented attorney, reportedly impressed the president. he also shares his philosophy on law enforcement and a strong executive branch. this is what he had to say just last year. after the president fired then fbi director, james comey. >> the president certainly, is entitled to his choice as fbi director. you can understand the administration would want someone at the fbi who acknowledges limits on the power of the director. lou: we take out the possibility nomination with an all-star lineup tonight. judicial president tom fenton, for me is to be assistant attorney general, tom dupree, russia hoax author and fox legal analyst, gregg jarrett, all joining us tonight.and on wall street, a huge selloff on fears that u.s.

minute now, robert mueller will file a critical new report on the year-long cooperation agreement between michael flynn, the president's former national security adviser, and the feds he's been working for since pleading guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversations with russian ambassador sergey kisly kislyak. that imminent report could explain why president trump has taken his attacks on the mueller investigation to a new level that may cross the line into obstruction of justice and witness tampering. and it could hit the trump white house where it hurts. at the intersection of mueller's obstruction and collusion cases. on the heels of michael cohen's guilty plea, which revealed a devastating trove of evidence in mueller's possession already, flynn's cooperation may reveal the answers to some of the questions that have been central to the russia investigation since it started. including several questions mueller crafted for trump to answer after flynn started cooperating with the probe. questions for the president like what did you know about phone calls that flynn made with the ru

/unknowns with mueller are growing. >>> good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington, and welcome to "mtp daily", on this national day of mourning. president george h.w. bush left washington for the final time this afternoon, after a funeral service at the national cathedral. it was an emotional ceremony with all five living presidents in attendance. right now, president bush's remains are aboard a special air mission 41, otherwise known as fa air force one, it is en route to houston. we're going to have much more on the 41st president later in the show. we have a terrific panel to remember him with as he makes his final trek back home to texas. but we will switch gears, in the meantime, we begin with what seems to be a very public warning to the current president from bob mueller. last night, just one week after individual one, who we now know is president trump, emerged as a central subject of his investigation, robert mueller's team slipped this otherwise innocuous line in a sentencing memo for the president's former national security adviser michael flynn. quote, flynn's recor

" with my friend ari melber. >>> bob mueller revealing michael cohen's crimes, as well as new details on his ties to russia with federal prosecutors in new york dropping the hammer and calling for substantial prison time. let's get right to it, two major court filings out tonight, one from bob mueller who says that michael cohen has been helpful in his russia investigation and, from these prosecutors up in new york who say cohen still deserves years in jail for a criminal mindset that allowed him to basically commit a host of crimes. all of this is a week before a judge will sentence cohen for all the above. let's look at the latest in the mueller which i was just discussing with our own chuck todd, because bob mueller said he's not taking any position on how much time michael cohen should serve, but he does note that cohen first came into his office, to bob mueller's investigators and lied to him, and lied specifically about money that we know cohen, trump and felix sater were trying to make in russia. mueller said in the new filing that cohen has now taken steps to mitigate those li

are all sort of on pins and needles to see how the robert mueller investigation is going to reach its grand conclusion. there are a lot of signs after about some indictments to come, perhaps in the mid, a few other characters who we talk about in the book. and then there's the question of will he have a report that we will see about everything he has found in the course of his investigation? however that plays out, and i wish i could tell you we know -- we don't. we have some clues like we've all been wrong before. >> speak for yourself. >> okay. we do know a lot, we do know a lot has unfolded. i just want to talk about the events over the last week because i think they are so illustrative. we can't tell you whether mueller is going to find the smoking gun, the conclusive e-mail or intercept that will show donald trump or somebody in his campaign was actively communicating or coordinating with the russians during the 2016 election. but whenever you have questions about that, nobody fuels the story and gets it from the legs better than donald trump himself. go back to last weekend in p