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Theres lots and lots of reasonable questions here but we dont have nearly enough yet to speculate as to what the answers might be. i think that does make it incumbent on michael cohen and potentially the president and certainly these companies to come forward with a really clear explanation and articulation, what was this money used for and where did it come from. >> michael avenatti is speculating about this. heres what he just said on "new day." >> i also think that patently improper for micha...

Quickly his resignation came after this article? >> you know, its not for me to anticipate whether people are going to resign or not resign. our focus was to tell these womens story as meticulously and factually as possible. several women did a really brave, tough thing and did it because they thought it could help other women because they saw a pattern of violence here, several of them have gotten in touch to say that its been gratifying that they feel theyve finally been heard. >> the truth wi...

Taken very seriously. this fourth woman who came out the prominent lawyer whose name isnt out there for reasons of fear, that could be an act of criminal exposure. we saw that in his statement, chris cillizza. he gave a statement that would be at best a legal defense. >> yes. >> this was consensual. but it was certainly never going to be acceptable. >> thats exactly right. i think we always have to separate these instances political consequence and legal consequence. the political consequence i ...

About a potential interview. but sources tell cnn there is no firm deadline, another sign of a fissure within the presidents legal team. the journal reporting that during an informal four-hour practice session, mr. trumps lawyers were only able to walk him through two questions due to the frequent interruptions and the presidents talkative nature. >> reporter: the nomination battles continue for this administration today, the presidents nominee to be the next cia director gina haspel is heading ...

Not 50 shades of gray. it wasnt in a gray area at all. this was activity that happened in many cases fully clothed, outside of a sexual context during arguments, in one case a woman wasnt even in a relationship at all with him, alisyn, this was just an allegation that he came up to her at a party. this is a prominent attorney who had worked with him. and came on to her. when she rebuffed him, that he hit her hard. i saw a photo and it was upsetting to see. so the allegation that this was role-pl...

These four women say that they experienced at the hands of eric schneiderman are soul-crushing stories. can you share a bit what these four women told you? >> these women describe and they produced these fact patterns independently. these are not women who are talking to each other in almost all cases. they described really horrific and serious allegations of abuse. slapping. hitting. choking. bear in mind, this is an individual who was very public champion of womens rights, who, in fact, introd...

Face charges? is he going to face jail time for what these women say he did to them? >> alisyn, i absolutely hope he does. i want to pushback a little on this notion that there was no recourse. we know that when women are abused and intimidated they feel as if theres to recourse, if theres anything we can learn from what has been happening in this movement and from the bill cosby verdict is that no one is above the law and even rich and powerful men -- >> but who could these women have gone to? ...

Thats better than the political dialogue the state of play there any way. theres so much b.s. in the air its hard for people to keep straight whats true. if we dont agree on whats true, where do we go from there? ken, thank you. jeffrey as always. alisyn. now to this story, new yorks attorney general suddenly resigning last night after a bomb shell report in the new yorker. four women accusing him of physically abusing them. we talk to one of the reporters ronan farrow who broke this story nex...

Loved ones said dont do it. dont speak out against him. and in some cases that was because they feared the risk of reprizeles. they feared him threatening people, using his office and power to say he could wiretap people or come after people. but also in some cases, alisyn, those friends warned them off of talking because they thought that he had the power to do too much good for the democratic party. >> i mean, thats a story in itself of the sacrifices that people think they make for the cause,...

Muellers team tried to put it in d.c. it was the prerogative of manafort to move it because it did not have a direct correlation. so is hes right to question it. ultimately, alisyn, this is more of a peak than a point here. the judge was criticizing. i think ultimately the case will not be dismissed. >> they changed the description. people dont often love the prosecutors in court. you are a former federal prosecutor. yoknow that pain. >> were not popular. >> you are here, laura. youre always str...