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And senate minority leader chum shuker. a blunt and angry meeting in full view of the cameras. on wednesday, the presidents long time lawyer and fixer michael cohen was sentenced to three years in prison. that same day, news came that the parents company of the national enquirer, ami, flipped on trump and is offering substantial and important assistance to prosecutors about the hush money payments made to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. and on thursday, up on capitol hill, the senate gave a h...

Between ami and pecker and president trump. you know a little bit more about that and how that all fell apart? >> i went back through all the covers, all the story since april, since that subpoena, and the trump coverage stopped right away. theres been no pro-trump covers of the "national enquirer" since april. you might say why does that matter, its a supermarket to e tabloid. millions of people see the enquirer when theyre at the market. it was a really valuable part of trumps media support, a...

Calls quote, substantial and important assistance to prosecutors regarding those hush money payments made to stormy daniels and playboy playmate karen mcdougal. a source tells cnn that donald trump was in a 2015 meeting with his then lawyer michael cohen as well as the chairman of ami, american media incorporated, david pecker. they were said to have discussed ways to shield president trump from any damaging stories that would come out during the campai campaign. joining us now is cnns chief med...

Prosecutor david brew know, former prosecutor and trial attorney, welcome to you both. keisha, let me start with you. its basically he said/he said as far as we know now. is the president in trouble? >> i believe of that he is. i believe this comment by cohen corroborates the fact that hes saying that the president directed me to make these payments. the fact9 that president trump met with the person from the "national enquirer" to figure out a way to cover up these affairs and pay these people ...

This guy is not a perfect witness but he resembles to me, he reminds me of john dean in watergate. nobody likes john dean but he had a great memory and it turned out he was telling the truth and they proved out with the tapes from the white house. dean had nixon nailed. tell me about this guy, im calling citizen cohen. >> so first, people need to understand that the feds dont make criminal cases on the backs of boy scouts and sunday school teachers. they flip people who have committed crimes and...

Mya, let me start with you. were looking at the hoistory, were looking at the frame of mind of the president as all of this is happening. help us understand the import of what happened if in a federal courthouse this week in man hat cran. how does this change the story and the trajectory of this investigation? >> first of all, the story has been unfolding for months now. what we really have is confirmation by prosecutors that they believe michael cohen, that donald trump directed him to make tho...

Issue. it was something that cohen himself was working to swat away every time it surfaced. as early as 2015, when people were showing up with sort of incriminating story, he was directing them to ami or trying to hush them up on his own. october 7th, i believe, when the "access hollywood" tape was released, it took it other level. people wondered if hed survive the weekend. >> that was the question at the time. >> he had been denying that any time there were allegations of groping or sexual mis...

Anytime human beings retell stories, there can be things that differ from time to time. a prosecutor always wants to be able to limit the occasions on which one of his critical witnesses is putting information out on the record. cohen has shown hes not very controllable in that way. >> brian, you get to be our closer. i have a dual question for you. first of all, is it us or did this week pick up speed and become one of the more consequential weeks of this presidency? the second part of my quest...

Which one of his critical witnesses is putting information out on the record. cohen has shown hes not very controllable in that way. >> brian, you get to be our closer. first of all, is it us or did this week pick up speed and become one of the more consequential weeks of this presidency? the second part of my question has to do with color. tell us about the moment flynn and trump and the fbi guys pass in the hallway of the west wing >> this we did pick up speed. we know about what mueller knows...

Incriminating story, he was directing them to ami or trying to hush them up on his own. october 7th, i believe, when the "access hollywood" tape was released, it took it other level. people wondered if hed survive the weekend. >> that was the question at the time. >> any time there were allegations of groping or sexual misconduct, he denied. he denied. he denied. here comes this tape in which he was recorded in his own words bragging about it. it wasnt just that he was recorded in his own record...