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>> youre saying there are certain issues you cant get into because youre still cooperating with them? >> correct. and out of respect for process. >> a lot of respect for process. jill wine-banks, i ask you this question. this seems like an important thing. the southern district, people were not that happy with michael cohens, the level of his cooperation. we also know that robert mueller was reportedly very happy and robert mueller is focused mostly on russia. is it possible that as much of a bo...

Is the real challenge. >> the thing about it is its not just michael cohen now when it comes to the hush money payments. its michael cohen and ami. congressman, always appreciate your time. thanks for coming in. a 7-year-old little girl, 7 years old, she dies in custody of u.s. border patrol. what happened? the administration speaking out. what are they saying about it now? well tell you next. . lets clear a path. lets put down roots. lets build something. lets do the thing that you do. lets d...

Present at the august 2013 meeting about the hush payments. he met with cohen and david peculi pecker. the president of ami. michael cohen will break his silence in an interview with "good morning america." here is jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: christine and dave, so much as happened this week. much has to do with michael cohen. of course, the presidents long time lawyer and fixer. the president speaking out in direct terms saying he did not direct michael cohen to do anything in ...

Of america, the people of the world, dont believe what hes saying. the man doesnt tell the truth. and its sad that i should take responsibility for his dirty deeds. >> heres the thing about it, as we have been talking about. its not just michael cohen. its michael cohen now and ami that are corroborating, at least part of the conversation that were having. what do people do with this? >> you know, i think unfortunately, we live in a world where we want to know whats happening right away. this sp...

Truth. and that to me is doing the most political damage right now. i dont believe, particularly the stormy daniels piece, is problematic at all from the standpoint of the law. the a.m.i. thing might be a little bit more because the stormy daniels contribution is not -- is not a violation of itself. the violation is he didnt report it. the contribution itself is not illegal. but the fact he didnt report it is illegal. on the other case, a.m.i., its a corporate contribute beiion, somebody else, i...

The president had been saying. look, this was an effort not to embarrass his family. now this information is coming to light that indicates he it knew that these payments were meant to suppress the stories and you wouldnt just -- if you knew that it was the right thing, why not check to michael cohen and why set up an llc to reimburse them. >> if you have nothing hide, why are you hiding something? the president has not tweeted about his good friend, mr. pecker. pecker is protecting himself and ...

He said his lawyer, he hired him to take care of all of this, he also distanced himself from the payment from ami. there are implications here at the white house. who will fill the chief of staff role? when these investigations happen, top republicans say it makes it less likely for anyone to come into the white house to work here. the question is what is the next shoe to drop? the president is defiant and others are worried. dave and christine. >> jeff, thanks. "the new york times" is reviewing...

And a crime that michael cohen pleaded guilty. the president is not acknowledging any of that. he said his lawyer, he hired him to take care of all of this, he also distanced himself from the payment from ami. there are implications here at the white house. who will fill the chief of staff role? when these investigations happen, top republicans say it makes it less likely for anyone to come into the white house to work here. the question is what is the next shoe to drop? the president is defiant...

I dont know wlorhether or not y will be. we really cant speculate. theres a considerable amount of evidence. you have michael cohen, ami with the nonprosecution agreement and the southern district saying we have evidence that this transaction was done to influence the election. its important to remember i dont think charges are totally off the table. for the next two years, theres this possibility that the president could be charged. >> youre a former attorney general for new jersey. >> i am. >>...

Okay? he directed the payments be made to karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. prosecutors say those payments made with the principal goal of influencing the election. "outfront" now, former l.a. bureau chief at the "national enquirer," jerry george who worked at the tabloid for 28 years. the president is trying to say, i dont know whether we paid this tabloid. the tabloid did pay, in this case, karen mcdougal. what do you make of his attempt to say, well, i dont know we paid the tabloid itself. >...