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>> well, thats what were seeing more and more of, unanswered questions and fewer chances to ask them. and in the meantime, the president reportedly is itching for more occasions like he just finished up at tonight, rallies where he can say whatever he wants and hear nothing in return but applause. our jim acosta is in tampa for us tonight, joining us now. so, this lack of transparency, is there any other reason theyre doing this other than the fact they dont want to answer questions about, for i...

House, why the campaign i should say, lied about the president not knowing anything about karen mcdougal and ami and the deal? >> anderson, i think the only thing you can conclude, and youre going to hear some folks here, i think, letting their feelings be known at this rally here in tampa, about how they feel about cnn. but anderson, i think the honest answer to your question is that this white house is obviously hiding from the press. theyre hiding the president from the press. they are hiding...

Lack of press briefings. you know, the president himself still hasnt directly answered questions about why his campaign lied about their involvement in trying to buy karen mcdougals rights -- the rights to her story from a.m.i., which the campaign claim they had no knowledge of, they knew nothing about the deal, nor has he answered any questions about your reporting that he allegedly knew about the trump tower meeting in advance. >> this president and this presidency and this white house has no ...

Reported that are inconvenient to him, he can dismiss them as political in nature. and that to me is a very insidious thing. thats really, you know -- that is the stuff of autocratic states. and so while i agree with carl that the reporting has been aggressive, its been thorough, its been critical, there is still concern about a president who doesnt really believe in a free press. >> and carl, it is not just the lack of press briefings. you know, the president himself still hasnt directly answer...

Who hasnt tried to undermine the prosecutor. this is typical politics. take it up to a 11. thats the number donald trump is comfortable with on everything. but this is a version of what bill clinton did against ken starr and george h.w. bushs team did it on iran contra. its typical washington politics but the volume and intensity is higher than usual. >> the bottom line, the president himself still hasnt answered questions about the cohen tape, why the trump campaign lied about it, the knowledge...

Its not obstruction of justice. i vice president known any president except for maybe george w. bush in the fitzgerald case against scooter libby, who hasnt tried to undermine the prosecutor. so this is typical politics taken up to 11 because thats the level that donald trump is comfortable with on absolutely everything. its just a version of what bill clinton did against ken starr and what, you know, george h.w. bushs team did against his special prosecutor investigating iran-contra. so this is...

>> tcohens lawyer release add secret recording made before the 2016 election, between cohen and then candidate trump in which the two discussed payment concern iing affair with karen mcdoogal. ami was doing a catch and kill. the president and his aides have denied both the affair and any payment. >> when it comes time for the financing -- b sxwl well have to pay. >> rudy giuliani is now asserting that the recording was cut off and may have been doctored. he also confirmed the existence of more t...

We figure theres something in there but this all -- that is all guesswork. >> youre talking about the michael cohen having taped the president where they are talking about setting up an llc to pay hash money to a playboy model who alleged an affair with the president. >> yes. >> and you say -- >> sure, she had already been paid ami had the rights and they were setting up a corporation to buy the rights back from ami, thats correct. >> right. all of this, hush money to a playboy model, allegation...

Make sure we touch on the other big story today which of course is michael cohen. you will be surprised to learn rudy giuliani tells abc news the joint defense agreement between the president and michael cohen has officially ended. of course, it comes as the p.r. battle between cohens lawyers and the presidents continues to play out in plain sight for the world to see. or in the case of audio recordings, to hear. and right now this much is clear. cohen has already released one potentially proble...

Moved away from that concept, that use of ami as to some of these other payments, was for this exact concern. thats why the $130,000 payment to my client, for instance, was not made through ami. thats why the two additional payments that i referenced last night were not made through ami for this exact reason. they wanted to close the circle, if you will, so that the president thought he had greater protection with his fixer, michael cohen, who turned out not to be tough and not to be too smart. ...