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30, 40 years ive been flippers. it almost ought to be outlawed. you say something about donald trump and youll go down to 2 year s s or 3 years. in all fairness to him, if i were him i would do it. its called flipping and it almost ought to be illegal. >> today is another bombshell in a seemingly mushrooming of legal problems for this president. michael flynn and ex-trump lawyer michael cohen are both already cooperating with federal investigators. and ami ceo david pecker was also given immunit...

Than this. >> the giuliani and trump team have been trying to get ahead of this story spinning this is completely exculpatory. thats something that i think the prosecutors investigating michael cohen will ultimately decide. but to your earlier point, in this tape they discuss "the other stuff." so it appears as though we dont have full information. we just know whats on that tape, that they are talking about other things that ami might have. you hear on that tape donald trump saying, right, what...

Enquirer. what are they seeking to get on that side? >> they are certainly seeking to get the communications that ami had with the trump campaign, the trump organization, michael cohen in connection to this $150,000 deal that they had with karen mcdougal or that they paid out to karen mcdougal. and that seems to be increasingly an in-kind contribution to the campaign to keep her quiet not same of a catch and kill or even a deal to promote her. so its real he had those communications. >> i wonder...

And ultimately donald trump is going to be done in by the truth. >> okay. joining me now is one of the reporters trying to make sense. national investigative reporter for the washington post. carol, i have a hard time tracking what we do and dont know about this. >> what we know about this recorded conversation which by the way michael cohen surreptitiously recorded with an iphone. what we know is they are talking in the first week of september. two months before the election. and talking about ...

Mcdougal. ami is run by david pecker, a dear, dear friend for many decades of president trump. >> when i got with him, there was a real relationship there. there were real feelings between the two of us. there was a real relationship there. i kind of out of sight, out of mind with everything else. deep inside i did have a lot of guilt, but i still continued. >> now, in the beginning of the tape that we are talking about, the conversation seems geared toward campaign issues. we appear to hear tru...

>> well, i think it might, because heres what we dont know. we dont know the full extent of the flow of money, if there was any flow of money, between the trump organization, michael cohen, and the national enquirer or ami. and if there was flow of money, that could prove to be very, very problematic for all of those parties. there could be potentially money laundering or bank fraud charges that might result from that. lets remember, there could also be additional campaign finance violations soe...

What surprised you more? was it the m community deal for david pecker, the knowledge of this safe or the immunity deal for allen weisselberg, the cfo of the organization and why did you choose either one. >> im not surprised that anyone around trump chooses to protect themselves. trump demands loyalty but doesnt inspire it. hes a very transactional karktkarkt character. he very much wants things in exchange for something else real estate often revolves on those terms. new york politics very much...

And ukraine and hiring someone as a consultant. its hard to remember how many significant things this tape could provide evidence on. >> and how much michael cohen could testify as, how much information he has. the tapes are important for sure. what they really are is a reminder of all the information in michael cohens head, which i think is going to be on more than one tape or 12 tapes even. guilliani can explain away the way a defense attorney would at a trial each individual recording showing...

You know, gentlemen like mr. pecker and others with ami, these are not hardened criminals, ari. if they have potential expoure they are going to do everything within their power to hit the exits. they are going to cooperate fully. they are going the provide any and all information about mr. kpoe and mr. trump in a very expeditious manner. these are not hardened criminals. they are to the going to do five or ten or is a years for you. >> i feel like you are saying basically they are not from the ...

>> all right. there is the tape. a lot to break down. we start with kelly odonell at the white house. >> kelly, first explain what we just heard and whats that reference to 150 and how does all of this square with previous statements from this administration. >> well, good to be with you. this gives us a window inside then candidate trumps office. an in person meeting where you hear him finishing up a call with someone he refers to honey, maybe one of his family members and you see michael cohen...