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Then you saw the president try and shift the onus toward michael cohen. but the president is named in a court filing as individual one having directed michael cohen to make this payment to stormy daniels in an attempt to influence at least the perception leading into the 2016 election. and michael cohen really did lay out in great detail how intimately involved the president was in overseeing every step of this payment from signing a check, also implicating donald trump jr. in signing one of the...

The other thing goes to the trump tower meeting in 2016 where cohen says that don junior, the presidents son and candidates son, let him know that meeting was coming, which of course makes a liar of the president. but also, again, gets to the president knowing about what was really, to date, the biggest example of cooperation, right? you know, the trump team accepting a meeting from russia knowing they were getting these stolen e-mails. those are a big deal. >> yeah. >> of course, the president ...

Describing as a convicted felon is going into the oval office and the president is directing in his first year of office how he should get paid off? you couldnt dream these things up in a movie. >> what did you make of the approach we all saw by your republican colleagues? >> i dont think its effective at the end. they were trying to attack cohen. they were saying cohen is a liar about coming to congress and talking about the moscow project. heres the fact. trump has said the exact same thing mi...

Heres her statement. i would rather it be done that way to shore up the websiitness. hes going to have to do it differently because he doesnt have the documentation. >> matt gates walked from the room. some said yesterday he was threatening him. we know he is an ardent supporter of president trump. do we expect characters like this will do everything possible from blocking michael cohen from saying much of anything today? >> well, i think we can expect them to go on the offensive and try to atta...

Public session before the house. he will also have what we believe is a closed door session probably about the russia investigation with adam schiff and company. but what might america learn when michael cohen testifies before the public and the cameras? >> well, they have tried to attack cohen for a long time now saying that he is not credible and that he is a confessed liar basically. i think from the public side well have a chance to eyeball him, see what he has to say, to hear what his versi...

Office. that would be an impeachable offense. >> reporter: the white house has continued to attack cohens credibili credibili credibility claiming he shouldnt serve as a reliable witness. >> and quickly, while i have you here, you have new information about the search to replace john kelly as white house chief of staff. what are you hearing? >> reporter: thats right. sources tell cnn that nick ayers, the chief of staff to vice president mike pence is no longer the leading contender to take over ...

Senior white house staff? >> well, look, andrea, were waiting to see if theyre going to add a briefing to the schedule today. and that will sort of give us our first real glimpse. i anticipate theyll echo what we heard from rudy giuliani, which is that theyre going to try to attack cohens credibility. theyll downplay paul manaforts role in the campaign. thats something that weve seen from this president, from this white house, despite the fact that he did serve on the campaign for about five mon...