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Hes certainly putting his eggs in the right basket. thats an easter reference. >> i saw that. weve heard from stormy daniels. the question is why have we not heard from the presidents personal lawyer, michael cohen, a strong advocate for trump and himself. his attorney will make the case for cohen, next. later, i talk to teenagers, including two from parkland about the gun issue and whether they think this movement will end soon. >> do you feel as though all the students and all of the momen...

Defamatory. >> the defamatory statement is in that complaint. >> right. >> that case will be dismissed on motions. that case is going nowhere. >> no discover sni. >> no discovery at all. a judge -- on defamation, a judge will look at that statement. it doesnt even pass the smell test. it doesnt come close to defamation. im handling a defamation case for michael cohen against buzz feed. there are serious defamatory statements in that case. i hope we talk about that in the future. >> are you ackno...

>> timing, all right, thats all speculative and guesswork. but it has nothing to do -- >> its correlative. it may not be causation. >> you hit t theres no causation. >> im saying thats the issue. im not saying theres no causation. >> that would be a dangerous precedent because every person running for congress -- >> why -- >> because any business transaction thats done could be considered a campaign contribution. do you realize how dangerous that is -- >> it would have to involve the principal o...

Another time. >> ive made that invitation to michael as well. whether he wants to discuss those things, hell have an opportunity for that. >> the other exposure of how this deal went down. stormy daniels, her attorney, cannot bring an action against you for campaign violation. that would have to be the ftc. does he still main than that he paid this $130,000 of his own money and it wasnt done with eyes towards helping the campaign? >> first of all, avenatti is litigating that in his papers? whats...

Of this that -- the daniels and avenatti case. one, this wasnt a legitimate agreement and two the damages clause is unconscionable. this million dollars every time they say it, it wont stand up in court and it wasnt a deal because trump didnt sign it. >> the agreement was between eclc and stormy daniels. >> why -- >> there was a contract, consideration, money paid to stormy daniels. rock solid agreement. there was a signature line for dd to give michael cohen the option if he wanted to make dd a...

Little bit of hysteria there. the attorney for porn star stormy daniels escalating his battle with michael cohen. the latest turn in this deal, daniels is suing cohen for defamation. joining us is david schwartz friend of michael cohens as well as his attorney in another matter, not this one. counsel, thank you for taking the opportunity. >> good to see you. >> the first question is an obvious one. as handsome as you are why am i not across from michael cohen? he is an avid, ardent defender of t...