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Responsibility now with this stuff coming out, with this information coming out, to do more sooner than simply wait for possibly another three, four, five months until a report is even possibly made public for them to act upon. >> as a prosecutor, i always wanted all of my evidence before i decided what the charges were, and before i tried the case. so, waiting for the special prosecutors report with all of that evidence makes a lot of sense, but the house should begin and the senate as well, ri...

To act faster. because they are the ones who got lied to, and the public got lied to. there were also evidence of nixon lying to the public as grounds for impeachment. and so while absolutely these are impeachment offenses and should be looked at for that, and we in water gate decided that the best approach was the political one of impeachment, it didnt mean that the crimes that were committed werent also subject to being indicted. >> thank you both for being on for that analysis and perspective...

That buzz feed report that claims donald trump directed his former lawyer, michael cohen to lie to congress. the timing is unfortunate for the president considering what his attorney general nominee said just days before, plus, the presidents latest move between the president and the house speaker over the border wall and the shutdown. "morning joe" is back in just a moment. ng joe" is back in just moment i dont keep track of regrets. i never count the wrinkles. and i dont add up the years. but ...

Justice. i have a great team here to break all of it down. first, want to explain this new reporting. because if you are one of those people that has been saying all along do me a favor and wake me up when theres actual evidence that the president may have committed a crime, well guess what, this is your wake-up call. late last night, buzzfeed news reported that michael cohen has told special counsel bob mueller, then president trump, that president trump, quote, personally instructed him to lie...

Then attorney michael cohen to lie to congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow citing two federal law enforcement officials in the investigation of the matter. nbc news has not independently confirmed this report. buzz feed goes on to allege that the president and his children received regular detailed updates about the real estate development from cohen whom they put in charge of the project despite trumps claims to have no business deals with russia. cohen also told the spe...

The report, based on on michael cohens testimony to the special counsel but also on all this information, including documents from the trump organization. >> theres a legal term for this story and its called not good. the obstruction part is fairly obvious. we dont have to think hard for an example of trump doing this. we know, for instance, that he was responsible for the erroneous statement that was drafted on air force one as well. so there is some precedent for trump pushing false testimony ...

Telling somebody to lie to congress as this buzz feed report alleges. and the president is pushing back. youve seen this morning, i want to get your reaction. hes quoting a fox news report and then says this is a guy who is lying to reduce his jail time. watch father-in-law. do you in your professional opinion, read this as a potential for witness intimidation? >> i do. i do. here we have the person who is threatening his presidency in almost every conceivable way. hes involved in both investiga...

Congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the trump organization. and internal company e-mails, text messages and a cache of other documents. cohen then acknowledged those instructions during his interviews with that office. nbc news has not confirmed the buzzfeed report. democratic reaction to the report? unsurprisingly fast and furious. ad adam schiff tweeting well do what is needed. that is obstruction of justice. congressman castro, if the story is true, president trump must r...

Meet with nato and troops in afghanistan. >> we believe this is completely inappropriate by the president. >> the latest move is not payback for the speaker suggesting that the president post pho postpone his state of the union as a delegation to davos is scrapped. private companies are stepping up to help employees. delta donating a grant to make sure the martin luther king jr. park is open for the holiday and the paypal ceo is in the building to explain how his company is pitching in, in a big...

We knew michael cohen lied about this deal. he pleaded guilty in november to the special counsels office to lying to congress about this deal. what we suspected but didnt know is he was directed to do so by the president of the united states. how significant if this is reported out and the report does say these federal investigators, law enforcement officials say that mueller has it backed up not just by michael cohen but by e-mails, texts and other documents by the special counsels office? >> t...