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We have just learned that one of the ideas for promoting the trump tower in moscow was to offer the russian president, vladimir putin, the penthouse. in that tower. think about that for one second and how the president was saying he was such a strong, amazing, wonderful leader during all this time hes offering him the penthouse. trumps running for president. the russian-born businessman who was working on the project with michael cohen tells cnn that it was a marketing ploy, buzzfeed citing two ...

I want to come back to start with the presidents tweets where he said whats the big deal? i was running for president and there is nothing wrong with having my business while running for president. thats what the president says. its all good and legal. he ignores that as a candidate for president, he was calling for easing sanctions on russia. as a candidate for president, if they were negotiating a deal into noon and possibly telling vladimir putin you can have the penthouse first reported by b...

To moscow ahead of the 2016 convention in cleveland. the documents indicate this work is not done yet. his attorneys telling reporters that cohen will continue to cooperate with prosecutors. dave and christine. >> evan perez, thank you. we are awaiting remarks from the president and president macri as well. one idea for the trump tower project in mo moscow was to giv $50 million penthouse to vladimir putin. a former trump associate who worked on the deal with cohen says the plan was to place the...

Says the plan was to place the russian president in the building to enhance the value and prestige to would-be buyers. according to a report by buzzfeed, cohen discussed the idea with a putin representative. it is not clear if then candidate trump was informed of the putin plan. special counsel robert mueller looking into the role of the presidents children in the trump tower moscow project. ivanka trump and donald trump jr. worked independently on the project. they were aware of cohens effort...

Bribery if that story bears out. but you know, with trump, i dont think he thought he would ever be president, so he was doing a deal, and those are the kinds of deals he does. >> and gloria, i will just say, yes, that story is a buzzfeed story, that they offered the $50 million penthouse. we have not independently confirmed it so im not going to say that we know anything about it but john does point out that is out there. whats your take, gloria, though, on this whole issue? >> well, look, i th...

Were getting new information how badly donald trumps team apparently wanted to do business in russia. they even considered offering vladimir putin the penthouse in trump tower moscow according to felix sater, a russian born business associate of trumps who worked on the project building with michael cohen. buzzfeed is reporting that penthouse would have been worth $50 million. here to discuss, walter schaub, the former director of the office of government ethics and david kay johnston, is the au...

According to buzzfeed, which first reported this news, is that cohen discussed the idea with a representative of putins press secretary, and that the penthouse that would have been offed to putin was worth $50 million. so it would have been a $50 million gift potentially to the president of russia. >> is there any indication that the president or then citizen donald trump was made aware of this proposed gift of $50 million -- of a $50 million penthouse? >> its not clear. i think candidate trump ...

Much detail they got into, but again, if it conflicts with what cohen is now saying, thats going to be problematic for donald jr. democrats taking over the house in january, that could also mean subpoenas for his sister ivanka. >> alex, what about this -- the information were getting about the plan to give russian president vladimir putin a multi-million dollar penthouse in this trump tower moscow project? >> crazy, right? $50 million, apparently, for a penthouse up there. what alex seder is say...

Today, anderson, seder appeared to be listed as individual number two, a number of times as someone who was seen as an intermediary of sorts between cohen and russia. so he was a key figure in these dealings. and of course again we should reiterate this never came to fruition. but whats significant here according to buzzfeed which first reported this news, was that cohen discussed this idea with a representative of putins press secretary, and that the penthouse that would have potentially been o...

Associate of trumps who worked on the project with michael cohen. buzzfeed is reporting that penthouse would have been worth $50 million. here to discuss walter schaub, former director of the office of government ethics. and david cray johnston, author of "its even worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america." gentlemen, good evening. every day theres something. david, im going to start with you. trump started pushing for a moscow deal. this was in the 80s. here he is...