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Presidents knowledge or direction? >> everything was done with the knowledge and at the direction of mr. trump. >> tell us why he would do that and what purpose did it serve? >> it depends upon the situation. there were times that i was asked again with allen weisselburg the cfo to go back and speak with an individual from forbes because mr. trump wanted each year to have his net worth rise on the forbes wealthiest individuals list. and so what you do is you look at the assets is with you try to...

This is a liar going to prison for lying to congress. but, on the other hand, you have democrats and responsible republicans who are going to say we have heard a lot about paul manafort bringing jeopardy to the president of the united states. this guy really potentially brings jeopardy to the president because hes on the inside. hes the so-called fixer. he may have documents. he may have tapes. he may have all kinds of incriminating evidence there. and then furthermore, we may hear reports that ...

That certainly is far reaching in terms of what negotiators are up against if you have these talks fit in with with a wall way and you know the five g. technology and what the future holds could there be some agreement in and something that has connections to state security and issues like that you know what weighs in pretty central to this i think he said that he said that he will revisit the case of among one joe the c.f.o. of ways in. waging possible extradition to the u.s. so obviously this ...

Have these talks fitted in with with huawei and you know the five g. technology and what the future holds could there be some agreement in and something that has connections to state security and issues like that you know what way its been pretty central to this i think he said that he said that he will revisit the case of among one joe the c.f.o. of waves and in canada waging a possible extradition to the u.s. so obviously this is a big bear between the two countries so ive funny feeling that h...

Assistant, michael zeldin, and white house reporter elly and a johnson. michael, let me start with you. the notion of prosecutors being interested in broader aspects of the trump organization isnt necessarily new. what seems to be new is that michael cohen is helping potentially a lot. what does that tell you? >> well, youre absolutely right, theres an indication that the federal prosecutors are looking to a full financial investigation of the trump organization, then cohen and the cfo of the tr...

He will know every tax filing that the trump organization has filed for years. if youre a prosecutor, this is a gold mine. you have the cfo of the organization and you have now the presidents and one of the organizations lawyers who have agreed to provide evidence to you. its a gold mine if youre a prosecutor. and dont forget this, muellers jurisdiction is fairly narrow. the russian interference. obstruction of justice. other matters directly arising. the southern district of new yorks jurisdict...

Public, but he will talk about those hush money payments to will. hell talk about alleged corruption in the trump foundation. hell talk about tax practices and business practices at the trump hotel. its going to be something were all going to be riveted to next week. >> nelson, dig into what ken was describing there. because come next wednesday we will learn items in terms of practices as far as the culture of the trump organization in itself. that will help us put "a" plus "b" plus "c" together...

He has implicated the president in specifically about using campaign money as hush money and therefore influence a campaign. tell us about the significance of his testimony. >> i was a little surprised at the breadth of the topics that the chairman says that cohen will be testifying about. i thought maybe he would not be testifying about things the prosecutors are still pursuing. it does seem the southern district of new york is looking at hush money payments and deciding whether or not to charg...

He was not, in fact, acting as an attorney. those rint privileged transactions. i paid someone for not having sex, and i paid someone so they would be quiet and sign a deal. those financial transactions, who told the being cfo to be involved? if its an ongoing investigation, its correct. we may not be able to see them in public hearings. it will be behind closed doors because that is part of an investigation. it is certainly fodder for congress to be looking at and examine what happened. in all ...

That hes been able to implement this in this way. >> dana: they are under way. of course, fourth quarter fund-raising that they raised $6.9 million, spent $23. just last quarter. cash on hand $19 million, debts of $1 million. we just have a few seconds left, karl. how do you think that looks? >> they have to worry about spending too much money too early. the election isnt until 2020. they burned through a lot of cash. some of it was to help in the 2018 midterms. needs to have a cfo who can give ...