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Committees. house democrats are focused on allegations that there was an effort by the president to influence the cohen investigation by getting the u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york reassigned to the case. he had earlier recused himself. these issues came up during recent testimony. here is the acting attorney general matt whitaker from a few weeks ago. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels in...

Michael cohen at his word. she went on to put out an entire statement talking about disgraced felon, michael cohen is going to prison for lying to congress. sadly, he will go before congress this week and we expect more of the same. it is laughable that anyone would take a convicted liar like cohen at his word and given another opportunity to spread his lies. i want to get that in there. your response before we let you go back in. >> this is one of the issues always with a witness who is effecti...

And asked him to put geoffrey berman in control of the investigation of michael cohen and donald trump in the manhattan u.s. attorneys office. but tonights news is that the house judiciary committee believes that it has evidence that president trump made that request. the "wall street journal" notes in its reporting tonight, the house judiciary committee is investigating whether mr. whitaker may have perjured himself in his appearance before the panel earlier this month, according to one of the ...

And the punitive perjury here was actually a statement that was written and crafted and wordsmithed in advance. he said, and this had been written for him, that he was not asked to make any promises or commitments. i think thats going to hold up even as against evidence that trump went to him and said, can we reinstall this u.s. attorney. on its own it just reinforces trumps complete ignorance of ethics rules and what recusal even means. i think the one statement in question by whitaker probably...

The acting attorney general, whether geoffrey berman could regain control into president trumps former lawyer and his real estate business, according to people familiar with the matter. last week the "new york times" broke the story that president trump called matthew whitaker and asked him to put geoffrey berman in control of the investigation of michael cohen and donald trump in the manhattan u.s. attorneys office. but tonights news is that the house judiciary committee believes that it has ev...

A perjure charge. he was never specifically asked the question, did the president try to control something about that prosecution in new york? the questions he was asked, he seemed to have stepped through the answers very, very carefully. >> yeah, i think the short answer is yes. and the punitive perjury here was actually a statement that was written and crafted and wordsmithed in advance. he said, and this had been written for him, that he was not asked to make any promises or commitments. i th...

Him about complete denuclearization and peace and i think president trump sees himself on the cusp of a great historical accomplishment. >> reporter: tonight, as kim moves toward vietnam in his heavily armored train, theres enormous pressure on both leaders to come up with a more substantive deal than the vague agreement they struck in singapore more than eight months ago. >> its a test of kim jong-uns sincerity and something thats the most important indicator to watch for in the summit. >> repo...

Thats brought home and concluded contains really meaningful provisions in these areas. the deal will be judged by those provisions, not by just china agreeing to buy more u.s. soybeans. >> historically china has been hard to deal with because china provides the world with things it needs at low cost, and enforcement of what china does has not always been great. is there a sense that is some -- that some ground can be gained in terms of not only cutting a deal but making sure china sticks to a do...

United states? donald trump as you say has stepped back dramatically from any kind of leadership position. can the governors and mayors fill that gap? i always worry that sounds good, but at the end of the day you do need the federal government if you want the whole country involved. >> the community level, the state level, the national level and the international level. that to me is important because even if we get our policy makers to really focus on issues on climate, which i really think th...

Fill that gap? is america kind of -- i always worry that that sounds good, but at the end of the day, you do need the federal government if you want the whole country involved. >> i think you basically need action at every level. the community level, the state level, the national level and the international level. that to me is the most important, because even if we get our policymakers to focus aggressively on the climate, which i think this active research will make them focus, there is a coll...