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>> you? >> an israeli dude, a back channel to the emirates, stephen miller. >> were here to talk about iran policy. >> here to talk about iran policy? thats something to disclose on house intelligence committee under oath. >> i did. >> theres no mention of the trump tower meeting august 16. >> they got the transcript wrong. >> they didnt get it wrong. the transcript is what it is. he did not zdisclose this interesting, to say nothing of suspicious second trump tower meeting. >> and material fact...

Crea create expectation of donald junior is in legal trouble and doesnt come to fruition. where is the fire? they have a credibility problem. >> we will know soon. rashad, "the washington post reported on democrats torn over how to scrutinize trumps children and speak of the move to bring them to capitol hill to testify." ov oversight committee member says the optics dont work. it speaks to the victim narrative on the republican side. is that a deciding factor going down that road? >> i think th...

Wasnt going to cooperate with the presidents team and was instead going to cooperate with prosecutors, i no longer wanted or was seeking a pardon, so ariana, in your interpretation, did michael cohen lie to congress? >> yeah, i think this pardon issue -- i think the reason why we care about this pardon issue is for two reasons. one, is, it potentially goes to michael cohens credibility as you mentioned he did testify in front of congress and he stated pretty definitively, he used that n-word, th...

Empathy from the democrats -- >> allie beth: makes them feel loved. >> melissa: he said while he was on the stand, if theres anything the script could do for me in terms of lessening the sentence i would like that. >> kennedy: colluding with adam schiff! collusion between the intelligence chair! and the star witness! this democratic star! >> jake: i dont know why you call him a democratic star. this was trump lawyer. and rudy giuliani, by the way, is not a person would like to spend a lot of tim...

Credibility problem and doesnt it seem disingenuous if he asked for a pardon and it didnt go anywhere and it is sure easy to say i dont want a pardon. we got it brother, they didnt offer you one. >> reporter: but there is the question of what was the presidents intentions and what were his lawyers intentions. that is what congress wants to know. was there any intimation that bby lying he could get a pardon. >> you have your work cut out for you. my panel, kim whaley and a professor at the baltim...

But cohen directed his attorney to reach out to the presidents legal team about a pardon. so the gang is back, saul, bob, carroll, eugene, carol, ill start with you here. we had a stat that showed more of the public believed cohen than the president, 50 to 35, and we joke thad is a credibility problem. michael cohen was not the most credible person, thats amazing. >> and it helps the presidents argument. >> but what does it help thousand? >> he is already a proven liar, everything he says is lie...

He said i never asked for a pardon at that hearing under oath. and now were learning that he did reach out to his lawyers back when he was in the joint defense agreement with donald trump to explore the possibility of a pardon. the way lanny davis explains that is that there was a time when he was cooperating with trump in the liars club as davis puts it and then a time when he broke and came clean and that is what he is referring to this latter time in his testimony. we have some sound from lan...

Of america. i did not want to go to the white house. >> is there a chance? >> that hell ask me to go to washington? >> theres absolutely a chance hes going to ask you. would you go? >> 100%. >> i look forward to seeing what your future is. >> hopefully it will be in washington. >> we go back to the question, does michael cohen have a credibility problem? should he be trusted? >> michael cohen has acknowledged publicly he has a credibility problem by admitting he has lied to congress. hes reporti...

Exchanges. >> to that point, the interesting point is if he has a credibility problem about issues of a pardon and whether he wants to work in the white house, what has emerged from your reporting is he has the goods, he has the evidence on one of the allegations hes making, which is getting the hush money payment directly from the president. let me play you the soundbite from his attorney on your show last night. >> this check was the first check and its the check that the president himself sai...

They couldnt do it. career fbi people couldnt bring themselves to sign off on it. john kelly career military man couldnt bring himself to say its okay and white house counsel also may have written a people mon memo to the file. what did they see that got them worried. thats what a normal congressman would like to know about. none of the republicans want to know why. if they know they might have to do something a little difficult, a little courageous to stand up against donald trump and they dont...