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For that. do you believe cohen lied yesterday? >> no, i do not. and what is clear is that the republicans should be a lot more interested in the substance of what he was saying. remember, yesterday in open session mr. company men brought documentary evidence that the president of the united states was involved in a criminal conspiracy to obstruct -- disguise campaign finances that were improper. and while president. you think maybe that would be of concern to some folks. instead they spent their...

>> martha: here is adam schiff who believes he bolstered his credibility yesterday. >> theres no question that any witness coming before congress who has a history where theyve been dishonest with congress comes in with a credibility problem, but at the same time, a lot of what he said today i think bolstered his credibility. when people want to make things up they dont generally do it and a half fashion. >> martha: what do you think about that? >> hes delusional. he said he started the trump ca...

Im not speaking downstairs because i cant comment on that, but i can speak generally. this will surprise you. we know there is no evidence of collusion. the steele dossier was a piece of political garbage. if anyone believes in that now theyve lost their minds. there is no evidence of obstruction. apparently mr. cohen thought that has boss was a racist con man, and yet he was comfortable working for him. and continued to work for him. thats kind of the thing that we are learning in the last few ...

Will he be believed, christine? >> you know, its unclear. he has a credibility problem. >> a massive credibility problem. >> a lot of people in that room in that room yesterday when he gave his private testimony said hes a different person today. >> you bring up a good point. yesterday was behind closed doors. so the american people get to decide. they get to see this man and feel whether hes being honest or trustworthy. or whether theyre seeing a liar on television. thats why public testimony i...

That wasnt a shithole, he posed that question when barack obama was president. michael cohens testimony begins at 10:00 a.m. join cnn for live coverage and analysis all morning. we have much more coverage and analysis of these 20 pages of prepared testimony. he was behind closed doors yesterday. he has a credibility problem which he recognizes in his testimony, but that gives trump allies some ammunition here. >> look. we dont often tell you, you have to be sitting on your couch watching televis...

Exposure for president trump. one of them has to do with the hush money payment made by the president cohen testified, in 2017. these are part of what he said were installment money to stormy daniels. what we saw today from lawmakers was a clear political divide between those who felt there was new information here and others who felt that cohen had a credibility problem. >> you cant trust a word hes saying. this guy is so delusional, he said he started the trump presidential campaign in 2011 wh...

E-mails were hacked by the russians. she pressed michael cohen on whether he thought there was contact between roger stone and the russians during that time frame. lets listen. >> was mr. stone a free agent reporting back to the president what he had done or was he an act of the campaign acting on behalf of the president and under his apparent authority? >> no, he was a free agent. >> a free agent that was reporting back to the president of what he had done? >> correct. he frequently reached out...

Last night -- a couple senator, not from him, but people with him came up to him and said literally, thank you for your bravery and honesty. a republican senator was overheard saying he really really is credible. i think the american people will see that today. if you are a trump supporter, open your eyes a bit more. even if youre a michael cohen supporter, open your eyes a bit more and you will find out a lot more not about michael cohen, about donald trump. >> michael cohen is going to jail fo...

Seriously as are federal prosecutors in manhattan who cohen is cooperating with and rorb repo robert muellers office. >> sarah huckabee sanders saying in part, michael cohen going to prison for lying to congress and making other false statements. sadly hell go before congress this week and we can expect more of the same. its laughable that anyone would take a convicted liar like cohen at his word. pathetic to see him giving yet another opportunity to spread his lies. michael cohen, safe to say, ...

President. is this akin to john dean or is this embarrassing for the president? >> it could be both incriminating and damning and also embarrassing. michael cohen is one of the presidents closest longest serving aides. and i think one of the things you are already beginning to hear republicans talk about there is a credibility problem here. susan has made this point before that prosecutors are not saying, not letting michael cohen say the things that he is saying in court without corroborating e...