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Directly from the inquirer, and trump says on that tape, what if david packer gets hit by a bus? >> so where do we think this is going? there are also reports that he has been keeping under lock and key documents for many years. this is an interesting form of friendship, right? >> oh, yes. the alliance between the supermarket tabloid and the now president has been kind of an open secret. hes done a lot of cheerleading for donald trump and gone after his rivals, whether it was 2016 hillary six mo...

Discover your story. get started for free at ancestry.com >> martha: and heres a burning question tonight, why did the publisher of the national inquirer get immunity to speak to the feds. here are story, howie kurtz. this is the man who publishes the "national enquirer." theres a lot of history here. he obviously has immunity now, what does all this mean? >> david packer for those who dont know is a very good friend friend, a longtime friend of donald trump and so thats a big headache for the p...

An election. if those payments were a crime, then why wouldnt they be a crime for donald trump? catherine, in the plea information that we have, cohen admits to reimbursing these payments for karen mcdougall and stormy daniels. in the case he agrees to reimburse the "national enquirer" to the payment made to mcdougall. the payment was made in coordination with the chairman of the coronation david packer and one or more officials from the campaign. its the first indication from the plea agreement...

In the recording, he needs to open up a company for the transfer of all the information regarding our friend david which is likely a reference to david packer, the head of american media which owns the national enquirer. listen closely because the tape is model but here is part of the, play this. >> no, no. >> it is very muddled and unclear if the president is a they should or should not pay with cash. the president is saying dont pay with cash. rudy giuliani insisted michael cohen was suggestin...

President before they were published, thats according to three people with knowledge about the practice who say the sharing of information with trumps team continued after he took office. david packer the ceo of the national inquirers parent company american media is close friends with president trump. one person told the "washington post" that trump suggested stories to packer on a regular basis and had access to certainly articles before publication, including one about hillary clintons health...

Proving no russia collusion. spoiler alert no. no he did not. its not true. all of this as abc news suggests the trump campaign is footing some of cohens legal bills. here megan tooey. msnbc little analyst paul butler, a former federal prosecutor. matt welch of reason magazine. you reported on ami and david packer. what is that relationship between trump world and that publication? >> well, its been very close. in fact, several months ago when several of my colleagues were zooming in on michael ...

You reported on ami and david packer. what is that relationship between trump world and that publication? >> well, its been very close. in fact, several months ago when several of my colleagues were zooming in on michael cohen and some of the things he has done related to ami trump during the campaign, ami released a statement acknowledging owning the close personal relationship that david packer, the head of ami had not just with trump, but also cohen. >> thats what is so crazy about this. its ...

But when it comes to donald trump, the boxing gloves come off and the kid gloves go on. trump must build the wall, trump takes charge. why such a difference? the man in charge of that tabloid, david packer is a friend of donald trump and donald trump is a fan of packers slash and base runner tactics for taking down politicians. >> why didnt he get the pulitzer prize about edwards end all of these things? >> reporter: it started in the 1990s over the shared interest in the power and value of head...

Joe scarborough was reaching out and in the sense the president could do anything, i have no idea if thats the case and that would be the first i heard and i worked for the president for six or seven months and never was there an indication -- >> you dont think the president has any influence with his old friend, david packer, whos clearly run very favorable stories and negative stories aboutucter republicans running against him? >> i never got that sense and i was never given anything to make m...

Allegations, and david packer, the head of the "national enquirer," actually hired her to write a column for some other publications of his. >> as long as she didnt say anything bad about trump. >> catch and kill. >> thats the term used. >> how many other stories has the "national enquirer" caught and then killed? its part of the pro-trump might ya universe. you think about shows on fax, breitbart, other websites. the "national enquirer" is a big part of this pro-trump media universe. if we take...