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the way now for massive amounts of aid to begin flowing including direct payments of up to $1,400 that could land in some peoples bank accounts as soon as this weekend. this comes exactly one year after the kworldworld health organization declared a coronavirus pandemic that so far has claimed more than 530,000 american lives and infected almost 30 million people in the u.s. alone. by contrast, a year ago today, there were just 1,100 known cases here in the united states, underscoring ...

Something dana said here that is key also. its the convergence. its the intersection now of the stormy daniels story and of the russia investigation. remember, wed initially learned that muellers team referred some matters to the southern district of new york and then began the michael cohen investigation. were now seeing those streams crossing and intersecting in a way that we had not before. >> and again, i just want to read this again. because this is what columbus nova is saying. david, i wa...

Back, now, david, what did you want to say? >> i was just going to say, id like to ask michael cohen and have him answer the question, what is the purpose of essential consultants? steve made the point before the break that, you know, yes, we live in a world where companies and entities and various individuals try and buy influence with the government whats less common is entities connected to russia making large payments to a company that also is allegedly the same company that pays off the all...

General counsel of columbus nova, i can confirm that the company is 100% owned and controlled by americans. any suggestion that at any point in time viktor vekselberg or any of his companies owned or exercised any control over columbus nova is patently untrue. how important is this? >> well, i dont know about that statement or really what that means. the broader picture here as david lays out is very damning for the president and michael cohen. look, we dont know what crimes were committed, who ...

Be covered by attorney-client privilege. the fbi has a team in place thats helping produce these documents to cohen as they produced eight boxes of digitized contents and over a dozen cell phones and electronic devices. so were expecting by the end of this week the judge said that they expect to have the government provide all of the documents that they had seized, and there is a hearing set for two weeks from now where i think well get a better sense of just how big volume this is of informatio...

Him paid michael cohen after the election. that is according to a source familiar with the matter. what does this mean for president trump, if anything? less discuss. assistant editor at "the washington post" david swerdlick is here. and former trump campaign adviser steve cortes. all are cnn political commentators. good evening to all of you. welcome to the program. weve got east coast, west coast, and central all represented on this panel. david, you first. michael cohen received approximately...

On this one when this is, as david just said, about as close as weve seen to not a collusion allegation, but a russian oligarch, somebody who is incredibly powerful, funneling a lot of money into the account of his lawyer, the same account used to pay stormy daniels. i mean, those are big open questions. how that happened, why that happened, why the money came in as shimon and kara were saying, that we dont know the answer to. and its also noteworthy that the president and rudy giuliani -- rudy ...