Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Potential payment to Kathleen Mcdougal before it took place. So that is obviously at odds with the president saying that he learned about it later. Still lots of questions here, lots of unresolved issues, and the white house, a stressful day at the lectern for sarah sanders, i think, given the number of questions which she really did not have anything that she could go to beyond the prepared statement of he has done nothing wrong, there are no charges against him. Kelly, thanks very much for that. Kelly odonnell at the white house. Michael cohens guilty plea sheds light on the timeline of Hush Money Payments made to women who President Trump is accused of having affairs with before the campaign. This Isnt The Salacious Gossip it once was, this is part of a pattern of trump. According to the new yorker, Playboy Model Karen Mcdougal signed a Nondisclosure Agreement with American Media incorporated, the parent compan
A recap of the days news. Explain that . Ive commented on this pretty extensively. What you can tell you is ha 2 president did nothing wrong, there is no collusion. For anything beyond that i would refer you to the president s outside counsel. Didnt he say he didnt know about it and then theres a tape during before it happened discussing it . Ok. Again Michael Cohen is alleging is that trump committed a crime. And directing cohen to pay to silence women who claim they had affairs with trump, that is collusion. You might think republican lawmakers would be compelled to speak out in the face of this. Actually, it probably wont surprise you at all that the response from the president s own party is pretty much this. Crickets. Deafening silence. Nothing. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell completely silent. Majority whip john cornen i dont know the facts. The facts. House Speaker Paul Ryan punting to his spokesperson who said, quote, we need more information than is currently available
The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Youve got Michael Cohen, of course, guilty. These are individuals who were incredibly close to the president of the United States of america, and weve got to get an answer to the question, what did the president know . When did he know it . When this crime spree was taking place all around him. Weve got to clean up corruption with this administration, and washington, d. C. , restore our democracy for the people. We played maya some sound bites of those that are coming out and defending the president , saying this is not a crime. Some to maybe some extent are saying, yeah, maybe its legally a crime, but its like a smaller crime, a 12k3450ermisdemeanor. What is your read of what Michael Cohen did . Is it significant or not, is it being blown out of the proportion for political reasons . Its extremely significant because it goes directly to whether or not a candidate, donald trump, directed
Mexicans would pay for it, to use the money to take land away from farmers and ranchers on the border of the United States. How can any conservative support this guy . Senator, the definition of conservative has changed so fast in our lifetime its unbelievable. We need a dictionary to keep up with it. Senator michael bennet, democrat from colorado. Thank you, sir. Stay safe on the trail. Thats all we have for tonight. Well be back tomorrow with more meet the press daily. Ari melber is picking it up. Good evening to you. We begin here with Breaking News rocking washington. Moment of truth. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that is what faces the nation tonight. Right now as she stepped out and made this announcement just within the last hour. Im announcing the House Of Representatives moving forward with an official Impeachment Inquiry. Im directing our six committees to proceed with their
investigations under that umbrella of Impeachment Inquiry. The president must be held accountable. N