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>> funding? >> yes. all the stuff. you never know where that company or what -- >> [inaudible]. >> so i spoke with alan -- >> what finance something. >> paid -- >> pay with cash? >> no, no, no. >> check? >> shepard: just a couple weeks before that taped conversation, executives with the national inquirers parent company ami reached a $150,000 deal to pay the former model for her story about the affair with president trump that she alleges. the tabloid never published the story. they bought the s...

That once said he would take a bullet for president trump is now exposing secretly taped conversations and firing a shot in what could be a long war with the presidents legal team. rick leventhal has more in the new york city newsroom. shep? >> its tough to hear the president in spots on tape. what is clear is the president did have knowledge of the planned pay-off of the model, even though his campaign claimed that he didnt. its also clear that his trusted confidant has new priorities. cohens l...

Respect to sanctions is completely unchanged. >> so the president did not -- i asked a specific question. did the president tell you that he discussed relaxing russia sanctions or not? yes or no. >> im telling you what u.s. policy is -- >> you told me that you had a conversation in which he told you what transpired. the nation and all of us policy makers deserve to know so that we can fashion policy accordingly. did he tell putin that our release or ultimately relax sanctioned? >> senator, what ...

Indispensable pillar of american national security. weakness provokes enemies but strength and cohesion protect us. the more every nato member contributes, the better we can deter our threats, this is the increased commitment that the president wants. from the outset of this administration, the national defense strategy and the russia integrated strategy, the approach has been the same. the raise the cost of aggression until vladimir putin chooses a less confrontational foreign policy and keepin...

In security cooperation funds to ukraine. none of this happens for the eight years that preceded president trump. its not enough for you, theres a long list. im happy to go through them. im guessing sometime today ill have that opportunity. i look forward to it. finally, president trump stated that he accepts the conclusion that russia meddled in the 2016 election. he has a complete and proper understanding of what happened. i know. i briefed him on it for over a year. this is perfectly clear to...

Youre to be personally to be commended for the great successes and the president in that regard. its unfortunate that our friends and allies feathers were ruffled a little bit because we said they werent paying their bills. thats been going on for some time and well tolerate that, but they have to step up. i know you underscored that and the president has certainly underscored that with them. i want to talk about iran for just a moment. one of the big unreported stories as far as foreign relatio...

Productive nato summit. from my conversations with the secretary general stolenberg, he said the pro productive that hes been a part of. you talked about the 30 naval combatants ready to go in 30 days. something that nato has not been ready to do in quite some time. we have to make sure that occurs. it would be a great thing to do to deter russia if we can get to that level. you talked about burden sharing. its important that the europeans are as committed to deterring russia as the united state...

Senators today filled with serious doubts about this white house and its conduct of american foreign policy. theres reasons to be concerned. among them, the lack of information the administration has provided to members of this committee. its our hope youll reduce our level of concern by providing us with clear answers that might help convince us that those at the white house know what theyre doing and that to be candid, you know what theyre doing. i cant say it more forcefully, we need a clear ...

Period of time to spend alone one-on-one is by understanding at least that if you were briefed by the president what he told you. i dont think thats unfair to know what policy is. let me ask you this. did the president say they were going to change our structure in syria? >> senator, presidents are permitted to have conversations with cabinet members that are not repeated in public. i owe the president the capacity for him to have conversations with him, provide him the best foreign policy advic...

>> did the president ask to withdraw from crimea? >> i began with the -- >> i understand the declaration. i welcome in. seems like we had to do a lot of effort to get there. the question is, when he had a chance, did he confront putin and say we dont recognize your annexation of crimea? we dont exercise your continuing hostilities in the ukraine and theres consequences for that. >> the president was very clear with putin. the u.s. positions are the trump administrations positions and he spoke ab...