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The trump trust from which weisselberg ordered the cohen reimbursements be paid, theyre both named trump. where are prosecutors going to go next? joining us now is david fahrenthold, "washington post" reporter, winner of a pulitzer prize for his coverage of the workings of the trump foundation and organization. david, great to have you with us. thank you for being with us. thank you for your reporting. i dont know if we can overstate how important allen weisselberg is to the trump organization t...

We dont have independent confirmation. he shows up in the michael cohen, donald trump conversation where they say, he says ill talk to alan weisselberg. >> thats right. theres a couple figures. one of the things about donald trump we now know is that he liked to commingle all the parts of his empire, his family, his business, his charity and whether he got into politics it, he added his campaign. there were just a couple figures that were central to all of those commingled parts. alan weisselber...

He shows up in the michael cohen, donald trump conversation where they say, he says ill talk to alan weisselberg. >> thats right. theres a couple figures. one of the things about donald trump we now know is that he liked to commingle all the parts of his empire, his family, his business, his charity and whether he got into politics it, he added his campaign. there were just a couple figures that were central to all of those commingled parts. alan weisselberg is probably the most important, more ...

Question. he said, plaintiffs, the people challenging the executive order, argue that the presidents words during the campaign strike at fundamental standards of respect and tolerance in violation of our constitutional tradition. but the issue before us is not whether to denounce the statements, it is instead the significance of those statements in reviewing a presidential directive neutral on its face, addressing a matter within the core of executive responsibility. in doing so, we must conside...

To denounce the statements. it is instead the significance of those statements in reviewing a presidential directive neutral on its face addressing a matter within the core of executive responsibility. in doing so we must consider not only the statements of a particular president but also the authority of the presidency so he says were not getting to those statements. it is not part of this case. essentially what we have to do is look at the proclamation itself, whether it is neutral on its face...

President, would have the power to impose this kind of restriction. so that deals with the statutory question. and, as i said before, the other question was did he do this with religious animus, religious prejudice, religious discrimination, and is that so serious that it infirms the resolution and the whole thing should be struck down? and the court says, look, were aware of what the president said as a candidate. were aware of what he said as president. but they said were reviewing a president...

Executive. hes functioning 100% as a politician. most presidents function half one, half the other. but the chief executive thing will kick in at important moments. bill: is that because you have to be in there and be a governor to learn those skills? >> i think there is a lot to the fact that the president wasnt prepared to be president. the american people overlooked the lack of preparation. this is the most difficult job in the world. its hard to put somebody in there who has never had execut...

One of the defining speeches of the obama presidency was not delivered to a packed stadium. it did not have the presidents final edits jotted into the margins, more did it include a teleprompter. instead, it was a 17-minute extell pre extell praness discussion on race in america, delivered to a half-empty press room on a friday afternoon. presidents words were honest and deeply personal. in the view of conservative "new york times" columnist david brooks, his speech was a symphony. >> i thought ...

Im paraphrasing here -- that once the president reached the white house, now quoting, it appears his intense interest in the subject of race diminished, he would be judged by the content of his presidency, not the color of his skin. race seemingly became unimportant, if not irrelevant, to the first black president of the united states. he rarely spoke about it. this, a big departure. >> yeah. it seemed superficially unimportant, but its important to remember race is his first subject, as it woul...

Morning that his sense -- and im paraphrasing here -- that once the president reached the white house, now quoting, it appears his intense interest in the subject of race diminished, he would be judged by the content of his presidency, not the color of his skin. race seemingly became unimportant, if not irrelevant, to the first black president of the united states. he rarely spoke about it. this, a big departure. >> yeah. it seemed superficially unimportant, but its important to remember race is...