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Special counsels office if cohen does in fact not testify? >> sure i think theres probably benefit to the special counsel in not mucking the waters up a bit. weve heard publicly theres been conversations. its hard to know how much of that is true between the special counsel and mr. cohens legal team as to what topics would be fair game for the house inquiry. now, of course, to kens point, you know, there is no legal process here requiring him at this point to go before the house. but the tamperi...

Site. we dont know the -- anything about it. ultimately it was michael cohen trying to get a deal done. he didnt bring too many to the table. i dont think anyone took it seriously. thats the reality of what went on. >> are these the best people to publicly defend the president? >> no and to donald trump jr.s point there, thats the reality of what went on. there was the signed letter of intent by the president which guiliani had another gaffe saying it wasnt signed. that characterization of the d...

Heavily damaged. investigators say officials are expected at the crash sight today. and then the states voter approved redistricting law, and the governor thinks the process of how districts will be redrawn is questionable. the measure which was just approved last month carves out new districts based on the 2020 census. the governor says politics will still creep into redistricting, and while it may not sound good to voters, he wants to raise the bar on what could appear on the ballot going fo...

Place and been given a generous offer by the first country you have crossed into by central america. thats an important point to focus on. we want to work with mexico to manage that flow. we want to make sure people dont try to cross illegally. it is less orderly than a large group arriving. thats what we are going to focus on. >> is there anything you have been able to do to change that structure that existed last time where throttling them through the ports of entry sent them to the other dire...

Launching air strikes in syria. so hes losing one of his staunchest defenders. shes also not been afraid to break with him. shes rarely done so publicly, but she certainly has in private. worth noting also, just moments ago secretary of state mike pompeo spoke to reporters here at the white house and on that topic of north korea, he said progress is being made toward a potential second meeting with president trump and kim jong-un, and he praised nikki haleys service here. >> and anybody who watc...

Pennsylvania avenue on capitol hill who say they were caught off guard by this. they were surprised by it. theyre asking the same question that you just asked. why now? why right before the midterms? and of course, this comes right on the heels of the presidents big victory lap last night during that ceremonial swearing in of justice brett kavanaugh. theres a sense of disappointment, i think, among some here within the administration, that the timing is not good for president trump. as you point...

The times is arguing the opposite of what president trump argued on the campaign trail. he is saying he gave me $1 million and i made it into this a amazing fortune. the times is saying that he gifted a lot of this money to his children in order to prevent them from having to pay too much taxes on that transaction. is it true, is it legal, is not okay? >> you know, martha, it strikes me that this is so comprehensive. this was an 18th 18 month investigation by the times. confidential tax returns,...

Black frequently in the past. cohen went to congress and has previously testified about circumstances. we dont know what he said in those meetings. hes been under oath to discuss this stuff. he previously denied the meeting being much of an issue on twitter. it will be up to robert mueller and his team to decide where the truth lies when you have a number of witnesses basically whose motives are easy to impugn and whose history of truth-telling is questionable. jon: so far, though, nothing from ...

Kettles black here. >> theres a lot of evidence that both kettles have been black frequently in the past. cohen went to congress and has previously testified about circumstances. we dont know what he said in those meetings. hes been under oath to discuss this stuff. he previously denied the meeting being much of an issue on twitter. it will be up to robert mueller and his team to decide where the truth lies when you have a number of witnesses basically whose motives are easy to impugn and whose ...

Although he says im very well prepared, and as we know, he seems to believe that gut instinct is the thing that will get him through tuesdays summit. >> all the preparation, the president saying hes prepared his whole life for this. kim jong-un saying half a life of preparation. we have 33 definitive hours until we see what happens on the island. bill nealy, thank you very much. from there to nbc white house correspondent kelly odonnell also in singapore. kelly, we had a busy morning and you a...