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Southern district of new york and another by the special counsels office. he has pled guilty to 8 counts from the southern district including two campaign finance violations to cover up donald trumps alleged affairs. new york prosecutors are recommending a substantial prison term for his crimes. no less than 3 1/2 years, even considering his cooperation. the special counsels office, taking into account cohens cooperation is essentially recommending no additional jail time outside of his sentence...

I know you spoke with mary barra. the argument from gm has been, look, we know its painful on a human level, we dont want to cut 15,000 jobs, but in older for the company to survive, we have to do it. what did she tell you yesterday? >> that was the line. let me just say its brutal for a community like ours. we lost, you know, tens of thousands of steel jobs. now were losing general motors. we used to say, we have general motors. now were losing that. what im trying to say to them is as you inve...

Anything in response to president trumps tweets bashing his investigation or appearing to weigh in on the people who have pleaded guilty or who have cooperated or who have vowed not to cooperate. president trumps tweet yesterday, of course, follows his new york post interview in which he said that roger stone and jerome corsi, who is a conspiracy theorist, fellow former birther, that theyre being very brave in vowing to resist the special counsel. where this goes will be interesting. >> lets tal...

Great power. he had great power. when i first briefed him in the oval office, the first time i entered that place, rather nervous as a young man, a friend and i were there to brief him before a summit with gorbachev in 1989. he asked us, would you like coffee? i said, yeah. he poured it. and we were sort of stunned. we expected a butler to come in and do that. but he was that kind of person. there was no pretence there. he put you at ease and related to you on a human level, even though he posse...

Like i have lost a friend this morning because way back i used to be the white house correspondent to the "the washington post." but one of my duties as a young guy out there, the young pup was to cover vice president george h.w. bush. and we used to go on trips on air force 2 all across the country, ed. he would be reaching out to party officials, especially in 84 as you mentioned in the run-up to the reagan reelect. so, we were going all around the country. and, ed, you know, we talk about geo...

Oval office, the first time i entered that place rather nervous as a young man, we were there to brief him before a summit with gorbachev in 1989 and he asked us would you like coffee and i said, yea, he poured it and we were sort of stunned. we expected a butler to come in and do that, but he was that kind of person. there was no pretense there. put you at ease and related to you on a human level even though possess this had great power. thats a very rare quality in a leader, i think. >> lets l...

Man i was in a little different situation than michael. i was an insider who tried to blow up the coverup from the inside. michael had to wait until it blew up and decide which course he was going to take. >> hes a slightly different role, an insider for quite some time, and maybe wanted to continue to be one and then no longer was, which may play into his motives here. but john, for you on a human level, as weve been going through all of this, a lot of people asked us about you, but watching yo...

But this goes right at the trump brand. taking away american jobs in the heartland. >> 100%. remember that mitt romney got in trouble because he had written an op-ed that got titled, "let detroit go bankrupt," and that was a huge sort of challenge for him politically. >> you remember him, jen. >> i do. >> so trump built up, his political success has been built upon being a different kind of republican in that regard. this happening not just in terms of losing manufacturing jobs, but ohio, a stat...

Chair. weeping and shouting to her. saying do you hear what shes saying. we are like her and we can be like her. >> the experience helped inspire the east wings next big initiative. reach higher. >> this day is the day you all can celebrate another step toward achieving your american dream. yeah. >> the reach higher initiative was the most impactful things she did on a human level. to let teens across the country think guess what? the first lady can be the first this in her family with a brother...

Tragedies in chicago. that felt more direct to us. >> so we then went to the visit harper high school. which at the time had been the high school that experienced 21 or 22 gang related shootings. >> her constant message was i grew up around the corner from here. education is the path for me. and it can be for you. and a young girl stood on her chair. weeping and shouting to her. saying do you hear what shes saying. we are like her and we can be like her. >> the experience helped inspire the east...