Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. Dicey, and they didnt come out of the campaign and thats big. If but its not even a campaign violation. If you look at president obama, he had a Massive Campaign violation, but he had a different Attorney General and they viewed it a lot differently. Sean while the media want you to believe that Michael Cohen, a central player in all things trump, the president at a much different take. Lets listen to him. Michael cohen. Tell me about your relationship with him. He was a lawyer for me for one of many the lawyer and then they like to add the fixer. I dont know where that term came from. Didnt do big deals, did small deals. Not somebody that was with me they make it sound like i didnt live without him. I understood him very well. It turned out he wasnt a very good lawyer, frankly. But he was somebody that was probably with me for about ten
years. And i would see him sometimes. Sean Michael Cohens attorney lanny davis says that his c
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Island. A slide at one of the major roads across the island and some voluntary evacuations in hilon. This particular location, we had hilo. In this particular location, we had six or seven hours of rain dumping down. Crickets. The rain has stopped. The wind. There is almost none now. We are waiting for the next band if it comes from the hurricane. Many other islands of hawaii remain under Hurricane Warning right now. The big question is honolulu and oahu. The island with honolulu county. Population is 400,000. How close will lane come to it and how will people fare there . They are concerned of flooding in honolulu. Easier to deal with it on the big island where they are accustomed to rain. Honolulu is not looking forward to this and people battening down the hatches there. Back to you. Miguel marquez live for us in
pahala. Thank you. A new advisory from the National Weather service. For the latest on that, we are joine
A roundtable ensemble discusses and debates the days news. It. But by then, its already taken us back. Thats what troubles me with how theyre doing this. Dana juan, do you want to weigh in . Juan i would love to. First and foremost, there is no deal. Cohen spoke in open court and said what he said. He has no deal with mueller. He has no deal with the Southern District of new yorks federal prosecutors. He made a plea deal because he understood and said he was guilty of having committed these crimes. And then named the president as someone who had directed him to make these payments. What we have learned today in terms of what american media, the National Inquirer has done, that he was involved in an effort to cover up these things, jesse, in advance of the campaign, that these payments were made in cooperation with the Media Company to protect the president. Interesting language in there. They said this was basically a tripwire so that they would learn of anybody who was coming to poten
A look at the days latest news and headlines. Moment. But first, ed henry joins me live tonight with the back stor story. Congressman hunter has temporarily stepped down from his three Committee Assignments and congress under pressure from p chris Speaker Paul Ryan who l forcibly strip him of those assignments and thats a sign of how much political hot water hes in right now. Stepping down from the Armed Services panel had to be particularly hard for hunter and for a man who quit his job after 9 11 to serve as a combat marine. Also ps stands accused of misusing Campaign Money in some cases, intended for wounded warriors. The congressman and his Wife Margaret who serves as his Campaign Manager pled not guilty to some 60 charges of stealing a quarter Million Dollars in Campaign Funds. The couple today greeted with those chance of, lock him up. The use Campaign Cash for private school tuition, and spend big money on personal
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Unlock all doors and i see the pride when they say i am an american. To see how florences program unlocks the doors of the american dream, go to cnnheroes. Com. Thanks for watching. Our coverage continues. Happening now. Hurricane lane battering hawaii with strong winds and deluge rain. Another ally appears to have broken with the president. The executive who helped kill stories about the president s affairs before the election cooperating with investigators. And a Predominately Black Georgia County could close most of the Polling Places before midterms. Critics say it is doing to muzzle the majority vote. Good morning. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Happy friday. August 24th. 4 00 a. M. In the east and 10 00 p. M. In hawaii. We start with Hurricane Lane on final approach to hawaii. It is now category three. Officials are warning the storm is a significant rainmaker. More than 19 inches fell on the big island. Governor david ige says some parts of the island could take 30 inches