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We heard from another longtime trump associate today, michael cohen, sending this message. quote, my family and i are owed an apology after two years, 15 hours of testimony before house and senate under oath, and producing more than 1,000 documents, dossier misreports, 15 allegations about me, my entire statement must be quoted. i had nothing to do with russian collusion or meddling. its unknow what may have prompted that. emily jane fox of "vanity fair" reports font as cohen debates whether to ...

He is about to retire, and during an interview with wolf blitzer earlier today, he might have been wishing he already had. >> is this new zero-tolerance policy that the president has supported, that the attorney general announced -- is it humane? >> i think -- i think its the law. >> its a policy, but is it humane? >> i think its the law. im a law enforcement officer. i must follow the law. zbh letsably in our leadoff panel. from washington, fiphilip rucke. jill colvin, white house reporter for ...

Leadoff panel. the aforementioned josh gerstein, senior white house reporter for politico. he was in court today in washington where paul manafort was. barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney to the eastern district of michigan. and chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney, former senior fbi official and current msnbc contributor. josh, let me start with you because you were where the action was this morning. weve learned that tonight apparently paul manafort has been booked in a jail in warsaw, virg...

Numerous pats on the back, a big change from the rocket man and fire and fury days. the rhetoric the president seems to believe helped make this summit possible. >> let us bring in our leadoff panel tuesday night. post-summit, robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post," moderator of washington week on pbs. susan glasser, staff writer for the new yorker and a veteran overseas journalist. and jeff bennett, white house correspondent for nbc news. good evening and welcome to...

Without an unredacted copy of the memo written in august of 17 by, you guessed it, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. this scope memo, as its known in the trade, as turned into a major flash point between the justice department and a cadry of house republicans including memo other members of the freedom caucus who says that mueller has gone outside the bounds of his original charge to investigate possible ties between russia and the trump campaign. lets bring in our leadoff panel. michael s...

Major flash point between the justice department and a cadry of house republicans including memo other members of the freedom caucus who says that mueller has gone outside the bounds of his original charge to investigate possible ties between russia and the trump campaign. lets bring in our leadoff panel. michael schmidt, correspondent for "the new york times." cynthia oxney, former federal prosecutor and a veteran of the civil rights division at the justice department. and daniel goldman is bac...

Business dealings in questions either before or since becomes president. we were able to locate mr. giuliani tonight, we found him behind home plate at the yankee game tonight because no matter what else is going on in the world, after all, the boston red sox are in town. for more, lets bring in our leadoff panel on wednesday night, "washington post" national political reporter robert costa who also happened to be the moderator of "washington week" on pbs. joyce vance is here, u.s. attorney who ...

Shouldnt be surprised that there may be two different offices looking at this. the company in question issued a statement late tonight reading, in part, columbus nova is a management company solely owned and controlled by americans. after the inauguration, the firm hired michael cohen as a business consultant regarding potential sources of capital and potential investments in real estate and other ventures. reports today that viktor vekselberg used columbus nova as a conduit for payments to mich...

A conduit for payments to michael cohen are false. the claim that viktor vekselberg was involved or provided any funding for columbus novas engagement of michael cohen is patently untrue. neither viktor vekselberg nor anyone else other than columbus novas owners were involved in the decision to hire cohen or provided funding for his engagement. from the very effective law firm, latham and watkins tonight. here to help us make sense, our leadoff panel, frank figure lucy, who in past has worked fo...

Of questions. >> so that just sets the table for you on a wednesday night. and with that, lets bring in the members of our leadoff panel. nicole wallace is here with us, veteran of the bush white house and host of "deadline white house" at 4:00 p.m. eastern time here on this very network and in this very studio. plus two pulitzer prize-winning reporters, matt apuzzo and phil rucker, the white house bureau chief for "the washington post." welcome to you all. well get through it. nicole, there is ...