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All part of the department of justice. what we dont know at this point is whether or not this is going to get kicked back might get kio mueller in the sentencing phase. we were told with sources in the plea guilt that he had agreed to plead guilty in exchange for 3-5 years in prison. eight counts could land him in prison for 65 years, and the judge left it ambiguous in court. he said the sentencing would be on december 12th. the indications were from the court that cohen could be up for all of t...

Juan williams. >> juan: in both cases, manafort and cohen, it would look like leverage now exists for robert mueller. but i am not clear on exactly how he uses that. lets move the story forward. what happens next in terms of mueller trying to reach out to lanny davis who is the lawyer for michael cohen, or reach out to paul manaforts lawyers at this point and say, 80 years as a long time, gentlemen. this man is not a young man, lets make a deal. >> i think that there is a lot of leverage there. ...

They did. in that case, mueller would not have a lot of leverage. if you are dangling lengthy prison sentences meaning that you are dying over to individuals who are living lavish lifestyles, that is a lot of leverage to get someone to cooperate. it is unclear what either one might know about the topic at hand, which was russian collusion or obstruction of justice. he does have a pretty big carrot to dangle under their nose. >> dana: john roberts at the white house. of course, that fan out in io...

But its not -- >> all right, gene. let me go to your boss. your former boss here. chuck rosenberg. how much you know youre going to put manafort on trial again in the district. you know hes going on trial again in a few weeks. so if hes coming for a deal how much hardball do you play? >> well, you have a lot of leverage now. and gene is right. this is the type of case in which you would take cooperation even after a guilty verdict. and theres another factor here too, chuck, which i think is impo...

And the judge tells him what rights hes sacrificing by virtue of pleading guilty. but to your first question, when does this process of cooperating begin, does it begin today? my guess is its already begun. both parties have to be satisfied and they have probably begun talks on that. that would be typical. that can happen later, often it happens simultaneously with the plea, but it can happen later. but its probably already begun. >> joyce, nbc news learned that michael cohen is facing perhaps t...

Matters. these folks are saying one day, whether its two years from now or six years from now, there will be a different president of the united states, and what systems, what orders, what processes are left after that? how do we draw the line between politics and public service, between national security and political leverage? >> in this environment, that question seems to change by the day. up next, first lady melania trump fights cyber bullying as the president slams his critics online. t ...

Forms of assistance to turkey in order to show turkey that it still has some sort of hold within some sort of friends within europe. regarding you know in contrast to the relationship to the united states german government spokesman this morning have been very reticent about that have been saying that nothing concrete is being discussed nothing concrete has been offered and that talks are continuing but of course what is happening is that there will be a summit meeting between the turkish presid...

About what flood is doing. they have been focused on whether the president is going to sit down for an interview with the special counsel. back and forth, back and forth, were not going to that, being very tough. in the meantime, they turn their back on the white house counsel. he has given them 30 hours of interviews. its the next best thing. not only have they gotten that, but they didnt assert executive privilege. with that, have some leverage in order to set the terms of the interview and en...

Out. appreciate you coming in. >> thank you. also with us, defense attorney and former federal prosecutor shan wu. anything to read into us being at this point today, august 20th? >> i think of those charges -- first of all, i think this is michael cohens worst nightmare come true. any time you get a raid on your office, you worry what they will find. this is everything he would have feared, bank fraud, tax fraud as well as campaign finance possibility charges. the one most dangerous for the p...

The current tensions in turkey apparently it does certainly still have something to do with the discussions between germany and turkey about somehow normalizing their relationship and in fact we also have to say while she can take her young son alone to germany and put him into kindergarten all that the new school years starting here her court case will continue the charges have not been lifted against her and her husband whos been accused in the same trial has not been allowed to leave turkey h...