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The saga of the president and the porn star. president trump for the first time breaking his silence about stormy daniels. denying he knew about the hush money payment as he spoke to reporters and air force one. >> mr. president, did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? then why did michael cohen make this. >> youll have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney and youll have to ask michael cohen. >> down where he got the money. >> no, i dont know. >> the porn star attorney...

Either -- i tell my clients strap in this is the worst part of the whole thing. at least when youre a target youve got options. when youre a subject youre boxed in. >> you dont know. >> that may be an accurate theory, mark. its hard to know but we knew he would have to say something at some point. >> i want to ask you, because there was the argument to be made that cohen broke campaign finance with the payment to stormy daniels, the amount and the timing of this. im wondering what kind of reperc...

Arriva, the first question. he says he didnt know about the payment to stormy daniels. first what impact do you think the presidents statement will have on the case if any at all. >> i think were going to see stormy daniels attorney running to the federal court telling the judge, urn this is why this contract, non-disclosure agreement is not valid and should not be held accountable to the agreement. thats what he has been arguing all along is that this contract isnt valid. he said because trump ...

She is a cnn legal analyst and the author of the best seller "make it rain." also cnn legal analyst mark garragos. good evening to both of you. areva, the first question. he says he didnt know about the payment to stormy daniels. first what impact do you think the presidents statement will have on the case if any at all. >> i think were going to see stormy daniels attorney running to the federal court telling the judge, urn this is why this contract, non-disclosure agreement is not valid and sho...

Target, he was ecstatic and he said it worked, ive gotten through this in the home stretch. when somebody explained to him -- and maybe he watched tv and realized that being the subject of a federal criminal investigation. >> is bad. >> is not only is not good either -- i tell my clients strap in this is the worst part of the whole thing. at least when youre a target youve got options. when youre a subject youre boxed in. >> you dont know. >> that may be an accurate theory, mark. its hard to kno...

President to weigh in publicly? now he is on the record and with a statement? is he going to be held to it? >> is it wise? no. if youre his lawyer, are you pulling what little hair you have left on top of your head out, yes. in a one-two punch he literally not only put at issue -- meaning he created something that a jury is going to have to hear in terms of whether or not he is even a party to this agreement. and more -- i think i saw michael talking about this. and michael must be living right....

Charges. we may want a new jury. the judge is not going to allow them to keep saying were deadlocked. theres some indication the jurors are giving the judge to say that a resolution on one of the charges may be coming forward. if thats the case, the judge has the absolute right and duty to allow them to keep deliberating. >> mark, in ten seconds or lez, the jury has asked 11 or 12 questions. is that a lot? >> yeah. its a lot. frankly, it is coercive at this point if they come out again and say w...

In her statement to police, she said she had been in various relationships with women but also one with a man. the prosecution fought that. did not want it to come in. it didnt. the jury did not find out. >> interesting. back to work tomorrow. thank you so much. joining me now are mark garragos and laura coats. the conventional wisdom is we thought the jury would want a vekd verdict because they want to go home for the weekend. what does it tell you they coming back to work tomorrow? >> i thin...

Assault trial. you cannot bring out prior sexual history of the victim or alleged victim. shes gay. the defense wanted to bring this out before the jury. in her statement to police, she said she had been in various relationships with women but also one with a man. the prosecution fought that. did not want it to come in. it didnt. the jury did not find out. >> interesting. back to work tomorrow. thank you so much. joining me now are mark garragos and laura coats. the conventional wisdom is we t...

>> you could that she cared about odin. >> did any of you hold back tears at any time in the past couple months? >> oh yeah. absolutely. >> it was very hard to read your emotions emotions. very straight faced. was that hard to do? >> its something that had to be done. >> lets bring in our panel here. ive got criminal defense attorney linda kenny bodden. she was also the attorney for casey anthony. i have attorney jonathan moore and cnn legal analyst mark garragos. mark let me hop to you first. i...