Michael Pecker News Today

good day. im chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the waiting room now complete with television. new nbc news reporting about how the former president has gotten permission to outfit the drab room in lower manhattan where he has to wait for the jurys decision. he is watching sitcom reruns or coverage of his trial? has the waiting room become the epicenter of presidential campaign, both physically and strategically. plus, michael cohen, david pecker, and the 2015...

goes to the jury and within hour the bell rings in court, the first note from the jury requesting key testimony read back to them. what their request could signal in the donald trump criminal trial then an hour later they request regarding the jumdges instrugs to the jury and what all of this being mean. the close call on the runway, an american airlines passenger jet barreling down the runway at 110 miles per hour successes from takeoff. air traffic control calling on them to abort....

Case. Also, arming teachers. The Department Of Education weighing whether to let states use federal funding to arm teachers. Were going to hear from a student and a parent from parkland, florida. And unsportsmanlike conduct. One of College Footballs most decaded coaches, ohio states urban meyers, suspended for his response to Domestic Abuse allegations. A lot of critics are saying it was a slap on the wrist. Is there a double standard at play . Well dig into that. But we start with that breaking...

American media incorporated. in there, a statement of the facts. things that american media incorporated and the southern district, as you referenced, things they agree about. again this meeting comes up. the first discussion of this so-called catch and kill comes up in august 2015. and so "the wall street journal report"ed back in november and nbc news has now confirmed, that in fact, the other campaign official in the room is the guy at the head of the campaign itself, donald trump. and so -- ...

Youre from britain and you see nothing but peace and happiness in the political system over this there. >> i love the civility. >> lets talk about yesterday and talk about what happens next. it is clear that theyre building a case against donald trump and you do wonder how long republicans, all these senate republicans, especially, can sit back and pretend that a felony that they know would put them all in jail, that this felony is much ado about nothing? >> you put together the ami news and the...

>> yeah, i mean i think its an extraordinary moment we have to stop and think about from a historic standpoint which is the presidents personal attorney got up in a courtroom this week under oath and said the president directed me to make payments to two women for alleged sexual affairs which the president denies but for alleged sexual affairs as part of an attempt to influence the campaign, in other words, bury the bad news. i mean, i could think back in presidential history, weve never had any...

Fixer implicate the president in an i legal scam. >> yeah, its a -- we have to look at it from a homework standpoint. the presidents attorney stood up under oath and said the president told me to pay payments to two women for sexual affairs, which the president denies -- in a -- for the campaign. we have never had anything like this. it happened with bill clinton. thats a different type of scandal, but this is another major kind of earthquake moment if your nations history. so yeah, we immediate...

Case. also, arming teachers. the department of education weighing whether to let states use federal funding to arm teachers. were going to hear from a student and a parent from parkland, florida. and unsportsman-like conduct. one of college footballs most decaded coaches, ohio states urban meyers, suspended for his response to domestic abuse allegations. a lot of critics are saying it was a slap on the wrist. is there a double standard at play? well dig into that. but we start with that breaking...

Disturbing. >> okay. and let me ask you, emily, to respond. "the new york times" is updating the updated story saying giuliani called back. trump and cohen were discussing buying the rights to mcdougals story from the enquirer, effectively reimbursement. there is a large body of reporting about the symbiotic relationship between donald trump and michael cohen and ami. if you could just speak to -- and youve done some of that exquisite reporting about just how interconnected, how they really func...