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Of binary coop rating, not cooperating. michael cohen wanted to cooperate a little bit and not completely. >> okay. thats what i mean. explain that to me. cooperate and turn on trump but not turn on his own family members, ie family members invest in him or businesses. is that it? >> cooperation is a term of art. to get that substantial assistance worthy of a 5-k-1 motion, a biggest downward pull on a sentence you have to give the substantial assistance in the sole opinion of the government atto...

He mads guilty to, if he mads. if he mads to bank fraud or fraud, these are things that were part of his life as a fixer. but that nexus, that connection to campaign finance law violations would be particularly interesting, because it would draw a connection between michael cohen and whatever campaign he was involved in, obviously the trump campaign. so its going to be critical. cooperation may not be immediate. sentencing may be months, if not a year down the road. remember, sentencing, if he c...

Muellers team. >> so walk me through this memorandum and this idea that papadopoulos didnt really supply any real useful information. >> exactly. anytime a defendant pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate, they dont automatically gets whats call a 5-k-1 motion, a substantial assistance motion. this is critical if youre facing significant sentence. in papadopoulos case, hes all right at the bottom end, so even the sentencing memorandum isnt that harsh. theyre looking for the sentencing table right...

The claremont claimed today for some it may happen at the white house, adding "a meeting t and beneficial for most of the black both countries as well as for the entire global community." sarah sanders quickly responded, this was not really new. "as a president himself confirmed on march 20th, hours after his loft call with president putin, the two discussed a bilateral meeting at a not-too-distant future at a number of potential venues including the white house. we have nothing further to add a...

Expense now. theres a second piece to this, meals and food in the office is still a write-off. it used to be 100% though, donuts on friday, the cafeteria. >> a lot of modern companies are trying to do because its a benefit for their employees to hang out and talk with each other. >> now its 50%. that used 100%. >> we used to get lunch, and now were getting donuts. >> youll get half a donut. >> these are simply all things we need to think about as we are budgeting throughout the year, what are we...

Switzerland was not allowed in. how is that humane, how does that make us safe and how are antagonizing muslims abroad helping our allies who by the a are fighting isis and al qaeda, what do they say, im going to fight isis and al qaeda but america will not allow a brilliant student to come and get an education. is that really american? >> jeffrey, answer that. >> so, when we let out of compassion an islamic woman come into this country on a k-1 fiance visa because of her grand love for her amer...

From -- in a mass of syrian refugees did in fact kill 130 french people. >> and jeffrey lord, they did not go through the two-year vetting process. they did not go through the two-year vetting process that syrian refugees go through in the united states. so you cannot compare the two. >> poppy, this system is a mess. it is a mess. as you pointed out in an earlier segment, someone from pakistan who came in through -- had what, a saudi visa, came into this country on a k-1 fiance visa and killed 1...

San bernardino on so-called k-1 fiance visa, had stuff on social media saying coming here for jihad purposes and nobody paid attention. 14 people dead at holiday party at a christmas party at the office. >> which is horrible and i dont think especially anyone who knows you, you dont have ill intention, up to anything negative but there are consequences to the rhetoric. george w. bush went to a mosque to calm this down. ive never seen trump do that. people are suffering and someone here, arish, s...

Visa, but theres information thats provided in the interview that would show that they knew each other, theyve met, and there was probably pictures and personal things. and so knowing what they provided in that personal interview or she provided in that personal interview would be interesting to know as well. >> one of the -- your colleagues, jason chaffetz, the chairman of the oversight committee says that they looked, there was really no evidence other than his and her word that the two of the...

With supporting terrorism. president obama is expected to address both of these issues and much more when he holds his year-end press conference this afternoon. got every angle covered for you. we begin with joe johns at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: the president getting one more opportunity to make his case to the american public on why the administration is on the right track and the fight against international terrorism holding his last news conference of the year here at the...