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Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Here in new york. Day 581 of the trump administration, and just tonight a short time ago, in fact, new legal troubles potentially for the president on a new front. Well let the New York Times tell it. Quote, the Manhattan District Attorneys Office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two Senior Company officials in connection with Michael Cohens Hush Money Payment to ...

Decision to protect himself and to cooperate with the special counsels office, and that should give the president and his attorneys great pause tonight. the contents of that safe that were talking about, which mr. pecker relocated those contents soon after the president was elected, we have to assume and the presidents attorneys have to assume those are in the hands of the special counsels office. they should be very worried about that. >> in my lifetime anytime you say the word safe it gets peo...

Feds know you have to offer? >> so first immunity is not handed out lightly and two factors have to be present. one is you have to believe that the person youre granting immunity to is exposed to criminal charges, number one. number two, theres some benefit to getting him to talk and giving him incentive to talk. its important here to understand that we dont know the full degree of immunity that was provided. we dont know the degree to which mr. pecker has agreed to cooperate. whether its going ...

Counsels office, and that should give the president and his attorneys great pause tonight. the contents of that safe that were talking about, which mr. pecker relocated those contents soon after the president was elected, we have to assume and the presidents attorneys have to assume those are in the hands of the special counsels office. they should be very worried about that. >> in my lifetime anytime you say the word safe it gets peoples attention because it means stuff they dont want out there...

How does it feel on this day? >> its the culmination of a year and a half, two years, you know, watching the clips and the -- on "new day." you sort of realize how far weve come. so many entertaining moments, dramatic debate moments. the day is finally here. its sort of a cliche that the only poll that matters is on election day. were finally here to that last day. >> does it give you a sense of relief as a person because youve been in it a long time? >> yeah, all of us up here and also the whol...