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Many of the things he said i said, and he is already a proven liar and leaker. president trump is also attacking a report that his lawyer might flip to avoid jail time. nbcs geoff bennett has more. >> reporter: president trump blasts "the new york times" after the paper ran a story suggesting the presidents long-time personal attorney and fixer michael cohen might be willing to cooperate with federal investigators. the times says cohens unwielding loyalty might be lagging after years of trump ...

Hes had a close relationship throughout the years, but when she cuts to the core that michael cohen has not been that loyal to president trump, that may have him on edge today. >> and the report includes efforts to keep him from getting a job in the white house. among those opposed, trump associates said, were trumps daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner. for his part, cohen had warned trump against giving ivanka trump and jared kushner jobs. saying the president would be hammered by comp...

>> so he was. so he is. >> thats all for this edition of "dateline." im craig melvin. thank you for watching. good morning. im dara brown in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it is 7:00 in the east, 4:00 out west. iced out. could michael cohen threaten his presidency? >> mr. trump treated him pretty awfully during the time he worked for him. >> if theres no crime, theres no problem to flip on. the problem with michael cohen, there seems to be evidence of a crime already. >> trumps lawyer d...

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Playing nice in politics certainly not the rule. we all know that. what we see is different ant the response from the man at the top is different as well. fair assessment? >> without question. i dont know anyone who has seen anything like this. anyone whos worked in a white house has seen anything like this. chris, it is an incredibly complex place. the things that one has to pay attention to when youre in the white house is relentless, its complex, and you cant do it if youre engaged in this ki...

Hired and said, listen, its him or me. the president refused to change his mind, so spicer resigned. so i think hes playing nice for the cameras or hoping future employers might see this and judge him kindly but definitely, not happy about the new hire and refused to work with him. >> let me read you how the far right is reacting to this change. this is from one far right writer who said the base supports muc because he doesnt view himself better as the base. spicer are snobs and want to pretend...

>> as you saw with tea part, everybody has own -- when they have own things. thats what the alt-right have done. they have glomed on to the conservative mantle -- >> no. andrew so laft loft, they start something called big jerusalem advocated state of israel, i found that to be -- >> invitation to controversial editor where republican party is headed. "the washington post" wrote, playing nice a friend of the mainstream media. its a long-standing middle finger to the establishment.

Who seemed to relish in confronting the billionaire front-runner. >> donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. >> reporter: the look on trumps face said it all, one priceless expression after another. but one of the biggest anticipated clashes never materialized. >> he has a wonderful temperament. >> reporter: with trump and cruz both playing nice, at least for now. >> we will build a wall that works. and ill get donald trump to pay for it. >> ill build it. >> repo...

These arent army, military generals who are thinking this way. this is a liberal mind set. its a liberal mind set that suggests that violence isnt necessarily the answer. playing nice is a response to terrorism. the only problem is terrorists didnt get the memo on any of this. thats the problem. >> all right. and i have to tell everybody that there is a rumor going around washington, d.c. that president obama is going to point appoint yoko ono as secretary of defense. that is not true. now, were...

Who want to be involved with any war. i think we get involved with american interest. i think we have to military stop isis. but im sad that isis got a lot of weapons from intervention its in my party and the president who gaveve them weapons indirectly. bill: word i got from new hampshire you guys are playing nice. perhaps not -- >> i will play nice if they will play nice. if theyre going to trot around the country criticizing me, im going to make sure that the american public knows that these ...