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Candidate trump with the president "the national evinqu r enquirer" and michael cohen said yes it was about the election and it was about the money and it was illegal. trump is the last man standing with that narrative. >> he is trying to distance himself from michael cohen again saying he was a low-level guy and pr guy. if you listen to that original clip, he said he was good on tv. i hired him. which is revealing. is that enough for this president to just distance himself from the people who a...

Mistake to begin with and hes basically more of a pr guy, and theyre talking about pams of stormy daniels and karen mcdougall payments that went through perhaps aei owned by inquirer in order to capture their story and kill their story. the question is, could the president trouble is did you direct him to do something illegal ultimately well that lawyer hash that out. but the president im just wondering if he is -- if hes getting legal advice as hes going over this story is changing, and it coul...

Was willing to do anything to suppress bad news about himself -- thats a lot of what these michael cohen "national enquirer" stories are about and who was willing to do anything to get bad information about his rival, hillary clinton, which is the russia side of this investigation. and i wonder if the two sides arent going to come together in as i say a unified theory of the case of what he was trying to do from that convention when he was on top of the world through all the subsequent months. >...

Hes a lawyer. he represents a client. i never directed him to do anything incorrect or wrong. >> so, daniel, you can choose low level stuff, mostly p.r. and was okay on television. the ultimate faint praise. or you can choose lawyer/client relationship and a high rate of pay. why would any of those comments in the public square matter? >> well, theyre obviously conflicting as you point out. hes either a lawyer and youre getting legal advice or hes your pr guy. there is some curb appeal saying he...

Where are my jameses and shusters. politics isnt a job, it is a calling. judging by where michigan republicans are, some might be ready for different folks to go to the top of the ticket anyway. thats all for tonight. well be back mormon with mtp daily. and if sunday, meet the press. "the beat with ari melber" starts now. we begin with big election news. a november surprise from tudona trumps fixer, michael cohen, arguing his former boss, donald trump, is quote racist. if this seems like a lou...

Its a con job. our justice department and fbi played right into their hands with this stupid investigation or whatever you call it. >> also tonight, a day after the president called his former personal attorney a liar and nothing more than a pr guy, nbc news is confirming michael cohen was back to talk to federal prosecutors in new york just today. sources say its part of his ongoing cooperation with the mueller effort. and finally, today was white house counsel don mcgahns last day at work at 1...

Matters to him most, which takes me to michael cohen. we have learned from michael cohen that he is spending more time meeting with federal prosecutors following his guilty plea in august. we heard the president calling him mostly a pr guy. he did a little work of him. hes saying anything hes in trouble for had nothing to do with trump. what do you think is going on? >> he also pointed out he lied under oath. michael cohen. >> trump pointed out michael cohen did. >> thats why he pointed the fing...

>> also tonight, a day after the president called his former personal attorney a liar and nothing more than a pr guy, nbc news is confirming michael cohen was back to talk to federal prosecutors in new york just today. sources say its part of his ongoing cooperation with the mueller effort. and finally, today was white house counsel don mcgahns last day at work at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. while his departure was expected, we didnt know it was official until "the new york times" broke word of it...

>> also tonight, a day after the president called his former personal attorney a liar and nothing more than a pr guy, nbc news is confirming michael cohen was back to talk to federal prosecutors in new york just today. sources say its part of his ongoing cooperation with the mueller effort. and finally, today was white house counsel don mcgahns last day at work at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. while his departure was expected, we didnt know it was official until "the new york times" broke word of it...

The fact the president says hes a pr guy and did smaller deals, thats not entirely inconsistent with the claims that he was the presidents fixer and its not consistent with the fact that the president ran a company the deals were relatively small comparatively. but the president trying to make sure anything that happens to michael cohen does not blow back on him in the special counsel investigation. >> i want to get a read from you particul particularly when it comes to the house. if republicans...