Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Lets go to Geoff Bennett joining us live from the white house. Geoff, tell us about the president s reaction to omarosa. You saw the president during a photo op at his bedminster estate and asked by members of press pool to respond to the Bombshell Allegations by her new book and you saw his response there was to call her a low life. Although we should make clear that she was one of the president s first hires here at the white house. And she had a highpaying and highprofile job following her allegations that the president then a private citizen, but he could be heard on tape using the nword during the making of The Apprentice and let go from her position at the white house when officials learned that she was close to getting her hands on this tape. She then further alleges that the Trump Campaign offered her a 15,000 a month contract to stay quiet about her experiences with
the president while she was in the whit
A recap of the days news. Mr. Trump, helped along by aras and amon. Its clear from the very beginning the information being offered to the Trump Campaign was coming from russia. And it was clear that the information being offered was dirt on clinton. Its the first thing they said. Despite trump juniors initial claim the meeting was about the adoption of russian children. That claim coming in a statement we later learned was dictated by President Trump himself. After White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders claimed he didnt. How did we learn about the president s statements . Well, his own attorneys acknowledge it in a letter to Robert Mueller in january. Its all right there in front of your face. Its all in writing. This is an administration that has tried to distract and deflect from the facts literally from day one when then Press Secretary sean spicer, remember, tried to claim that president
trumps Inauguration Crowd was the largest ever. And Kellyanne Conway doubled down on this
You can see it weeknights 6 25 p. M. Eastern at facebook. Com Anderson Cooper full circle. Right now the news continues. I want to hand it over to chris cuomo for cuomo prime time. Chris . All right. Thank you, anderson. I am chris cuomo. Plm to prime time. We have new information about what may be next for Michael Cohen. If hes going to deal with any more authorities. And the president s latest legal misstep. Trump has twisted his story once again about the payments made by his lawyer to help his campaign. And this latest one has him tied up in knots. We have trumps former lawyer, whom he called for advice about how to handle the cohen situation. What he thought then and now. And you know the president is on his heels with what just happened because he whipped out his what about defense. What about obama . He did it too. No, he didnt. We have the facts ahead. And a convicted felon gets some
very high praise from the president , raising a question. Will Paul Manafort soon be getting a
Discovery of the body of Mollie Tibbetts. All that and a lot more tonight on the cbs evening news. Thank you for watching at 5 00. We will see you back here at 6 00. News this tuesday, two former associates of the president are now convicted felons. One pleaded guilty, the other found guilty in separate fraud heses. And a stunning turn of events in iowa after the discovery of Mollie Tibbetts body. All of that tonight, starting with the headlines in 60 seconds. The jury has found president idumps former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort guilty of eight counts of fraud. Reporter this is the first conviction secured by special Counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation. Paul manafort is a good man. This has nothing to do with russian collusion. Its a witch hunt and its a disgrace. Reporter the Manafort Verdict and the Michael Cohen apea deal were happening onmultaneously. Trumps longtime personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, pleading guilty to eight counts. An charges of Campaign Finan
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Prosecutors. Theres no reason why they would have entered into this Plea Agreement that they did were he not cooperating. Michael cohen has a lot of information. So you dont need a Cooperation Deal to be cooperating . Exactly. I think that point that you just made is critical. You dont have to have it in writing in the documents in order to have an agreement in place. Im highly confident in fact, i know Michael Cohens been providing information. Prosecutors in sdny are expecting him to continue to cooperate because if he doesnt, they have the ultimate hammer, and that is at the sentencing stage, which for Michael Cohen is going to take place in december, they can ask for either an upward departure or the maximum. They have a significant hammer in their toolbox in the event Michael Cohen does not cooperate. Same with manafort . Same with manafort. But let me say this. You know, its one thing its a mul