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Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. We know this president does not likes to talk about money but doesnt like to talk about his personal finances. Tax returns a perfect example. And the president s tax returns, talked about it this could be significant . And significant is a key word you just used. Donald trump spent his life accumulating secrets and Spending Energy on nothing so much as keeping those things hidden, uncultivating and mana...

It will be a beauty. >> with a smile co-barely contain. what do you make of that? >> at one point you told us president trump was a silent editor of the "national enquirer." do you think he knew anything about this in advance? >> well, this whole bunch of guys brings to mind the old movie, the gang that couldnt shoot straight. the president cant keep his mouth shut, gloating over this bezos story. the story that brought, you know, david pecker and dylan howard back under the scrutiny of, you kno...

National enquirer" have just as a matter of course about donald trump, jerry? >> well, erin, this could well be the smocking gun that the president alluded to a couple weeks ago. i mean, this firmly entrenches him in a huge campaign finance scandal, and it totally backs up michael cohens testimony, and it says a lot, also, about the loyalty of his friends. >> right. and obviously, in this case, were talking about david pecker. i mean, lets be clear. you worked there for 28 years. david pecker wa...

It all still exists. >> why would they have been interested in making a deal. michael cohen there said formulate a company, found a company to make the purchase there. why were they so concerned. we know they paid a lot of money to stormy daniels, to karen mcdougal to buy their stories. what to your understanding was so incendiary about this information? >> i think it, you know, based on president trump and david peckers friendship, the trump organization was comfortable in probably making the a...

Which the president continues to deny. david pecker used his tabloid to vanquish donald trumps rivals during the 2016 election while quashing negative stories about his longtime friend in 2016. but he reportedly kept them locked in a safe for himself, a safe that according to the associated press is filled with other damaging stories about the president. back with me,er er iour panel. gabe, jerry george, the l.a. bureau chief, last night talking about their protocols for dealing with this sort o...

David pecker took over at ceo in 1999. you said when he came over an edict came down specifically about donald trump. no negative stories would ever appear in an american media publication. tell us more about that. >> well, erica, you know, when david pecker arrived, he sort of brought with him a silent editor. that was, you know, donald trump. they have a long-standing friendship, and david brought that to the table when he accepted the position as ceo. >> you said a silent editor. does that me...

Donald trump, as you know, loves publicity. its not that stories, you know, were -- there were no stories done, but everything done was done with a glow to it. >> a glow. and a sheen perhaps some might say. the "washington post" reporting during the presidential campaign, that the ""enquirer" would send stories about donald trump and also his political opponents to his attorney michael cohen and he could weigh in. sort of leads us to understand why the coverage was the way it was. obviously duri...