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Michael flynn. End the investigation. Im joined noud by ken dilanian with nbc news it, Natasha Bertrand who covers is the russia probe with the atlantic and jill winebanks, all three of you, i want to know what you make of these two witnesses being called, comey already and sessions very soon. And then the president. Chris, what i think this shows is mueller is accelerating sat ob struskz justice aspect of the probe. The three pillars of this investigation, it looks like the Obstruction Case is ...

Being with me. Im fredricka whitfield. President trump is spending the weekend at the golf resort in bed minu bedminister, new jersey. The news of a booming economy and the president fulfilling a Campaign Promise overshadowed by the latest bombshell in the russia investigation. The man who once said he would take a bullet for trump is now telling special counsel mueller the president knew about that infamous 2016 Trump Tower Meeting ahead of time. This is something the president has repeatedly d...

Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. This from cohen. He has been lying all week. He has been lying for years. Reporter lying for years, he says, which is strange because that means Michael Cohen must have been no less a liar when Rudy Giuliani was praising him for not being liar. So was mr. Giuliani lying in that clip you just heard, or lying in this one from just a couple of months ago . The man is an honest, honorable lawyer. It all bec...

Right decision at the right time, to accept the recommendation -- >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. >> he didnt have anything to do with the statement that don junior put out that was being worked on? >> i wasnt involved in the statement drafting at all. nor was the president. >> the president weighed in as a father. he did not dictate the statement. >> the president did dictate a short but accurate response in "the new york times" article on behalf of his son. >> congr...

White house press secretary sarah sanders denied the president had any prior knowledge of meeting. >> when did the president learn that meeting had taken place? >> i believe in the last couple of days is my understanding. >> reporter: the next day on fox news, don jr. told sean hannity his father was unaware of the meeting. >> did you tell your father anything about this? >> no. it was such a nothing -- there was nothing to tell. >> reporter: that narrative worked. until it didnt. the story woul...

Scouring through the material. it was literally waste of 20 minutes, which was a shame. >> nobody. >> i didnt know anything. its very unimportant -- sound like a very unimportant meeting. >> the president has stated very clearly he was not aware of the meeting and did not attend the meeting. >> this is not a situation where the president was not involved in the meeting, was not aware of the meeting, did not attend the meeting. >> when did the president learn that that meeting had taken place? >>...

The president didnt sign off on anything. if thats not clear enough -- >> i wasnt involved in the statement drafting at all, nor was the president. >> jay seculo the presidents lawyer. >> lets go forward one month follg at. >> sarah sanders, the white house press secretary has a different take on this, didnt the president outright wrote the letter, he was confirming jay seculo involved in the incident. >> he didnt dictate, but he -- like i said, he weighed in, offered suggestion like any father ...

Jay secelo said over and over, it wasnt a lie. >> he didnt dictate, he weighed in, offered suggestion, like any father would do. >> i wasnt involved in the statement drafting at all, nor was the president. the president didnt sign off on anything. i do want t clear, the president was not involved in drafting the statement, it came from donald trump jr. >> lets go to our chief white house correspondent standing by in that briefing room, and jim how does sarah sanders explain is one? >> its going ...

W5ed -- he weighed in and offer suggestions like any father would do. >> i wasnt involved in the statement drafting and nor was the president. >> the president didnt sign off on anything. but i do want to be clear, the president was nve in the statement and issue the statement. it came from donald trump jr. >> so now we know none of that was true. when asked about the shifting explanations for the statement the new lawyer giuliani gave yet another stunner. >> i mean, this is theson you dont let ...

Going. theres a smorgasbord of cases they can make here. they can go after money laundering and all that will russian money they poured into deutsche bank and the 666 dress, go after him on collusion. so many meetings with russians, a and, of course, obstruction. i think all three plates are sitting on the buffet table and its up to this guy when to go for them. >> lets not forget about the air force one statement drafting which we think donald trump was involved in figuring out how do they cove...