Company that was created in the first place to pay out 130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels. So, again, theres a lot of breaking news on the story tonight. A new court filing from Michael Cohen disputing some of the information that daniels attorney released. New details about what exactly Michael Cohen was selling when he was taking in all this money. It was, in a few words, access to the president. And new reporting about at t. One of the Companies Giving c cohen money, and their cooperation with Robert Muellers investigation. So, we have all that, but there are still a lot, and i mean a lot, of questions. Namely, how could it be that Michael Cohen, in addition to be kind of mediocre at keeping porn stars from talking about their alleged encounters with the president , is also an internationally known expert in pharmaceuticals and telecommunications . And these companies simply hired him as a consultant for his expertise . The press corps tried to get some answers today. Heres how tha
Now for the first time the president just now responding to abcs decision to cancel roseannes show. President trump on the campaign trail stoking supporters with a cheap shot at john mccain even as the senator battles brain cancer. Then, of course, repeal and replace obama care. We had it done folks. It was done. Then early in the morning somebody turned their hand in the wrong direction. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where President Trumps latest line of attack on the russia investigation is unraveling from a top House Republican about the fbis use of informant to investigate. Im more convinced that the fbi did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do when they got the information they got and that it has nothing to do with donald trump. When the president says spy gate, there was no spy insert into the campaign . Have you seen any evidence of that . I have not. Trey gowdy splitting with the president s erroneous spy charge. Before the president fired james c
To team trump about the possibility of a pardon . If Michael Cohen asked for a pardon, i do think that that is problematic, because it casts doubt over the veracity of all of his testimony. Back to that in a moment, but we begin the hour with breaking news on capitol hill. A plan by House Democrats to vote today on a resolution condemning antisemitism and other hatred and bigotry. It is an effort to show displeasure with a series of antisemitic statements by the freshman democratic congresswoman ilhan omar. It is also an effort to move past a debate that is causing a big internal democratic family feud. Some say its critical that omars statements be rebuked. Others feel she is being singled out unfairly. Its also a major challenge for nancy pelosi who is finding it difficult to keep the larger democratic family on the same page, especially newly elected members who dont like to wait or dont like to tame their tweets. I should not mention her name and thats why this is one resolution ad
Stocks, bonds, derivatives. He introduced a similar bill two years ago. Not much pickup at the time. Now Congress Woman alexandria ocasiocortezed is a lead co sponsor of this bill along with a dozen others. They want to discourage High Frequency trading. He wants to avoid another flash crash. He says the money from the tax could go to more worthy causes. For example, the joint committee on taxation estimates a financial transaction tax could could add 770 billion over ten years. If the exact form of the law would pass, investors would have to pay. 01 per transaction if it goes through in their online brokerage accounts. T. D. A ameritrade, schwab what have you. Individuals would not be taxed when putting money in 401 k plans. The companies that manage those, charles, when they bought or sold securing for someone, they would be taxed. In theory, it would stay with the asset managers. Many skeptics say corporations find a way to pass down costs to consumers, this will be one to follow th