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Innocent. so at that time months ago he was certainly not accusing rick gates of being the fall guy. so, this is going to be an interesting and very dramatic testimony to see what the defense team does to rick gates as a witness. not so much we know what the prosecution is going to argue, but how far manaforts team could go in undercutting gates credibility is really whats going to have the ultimately -- obviously the ultimate effect on manafort -- the outcome of this trial for him if there is a...

Tunnels, which theyre not going to seal off by the way as part of this deal, are they? they like those tunnels. thank you. coming up, this is the week that culture war has erupted. roseanne barr first lost her job after a racist tweet about an aide to president obama. now president trump wants comedian samantha bee fired for her vile word about his daughter. thats all ahead. plus exclusive new reporting from nbc news on that secret meeting in the seychelles between trump allies, russians, an...

Coming his way from the russian probe? it looks like it. michael cohen might look like the fall guy now. theres reason to believe his reputation of being a pit blaul is for real. well be joined by a reporter who went up against michael cohen when he faced the intimidation from michael cohen all caught on tape. thats cool for us. this is "hardball" where the action is. you like to be in control. especially when it comes to important stuff. like, say... your car. well good news, the esurance app l...

Does that not mean he and/or the president could be the subject of blackmail to so many people? >> hes violated a general media rule of thumb which is, look, the doj, like anybody else, watches tv. they look at the internet. they say that cohen has, number one, at least in the stormy daniels case, set himself up as the fall guy. if not the fall guy, the fixer. if you watch enough movies and tv shows -- >> if youre a fixer, that means there are lots of people out there that youve paid to silence ...

Office were fearful of being a fall guy. ashley, if michael cohen is cognizant reality on this planet, he knows what happens to associates of donald trump who have stuff of interest to the special counsel. mr. mueller. and now his offices and all his materials, his phone with all it has in it, his computer with everything it has in it, his office, his hotel room and his apartment, all of that information is now in the hands of mueller. is he in the hands of mueller? >> he certainly feels in hand...

Michael cohen. according to new reporting they were conducted by the fbi public construction unit. searching rooms where michael cohen was staying as well as his office. and his home as well. the warrants stem from a matter referred by the russia special counsel and overseen by a trump attorney and connected to the stormy daniels case. her attorney michael avenatti joins us now. just from your unique vantage point what do you make of what went down today? >> anderson, this is a very, very seriou...

This is the justice department. what chills me as a lawyer is that our president is attacking the foundation of our justice system by calling into question the fbi, the justice department, his own attorney general. everybody judge who ever rules against him. its just unhealthy for the health of the justice system. >> effort something doesnt go his way or he feels that someone is somehow wronged him, he attacks them. even if its people he appointed. stormy daniels attorney spoke to anderson coope...

Attorney michael avenatti. >> this is a serious matter. as i predicted last week, it appears the noose is tight reni around michael cohen. i think the president has considerable reason to be concerned. a lot of faith and confidence has been put in michael cohen. i think the expectation was that he was going to be the fall guy. this is a very, very serious matter. theres no question that it stems from our case and the amount of attention that our case has attracted over the last six weeks. but ma...

The foundation of our justice system by calling into question the fbi, the justice department, his own attorney general. everybody judge who ever rules against him. its just unhealthy for the health of the justice system. >> effort something doesnt go his way or he feels that someone is somehow wronged him, he attacks them. even if its people he appointed. stormy daniels attorney spoke to anderson cooper about cohens situation. >> this is a very, very serious matter needless to say and as i pred...

Neutral court, not obviously attorneys and agents from the same doj conducting the investigation. >> let me ask you quickly about michael cohen. how would you rate how hes been doing so far? stormy daniels lawyer said michael cohen had a lot on his shoulders and felt he was making a lot of mistakes. >> from the beginning of this stormy daniels matter, michael cohen has been set up to be, if there is a fall guy, the fall guy. because he is the only one who has acknowledged involvement with this c...