Thats a closed session but its significant for several reasons. First, you mentioned hes the president s personal lawyer. Hes known him for years, they go back in terms of business dealings. This is a person whos been in a lot of private, personal and confidential conversations with the president so it will be very, very interesting to see what kind of information hes going to be able to reveal. And then of course its a sign of a potential escalation or widening in the russia probe given there have been other significant interviews. Of course, Jared Kushner met with the Senate Intel Committee as well. But this will be a very interesting interview to watch and again as the headlines play out with that on the hill, on tuesday, while the president is in new york, trying to focus on things like the threat from north korea, the current Iran Nuclear Deal and other pressing issues. He will be trying to make this a global debut on The World Stage where others may be talking about some of the d
ali vitali and washington bureau chief for mother jones, david corn. ali, great to have you in the studio. first, your reaction to the fact that michael cohen will now be testifying in front of the senate intel committee. the significance of that and what impact it may have on the other investigations, the other mueller investigation and the investigation on the house side. look, michael cohen was always around, he was always involved like monica mentioned. he s someone who has been a confidant for the president for a long time and he s deeply loyal to president trump. that s something that s interesting when you see what comes out of the testimony is whether or not there is some kind of new revelation that prompts some new page turned in the bob mueller investigation or what s ongoing on capitol hill. there s the second prong to this. while trump is here trying to make his america first pitch to the u.n. general assembly he s got a bunch of things what s trying to push through on ca