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Such a small deal michael cohens attorney urged the judge to not make him disclose it. >> thats the issue. sean hannity is implying they might have had a couple of conversations randomly on a very loose basis. and according to what tom has been reporting in the court, michael cohens lawyer seemed to work really hard to make sure nothing about sean hannity got out. >> someone could say to me, stephanie, ive seen you go out to dinner with gary cohn in washington d.c. 100%. but i dont have -- ive n...

Rncs finance. right. there are too many connections to make. this is crazy. apparently this payoff was made because the woman, the play mate allegedly became pregnant following an affair with him. providy resigned from that position on the rnc on friday. its unbelievable. its connection over connection connected to connection. >> joining us now, lisa green and former deputy assistant attorney tom dupris. lisa, help us understand why stormy daniels and his attorney were at the courthouse yesterda...

On paying off adult film star stormy daniels, worked on a settlement with a play mate, so if it was just a casual chitchat relationship, why would cohen need to disclose it, and if it wasnt, what arent you telling us, mr. hannity? >> joining us is a media columnist at "the washington post," and also tim winter who was in the court and reporting this all to us as it happened yesterday. tom, let me start with you. we heard someone saying it was like a bomb went off in the courtroom. i think your e...

Do you have a lawyer? >> i have a lawyer. >> so do i. if we do -- >> my first insingt -- now, i dont have a real estate lawyer. i have somebody who helped me with a mortgage once, but i wouldnt call michael cohen if he were my buddy for that. thats not his thing. >> this is perplexing. why was there such an effort to make sure in court that that name didnt come out if nothing was going on. >> when you have a rash, do you ask doctors at cocktail partys? >> interesting you mention that. one i met ...

Sean hannity on his twitter feed where 45 million people follow him. he promotes "fox and friends," does this not put the organization in an ethical quagmire? >> it does. to me thats the interesting question. how is fox news going to handle this? so far they havent said anything. they may be investigating. "fox and friends" this morning down played it and said really this was just a chat with a friend. its no big deal. that may be how fox is handling it. but i think at many major media organizat...

What are investigators looking to do now? theres a lot of information. its in dispute as to who can see it and the evidence. clearly they wouldnt have been able to get the warrant in his hotel room if there werent a story they were pursuing. >> thats right. they needed to persuade a federal judge that this raid was necessary in order to obtain evidence that could be evidence of a crime. i think were seeing the first stage in what i suspect will be a long protracted battle over attorney/client pr...

Border in the first place? in an op-ed that ran in spanish language outlets this weekend, it was said the long journey is not only dangerous but there are also no persmits at the end. refugee resettlement falls under health and human services and its stated mission and purpose is to help relocate, process and provide services to individuals granted asylum. all of these unaccompanied kids are supposed to go through immigration courts but its very unclear exactly how many will. >> trace, thank you...

Part this surge by essentially saying to the world at large that we in the united states are going to enforce a policy of resettlement rather than removal. and when you put up in big neon signs that we have open borders and that people are welcome to come here and that were not going to remove you, were not going to detain you, were going to resettle you in the united states if youre an unaccompanied minor, its an invitation to come here. the failure to enforce the rule of law is in large part r...

>> it illustrates what the administration knew but has not leveled with the american public about, namely that they anticipated a surge in unaccompanied minors coming over our border. and given that they not only anticipated it but they were actively planning for this very contingency by putting out a request to hire federal contractors to accompany these children, it raises the question of why the administration wasnt better prepared, by securing the borders, assuring adequate facilities to hou...

29 coal miners who died in that horrific explosion and the process of removing the bodies under way and there were several funerals and this is the worst coal mining accident in our country in the last 40 years. >> back here at home the great guessing game is under way in washington, who will president obama pick to fill the new opening on the supreme court? justice john paul stevens announcing his retirement and setting the stage for supreme court confirmation battle for the second straight sum...