oh right their sacrifice must not be forgotten erin burnett outfront starts right now out next breaking news, cohen in the crosshairs cnn learning tonight, trump s legal team to ease right now, preparing to attack michael cohen, then they present their closing arguments tomorrow. so what more can we expect? plus trump now locked in a vicious and personal battle with rfk junior as we hear from two nikki haley supporters about who they plan to vote for come november. and another terrifying flight with severe turbulence. this is we re hearing directly from the pasture, who s on board that deadly flight under similar circuit i m stance is just last week tonight, he joins us from the hospital where his wife is also still there after suffering a severe spinal injury. let s go out front good evening. welcome to a special edition of outfront america hill in for erin burnett tonight, breaking news, trashing cohen s character just kara scannell reporting tonight that trump s
potentially become president of the united states. and that is the crucial question we have tonight, right? because the question is, how much leverage and has he used it? and that is the crucial question we all have, the quid pro quo, and this huge development tonight, putting it front and center. thank you all and our breaking news coverage continues. president trump is trashing cohen. so, you know, and he had been for a little while here. so why did he keep him around for so long? because a long time ago, he did me a favor. a long time ago, he did me a favor. what favor could it be? that would have resulted in keeping someone around for a dozen years doing all your dirty work. . plus, democrats vowing to investigate the president as trump threatens to retaliate by releasing what he calls devastating documents. and the reporter who broke the story months ago that michael cohen s story on the trump tower in moscow did not add up, that it didn t end in january. that reporter
frankly. it doesn t seem to be working. we saw guiliani last hour trashing cohen. but what i think, the only way to make sense of this strategy, to the extent it s a strategy, is that it s meant to tell the president s team, look, if you don t pardon me, and he can pardon cohen before he s charged, he can pardon him at any time. if it you don t pardon me, i ve got the goods on you and i m going to make your life very difficult, so i m trying to get your attention here and let you know i m very serious. that s the only way i can make sense of the strategy that doesn t seem to make sense otherwise. okay. so laura, do you want to respond to that? because i have another question for you. i can say certainly, this is very inartful, the way it s going down. but remember, he s not going to gamble on that crap shoot of whether the president of the united states ear will bend to his request for a pardon. we see the president doesn t follow the normal pardoning process of things. albeit kim
write a book and do a book tour later. for right now, we need to get you out of this problem and everything else is secondary to that. you don t see anything positive in what he s done, the interview that was supposed to be televised, at least on camera with george stephanopoulos? you know what the help is? go on. sure. the help is with the president frankly. it doesn t seem to be working. we saw guiliani last hour trashing cohen. but what i think, the only way to make sense of this strategy, to the extent it s a strategy, is that it s meant to tell the president s team, look, if you don t pardon me, and he can pardon cohen before he s charged, he can pardon him at any time. if it you don t pardon me, i ve got the goods on you and i m going to make your life very difficult, so i m trying to get your attention here and let you know i m very serious. that s the only way i can make sense of the strategy that doesn t seem to make sense otherwise. okay.