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Own reputation and the perception of how he deals with people he claims to be working closely with. >> these raids happened just about two weeks ago. theres a lot of speculation about what he might have, if theres tapes of conversations he had with the president and others. help us understand the cause for concern here, the rels relationship between michael cohen and the president of the united states. >> i want to really quickly say maggie is someone i worked with only about a couple of months ...

Always liked and respected. most people will flip if the government lets them out of trouble, even if it means lying or making up stories. sorry, i dont see michael doing that despite the horrible witch hunt and dishonest media. a couple of things. we see president trump critic e criticizing maggie haberman. she just received a pulitzer prize for her work. this michael cohen predicament bothers him more than almost any other issue or scandal facing him. in part because he has such little transpa...

Part tied to some of the work hes done for the president. so first, im going to read a quick excerpt from "the new york times" so you get a sense of whats fuelling the presidents frustration and fury. then well hit the dweets. "the new york times" write, mr. trumps lawyers and advisers have become resigned to the strong possibility that mr. cohen, who has a wife and two children, and faces the prospect of devastating legal fees, if not criminal charges, could end up cooperating with federal offi...

Press. co . >> i was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting so i thought it really important to document. >> james comeys private memos also shed light on unproven allegations involving president trump and prostitutes at moscows ritz hotel in 2013. in those memos comey writes that the president brought to up the golden shower thing and explained he hadnt stayed overnight in russia during the miss universe trip. theres one problem with that. trumps one-time body gourd kei...

And so with this in mind, knowing that he has all of this information, the government is going to want to say look, youre facing state and federal charges possibly, multiple charges. and this is what were looking at. and the event that you dont cooperate, this is what youre probably going to get. so its in his best interest to look at the situation and asays it for what it is. trump is not loyal to anyone. he is only loyal to a certain degree, but he expects 100% loyalty to others. and if cohen ...

Overthrow president trump and obsess about losing in 2016. yet the presidents own national security team, whether it is mike pompeo, dni dan coates, nikki haley, they have all affirmed that russia has attempted to meddle in our elections in 2016 and more importantly, that they are going to try to do so in 201 and beyond. and i would love to hear from jen the answer to a simple question -- what on earth is this president and this (congress doing to protect our elections? and thats what i think th...

President trump. quote, he then asked, do you have a fisa order on mike flynn? i paused for a few seconds and then said that i would answer here, but this illustrated the kind of question that had to be asked and answered through established channels. so to spell this out, how do you spell this out for us, the importance of this? this direct question totally out of the norm, and what it means when you look in the context here of the early history of the trump administration. if in fact that ques...

How much does that stand to change? and what are democrats on the committee in particular saying about what experience he brings to bear, how he might be a diplomat and how has that changed in light of the secret trip he took over easter weekend? >> well, mike pompeos best currency right now is his relationship with the president. anticipate thats one thing that he really sold in his confirmation hearing and what republican senators said would make him such a good choice. that he has the preside...

According to memos written by director comey, michael flynns decision to withhold that message influr yated president trump to the point where he questioned h his national security advisers judgment. qu the judgment, and. a month later, flynn would be fired from his white house post. joining me now is season eli stokols. eli, lets pick things up from what we were talking about with carrie johnson a few moments ago. this was a pivotal moment as described in these memos. what did we learn about th...

He said he made only a few public speeches as cia director. as secretary of state hes going to be out in front of the cameras and being asked questions all the time. and hes really going to need to mod late his tone and change his tone depending on where he is. so it just seems like theres a lot of opportunity for him to get a message cross wise with the president. and thats something that certainly sunk rex tillerson. its going to be a huge danger for him going ahead. >> that central to the cas...