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Right now. it was only yesterday that secretary pompeo said hes heading next week to north korea. >> reporter: wolf, this is really big. mike pompeo was scheduled to make his fourth trip there next week. he just announced a newly appointed envoy. now the president is cancelling it, telling us he asked pompeo not to make that trip. pompeo was under a lot of pressure. this was going to be one of the most significant trips of his career because hes under real pressure to show this diplomacy with no...

Acknowledge the money he was receiving from the pro-russian ukrainian government in ukraine. at the same time, not acknowledging that he had that money and not declaring he was a foreign agent. thats another trial thats going to be coming up in the next month as well. when people around the world look at whats going on here in washington right now, and youve been doing a lot of analysis on this, what do they see? >> from the russian perspective, talk about america divided. the president and he i...

The ghosts the water garrett ma watergate making a little noise in washington. some democrats quickly drawing a comparison. >> wolf, were in a watergate moment where the two parties need to come together. we need bipartisanship now more than ever to protect the special counsel and to stop -- i must underscore stop -- any consideration for pardons. >> here to discuss, man with some intimate knowledge, former assistant special prosecutor for the watergate investigation, richard benveneste. thank y...

Associate, a family member, someone that you have liked or had a relationship with and theyre going to prison, i can understand why the president feels badly for him. but i dont consider mr. manafort a brave man. i dont consider him someone i would hold up in high esteem. look, he broke the law. he should be held accountable for that, just like anyone else should be. >> in the aftermath of these convictions, the plea deal and everything else weve learned over these past several weeks and months,...

>> they cant be ignored. >> high crimes and misdemeanors? >> i wouldnt go that far. >> do you think this opens up the president to being indicted while sitting in office? >> no, i dont because i dont think he can be indicted while sitting in office. well just have to see where this all works out. >> wolf, its somewhat of a familiar refrain up here where something happens at the white house. some republicans have concerns. others dont want to weigh in on it at all. behind the scenes, aides make c...

At least through november. so whats going on there? hes still cooperating. rick gates, who just finished testifying, hes still cooperating. that came up during the trial. remember, at a bench conference they talked about the government and the defense team talked about his cooperation. the judge did not want it out there publicly. he sealed that bench conference. so what is rick gates still working on with the government? so wolf, clearly in all honesty what we dont know is probably more concern...

Contribution, and it isnt disclosed to the fec as an in-kind campaign contribution, wouldnt that be illegal? >> i honestly dont know that. and john edwards was tried on something very similar. he was not convicted on that. i think its -- >> john edwards? >> yes. its a very niche area of law, and not much expertise in this. but if i could draw one other comparison, if i could. i know, wolf, you may not agree with this. but i think its fair to do this. and that is the american people hope that, tw...

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Him as a liar who isnt a credible person. but of course its hard for the white house to distance themselves from cohen because hes someone that the president hired that knew the president for over a decade and did a lot of work for him. and the presidents on tape saying that he likes him and saying that he is a good guy. so look for that strategy from the white house, but wolf, this comes as those who know the president best are admitting that he is backed into a corner at this point and its pre...

To join us today. so many of your republican colleagues are sort of run away from tv cameras right now. but thanks so much for joining us. i want to get your reaction clearly to michael cohen, the presidents longtime personal attorney and fixer. what he told this federal court yesterday about the presidents direct coordination, direction in these payoffs to these two women. >> well, wolf, its a mess. and, look, i honestly dont know what to believe at this point. mr. cohen has been very inconsist...