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Including kirsten gillibrand spoke on camera. she released a statement that some people thought was vague last night. listen to her talking to the cameras earlier this morning. >> senator, can you clarify your position on governor northam? >> has there been news yet? has he stepped down? he should resign and i saw the photo after i saw you guys last night, so disturbing, so racist. theres no place for racism in our government, among our leaders. it really just was so disturbing. >> it really is,...

The individual that showed it to them, i said this cant be me. it was on -- >> it sounds like a question more than a statement. >> its not me and it was horrific and the fact that it was on my page was just unacceptable and i felt the need as did my staff to reach out and apologize to these folks. >> how old were you during the michael jackson incident? >> during that i was 25. >> what steps are you taken to investigate the picture? can you talk more about that? >> there are several different me...

Yesterday you thought it was perhaps you and, in fact, said that it was you in that picture. a lot of questions to face the governor today. does he still have the credibility and the ability to governor the authority to govern here in virginia and will he continue to hold out and try to ride out this storm? what is he going to say in a half hours time? >> as were mondayeriitoring th picture, is he going to take stateme questions or is it just a statement? >> reporter: just a statement. normally ...

Everyone can sleep safely tonight because now theyre going to denuclearize. thats just made up. its clearly not a message that he is getting from -- carrie, thats not what he is being told i assume by dan coats and others. so he just seems upset that theyre not towing the line of the stuff he makes up. >> i think what it is he has political objectives. and what hes doing, he was upset. what i take from whats happened is he didnt like the coverage of the aftermath of the worldwide threats briefin...

Tonight, because now theyre going to denuclearize, i mean, thats just made up. its clearly not a message that hes getting from -- carrie, thats not what hes being told, i assume, by dan coats and others. so, he just seems upset that theyre not toeing the line of the stuff he makes up. >> well, i think what it is, he has political objectives. and what hes doing, he was upset. what i take from whats happened is he didnt like the coverage of the aftermath of the worldwide threats briefing, which, b...

Support president trump, what hes saying. >> it is one great hoax. this is a hoax. witch hunt. >> reporter: among all the presidents claims about the russia probe, none has been so unwavering as the idea that its a partisan plot to take him down. >> its a witch hunt. its a disgrace. >> reporter: but the facts say otherwise. his assertion that robert mueller and his team are angry democrats, not an ounce of proof, even though some contributed to democrats in the past. trumps notion that no one on...

Bottom of it. >> reporter: another claim, trump had no business with russia during the campaign. >> i have nothing to do with russia, folks, okay? ill give you a written statement. i know nothing about russia. i know about russia, but i know nothing about the inner workings of russia. >> reporter: his former attorney, michael cohen, heading to jail and cooperating with the mueller investigation, says contrary to earlier denials, plans for a trump tower in moscow were still in the works deep into...

We always use when discussing stories that arent yet proven to be true. and thats the language that i used here repeatedly last night at this hour when buzzfeed reported that michael cohen has told special prosecutor robert mueller that president trump ordered him to lie under oath to congress. >> is michael cohen -- if this is proven true, guilty of lying to congress as a crime? is he guilty of perjury as a crime? is the president of the united states guilty of suborning perjury if this report ...

Agreport. lets go to the white house and kelly odonnell for this. kelly with, a welcome to this noon hour. we have the mueller team statement. it is extremely rare the presidents praise of said team, talk about rare, what did trump say? >> reporter: lots of rare happening today. we have not seen the special counsels office come out and speak publicly through a written statement before to deal with a news story. they have been in operation since may of 2017 and it hasnt happened until last night....

Has already admitted that he did lie to them so in a sense lindsey graham and susan collins, their box hasnt changed. michael cohen in his allocution in which he is pleading guilty to crimes in the southern -- to the attorney in the southern district of new york says he was scheduled in 2017 to appear before the senate select committee on intelligence as well as the house select committee on intelligence concerning matters under their investigation including principally whether russia was involv...