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To tell the american public what really happened in thess invest anything else that involves corruption in the trump circle. so what nadler, jerry nadler i think rightfully is doing and what adam schiff is doing in the house judiciary committee, we need to tell the public what happened, whether it is criminal or not, there still can be wrongdoing that is not a crime that you prosecute. and so for that you need to have a pretty wide angle lens to sort of see whats out there and there may be thing...

Night. well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 776 of the trump administration, and michael cohen has reportedly just today offered up new evidence of possible wrongdoing by this white house. cohen testified at another hearing today. he spent eight hours behind closed doors in front of the house intelligence committee. this is his fourth capitol hill hearing, mind you, in a little over a week. according to our folks at nbc news, cohen "provided the docu...

Knowledge of what they were doing? that they were making edits for the purpose of shielding information from the public or for encouraging michael cohen to lie before congress. >> meaning, and this seems crucial, the lawyers themselves could think the true is that the deal talks stopped -- >> yes. >> -- and if that is the case, its less egregious -- in fact, its not wrongdoing on their part. >> what really matters here is what they knew, when they knew it -- >> the lawyers. >> yes. and what they...

Administration that executive privilege is not properly asserted and is not validly asserted to protect against disclosure of criminal conduct, of wrongdoing. >> and finally, michael cohen walking out the door today as we were just discussing said he plans to keep cooperating. he already unveiled new evidence today. thats got to get your attention if youre in the legal shop at the white house. very tough to defend against kind of a bombshell of the day. >> no question. heres testimony that was g...

Crime? >> absolutely. as a matter of fact, its been policy since the reagan administration that executive privilege is not properly asserted and is not validly asserted to protect against disclosure of criminal conduct, of wrongdoing. >> and finally, michael cohen walking out the door today as we were just discussing said he plans to keep cooperating. he already unveiled new evidence today. thats got to get your attention if youre in the legal shop at the white house. very tough to defend agains...

Then, as federal prosecutors investigate the trump inauguration -- >> that doesnt have anything to do with the president or the first lady. >> -- new reporting that the president was intimately involved. plus -- >> will fox news get at least one of the 2020 democratic presidential debates? >> the head of the democratic national committee joins me with his decision tonight. and kirstjen nielsen faces democrats -- >> when you saw those pictures of babies in cages, what did you do? >> and the u...

Here in new york. day 776 of the trump administration, and michael cohen has reportedly just today offered up new evidence of possible wrongdoing by this white house. cohen testified at another hearing today. he spent eight hours behind closed doors in front of the house intelligence committee. this is his fourth capitol hill hearing, mind you, in a little over a week. according to our folks at nbc news, cohen "provided the documents to the house intelligence committee with the intention of supp...

Credibility in congress and right now i think were moving into a era where the presidents accountability for established wrongdoing, we know from the southern district of new york he was part of one felony involving michael cohen, we dont know if there is any additional crimes or wrongdoing that mr. trump himself could be linked to. but it is happening now in congress. which is a politically accountable body and it really matters if the american public feels that this process has integrity becau...

Pose records? >> i think he has made it very clear that the power is potentially the next step. i would be very supportive if thats the direction he decides to go. i think he has shown extreme patience at this point in terms of repeatedly asking for the documents and their refusal to comply flies directly against the constitutional duty of oversight. >> as you know we michael cohen is now testifying in closed session. it was one of your questions last week that made the most news. have a listen....

Do you think he has a point there? >> listen, i have not reviewed all of the extensive requests from the house. i know that in -- >> but just the fact that its so extensive, does that risk certainly just from an optics standpoint -- >> anderson, all i can tell you is with our investigation in the senate thats been bipartisan weve made a series of requests and weve been very successful with having those requests honored. >> i guess what is the end game in your opinion for democrats in all these i...