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People dont necessarily air details of wrongdoing, wis chis a big problem for us. >> matthew rosenberg from "the new york times" is just on. i thought he brought up a really good point where he said, just let him talk. this isnt a time for lawmakers to be grandstanding, because you dont have a lot of time. just let him talk, because you may get more out of that. do you agree with that strategy? >> i do. >> this is about the american people tomorrow. >> yeah, i think the american people want to e...

To congress and claiming that federal prosecutors in new york right now are investigating possible wrongdoing by the president beyond -- beyond whats already been made public. theyre questioning sharply split along partisan lines. democrats focusing in on the presidents actions. republicans focusing in on cohens confessed crimes and lies. lets go to our senior white house correspondent pamela brown. shes up on capitol hill. she watched all of this. so many hours. all of this dramatic testimony. ...

Well, no comment on that. >> i appreciate that. >> mr. chairman, we said we were in search of the truth. i dont believe that michael cohen is capable of telling the truth. and i would hope that as this committee moves forward, that when we have the opportunity to subpoena witnesses, we subpoena witnesses that are not recently disbarred, are not convicted felon, and witnessed that havent committed bank fraud and tax fraud. that is how were going to determine the truth. mr. chairman, i yield the b...

Shes about to learn a lot. thats your colleague, republican congressman matt gaetz threatening michael cohen via twitter. what do you say to that? hes an ardent trump ally. is that witness intimidation? >> look, i dont think tomorrow should be about, you know, who broke vows, its about who broke laws, okay? and we shouldnt go into the gutter here. i think that this type of conduct is intimidation. its a threat. and i dont think that is acceptable. we shouldnt run this committee like a mob. this ...

Any information with respect to the personal life, political affairs and/or business affairs of mr. trump or any family member, closed quote. do those terms sound familiar to you? >> ive seen that document. >> in fact, there is a class action lawsuit filed this month by former trump campaign worker jessica denison that this nda language is illegal because it is too broad, too vague and would be used to retaliate against employees who complain of illegality or wrongdoing. would you agree that in ...

Father. cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress in 2017 about the trump organizations pursuit of a trump tower moscow project. he initially downplayed trumps role and lied by saying talks ended in january 2016. but now says the president is more involved than he said. >> there were at least a dozen times between the iowa caucus and january 2016 and the end of june when he would ask me, how is it going in russia? referring to the moscow tower project. edited my statement to congress about the t...

Silence them from coming forward? >> if you want to define chilling? >> just this he would, in using these ndas or trying to enforce them would basically try to keep people silent. >> that was the goal. >> and nothing at the trump organization was ever done unless it was run through president donald trump, right? >> thats 100% certain. >> okay. mr. cohen, do you believe that there are people out there today either from the presidents business or personal life who are not coming forward to tell t...

Businessman and as a presidential candidate. lets discuss now. congressman raja krishnamoorthi, an illinois democrat who is a member of both the oversight and intelligence committees and he -- so you get a chance -- good evening, by the way. >> good evening. >> you get a chance to be there and question him twice, right? >> yeah, its going to be a double header. hes going to be in oversight tomorrow for open session, and on thursday in closed session with the intelligence committee. >> you dont h...

Statement on the record. at the time i wrote the book, only nine of my conversations with nixon were available actually in my most recent book where i touched on that called "the nixon defense" i had 37 conversations which actually shed much more light on my dealings with the president than i had at the time that i wrote "blind ambition." i hope michael does do a book at some point and he has a story to tell and history to fill in for us, so thats important. >> john dean, always good to get your...

What we happen to say, theyre going to evaluate michael cohen, what is he saying, is he believable, and we need to let him tell the story and not try to score political points, which will undermine some very serious evidence about the presidents wrongdoing. >> it was a real pleasure. >> thank you, don. after over a decade at the presidents side, just how much does michael cohen know? will the president see his testimony as the ultimate betrayal? ippery. nooooo... noooo... nooooo... yeeeesss......