almost like a trump groupie when he got involved with trump. he had bought real estate from trump. he became a true believer in trump, and trump liked him so much, he started throwing him legal work. so that's sort of his entryway into the trump organization. he's devoted to trump in a personal way. now, he uses his own money so that the president has no obvious link to the transaction. and what's to stop the president from repaying him a couple years from now because he's figuring, yeah, the president's good for it. >> according to "the wall street journal," he was complaining to friends that he hadn't been repaid yet. >> it defies credibility that trump didn't know about it. that's why michael cohen is called the fixer, not the close her. he fixed the problem, he didn't -- >> we're planning to hear from michael avenatti next. also we'll get into what the chances are that former fbi director andrew mccabe will make it to his official retirement two days from now without getting fired by jeff sessions. i'm never gonna be able to sleep with this cold.