on hand. cohen did not have the demeanor of a man about to plead guilty to violating several federal laws. >> donald trump's former private lawyer, michael cohen, accepted his own fate in a deal with prosecutors. >> michael cohen case that's shaking the political and legal worlds tonight. >> michael cohen devoted more than a decade of his professional life to being the president's attorney and go-to fixer. he once said he'd take a bullet for donald trump. >> last august, i sat with michael cohen for the first time in an interview, and he told me he could barely walk by trump tower because it made him so sad to look at the place where they spent a decade together working side by side. >> reporter: less than two years into the president's term, their once close relationship turned to mutual hostility. >> things have completely shifted. i think he probably couldn't walk by trump tower now because he'd get so seethingly angry. >> reporter: cohen's plea deal followed months of controversy. the media reported on hush money