american people. if we do not win, i will strongly support the democratic neiman hope and believe others feel exactly the same way. donald trump must be defeated. >> meantime, the president is slamming his former attorney, michael cohen, calling him a liar for claiming under oath he never asked for a pardon. nbc white house correspondent has more on this. a real he said, he said. bring us up to speed. what all happened. >> good afternoon to you. it developed into a game of ridicule between the president and the individual that said he once would take a bullet for donald trump, long time fixer, ten year lawyer for the president, michael cohen. it's happening naturally over twitter over the course of the last 12 to 24 hours, the president tweeting bad lawyer and fraudster michael cohen said under sworn testimony he never asked for a pardon. his lawyers totally contradicted him, he lied. additionally, he directly asked