This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Just a little bit past 11 00 here on the east coast live with it breaking news for you. Were learning recently said he might be forced to leave if President Trump fires Rod Rosenstein. And we have some breaking news tonight that could impact the historic meeting between President Trump and kim jongun. Pyongyang announcing a freeze on nuclear tests. A source telling cnn kim jongun wants to open up north korea and normalize relations with other countries. But its important to note the north Korean Leader didnt say anything about giving up nukes. I want to bring in now a man that wants to talk about all of this and much, much more. A former advisor to george w. Bush and john mccain. We were worried that that was over the top when david nevens at showtime first proposed the show. Lets talk about Jeff Sessions, the attorney general. The Washington Post is reporting that he told the white house that if the white house fires or the president fires Rod Rosenstein he may go, too. What do you think . Its a chess move. I think its a significant development. For sessions for him to make a proactive call just suggests that he feels very strongly about it and that he was worried it was going to happen. And i think he has an attorney general knows how the domino falls if that happens. Were you surprised . Yeah, kind of. I was surprised. And i also think it gibes us a sense maybe sessions is more confident and secure than he thinks he is that we thought he was. North korea now. As crow know were reporting that pyongyang is saying they no longer need nuclear and missile tests. Big damn deal. I mean this could be his nixon to china. But theyre not saying they want to give up nukes. Well see. Theyre talking and theres progress, and thats a lot more weve had in a long time. Im for it. Do you think this is going to happen . Youre encouraged by it. Do you think this actual summit is going to happen in. Theres just going to be so much momentum now that i think its going to happen. Its very hard to walk away diplomatically. Tell me, what is the move i guess to the get to the table or some sort of negotiations, is it just him and kim sitting there when you actually think about it, its funny from a Historical Perspective we say this hasnt happened and that hasnt happened, but its still north korea. Even though they have nukes, this is situation where hes going to meet with the president of the United States, the leader of the free world. This is big deal for the ruler of north korea to be meeting with the president of the United States. So for him its a big deal. And i think in an odd way, in an unconventional way thats the way he likes it. Maybe thats the reason its happening, trumps sort of chaos theory has worked with north korea, the threats. Has you been sitting back watching comey, his tour, the publicity tour . The title of our show this week is too many lawyers. And so what we wanted to do is take a really deep dive and also pull back the lens because people have heard so much and theres so many stories happening so fast i think people are incredibly confused. I know you have a list, too. But lets talk about this. How did you handle the memos . Because republicans pushed hard for these memos to come out, and the general consensus from the public is why are they pushing these memos to come out . It doesnt paint the president in such a good light. I dont know it shows any collusion or any sort of conspiracy or obstruction. I think it helps the president with the memos in a way. It shows in the memos, for example, that trump was pushing him to investigate the salacious details of the russia thing. So its a component of the russia thing, but it is a russian thing. You think if he were worried he wouldnt be worried about the russia investigation at all. I dont know if he wanted i think he just wanted to say, look, this is not true because if my wife believes even the thing i feel doing the deep dive the trajectory of the mueller thing has gone this way and the trajectory of the cohen thing has gone this way. You think the book paints the president in a good light . Well, i think theres some stuff in the memo, but also the book. The thing that struck me actually hard news has come out. I just expected more news from it, and its more kind of gossip and, you know, psychoanalyzing the president. But the one bit of news that came out that surprised me, and im going to try to characterize this somewhat accurately is comey from his own personal observations with the president and his dealings said he didnt believe theres been obstruction in the case. But that kind of surprised me that he would say that or even felt that way. I think what he said was when i was there i didnt see any evidence of that, but im not so far im not given the interactions that happened with the president and loyalty pledge and all of that, i would have thought he would have said, yeah, i think hes obstructing justice. I think whats interesting about the memos it shows at least comey was consistent, but it also showed he had said everything in the tour already. And the book. And his house testimony as well. So there wasnt a lot of new news in it, really. Do you think the white house is now going we weathered that storm or sort of the sense of the body language i went to maralago and saw him there. And of course he was anxious about north korea as he should be, and of course the press asked about the Mueller Investigation. And this was just look at his body language at maralago this week he seemed more comfortable and less concerned about it. And i think thats kind of the advice hes getting obviously from his attorney general. He said theyre still there. That would have been big news. Just the body language just didnt seem as aggressive about that whole idea. So my sense is hes a little dialled down on that but dialled up on cohen. Stormy daniels, its moving full steam now. Its in california this week. And the lawyer asked the judge to put it on hold. One of the things we did is we got inside the bubble with Michael Avenatti when we had to big court scene here in new york. John was with him all day. With him in the car, writing his briefs. And we kind of shadowed him the whole day. Lets listen to him and well talk. So were in the car headed to downtown new york to go to the Michael Cohen hearing. Your client is in court today for what purpose . She feels very strongly about the way that Michael Cohen and the president treated her. She wants to send the right message to the people that have supported her over the last five or six weeks. But she is, you know, in this for the right reasons. You guys have played this in the media with great skill no, we havent played this game. Weve played the game. Wow. The game. Tell me about this episode and what happens after that. We follow the ark through the week with avenatti and all the big time lawyers like dershowitz and digenova. And i got to talk to sally yates which was really interesting for me because we havent seen much of sally yates publicly, and shes an interesting character. For me it was even more fun because i actually know her because i ran her husbands campaign for congress in 1994 and i hadnt seen her since then. So it was kind of a reunion, too. Thats a small world. Super small. Sally yates, the attorney general was the same person i met in the campaign eating popsicles with her kids. Dont you find avenatti a fascinating character . Is he beating trump at his own game . He is a titanic match for the president , and he is right out of central casting. Hes super creative. I mean he like trump knows how to get the medias attention over and over again. And he has well, the other thing is not only has he been creative strategically as we know with Monica Lewinsky and other cases like this, sometimes its not where the investigation starts but could be some minor thing like an Illegal Campaign contribution that ends up being the real problem that ends upturning the tide that ends up being the problem. Thats what hes sort of predicting as well. Showtime the circus sunday night 8 00. Thank you, sir. Always a pleasure. When we come back more news on Stormy Daniels. What her original attorney is telling investigators. Am i willing to pay the price for loving you . Youll make my morning, but ruin my day. Complicated relationship with milk . Pour on the lactaid. Its delicious 100 real milk, just without that annoying lactose. Mmm, thats good. Lactaid. The real milk that doesnt mess with you. And try calcium enriched lactaid. 100 real milk with 20 more calcium. 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Im still going for my best. And for eliquis. Ask your doctor about eliquis. Were learning tonight that Stormy Daniels former attorney is cooperating with investigators in new york. And also lawyers with Michael Cohen want the case delayed in california. Sarah . Reporter don, judge james otarot held a no nonsense hearing in federal court questioning cohens attorneys. Michael cohens attorneys have asked for a 90day hold on the case because they are concerned if he has to testify in the civil case against him it could hurt him in the criminal case. Tonight Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti arguing in u. S. District court that his clients case should be allowed to proceed even as one defendant, President Trumps attorney Michael Cohen is under criminal investigation. Its apparent to us that the court recognized to quote the court, that there are gaping holes in the application by mr. Cohen and mr. Trump to delay this matter. Reporter the lawyer for cohen says daniels case should be delayed arguing whatever cohen says in the daniels proceedings could be used against him in the criminal investigation. Judge james otaro telling cohens attorney cohen needs to file his own declaration about his concern his fifth amendment rights could be compromised. Will you file to protect his fifth amendment . Were not commenting. Reporter cohens attorney did not make any comments to the press but agreed to file the declaration. I dont think this could be overstated. Were talking about the personal counsel to the president of the United States who presumably knows where a lot of bodies are buried and it has come to point in time where it appears that he will plead the fifth amendment against selfincrimination. I think that is staggering turn of events. Reporter fbi agents raided cohens home, hotel room and office last week. The search warrants specifically mentioned cohens 2016 payment with daniels according to cohens attorney. And sources say the fbi is also looking for an agreement between explaymate Karen Mcdougal and American Media inc. Which prevented her from discussing her alleged affair with President Trump. And as for Stormy Daniels she filed her contract in march, in which she agreed to stay quiet about her 2006 affair with trump. Daniels and avenatti say the agreement should be nullified because trump never signed the document. The judge also questioned Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti who has said his client is still being threatened for fec speaking about donald trump. The judge saying it doesnt seem like the threats has affected her very much. Shes already spoken to 60 minutes and she was recently on the view. We havent heard from Donald Trumps attorney who was in court but said nothing. We asked Donald Trumps attorney if he had any comment and he said he did not. Don. Sarah, thank you very much. I want to bring in mark geragos and areva martin. You know the particulars of what happened today. Who won . Actually you have to give cohen credit to this extent. He didnt lose when the judge tells you theres gaping holes and i expected that from judge otaro, that doesnt give you a lot of comfort but they live to fight another day. Almost as if the judge here in the Southern District had said bring Michael Cohen in here. Its the same thing. Lawyers cant just go in there and say by the way, judge, ive got to represent to you a, b, c and d. Youve got to have the client. They live to fight another day is the best way to put it. Areva, what do you think . I think Michael Cohen went away feeling victorious as he should. This was an effort im sorry Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti went away feeling victorious because Michael Cohen has been trying to delay this case for 90 days and he didnt get what he requested from the court. And now hes got to sign the declaration saying he believes if he makes any statement in this case he could incriminate himself. Basically as trump has always said if you take the fifth amendment, youre probably guilty of something. Legally you cannot just say that im going to take the fifth. You have to actually do it. You have to do it in some proceeding and with a declaration. Crow just cant assert it. And so thats what they were trying to do. That doesnt work. Its the same reason you cant just say theres attorneyclient in there. You have to do things. I mean this is not i know were on tv talking about it but its almost as if somebody is watching some bad law and order episode. It is, thank you. The caliber of lawyering never ceases to amaze me in this. But you know why, mark. No one wants to file a public declaration saying if they make a statement in a federal case they could be subject to criminal prosecution. Areva, there was a moment today apparently as has been reported where the lawyer for cohen said i think in response to a judges question about being under criminal investigation or being imminently subject to an indictment said, well, according to mr. Avenatti. I mean thats never going to play. Okay, lets get back on track here and quick answers if you can. Because you were saying Michael Cohen is under a criminal investigation, still entangled in a suit involving Stormy Daniels. You said the two can absolutely have something to do with each other. Which is why i was saying before why he filed this lawsuit is beyond me. Its never going to end well. When the fbi comes in and executes a search warrant, when youve been cooperating if that was a client of mine i would be telling you its 11 59 at midnight youre going to get indicted. Heres a tweet from Stormy Daniels attorney today. Always a bad sign when a judge tells you that your motion has gaping holes in it. Time to come clean and let the chips fall where they may and used the hashtag basta. The judge also acknowledged the high bar hat had to be met in order for this magistrate judge to issue the search warrant. Even the Civil Court Judge is probably acknowledging theres probably going to be an indictment of Michael Cohen, and the judge said maybe well let the deposition go forward. So not looking good for Michael Cohen who does not want to be subjected to any discovery. This judge is not only considering not delaying the civil case but perhaps giving Stormy Daniels attorney what he wants, which is the opportunity to take the deposition, have Michael Cohen under oath answering questions. Well, you never want to be the one who files a case and you move it to federal court and you say judge, okay, now i want a time out. Federal judges are not inclined to do that. Its a simple procedural problem. You know Michael Cohen is loyal. Thats his defining characteristic. This is what the the New York Times is reporting, the president has a habit of treating cohen poorly. Is President Trump taking his loyalty for granted, especially given the severity of this case with the charges he could face . I think Rudy Guiliani if he should do one thing as the lawyer now involved is to explain to him that his famous last words when someone says ill take a bullet from him. I cant tell you how many times ive heard that from clients and the next thing theyre telling me is to run into the u. S. Attorneys office and cooperate. Its hard to really characterize the amount of pressure Michael Cohen is under, being squeezed by the feds, a raid of his office, a raid of his house and now a Civil