Using to payoff hush money to Stormy Daniels. Thank you to danielles lawyer we know Michael Cohen has used essential consulting for much more than sex hutch money deals. There have been quiet a few mistruths stated by michael who has brought on some of these other networks. Its like an analyst. They forget hes rep celebritying a client. Instead he says something and then the Russian Group runs behind it. They warrant this constant coverage. A media flurry over a while the house aide making fun of john mccains health. Has our culture come to this. The new yorker forces the resignation of new York Attorney general Eric Schneiderman over horrible allegations of beating up former girlfriends. The president has been accused of Sexual Assault and some are taking glee in this. He accused donald trump of being a racist and fraud. Hes himself. Richly i ronic he was one of the loudest and most effective crusaders. Why are some of them disgracing them the president of physical abuse. The first lady draws flak for helping children. Why did a news paper make a false story about her marriage. This is media buzz. When President Trump pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal it was big news. On cnn and msnbc did story bus pump to the latest about Michael Cohen. An American Company with strong ties to a Russian Company paid the president s personal lawyer 500,000. He took in millions of dollars from major corporations as at t at tkorean industry. How much attention tuesday this deserve. Joining us is julian turner. Hemingway is a fox news contributor. Capri is a Senate Leader in owe. Julian, these disclosures are not knew but more important than the Global Impact of the iran nuclear agreement. Is that a rhetorical question. The answer is so obvious which is no, they are not more important than u. S. Nuclear threats. The Nuclear Threat against the United States from iran and north korea and the fact that the administration saved three hostages. When it comes to the president pulling out of the deal in particular the widespread panning from the media was really a reflection of what the policy community was saying in the incident. Analyst across the board who were initially critical of the deal said now that we are in the deal its important we stay in the deal so the u. S. Lives up to its word. The media was reflecting that sentiment. Just to pun che harp on thatt lets come back to cohen as other channels do allot. What does it till you about the focus of cnn and msnbc. What does it say about the news about cohen getting fired. Which have close ties to the russian bill narrow. Its been questioned by rob bitter mull letters office. This was one thing highlighted. Its important to point it out right away. There was a criminal lake by some government agency. This is the latest in a tremendous series in criminal leaks. When they claimed they would be investigating. Itsdy signed to create a narrative. It was an American Company that paid th essential consulting. That was ha big done nor t donoe clinton foundation. What was much more interesting was the department of justice leaking to the post what they were suggestioning was the sg they have a mole. That was a big story not getting a lot of coverage. Fox prime time shows barely mentioned the payments. A. I believe it deserves coverage but the question becomes what do journalist focus on. It seems the cnn and msnbcs focused on the building the narrative as molly mentioned. There are some serious issues here i think warrant more scrutiny. One being would it have been necessary for michael cohad i known to be a registered lobbyist if he will represent companieslike at t. Although, no one has evidence he went to government officials to change their policies. Agreeagreed. There was a memo about what att expected of him. This man is being sanctioned by the United States government. I think that, you know, if iwill talk ability the issue of russia in this context its more about why is someone doing business with somebody who has been sanctioned. Thats why its important to know it was an American Company. Let me take a broader view. The media is shocked to discovering there is gambling in casablanca. Im not defending the practice but d. C. Is a swampy place. This has gone on for many administration. You higher someone who is a friend in the white house because you are looking for access and somebody that can carry your message. There is no one that they lout or are suspicious of. The National Media is more critical of lobbying than the Trump Administration at large. There is no surprise the press zeroed in on Michael Cohens lobbying firm called essential consulting. Strange name. Essential consults. They are a mega Million Dollars deals with big companies. That would be huge news to the American Public had a problem. I believe the people have a problem. I dont think its well covered. The Michael Cohen coverage is gross. People trade access for money. It happens all over the place. Have you heard the name tony or rob emanual. They shuttered after speculation from the media in the wake of disclosures. Lets not forget i disagree. Go ahead. I disagree. I think the media keeps a good watchdog eye on a lot of lobbying. There is an exception. People think all of these lay firms do when they hire former white house officials. Its all about access and influence. It its riglated. People outside the swamp thy arthritickenned president for draining the swamp. Someone so close to him taking this money. I wanted to say saul of the millions of dollars of consulting and lobbying firms combined have had less coverage than cohen head. This is a daily industry. I did see one company make a point that this is what the town is about. I agree. At t said it was a big mistake. They said he was hired to help with the merger with time warner which the Trump Justice Department opposed. This happens all of the thyme and doesnt make it right. Some people are so shocked over it. Lets come back to michael. Lits hear from him first and ask a question on the other side. There has been criticism about how often im on cnn and your show and other networks. Its a bunch of nonskins. Nonsense but its working. Its networking in spades. Hes been on nsnbc and nnn more than 100 times. Hes a front man for a well funded operation that has received next to no criticism. I saw something that thousanded he had 175 million in free coverage on the various networks. Its worth asking who is this guy. How does he have access to special documents. He represents Stormy Daniels. He said shes not paying him. Its worth finding out more about whos driverring the coverage. Some of the information he has thats part of the treasury investigation they had a different Michael Cohen in canada. Dont you think till vision anchors and reporters need to question highjack for aggressively instead of saying what do you have on trump and stormy. The networks have really taken the bate. Michael is a self promoter. There hasnt been a counterpoint to what they have said. There is no questioning of michael. Its just tell us more dirt and there is no checks and balances. Thats not jurialism. I would like one european point. I just saw today that michael had dinner just this weekend with the famous journalist that took down new yorks attorney begunnural. Michael cohen is not talking. Reporters chase him into a taxi. His attorney is not out there very much. You have another lawyer who seems to enjoy being on television. He speculates getting his own show one day. Hes a camera ready guy. Does it seem embalanced. It does. Laura made the opening that hes treated like an analyst or commentator on the programs but hes the representative. I would just say isnt it important to provide a Counter Point to that narrative. If hes the lawyer representing Stormy Daniels. The president s representative should speak out more as well. It east Michael Cohen under investigation on these points. Let me get a brooke. There is a rumor that the first lady is not living in the white house. Also a white house official with Failing Health is mr. Elliot, whats your wifi password . Wifi . Wifis ordinary. Basic. Do i look basic . Nope which is why i have xfinity xfi. Its super fast and you can control every device in the house. [ child offscreen ] hey lets basement. And thanks to these xfi pods, the signal reaches down here, too. So sophie, i have an xfi password, and its daditude. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. John mccain is battling brain cancer. Saddler made a crack about him not backing the cia director. She said it doesnt matter, hes dying any way. Fox banned this guy for saying this for saying he suffered torture as a pow. The fact is it worked on john. Thats why they call him song bird jon. He apologized on a call with megan mccain. I dont understand what kind of environment you are working in where thats acceptable and have a job. My fathers legacy will talked about for 100 years. These people, nothing. Whether people like john mccain or not like him as a politician given his there history of service to the country. For white house initials to talk about him dying. Its an inseasonstiv insensi. I saw a reporter say no one leaked this. They were just sharing a private conversation but this is another way of saying a leak. When someone says something bad and someone else goes and tells everybody its worth asking what was hoped to be gained by this and sharing this comment that will hurt a sufficien suffering. Its an interesting media story and personal story. Someone in the white house released this jock. Im willing to believe the person was so offended by the casablanca yulcasual cruelty. It could be or an emmy of sadler. Im not sure if the Media Coverage of this is calling on the calls for her to resign which has been getting ire time. Whether journalist or commentators are saying it. The calls for her to resign holds her to a higher standard. Who called for the president to resign when he did the exact same thing during the campaign. I will point out the white house isnt comet wanting because its a leak. Kelly hasnt said anything. Good for fox for banning tom over this comments. Torture breaks everyone. John mccain was in prison for five and half years. He cant lift his arms over his head because of the beatings he went through. He refused Early Release because he was an admirals son. He doesnt deserve that. The man is an american hero. No matter how he conducts himself in the United States senate. He has the right to represent the people the way he sees fit. The joke coming out of the white house is one of a larger narrative in washington. In political discourse at large. We have come to the point where it east okay to basically despairage a prisoner of war who severed his country admirably. There wasness of the dinner. John mccain doesnt dissever this. His legacy is secure. There is a belief that you can leak information and thats civil. Its uncivil to Say Something privately. Penal look at this as junior high school. Its shiring negative information and comes off very petty. We understand civility should be privately and with the leaks. Charles payne apologized to mccain. Also reported that Sarah Huckabee sanders and said that was uncomfortable. She was also reported to have said im sure the conversation will leak too. I thank you you all. The new yorker ends the career of the new York Attorney general. Up next, the first lady steps into the media spotlight. Are the media fair to the first lady . The first lady too accident step to the forfront for an initiative. I would like toth kate our children about harassment and balanced life. There was some straightforward coverage. Some journalist picked up on a Washington Post report saying the first lasteddy and husband lead separate lives. The Washington Post amongst many things reported there are rumors. Mrs. Trump doesnt livein the white house and lives with her parents somewhere in the suburbs. What do you make of those rue rumors . I make of the fact that the Washington Post cant get things anymore wrong they do. Thats an outrageous claim. I spoke earlier with a reporter from fox news 24 7 headlines. The rumor is reported in the 57th paragraph followed by officials saying its false. Would you have published the rumor. No, i wouldnt have. To their credit every time they did have a claim from an unnamed source they did back it up by talking to the first ladys spoke person. Still, that was published and it sticks with people. The fact that i felt like i was reading star magazine instead of the Washington Post is a problem. I think this article really crossed the line on several occasions. The most glaring was when they talked about the president never photographed with his son baron. It felt forced at times. I believe some people will read this article and take it with a grain of salt and say part of it is true and part of it isnt. The fact of the matter is this is not a tabloid this is the Washington Post. Its fair to criticize an initiative. Even to say her Cyberbullying Campaign is undercut by her husbands attacks on twitter. Do you find some of this is dismissing or mocking. I really do, it all does usually focus around their marriage. The president and first lady are independent people. Shes not the kind of person that will go up and hug someone in public. Uhhuh. When she unveiled her initiative she was affectionate with the president. Many say that moment was forced and staged. They cant win no matter what they do. A lot of that has to do with the Stormy Daniels situation and thats real. You should leave that kind of stuff to certain publications and twitter not serious news sources. We have a half minute. Some say she was ripping off a booklet from the obama administration. Her spokeswoman hit the opposition media psiing its one document. We didnt make a sec rit that this had been out there before. Does this suggest she cant catch a break. Also the fact they were criticizing the name of the initiative. Saying she may have copied Michelle Obama because in 2016 she said be better. I didnt know anybody could stake claim on be better. Thank you so much for being with us. Thanks a lot. The media are downplayingish iingdown playing the issue. It took less than three hours for Eric Schneirderman to resign after new yorker published devastating accusations from four former girlfriends accusing him of beating them and threatening to kill them. They described serious allegations of abuse, slapping, hitting, choking. Bear in mind this was an individual who was public champion of womens rights who, in fact, introduced antichoking legislation. Because schneirderman has been investigating and suing donald trump, some commentators wrote about story about the president. Its interesting to see people in President Trumps gloating about this given that there are plenty of charges against President Trump as well. But instead of going after schneirderman for his misdeeds and abuse of office, todays never trump media merely used the scandal, its just another vehicle for trashing conservatives. Joining us to analyze gail trotter and in new york, kathy, publisher of catalina magazine. Gail, reporting terrible allegations and Eric Schneirderman quitting almost immediately, powerful criticism. Something that should be commended o. Kathy, a lot of leftleaning journalists, people who had him as guest, felt betrayed because he was a democrat who did put himself forward as champion of womens right and sued Harvey Weinstein and there was sense on the left. He betrayed women and humanity. The story is awful but its beautiful journalism. This is a free press and this is what the suppress supposed to do. They uncovered something terrific and horrible, look at what happened as it result, this is journalism at its best. I think we have a consensus, what about sexual allegations against him, what do you make the way the story started to turn . Classic case about what aboutism and these are shocking and appalling allegations and questions that remain unanswered especially who knew what and when they knew it and we see this shift to Washington Post article that headline is trump, schneirderman, changing shape of sex scandal, completely changed from important investigation that had been done that needed to be continued and followed up onto tie republicans and particularly President Trump. Howie kathy, this was because donald trump, jr. And Kellyanne Conway seemed to enjoy downfall. Still, this is the way journalism works now. We had the story come out and now comes the analysis and you do have a president in the white house that has his own allegations going on, sexual allegations from different women, the Stormy Daniels is every day in the news, so we hear now that this man, democrat resigned because he couldnt lead because of what was going on i