That. It doesnt involve me, but i still feel, you know, its a very sad thing that happened. This has nothing to do with russian collusion. This started as russian collusion. This has absolutely nothing to do. Its a witchhunt and its a disgrace. Harris the president also claimed a double standard in the charges against his former attorney tweeting. This. Michael cohen pleaded guilty to two counts of Campaign Finance violations that are not a crime. President obama had a big Campaign Finance violation and it was easily settled. But democrat leader nancy pelosi says, quote the guilty verdicts are further evidence of the rampant corruption and criminality at the heart of trumps inner circle, end quote. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts. John, day two of this and a lot of movement. Yeah. And still a lot to talk about. First of all, let me just reflect back on what you illuminated in the president s tweet about obama Campaign FinanceInterviews with newsmakers and roundtable discussions cover the top news stories of the day. Yeah. I think this Midterm Election will be about one question. Who is fighting for the people of this country and who is fighting for the powerful special interest. Democrats are going to make the case that we have a plan to drive down the cost of healthcare, to drive down the cost of Prescription Drugs. Republicans are trying to repeal the Affordable Care act. Doing nothing about the cost of Prescription Drugs and they are in court right now trying to take away coverage for preexisting conditions. We have a plan to create 60 million jobs rebuilding the infrastructure in our country infantry n. A significant way and continue to promote economic growth. The president had a fake plan that relied on Public Private partnerships and thirdly democrats are running on a commitment to drain the swamp to end the pervasive corruption in washington that has made government work. Harris really . Not for them. Thats what the campaign will be about. Harris you are going to take the president s Talking Points on that . No, no. Look at what he does. Not what he says. This is the most corrupt administration in our history. You go down the cabinet
members from Pruitt To Pryce and on and on. Harris i want to let Congressman Gates get in there. Let me finish. Let me just finish. What they want is they want an economy matt, i let you finish, please let me finish. They wants an economy that doesnt just work for people at the very top but works for everyone. The Bureau Of Labor Statistics just came out with a report last friday wages have declined. Harris stop there its filibustering. Go ahead Congressman Gates. Longest consecutive Job Growth Streak in american history. Fastest growth of wages in 10 years. We have g. D. P. Growth thats doubling. So if the American People want to judge based on the experiences that they have had, they have more money in their pocket. They have got a tax cut. And this is ultimate linchts matt, thats just not true. It is true, david. Heres what is important now you are interrupting me, david. Harris invited us to talk about the Manafort Verdict and cohen. You dont want to talk about either because you are a very smart democrat. Harris he can is calling you smart, congressman Sis Ciccilini you should listen to him. Im happy to talk about the manafort indictment. Nothing to do with the russia investigation is wishful thinking. This is a case that demonstrated that Paul Manafort received tens of millions of dollars from Russian Oligarch that he was in their debt that he then volunteered to be chairman of the president s campaign and then he had communications with his assistant and said how do i use this new position to help square my debt with the russians . So we dont know that this is nothing to do with russian collusion. All right. Lets pause there Congressman Gates. React. None of that evidence was presented at trial thats total conjecture. Thats fact. Harris let him finish. We have the verdicts. The trial is over. It has nothing to do with the president and nothing to do with the president s campaign. Thats wishful. Harris yowishful hairs y evidence of collusion so he
has to broaden his investigation because he cant find any facts. Okay. Thats wishful thinking. What we need to do is make sure that mr. Mueller can complete his investigation. No one is stopping him. No, no. We have legislation to protect him. Harris why do you need to protect something thats not happening . Because the president is interfering, trying to undermine the investigation, trying to interfere with it. We need to make sure whether you are republican or democrat. Harris youre going to have to prove that anything that the president is doing is going to stop it. So far not. He fired the fbi director. Harris oh my goodness. Inspector general. Harris i have got to go visit rhode island because i want to see if everybody in rhode island is like you. [laughter] because i know. [talking at the same time] harris you wont let anybody finish. I will bring you back. Let me just finish. You talk about. Harris all right. We have to finish over coffee and a commercial. Michael cohen stood in open court under oath and acknowledged that the president of the United States directed him to
commit a crime. He said just the opposite. Weeks before. Harris you got that in there Congressman Cicillini and Congressman Gates. Last word to you. Dont interrupt him. Again, one point i want to make, President Trump continues to charge forward to deliver results for the American People. Michael cohen is a liar. Been proven a liar. He will continue to be proven a liar and Paul Manafort what he was doing in the 1980s and 1990s well before donald trump thought to run for president. If thats all Robert Mueller has got its time to wrap up the investigation and get onto the work of the American People. Congressman gates. Harris i knew you would try to get on another word. Great to see you both. We will have you back. Thanks, harris. Harris that was a lot of 2358out. Now the legal fallout whether the white house and president should be worried. That was my first question. We are joined by my friend announce legal analyst mercedes cohen. We wont interrupt each other. Great to be here. Harris its wonderful to have you. Lets just peal peel away the facts for just a minute. When Michael Cohen says the direction of individual one in the wording of the document which we think was President Trump, when he says that he was directed by that person. Sure. Harris is that a crime . Quickly, because he could be a coconspirator then. So if someone is directing you to do to give these payments to these women. Lets unpackage it. If its a Gif Give Payment to these women so you dont have difficulties at home because had you sexual relations with these women then yes, there is no crime. If its to direct someone to fake these payments in order there to be a benefit to a campaign, yes. There could be a crime. Harris how would we know . I know Michael Cohen likes to record everybody and all of his clients potentially but certainly the president
he recorded. But, without that kind of evidence, are we supposed to believe the words of a man who was facing upwards of decades of years in prison over duping the city of new york over his Taxi Medallions . It really boils down to this. The prosecution wants to put their entire prosecution on Michael Cohen . This is going to be your star witness. This is going to drive it home with those jurors. You have to believe Michael Cohen . Of course not. We saw so many different mat nations of what he saw so far. That President Trump didnt know about the june 9th meeting. He did know about the june 9th meeting. President trump didnt know about the payment to Stormy Daniels and now that he is facing all these criminal sanctions wait he did know, he directed me. This is why it took place. Harris you are saying Michael Cohen lied on the record along the way so that calls into question not just his credibility over those issues but potentially even more. He wasnt under oath when he made those other statements so the only time he has been under oath was
when was in court during his allocution. Harris American People were watching all of that. So he has that. I want to make this point if it matters. Can it matter how much more experienced you have than the person that you are now trying to throw dirt on, meaning the president . You know, this was a former deputy of finance for the rnc, Michael Cohen. He was an attorney, supposed to know a lot more than his client who is not an attorney. How does that play . Thats a great question. As an attorney you are fiduciary to your client. You will usher them through legal issues and legal problems. If your client says hey im a little concerned if this comes out because my family doesnt know about this. Lets say this is a hip they will. Hypothetical. Maybe this isnt matter. As a fiduciary you are ushering your client to make sure that you dont commit wrongdoings, that you dont get into trouble. There is going to be a higher at least standard looking at someone Michael Cohen who had this fiduciary
duty to the president and said you should have done something very vastly different. A lot of lawyers looking at this think how could you have done what you did. Harris ethically. When did the ethics stop . For doctors they take the oath to protect and i think attorneys take a hippocratic type oath as well. For doctors it doesnt stop. Like they keep treating you until they cant treat you anymore. Michael cohen just turns evidence. How does that work . Is it different . No, its not. You take an oath. Have you this ethical obligation to your client that so the things that you have discussions with your client, you take to the grave unless its a commission of a crime or there is some issue regarding whether going to stop the commission of a crime. So there are certain exclusions to those ethical boundaries but ultimately, if you have this exchange with your client, its supposed to be kept private. Harris thank you. Mercedes, thanks for taking another kind of different look at all of this. Great to have you. Great to be here. Harris President Trump will be sitting down for an exclusive interview with our
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in the death of Mollie Tibbetts. River confessed on july 18th he followed Mollie Tibbetts while she was jogging on nightly jog. Tibbetts noted he was trailing her and she pleaded for him to get away from her and she took out her cell phone and said she was going to call police. Rivera says thats when he blacked out and doesnt remember what happened next. When he came to he woke up and says trints was in his trunk with a bloody skull. He led police to tibbetts body yesterday. Authorities say rivera, the suspect, is from mexico and has been here illegally between four and seven years. Today, the senior United States senator of iowa Chuck Grassley wrote a letter to secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at the department of Homeland Security writing in part it is crucial we understand the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of this young juan s iowan so we can address any Border Apparatus and existing laws. We must prevent murders such as tibbetts from ever
occurring again. At minimum must increase Law Enforcement personnel at the border. Riveras employers at the farms not far from where tibbetts was found released a statement claiming rivera worked at the farm for four years and passed the federal Everify System and that they have turned over all of riveras documentation to authorities. Still a lot of questions out there right now, harris. We are investigating all of these developments and will bring you the latest as we learn. Harris . Harris hey, matt, i know that you just mentioned the farms, i believe, where the suspect had worked for four years. I want to press in with something thats being reported. You have may or may not know yet the answer to this. But is it true that the farms are saying that he went through an Everify System, the same system that lawmakers have been talking about to put in place, and that that Background Check by the government failed . They are claiming that he went through the Everify System and they say that he
was a valid employee. They have not expanded on that Background Check, harris. And i know with mollies family making this announcement yesterday, there is time now for people to in town kind of give you a flavor of what its been like over a very quiet 10day period or so. It was really ramping up the search and then very quiet. Harris immense grief on the ground here for 30 plus days everyone, especially the family, was hoping that there would be a good outcome here. In fact, the family said that every day that passed that mollies body wasnt discovered they grew more hopeful because they believed she was being held captive somewhere and would eventually be returned live. Tragic ending here. There were people at the Press Conference yesterday crying. What appeared to be her fellow students, friends and neighbors. Just a very unfortunate outcome in this mystery, harris. Harris all right, matt
finn reporting live from iowa. Thank you very much. President trump cited Mollie Tibbetts murder at his rally and an appeal for stronger immigration laws. Lets watch that. You heard about today with the illegal alien coming in very sadly from mexico and you saw what happened to that incredible, beautiful young woman. Should have never happened. Illegally in our country. Harris republican senator joni ernst of iowa. Thank you for being on the program today. Thank you, harris. Harris this has to be so frustrating for you just as a lawmaker because you have been fighting this very type of thing with sarahs law. Whats the latest . Yes. And we introduced sarahs law with a number of cosponsors in the 114th congress. We have reintroduced it again in this congress. Still no traction there. And what sarahs law would require ice to do is detain those Illegal Immigrants if they have harmed or maimed or killed american citizens. And it would also require then ice to make sure they are updating the family as to the status of the case. It seems so simple and straightforward and, yet, we havent received the traction. The loss of Mollie Tibbetts has hurt many iowans so very deeply and it captivated the imagination and concerns of an entire United States. And to have it end like this is very, very disheartening. Harris you know, its being reported and i just talked with our reporter there locally matt finn, is he going to try to track it down because we need to confirm the details that possibly the everification system that the government Background Check did not scoop up and reveal what i