President s own words about a payment to Stormy Daniels. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is following at all from the white house pretty good evening. Good evening to you, one of those we are not in kansas anymore, after months of denial that President Trump had anything to do with the payoff to Stormy Daniels came more today that yes, he did. And then there was word that the personal achievement Attorney Michael Cohen was under surveillance. It was the latest in a day of bombshells, report that in the week leading up to the radon trump personal personal at Attorney Michael Cohen, he was a part of a wiretap that came froe white house pray to im not sure when the last conversation took place, i would say to go to the outside counsel about any concerns. Neither the attorneys or the representative for Michael Cohen could confirm the wiretap, but Rudy Giuliani went off on the doj. Sing if true, anybody who says that i am exaggerating when i say that this is an outofcontrol investigation and they are acting like stormtroopers, give me a break, baby. They prove it every day. He blasted the possibility of a wiretap as a blatant transgression of attorneyclient privilege saying that i am waiting for the attorney general to step in. In his role as defender of justice to put these people under investigation. Last night giuliani threw a hand grenade into the investigation telling sean hannity that the president paid cohen back for that 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. So they funneled it through a law firm . Funneled it through the law firm and the president repaid it. It appeared to contradict previous statements from Michael Cohen in february who said neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump Campaign reimbursed me for the payment either directly or indirectly. And another, april 5th from the president aboard air force one. Do you know about the 30,000 payment . But giuliani insist that President Trump did not know that he was paying cohen back for a paying story. It was for expenses that he did not itemize. And while giuliani insisted that the payment to daniels did not benefit the campaign, he also seemed to say that it did. Imagine if that came out on october 15th 2016 in the middle of a last debate with hillary clinton. So to make it go away, they made the cohen thing. He made it go away. He did his job. Stormy daniels lawyer Michael Avenatti was stoned about the admitting of the payoff. Are a got better and 24 hours. I have been saying this all along, it is about the coverup. It is about lies to the American People. It is about people trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes, the citizens of this country. The new revelation with the chaos what was meant to be a day of faith at the white house. The president hosting religious leaders to celebrate the national day of prayer. We are proud of our he has, and as president and president i will always protect religious liberty. He signed an executive order to start the faith in the white house initiative. It will focus on protecting religious freedom. The Faith Initiative will help design new policies that recognize the vital role of faith in our families, communities, and our great country. At the same time President Trump was urging quiet reflection, his newly reconstituted legal team adopted a far more aggressive posture. After Rudy Giuliani referred to fbi agents who conducted the search on Michael Cohen as stormtroopers, james comey tweeted i know the new york fbi. There were no stormtroopers just a group of people devoted to the rule of law and the truth. Our country would be better off if our leaders tried to be like then rather than comparing them to nazis. Giulianis response to james comey, he is a sensitive little baby. Telling jake gibson that while Michael Cohen was under surveillances phones were not tapped and his calls were not recorded. The device was a pan register recording the numbers of the calls that cohen was making from his phone, log and the duration of the calls, but the phone calls themselves, shannon, were never listen to. All right, john roberts live at the white house, thank you. For more on what this could mean for the president legally, we turn to the judicial analyst judge napolitano, maybe we put you in the category of those who do not totally believe the story on the pen register. I do not believe the story on the pen register, on a day in which the president s chief lawyer threw a bomb shell into many of the president s defenses, do you really think that the Justice Department is going to admit that they listen to phone calls from the president . They may not have recorded it, but i assure you that they were listening. If they were listening they cannot use anything they hear as a basis for an affidavit. A probable cause or in a prosecution. They can send them seeking other means to attain evidence to support that. Shannon parallel reconstruction coming up on something they were not supposed to have access to so you find a different way to get access to it. A different and lawful way so that you can presented to a court. When Michael Cohen asks the document ceased by the fbi be returned, the government said there is no privilege here because of the crime fraud exception. That means that they had enough information from those phone calls to suggest that Michael Cohen or his client were participating in a crime or a fraud and masking the phone calls as attorneyclient privilege, and they werent. Shannon lets talk through the potential legal ramifications of what Rudy Giuliani revealed last night. He says he discussed it with the president. Heres what he tweeted out today. We will walk through this, mr. Cohen, retaining a monthly retainer nothing to do with the campaign from which he entered into through reimbursement of private contract between two parties, known as a nondisclosure, these agreements are very common against celebrities and people as well in this case it is in full force and effect and will be used in arbitration for damages against discovered. The agreement was to stop the false comments made by her about an affair having already signed a detailed letter admitting there was no affair. Prior to the violation by miss clifford and her attorney this was a private agreement. If played no role in this transaction. So now we get to the question of how this money was repaid to Michael Cohen, is there potential for a fraud charge . There is potential here, because one of the reasons that President Trump was able to say that he knew nothing about the agreement is his name does not appear in there. And he did not sign it. Michael cohen and ms. Daniels then employer, not her current lawyer used a pseudonym, David Dennison in place of donald trump, so the question is it even a valued agreement, because it binds the president did not actually sign it. The president is correct when he says a nondisclosure agreement is common, with respect to celebrities. A lot of celebrities can tell everybody that works from them to sign a nondisclosure agreement, because they may see something that they do not want disclosed. But it would be a violation of legal ethics as Michael Cohen paid a settlement in a case out of the retainer that was intended for his own fees and his own expenses. It is also to me inconceivable that donald trump who was notoriously aware of where every dollar he has is going was not aware that 130,000 were going to Stormy Daniels. Shannon whatever Rudy Giuliani said, busy people do not always know what is being fixed or taken care of on their behalf, they authorize someone to do it. They just do it and dont have to get involved with the details pay that may very well be the case, there couldve been a method to Rudy Giuliani is mentioning this last night. Knowing his mind as i think i do, ive known them for 25 years, he likes to focus on discreetly legal issues coming wanted to take the Stormy DanielsMichael Cohen issue off the table. I dont know if he succeeded by what he said last night, i do not know if the white house and the president , and certainly mr. Cohen were prepared for this, he is not Michael Cohens lawyer, he seems stunned by what he heard last night, but this is off the plate it appears in the Mueller Investigation or the Southern District investigation with respect to the president. Shannon quickly, Stormy Daniels current lawyer who does not miss a chance to weigh in on the case says that he believes that cohen will be indicted on several serious charges, he is continuing to predict that the president does not make it through his first term because of legal issues. I dont know about that, it depends on what bob mueller comes up with, i happen to think that the Mueller Investigation is a very serious one and they have accumulated a lot of evidence that Rudy Giuliani and the president do not want to confront. I dont know where Michael Cohen or Michael Avenatti got this from, except for the Los Angeles District Court judge before the Stormy Daniels versus donald trump case is assigned stated the case for 90 days until Michael Cohen is indicted. I dont know if you know something that the rest of us do not know, or if this is a mutual judicial mind saying that there is going to be an indictment. Shannon with that discussion taking effect as well. Judge, always great to see you. Thank you very much. President trump threats to withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal is not sitting well with tehran, posting a video saying that iran will not renegotiate or add on to the 2015 deal. The video comes just days before the may 12 the deadline for President Trump to recertify the deal and shortly after is really Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu laid out evidence that the country have been cheating on the accord. Three american citizens held hostage in north korea could soon be on their way home. At this hour, the Trump Administration will not say anything more than it would be a sign of goodwill by north korea ahead of a possible sit down between President Trump and kim jong un. Senior Foreign Affairs talks to us on what is at stake. There was talk of the freeing of three american citizens held by north korea period president trent tweeting overnight as everybody is awaref the past administration has lone hostages to be released from a north korean labor jams but to no avail, stay tuned. He was referring to korean americans businessman obtained in 2015 and the men seized by authorities last year. There were reports that the prisoners accused of antigovernment activity were on the move. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani sped up the timeline. This is the president of the United States, he is getting ready to negotiate probably one of the most historic agreement since the opening with china. We have kim jong un impressed enough to release three prisoners today. Some work needs to be done to gain their release. A senior white house official told fox news underscoring the agency the tragic tale of University Student and the next student on a warm beer who died following his release last year. There is no indication that they have been torched that otto was brought within an inch of his life and brought back to the United States. All of this following the dnc between kim jong un and south korean president moon. Involving kim jong un antrim, the release of americans is seen as a confidence builder for the summit. Mike pompeo now leading preparations as secretary of state and Vice President pence canceling a latin america trip to focus on the meeting. The president feels like stopping a nuclear war and helping protect to the safety and security of people across the globe would certainly be the number one priority of the president of the United States. Though trumpkim summit is expected to happen later this month. Administration officials are hoping that the american men will be home by them. Shannon. Shannon thank you very much. A woman picked to lead the cia can find yourself confirming one of the closest votes yet. As questions are raised about her involvement in interrogation, some critics call torture. To the intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge with a closer look at an household. They will be happy with gina who is here today. The public endorsement from President Trump appears to be a part of the push by the white house in advance of the Senate Confirmation hearing where she may be the first woman to lead the agency. More than 54 intelligence officials support the nominee including 47 year veteran carly allen. She has 33 years of experience in the client destined world, she has seven overseas tours. She is a gifted linguist and she understands that we have mounting dangerous. But critics say her role in the cia enhancement interrogation the boats appear to be 50 in favor and 49 against. With wild card senator john filling arizona for cancer treatment. I am hopeful that the people look at the merits of her candidacy, but i still would expect that at the end of the day it will be a close vote. To get gina haspel through, the cia declassified the controversial detainee program, which is due to the 9 11 mastermind. The 27 memo said that gina haspel acted appropriately and did not order those videos. Firsthand knowledge working side by side with george tenet. I was at the table, george tenet was at the table, gina haspel was down at headquarters, but she had no authority to do that. She did not make any of those decisions. The senate has never confirmed somebody with an operational use of torture. This would be a new low. Chris sanders along with Senior Senate democrats say that the cia should be classified more records so that the public can independently assessed gina haspels character before the confirmation vote. What she involved in the kidnapping program . Was she a part of the decision to kill and execute an american citizen by use of drones . Critical vote may be cast by rand paul who told fox news tonight that the senator has not cleared that they will meet before the public confirmation hearing, the spokesman say that the sediment remains concerned, but has ties to the Interrogation Program. Shannon. Shannon Catherine Herridge, thank you very much. Up next, an interview with the former jihadist who radicalized killers. First here is somewhat some of the fox affiliates are covering tonight, fox in phoenix where the teacher strike is ending the walkout after the past reads in the budget. Senator ducey combines 300 million in raises for many of the states striking teachers the budget package provides restoration of errant cuts to schools. It comes after a weeklong strike that shut down schools all across the state. Fox 61 in connecticut where one person is dead, nine officers injured following a Domestic Violence call data to lead to a standoff and an explosion in north haven. The person killed has not been identified. The officers are being treated for not minor injuries. This is a look at santa monica pier from fox 11. One of the big stories is their first reported death and connects with the e. Coli outbreak due to romaine lettuce paid to the cdc says that the death was reported in california more than 100 people and 25 states have reported illnesses due to the tainted lettuce. That is tonights live look outside the beltway from special report, we will be right back. Else. Else. Why accept it from your allergy pills . Flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills dont. Flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. Most pills only block one. Flonase. 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