Mr. Trump is not a target of the Michael Cohen investigation. Some of the reporting on the raid and word that Michael Cohen was ready to flip and testify against the president may be a bit of it had of itself. Maybe its a sign that a tap on the brakes is in order here. That case is directly related to the president. He told the president that cohen is likely to flip. Speak what you see panic among the trump team that he might fl. Should the president listen to those who are telling him he should be worried cohen will flip . We dont know if Michael Cohen will flip on President Trump. Martha ken starr former independent counsel in the clintonwhitewater probe joins us with his reaction to all of the news tonight. But first, chief National Correspondent ed henry live at the white house without the late, breaking news tonight. Theres a lot. New signs that President Trump is not a criminal target in either the Michael Cohen or Robert Miller investigations, but instead what were seeing is some of the onetime fbi officials who have been challenging the president s candor, namely james comey and Andrew Mccabe as you just noted in that tweet, are facing new scrutiny themselves tonight. Bottom line is bloomberg kicked a lot of this off today by reporting that in a meeting last thursday, Deputy Attorney general Rob Rosenstein again told the president hes not a target in the mueller pro. The president is a subject of the investigation, meaning his conduct is under investigation, but theres not enough evidence to charge him. That point had been reported last month. Whats significant is that rosenstein is now repeating this for the First Time Since the president s longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, had his home and office rated. Fox news is specifically hearing rosenstein also told the president hes not a target of the separate cohen investigation. That is new. We pressed rosensteins office for the his his version of the conversation and we got this. Important to note, mueller has not ruled out making the president a target in the future based on evidence that could emerge, the same could happen in cohen investigation, which may explain why the president also beefed up his legal team, adding an ally, rudy giuliani, the former new york city mayor have spent strolling critical of the fbi and Justice Department were going right on Hillary Clinton, well turning up the heat on the president. One of those fbi officials who has challenged the president is mccabe, who was fired for leaking and then lying about it. Now the Inspector General at the Justice Department has sent a criminal referral to the u. S. Attorney here in d. C. Over allegations that mccabe lied to internal investigators of the fbi. Cnn asked comey what he thought about mccabe lying. Watch. Im conflicted. I like him very much as a person, but sometimes even good people do things they shouldnt do. Ive read the report, are not the judge in the case, im not the discipline decisionmaker in the case. I think it is accountability mechanisms working and they should work because is not acceptable in the fbi or the Justice Department for people to let candor. Comey has been charged with candor problems of his own. Chuck grassley said that some of the memos leaked out had classified information even though comey said and sort of testimony last year, he deliberately left classified information out of his my most so they could be leaked. We heard the Justice Department will soon release redacted versions of of those comey mem, so we may be able to finally sorted out. As for mccabe, his cant put out a statement. We are confident that unless theres a former Justice Department officials said today that given the fact that its coming from the Inspector General, it carries a lot of weight. Martha ed, thank you very much for that report tonight. My next guest led the independent counsel investigation into president bill clinton. Starting with whitewater and ending with clintons impeachment about lying and the Monica Lewinsky affair. Former independent counsel and former solicitor general ken starr dreads me now. Welcome, great to have you with us tonight. Thank you, good to be with you. Martha you heard the set up piece and you heard all of this with regard to mccabe and what the president has been told about the Michael Cohen investigation, what jumped out at you about all of this . One key element is that the president has been told again that he is not a target and this is from the Deputy Attorney general for the United States. That is pure gold and that could change because the facts and all of that. The second thing is the Inspector General who is a career official at the Justice Department has made this criminal referral, thats a very important step, its a dangerous step obviously for mr. Mccabe, but it shows that these guardrails are working, that these accountability mechanisms as director comey said are in fact in place. I think that should be a great assurance to the american people. The third thing that jumps out at me is that the president has hired a brilliant lawyer. Of course, Everybody Knows that americas mayor is a lawyer, but i would tell you this based on my personal experience with rudy giuliani, theres probably no better lawyer in the United States to handle this kind of very highprofile situation. Martha very interesting. I want to go in on a moment for Andrew Mccabe and james comey, because theyre going after each other here in the president just said as much in the tweet that he put out, he felt that james comey had thrown Andrew Mccabe under the bus, but what Andrew Mccabe has been criminally referred to for his lying to fbi investigators about releasing information, acting as a source and then saying he didnt to a story in the wall street journal. We know that when Chuck Grassley asked fbi director comey at the time whether or not he had ever been a source for any information that went out to the press on this investigation, he said never and he said never twice. Then he came back and said i did leak information to a friend of mine because i wanted to get it out there to start a special counsel. What do you make of that . Its extraordinarily serious. First of all, lying to congress, like lying to the fbi, like lying under oath, and he was under oath when he testified before congress. Its an extremely serious thing. As a potential felony. Martha he was a private citizen at the time. I was just sharing some information with a friend. No, he was carrying information that he received were created in his time at the fbi. He cant do that, its totally inconsistent with his fbi conduct. Its ethical constraints. You dont leak. You dont get documents out of fbi headquarters at the hoover building and then start sharing them directly or indirectly with the reporter. Its a very serious breach of what the fbi stands for, which is integrity. Both mr. Mccabe and mr. Comey have a lot to answer for now. Martha we expect to get the full Inspector Generals report, which will go back and look at the decisions that were made in the Hillary Clinton investigation by former fbi director james comey. He doesnt seem to be worried about that at all right now, but clearly that is part of the subject of this ongoing investigation. I do want to ask you about this Michael Cohen matter a little bit because this has been an investigation that sort of began with Robert Millers investigation into russia. Now it has gone down the chain and should be pointed out that the federal investigators sort of kick to part of it up to new york and said there are Financial Issues that we are concerned with Michael Cohen and it appears is this an investigation that has gone too far away from its original mission . Stormy daniels has become the new Monica Lewinsky one could say. The differences, the lewinsky thing was about lying under oath and encouraging others to lie under oath. It was about abuse of power, so its a totally different kettle of fish, but cohen thing is incredible to me. I believe all americans should be concerned. Whats the justification . There was hard and in place, there was official review, but there is a process that will protect the attorneyclient privilege and it should be. Its one of the most important elements to protect the liberties, so im very concerne concerned. Martha i want to squeeze in one more question about Michael Flynn because i can only imagine what he would think. Lying to investigators, thats exactly what he was accused of. Thats right. One of the things that has been brought home in the mueller investigation, dont lie. Tell the truth. It was more important when you go before a grand jury. Just dont lie, tell the truth. We have the fifth amendment privilege, dont lie. You cant keep from lying from incriminating yourself, just say im going to invoke the fifth amendment. Martha ken starr, thank you. Its a pleasure to have you with us. Still ahead tonight, paul ryan has a plan to secure his legacy. He would like to do another leg of tax cuts. It may be that the only thing standing in his way might be people encouraging Mitch Mcconnell and would not touch that with a 10foot pole. The captain who kept her composure and defied the odds. 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Martha today, Airlines Across america are busy checking the fan blades on their planes. There is talk that perhaps only a sort of sonogram machine inspection could really detect the where that led to the boeing 737 shredding an engine and sending shrapnel flying and piercing a window and that killed passenger Jennifer Reardon, what a sad story. She had two small children that she left behind. Tim mcginty, a texas firefighter Andrew Needham helped to pull her back through the window. They tried valiantly to save he her. I felt a calling to get up and do something, stand up and act. Anyways, at that time, i went to the rear of the plane. What took place back there, im going to leave out of respect for her family, im going to leave that alone. Martha what an incredible hero that man is and the others that helped him put the rest of the passengers, some of whom were struggling to pay for internet access. Try to picture yourself doing that. As the plane is descending, so they can get a text message out to say goodbye to the people that they love. They have pilot tammie jo shults, who was one of the First Female Navy f18 Fighter Pilots to thank for making it home. Listen to this pilot and the captain of this plane as she brought this plane in. Martha its no surprise to this woman who is sitting here with me tonight. Linda maloney, shes a former friend and former combat pilot and friend. When you listen to her going through those moments and you know her as a friend and a human being, what goes through your mind . I was comforted by hearing her voice, she was so calm and im sure that helped all the people on the plane. I heard reports that the people felt very comforted by her and she sounded confident, competent, but she also was calm and i think that really helped the situation. Martha what was it in your training that kicks in in those moments . I flew enemy attack aircraft, so similar to the Fighter Aircraft and we all go through the same training and whether youre a guy or a gal, you all go through the same training, the same emergency procedures over and over again throughout your whole time in the military. Thats the Great Foundation for many of the pilots to go on to the airline. They have great Training Programs with the airlines and i always say you fight like you train and train like you fight and it kicks in. You do what you have to do. I heard some reports of her saying i was just doing my job and most aviators will say that, i was just doing my job. Martha have you spoken to her . I have come out weve been in contact on text back and forth. Obviously she cant talk about the situation, but her First Response was im okay and that god is good, faith plays a big part of who she is. Martha i want to play a little bit of Marty Martinez who was on that plane to get a sense of the pressure that this captain was under. About 20 minutes into the flight, i hear a loud boom. As you can imagine, everyone on the plane was kind of zoned out and doing their own thing and you hear this boom and i think everybodys thoughts were, did you just hear that . Martha thats terrifying. It is and thats heartbreaking even though they brought the plane down safely and save all those lives, its just so tragic for that young woman to have died. I know tammy joe feels so much sadness and her crew does, but also thankful that all of those other people made it out alive. Martha it could have been so much worse. All of us look at Jennifer Reardon and you feel for her. She was on a business trip, she wants to get home to her kids, we can all understand that feeling, as everybody travels around the country. I want to ask you about the plane and what i said at the beginning of this, about these fans inside and how difficult it is to detect wear and tear on those. What needs to change there . I dont fly for the airlines, so im not an expert in that area, but we always say to the military that its written and blood and every time an accident happens, they have to change the rules and change the procedures. Obviously, well have to take a look at that. Who would have thought that the window would break out . Martha linda maroney, thank you for sharing your friends story with us. We hope that when she can speak about this that shell join us because she is just an incredible hero and i remind everybody, the landing over on the hudson, and you see the behavior that kicks in and these professional individuals and we are grateful for them for all they do, so thank you. Thanks linda. Coming up next on the story, we are live near the Syrian Border where our reporter Benjamin Hall has attained photos of what we believe to be proof of a chemical attack happening there nearly two weeks ago. Also, in syria, the family of austin tice who knows the danger they are all too well. 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