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Now to a new twist in the mueller probe, this is not about our show's interest in music. everything i'm about to report from you is drawn from michael cohen's new legal filing. here we go, according to cohen's lawyer, what do the following people have in common, floyd may weather, bmx, willy nelson, john travolta, and chris tucker, if you're thinking they're all talented, no. i'm about to get into this with a great panel. if you're thinking these celebrities push the envelope in their own fields, no. here's the answer. each one of these people was name checked by michael cohen in his sentencin...

You would know if you were paid. >> i went over as a speaking event. what difference does that make? >> donald trump has made a big deal about hillary clinton taking money -- >> i didn't take money from russia if that's what you're asking me. >> it's illegal to lie to the fbi. flynn can give facts to resolve big questions. if people like flynn and cohen lied for no reason and trump attracted or encouraged those aides in the big picture that doesn't hurt trump in the collusion case, that's something bob mueller could find out from this investigation. or if people lied because there was a larger...

Nelson in his sentencing defense. also new details about the secret manafort trip to try to free wikileaks julian assange. and what corruption law says about the potential putin white house. and what does cohen have to do with john travolta, willie nelson and bmx. you're watching "the beat" on msnbc. when i first came to ocean bay, what i saw was despair. i knew something had to be done. hurricane sandy really woke people up, to showing that we need to invest in this community. i knew having the right partner we could turn this place around. it was only one bank that could finance

Came out today -- or late last night was michael cohen filing a restraining order against michael avenatti, stormy daniels' lawyer, trying to get him from -- trying to get him to stop talking to the press, saying that it will deny him eventually, if it comes to it, a fair trial. there's been some news that's been denied by the courts in california. try to explain -- or can you explain to me what sort of case cohen's lawyers were hoping to make here with avenatti? >> well, his emergency motion, katy, was denied. i imagine the court could still hear it on its merits. what mr. cohen was trying to...

Information from the house and senate intelligence committees. a congressional source also tells nbc that these are the same letters, the same requests that had been sent to other people close to donald trump, people in the president's orbit, like carter page, roger stone, paul manafort, mike flynn as well. that letter looks for information about russian contacts, asks for the person, whether it's manafort or stone or in this case cohen, to turn over any communications with the trump campaign related to russia. so that is what we know here. what we don't know is the special counsel question, w...