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Donald trump and a former playboy playmate. what's really important, they detail a payoff scheme to keep the story from going public just before the 2016 election. i want to discuss this with more with cnn political analyst and "new york times" reporter maggie haberman. the story here isn't the extramarital affair between donald trump and someone else. >> it is, but net the big takeaway. >> the takeaway is the "national enquirer" and the publisher, a close friend of the president, paying to keep this quiet. what we now have here is a pattern. michael kohn, the president's personal lawyer paid ...

>> we are told, also, the president was upset, furious, some are suggesting when he was flying back from davos, switzerland and saw that the department of justice, his department of justice, the assistant attorney general, stephen boyd had written this letter to devin nunes saying it would be reckless for the committee to release this information without letting the intelligence committee review it without seeing things were not being disclosed. >> this illustrates the president had a problem all along with the legal advise he's been given. he's had roy cohen, a pit bull. he's had michael kohn...

It doesn't mean a wall literally across our southern border, but it does mean using technology. now, some people aren't going to like that. some people aren't going to like the path to citizenship for the d.r.e.a.m.ers. what this is about is the compromise and it's important to know that our coalition is not a legislative committee. we're going to be making recommendations to the chair. ranking member of the immigration subcommittee, dick durbin, and john cornyn. i hope we can find a way forward. i think it's really important. >> what's your reaction to the "wall street journal" story alleging...

Somebody said they couldn't have been that bad because here we are. we're president. >> bill: you heard the smattering across the room. cnn said trump slams media. then they said trump booed at davos. there were a few boos, a couple folks walked out. but you heard it yourself, michael. what did you think of his statement and reaction there? >> i thought it was beneath the president. a free press is a pillar of democracy and when the president punches down and talks about fake news just because he doesn't like the coverage i think it does all of us a disservice. >> bill: chris were you offended...

On the various activities that he was engaged in. so i don't think it's a perjury trap. and if you take president trump at his word and we have no reason not to, he said there was no collusion. there was no obstruction of justice and he wants to get this matter behind him. i think those are all good points. >> bill: i've seen the first two segments of the series. it is pretty extraordinary. the things that you recall from back then. what did you think looking back on it, joseph? >> it was an extraordinary time. i was a young lawyer. i had a lot more hair at the time. >> bill: barely changed, c...