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Svu" has launched an independent bid at new york's 19th district hoep hoping to challenge me now. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> why are you running for office, as an independent? >> like everyone, november 9th of 2016 you fell like you have been punched in the sternum. what is happening, it's confusing. >> not everyone. >> not everyone. some people were excited but for those of us who didn't vote for president trump it was a bit of a shock. so i was like i have this perfect opportunity wherefore the first time in my adult life i'm not working. i love governance, righ...

I presume you have been talking to people and learning what the problems are. what are the problems and what is the concern for people in your district. >> in my district, well, the good thing about actually living upstate is i see everybody all day every day. and even one of my exes that used to do a character of me on "snl," i only talk about politics, okay, that's all i do anyway. jobs is an important thing. even to get jobs into the district, because there is nothing and people are leaving. it's hemorrhaging people. all the young people leave because there is no opportunity and that's why ...

They don't know what they don't know. they do not know that this was coming. they are sort of scrambling the same ways news rooms across the country are to figure out what does this tell us, what's this mean, where does the investigation head from here, how big a problem is this for michael cohen. but their sense is, in general, michael cohen is sort of a sketchy person, for lack of a better term, in the president's orbit. they know that's problematic and they don't know what level of exposure, if any, the president does have. >> if michael cohen is a sketchy person according to their assessme...

Especially not with vladimir putin. >> jeffrey lewis, thank you very much. former ambassador, michael mcfaul. new book, "from cold war to hot peace." michael, thank you very much. congratulations. jeffrey, thank you, as well. my next guest rose to fame on "law and order: svu" but she's now eyeing a seat in congress as an independent in one of the most liberal states in america. why? and can she work with donald trump if she is elected? diane neal is here live in just three minutes. i'm your phone, stuck down here between your seat and your console, playing a little hide-n-seek. cold... warme...

Asking the question because it is a very good lead-in to what i'm supposed to say, what i'm supposed to say right now is they're paying him to curry influence and what they're doing is paying him to run their banner through the west wing and to influence the president of the united states on their behalf and so this lobbying of influence is worth the multiple millions of dollars that they're paying michael cohen. but that's actually not what i'm going to say. what i'm going to say is that i think -- if you really know the president, as well as i know the president, as well as you got to know t...