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Many of the things he said i said, and he is already a proven liar and leaker. president trump is also attacking a report that his lawyer might flip to avoid jail time. nbc's geoff bennett has more. >> reporter: president trump blasts "the new york times" after the paper ran a story suggesting the president's long-time personal attorney and fixer michael cohen might be willing to cooperate with federal investigators. the times says cohen's unwielding loyalty might be lagging after years of trump treating him poorly with gratuitous insults and twice threats of being fired. the president adds,...

He's had a close relationship throughout the years, but when she cuts to the core that michael cohen has not been that loyal to president trump, that may have him on edge today. >> and the report includes efforts to keep him from getting a job in the white house. among those opposed, trump associates said, were trump's daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner. for his part, cohen had warned trump against giving ivanka trump and jared kushner jobs. saying the president would be hammered by complaints. is there a sense that the white house will start to distance the

>> so he was. so he is. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. good morning. i'm dara brown in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it is 7:00 in the east, 4:00 out west. iced out. could michael cohen threaten his presidency? >> mr. trump treated him pretty awfully during the time he worked for him. >> if there's no crime, there's no problem to flip on. the problem with michael cohen, there seems to be evidence of a crime already. >> trump's lawyer dedicated his career to him and now may become the president's undoing. playing nice, a new r...

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Playing nice in politics certainly not the rule. we all know that. what we see is different ant the response from the man at the top is different as well. fair assessment? >> without question. i don't know anyone who has seen anything like this. anyone who's worked in a white house has seen anything like this. chris, it is an incredibly complex place. the things that one has to pay attention to when you're in the white house is relentless, it's complex, and you can't do it if you're engaged in this kind of infight. so think that you were engaged in this kind of infighting on a week when legisl...