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Courthouses. we should see him again this afternoon but i would be surprised if the fbi didn't actually drive him directly over to the courthouse once he's gone through. again, this video from cnbc is michael cohen approaching 26 federal plaza in the field office for the new york fbi where he'll be booked. >> this is the same thing we saw with rick gates, same thing we saw with michael flynn for example. so this is that same process. in those particular cases we saw them go to the washington field office for the fbi. in this days we're seeing michael cohen at the new york field office because ...

I think it is significant that i think it is significant that there is this recording. because it suggests that if there is one recording, perhaps there are others. and the fbi no doubt wants to get their hands on those and take a look at them. >> if the feds have a recording, and maybe other recordings, does that increase or decrease the likelihood of michael cohen potential cooperation with the southern district of new york. we have been hearing noises about that. since michael cohen had a coming out party and decided to talk to the media. >> it really depends on the context of the recording...

Were not lawyer/client in the nature of the relationship. so if he wants to cooperate, he can cooperate. there will be issues around the margins, but if he wantso make a deal and get himself out of the serious prison sentence, that option i suspect will be available to him. >> professor dershowitz, isn't it hard for michael cohen to argue executive privilege when, a, the president sort of undercut that argument and i think it was about 160 or so of all the documents that were taken so far have been viewed as ed. >> well, what we're talking about is largely oral communication, and when you are ...

Why would the public be mild and actions be strong? is this intentional two prong approach. >> number one the rhetoric hasn't always been mild. a few weeks ago the president tweeted he had been much tougher on russia than the last administration a statement absolutely true. he was wildly ridiculed for that nobody bothered to compare a summary of the facts of what the previous administration had done and what this administration has done. this president will absolutely use tough rhetoric where he thinks it's appropriate. he sees areas of potential cooperation between the united states and russi...

Russian government, depending what that contact is. the contact before the election, though, what kind of contacts were they? in moscow, do you want to be a drink? do we know the content of these contacts? >> we know the rough content. let's break those 18 contacts down. it is our understanding that they comprised both texts, e-mails and telephone calls. six of them, two that involved the russian ambassador to the united states, we know one of the people who was in contact before the election in those calls was retired general mike flynn. we know that those 18 contacts, broadly speaking, invol...