A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. Federal crime. Tonight, the president is changing his story again, claiming that he learned about Michael Cohens Hush Money Payments to women later on. His words, later on. That contradicts the evidence and cohens assertion under oath that he was acting on the directions of mr. Trump. The white house insists the president has done nothing wrong. But the cohen plea deal, along with Paul Manaforts criminal conviction, have escalated a legal and political crisis being likened to watergate. This hour ill talk with Michael Cohens lawyer, lanny davis, and House Intelligence Committee member jim himes. And our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First lets go to our White House Correspondent kaitlyn collins. Kaitlyn, we heard from the president in a new interview. We also heard from him on twitter. Reporter thats right, wolf. The president s first public remarks since Michael Cohen implicated him in a crime yes
him as a liar who isn t a credible person. but of course it s hard for the white house to distance themselves from cohen because he s someone that the president hired that knew the president for over a decade and did a lot of work for him. and the president s on tape saying that he likes him and saying that he is a good guy. so look for that strategy from the white house, but wolf, this comes as those who know the president best are admitting that he is backed into a corner at this point and it s pretty hard to determine what it is the president is going to do next. wolf? especially when he is backed into that corner. kaitlan, thank you very much. as the president tries to spin the cohen plea deal, he s getting multiple facts wrong. he s falsely claiming, for example, that his former lawyer s campaign violations don t amount to a crime. they do. and he s trying to bolster his argument by stressing that he paid back cohen, not his presidential campaign. let s bring in our crime and ju