bargain supposedly and all for that mr trump may. make to president clinton to exchange syria for ukraine is that as far as you know is that really something that may be discussed behind closed doors and these two issues are two independent. is ukraine cheny me on the other so there is no any connection within these two important. we are here to discuss a world the. relation it's russia in connection with cooperation in syria as well you're trying to raise. the support the position of the. russian federation in question the question of. you cry now speaking about the syrian talks. the western media report about it as that as sort of a possibility that may happen but many analysts in russia suggest that this has already been implemented to some extent on the ground for example. iran's role in the operation is good or earlier this year was last pronounced and usual its role in the current southern offensive and daraa is even more limited would it be fair to say that iran has already partially deliberate what the americans and to some e

mr. trump continues to commit impeachable offenses. now 10 and counting and we do not have to wait to move forward. the debate over whether or not grounds for impeachment exists, is over. he met the criteria long ago. the question remaining is, what congress will do. they have a constitutional duty to end this destructive shameful presidency. and it is urgent that they put aside their political considerations and do what is right. some continue to argue that holding the president accountable for his illegal, immoral behavior, would be too devices. they are avoiding the truth. mr. trump has made division itself, the centerpiece of his presidency. he does not govern, he creates crises to remain in power. and he will not stop spreading lies to the american people. as he did last night, and is nationally televised oval office address. the chaos he creates and thrives on, is tearing the country apart. it will only get worse in his most senior and respected advisors continue to leave the administration and there wanted to the country grows l

bargain supposedly and all for that mr trump may. make to president clinton to exchange syria for ukraine is that as far as you know is that really something that may be discussed behind closed doors these two issues or two independent. is ukraine cheny me. there is no any connection between these two important if. we are here to discuss a world the. it's russia. cooperation in syria as well you run into is. this a poor the position of the. russians as you question do you know. you cry now speaking about the syrian talks. the western media report about it as a as a sort of a possibility that may happen but many analysts in russia suggest that this has already been implemented to some extent on the ground for example. iran's role in the operation is to good or earlier this year was last pronounced unusual its role in the current southern the found safe and daraa is even more limited would it be fair to say that iran has already partially deliberate what the americans and to some extent these rallies are asking for. or present in syria

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in december, president trump nominated mr. barr to replace jeff sessions, who held the position for over a year and a half since the beginning of the trump administration. william barr served as the u.s. attorney general for george h.w. bush. watch the confirmation process for attorney general nominee william barr live tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> a half dozen u.s. senate democrats are locking down final travel, staffing, and strategy to launch white house bids in the coming weeks. while plans may change, announcements are expected from senator kirsten gillibrand of new york, kamala harris, and new jersey senator cory booker. not running is tom steyer, a billionaire hedge fund manager and major democratic party donor. he held a press briefing in des moines to discuss his group need to impeach and its advertising campaign calling for impeachment of president trump. this is about 20 minutes. >> hey, guys. i want to thank you for coming and showing up on such short notice. a year ago yesterday i i nounsed that i'd

bargain supposedly and all for that mr trump may. make to president clinton to exchange syria for ukraine is that as far as you know is that really something that may be discussed behind closed doors these two issues or two independent. is ukraine cheny me. there is no any connection between these two important issues . we're here to discuss a world the. relation. russia inclination to the cooperation in syria as well you're trying to is. this a poor the position of the. russians as you question do you know. you cry now speaking about the syrian talks. the western media report about it as a as a sort of a possibility that may happen but many analysts in russia suggest that this has already been implemented to some extent on the ground for example. iran's role in the operation is to good or earlier this year was last pronounced unusual its role in the current southern offense if and daraa is even more limited would it be fair to say that iran has already partially deliberate what the americans and to some extent these rallies are aski

bargain supposedly and all for that mr trump may. make to president clinton to exchange syria for ukraine is that as far as you know is that really something that may be discussed behind closed doors these two issues or two independent. his ukraine cheny me. there is no any connection between these two important. we are here to discuss a world the. relation it's russia in connection with cooperation in syria as well you're trying to raise. the support the position of the. russian federation in question the question of. ukraine now speaking about the syrian talks. the western media report about it as that as sort of a possibility that may happen but many analysts in russia suggest that this has already been implemented to some extent on the ground for example. iran's role in the operation is good or earlier this year was last pronounced and usual its role in the current southern offensive and daraa is even more limited would it be fair to say that iran has already partially deliberate what the americans and to some extent the israelis

well, it is kind of counter to what mrtrump has said well, it is kind of counter to what mr trump has said he wants to do, so ican imagine mr trump has said he wants to do, so i can imagine there is lots of discussions of this sort, to do with what would be best for the economy, which is counter to what mr trump says, and that is probably why they are distancing themselves. it would be interesting to know what happens to the people named here once this headline hits, because again, there isa headline hits, because again, there is a slight revolving door for those who do not please the president. is a slight revolving door for those who do not please the presidentlj am who do not please the president.” am not sure it could go any faster, could it? it would be going off its wheels if it goes any faster over washington. but yes, you are right. it is very difficult to know, to separate fact from fiction when it comes to washington these days. and with the shutdown, and the wall debate going on, we can see that mr trump is very keen to stick to the promises he made during his campaign. a

bargain supposedly and all for that mr trump may. make to president clinton to exchange syria for ukraine is that as far as you know is that really something that may be discussed behind closed doors these two issues or two independent. his ukraine and chen you mean. there is no any connection within these two important. we are here to discuss a world the. relation it's russia in connection with cooperation in syria as well you're trying to raise. the support the position of the. russian federation in question the question of. ukraine now speaking about the syrian talks. the western media report about it as that as sort of a possibility that may happen but many analysts in russia suggest that this has already been implemented to some extent on the ground for example. iran's role in the operation is good or earlier this year was last pronounced and usual its role in the current southern offensive and daraa is even more limited would it be fair to say that iran has already partially deliberate what the americans and to some extent the

bargain supposedly and all for that mr trump may. make to president clinton to exchange syria for ukraine is that as far as you know is that really something that may be discussed behind closed doors these two issues or two independent issue. is ukraine cheny me. there is no any connection between these two important. we are here to discuss a world the. relations it's here with russia in connection with cooperation in syria as well you're trying to raise. the support the position of the. russian federation in question the question of. ukraine now speaking about the syrian talks. the western media report about it as that as sort of a possibility that may happen but many analysts in russia suggest that this has already been implemented to some extent on the ground for example. iran's role in the operation is good or earlier this year was last pronounced and usual its role in the current southern offensive and daraa is even more limited would it be fair to say that iran has already partially deliberate what the americans and to some ext

trump and mr. putin? >> you know, i think that it is certainly the case that what the president just said with regard to not caringcaring, he's goingt the opportunity to prove whether or not he really believes that. because i do think that members of congress are certainly going to want to talk to that translator and certainly are going to want to push tho get this information. i don't know that it will ever come out. i tend to agree with bob on that that it's unlikely that it will. but i think the president also has to be concerned because there's an optics issue here. you have vladimir putin and you have the president of the united states sitting down together. because there's no one else there, you essentially have the president and putin who have secrets with just each other, secrets that the intelligence community doesn't know, that his senior advisors don't know and certainly that the american people don't know. considering everything that's happened with regard to people in the president's atmosphe

mr. trump has shifted from a concrete wall that mexico would pay for to discussing steel slats or fencing. on sunday, chief of staff john kelly called the wall not actually a water. incoming house speaker nancy pelosi plans to vote for a budget with $1.3 billion for border security, none of it for a wall, daring the senate republicans and the president to keep the government closed. >> this stark path doesn't have to be our future. we can make democracy work for all of us. >> reporter: opposition to the wall could become a theme for democrats challenging the president on the campaign trail. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren today becoming the most prominent democrat yet saying she's taking on mr. trump in 2020. >> we want government that works not just for the rich and powerful. we want a government that works for everyone. >> reporter: on fox news, the president welcoming warren to the race in typical trump style. >> do you really think she believes she can win? >> well, that i don'

to mr trump himself what was transpiring remember mr trump at one time in the campaign when he was alerted to the publication in the access that mr wiki leaks had to the information was encouraging the russian i think yeah i mean or even ailes and have them public can i ask you one thing i'm right about the other big story out of washington today which is a temporary deal to end the government shutdown in the u.s. now in three weeks' time if there isn't some sort of compromise trunk has threatened another government shutdown or national emergency to get the funding which existing laws could be used to get the money if you could just tell us briefly. we'll there are certain laws relating to spending by the army corps of engineers the defense department none of which in my judgment come close to satisfying the existing conditions remember he's claiming he's going to declare an emergency we've been sitting on this for a week after week after week which discredits the idea of an emergency having looked at it i believe a lawsuit would be filed immediately if he declared an emergency and things

trump didn't know about it that doesn't necessarily exculpate mr trump because he's responsible for his campaign and his recklessness in letting his subordinates deal with the russians even if he didn't know about it but i do think that mr trump is going to be under very very heavy pressure to actually negotiate maybe he will run for two thousand and twenty but he's in very desperate peril as we speak right now it's not safe as they sing to speak to you bruce fein thanks for joining us there from washington d.c. thank you oh donald trump has counseled a delegation to the world economic forum in davos next week sizing the government shutdown he will say scrap house speaker nancy pelosi is upcoming overseas tour it was called deadlock between trump of the democrats and his proposed border wall is now this twenty seventh day i see earliest suggested to lay his plan state of the union address if the m. pos doesn't end this week this senseless shutdown is inflicting great pain and every part of our country every day the impact spread impacts spread reaching the lives of hardworking ameri

trump had with mr. putin. and so i would be very, very interested in pursuing avenues to try to have a better understand of it. first of all, i would go to the white house and, you know, try to insist that we need to know -- >> would you try to go face-to-face with the president -- >> i would. >> and say i need to know -- after he got back from helsinki. >> i've never encountered a situation like this. the previous presidents i've worked for, both democrat and republican, would want to make sure that senior members of their staff understand because that gives us a sense how the russians might try to exploit whatever was discussed there. so it's inexplicable why mr. trump did not allow his national security adviser and secretary of state in that meeting. clearly he was trying to keep something from them. what was he concealing and what did mr. putin come away with from that conversation? so, you know, intelligence agencies do not collect against the president of the united states or u.s. officials, but we do ha

trump had with mr. putin. and so i would be very, very interested in pursuing avenues to try to have a better understand of it. first of all, i would go to the white house and, you know, try to insist that we need to know >> would you try to go face-to-face with the president -- >> i would. >> and say i need to know -- after he got back from helsinki. >> i've never encountered a situation like this. the previous presidents i've worked for, both democrat and republican, would want to make sure that senior members of their staff understand because that gives us a sense how the russians might try to exploit whatever was discussed there. so it's inexplicable why mr. trump did not allow his national security adviser and secretary of state in that meeting. clearly he was trying to keep something from them. what was he concealing and what did mr. putin come away with from that conversation? so, you know, intelligence agencies do not collect against the president of the united states or u.s. officials, but we do have

to find out whether mr. trump had done so to directly benefit the russian government. president still defends that decision. >> i guess they started it because i fired comey, which was a great thing i did for our country. so, the people doing that investigation were people that had been caught that are known scoundrels. i guess you could say they're dirty cops. >> reporter: the president initially justified the comey firing by saying he had an ax to ground with the russia probe. >> when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. >> reporter: over this past weekend the president didn't give a direct answer when he was asked whether he was working on behalf of the russians. >> are you now or have you ever worked for russia, mr. president? >> i think it's the most insulting thing i've ever been asked. i think it's the most insulting article i've ever had written, and if you read the article, you'd see that they found absolutely nothing. >> reporter: white house is also scrambling for answers afte

trump took office. one source you now tells us mueller is not satisfied. >> russia expected to be a hot topic when president trump's pick for attorney general appears before the senate today. william barr will be fielding questions from members of the judiciary committee. there will be three likely contenders on the democratic side, amy klobuchar, kamala harris and cory booker of new jersey. >> and some new faces on the republican side, lindsey graham becomes chairman, marsha blackburn and joni ernst become the first republican women to serve on the committee. barr has provided a review of his testimony. here is jessica schneider. >> reporter: a big day on capitol hill that will likely be quite contentious as the president's pick for attorney general faces the senate jew addition and i comm-- judiciary committee. william bahhr will promise that he will let the mueller probe go forward and that transparent. barr will also explain why he wrote that 19 page memo to the justice department that many have rea

but mr. jougiuliani seemed to m news this morning about the trump tower moscow deal. he i now sayingwas an active, potential proposal, at least thugh october or november. is that news to the senate intelligence committee? >> that's news to me. that is big news. why two years after the fact are we just learning this fact now when there's been this much inquiry? i got to tell you, chuck, i would thk most voters, democrat, independent, republican, you name ihe knowing thatepublican nominee was actively trying to do business in moscow that the republican nominee at least at oneoint had offered if he built this building, vladimir putin, a free penthouse apartment. and if thosenegotiations were ongoing while upntil the election, i think that's a relevant fact for voters to know. i think it's remarkable the weo years after the fact and just discovering it today. >> what doesan this m to you? he throughout the campaign said i have no deals with russia, i have no business with russia. i think reasonable people would disagres that i have no bus with russia and an active potenti

it's different from what mr. trump -- how mr. trump trusts putin, i guess. but somehow prime minister abe trusts putin. i think they have met 25 times. that's a lot, right? i don't -- simply i don't see the logic. i don't see any break through happening. so the answer, what kind of implication it would have on u. u.s. -- i don't see any. >> let me put another one on the table. north korea. you talked about south korea, that's an important issue, that relationship what about north korea? what are the risks for abe son with respect to north korea? there's a group in sweden right now, i understand they're trying to negotiate on the abductityab and president trump is moving ahead with his summit, in hanoi -- not sure that's been confirmed. what are the risks for abe son and how he will handle that? >> according to government officials we are supposed to be fully informed of what's happening. some of our high-ranking diplomats are always around the meeting. getting briefed by the u.s. officials. that's the calm down is what we hear. but i think we are extremely w

yeah he'll be filling the boots of mr trump here mr trump made a huge fuss last year everyone was wanting to see his speech and there are heaps of investors who also want to hear those in ottawa and what he has to say about privatization tax cuts a whole lot of liberal economic reforms he wants to undertake for his country although he is a very far right leading leader very similar to mr trump in many ways another interesting country here is mexico it's dealing with huge trade tensions of the moment might a migration crisis a wall and i recently spoke to. morrow who is the trade secretary here's what she had to say. well the way in which we're dealing with global trade tension seized by not getting into the same trap of protectionism we do not believe that protectionism is the solution to any problems that the trade may or may have bring we believe that open trade i rule space trading system and also the efficient operation of trading activities will bring benefits to the people we believe that the trading system has to be more responsive to the needs of people and that's why we are tryin

. >>> mr. trump still wants nearly $6 billion for a border wall. nicole killian shows us what he said and how democrats are reacting. >> reporter: president trump announced a new proposal to extend temporary protection to 700,000 dreamers and those with temporary protected status as a way to jump-start negotiations on border security with democrats. >> this extension will give them access to work permits, social security numbers, and protection from deportation. >> reporter: he's making the offer to try to end the 29-day--old partial government shut down. in exchange, the president wants $5.7 billion to fund a wall on the southern border. >> as a candidate for president, i promise i would fix this crisis, and i intend to keep that promise one way or the other. >> reporter: democrats have their own plan to add more money to spending bills up for votes on border security next week, but it does not include funding for a border wall. >> i'm not for a wall. i'm not for a wall. >> reporter: in a statement, house speaker nancy pelosi called the president'

we begin with that denial and the new questions out mr. trump and moscow. foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin reports. >> schifrin: on a wintry monday morning outside the white house, the president of the united states decred, i am not a ssian agent. >> i never worked for russia, and you know that answer better nean anybody. r worked for russia. not only did i never work for russia, i think it's a disgrace that you eesn asked that on. because it's a whole big fat axax. it's just a ho. >> schifrin: president trump was ding to a "new york time report the f.b.i. opened a counter-intelligence investigation into whether mr. trump was "knowingly working for russia or had unwittingly fallen der moscow's influence." the bureau opened the counter- intelligence investigation after president trump fired f.b.i. director james comey, and suggested to nbc news he did so atto end the russia investn. >> i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you ow, this russia thing wi

trump was in fact working for the russians when he fired mr. comey. >>> the second big story is this government shutdown now in it's 23rd day and now officially the longest ever. at we're seeing is no so much the consequences of divided , governmeich voters say they like because each party acts as a brake on the other. what s we'reing are the consequences of a polarized government with two parties that ten don't talk to each other, sometimes can't talk to each other, and right now may not want to talk to each other. caught in the middle, some 800,000 federal employees who are out of work and not currently getting paid. thatll has actled some in washington to hope president trump follows through on his constitutionally questionable threat and declare a national emergency. if he does, this would be a national emergency signed to solve his own political emergency. government down the is not governing. >> for president trump, the focus on a wall and the symbol it represents to hispo sers may be the political crisis he needs deflect focus from his o

mr. president? >> i think it is the most insulting thing i have ever been asked. i think it is the most insulting article i have ever had written. if you read the article you could see they found absolutely nothing. >> white house is also scamabling for answers after the washington post reported mr. trump tried to conceal his meetings with putednein by taki notes. >> democrats are seizing in the new revelation. >> i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful. i have president putin. he said it is not russia. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> hillary clinton say may have been onto something after all. >> he would rather have a puppet. no no puppet. you're the puppet. >> she digging on whether to reopen the government. he seemed to rule out declaring a national emergency. >> i'm not looking to declare a nation national emergency. >> the public blames more so than democrats. >> the government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only, the democra

>> yes. >> reporter: that's two of the men mr. trump calls his generals exit administration. john kelut as white house chief of staff and defense secretary jim mattis resigning in protest r. trump's world view. >> i see my generals, generals will keep us so safe. these are central casting. if i'm doing a movie, i pick you general. >> reporter: they are latest in a string of former high-ranking military officers who have been fired, pushed out or quit administration. >> there is only two civilians that can give instructions to the u.s. armed forces and that's the president of the united states and the secretary of the defense, minus mat mattis we ought to be concerned. >> reporter: the bre marks a turning point for mr. trump that appointed more generals than any other modern president. kristen welker? >> thank you. >>> authorities are looking for answers after a li escaped a locked enclosure and killed a 22-year-old intern and tonight, we're hearing from her friend about that shocking loss. nbc's catie beck has more. >> reporter: instead of celebration, new ar will begin in gr

mr. trump's approval rating stands at 43% with 54% disapproving. it's exaly where it was a month ago before the shutdown. obviously we know that polls have shown a notable drop in that time. but our poll also found a notable drop in another category, the right direcckon wrong tnumbers, they are the worst of mr. trump's presidency with just barely ar quarf the country, 28%, saying that we are headed in thh direction. and that's reflected in this word cloud of how people feel about the state of america right now withords like wrongtrack, disappointed and disaster dominang the responses. again, all of this was before friday's stone news and the end of the shutdown that was widely seen now as pointless. so after 35 days of pain,n frustratnd anger over that shntdown, what did the presi get that he could not have gotten on day one? >> i am very proud to announce today that we have reach a deal to end the shutdown. >> president trump spent 34 days inn cysting the gover ent would stay closed until congress approved billions of dollars for ar wall. >> $5.7

trump is trying to take america out of nato. we saw the strange announcement mr. trump made about taking america out of the syrian conflict without any forewarning that frankly benefits beshar assad and benefits putin. and we've seen as well forced to kind of say look, american tradition, american role in the world is to stand up for human rights, for a strong united west against oligarchs and dictators like putin. he's been pushed out of the administration. and we had today the administration didn't get a lot of attention but there was a broad bipartisan coalition standing up to trump's effort to remove sanctions on one of trump's cronies. luckily there were 57 senators that rejected the trump administration's approach. there is a pattern. i'm not going to reach a conclusion until we finish our investigation or the mueller investigation is finished. but i think vast majority of my republican colleagues also agree that mueller's got to finish his job and the report has to be made public. >> there are factual matters at issue. and you're the ranking member on the i

and this is a crisis that was manufactured by mr. trump. i think there's willingness to try to meet additional border security needs, but let's not do it with this ongoing threat of the government being shutdown. why is he playing with all these people's lives as political pawns on a political issue that, frankly, let us fight over, but don't hold these other folks hostage. >> well, if some of those border security measures are necessary, why can't you reach a compromise? a lot of people are wondering, what is going on with the federal government? >> well, wolf, i'm all for the $1.3 billion that we put forward last year. we even put forward $1.6 billion in an earlier -- in an earlier assessment. we also had the assurance that actually donald trump would sign that legislation. that's why leader mcconnell brought it up. it passed. then donald trump changed his mind. we then heard he sent up mike pence and he had a separate offer. donald trump rejected this own vice president's offer. so we now have at least documentation for what trump asked

on day 20 of the us government shutdown, mr trump touches down in texas — insisting he won't accept any budget deal that doesn't include money for a border wall. ten years after a landmark speech in cairo by barack 0bama, mr trump's secretary of state is there with a speech of his own and pretty blunt criticism of the previous president. the age of self—inflicted american shame is over and so are the policies that produced so much needless suffering. also on the programme.

this was mr. trump ten days ago. >> he she th's the one that people want to look at. >> reporter: and guiliani on sunday: >> he may have ties to something called organized crime. >> reporter: since cohen flipped and agreed to cooperate with the special counsel, the president has repeatedly attacked him. >> and he's a weak person. >> reporter: but it used to be cohen who was on the attack. here, he can be heard threatening a reporter who inquired about aspects of mr. trump's first divorce: >> reporter: cohen's testimony was highly anticipated, as lawmakers wanted to grill him about a now-disputed buzzfeed report that mr. trump directed rthen to lie to congress. democratic committee chairman elijah cummings has warned the president about intimidating witnesses. >> i promise you that we will hear from mr. cohen. >> reporter: congressional leaders have not decided if they will subpoena cohen, but they need to decide soon, because he begins a three-year prison term rc march for campaign finance violati

trump had to say about this meeting with mr. putin in helsinki. >> i had a conversation like every president does. you sit with the president of various countries. i do it with all countries. we had a great conversation. we were talking about israel and securing israel and lots of other things. and it was a great conversation. i met with every leader, just about, individually. i met with modi, in japan i meet with abe, i meet with all of them. but with putin they make a big deal. anybody could have listened to that meeting. that meeting is open for grabs. >> is it? what more do we know, fred, about the meetings between the two presidents and what was discussed? >> first of all, i don't think that most of them or not all of them certainly are open for grabs. and there certainly does seem to be a lot of concern in washington what was discussed in these meetings. one we were talking about the newspapers are focusing on a little as well the foreign ministers were present as well. that's the one people are saying those notes were app

whether ornot they're some type of secret relationship don trump has with mr. putin, i don't know. >> you don't have suspicions? >> i question why he's doing some of these things? is he fearful of the russians? but i do think the number of senior officers who scratch their heads and trying to understand why trump is pursuing some of these policies. >> a statement you made has stuck with me some time, may 2017. you said people who frequently go on a treesinous path do not know they're on a treesinous path until it is too late. how does that apply to what year learning about the it concerns of people inside the fbi about the president's behavior? >> well, the russian intelligence services are adept and they will try to cultivate relationships with individuals and get individuals to do things they shouldn't do and find them inlets rr say compromising positions and use that as a way to further cooperate with them. so individuals who may in fact have relationships with russians, russian citizens and all the sudden they're doing things that they should not have done.

not mr. trump was working as a russian agent as president. "the washington post" report that president trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal his conversations with russian president vladimir putin. the acknowledgment by the president's lawyer that someone on his campaign may have colluded with russia. >> i never said there was no collusion between the campaign or between people in the campaign. >> yes, you have. >> i have no idea. >> and then there's the upcoming testimony of mr. trump's former long-time lawyer, michael cohen, to congress. >> now to this new bombshell report. >> after a buzzfeed story claimed the special counsel has evidence that mr. trump directed cohen to lie to congress last summer about plans for a trump tower in moscow, special counsel robert mueller issued a rare statement on friday night refuting the story. quote, buzzfeed's description of specific statements to the special counsel's office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this o

mr. trump has been slamming cohen's credibility. cnn and other news organizations have not confirmed the story. if true, it certainly could give mueller and democrats a powerful argument that the president obstructed justice. mr. trump's reaction to all this apparently is making michael cohen nervous. his adviser says cohen fears trump supporters in this country and maybe abroad could harm him or his family. i will get reaction from a democratic congressman. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, our justice correspondent jessica is schneider. you have been going over court documents. what are you learning? >> reporter: if you read between the lines of the court filings, buzzfeed's reporting fits. mueller's team said that michael cohen clued them in about how he prepared for what turned out to be false congressional testimony. now buzzfeed is saying, it's the president who coached cohen and directed him to lie. the revelation is prompting democrats to say impeachment is a possibility if the reports are true and even

trump is a phony, a fraud. >> reporter: the pair seemed to reconcile after mr. trump's election, meeting twice to discuss romney serving as secretary of state. now mr. trump's allies wonder whether romney is positioning himself for a 2020 primary challenge to the president. something romney denies. >> i'm not sure what mitt romney is trying to accomplish. it's kind of sad. in i don't know how it really helps anybody's cause for people to stand up there like they're holier than thou. >> reporter: even romney's own niece, the republican national committee chairwoman ronna mcdaniel, called the comments "disappointing and unproductive." >> glor: all right, ed, as the fighting happens, on the subject of 2020, a whole lot the democrats looking towards 2020 right now and there has been movement from potential esndidates this week. >> reporter: that's right. roughly two dozen democrats, jeff, are still thinking about this or taking steps to run. elizabeth warren of massachusetts and julian castro of texas have launched exploratory committees, while the former vice-presi

today, mr trump hit back on twitter. "the intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive", he wrote, "when it comes to the dangers of iran. perhaps intelligence should go back to school!" let's bring in our north america editor, jon sopel. it wasn't just it wasn'tjust non—isis, also on north korea. mr trump is said the new killer is the is positive, they said, not so fast. why are we seeing this discrepancy about the intelligence chiefs and what donald trump says? because donald trump doesn't trust his intelligence chiefs, never has done. two years ago you were able to save these were leftovers of the obama administration, representatives of the deep state, but these are his appointments. these are of the republicans that he trusts to run the cia, fbi and national intelligence. they didn't mention his policies, but one by one they demolished his position on north korea, they questioned his position on iran and questioned his position on iran and questioned his position on isis. for all of those reasons, mos

>> schifrin: as both candidate and president, mr. trump has long advocated fs. improved ussia relations, and defended russian president 'sadimir putin. >> put killer. >> there are a lot of killers. we got a lot of killers. whso, you think our country' innocent? >> schifrin: the intelligence community was already investigating mr. trs business and political connections to russia. and then he fired comey. days later, deputy att general rod rosenstein appointed former f.b.i. director robert muller to investigat conspiracy, and obstruction. what's new, is "the new york times" reports the f.b.i. also asked mueller investigate whether mr. trump was acting on russia's behalf. and i havet put been discussing various things, and i think it's going very well. >> schifrin: president trump also fes allegations he withheld details of his meetings with putin, even from his own staff. according to the "washington post," on at least one occasion the president took the interpreter's notes and to the interpreter "not to discuss what had transpired with other administration offici

mr. trump would use the declaration to free up billions in unallocated military construction money. but such a move would almost certainly draw a legal challenge, and some senate republicans cautioned mr. trump not to sidestep congress. >> i don't want to see a declaration of national emergency. i think that's an action that would be taken in the most extreme circumstances. >> reporter: the president also backtracked on his famous campaign pledge that mexico would pay for the wall. >> i never meant they're going to write out a check. i said they're going to pay for it. they are. they are paying for it with the incredible deal we made called the united states, mexico, and canada -- >> reporter: during the campaign, mr. trump said he would tax money sent to mexico. his campaign website said mexico could pay through, quote, a onetime payment of $5 billion to $10 billion. there was also rhetoric like this -- >> so a lot of politicians said "you can't get mexico to pay for the wall." i said, "it's going to be so easy. going to be so easy." >> reporter: on capitol hill, there was no sign

. >> reporter: saturday morning, mr. trump tweeted, "the democrats want billions of dollars for foreign aid, but they don't want to spend a small fraction of that number on properly

trump, as he was previously directed to make the payment to stormy daniels by mr. trump, mr. trump directed him to rig an election -- excuse me, a poll result. does anybody see the hypocrisy of a man who spent most of the campaign in 2016 accusing the democrats of trying to, quote, rig an election. while he directs his counsel to pay money to rig a poll. the hypocrisy is pretty apparent. >> you've seen the response separately, not under your control from chairs of important committees in the house. accusing the president of potentially getting close to witness intimidation for -- take a look. for this. >> he should give information maybe on his father in law, because that's the one that people want to look at. because where does that money -- that is the money in the family. and i guess he didn't want to talk about his father in law. he's trying to get his sentence reduced. so it is pretty sad. you know, it's weak. >> is that an impact on mr. cohen as we've seen reports about? >> very much so. he is very concerned. as is his family. that a bully in the bully pulpit named dona

buzzfeed news had said that mr trump instructed mr thee te—lie— 3; ,, about plans to build a trump tower in moscow. hundreds of central american migrants have crossed into mexico without waiting for a humanitarian visa. they are joining the caravan that is heading towards the us border. most come from honduras, and say they are escaping poverty and gang—related violence.

earlier today vice president mike pence gave a hint at what mr trump will say. nearly 60,000 people over the past couple of months have attempted to come into our country illegally. for the first time, the predominant number of families and unaccompanied children and it simply as overwhelming the capability of our customs and border control. ron christie joins us now. he is a former advisor to president george w bush. thank you forjoining us. what is mr trump trying to do in this eight minute national address, it is the first one he has given of this type as president? i think what the president is trying to do is to reclaim the pulpit. 0bviously, he has taken to twitter and talked about the wall. using his first televised address, he is going to try and make the case to the american people that this is an emergency and there is a crisis and outlined how he is going to try and deal with that. we understand that he is writing these beaches herself. that this is not the president's best audience. it is straight off a teleprompter. we have all seen him lots of time