george conway is already slapping back. it doesn't seem like this is ending anytime soon. >> one thing i want to add is that the fact that eric trump has come out, because in the beginning, there were whispers, is kellyanne going to get in trouble in the white house. the fact eric trump is coming out and supporting her, and remember, not that long ago, president trump came out and was asked about it. he called george conway mr. kellyanne conway. that was a way to say i've got her back. i think he was trying to say george conway, you know, should be glad and lucky he's married to kellyanne conway. that shows what's going on internally, that people are more upset with george conway than they are with kellyanne, obviously. >> great to see you. thank you so much. >> thanks. >> such a strange story. i'm going to take you back to, i would say, the antithesis of what we're talking about and a beautiful scene on capitol hill right now, to honor and pay tribute to the life and legacy of president george h.w bush, lying in state. mom

the house of kellyanne and george conway. the president's son last night tweeted something, my jaw doesn't drop very often on twitter but eric trump, the president's son, tweeted this last night. "of all the ugliness in politics, the disrespect george conway shows toward his wife, her career, place of work, everything she worked so hard to achieve, might top them on. kellyanne is a great person and frankly his actions are horrible." then i read that and i have insomnia, this might explain this. i went and looked at george conway's twitter feed and he retweeted every person, every person i saw, that went on to attack donald trump for his infidelities, donald trump for all manner of things. so this is a hot war between the president's son, eric trump, and kellyanne conway's husband, george conway, over the question of whether or not with the president's tweets yesterday morning, where he praised one witness in the mueller probe, roger stone, for refusing to testify against the president, george conway thought that amounted to,

in response, george conway retweeted an author who wrote, wait, did i miss something, did george conway pay money to have sex with a porn star right after his wife gave birth? yeah. at this point, elise jordan, i don't know where they get -- and i mean this not to be anything more than i'm just absolutely intrigued by this, where they get their confidence that they could lash out at george conway for stepping up for what he believes in given what this president is accused of doing and what he has done with porn stars and playboy bunnies while his wife was pregnant. >> i don't think eric trump wants to get into a battle of wits with george conway or a debate about the law. also quite frankly, kellyanne conway can defend herself. it is so insulting that the men of trump world think that they are better advocates for kellyanne conway than she is for herself. and she has consistently shown that she can weave her way around any battle and she does not need a man like eric trump defending her. >> no. i think she's good. >> what's so insulting is that when women are always -- it's always sugge

he called george conway mr. kellyanne conway, which is a dig -- >> in the trump world it is. >> everybody around kellyanne obviously understands this dynamic, but i will also say they sat for a lengthy "washington post" article on the subject -- >> they brought up their breakfast. >> so it is the subject of news -- >> and what did they reveal in the article? >> the divisions that you see on twitter are very real. that they do not agree on this issue. i think, you know, it wouldn't be the first washington mare i think a, but i think what's interesting about this is that george conway is someone who is actively on the legal side trying to undermine president trump, implying that he is on the path to impeachment or some kind of legal pearil. >> i think eric's role in it now is fascinating to me as well. >> it's all fascinating. okay. panel, thank you very much. >>> all right. we've been watching all morning as americans honor president george h.w. bush. there he is. this is live pictures from inside the capitol rot

george conway has, in his own way, been retweeting defenses of himself. but underlying all of this is about whether or not the president was trying to send a message to roger stone or to anyone else who is thinking about testifying in this mueller investigation. and that question is still out in the open. was the president trying to send that message? and does that amount to any kind of witness tampering, as george conway seemed to imply yesterday. >> that's a really important question. that is why we have legal experts with us. thank you, abbie. good morning to you all. and you have a fascinating new piece on cnn.com. the headline "mueller is about to have his way in a big way." when it comes to official court filings, indictments, sentencing memos, mueller has been down right chatty. by the end of the week, we will know much more about the strength of his hand. when it comes to his hand here, walk us through what these filings mean for flynn, cohen and manafort. >> flynn has been a mystery man ever since he pled about a year ago. when he pled, i think a

-- from george conway's point of view -- and i know kellyanne conway thinks it's disrespectful and rude to her. from george conway's point of view, i believe, he was standing up for what he thinks is right, even though this guy worked for ken starr, he is a conservative attorney, he -- even interviewed and talked to trump about being solicitor general. >> right. and the thing here is, if anyone has a problem with george conway's tweets, the only person who should be dealing with that is his wife. and eric trump's kind of stepping in here is just another example of this white house kind of creating public feuds that are more kind of -- that are more indicative of a reality show than what we usually see from the white house and the political actors surrounding it. >> thanks one and all for being here. we appreciate it. you can follow me on facebook and twitter at jake tapper. tweet at the lead cnn. i will be on seth meyers tonight. our coverage on cnn continues right now. >>> happening now, breaking news. willfully blind. a briefing by the cia leads top senate republicans convinced that t

eric trump tweeting, of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect george conway shows his wife her career, place of work, and everything that he's fought so hard to achieve might top them all. a white house source says trump was defending a woman's honor, apparently prompting george conway's implication of tampering with witnesses in the russia investigation. and after op-eds questioning his wife's boss. >> you mean mr. kellyanne conway? he's just trying to get publicity for himself. >> reporter: conway dismissing the drama -- >> if i had a nickel for everybody in washington that disagreed with their spouse about something that happens in this town, i wouldn't be on this podcast, i would be on a beach somewhere. >> reporter: kellyanne conway, bristling at any implication a high profile woman should be defined on any terms but her own. >> it doesn't affect me or my job at all. i'm sure the feminists are cheering me on, an independent, strong, strong willed, strong woman in a very powerful position who disagrees with her husband. >> reporter: hally jackson, nbc news. >>> if you t

george conway is a lawyer in d.c. who with has been p critical -- who has been critical of the president. beginning monday morning when the tweets were suggested and amounted to witness tampering. eric responded with this, of all of the disrespect he shows toward his wife and her career and everything she fought so hard to achieve, might top them all. kellyanne conway is a great person and his actions are horrible. george conway responded with the series of retweets. one referencing the stormy daniels saga. >>> a temporary trade truce between u.s. and china. they will not rise to 25% come january 1st. that's the truce. big moves for china stocks. apple, boeing, caterpillar. all closing higher. the president agreeing not to rise the tariffs on those goods. china will purchase agriculture, energy and other u.s. products. president trump tweeted about the success of the meeting with xi jinping saying, relation was china have taken a -- relations with china have taken a big leap forward. farmers would benefit most. we mak

but to this particular tweet by -- >> i know george conway, and eric trump is no george conway. george conway is a patriot, a man who believes in the rule of law, who is i think -- you know, he's a conservative. we disagree on a million things, but, you know, i think he's right when he said today this looks very much like witness tampering. and, you know, our law enforcement system -- i've been at the justice department on two different tours. it depends on cooperation of witnesses. the idea that, you know, you denigrate those who cooperate, i mean that's what we expect from the mafia, from people like that. we don't expect that from any government official, let alone the president of the united states. >> yeah. let's talk a little more, dig in, because you say the president's tweets are part of a pattern by president trump to interfere with law enforcement. tell me about that, neal. >> yeah. i mean it starts with the president firing comey because he's upset with the russia investigation. it continues as much as last month when he fires jeffrey sessions, not some liberal stalwa

eric trump tweeting, of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect george conway shows toward his wife, her career, place of work, and everything she has fought so hard to achieve might top them all. a white houseource saysrump was defending a woman's honor. apparently prompted by george conway's implication the president's tamperi with witnesses in the russia investigation and after op-eds boss.ioning his wife's >> you mean mr. kellyanne conway? he's just trying t get publicity for himself. >> reporter: conway himself dismissing all the fdrama. >> had a nickel for everybody in washington who tsagreed with their spouse about somethinghat happens in this town, i woun't be on this podcast. i'd be on a beach somewhere.el >> reporter:anne conway bristling at any implication a high profile woman should be defined on a terms but her own. >> it doesn't affect me or my job at all. i'm sure the feminists are cheering me on today, an independent, strong-willed, strong woman in a very powerful position who disagrees with her d. >> reporter: hallie jackson, nbc news, washington. >>> chara

some experts, including george conway, litigator and husband of white house counselor kellyanne conway, have said the tweet amounts to witness tampering, which is considered an obstruction of justice. special cocounsel mueller isis expected to file a sentencing memo today for michael flynn, and sentencing memos for michael cohen and paul manafort in the coming days. cia director gina haspel is set to brief senators on the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi today. she will reportedly meet with top mbmbers the arm

in calling george conway calling him mrs. kellyanne conway and this is something that the white house gets uncomfortable questions about, and they try to brusht it to the side and focus on the issues. >> understandably. thank you all for joining us. >>> and now, hitting a wall. is there a deal to fund the wall to avoid a government shutdown. you watching of course "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. they said i had afib. what's afib? i knew that meant i was at a greater risk of stroke. i needed answers. my doctor and i chose xarelto® to help keep me protected from a stroke. once-daily xarelto®, a latest-generation blood thinner significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. warfarin interferes with at least 6 of your body's natural blood-clotting factors. xarelto® is selective, targeting just one critical factor. for afib patients well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® compares in reducing the risk of stroke. don't stop taking xarelto® with

i know george conway, and eric trump is no george conway. george conway is a patriot, a man who believes in the rule of law, who is i think -- you know, he's a conservative. we disagree on a million things, but, you know, i think he's right when he said today this looks very much like witness tampering. and, you know, our law enforcement system -- i've been at the justice department on two different tours. it depends on cooperation of witnesses. the idea that, you know, you denigrate those who cooperate, i mean that's what we expect from the mafia, from people like that. we don't expect that from any government official, let alone the president of the united states. >> yeah. let's talk a little more, dig in, because you say the president's tweets are part of a pattern by president trump to interfere with law enforcement. tell me about that, neal. >> yeah. i mean it starts with the president firing comey because he's upset with the russia investigation. it continues as much as last month when he fires jeffrey sessions, not some liberal stalwa

eric trump tweeting, of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect george conway shows toward his wife, her career, place of work, and everything she has fought so hard to achieve might top them all. a white house source says trump was defending a woman's honor. apparently prompted by george conway's implication the president's tampering with witnesses in the russia investigation and after op-eds questioning his wife's boss. >> you mean mr. kellyanne conway? he's just trying to get publicity for himself. >> reporter: conway himself dismissing all the drama. >> if i had a nickel for everybody in washington who disagreed with their spouse about something that happens in this town, i wouldn't be on this podcast. i'd be on a beach somewhere. >> reporter: kellyanne conway bristling at any implication a high profile woman should be defined on any terms but her own. >> it doesn't affect me or my job at all. i'm sure the feminists are cheering me on today, an independent, strong-willed, strong woman in a very powerful position who disagrees with her husband. >> reporter: hallie jackso

husband, george conway. you recently co-authored an op-ed responding to trump blaming democrats. you said, no, the criminal campaign finance violations were found by professional prosecutors in republican -- this is george conway writing this, in a republican controlled united states department of justice. it looks like a pretty good case. kudos to them. again, george conway, a republican and also kraellyanne conway's husband. thank you so much. i appreciate your time, gentlemen. see you soon. we'll be right back. if i built a van, it would carry my entire business. i'd make it available in dozens, make that thousands of configurations. it would keep an eye on my fleet. [ beeping ] and an eye out for danger. with active brake assist. if i built a van, i'd make it available in diesel and gas. and i'd build it right here, in south carolina. introducing the all new sprinter starting at $33,790. built in the usa. mercedes-benz. vans. born to run. up here at the dewar's distillery, all our whiskies are aged, blen

husband, george conway. you recently co-authored an op-ed responding to trump blaming democrats. you said, no, the criminal campaign finance violations were found by professional prosecutors in republican -- this is george conway writing this, in a republican controlled united states department of justice. it looks like a pretty good case. kudos to them. again, george conway, a republican and also kellyanne conway's husband. thank you so much. i appreciate your time, gentlemen. see you soon. we'll be right back. [bell ringing] [clap, clap] ♪ hey, jen, which tie says, "trustworthy but also fun"? gold down, oil up. oil down, gold up. this is too busy. we need to make sure people can actually use this stuff. which one says, "hours of free live streaming coverage without cable or subscription fees"? aluminum, aluminum? you ready, zack? oh, we're ready. welcome to the show. let's make finance make sense. ♪ ♪ the whole world's coming ♪ iftogether now ♪nd ♪ can you feel it ♪ can you feel it ♪ can yo

he lashed out at kellyanne conway's husband after george conway implied a tweet from trump could be considered witness tampering. eric trump fired back saying of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect george conway shows towards his wife, career and place of work might top them all. kellyanne is a great person and, franksly, his actions are horrible. joining me to discuss, commentator ana navarro. what do you think of that tweet from eric trump? >> well, two things come to mind. first of all, you know, there's some issues that maybe eric trump wants to sit out. if your father is donald trump, who cheated on every one of his three wives, including your mom, who cheated on his current wife with a "playboy" bunny and cheated on the "playboy" bunny with a stripper, maybe, just maybe talking about husbands being disrespectful to wives is not the alley, is not the one that you should be taking on. and then, you know, on a more substantive note, look, we are in a modern era, an era where sometimes spouses don't have the same opinions. i think it's a personal issue and they can deal with i

because there is so much attention on george conway, ideas and things that i agree with george conway says on his twitter page. and people are saying, well, george conway is saying this. how does this affect kellyanne conway, she can't do her job. split household. and here we have ginny thomas, spouting some -- not just far right. some of the things she has said are down right conspiracy theories. she said the parkland children were a danger to democracy. that's not just conservative. that's -- i would even say -- >> she deleted that post. >> and she deleted that post. but put it up in the first place. it still lives on the internet somewhere. so i will say that i was -- interested to see that it seems as though folks in the media and other folks are looking to hold, if you will, justice thomas to a settler standard they are holding kellyanne conway. >> not entirely analogous, because george conway is speaking out against the policies that kellyanne conway, his wife, goes into the office every day to defend. >> agreed. >> and it's murky what's going on in the supreme court. >> but the

a white house source says trump was depending a woman's on nor, apparently prompting george conway's implication of tamperingith tnesses in the russia investigation. and after op-eds questioning his wife's boss. >> you mean mr. kellyanne conway? he's just trying to get publicity for >> reporter: conway dismissing the drama -- >> if i had a nickel for everybody in washington that disagreed with their spouse about sometng at happens in this town, i wouldn't be on this podcast, i would be on a beach somewhere. >> reporter: kellyanne conway, bristling at any implication a high profile woman should be defined on any terms but her own. >> it doesn't fect me or my job at all. i'm sure the feminist are cheering me on, an independent, strong, onstrong willed, s woman in a very powerful position who disagrees with her husband. >> reportely jackson, nbc news. >>> if you thought the midterm drama was over, think again. republicans arbeing accused of attempting to steal power after a tough loss in wisconsin, whilega alons of election fraud left a north carolina racin limbo. here's nbc's kristen w

. >> but the voters don't agree with george conway. they like donald trump. they are much more in line with what orrin hatch said. i think it's telling they can only get a handful of former republican senators to basically call on, you know, senators to stand up to donald trump. >> by the way, my reading of george conway wasn't that he thinks he could do better in terms of getting a better president. he thinks he could get rid of this president before 2021. he was saying with the new information coming out, he thinks impeach. was more likely. that was my reading of it. >> my reading is there's got to be a different vessel for all the things he likes, all the different policies he likes. >> maybe we're both right. we have a new poll out today which shows that the president's approval rating is at 39%. so most voters aren't approving. >> republicans, yeah. >> 85% among republicans. if we can, i don't want to lose sight of another major development in this broad scope, this broad span of things having to do with russia, with is this operative inside the united s

george conway is now saying impeachment is more likely than he has ever seen it before. look, i don't know what george conway is playing at, but he is a lawyer that sees these things, do you think the death con has increased? >> i think it has increased. what is going on right now? the impeachment. look back to the clinton era, and there has to be some incentive on the republican side of the senate to go forward through the articles of impeachment if they are ever filed by the house. when you look at the clinton years, one of the things that was required to have that happen there had to be a level of a public distrust or public unpopularity. we know congress men and women are often time beholdened to not only special interests, but we are at a level where i think senate republicans may be more receptive to say, the evidence compels us to look into this. >> laura, jennifer and david, thank you for the analysis. >>> meanwhile, other news to tell you about. a deadly winter storm is leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power and causing a mess, and one person was

. >> one person not buying the president's story is george conway. the husband of kellyanne conway. he said he lied about the payments and given he lies about virtually everything else, why should we take that word over the federal prosecutors? >> cnn learned the president was present at the august 2013 meeting about the hush payments. he met with cohen and david peculi pecker. the president of ami. michael cohen will break his silence in an interview with "good morning america." here is jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: christine and dave, so much as happened this week. much has to do with michael cohen. of course, the president's long time lawyer and fixer. the president speaking out in direct terms saying he did not direct michael cohen to do anything in terms of hush money payments. as we have seen, the president's story has changed many times. this is what the president said yesterday. >> what he did was all unrelated to me except for the two campaign finance charges that are not criminal and shouldn't have been on there. they put that on there to embarrass me. what

this is from george conway. okay? yep. there, here we go. "given that trump has repeatedly lied about the daniels and mcdougal payments and given that he lies about virtually everything else to the point that his own former personal lawyer described him as a fing li liar, why should we take his word over that of federal prosecutors?" i needed him in that -- with chris cuomo just moments ago. considering we were talking about his own wife. john, please weigh in. what do you think of that? >> that's quite amazing. i think he was responding to the prior interview, maybe undercutting his wife a little bit. >> a little? >> and made some of your points, don, with chris. but i -- you know, it's remarkable the witnesses that are available on this inaugural committee issue. with gates and cohen, you virtually are going to know everything that went on. and since they're both cooperating, some with corroborating material like recordings we understand were in michael cohen's cache when the fbi raided his home, hotel, and office, so this is -- and it's n

kellyanne conway's husband, washington attorney george conway, responded to the president's tweet about roger stone simply by saying, file under 18 u.s.c. sections 1503-1512. it deals with obstruction of justice and witness tampering saying it is a crime for a person to, quote, attempt to influence, delay or prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding. is donald trump attempting to influence testimony? yes, he obviously is. and he put that in writing today and proved the case against himself in writing today beyond a reasonable doubt. most of the news media will not see it that way because the news media has indeed lost its collective mind. the news media lost its mind and its balance for donald trump years ago and is very, very slowly in recovery now but will not recover fast enough to know what to do when the president of the united states commits crimes in public on twitter. but legal professionals have been much more reliable and consistent in the face of the challenge that donald trump has presented to us. and lawyers like george conway can see clearly what the pr

george conway, an attorney, is a frequent critic of donald trump. yesterday he posted a link that suggested the president was guilty of tampering with a witness. so eric wrote, of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect george conway shows his wife, her career, everything she's fought so hard to achieve, might top them all. kellyanne is a great person and frankly his actions are horrible. i tell you what. if he thinks that's horrible, wait until he hears what daddy and auntie stormy did to his stepmommy melania. i mean, he's really -- talk about disrespectful. he is going to be poed, right? not only did eric tweet disapproval, he also retweeted it. [ laughter ] i didn't know you can do that, retweet your own tweet? like telling yourself a bedtime story, it doesn't make sense. all of this is nothing more than a side stage performance in advance of the witch hunt for red november. could very well be over soon. today trump associate roger stone pleaded the fifth, which is something a lot of innocent people do. [ laughter ] robert mueller is

george conway. given that trump has repeatedly lied about the daniels and the mcdougal payments and given he lies about virtually everything else to the point that his own former personal attorney described him as a f-ing liar, why should we take his word over that of federal prosecutors? conservative, an attorney, a husband of kellyanne conway who had just appeared. he sent this, which should go -- not go unnoticed, at 10:09 which is about the time chris and i had finished our conversation. he's watching. >>> thank you, john. thank you, evan, thank you, ann. i appreciate it. >>> president's family coming under more and more scrutiny. we're going to break down the troubles the trumps face next. [clap, clap] ♪ hey, jen, which tie says, "trustworthy but also fun"? gold down, oil up. oil down, gold up. this is too busy. we need to make sure people can actually use this stuff. which one says, "hours of free live streaming coverage without cable or subscription fees"? aluminum, aluminum? you ready, zac

and has said this via twitter, of all the ugliness in politics the utter disrespect george conway shows towards his wife, her career, place of work and everything she has fought so hard to achieve might top them all. kellyanne is a great person and frankly his actions are horrible. this is fascinating to watch play out. >> kellyanne wouldn't agree with that i don't think. >> what do you mean? >> she actually even said on cnn on an interview even several weeks ago is, you know, look, so i have a different opinion than my husband -- >> yes, but he publicly goes after her place of work. don't you find this eyebrow raising? >> i think, though, the comment by eric trump is the one that i'm taking issue with. i think that kellyanne conway said her husband has a mind of his own -- >> eric shouldn't have weighed in you think. >> i think he shouldn't have. >> i do think it's striking, look, as someone who has a spouse who is often in high profile situations and politically controversial situations given her work as a lur, i mean, it's striking to me that you, you know, insert yourself into that

. >> one person unconvinced and not buying the president's story is george conway, kellyanne conway's husband. he slammed the president in this tweet. he said he lied about the payments and given he lies about virtually everything else, why should we take that word over the federal prosecutors? >> cnn learned the president was present at the august 2013 -- august 2015 meeting about the hush payments. the president was in the room. he met with cohen and david pecker. chairman of "the national enquirer" parent company. the president of ami. michael cohen will break his silence in an interview with "good morning america." here is jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: christine and dave, we begin here at the white house. so much has happened this week. much has to do with michael cohen. of course, the president's long time lawyer and fixer. the president speaking out in direct terms saying he did not direct michael cohen to do anything in terms of hush money payments. as we have seen, the president's story has changed many times. this is what the president said yesterday. >> what h

george conway, kellyanne conway's husband has been a frequent outspoken critic of president up from. yesterday he took aim at a tweet the issued. the president praised roger stone and quoted what roger stone had it is a. in the tweet the president said i will never testify against trump. that's the quote from stone. the president said at the end, nice to know some people still have guts, to which george conway retweeted and added a comment say file under 18 usc subsection 1503 and 1512. those are federal statutes involving witness tampering and influencing jurors. eric trump criticized conway. he said -- >> kellyanne conway has weighed in in the past on some of the tweets that her husband has tweeted. she said he's an outspoken and he has his own views. she might not share them. we have not heard from her today on this dust-up back and forth between george and eric, shep. >> shepard: john roberts reporting from the white house. big headlines to get to on a jam packed news day. after a briefing with the central intelligence agency, this just happened. top republican senators say there

. >>> the president's tweets spawning a fight between eric trump and george conway, kellyanne conway's husband. it began monday morning when conway suggested mr. trump's tweets on the russia probe amounted to witness tampering. >> eric trump responded with this, of all of the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect of george conway shows toward his wife, her career, place of work and everything she has fought so hard to achieve might top them all. >>> investors cheered the temporary trade truce. $200 billion in chinese goods stay at 10%. not rise to 25% as they were scheduled on january 1st. dow rose 288 points. big moves for china stocks. apple, boeing, caterpillar all closing higher. china said it would be willing to purchase a substantial amount of agriculture and energy and other products. those details coming from the u.s. side. chinese have been more vague about where we're going here. the president tweeted about the success of the meeting with president xi jinping. he said quote, relations are china have taken a big leap forward. and we make the finest and cleanest product in

and george conway. >> it makes you think of mary madelyn and james carville. they were the originals. >> this curiosity of the conways, it seems to be blowing up a bit with his more aggressive commentary and eric trump weighing in on this recently as well. >>> a fourth u.s. service member has died following last week's roadside bomb in afghanistan. 24-year-old sergeant jason mclearn of export, pennsylvania, died on thursday from injuries he sustained in the bombing for which the taliban has claimed responsibility. he leaves behind a wife and two young children. 39-year-old army sergeant first class eric and others were also killed in that attack. 14 americans have died supporting operations in afghanistan this year, 13 from combat. >>> more sad news, this time from the u.s. navy where the top admiral for the middle east died at his home saturday in bahrain. officials say the admiral died of an apparent suicide. admir admiral staerny commanded more than 20,000 u.s. and coalition sailors. vice admiral jim malloy is set to take temporary command this week. >>> tr

in response d-c attorney and husband of white house counselor kellyanne conway george conway tweeted the criminal code for witness tampering.that prompted a nasty tweet from the president's son... eric trump... who said: "of all the ugliness in politics, the utter disrespect george conway shows toward his wife, her career, place of work, and everything she of work, and career, place the story. (pam) another big story tonight takes us live to washington... where president george h-w bush is lying in state. a steady stream of dignitaries and regular people are still coming in ... paying their final respects. the memorial service for the 41st president is tomorrow morning. president trump received an invitation, and will attend the service... the trumps and the bushs have famously clashed. george h-w bush, who was a staunch republican, voted for hillary clinton in 20-16. but the bush family is seeking to make this a moment of unity... a short but important break from the bitter partisan politics that seem to dominate washington. today ... they shared an embrace with president george w b

george conway, who is the husband of kellyanne conway, and she did an interview with chris cuomo, and george conway sent the statement out after that, and given that he lies about everything that his own personal lawyer described him as a f'ing liar, why should we take his word over that of federal prosecutors? >> you can explain to a 10-year-old when somebody lies and changes their story it means they are hiding something. that's a good and persuasive argument you make in a jury trial. it's completely fair game. joe pointed out how the story keeps changing. you try to show this defendant keeps changing his story, or changes the story before we got here, and he went from i didn't do it, didn't know anything about it, to my attorney said it was fine, to it's not a crime anyway, and we could shoot down each of those if we had time, and it's just completely changing stories that tells you a lot. >> let's do that. let's go down it's not a crime anyway. that's not president trump just saying that. when we have on various surrogates and various republican lawmakers, they try to go there. ca

>> another fascinating tweet by george conway. i agree with jim comey's point. if the evidence becomes overwhelming, then the constitution does contemplate impeachment as a remedy, i would submit that the house democrats would be well advised that impeachment proceedings should only really commence in a bip t bipartisan way. if the facts and evidence are such that the house majority can get republicans on board, with conducting hearings and it's truly a bipartisan effort with some assurance that the senate would, in a bipartisan way carefully consider the evidence in a trial that would commence in the senate, i think the american people would support impeachment. anything short of that, i agree with jim comey, may look too political and too partisan to the american people. >> happening in a much more rapid-fire way are disclosures that are big are coming out for all of us to see. any way for you to tell what robert mueller has? >> nochlt going back some three years or more telling me interviews where people were lying and mounds of data where you're getting fina

george conway is commenting on a version of events. given that trump has repeatedly lied about the payments and given that he lies about virtually everything else to the point that his own personal former lawyer describes him as a liar, why should we take his word over that of federal prosecutors? >> maggie? >> i don't care what george conway tweets but there are plenty of people that asked questions about why it is that the president has given such a different version of events. this is where the corrosive lying that the three of us have talked about over the course of the last many months, that has come out of the white house and president, and it does catch up to you at a certain point. there are points for anybody where you will want to take your word over somebody else's, and this is why the president accounts as if he is living in a perpetual ten minutes of time, where nothing matters that was said previously and it doesn't matter how it impacts it going forward. he is now facing the repercussions of that, i think. >> maggie and

a bit of a snarky response from george conway. we should point out there is pressure mounting on the president, not just on the russia front but the fact that he could be facing a potential partial government shutdown in the next few weeks and, of course, a volatile stock market. the result of the president's ongoing trade war with china. jessica and victor? >> all rightme. borises sanchez, thank you very much. >>> joining us to discuss the political and legal consequences, let's bring in errol lewis, cnn political contributor and joey jackson, legal analyst and criminal defense attorney. welcome back. >> good morning. >> i wanted to go into the document. first let's start with the southern district of new york's sentencing memo. joey, cohen accordiated with one -- coordinated with one or more members of the fact about the fact, nature, and timing of the payments, of course this karen mcdougal and stormy daniels, in particular as cohen himself now admitted with respect to both payments he acted in coordination with and at the dire

attorney and husband of white house counselor george conway tweeted the code for witness tampering. that prompted a nasty tweet from eric trump. the trump family, it seems, has had enough candor from george conway. >> you know, it's like the administration is like a [ bleep ] in a dumpster fire. and i'm like, oh, i don't want to do that. i don't know. >> reporter: the white house also has its eyes on the stock market, after a steep decline due to lingering concerns of a trade war between the u.s. and china. the president tweeting another warning to china, saying i am a tariff man. that is despite claims from the white house that mr. trump has chemistry with china's president. >> i have never seen xi up close and personal. so at this dinner, i saw real chemistry between the two. >> reporter: the white house is trying to keep a lid on all of the chaos as the nation honors george h.w. bush, be even as some bush relatives still remember some of mr. trump's attacks on their family. >> you know, i'm not going to lie that it hurts. it stings. but, you know, my grandfather, uncle, dad, they

that's the opinion of at least one prominent republican lawyer, george conway, the h of kellyanne conway, who's been an outspoken critic of trump. george conway retweeted trump's tweet about roger stone and added this, "file under 18 usc subsections 1503-1512 which are the states of witness tampering and obstruction of justice." the best part of that move is at y tweeting out the actual laws, he made sure trump will have no idea what he's talking about. [ laughter ] "18 usc 1503. what the language is this? you know what, i'm just going to click translate tweet." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] so, trump has en dangling the pe pr of a pardon and hoping manafort and stone will refuse to cooperate with mueller. if you're mueller, the question is how do you respond to that? and we found out on tuesday when fhe filed a sentencing me ex-national security adviser jachael flynn and recommended that flynn get n time. because he's cooperating with multiple investigations. and yet, trump's lawyer rudy giuliani tried to argue that was actually good news for trump. although i can't reallfollow h

george conway sort of cheekily suggesting that's witness tampering. what do you make of it? >> as white house counsel, i'd tear my hair out. if you take this together with all the ways this president has launched attacks on the criminal justice system, attacked the spibl counsel, derided particular witnesses, expressed opinions about the evidence, i think taken in the aggregate, these are all very dangerous steps that he's taken, quite apart from the norms that he's violating. he could well at some point be subject to an investigation into these matters, certainly as a question of law and without any doubt, in the aggregate, they could inform an impeachment proceeding. >> your story i thought was very good, your article which you could wrote, yes, collusion which is about the bigger picture as things fall into focus. what's your main take away as you follow this? >> we hear a lot about collusion, but oftentimes what we're really talking about gets a little bit lost in the public dialogue. the federal campaign finance laws prohibit u.s. nationals from colluding, if you will,

george conway said all this talk about the lack of process is valid and true." for the latest on mattis, i'm joined by paul sonne. did anyone know this was happening or see it coming? >> i think a lot of people have seen it coming from quite some time. it was very clear from the start that mattis had significantly differing views on national security and foreign policy than president trump did. mattis is a big supporter of nato. he's a big supporter of alliances. he wanted a significant and long-term presence in syria and afghanistan and, trump from the very days of the campaign has signalled he doesn't really want any of that. >> mattis strikes me as a fairly even tempered individual. he's the navigated all kinds of bureaucracy through the years. that letter is a bureaucratic version of a screaming "fu," i quit. >> he's had numerous instances where he's surprised by a tweet or the president calls him sort of a democrat publicly, gets out that the president's referring to to him as moderate dog after his nickname. the entire time he's always kept his cool. never

attorney and husband of white house counsellor kellyanne conway, george conway, tweeted the criminal code for witness tampering. that prompted a tweet from eric trump which said of all of the ugliness in politics, this might top them all. the trump family has had enough candor from george conway. >> it is like the administration is like a [ bleep ] show in a dumpster fire. i'm like, i don't want to do that, i don't know. >> reporter: the white house also has its eyes on the stock market after a steep decline due to lingering concerns of a trade war between the u.s. and china. the president tweeted another warning to china saying, i am a terror fan. that's despite claims from the white house that mr. trump has chemistry with china's president. >> i have never seen xi up close and personally, so at this dinner i saw real chemistry between the two. >> reporter: the white house is trying to keep a lid on all of the chaos as the honors george h.w. bush, even though some brush relatives remember mr. trump's attacks on their family. >> i'm not going to lie that it hurts, it stinks. but, you

george conway retweeted trump's tweet about roger stone and added this, "file under 18 usc subsections 1503-1512 which are the statutes of witness tampering and obstruction of justice." the best part of that move is that by tweeting out the actual laws, he made sure trump will have no idea what he's talking about. [ laughter ] "18 usc 1503. what the language is this? you know what, i'm just going to click translate tweet." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] so, trump has been dangling the prospect of a pardon and hoping manafort and stone will refuse to cooperate with mueller. if you're mueller, the question is how do you respond to that? and we found out on tuesday when he filed a sentencing memo for ex-national security adviser michael flynn and recommended that flynn get no jail time. because he's cooperating with multiple investigations. and yet, trump's lawyer rudy giuliani tried to argue that was actually good news for trump. although i can't really follow his logic or his syntax. here's a text message that rudy giuliani, the president's lawyer, sent to a political reporter aft

that's the opinion of at least one prominpublican lawyer, george conway, the husband of kellyanne conway, who's been anr outspokeic of trump. george conway retweeted trump's tweet about roger stone and added this, "file un usc subsections 1503-1512 which are the statutes of witness tampering and obstruction of justice." the best part of that move is that by tweeting out the actual laws, he made sure trump will have no idea what he's talking about. [ laughter ] "18 usc 1503. what the language is this? you know what, i'm just going to click translate tweet. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] so, trump has been dangling the prospect of a pardon and hoping manafort and stone will refuse to cooperate with mueller. if you're mueller, the question is how do you respond to that? and we found out on tuesday when he filed a sentencing memo for ex-national security adviser michael flynn and recommended that flynn get no jail time. because he's cooperating with multiple investigations. and yet, trump's lawyer rudy giuani tried to argue that was actually good news for trump. although i can't really

well, that brought a quick response from george conway, as in the husband of counselor to the president kellyanne conway. he quoted the tweet, along with federal obstruction of justice statutes. then the president's son, eric, came to his father's defense, calling conway's tweet horrible and said it showed utter disrespect. but then former acting solicitor general neal well ant all in defending conway, saying this is looking like witnessing tampering. the fact it's done out in the open is no defense. trump is genuinely melting down and no good lawyer can represent him under these circumstances. so then senator mark warner, ranking democrat on the senate judiciary committee added, this is serious. but the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, says there's nothing to worry about. according to giuliani, the president was simply encouraging roger stone not to lie. back with me, nbc news intelligence and national security reporter ken dilanian, and cynthia oxnay, nbc legal analyst. neal was on morning shows this morning. let me play his argument, and i'll get your reaction on the other

those words were written by neal katyal and george conway. one of these men joins me now, neal katyal. so, you wrote an entire op-ed looking at the edwards case and comparing it to this. i won't make you go through the whole thing word for word, but the main points, why do you see this case as stronger than the one against john edwards. >> we think the edwards case boomerangs on the president. we think it was a mistake for rudy giuliani to invoke it. the reasons are three-fold. number one, that court in the edwards case actually said, when you look at it, that it is a federal felony to take hush money if one of the purposes of that hush money was to influence the campaign. >> one of the purposes, not -- the key thing here is, one of the purposes, not the only purpose, correct? >> exactly. so even when the president says things like, oh, it was done for personal reasons to avoid embarrassment to his wife or whatever, that doesn't get him out of the edwards precedent, which is, as you say, one of the purposes being to influence an election. num

those words were written by neal katyal and george conway. one of these men joins me now, neal katyal. so you wrote an entire op-ed looking at the edwards case and comparing it to this. i won't make you go through the whole thing word for word, but the main points, why do you see this case as stronger than the one against john edwards. >> we think the edwards case boomerangs on the president. we think it was a mistake for rudy giuliani to invoke it. the reasons are three-fold. number one, that court in the edwards case actually said, when you look at it, that it is a federal felony to take hush money if one of the purposes of that hush money was to influence the campaign. >> one of the purposes, not -- the key thing here is one of the purposes, not the only purpose, correct? >> exactly. so even when the president says things like, oh, it was done for personal reasons to avoid embarrassment to his wife or whatever, that doesn't get him out of the edwards precedent, which as you say, one of the purposes being to influence an election. number tw

first of all, that certainly could look like witness tampering as george conway was saying. but again, we are now -- maybe the best way to keep on looking at this is to look at it in terms of the articles of impeachment against nixon. >> right. >> would this be sufficiently -- whatever the ambiguities of the law, this is coming close to manipulating the testimony. and if you add to that, basically dangling a pardon to anyone, it would also vitiate in my view a pardon 0 coming down the pike. in other words, if he put it in the context of who was doing what for him, that would raise some interesting questions about the pardon itself. >> you know, we've got two big documents set to come out this week. we've got the michael cohen document late friday night, his lawyers making the argument for why he should receive no jail time. something for flynn on tuesday. manafort on friday, this is coming off a big week last week. what is your sense watching what's being made public in the succession it is, nick? >> first of all, you have to realize, it may not be made public. i mean, some