WSJ: Cohen directed his lawyer to ask about a pardon contradicting testimony

To ensure delivery to your inbox add email@mail.msnbc.com to your contacts | [View in browser]( Add MSNBC to your contacts [Unsubscribe from this email](listvar=sub_daily) At a hearing with Homeland Security Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen, Democrats pushed for more details on last year's "zero-tolerance policy" that resulted thousands of migrant children being separated from their parents. Reacting to Nielsen’s comment saying that the children were not “put in cages,” MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff, who visited a processing center where children were detained, provided a fact-check on air. “She’s just not telling the truth… [they looked like animal kennels](," Soboroff said. He described it as “one of the worst things I have ever seen in my entire life.” R. Kelly was taken into custody following a hearing about over $161,663 in allegedly unpaid child support dues, according to authorities. The hearing was unrelated to another criminal case Kelly is currently embroiled in, one that accuses him of [aggravated sexual abuse](, which he angrily protested in an interview with CBS This Morning. Paul Manafort is going to prison -- but for how long? We’ll find out soon, as the president’s former campaign chairman’s future is soon to be decided. He could face more than a decade in prison when he is sentenced, in two separate court hearings this week and next, the first being tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET. [WSJ: Cohen directed his lawyer to ask about a pardon contradicting testimony]( Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen testified that he never asked for nor would accept a pardon from the president. But a new Wall Street Journal report could complicate that. Reporter Rebecca Ballhaus joins to discuss. [Watch Now]( [Investigators checking if Trump lying includes financial docs]( Rachel Maddow reports on the work of the New York State Department of Financial Services and notes that while Donald Trump has made great strides in normalizing lying, if he lied on his financial documents, he's going to have a bad time with these prosecutors. [Watch Now]( [Hayes: Nielsen evades even yes or no questions on the Hill]( Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen evaded even yes or no questions as testified before Congress about child separation. [Watch Now]( [Designer Isaac Mizrahi on his iconic Michelle Obama SOTU dress]( Designer Isaac Mizrahi discusses Michelle Obama choosing his design for the State of the Union in a very special edition of “Fallback” with Ari Melber. NBC News’ Craig Melvin also joins, roasting Mizrahi’s obsession with Shakespeare and in return, receiving Mizrahi’s designer-take on his prom outfit. [Watch Now]( [LATEST NEWS]( [Lawrence interviews presidential candidate John Hickenlooper]( [DNC Chair: The highest levels of Fox News are 'not playing it straight']( [Leon Panetta: Trump has ‘lost leverage’ in North Korea talks]( Follow MSNBC [F]( [T]( [I]( [G]( [T]( [R]( This email was sent to: {EMAIL} This email was sent by: MSNBC 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 This is an automated email. Do not reply directly to this email. [Privacy]( | [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily) | [Manage Subscription]( | [Contact]( [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily) [Manage Subscription]( [Contact](