[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND
WELCOME.
WELCOME.
WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
IM MEGYN KELLY.
ANYTHING GOOD ON TV LAST NIGHT? ANYBODY SEE IT?N TV LAST NIGHT?
ANYBODY SEE IT? WHO WATCHED THE STORMY DANIELS
INTERVIEW? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THE ADULT FILM STAR ON "60
MINUTES" DETAILING HER ACCOUNT
OF HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
WITH DONALD TRUMP OVER A DECADE
AGO.
AGO.
ALSO ALLEGING A HUSH MONEY
PAYMENT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY
HAVE VIOLATED ELECTION LAW. MS. DANIELS HISTORYING SHE MIGHT
BE HOLDING BACK ADDITIONAL
EVIDENCE OF THE AFFAIR.
SHE SAYS SHE IS SPEAKING OUT NOW
IN AN EFFORT TO SET THE RECORD
STRAIGHT.
STRAIGHT.
HERES NBC NEWS NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, PETER ALEXANDER.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
STORMY SPEAKS.
STORMY SPEAKS. >> I HAVE NO REASON TO LIE.
>> Reporter: WEEKS AFTER FILING
A LAWSUIT STATING SHE HAD AN
INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH
DONALD TRUMP MORE THAN TEN YEARS
AGO, ADULT FILM ACTRESS, STORMY
DANIELS, SAYS SHE WAS THREATENED IN 2011 WITH HER INFANT DAUGHTER
PRESENT, NOT TO GO PUBLIC WITH
HER STORY.
HER STORY. >> A GUY WALKED UP ON ME, AND
SAID TO ME, LEAVE TRUMP ALONE.
FORGET THE STORY.
AND THEN HE LEANED AROUND AND
LOOKED AT MY DAUGHTER AND SAID,
A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL.
IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO HER MOM.
AND THEN HE WAS GONE.
>> YOU TOOK IT AS A DIRECT
THREAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS RATTLED.
>> Reporter: THE THREAT, SHE
SAYS, COMING AFTER SHE AGREED TO
TELL A GOSSIP MAGAZINE ABOUT THE
ALLEGED AFFAIR FOR $15,000.
AN ARTICLE THAT DIDNT RUN AT THE TIME.E THAT DIDNT RUN AT
THE TIME.
IN A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED INTERVIEW WITH "60 MINUTES," THE
ADULT FILM STAR, WHOSE REAL NAME
IS STEPHANIE CLIFFORD SAYS SHE
HAD SEX WITH MR. TRUMP IN 2006
AFTER MEETING HIM AT A CELEBRITY
GOLF TOURNAMENT.
GOLF TOURNAMENT.
>> HES LIKE, WOW.
YOU ARE SPECIAL.
YOU REMIND ME OF MY DAUGHTER.
HES LIKE, YOURE SMART,
BEAUTIFUL AND A WOMAN TO BE
RECKONED WITH.
I LIKE YOU. >> Reporter: AT THE TIME,
DANIELS WAS 27, TRUMP 60.
HIS WEVE, MELANIA, HAD GIVEN
BIRTH TO SON BARRON A FEW MONTHS
EARLIER, THOUGH DANIELS SAID HE
BRUSHED THE MARRIAGE ASIDE.
>> HE WAS SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE BED WHEN I WALKED OUTEDGE OF
THE BED WHEN I WALKED OUT PERCHED.
PERCHED.
>> WERE YOU PHYSICALLY ATTRACTED
TO HIM? >> NO.?
>> NO. >> DID YOU WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH
HIM?
HIM?
>> NO.
>> BUT I DIDNT SAY NO.
>> IT WAS ENTIRELY CONSENSUAL. >> YES.AS ENTIRELY CONSENSUAL.
>> YES.
>> FAST FORWARD TO 2016. 11 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, A
DEAL TO STAY SILENT, THE
PRESIDENTS PERSONAL LAWYER,
MICHAEL
MICHAEL MICHAEL COHEN, PAYING DANIELS
$130,000 OF HIS OWN MONEY AS
PART OF A NONDISCLOSURE
AGREEMENT.
AGREEMENT.
DANIELS EXPLAINING WHY SHE SIGNED IT.PLAINING WHY SHE
SIGNED IT.
>> THE STORY WAS COMING OUT
AGAIN.
I WAS CONCERNED FOR MY FAMILY AND THEIR SAFETY.OR MY FAMILY
AND THEIR SAFETY. >> Reporter: AS FOR EVIDENCE OF
AN AFFAIR LIKE PICTURES, TEXT
MESSAGES OR E-MAILS, DANIELS
WOULDNT SAY.
WOULDNT SAY. THOUGH A LAWYER IN A TWEET
RECENTLY SUGGESTED VIDEO MAY
EXIST.
EXIST.
>> MY ATTORNEY HAS RECOMMENDED
THAT I DONT DISCUSS THOSE
THINGS.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
DENIED DANIELS ALLEGATIONS AND
ONE OF MR. TRUMPS LAWYERS
POINTS TO A STATEMENT DANIELS
SIGNED IN JANUARY, SAYING THERE
WAS NO AFFAIR.
DANIELS SAYS THAT STATEMENT WAS
A LIE.
>> I FELT INTIMIDATED AND
HONESTLY BULLIED.
AND I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND SO I SIGNED IT.AT TO DO.
AND SO I SIGNED IT. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT LATE
SUNDAY RETURNING HOME FROM
MAR-A-LAGO, IGNORING REPORTERS
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP WILL STAY IN LADY
MELANIA TRUMP WILL STAY IN FLORIDA FOR SPRING BREAK.
AS DANIELS DIRECTS A MESSAGE TO
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT.
>> HE KNOWS IM TELLING THE
TRUTH.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT NOTABLY HAS NEVER WRITTEN A
SINGLE TWEET ABOUT DANIELS,
DISMISSING HER OR HER STORY.
BUT THIS MORNING HE DID COMPLAIN
BROADLY ON TWITTER, WRITING, SO
MUCH FAKE NEWS, NEVER BEEN MORE
VOLUMINOUS OR INACCURATE.
BUT THROUGH IT ALL, OUR COUNTRY
IS DOING GREAT, HE WRITES.
OVERNIGHT, IN THIS LETTER
OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS, THE
PRESIDENTS PERSONAL LAWYER
DEMANDED THROUGH HIS OWN
ATTORNEY THAT DANIELS
IMMEDIATELY RETRACT AND
APOLOGIZE TO HIM FOR DEFAMATORY
STATEMENTS ON "60 MINUTES," IT
WRITES, AND MAKE CLEAR SHE HAS
NO FACTS OR EVIDENCE SUGGESTING
COHEN HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH
ANY THREAT SHE CLAIMED RECEIVING IN 2011.AT SHE CLAIMED RECEIVING
IN 2011. TO BE CLEAR, MEGYN, DANIELS
NEVER SAID SHE BELIEVED COHEN
WAS INVOLVED IN THAT ENCOUNTER.
BACK TO YOU.
>> PETER, THANK YOU.
>>> JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT
IT, NBC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT, HALLIE JACKSON
AND AMY HOLMES, THE CO HOST OF
"IN PRINCIPLE" WHICH AIRS APRIL
13th.
13th.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] GREAT TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.
I JUST WANT TO START WITH THE
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE.
DO ME A FAVOR.
WILL YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU
BELIEVE STORMY DANIELS.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY BELIEVES HER.IRTUALLY EVERYBODY BELIEVES
HER.
AND CAN I ASK YOU, JUST AS A FOLLOWUP. ASK YOU, JUST AS A
FOLLOWUP.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU THINK THIS MATTERS.ND IF YOU THINK
THIS MATTERS. OKAY.
OKAY.
SO FEWER. BUT STILL A LARGE NUMBER.
SO WHY DOES IT MATTER IF IT
DOES?
DOES?
>> I THINK THERES A COUPLE REASONS WHY.HERES A COUPLE
REASONS WHY.
AND I THINK THE THING THAT WE
KEEP SAYING IN OUR COVERAGE OF THIS, AND THINKING ABOUT OUROF
THIS, AND THINKING ABOUT OUR COVERAGE OF THIS, ITS NOT THE
SEX, ITS THE MONEY.
ITS THIS PAYMENT THAT SHE
RECEIVED JUST TEN DAYS BEFORE
THE ELECTION THAT COULD HAVE
VIOLATED CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS.
WE DONT KNOW THAT.
BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
QUESTIONS THAT IS STILL NOT
RESOLVED.
RESOLVED.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS WHAT YOU HEARD HER TALK ABOUT LASTAT
YOU HEARD HER TALK ABOUT LAST NIGHT.
NIGHT.
WITH THIS THREAT. WHEN SHE WAS WITH HER BABY GIRL,
WITH HER DAUGHTER IN 2011, SHE
SAYS SOMEBODY CAME UP --
>> WE HAVE THAT.
LETS LISTEN TO IT, EXPLICITLY.
>> I WAS IN A PARKING LOT, GOING
TO A FITNESS CLASS WITH MY
INFANT DAUGHTER.
INFANT DAUGHTER. I WAS TAKING THE SEATS FACING
BACKWARDS IN THE BACK SEAT AND
DIAPER BAG, YOU KNOW -- GETTING
ALL THE STUFF OUT.
AND A GUY WALKED UP ON ME.
AND SAID TO ME, LEAVE TRUMP
ALONE.
ALONE.
FORGET THE STORY.
AND THEN HE LEANED AROUND AND
LOOKED AT MY DAUGHTER AND SAID,
A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL, IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO HER MOM.
AND THEN HE WAS GONE.
>> SO HER LAWYER ADMITTED THIS
MORNING THAT THEY DONT HAVE ANY
EVIDENCE CONNECTING THAT TO
DONALD TRUMP OR TO MICHAEL
COHEN.
COHEN. BUT HE SAYS, WHO ELSE COULD IT
BE?
BE?
COMMON SENSE DICTATES THAT THATS WHO SENT THIS PERSON TO
STORMY DANIELS.
STORMY DANIELS. NOW, MICHAEL COHENS LAWYER SENT
US THAT LETTER THAT PETER WAS
HOLDING UP OVERNIGHT IN WHICH HE
SAID, THE INCIDENT MAY HAVE
NEVER HAPPENED.
NEVER HAPPENED.
NOT ONLY WAS MICHAEL COHEN NOT INVOLVED IN THAT IN ANY WAY, BUT
IT MAY NOT HAVE OCCURRED.
WE DEMAND A RETRACTION.
THIS IS TURNING INTO A VERY UGLY
AND SERIOUS LEGAL BATTLE WITH
SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN IN DONALD
TRUMPS ORBIT FOR A LONG TIME.
>> LETS BE HONEST.
MICHAEL COHEN HAS A LONG HISTORY
OF THREATENING PEOPLE ON BEHALF
OF DONALD TRUMP.
AND IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME, YOU CAN GO TO MY TWITTER FEED WHICH
I TWEETED OUT LAST NIGHT, THE
EXPLICIT THREAT HE MADE TO TIM
MAC, THEN A REPORTER FOR THE
DAILY BEAST, NOW MPR,
THREATENING HIM OVER A STORY HE
WROTE ABOUT DONALD TRUMPS
DIVORCE.
DIVORCE.
I MEAN, WITHIN AN INCH OF HIS
LIFE, WITH F-BOMBS IN WRITING. CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF, NOT
TO MENTION YOURS TRULY WAS ON
THE RECEIVING END OF MICHAEL
COHEN AND SOME OF HIS TWEETS.
THAT DOESNT MEAN IT HAPPENED
HERE.
HERE.
CERTAINLY DOESNT MEAN HE WAS
BEHIND THE MAN AT THE CAR WITH STORMY DANIELS, IF THATAR WITH
STORMY DANIELS, IF THAT HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
BUT ITS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW IN EVALUATING THESE TWO
PEOPLES CREDIBILITY.
PEOPLES CREDIBILITY.
THE PROBLEM FOR HER IS HER CREDITABILITY ISNT THAT GREAT
EITHER.
EITHER.
SHES ON RECORD REPEATEDLY
SAYING IT DIDNT HAPPEN.
SHE DIDNT HAVE THIS AFFAIR.
SHE SAYS IT WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS
STRONG-ARMED BUT SHES GOT TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED STORIES.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
AND THATS ONE THAT ANDERSON COOPER POINTED OUT IN THEON
COOPER POINTED OUT IN THE INTERVIEW.
INTERVIEW.
BUT GETTING BACK TO THAT THREAT, IF THAT HAPPENED, OF COURSEREAT,
IF THAT HAPPENED, OF COURSE
THATS APPALLING AND POSSIBLY ILLEGAL.PALLING AND POSSIBLY
ILLEGAL.
BUT I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT
"60 MINUTES" JUST AS A MATTER OF REPORTING DIDNT TRY TO FIND ANYF
REPORTING DIDNT TRY TO FIND ANY CORROBORATING WITNESSES, PEOPLE
SHE MIGHT HAVE TOLD AT THE TIME.
HER HUSBAND.
HER HUSBAND.
>> ON THE THREAT SPECIFICALLY.
>> ON THE THREAT SPECIFICALLY --
>> ON THE AFFAIR, THE SEX, THERE ARE CORROBORATING --E SEX, THERE
ARE CORROBORATING -- >> RIGHT, BUT ON THE THREAT
SPECIFICALLY.
SPECIFICALLY.
BECAUSE THATS VERY SERIOUS. SO I WAS SURPRISED THAT HER
LAWYER AND THE REPORTERS AT "60
MINUTES" DIDNT TRY TO UNCOVER,
DID YOU TELL A FRIEND, DID YOU
DISCUSS IT WITH YOUR HUSBAND?
AND I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND
IF IT HAPPENED, BEING VERY
SHAKEN AND NOT WANTING TO GET,
YOU KNOW, TANGLED UP WITH POLICE
AND POSSIBLY BRINGING DOWN THESE
TYPES OF RETALIATIONS.
BUT JUST AS A REPORTING THING, I
THOUGHT IT KIND OF FAILED THERE.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT WITH
THE DANGLING OF THE JOB ON --
>> DONT SAY DANGLING.
>> OH, SORRY.
>> NO, JUST KIDDING.
JUST MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> OOH, DEAR.
ITS VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING
FOR THESE JOKES.
>> I KNOW.
OKAY.
OKAY.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> I KNOW. ]
>> I KNOW. VACATION.
VACATION. DIFFERENT FRAME OF MIND.
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PRETTY
SIMPLE MATTER FOR "60 MINUTES,"
THE PRODUCER AND THE JOURNALIST
ON THE STORY, TO CALL UP NBC AND
"CELEBRITY APPRENTICE" AND SAY,
DID MR. TRUMP EVER SUGGEST THAT
MS. DANIELS SHOULD BE ON THIS
SHOW?
SHOW?
I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE OFFERED A LITTLE MORE MEAT -- NO PUNRED
A LITTLE MORE MEAT -- NO PUN INTENDED -- TO THE STORY.
>> CANT STOP OURSELVES!
>> ILL CHOOSE MY WORDS
CAREFULLY HERE.
CAREFULLY HERE. I DO THINK ITS INTERESTING THAT
WE SAW DONALD TRUMP TWEET AND
WHILE HE DIDNT REFERENCE THIS
SPECIFICALLY, HE ALLUDED TO FAKE
NEWS.
NEWS.
>> MAYBE HE DOESNT LIKE ATTACKING PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY.
>> OH, WAIT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THAT WAS PART OF IT.
HE SAID NOTHING ABOUT THIS.
I THINK PART OF IT -- CHUCK TODD
MADE THIS POINT OVER THE WEEKEND
WHICH IS LEGITIMATE.
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED
IN THIS STORY.
OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THIS STORY.Y MEMBERS INVOLVED IN
THIS STORY.
THAT THIS AFFECTS. WHETHER THEYRE ALLEGATIONS,
WHETHER THEYRE TRUE.
THERE ARE PEOPLES LIVES WHO ARE SORT OF HERE IN THIS.ES WHO ARE
SORT OF HERE IN THIS. AND I WONDER IF THERE ARE SOME
SENSITIVITY AROUND THAT.
SO I DID THINK IT WAS
INTERESTING HE ALLUDED TO THIS FAKE NEWS, EVEN IF HE DIDNTHIS
FAKE NEWS, EVEN IF HE DIDNT SPECIFIC LEAVE CALL OUT --
>> BUT CAN I TELL YOU, THERE
ARE -- WHEN ALL THOSE WOMEN CAME
OUT ABOUT DONALD TRUMP ALLEGEDLY
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING OR HARASSING
THEM AFTER THE "ACCESS
HOLLYWOOD" TAPE IN THE CAMPAIGN,
HE WAS NOT SHY ABOUT GOING AFTER
THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
>> THREATENING TO SUE THEM. >> THEIR LOOKS AND SO ON AND SO
FORTH.
FORTH.
SO IT IS INTERESTING THAT THIS SPECIFIC CASE IS ELICITING AIS
SPECIFIC CASE IS ELICITING A DIFFERENT REACTION FROM HIM.
LOOK, WHAT HAPPENS IN SOMEBODYS
MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN THE TWO
PEOPLE IN THE MARRIAGE.
THE REASON THIS HAS BECOME A NATIONAL STORY IS BECAUSE IT
CONTINUES A THEME ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP AND HIS BEHAVIOR TOWARD
WOMEN IN GENERAL AND BECAUSE OF
THE MONEY.
BECAUSE IF HES ANOTHER JOHN
EDWARDS, WHO WENT TO TRIAL
FOR -- WHO WENT TO TRIAL ON
CHARGES THAT HE RECEIVED ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THIS
WOMAN, BUNNY MELON, MEANT TO
COVER UP AN ALLEGED AFFAIR --
BUT THAT CASE MAY HAVE BEEN LESS
COMPELLING THAN THIS ONE.
>> BUT, MANAGEN,EGYN, THERE IS A
LEGAL QUESTION HERE THAT IM
SURE A LOT OF HOLLYWOOD
CELEBRITIES ARE NOT COMFORTABLE
WITH THIS MORNING.
WHAT DOES NONDISCLOSURE MEAN?
SHE ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT
FREELY, CASHED THE CHECK AND NOW
THERE IS BUYERS REMORSE.
PEOPLE IN ALL SORTS OF SERVICE
INDUSTRIES, SO TO SPEAK -- SIGN
THESE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS.
>> AND HER DEFENSE IS DONALD
TRUMP NEVER SIGNED THE
AGREEMENT.
AGREEMENT.
BUT MICHAEL COHEN DID SIGN IT,
AND THE AGREEMENT SAYS ITS
BETWEEN STEPHANIE CLIFFORD, HER
REAL NAME AND/OR -- AND MICHAEL
COHEN AND/OR DONALD TRUMP. THEYRE PSEUDONYMS.D TRUMP.