Transcript for Giuliani says Trump paid money to Stormy Daniels after months of Trump's denials

New reporting that president trump knew about the payment to stormy Daniels to ensure her silence while he continued to say he knew nothing about it. The president's story changed this week after his new attorney Rudy Giuliani said the president paid that after all. ABC's Tara Palmeri on why the timing matters. Reporter: President trump hitting the battleground state of Ohio, but tonight unable to escape questions over new reporting, claiming he knew about the hush money payment to porn star stormy Daniels months ago, despite his denial. "The New York Times" citing two people familiar with the arrangement to pay Daniels $130,000. Months before told he reporters he had no knowledge of it. Mr. President, why did you change your story on stormy Daniels? We're not changing any stories. See, excuse me -- Well, you said on air force one that you did not know anything about the payments? Excuse me, you take a look at what I said, you go back and take a look, you'll see what I said. Reporter: This is what the president said in April -- Did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy Daniels? No, no. Reporter: Tonight, the big questions still unanswered, what exactly did the president know and when? Ignited by the revelation from his new attorney Rudy Guiliani, that the president reimbursed his longtime fixer Michael Cohen for the Daniels hush payment. But that it wasn't a campaign matter. It's not campaign money. No campaign finance violation. Everybody was nervous about this from the very beginning. Reporter: But later, Giuliani suggesting the payment had everything to do with campaign. Imagine if that came out on October 15th, 2016, in the middle of the last debate in the middle of Hillary Clinton. Reporter: Later he was reiterated the payment was a family matter after president trump undermined him. He's learning the subject matter. He'll get his facts straight, he's a great guy! Reporter: Giuliani said Cohen was paid up to $470,000 for legal work. Michael would take care of things like this. Reporter: According to "The Wall Street journal," during the height of the 2016 presidential campaign, Cohen had gained access to nearly three quarters of a million dollars through a series of personal transactions. Federal investigators are looking into what he did with the money and whether there were any possible secret deals to protect Donald Trump. Tara, president trump's new attorney Rudy Giuliani made some fiery remarks today. Attacking the Iranian nuclear deal, at one point even pretending to rip it up and even spitting on That's right, Tom, Giuliani said that president trump has been emboldened by his new team to rip up the Iran deal. On stage, acting out tearing up for a piece of paper, calling if for a regime change. Tom? Tara Palmeri with that new reporting tonight. Thank you. Tomorrow morning on "This week" a very big show, and a Sunday morning exclusive. George will go one-on-one with Rudy Giuliani after this week's stunning revelations in the stormy Daniels case and the Mueller investigation. Make sure to tune in.

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