Sarah, its the first thing i thought of because were covering trump gavel to gavel keep in mind, we just heard a Sandoval Hearing in Donald Trumps case. Theres two things that this is directly impactful to Donald Trumps case. First prior bad acts evidence coming into the courtroom. The second, the Appellate Courts finding that Harvey Weinstein basically could not testify because so much was going to be allowed in on crossexamination the same type of argument would apply to donald trump at the Sandoval Hearing. Thats where prosecutors are told by the judge what can come in if donald trump were to testify, they opened up the gates. The judge to the E Jean Carroll case, to the new York State Attorney general, Civil Fraud Case because of that, donald trump will have a similar argument that hes hamstrung. He couldnt possibly testify because of everything thats going to come in on crossexamination. Its directly related to the Appellate Division decision that we just heard today. Did not see
there s more breaking news following. republican congressman jim jordan top is denying a report he ignored allegations of sexual abuse as a wrestling coach at ohio state university. cnn s jeanne casarez is working the story for us. house speaker paul ryan called the accusations, quote, serious. reporter: well, congressman jim jordan was an assistant wrestling coach during the years that dr. richard strauss team doctor for the athletics at ohio state university allegedly sexually molested student male athletes. well, the university has launched an independent investigation into dr. richard strauss who actually died in fwooif but he was the team physician from 1981 through 95. affiliated with the university for 20 years. and that takes us to the
and a change of heart take place in america. it s time, too, that we acknowledge the solution to the crime problem will not be found in the social workers files, the psychiatrists notes or the bureaucrats budgets. to deny bail to a defendant posing a threat to the community, to make prison sentencing more certain, to end abuses of parole. retribution should be swift and sure for those who prey on the innocent. ronald reagan laying out some of the foundational logic of the american criminal justice system such as it is. i d like to bring in michelle alexander, law professor at ohio state university and author of a fantastic book called the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. good morning, michelle. good morning. michelle, this is a fantastic book. i hope people read it. one of the things i think that s interesting in the book is you talk about your own experience of coming to recognize what the system was doing and what we are
the war on crime will only be won when an attitude of mind and a change of heart take place in america. it s time, too, that we acknowledge the solution to the crime problem will not be found in the social workers files, the psychiatrists notes or the bureaucrats budgets. to deny bail to a defendant posing a threat to the community, to make prison sentencing more certain, to end abuses of parole. retribution should be swift and sure for those who prey on the innocent. ronald reagan laying out some of the foundational logic of the american criminal justice system such as it is. i d like to bring in michelle alexander, law professor at ohio state university and author of a fantastic book called the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. good morning, michelle. good morning. michelle, this is a fantastic book. i hope people read it. one of the things i think that s interesting in the book is you