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Right now, the president s announcement is scheduled for 4 00 p. M. Eastern time. Meanwhile, House Democrats will put an offer on the table. Theyre adding 1 billion to border related spending. But no money for the wall. Lets check in with cnn White House Reporter sara westwood. Well hear from the president in a matter of hours. You hear anything more about how specific hes going to be . Well, fred, we are expecting President Trump to lay out a broader deal than hes offered so far. One that would...

Nation hangs in the balance, and that no one is above the law welcome not even the president. Jeremy, explain what this means. Yes, so this report, it is effectively laying the ground work for what is goes to be a busy week ahead for the Judiciary Committee. It gets into the historical nature of impeachment and makes the argument for why congress has the right and the duty to impeachment president. It is a update and they are going back to the reports. It doesnt say that they committed impeachab...

Law. so what is the motive behind this? it is very difficult to think that it was based on facts because in all of this time, what effort has george zimmerman made to get those facts? he admits it is based on a release in september of 2019. i think the courts will have a very difficult time holding on to this case. i think it will be going. >> all right, avery freeman, richard herman, thank you so much. take care. this programming note, join anderson cooper and kelly ripa live as they name the...

Ledge gent homicide after his granddaughter fell to her death from a cruise ship window. anel low had been playing with the girl when it was docked in puerto rico in july. puerto rican officials sa thy t he sat the girl in the wow and then lost his balance causing the girl to fall. but a family attorney describes a different scenario insisting he sat the girl on a ledge having no idea that one window within that wall was actually open. the family is now suing the cruise line company arguing the ...

Denies the nfl is colluding to keep him out of the league. goodell says kaepernick is not in the nfl because no team thought he could help them. >> i think if a team decides that colin kaepernick or any other player can help their team win, thats what theyll do. they want to win and they make those decisions individually in the best interests of their club. >> avery freeman, civil rights attorney and law professor and richard herman criminal defense attorney and law professor with me now. good t...

Month. his attorney say he felt he had to delay that appearance after receiving threats from president trump and rudy giuliani. the presidents private attorney. this is what the president had to say after cohen first canceled that original public testimony before the house. >> i would say hes been threatened by the truth. hes only threatened by the truth. he doesnt want to do that probably for me or other of his clients. >> all right. joining me right now, avery freeman, civil rights attorney an...

I dont know. >> it is all going to be off the table. it will be minimal and we wont get much out of it either way. >> avery, before cohen even testifies before the senate intel committee, i mean intimidating the witness, i mean this is a pretty serious matter that michael cohen is alleging. but there is video tape, right? i mean you hear rudy giuliani, you know, who is talking about his father-in-law, you hear the president, too, saying thats who you need to go after, so does he have a point? >>...

He is being subpoenaed, he said that would be a problem to just not show up, but the concern remains the same, right, for michael cohen? whether it is going to be a public venue of testimony or whether it is private. i mean that hasnt removed his concerns. so then does that mean that might curtail what kind of information hes willing to be forthcoming about? >> fred, unless avery has had conversations with his attorney, his attorney has said pointblank his testimony will be limited. youre not go...

Challenges. the american federation of government employees union filed a lawsuit against the white house. it claims the shutdown is violating the fair labor standards act. by illegally forcing more than 400,000 employees to work without pay. last hour, i was joined by the lead attorney representing federal employees. she says this case is eerily similar to one from a shutdown in 2013. >> the legal issues in the 2013 case and this case are identical. the government filed a motion to dismiss in 2...

Behind closed doors. saying comey will only testify in the hearing is public. in an apparent parting shot. the house judiciary committee sent subpoenas to comey and former attorney general loretta lyn lynch. avery freeman joining us. and richard herman joining us from new orleans. good to see you both. happy thanksgiving weekend. richard, you first, so comey sent this tweet in a response to the subpoena, quote, im still happy to sit in the light and answer all questions but i will resist a close...