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>> i u do. im not at liberty to disclose that this morning. >> lets bring in legal analyst danny sovalos. pretty startling allegations. what does this mean for the president of the united states? >> the important thing to understand is that stormy daniels isnt looking for money damag damages. shes not looking for dollars. instead shes asking for declaratory judgment. but this creates some very real jeopardy for the president. first, you have to get around whether the president can even be. sued ...

Ranging from some kind of civil litigation to a declaratory judgment that session statements arent covered by privilege to holding him in contempt. thats where you can see this play out. those only work, though, if you have the republicans on the intelligence committee just as invested in having sessions answer the questions, produce the requested material as the democrats clearly already are. >> you know, paul, one of the issues here well delve into, did sessions recuse himself from the russia ...

Ahead of tomorrow nights debate in south carolina, ted cruz stepping up attacks on donald trump accusing him of, quote, embodying new york values and saying the front-runner appears to be rattled by his rise. this afternoon, trump called in to msnbcs thomas roberts show and responded by once again hammering the issue of his rivals canadian birth. >> my problem is that he has to get this cleared up. he can go for declaratory judgment. go in early to court. how can you vote for somebody that -- wh...

Interpretations, and that was always what i felt, when i would hear about that, i always hear that you had to be born on the land and not in canada. and cruz was a citizen and actually gave up the citizenship 15, 16 months ago. >> he was a canadian citizen, he gave that up, probably 14, 15 months ago, the problem is you have a cloud over teds head and thats a big problem, and i dont know how you can solve it other than getting a declaratory judgment, because the democrats have already stated tha...

>> reporter: good morning. there is a big battle for the top prize in iowa and now trump has gone from raising what he said were other peoples questions about cruzs citizenship to out and out declaring that cruz isnt a natural born citizen. its succeeded in raising questions in some voters minds. so no surprise that trump isnt letting up on this. take a listen to what he told his crowd at the rally in iowa. >> you cant have a person running for office even though ted is very glib and he goes out...

Something he has to get solved. he hope he solves it this is not something i brought up. the "the washington post" brought it up. they asked me a question and i gave them a very mundane answer to be honest with you. im not involved. its not my issue. its really teds issue. >> sort of interesting or ironic, i dont know what it is, but senator john mccain has apparently come out on your side and said its a legitimate issue. he, of course, was born in a territory in panama. and but he said its a le...

What they call a declaratory judgment where you ask a judge to make a ruling before the fact. and i think something like that would be very effective. i do think its probably something that he should get off his shoulders, because its a tough issue. i mean, he was born in canada and a lot of people see that. he was a canadian citizen, i guess, for a long period of time. he gave it up, what, 14 oar r 1 months ago. its not an easy issue. its a very complex issue. hasnt been adjudicated yet fully a...

And i think something like that would be very effective. i do think its probably something that he should get off his shoulders, because its a tough issue. i mean, he was born in canada and a lot of people see that. he was a canadian citizen, i guess, for a long period of time. he gave it up, what, 14 or 18 months ago. its not an easy issue. its a very complex issue. hasnt been adjudicated yet fully and hasnt gone to the supreme court. but i think if he got a declaratory judgment, that would sol...

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20,000 free tickets. that venue only has 1,400 seats. >> trying to fit ten pounds of fun in a five-pound bag. >> if it was a phish concert, what would you do? >> we would cancel it. >> trump seems to be relishing the frenzy? >> whats a better word than the word stupid? stupid. ♪ made of money no future at all ♪ >> tonight, donald trump says hes worried about his friend ted cruz. hes not worried about how well ted cruz is doing in the polls. no, no, no. hes worried that something terrible cou...