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Federal case gets the charges read to them, they get bail set and plead guilty or not guilty. mostly because the case really hasnt begun yet, there hasnt been any real substantial negotiations, even if the case will end in a plea. >> so danny, what do we expect to see as these kind of play out in parallel? is it unusual to see two of these unfold at the same time, theyre completely different hearings and arraignments? >> no, especially because the genesis of the investigations appear to have com...

Villain. he is still accusing nike of wrongdoing at this very point in time and has put documents out over the past few months concerning that. but he is now formally being charged and has been indicted for extortion when it comes to nike and fraud and aggravated identity theft when it comes to stormy daniels. we have not heard from stormy. >> to your point on the second piece of that, didnt see that coming. sara sidner, thank you so much for all of that. let me bring in cnn legal analyst meg mi...

Me down, threatening violence. theyre saying we have a right to publish. we would like to talk about what we can do to resolve it. or is it one publication trying to influence the content of the ownership of another publication? >> well, intriguing question, but it does default on the question of first amendment. as soon as you have people in power say we want to shut down the press, that has profound first amendment implicationings, freedom of the press and i think thats what this case is about...

Ryan lizza, renato mariotti here to discuss. wow. wow. >> this story has it all. >> yeah, this story has it all. good evening. its like the "saturday night live" skit, this story has it all, its got foul language, its got pictures, its got -- right? money. >> the saudis. >> its got saudis. renato, bezos says this is blackmail and extortion. is he right? does he have a case? >> well, hes right in our common understanding of those terms. i think its possible that he could certainly -- he could see...

Live" skit, this story has it all, its got foul language, its got pictures, its got -- right? money. >> the saudis. >> its got saudis. renato, bezos says this is blackmail and extortion. is he right? does he have a case? >> well, hes right in our common understanding of those terms. i think its possible that he could certainly -- he could see the "national enquirer" and ami and get some money out of them. obviously, he has very deep pockets of his own. but i dont think a prosecutor would actuall...

An extortion case. >> and stay with us. and i want to bring in tim felt and with richard serrano broke the sexual misconduct. and also gloria borger joining us. and i want to talk about the headline a second person accused hastert of sexual abuse, official says. what more can you tell us about who the second person is and the l.a. times source for that? >> well of course we cant discuss our -- our sources. because the only way theyre going to talk to us if we grant them anonymity. i can tell you...

Whether it occurred but he was paying this student hush money to keep the allegations under wraps according to the fbi. they felt it was important to explain the cash transactions to explain the motive but didnt include the details about the misconduct in the indictment because the charges have to do with lying to the fbi and evading. >> and do we expect extortion charges against the individual a. as hed been called. >> that is something the authorities were looking at whether this is an extorti...

Its unchartered territory. and we dont want to establish unhelpful norms that will escalate and keep american companies in the cross fire. so we want to -- >> what makes you -- you sound worried yourself. what is the worst thing the guy could do to us in terms of hacking into our -- anybody in this countrys information? whats the scariest thing you can imagine somebody doing? >> well, the hackers in this case, the power is the information that they hold. its not any threat, any credible threat, ...

This countrys information? whats the scariest thing you can imagine somebody doing? >> well, the hackers in this case, the power is the information that they hold. its not any threat, any credible threat, of actual commitment of violence. so in this case, this is an extortion case. and it just shows you how difficult it is to protect information, in this day and age. attackers, in cyberspace, have an incredible asymmetric advantage, and its very difficult, even with proper defenses, to prevent p...

Flu shot. hes got a lot to deal with here going forward. >> really quickly, before i let you get out. theres talk of course that that video that reportedly shows the mayor smoking crack. theres this new video were seeing that has come to light. as the mayor or any of his staffers told you guys they are to be on the alert perhaps. have we seen all there is to see of mayor ford on camera? >> reporter: there are a lot of rumors swirling in a story like this. there are rumors that there are perhaps ...