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Indicted, highly classified documents in bathroom and the ballroom down at maralago. And federal judge aileen cannon, the Trump Appointed lawyer who came to this case with only three years on the bench and with very little experience in running criminal trials. Cannon whose rulings in the case so far have repeatedly drawn scrutiny and reversals and rebukes by higher courts. And now judge cannon is under fire once again for what the Washington Post diplomatically calls, quote, an unusual order re...

Saying the judge told the jurors that he has concluded as a matter of the law "that the defendants are not liable, too. you decided the facts, i decided the law." again hes saying thank you, jury, thank you for deciding this, i decided the same thing and i was going to supersede any decision you made, thank you very much. >> emily: almost like teeing up for appeals, on one hand did it this way, the other hand this way, so crossing the ts and dotting the is. judges have purview over the law and t...

Which the constitution says he shouldnt do. >> if its authorized and appropriated. >> thats the argument. >> thats a question a court will address. hes going to start with the authorities that are most defensible. and i think that will build momentum for the wall he promised. >> all right. matt gaetz a busy night. thank you for making the case. i appreciate it. >> happy valentines day. >> you as well. thats the politics on this. people are against and saying theyre for. the law will have a role ...

Think that will build momentum for the wall he has promised. >> matt gates, its a busy night. thank you for taking the time to make the case. i appreciate it. >> thank you. happy valentines day, again. >> you as well. thats the politics on this. this is why people are against and thats why theyre saying theyre for. the law will have a role here more than ordinary in politics. there is an act of congress if he declares a national emergency and other statutory language as well. but its not the end...

Question. petty or principled? >> yeah, i dont know that -- you know, john -- not john mccain. donald trump ran for president as a practicalist. i dont know that he ascribes to that, and he endorsed john mccain in his last election. >> yep. >> in 2016 against a conservative. and i think he expected to build a relationship off that. that didnt happen. john mccain was, of course, one of his most critical people in the republican party. but at the same time, look, the notion that there was some opp...

American peel will conclude -- >> why didnt she speak before? >> she was respecting the fact that she was going to remain silent. the problem is mr. cohen a few months ago decided to start giving interviews and statements about what had transpired. that is really not appropriate. it is not appropriate to have one side out there disseminating mistruths, out right false statements, and ms. clifford is unable to speak her side and explain her position. >> we go through this on the fact analysis it ...

Let me correct myself. theres all sorts of accusations about that. we have heard thousands the last year. there is no evidence of illegal activity by this president. >> yeah. i just dont know if thats the bar. i think there are a lot of other things you should be concerned about that we have to correct going into the next campaign cycle. lets leave the fact analysis there. there is no reason to go any further now. on the tax side, the president said something very interesting yesterday. he said ...

Him and said, i love this, this is my kind of party. thats how i feel about this, ax. hes going to throw punches, but hes activated the media in a way to do fact analysis that will benefit everybody. while trump is doing what hes doing, the democrats are trying to figure out what to do. the dnc will have a big vote for who winds up being the party leader. dana bash and i will moderate wednesday night at 10:00, youll get to see the main candidates. this is a big deal for them. how big a deal is i...

Invested in a 50 year passion of mine, professional passion of mine so i have a lot invested in it. >> boy, this is spot on. just in terms of fact analysis. we heard from the president. they said the president told the country that if we gave notice of this ban there might have been a rush of bad guys flooding into the country and he said he knows something about the threat and now we hear with you and clapper he does not see the intel of legitimate basis that come from the areas being targeted....

>> but how much has president obamas agenda materialized? plitt fact took a look at the promises he made for his presidency stacked up by their tally, obama made 533 promises during the course of his campaigning and his presidency. the plitt fact analysis says obama kept nearly half. 28% ended in compromise and nearly quarter they say were broken. katie sanders is the deputy editor. thanks for being here. the promise on your list sort of struck me. one in particular, it said, candidate obama pro...