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Want to say that, but yeah, i mean, this is why we send playback to writers because theyre the ones who reported the story. constitutional law and media attorney theodore butrose joins me now, who headed cnn on legal matters before. good to see you. if particular, i wonder, first of all, this is the first libel case against the times to go to trial in, what, 20 years? usually its resolved before a injury. here we are in a full blown trial. what makes this case so different? >> these cases do, la...

Order?" her gag order. her lawyer responds no. judge jackson, all right, i want to go through a number of communications one by one. did he ever i issued my order send a text message to buzzfeed news saying michael cohens statement regarding the russia investigation is not true? stones attorney, "he did." judge jackson, "so what about the instagram post from march 29th about adam schiff?" stones attorney, "yes." judge jackson, "how about this one from june 2nd?" stones lawyer answers before she ...

As they say in law school, on fument go. the clarity of my order is undisputed. the fact that the defense said it was fine and the order was not challenged on first amendment grounds or any other ground is a matter of record. it didnt take a week before the defendant was emailing buzzfeed calling a witness in this investigation a liar. to suggest that roger stones posts are not statements by roger stone about this kasscase ignores the power of social media and what makes it different from writin...

In terms of stone digging himself a little deeper as this goes on. i still would be kind of surprised if she throws him in jail. but to be honest, some of stones answer have made it more of a toss-up to me than i expected when this hearing started. >> ryan riley is joining our conversation now. hes just out of the courtroom. i understand the judge banned roger stone from making anymore public statements about his case. >> thats right. essentially he said she cant trust him anymore. she set off g...

They have big lights. i think its great fun, but i know that theres people all around and they can get through. i thought it was not fair to go after the mayor because hes the neighbor. he is saying you cant get safety vehicles through. what happens in d.c., the big one, it ends at a certain hour so that they know that basically its on from nightfall, 6:00 until 9:00 and then thats it. >> emily: with local ordinances. >> dana: there was another story where a family either in utah or idaho where ...

Are facing cnns out against the white house for revoking jim acostas press credentials. the federal judge issued a temporary ruling for cnn friday. not on first amendment grounds, but because the white house violated acostas due process. president trump: thats enough. thats enough. >> pardon me, maam. president trump: cnn should be ashamed of themselves having you work for them. you are a rude, terrible person. howie: chris wallace asked about the judges ruling. president trump: we have to write...

Not necessarily big business, big businesses love to squelch the free market because they want to dominated these businesses are dominating. lets be clear, this is a serious issue. we had a federal judge tell the president he couldnt block people on twitter because of first amendment grounds was that establishes the idea the world of social media and intercourse on social media is connected to the first amendment. then you have this company twitter blocking in a capricious way with no terms or c...

Route. what tucan you tell us about whats taking place now that you have reached the white house grounds? >> reporter: hey, david. the last time i spoke with you, you could see that there was a crowd of people who were marching from the foggy bottom metro station to lafayette park. that crowd is now dispersing. the motorcycle police have left. there are a few washington, d.c., bicycle police still on pennsylvania avenue. as you mentioned, the white supremacists, the white nationalists, are makin...

Giffords, courage to fight gun violence. thank you for being here. cody wilson is arguing its not just his second amendment right to bear arms, but first amendment right to post these schematics online. trumps doj, even though sarah sanders is saying that donald trump didnt know about it, trumps doj settled this case, kirstjen neilsen -- sorry, the secretary of states office said this was a battle they would lose in the courts based on first amendment grounds. i know a judge put a halt to it yes...

Today the president tweets out that he just heard about this. even though it was his administration that actually put this in place to allow these plans to be able to put on the sper net and his first phone call was to the nra? come on. his first phone call should have been to leaders in law enforcement to talk about how to keep our communities safe. thats what we need right now. is to focus on the safety and well being of our kids in schools and people all across our communities. thats whats ne...