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Following a law requiring separation of church and state this is classic case. the ninth circuit ruled. this judge enforced that order or that ruling and i dont know why the supreme court would take it up again. doesnt seem there are any new issues being presented. >> well see if any appeals come up over the next few months or so. fred, esther, great to have you as always. >> thanks for having me. edge joy your weekend. jon: some new details emerging about an american missing in iran for nearly ...

Jenna: this is quite a story. a disturbing revelation involving russian diplomats and the u.s. health care system. u.s. prosecutors charged 49 russian diplomats and their families with medicaid fraud. the charges come at a tense time between the two countries. russias deputy foreign minister is reportedly disappointed with us, disappointed that the united states did not discuss the charges through diplomatic channels. we should mention the fraud added up to about $1.5 million over the course of ...

Dollars back? >> no it is absolutely outrageous. at end of the day you cant do anything about it. you cant bring a civil or criminal case against them. you can do 0.0. when i was federal prosecutors. i handled extraditions i had to deal with the state department. arthur is 100% right. everything getting coordinated with the state department. but at end of the day they spent the money for nothing. >> they have to say something, fred, right? they are presented with the evidence, and cant let it di...

We have to look at other countries too or other diplomats doing the same thing? >> the answer is yes. interestingly enough there is correlation between political corruption in other countries and efforts like this. convicting these guys are like shooting fish in a barrel. the facts are right there. i guaranty you these are not the only people doing this. jenna: there are other diplomats im sure going to jimmy chu. i hope they are not ripping off the government in any way. >> you dont want to cut...

Jenna: let me ask you, arthur, this is difficult because youre an attorney, i think we all believe in the legal system but would there be a better way to handle this besides going through legal system here to get the money back or to try to even the playing field here in some way? >> i think what the russian diplomats are saying you could have come to us quietly. you could have brought this, if you have an indictment, brought the charges to us quietly without anyone knowing, hey, stroke as you c...

Critics on both sides of the aisle including former dnc chairman howard dean say president obama might not have that authority. joining us now with a look at the legal implications of all of this, fred tecce, former federal prosecutor, and phil snyder a criminal defense attorney. both of you are students of the law. our president is a former professor of the law, fred. does he have the legal authority to issue this change that he issued 24 hours ago? >> well, so lets make this like a law school ...

Being a bachelor again. and he exchanged at least 20 text messages reportedly with a woman named gypsy willis. she was also at the service. thats a picture of her there. within weeks willis moved into the family home to act as the childrens nanny. months later, she married the doctor. it took some four years before prosecutors pressed charges against him. if found guilty, mcneal faces life in prison. jenna: im glad you ended there, harris, because thats where i want to begin, because it took so ...

Phil, how someone can be fired and not. say, for example, jon gets permission to appear in mens health. fox says, that is great, well be in "mens health" magazine. what fox doesnt know that jon appears shirtless on the cover of mens health can fox take the permission back even though they said it was okayed but it wasnt what was expected? >> it all depends on what agreed upon. charter is saying we dont know what you were talking about. we never agreed to you appearing in "playboy." she said yes ...

>> i agree with that. gregg: therein is the rub. all right, fred tecce and brian silber, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> thank you, gregg. jenna: on a different note here, food is necessity, right. gregg: got to have a long hot dog. jenna: even the players get a little hungry. those games are long. watch this. >> popped up. shallow right field. long run her for infawntae. and prince cant get there. he was closest. did prince just grab a nacho? >> i didnt see it. >> i think he took somebodys n...

To make a decision on emotion. it didnt do that. it had probative value. it showed she was a knowing participant in the conspiracy. i dont blame them for keeping it out but it was the right decision to let it in. gregg: she confessed to planning the robbery to a detective but the defense has a very interesting take on this that might avoid felony murder and that is, wait a minute, yeah there was a robbery that was planned but the victim was not killed during the robbery but during sort of a sex ...