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>> the question from senator cramer and young is for counsel of the president. manager schiff regularly states that if the president is innocent, he would agree to all of the witnesses and documents that the managers want. is the president the first innocent defendant not to waive his rights? >> mr. chief justice, senator, thank you for that question, because the answer obviously is no, the president is not the first innocent defendant who decided not to waive his rights. and i think it is strik...

Morning -- the clock struck nine. it was time. >> when they came back into the room, could you tell? >> yeah. didnt have a good feeling. its never good when they come back in the room and they wont look at the family. >> we the jury duly empaneled and sworn find the defendant, steve democker, guilty. verdict count 2, guilty. for count 3, guilty. >> reporter: guilty on all counts. >> howd it feel? >> we were just stunned. its -- it wasnt the right verdict. the law didnt support that verdict. >> r...

Legitimate. i mean, if youre mitch mcconnell, youve got a pretty narrow line to walk there. but, you know, mcconnell, i think, is -- does not have a particularly difficult job ahead of him in terms of party, you know, reigning in anybody, party loyalty. its been interesting to me that he hasnt come down like a ton of bricks on lisa murkowski, whose criticism was directly pointed at him. >> yeah. >> when -- when she told nbc affiliate in alaska, i think, a day ago that, you know, she didnt like t...

Herod is one of the great kings of the ancient world. from 37 bc, he rules judea for 33 years. >> he was the most magnificent, the wealthiest, the most powerful, the most generous jewish king that he could be. >> here you have someone who was at the height of his powers, was a great builder and a great planner. >> he was a brilliant political leader in all sorts of ways, and in many respects, he was a very successful king of the jews. >> but in the new testament, he is the king who orders the mu...

Beside his right hand lay his scepter, and they went toward herodium for it was there that the burial took place by his own order. and thus did herod end his life." >> but how should herod be remembered, as a great king who brought peace and stability, or a bloodthirsty and paranoid tyrant who tried to kill the infant jesus? >> the gospel of matthew does such a good job painting the picture of a monster -- >> ah! >> -- that its hard, even for modern skeptical readers, to see anything other than ...

>> have nothing to do with that innocent man. in a dream last night, i suffered much on account of him. >> in the ancient world, dreams are often seen as a way in which the gods communicate with humans. we have sort of the voice of god coming into the narrative at this point and declaring jesus innocent. matthew also contrasts a pagan woman, who already understands something about jesus, with the jewish chief priests who are intent on getting jesus killed. >> behold, the man. plaque psoriasis un...

Two to go in this. because as people are aggravated about nancy pelosi holding onto the articles of impeachment, there is a feeling that if the call was so perfect as president trump claims, why not have all of the witnesses? why not release him from executive privilege? get out there, tell your story and defend yourself, because transparency if innocent, will really help. >> julie: i want to talk about that phone call, the president has called it perfect. we have seen a memo, it was not the tra...

Assistance to ukraine, please hold off on any additional d.o.d. obligations of these funds. duffey adding, i appreciate your keeping that information closely held to those who need to know to execute direction. >> if there was ever an argument that we need mr. duffey to come testify, this is that information. s this email is explosive. >> reporter: to pull a line out of one email is misleading and inaccurate. but critics say the emails are further proof that key administration officials should t...

We went from a prison population of about 300,000 in 1972 to 2.2 million today. we have 6 million people on probation and parole in this country. theres 70 million americans are criminal arrest histories, which means when they try to get jobs or loans, theyre disfavored by that arrest history. we have a criminal justice system that treats you better if youre rich and guilty than if youre poor and innocent. thats not fair, thats not right. you know, the death penalty is in many ways ground zero o...

President trumps now infamous phone call with the ukrainian president. in one. emails office of management and budget staffer mike duffey wrote, "based on guidance i have received and in light of the administrations plan to review assistance to ukraine, please hold off on any additional department of defense obligations of these funds pending direction from that process." earlier today a spokesperson for the omb responded with a statement he claims the holding back of funds was announced well be...