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Has officially finished. The defense only called two witnesses. And yesterday, rested their case. Former President Trump did not testify in his own defense despite telling the press multiple times he wanted to. You testify in your trial. Yeah, i would testify absolutely. Its a scam. Its a scam. Are you going to testify . Yes. Will you testify . No he wont stop. He the gag is not to testify. Do you plan to testify in court . I probably so. I would like to. I mean i think so. I mean, theres a stor...

Time and attention on being president of the united states. >> so theres that. weve also just learned president-elect trump will announce or says hes going to announce his secretary of state tomorrow morning. want to bring back our political panel, cnn political analyst, david gregory, author of "hows your faith: an unlikely spiritual journey." guys written a little bit about new things, words for the president-elects disdain for the truth. cnn political analyst carl bernstein joins us. trump su...

Leading us into iraq under false pretens and telling us, as a people, that there were weapons of mass destruction there was one of the worst blunders in modern american history. >> all right. that was one of the compelling moments from last night, the first time the democratic candidates went head to head in the cnn debate. it was an introduction to some of the candidates, including former maryland governor martin omalley. whats his take on how last night went? lets ask him, democratic president...

Make sure people have power. this is a situation where a lot of us dont have the control we want to have. reman by your tvs. stay engaged and remain comfortable that everyone is working together on your behalf. >> mayor steven benjamin, we know you have a busy day. thank you for taking the time with us. thank you, mr. mayor. >> thank you. another big story breaking this morning, a 225-square mile debris field in the search for the cargo ship "el fara." are we any closer to finding the 33 peopl...

Christine romans joining us with a look at what is ahead on "starting point." >> the surviving boston bombing suspect sits in a 10x10 foot cell, investigators are looking at the life of his late brother tammer lab. u.s. and russian officials working together to figure out what he was doing in russia in 2011 and how an overnight raid there could be connected. former cia officer gary berntsen weighs in on that. then its six months to the day superstorm sandy slammed into the east coast. well talk ...

Around his neck. johns us now is jonathan, and its nice to have you here. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> let me ask you about the republican history on these matters. orrin hatch was an original sponsor of the dream act. when it went up for a vote in the senate, he skipped out and did not vote on it at all. is orrin hatch kind of a parabole or microcosm for understanding republican politics on this now? >> remember, when president obama was elected when he was on inauguration...

Though democrats had lined up 55 votes. republicans are saying its an outrage that president obama never tried to take this through congress. they make it sound like they wanted something like this to go through congress. theyve been waiting for the opportunity. republicans did not want that. democrats went for it and republicans stopped it from going through congress. so now president obama found a way to get it done anyway. president obama him will address the group that mitt romney addressed ...

Having a specific, observable policy on this issue. and of not having an alliance with the most virulently anti-immigrant elements of republican politics hanged around his neck. johns us now is jonathan, and its nice to have you here. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> let me ask you about the republican history on these matters. orrin hatch was an original sponsor of the dream act. when it went up for a vote in the senate, he skipped out and did not vote on it at all. is orrin h...