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Justice has made is my guess what you are referencing simply gives prosecutors the tools to take on large scale distributors and enforce federal law. the presidents position hasnt changed but he does strongly believe that we have to enforce federal law. >> and without getting ahead of the president, the meeting this afternoon with the rnc chair woman, do you imagine theyll be discussing potential run by mitt romney in utah? is this something that the president would like to discuss with mitt rom...

That, but it does put this accusation in a political frame that is perhaps different from what -- one that is a shiny object to attack. >> we talked about not wanting to open yourself up to legal jeopardy and thats why judge moore doesnt go after these individual women because it could be defamation and they could sue him. he has threatened to sue the "washington post" which, of course, broke the story last week on thursday with the four women who said when they were teenagers he pursued intimat...

Is also a very courageous woman. so my expectation is that they are subpoenaed, that they will testify, but ill let andrea speak for herself and ill confirm that with kelly but im sure she will always cooperate with law enforcement. thats who she is. everybody should do so. i want to say to any other sexual assault accuser out there, whether theyre accusing mr. cosby or anybody else, never give in, never give up, report to law enforcement, get yourself a private attorney to advise you, and remem...

Behalf of judy huff who alleges in her lawsuit that mr. cosby committed acts of sexual misconduct against her at the playboy mansion when she was only 15 years old. >> how does this outcome potentially impact that case? >> well, we will have to see since the case is going to be retried as the prosecutor has indicated, whether or not the court will accept a trial date or not. the court has ordered mr. cosby to appear for his second deposition with us on that case. it may be that the court will de...

Grounds for a libel case? >> sure in theory he would. no president is ever going to bring a libel case. president obama does not want to be deposed for day after day. by filing the suit he would waive all kinds of privileges. so i will guarantee you with one 1,000% certainty that president obama will not bring a defamation suit. though he would certainly have the right to do so he would have to prove that president trump said something that was defamatory and false, but kind of knowingly and rec...

Did this. all the newspapers and news organizations that have written about trump have gone to him for comment and that, alone, basically eliminates the possibility that trump could ever win one of these cases. >> any reporter can show the steps they went to to try to verify a story. whether or not there was actual verification, at least having made the effort is enough. >> this is one of the key differences between the united states and great britain. in great britain, thats not good enough to ...

In great britain, thats not good enough to show you made a good faith effort to check it out. you can still lose a libel case in great britain. in united states if you the reporter show the steps you went through, show you made an effort to get comment, to check it out, you win. >> i see. >> and the other point he said several times is that he wants to change libel law in the united states. >> right. >> thats something the supreme court has done. starting in the 1964 case, "the new york times" a...

Own words and actions have already created for himself. we published newsworthy information about a public of deep concern. if mr. trump disagrees and believes american citizens had no right to hear what these women had to say and that they should be silent or be punished, we welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight. john, in this fight now thats still escalating between the paper of record and the trump campaign, whos going to win? >> ill tell you whats not going to happen and w...

Thats how we roll here in america. we love celebrities. we just need to knock them down a peg. so, don, just suck it up. >> his lawyer sent me a letter. attached here is a copy of mr. trumps birth certificate demonstrating hes not an orangutan grksz. and look at the lawyers signature. it just kind of trails off, as if to say im too embarrassed to even finish this. this is not a libel case. no, no, no. they seem to be trying to set a bold new president and jokes on late-night talk shows are now...

Is going to be a deal he strikes with the government to take all of this off of the table. >> gregg: issue number three the lawsuit to recover the bonus money which is huge amount. he was paid $12 million in bonuses for tour de france wins. question -- if he admits he cheated would he have to pay the money back? >> maybe. at that point the government can take only so much off. they cant take the bonus money because that was private organizations. so at that point you are looking at armstrong and...