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Lets listen to this. >> new york state no longer has the statute of limitations on first-degree rape. that doesnt mean that in this case she is necessarily saying she would bring a rape charge, but this would be a first, from what i understand of the facts, this was potentially a first-degree rape case which doesnt have a statute of limitations and she has the coat. >> and she also indicated if the coat a has not been laundered there could conceivably be evidence of some kind. >> how can that be...

Definition of sexual assault. >> so will the president then not face legal ramifications here? >> the president will not face relevant ramifications. even if the claimant wanted to bring them or sue. in all likelihood, all statute of limitations have since run. >> so carol said she would not bring charges because it would be unfair and wouldnt, quote, make sense. could new york, the state of new york file on her behalf or standing alone? >> sometimes the state can overtake the wishes of a compla...

Has something he wants to say. in terms of sheer time limitations how do you avoid that happening? how do the candidates talk to each other? in the past thats what you want. the interaction that philippe was describing a few moments ago between one candidate and the other. >> i think the worst thing you could have is if you start repeating the same line over and over. weve seen it in debates in the past you can tell someone had like three talking points and theyre sticking to them for all they c...

Sufficient either. but i think the question here, i have to say, new york state no longer has a statute of limitations on first-degree rape. that doesnt mean that in this case she is necessarily saying she would bring a rape charge, but this would be a first -- from what i understand of the facts, this was potentially a first-degree rape case which doesnt have a statute of limitations and she has the coat. so the other question i had is did she get it dry cleaned or not? and if -- >> theres also...

This dress was unlucky. so when i hung it up, i wasnt thinking, oh, in sis a -- i just never wanted to put it on again. because it had -- horrible memories. so it just hung there. i didnt bag it up. i didnt do anything. just sat there behind the raincoat. thats it. >> i want to listen to what mya wily said two hours ago on chris hayes show about this evidence that you describe including the clothing. lets listen to this. >> new york state no longer has the statute of limitations on first-degree ...

Terms of corroboration? >> thats a key piece of evidence for prosecutors. when youre looking at prosecuting a crime that occurred some time back, even if its just a few months, but here many years, and, of course, were not talking about prosecution because of statute of limitations. in assessing her credibility knowing there are two individuals she had conversations with who recall those conversations, those strongly support her recollection of events and those can be key pieces of evidence with...

>> how important are the witnesses here? >> this is the classic example of deciding what the appropriate statute of limitation is in assault cases. on the one hand, there is a long history of folks being discouraged from coming forward for a number of different social or economic decisions and reporting a crime. especially if powerful people is and was then. on the other hand, the law explicit explicitly punishes waiting. there could be some evidence that they waited too long. the modern trend i...

The state prosecute the defense despite the wishes of the complaintent. that is not going to happen here. the modern trend is to extend the statute of limitations or eliminate it all together because of the growing understanding that they would often wait years and years to report a crime. the counter balance of that is the understanding as years pass on, memories fapaid, witnesses move, sometimes they die. it becomes harder for a defendant to defend. >> speaking of witnesses, carol told two clo...

Alarmed by how this -- you know, after 18 years of war in that region, we should be -- we should understand the limitations of the military toolbox to achieve our objectives. >> yeah. again, nicholas article is trump and iran may be on a collision course, and it could get scarier. and that possibility could have possibly played out tonight, or still could play out as nicholas points out. we need to get more reporting on this and see, again, where we stand and how this all plays out. stand by, ni...

Is that mike pompeo and john bolton were urging this kind of military strike, that there were a lot of reservations in the pentagon about the way this could slip out of control and escalate. and so i would like to think that people in the pentagon got through to president trump. and president trump has clearly had some concerns about the possibility that this would escalate. he spoke about the possibility this might be an accident, so id like to think that hed change his mind. but, you know, thi...