Mark Gerragos News Today

>> all right. i think we lost sunnys connection there unfortunately. well try to get her back on. mark, i want to talk to you about this because you represented a lot of people whove been accused of some pretty serious crimes facing a mountain of evidence, chris brown, gary condit, scott peterson. if you were representing bill cosby, how would you prepare to defend him? >> well, i think theyve already started. theyve framed this as a political prosecution. theyve said the only reason -- and that...

Never told him to stop, that you can be sure is going to be raised at trial, brianna. >> deborah feyerick, thanks so much. lets get more now on the breaking news with cnn anchors michael smirconish and mark gerragos and sunny hostin joining us on the phone. to you first, sunny. you read the deposition that is cited in this criminal complaint. and it really seems damning. these are bill cosbys own words admitting he gave constand these pills. how strong do you think the prosecutors case is here? ...

Months after it was revealed or was out in the public marketplace is going to be the most damning thing of all because thats all the prosecutor needs to tie this up completely and give him what most jurors are going to want. youre going to have a woman testifying, and then youre going to have the words out of his own mouth. that is from a defense lawyers standpoint that is the nightmare that you face in this case. and thats going to also be the biggest problem when they do a challenge to the pre...

The high points and the flash points are for them to say in order to make it sound like its, oh, my goodness, there is a common motive. >> they will set up a standard operating procedure will be the goal of the prosecution. mark, sunny, michael, don, thanks so much. well be seeing don tonight at 10:00 p.m. so tune in. hell have much more on this. next, terror threats against three major u.s. cities as they prepare to celebrate the new year. we are learning new details about that. plus, breaking ...

Versus she said, versus she said. >> times a few dozen. he also admits he had several prescriptions for quaaludes he did not intend on taking himself. something else there. mark, tell us whats changed over the last ten years. because you had 14 women back then who were saying, look, weve been assaulted by bill cosby. and their allegations were swept aside. some of them were just demonized, dismissed and released. whats changed in ten years? >> well, the statute of limitations here is one of the ...

Director. and perhaps more importantly, half say they are michael jackson fans. veteran l.a. defense attorney and former legal counsel to jackson himself, mark gerragos says that could be an advantage to the defense. murrays attorneys are expected to argue that he was only trying to control jacksons use of the anesthesia propofol. >> if the defense in this case is that he was trying to wean michael jackson off of these drugs, i mean if thats the road theyre going down, then they may want michael...

is like dealing with a bowl of jell-o. they refuse to get serious about cutting spending and making the tough choices that are facing our country on entitlement reform. thats the bottom line. >> president obama has asked them to come to the white house to tell them how he plans to avoid closing on the debt deadline. he was confident they could reach a deal, but now he said he would be at the white house tomorrow. so, is he backing off? chief white house correspondent jessica yellin joi...

ask them to do the tough thing but the right thing. i think it has proven difficult for speaker boehner to do that. ive been left at the all are now a couple of times. >> dealing with the white house is like dealing with a bowl of jell-o. let me just say that the white house moved the goal post. they refused to get serious about cutting spending and making the tough choices that are facing our country on entitlement reform. so thats the bottom line. >> president obama has asked congres...

But, remember, itch it turns out that these tapes were diced and spliced, easy for me to say, and it turns out she back filled the questions, based on taping these, and then taped this whole thing and put it through. the american public doesnt like that. people dont like a set up. >> larry: no one likes that. >> you have to remember his first wife has an interest in making sure he is still employeed she has seven kids that child support depends on him working. him out of a career. >> you are so ...

>> larry: mel gibson news today. there was a court hearing earlier, another clip from the recordings was released. you will hear it in a minute. jim moret, is chief correspondent, "inside edition" and author of "last day of my life." and mark gerragos, robin sachs, former prosecutor who specialized in felony crimes, domestic violence, victims advocate. what happened in court, jim? >> its hard to tell exactly, the hearings are closed. it is family court. we are told an ex-party hearing, meaning o...