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Legal analyst. and jason nichols, contributor for "the hill," lecturer on african-american studies at the university of maryland who wrote a piece on this. danny, kaepernicks attorneys reportedly seeking federal subpoenas now. whats the goal here and how likely is it they are going to be able to get the president and/or vice president to sit down? >> it looks like theyre trying to get subpoenas for testimony. they want to drag the president and whoever else into a deposition, which is just an in...

Fallout? >> were all learning a lot about federal criminal law during these investigations. one rule that emerges is that there need not be any actual russia collusion underlying the facts, if investigators come to you and ask you questions and you mislead them intentionally about a material issue, then there are a number about of federal crimes that can exist, even if there was no underlying criminal activity lied about. any time of have any of these statements given to ekt havers either under ...

Campaign trail. i just dob see how thats going to be a material issue. youve got three cabinet members who have come forward and said, look, weve made a national security determination this is needed. that puts a lot of pressure on the judge to say, well, you know, im not so sure. there is a limit to how much a federal court will do in contradicting three cabinet members that are saying we looked at it and we think national security requires these measures. >> jonathan turley, we have to go. bef...

Threats that will come along, isis or changing power structures in the world, did he have the capacity to deal with that. thats the biggest concern, the issue of competence to some extent. jonathan, can i ask you a question quick about that executive order? my understanding, one of the issues raised by the ninth circuit and objection to the original order was the issue of intent and that went back to what donald trump said during the course of the campaign about wanting a muslim ban. how does th...

Whether it is worth the jurys time to hear those kinds of arguments. we dont have a jury yet. but to hear arguments about someone who is ultimately not central to this case. >> thats why were doing these 402 hearings. where the judge determines ahead of time what evidence can be used. is that what hell be evaluating and this is where it is likely to be headed. if he rules that evidence can be used, that it is independently relevant to a material issue in the case, which i think a lot of this tes...

Precedential lyrics. you dont get to bring in things like this that are, a, likely fictitious or artistic and, b, not relevant be to directly proving the crime. >> unless they go to a material issue in the case, such as in this case -- >> broadly though. >> any case. motive, intent, identity. those are reasons why it would come in. in this -- >> generally before we get there, what im asking you is generally do you get to bring in something that you wrote about fiction. >> no. if thats your quest...

He is already exercised some of those remedies on direct appeal and they were denied. the best and most material issue for this post conviction relief is whether or not mr. galanter was a material witness. whether or not he was biased in this representation. and as a result, whether or not it affected mr. simpsons ability to get a fair trial. >> thank you very much. greatly appreciate it. we have some breaking news out of philadelphia. our nbc station is reporting a jury has reached a verdict in...

Is $374, 000. that is what he earned in speaker fees in one year in 2010. mr. romney describing that amount as "not very much" did you hear what he said right after that? >> i get speakers fees from time to time, but not very much. >> an evil laugh for good measure, perhaps a monacle, wax to twirls your inky mustache? not very much money. the broader issue is not his fortune and what he thinks is funny. the material issue is what mitt romney wants to the country and what he would do as residen...

Measure, perhaps a monocle, wax to twirls your inky mustache? not very much money. the broader issue is not his fortune and what he thinks is funny. the material issue is what mitt romney wants to the country and what he would do as resident. the top tax rate is 5%, that is supposedly the richest people in the country pay. but if youre a mister of the universe financier like mitt romney you dont have to pay what other rich people pay. you get a special mini tax rate, 15%, lower than anything e...

Not very much money? what counts as not very much money to mitt romney? is $374, 000. that is what he earned in speaker fees in one year in 2010. mr. romney describing that amount as "not very much" did you hear what he said right after that? >> i get speakers fees from time to time, but not very much. >> an evil laugh for good measure, perhaps a monacle, wax to twirls your inky mustache? not very much money. the broader issue is not his fortune and what he thinks is funny. the material issue ...