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Health care. thats absolutely correct. >> what does this fros loproces like, planned pa ened parenthoo lawsuit, how will it look going forward? >> well, we filed today in eugene, oregon. our case has been assigned, the 21 attorney general and state cases have been assigned already to judge michael mcshane. the planned parenthood and ama case was also filed in eugene. so im assuming that that case will also be assigned to the same judge. well move forward. well within a certain period of time fil...

Knowing what the other evidence is and what the assessment of michael cohens credibility to an average jury would be its hard to say. >> yeah. because in the proceeding yesterday, the u.s. attorneys, they went and threw specifically they went through and backing up right after what cohen pleading guilty to in terms of this -- the payments, the hub money payments referring the april 9th series of search warrants on cohens properties, premises, hard documents, seized devices and we also offer text...

And i believe jake that is going to be a significant domino that will fall in connection with this. >> so he is predicting an indictment in the next 90 days. how do you see this playing out? >> i think michael cohen will be indicted. i dont know if 90 days makes the most sense. >> without looking at evidence what gives you that confidence? >> having reviewed the governments filings they already obtained e-mail search warrants and they are already going through the privilege review process that t...

Sorts of areas of the law. there are nuanced areas of the law, more experts and specialists than others, but youve got to know the federal rules of evidence, whats going to comprise most of your day if not year if not lifetime tenure. things like motion practice, litigation, overseeing a trial, depositions, expert testimony, is it a quack doctor or something we should think about ? these basic things you have to know about. his absence or inability to answer the question was astaunching, even in...

At it. in one way you can imagine the president is the head of the d.o.j and its not that different than a u.s. attorney saying, we want the death penalty. but i hearken you back to the 70s, the charles manson case when president nixon said that charles manson was obviously guilty. it set off a fury of motion practice. and the lesson we learned from that is its very dangerous when it comes to pretrial publicity any time the chief executive makes a comment. it might create such a prejudicial atmo...

Mr. bolling and review his message history. is the risk in this lawsuit a little thing called discovery? >> absolutely. and mr. ali, take the huffington post offer of financial help for attorneys. i have been litigating a defamation case for two years in california against bill cosby, they can be long, drag out, a lot of motion practice. let your organization stand behind you, and yes, you get discovery. i suggest attorneys send out document preservation letters which means he cant destroy any e...

>> lisa bloom who is a blockbuster attorney in your own right, i want your take on yashars come back, a fiery response that says we welcome the opportunity to depose mr. bolling and review his message history. is the risk in this lawsuit a little thing called discovery? >> absolutely. and mr. ali, take the huffington post offer of financial help for attorneys. i have been litigating a defamation case for two years in california against bill cosby, they can be long, drag out, a lot of motion prac...

Intoxicated by drugs or alcohol that she cannot form the ability to consent one way or another, then its rape or its aggravated sexual assault if you proceed. and theres an interesting set of questions by troiani, who is constands attorney, in which cosby says i got the quaaludes to give to women. and then she follows with a question, do you know if my client consented? and he says i cant get into her mind, i dont know. so i think thats powerful evidence against cosby in this case. and thats why...

Case id probably issue the same ruling. what about you? >> i agree and i agree with mark. its not what the judge ruled but the fact that he had the guts to do it, considering what happened in the past and what was happening right there and then. they knew it wasnt a huge protest, but protesting was starting right outside the courthouse. you dont want to be the individual to start another one of those riots. but what im looking for -- i did a research on the maryland law. the defense the make the...

Volumes to his character. i have never had a client come forward prior to even being charged with a crime and take the responsibility that matthew has. i think a sentencing judge should take that into consideration. bill: well see what the judge says. >> a lot of time we get cases like these people are fighting them tooth and nail, going through motion practice and ultimately trial. that is a stressful process for the victims and matthews avoided all that by releasing this confession. bill: were...