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Womens soccer. if we have a poor performance, i think we shouldnt -- i want to be criticized if i have a poor performance. we want to be treated like the men. thats what they do with the guys thats what we want. i think its good. we can take it. were professionals. were big girls. >> big gills. with this unprecedented fan democrat dom do you think womens soccer will ever receive the level of respect from fifa? >> i love abby thats classic abby vintage abby. i really do feel like its a process, i...

Dark cloud over denny hastert. what really happened here? whats the crime? are they trying to talk about a different crime or about the structuring of payments. its so murky and accuses him of terrible things without being very specific. thats the problem i have with it. >> he hasnt been charged with anything relating to this conduct of long ago. i presume well find out more about this as this unfolds. send me a tweet about the media. what do you think about the coverage of the topics were talki...

Defend the lie charge and then, of course, when youre structuring and taking out 106 times, money that is less than $10,000, that it equals $952,000 you have explaining to do and can you prove 23r from a prosecution perspective you were structuring in such a way and withdrawing it in such a way to evade reporting requirements and that is the basis of the charge here. to the extent its transacti transactional, the government can show the amounts he was withdrawing and the dates he was withdrawing...

2013. his brother is jim dirken, the gop leader of the illinois general assembly. there is a suggestion, people raise the question of conflict of interest and saying dirken may not keep the case. the key question that people will be watching is were these two charges, lying to the fbi and structuring the withdrawal of almost $1 million to avoid bank reporting requirements, were they the result of behind the scenes plea negotiations between prosecutors and the defense? we just dont know that yet....

Administration. >> from what i understand is a technicality that comes with potentially ten years in jail. that this structuring statute is usually part of something much bet bigger than just structuring. is that unusual? >> its unusual. but as a prosecutor you go after the case you can prove. make no mistake. he is being prosecuted for higher misconduct. they can get him on these technical cover up charges. >> try to find some sort of back door way to prosecute something? he is the first speake...

Are they trying to talk about a different crime or is it about the structuring of payments. it is so murky and akeys him of being terrible things without being specific. >> he hasnt been charged with anything related to this long ago conduct. presumably we will find out more. dont forget send me a tweet about the media what do you think of the coverage of the topic we are talking about or the show. ahead, iran conducting a secret trial of a "washington post" reporter on trumped up charges. when ...

Joining us on the phone and psychiatrist and columnist dr. gale salts. jeff the word that there is alleged sexual abuse at the core of this how could that impact the federal case against dennis hastert when centers on the huge sums of money with -- withdrew. >> well technically this case is about what he did in terms of getting cash out of the bank. he is alleged to have structured and to have planned his transactions so that the bank wouldnt file these reports that they are required to do for t...

Charge, which is structuring. its in and of itself a pretty boring charge. structuring transactions so the banks dont alert the federal authorities that something over $10,000 is going in or out. its that misconduct part right now that obviously has peoples interest. >> is there a statute of limitations issue if these things did happen sometime between 1965 and 1981 which is when he was at that school? >> im not sure what the statute of limitations was for sexual misconduct or sexual abuse, what...

Prosecutor. the crimes that he is being insight p dieted for, you might call them meta crimes. they are crimes of concealment. they are lying to federal agents which is a federal felony and structuring. describe what structuring is. >> theres a rule if someone takes more than $10,000 out of the bank, the bank has to file a currency transaction report. they have to tell the government what youre doing with your money. if you try to evade that in whats called a structured transaction, like you tak...

The implication, i think, he was young at the time of whatever the misconduct was when it took place. >> exactly. and, you know anyone who has lived in the real world who read those documents had to aassume that this was some sort of sexual misconduct in a, in an earlier chapter of hasterts life. but only the day after the indictment that our reporting and other peoples reporting have confirmed that it is an accusation and only an accusation of sexual misconduct at a time that hastert was a teac...