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President, even if convicted from a federal standpoint, it can make the case go away, he would be in charge of the justice department or he can try and pardon himself which has never been constitutionally done so nobody knows actually what would happen stop thats really interesting, mark. weve been talking — really interesting, mark. weve been talking about _ really interesting, mark. weve been talking about the - really interesting, mark. weve| been talking about the timeline of this. we hear...

As he goes against south floridas rocket docket. and for the first time in a year, the fed isnt hiking interest rates. and later on in the hour, newly confirmed chair of president bidens council of economic advisers, jared bernstein, you remember him. he joins me from the white house. were going to ask him about constant prediction that is a recession is coming. is one? we are back in 60 seconds. is one we are back in 60 seconds. the first unlimited plan where she chooses exactly what she wa...

Donald trumps judgment after all of this to handle something like that? i think the answer to both those questions is no, and thats why im running for president. >> the special counsel, jack smith, has said he wants a speedy trial while protecting the former presidents rights. do you think this will go to trial before the election? >> yeah, i do. yeah. i think it could go to trial this winter because -- i dont want to get too in the weeds as far as a prosecutor. but they have something in south ...

Look, chris christie is a very talented communicator. and this is very much, i think, the chris christie we knew and saw before he supported donald trump. he has said he has nothing to lose here, and the question, i think, is going to be, to danas point, hes out there to drive donald trump nuts, plain and simple. will it resonate with republican voters? and to your point w, when he talked about policy, being a governor in a blue state, i did this, i accomplished that, will that resonate with rep...

Each court sets their own kind of internal rules and guidance to their judges. and so, if you have a rocket docket, as its goal, meaning this is a courthouse that says, were gonna do things quickly and in a hurry, then she also faces some of the scrutiny also by her own colleagues, around what she is doing, because we have a reputation, we try to keep that as a court because of the flow of all of our cases. and we want all of our judges to keep up with that flow. so that does keep with that inte...

In the southern district division, judges just have a tremendous amount of latitude in how everything runs particularly on time, right? this is the real big thing a judge can do, the trial will have been kind of when the judge wants it to happen. >> judges are captains of their own ship. this is not a situation which somebody else is giving them a time and a schedule. the only thing theyre subject to is the order and the decisions they have to make and they decide the calendar. so i think to eli...

Like that? i think that the answer to both those questions is no and thats why im running for president. -- >> do you think this will go to trial before the election? >> i do. yeah. i think it will go -- i think will go to trial this winter because i want to get to in the, weeds as a former prosecutor. but they have something -- called the rocket docket. in the southern district of florida that cares about the speedy trial act which says 70 days from the day of your initial appearance which is t...

Administration i think effectively and well and argued some legal theories to the benefit of the president. he resigned, trump claimed he fired him, he didnt, and now critical to the president and look whats happening. a lot of lawyers look at things like that and the fate of other lawyers dismissed or otherwise not still on the team and wonder whether they want to get involved in that. im not sure i would if i were a lawyer. >> sandra: this sound from chris christie, he made a prediction saying...

Other people who worked alongside the donald trump acolytes who also did things that were injurious to our country and to our democracy. >> michael cohen, thanks so much for joining us. appreciate it. >> anytime, jake. after all the drama surrounding mr. trump today, were going to take a look at the big legal challenges ahead for the former presidents defense attorneys and the special counsels team, among them should prosecutors push to fast track the trial before the 2024 election, what in flor...

Have to accept that this will not be over. before the presidential election, which is what, i think, many people had hoped, no matter whos side you are on, the voters would have some kind of resolution in this case before they had to make their final vote. and i dont think were gonna get that anymore. >> i think shes actually right on that point, and its going to be interesting because of the fact that florida has the rocket docket. ive been talking about this. its not something that has existed...