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Tried to start the fight, threatening him over 30 times, said all sorts of horrible things. >> geraldo: why is it a criminal enterprise which is the tort that you are alleging? >> the judge agreed with us at this level. >> you survived the motion to dismiss. >> absolutely. the judge is letting it proceed as a racketeering case bus mtv and viacom productions as part of the business plan have them go into the public and interact with the public and invoke and in cited. >> down in miami they have a...

And fox news. all of that is evil. if you disagree you are a homophobic backlashing racist. joe, welcome to the show, love the tie. a first for you. >> yes, first ever. how come every time an insurance department like this occurs, the media does everything they can to con tort themselves away from just saying, yeah, it is a muslim terrorist? why did they pick everything else? >> i dont know. it seems like a couple days ago he was concerned about the healthcare bill. now he is from pakistan. he i...

Thain fingerprints. they would have to pay penalties and back taxes up front, despite some provisions that are likely attractive to republicans, the gop is rejecting it, saying it promises everything to everyone and furthermore, they accuse democrats of using it to gain support from hispanic voters ahead of this november midterm election. >> gregg: nicole collins, live in washington. thanks. >> juliette: the oil slick in the gulf is getting bigger. oil is leaking so fast, its impossible to actua...

Decade. his plan over the next decade is devastating to this economy. its unsustainable. according to the congress budget office. mort, its unsustainable according to barack obama. what game are they playing? what game are the republicans playing? what game is washington playing here that they dont listen to bernanke and others? >> i think it is clearly unsustainable. the fact is that nobody wants to take the action necessary because there are short-term political costs and this is a country tha...

Who sat in the back of law school classes and hated people like obama who knew all the answers to all the -- >> reporter: joe and i were in our concert t-shirts in law school, you know, sunglasses on. >> savannah -- >> dude, i dont even know what a tort is i think is what i said in my last year. >> google savannah guthrie, youll find shes not in the back of the class. shes at the very front. quite literally. >> didnt she get highest in the class or something like that? >> the smartest person in ...

>> calvin, this is my son. >> kid buchanan. sued your pops even though he was a cop. took your moms to court. with a summons and a tort. got out your seat and you back on your feet. >> flavor, man. they never heard that kind of flavor on -- >> larry: did you remember that or read off a prompter? >> that was off the top of my head, larry. come on, larry, you know how i do. >> larry: yeah, i know. okay. you sat down with stephen colbert to talk about marijuana. his need for weed. >> you are a well...

>> you -- youre -- >> fashizzle. >> oh my god. >> calvin, this is my son. >> kid buchanan, soldier pops even though hes a cop, took your moms to court with a summons and a tort. >> flavor. never heard that kind of flavor. >> larry: do you remember that or read off of a prompter. >> that was off of the top of my head. come on, larry, you know how i do. >> larry: yeah i do. you sat down with stephen colbert to talk about marijuana. his need for weed. >> you are a well known pot smoker. >> i wouldn...

Intentional emotional distress, nothing is. it doesnt exist. >> right. >> bill: so, as an attorney, give me your point of view. >> right. bell its not just megyn a lot of lawyers are saying this. i think they are wrong. i think your common sense view of things is exactly what the law is the law is not an -- as charles dickens said. the law of intention of emotional distress is not some new-fang gelled invention of the courts. its a tort thats been around for hundreds of years. we got it from eng...

We got it from england it was called the tort of outrage and elements of intention of emotional distress under the law the following. intent to inflict emotional distress. thats it. not like the law of perpetuities. its not like the privileges are imcommunities clause, its very -- and it is determined by the trier of fact. what it was described as in england was a course of conduct or speech that would lead a reasonable man to say thats outrageous. there is no specific conduct or speech that is ...

Intentional emotional distress, nothing is. it doesnt exist. >> right. >> bill: so, as an attorney, give me your point of view. >> right. bell its not just megyn a lot of lawyers are saying this. i think they are wrong. i think your common sense view of things is exactly what the law is the law is not an -- as charles dickens said. the law of intention of emotional distress is not some new-fang gelled invention of the courts. its a tort thats been around for hundreds of years. we got it from eng...