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Underneath. steve: we have a problem with the stockings falling off. put them on the heather next to where santa comes down. ainsley: once santa stuffs them you have to put them on the ground. steve: it's a great gift for christmas. ainsley: it is 41 minutes after the top of the hour. michael cohen ripping into president trump after being sentenced to three years in prison saying he went down a, quote, a path of darkness. judge napolitano says there is one big take away from that hearing. he's up next to show us the light. brian: one democrat had something interesting to say about free speech....

>> is it a wise strategy with the midterms just 76 days away? outfront, paul begala, former counsel to president clinton and special assistant to president george w. bush. scott, let me begin with you. republicans are not touching this. you saw richard trying to run through there. mitch mcconnell declining to comment. how long can leadership dodge? >> i don't know what there is to say. they're watching the same facts that we are, and the facts have changed to some degree. what we knew in summer is different now that cohen has pleaded guilty. i think they're wise to not get themselves in too de...

I helped get the first $2.5 billion in appropriations for the newly independent states when the soviet union broke up. and i remember mitch mcconnell, then a senator, was a fierce supporter of ukraine and really insisted, i think the amount was $300 million, which doesn't sound a lot now but was quite a bit then go to ukraine. so i want to know today, will witch mcconnell stand up not only for ukraine. will he stand up for america, for us and will he call this for what it is, a return back to the future in many ways and really taking us down a path that is very, very dangerous for the security...

Up. >> doug chin, thank you very much for joining me. i think we'll try and talk later as we've digest third down a-- digested this and get more information. i just got this statement in from the white house. the statement from the president regarding the supreme court ruling. today's supreme court ruling is a tremendous victory american people and the constitution. the supreme court has upheld the clear authority of the president to defend the national security of the united states. in this era of worldwide terrorism and extremist movements bent on harming innocent civilians, we must proper...

President trump in this book "restless way," this is what he writes, he has declined to distinguish the actions of our government from the crimes of despotic ones. the appearance of toughness or reali reality seems to matter more than any of our values. here to discuss, ana navarro who worked on senator john mccain mccain's -- that criticism getting a lot of attention today, suggesting there is no distinction between the trump government and despotic ones. what do you make of that? >> reading those excerpts yesterday made me emotional. it is a gift from john mccain as he faces mortality, as he...