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First thing today with, this morning a landmark ruling in a new york state appeals court which said that a sitting president is not immune from lawsuits filed against him in state court. this is a landmark ruling because this is considered to be unsettled law. back in the clinton administration the supreme court established that a president can be sued in federal court. that was the paula jones case. but that supreme court ruling in 1997 left the question about state court cases open. well, today, this new york state appeals court said we think a president can be sued in state court. and so th...

Court. and so therefore this particular state court lawsuit against president trump that is before us today, it can go forward. the immediate material consequence of that ruling in new york today is that the lawsuit they were considering when they made this ruling, a lawsuit against the president by a woman named summer zervos, that lawsuit will proceed. this is a woman who says the president sexually and aggressively groped her and crucially says he then defamed her when she made that allegation publicly and he publicly claimed that she was a liar. her case proceeding now in state court will ...

Case but that supreme court ruling in 1997 left the question about state courses open. today this new york state appeals court said we think a president can be sued in state court and so therefore this particular state court lawsuit against president trump that is before us today it can go forward. the immediate material consequence of that ruling in new york today is that the lawsuit they were considering when they made this ruling, the lawsuit against the president by a woman named summer, that lawsuit will proceed. this is a woman who says the president sexually and aggressively groped her ...

The democrats won control of the house in november. one material consequence of that is that the woman in charge of congressional oversight over the department of health and human services is now democratic congresswoman diana degette. and tomorrow in that capacity congresswoman degette is going to lead the first hearing congress has had into the trump administration forcibly removing kids from their parents at the southern border. congresswoman diana degette joins us now. congresswoman, thank you very much for being with us tonight. i know this is a big night and tomorrow's going to be a b...

First thing is that the sally yates hearing got canceled. oh, good. that was weeks ago now. sally yates hearing, canceled. they would still like to talk to her but they have not rescheduled. the other material consequence of that devin nunes stunt is he got kicked off the investigation. when they finally do that sally yates hearing, if they ever do it, devin nunes will not be in the room when she explains what she knows about mike flynn and thousand white house responded when she told them the current sitting national security adviser is susceptible to blackmail by the russians and lying about...