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Identified as a legal analyst said when it comes to sexualin assault, due process plays no role. watchn this. >> after 40 years we finally changed the law. we finally said a woman's word is enough. i've taken many cases to trial with just a woman's word.. [applause] >> every single woman needs to be heard. more often than not women are correct. but, sonny, you are insinuating that evidence doesn't matter. as a lawyer, evidence should always matter. >> testimony is evidence. you don't need corroborating evidence. you don't need a rape kit. you don't need witnesses because oftentimes there's no ...

Book "the case against impeaching trump" and joins us tonight. thanks for coming on, professor. >> thank you. >> tucker: you heard specific legal claim that it is now the law in the united states that, and i'm quoting, a woman's word is enough. that's it. is that true? >> technically it is true, the law was changed some years ago, and i think it was a good change, that you don't need corroboration to make a case. so that if a woman, who was raped, immediately goes to the hospital, gets a rape kit, identifies her assailant, knew her assail aren't, her word would be enough. if it's 35 years old,...

So, as many of you probably noticed, i wasn't here last week. i was on vacation. a bitter/sweet one. i'm going to explain that in a moment. but while i was gone, the story about brett kavanagh and alleged sexual abuse became the big story. even though i tried to ignore the news, this one was hard to avoid. so, tonight i feel compelled to share with you something that is very personal to me. there is no standard way survivors talk about sexual assault. it isn't always a police phone call and a rape kit or a report filed with hr. sometimes they don't talk at all, for years, even decades. sometim...

Reporters. he walked out of the courtroom and goes where? does what? >> he's on electronic monitoring so he has to stay within his court-ordered area. in this case i'm hearing he's allowed go to connecticut as well. he may have a home there or residence or some business that he conducts there. that's not really that unusual, although courts and probation officers are a little bit leery about letting people out of a state as a general rule. but this is no ordinary defend. next rup are prepare the defense. start investigating these allegation, get discovery from the state as soon as possible, an...

But there has to be work that's done. sometimes that work is criminal investigation. right? and other times that work may be other things but that is dependent upon what the survivor needs. but we can't just say, give it six months and they'll be back. >> so what do we do? what do you do if you're a prosecutor and you're put in this position? look, you still have to have the evidence, right? and you know that this power is behind you, the power of this movement. people are looking at these differently. they're judging women and their stories differently. does that change sort of the evidence t...