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Just a short time frau now, a federal judge is expected to offer his first ruling on the case of cnn suing the trump administration over pulling the press credential of chief white house correspondent jim acosta. cnn is seeking a restraining order while the bigger arguments are being considered. brian stelter is following all of this for us. we're expecting a ruling from the judge today. what could happen? >> this is a 3:00 p.m. hearing from judge timothy j. kelly. this is essentially round one. he's going to rule on whether there's a temporary restraining order granted in this case. that tro ...

Attorney michael avenatti just hit a legal snag. why a judge said not so fast to cohen's restraining order request. i am all about living joyfully.

A restraining order request until later on in the month. join ming me right now, avery friedman, a civil rights attorney and law professor. good to see you. and criminal defense attorney richard herman joining us from las vegas, good to see you as well. >> hey, fred. >> avery, you first. in the past, michael cohen has said he would take a bullet for president trump. so why now contemplate, you know, flipping or at least even changing attorney teams? >> well, because he's standing there alone. whatever effort he's trying to get to get to is not happening. he's standing there twisting in the win...

Cohen, filed a restraining order against stormy daniels' attorney, michael avenatti. the order cites more than 120 media appearances by avenatti claiming the publicity tour is denying michael cohen of a fair trial. michael, i take it you're not deterred by the threat of a restraining order? >> no, i'm not deterred, i'm not going to be gagged. this is a search for the truth. this is part and parcel of what mr. trump and mr. cohen have been doing for the better part of 15 years. they want to intimidate people, shut them up. they don't care if you're a judge, the press or an attorney. they don't ...

When the mall did what they did and not embrace the conversation that should be had but trying to quell it, close the doors on them, it was never going to work. the mall of america is causing what we are now seeing at the airport because you can't put this type of pressure on to a situation when you have voices that are concerted. don't forget the people involved in this movement are passionate, intelligent and focused on what they're doing and they have social media as the vehicle by which to get this information out to others who believe the way they believe. and it's not going to go away be...