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That could be a recipe for trouble because we're talking about 11 white male republican senators, some of whom -- one of whom, orrin hatch, has already stirred a lot of controversy earlier this week for comments he made that seemed to be insensitive to dr. ford's personal story. >> we should note there is precedent, a lot of it in history, just not in the modern television era, for chief counsels or outside counsels running questioning during hearings. we all remember roy cohn, at least watching the black and white films after the fact of roy cohn who was elected by no one, participating in th...

Roy cohn who was elected by no one, participating in the questioning of witnesses and being rough about it. >> yeah, that's exactly right. there is a precedent for this. and it could politically help republicans if they had an outside counsel. it would give them a little bit of independence from the situation. it would prevent the appearance of an independent investigation. it could create more of a trial setting. it could make it seem like dr. ford is on trial as opposed to sharing her testimony in a hearing setting. so it's very dicey and these are all the dynamics that the republican leader...

And in the midst of an employment dispute at the same time. >> exactly. there is a federal law called the congressional accountability act that basically says if you go through counseling or mediation subject to your employment dispute, it should remain private. what the lawyers are alleging now is that in breaking that privacy, that confidentiality, they allege the chairman is essentially violating federal rules. now, we will report as soon as we get it this is brand new. we have reached out to the committee and will report their response. i would expect they have one. everythings, to be clea...

Female stories, and they know the story that's now becoming real. >> that's right. brooke. that's the extent of it. we've heard naples. we've seen george zimmerman going in and out. trayvon martin is a name. of course, the reporters who have followed the story, they've seen ims of him. for the jury, this is the first time they've seen him in a trial setting and in this case it was the body of a teenager and the pictures were very disturbing, including one that shows the bullet hole, the wound that ended up taking his life. that very powerful testimony we talk bd from the first responder as he ...

>> it's information to look at at every case as a different case. with the hasan says there has been procedural wrapping lynn. he want towed wear a beard during his trial and the judge held him in contempt for growing a beard which is against military regulations. it went to an appeals court it took six months. we are back to the trial setting again. it is frustrating to the victims and related to the victims who are diseased. these procedural issues don't exist in the afghanistan case so information. jon: here is a point about that and i wanted to bring this to your attention from the "associ...