retired harvard law professor alan derk wits was my last guest and the design of the show, we gave the double the amount of time that we usually give the final segment because i know alan dershowitz always has a lot to say aechb it's always worth listening to, and he is usually a cogent, precise and economical speaker. i know many of you have watched this program on nights when the final segment of the show is two minutes long or three minutes long. i wasn't going to let that happen last night to professor dershowitz and we managed to preserve seven minutes, three seconds for the final segment, which i think is maybe the longest final segment we have ever done. but it wasn't long enough. at a time when the manhunt in france was still going on, we gave alan dershowitz four minutes and 46 seconds to discuss the recent allegations that he had sex with an underaged girl who also had sex with a billionaire client of attorney dershowitz. mr. dershowitz responded to the accusation against him point by point and to my questions forcefully and i thought very effectively using careful language a

that plea deal was negotiated between the federal government and epstein's lawyer, including alan derkz is being accused of having sex with an underaged girl. a woman known as jane doe number 3 said epstein forced her to have sex with alan dershowitz on multiple occasions. a court motion filed last month by attorneys paul cassell and bradley edwards says, quote, in addition to being a participant in the abuse of jane doe number 3 he has denied the allegations and has called on attorney jane doe number 3 to be disbarred. on tuesday, bradley edwards filed a defamation lawsuit against alan dershowitz. joining me now is alan dershowitz. professor dershowitz. when this story first broke you would have filed a complaint against these lawyers. they've now filed against you. but first, let's get right to where i know you want to go, which is deal with these specific accusations as we know them. what is your response? >> i was never on the island where she was. and i was never on a plane with her that can be proven by documentation. i am thrilled their' suing me for defamation. i'm interested i

alan derk wits will be back with me again tonight.ion last night about why he said france rewards every terrorist. let's see what he says tonight. and before french police killed three terrorists today, the terrorists explained their motivation saying quote, we are the prophet's defenders.