well, alan dershowitz has declined to comment to us. ours ago to ask him about this story, but what we do know from these reports is dershowitz is considered to join the legal team. now, alan dershowitz, of course, is a former harvard law professor. he's an, you know, well-known defense attorney, but he's also someone who's controversial. he's been accused of sexual abuse by a woman in connection with the jeffrey epstein situation. claims that alan dershowitz has, of course, himself, denied. but he is also somebody who has been an ardent defender of the president and as it relates to all the legal matters he has faced. he spoke out publicly when the president was under investigation by special counsel robert mueller and that certainly has earned him praise from the president and some of his advisers. in fact, earlier today dershowitz was actually at the white house for a hanukkah party where he praised the president for an executive order that he signed earlier today on anti-semitism. >> jeremy, sources signaling that the white house cou

so i walked over and i said are you alan dershowitz and he said yes. and i had a conversation and then he left the bar when i witn attractive young woman. he thought that was funny and i picked up the phone and call the police. in washington and i said what if this guy takes this woman home and do something terrible to her. she thinks she is with alan dershowitz. so twice before i've been misidentified. i had a situation 15 or 20 years ago this one was funny, woman writes me a letter saying it was a nice weekend last week and we spent together over arrange fire in maine you're such a gentleman and i really appreciate it and hope to see you again. fortunately i spent the weekend with my wife in new york city and we saw the letter and obviously you put one on one together in the sky picked this woman up said he was alan dershowitz, i never thought that was a good pickup line but apparently this worked for two people. in the beginning i thought maybe this woman who accused me was a case of mistaken identification but not now. she clearly knows without any

claims that alan dershowitz has denied. nder of the president relating to all the legal matters he's faced. in fact, earlier today, dershowitz was at the white house for a hanukkah can party where he praised the president for an executive order he signed earlier today on anti-semitism. >>> sources signaling the whus could be open to a shorter trial in the senate. >> essentially this is the president and the senate -- the president colliding with realts. the reality that senate republicans,ing by and large, do not want that long, tex tended show trial that president trump was hoping to get out of the senate. for some time the president has been signaling he would like to use the senate trial as an opportunity, essentially, to exact political points out of his opponents. bringing forward hunter biden, the whistleblower. and using this trial in the senate as an opportunity to turn the tables on democrats and ignore the alligations he's facing and instead focuses on conspiracy theories and other issues the president has wanted t

who she was having sex, said, oh, that's alan dershowitz you're having sex with. just last week, i get a call from a friend of mine, lawyer -- not a friend -- a lawyer i work with on cases and but i've never midwest him. lives in dallas. i think of him as a for example because i'm ton the phone with him but never laid eyes on him. he says me an e-mail and says are you in washington in i said no i'm in boston, he said, wow, i i said why, he said i'm at a bar in washington, gist left the bar in washington, and in georgetown, and there was a guy who looks a little like you, sitting at the next table. and i'm overhearing him and he is saying, wow, really great case to be in oj simpson and claus van buhle low and i thought it was you've and i said, are you alan dershowitz and he said yes and they had a conversation, and then he left the bar with an attractive young woman. so he thought that was funny. immediately picked up the phone and called the police. in washington. i said what if this guy take this is woman home and does something terrible to her of. she she think

. >> reporter: alan dershowitz of harvard university says the democrats, hard to imagine a worse idea put forward by good people and calling what democrats are doing an american, not give him the opportunity for trial is unfair and as you might imagine the president had a few things to say on twitter. shannon: he is always there. another big win for the trump administration with the creation of a sixth branch of the military, for 70 years and defending a whole lot more. we will have more on that bloogeforce will be a reality. it will not be a headquarters until next year. $2 billion allocated for the next 5 years and 16,000 and personnel mostly pulled from the air force which has a space command of its own. we will get more updates on that story but let's get to our top story, let's bring in senator marsha blackburn a member of the senate judiciary committee among other things and there's something she has to say on some of our top stories, great to have you with us. let's get to this judge, the second order that has been revealed on december 5th, referenced in the findings what was e

i see alan dershowitz. come on up here for a second and i would like to ask my friends, the pastors, to come up here. i have to say to the other pastors some of them have been very kind we never had such evangelical christians support. come on up here. you have been doing such a good job legally to make sure all of this happens but robert jeffress, i watch him on different shows and say i like that guy and he talks really great about me and i like people that talk well about me. he was saying he may not be the greatest christian i have ever seen, he may not know the bible quite as well as the rest of us in fact he may not know it well at all but that guy is a real leader and i don't know if i should have appreciated that statement but i did and we have led because they moved us toward faith leaders. we got rid of the johnson amendment which was a disaster so i would like to ask robert if you can see a couple words and if i could ask alan dershowitz to stay and we will sign an important document. >> it is tr

trump's impeachment team may add alan dershowitz. will you be representing the president in the senate trial? >> i can't really comment on any possible conversations that i've had with the white house. i certainly am strongly opposed to impeaching the president on the two grounds proposed by the judiciary committee. neither of them is found in the constitution. they're the kind of broad, general, vague, open-ended criteria that can be weaponized against virtually any president when the opposing party has a majority in the house of representatives. it's hamilton's nightmare. hamilton said that the one thing he feared most was that impeachment would turn on the number of votes each party had rather than on the guilt or innocence of the person being impeached. and madison worried about open-ended criteria making a president serve at the will of congress and turning us into the kind of parliamentary democracy that we fought against in the revolution. great britain, we didn't want a parliamentary democracy in which a president can be thro

we got rid of the johnson amendment, and if i could ask alan dershowitz to sign an important document. >> i believe donald trump is the most pro-faith president in history when you look at what he has done for people of all faiths and jewish and christian believers alike believe what god said to abraham, god would bless his real, curse those who curse israel and i want to thank you for being the kind of president, and on the right side of history, you are on the right side of god. that is why you are not going to fail. >> for 65 of 81 years. all over the country and all over the world, there is no more important event in those 65 years to turn universities away from being bastions of hatred and discrimination than this executive order being signed today. it is a game changer. it will go down in history as one of the most important events in the 2000 year battle against anti-semitism. thank you, mister president, you did a great great job, the people who helped you do this did a great great job and you will be remembered by history for all time for having signed this important order. t

to his legal team. >> by the way, i see alan dershowitz. >> reporter: dershowitz previously represented convicted pedophile jeffrey epstein. despite that baggage, he received an endorsement today from one of the president's closest allies. >> i think he would be a good choice if they go down that road. >> reporter: even amid impeachment proceedings, the president still found time to criticize newly minted "time" person of the year greta thunberg. he wrote on twitter that the teenage climate activist should "work on her anger management. problem and chill." that tweet came even as the president insists his own teenage son baron is off limits. norah, thunberg responded to the president's criticism by actually incorporating it into her twitter bio, which now describes her as a teenager working on her anger management problem. >> o'donnell: all right, paula, thank you. now to presidential politics, cbs news will co-host the tenth democratic debate alongside the congressional black caucus institute. candidates will take the stage one week before the super tuesday primaries. that's on tuesday

it's going jeffrey lord, alan dershowitz, thank you for being here. good to see you.up next, new details about the church shooting in texas this weekend. the gunmen shot and killed and why one of th the by one of the parishioners. that is coming up next. don't go anywhere. ♪ i feel like i'm losing my identity. business cards...new logo...outdoor sign. you always get me. now, get free 1 hour in-store pick up... ...at office depot officemax and officedepot.com. same time next week. yes! ♪ >> gregg: welcome back to the special edition of "hannity." a gunman opened fire during a sunday service at a texas church and parishioners immediately jumping into action. one neutralized the shooter within seconds. fox news correspondent jeff hall joins us from white settlement, texas, with the latest. >> a very emotional site and the folks inside of this church in the county return for the first time since sunday shooting. more than 240 people decided at the time of the incident, authorities say this could have been a much deadlier moment that unfolded inside of the church. it only

with legal arguments the president might be able to use. >> alan dershowitz is a name floated by the president. president trump said privately he wanted to bring him on the team. a lot of people have cautioned the president about that saying that is only going to open them up to are more scrutiny, unless over allegations around alan dershowitz in recent days. today he was seen golfing with senator lindsey graham who has been telling the president he needs brick in attorneys from the outside, constitutional law experts in addition to it the white house counsel saying essentially he's going to need more attorneys that just that guy. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. the "times" reporting what stands out, the fact that the main characters on the parj are the same ones the president didn't want talking to the house under oath. they do not want them testifying at the senate trial either. i spoke about it just before air time with congressman steve cohen, a democratic member of the house judiciary committee. >> congressman, how much of the details in the the "new york times" increased

alan dershowitz on what americans should expect in the weeks ahead.or the first time since the impeachment process began, house democrats invite president trump to take part. new reaction from a republican on the judiciary committee. plus insight from a former democratic senator. who played a role in the clinton impeachment trial. all that and more as we look ahead on "sunday morning futures". mike: foxx news learned that the house intelligence will report on the investigation into the president trump's dealings with ukraine. it is expected to submit the report to the house judiciary committee this week. as the judiciary panel invites president trump to the first impeachment inquiry hearing wednesday. the white house has not responded publicly. the hearing schedule shows the committee drafting the reports on the findings on monday, voting on it tuesday. the house judiciary committee will use the report to consider formal charges in wednesday's hearing. as the inquiry enters a new phase, the house giving the president friday whether his counsel will pa

joining us now with more author of "guilt by accusation" alan dershowitz and media reporter from the hill joe concha, thank you for joining us. professor dershowitz i will go to you first. as you said with the senator mcconnell, he's kind of in a bit of a bind here because if he moves forward, pelosi will accuse him of taking an initiative without in fact, an impeachment but if he waits, this is hanging over the president's head forever. my question is as constitutional law professors, how long can this don't go on? is there a legal binding precedent here? there is no legal binding precedent but impeach me as a process that starts with a house and must go to the senate. it would be utterly unconstitutional for speaker pelosi to accept my colleague larry tribe's idea, impeach, but don't ever bring it to the senate. so the impeachment hangs over the president's head forever with no opportunity to vindicate himself. i want to comment about one thing. you showed david to bring that before saying the world is come to an end. i have to comment about that because david redneck is the problem

alan dershowitz, john brennan was on another network tonight. he uses this opportunity -- everything that we have discovered in this ig report -- to say this. watch. >> i fail to see how mr. barr is leading the department of justice and the fbi, in honest and credible fashion, when he makes these statements partial to mr. trump and does not say anything at all that would endorse the women and men of the fbi that requires, on his part, great praise and appreciation. >> laura: deflection came, alan. >> the attorney general serves two roles. one, he is a cabinet member and advisor to the president, and second, chief law enforcement officer. he's a very distinguished and dignified person, who has served inor this role before, and i thk he is trying hard to balance those two roles. >> laura: congressmen, alan, gregg, great to see all of you tonight. such an important i do have all of your voice is. coming up, the idea report on vice abuse totally exposed adam schiff, so why is he front and center on impeachment when he is still lying? nunes next. att

st: joining uss morning is alan dershowitz, the author of the case against impeaching trump. he is also a professor at harvard law school. here is a headline in the new york times about this impeachment trial, trump's impeachment team might add alan dershowitz. will you be representing the president in the senate trial? guest: i can't comment on any possible conversations i have had with the white house. i am strongly imposed -- opposed to impeaching the president on the grounds proposed by the judiciary committee, neither is found in the constitution. they are the kind of general, vague, open-ended criteria that is weaponized against any president when the opposing party has a majority in the house of representntatives. it is hamilton's nightmare. he said the one thing he feared most was impeachment would matter about the number of votes each party had rather than the guilt or innocence of the person being impeached. we did not want a parliamentary democracy in which a president can be thrown out of office by a vote of nonconfidence. i am strongly opposed to the two iiteria

>> well, you know, i'm amused by alan dershowitz. he was a law school professor of mine and the clients of o.j. simpson and others, not a great set of people for the president to be aligned with and as i said i don't know that they really mount much of a defense but the same theatrics opposed to a legal and factual argument. >> we'll be right back. stay with us. you're watch live coverage. the house judiciary committee about to resume live debate on the articles of impeachment. hi i'm joan lunden. today's senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. and there's never been an easier way to get great advice. a place for mom is a free service that pairs you with a local advisor to help you sort through your options and find a perfect place. a place for mom. you know your family we know senior living. together we'll make the right choice. yeah. only pay for what you need with liberty mutual. only pay

. >> alan dershowitz. and i would like my friends the ambassadors to come appear. some of them have been very kind all of them have been very kind we've never had such evangelical christian support. come on up the other that does such a good job legally to make sure all of this happens robert jefferson i watch him on different shows and say i like that guy. he talks great about me and i like people that talk well about me. said he may not be the greatest christian ever. he may not know the bible quite as well as the rest of us he may not know it very well at all. [laughter] that he is a real leader. i appreciated that statement at enough i should have that i did but we made more progress getting rid of the johnson amendment which was a disaster so can you say a couple of words i would also ask alan to say a few words. [applause] >> donald trump is the most pro- faith president in history. [cheers and applause] for people of all faith. mister president jewish and christian believers a life believe that god said to abraham genesis 12 god will bless those who bless is

we are thrilled to welcome alan dershowitz to new york historical this evening. and the supreme court correspondent for the washington post and usa today. she is also a surprise finalist and books on author sandra day o'connor and in tone and scully and sonja sotomayor. release book is robert jeffress and as i said, it is available for purchase. we are also very pleased indeed to welcome jared kushner back to new york historical. she is the chief washington correspondent for national law journal and covered the us supreme court for 130 years and is a regular contributor to the newshour and she has written for publications like vogue, ms. magazine and the new york times and is the author of the roberts court, and hours before we begin i would like to make sure anything that makes noise like a cell phone is shut off. thank you for welcome at our guests this evening, thank you. [applause] >> it is wonderful to be back with all of you tonight and wonderful to be here with my friend, my colleague, my supreme court watcher as i am to talk about joan's terrific new book

joining me now alan alan dershowitz, you know him well, author of the book "guilt by accusation." democrats with a new trick. coming out of the hat this time, it's bribery, extortion, the court documents, not the articles but now, it will have it in our back pocket and we won't put the cards on the table. what about that? >> i can't imagine anything more unconstitutional or any great deprivation of civil liberties than to congress to impeach a president, to accuse him and then not bring him to trial. it is the same thing. you accuse him. you know what it would be like, indicted somebody and said to come i'm not bringing you to trial. you are indicted. you stand indicted, but you have no opportunity to prove innocence. back in the as they did richard nixon, the criminal case come i was in and i objected. in nixon's behalf. and is the acc you get involved on nixon's behalf to make sure his rights were not violated. this impeachment is tearing the country apart and my friend and colleague larry tribe's idea will tear the country apart even more because it would accuse somebody formal

and alan dershowitz. author of the book "guilt by accusation." the first key finding in the house until report claims that trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, ukraine, in the 2020 u.s. presidential election to benefit himself, politically. did the inquiry and the findings actually prove that, professor? >> it doesn't really matter whether they approve it because there wouldn't be an impeachable offense. it's not even close. what they say in the report is that he put his own electoral interests over the national interests of the united states. that became a criteria for impeachment, half of our presidents could be impeached. how many presidents put their electoral interests before the national interests? it's too bad and if they do you can take that into account when voting for somebody but even if the evidence were to establish that it does not, in my view, establish what it claims it does, it would even be close to being an impeachable offense. >> laura: remember when obama leaned over and said, i will tell vladimir and hav

. >> reporter: later that night trump was spotted talking with alan dershowitz, in talks to join trump's team for the senate trial. >> i've given him. very short, constitutional defense, focusing on the inadequacies of the two charges. >> reporter: also on christmas eve, the trump campaign launching this new website, designed to help trump supporters win arguments with their liberal relatives, giving talking points on a number of topical issues. and a source close to the president's legal team says there continues to be serious discussions about alan dershowitz and allies in the senate trial. given how fluid everything is, in terms of the timing and when it will start, the only thing for sern right now is that the white house counsel will lead the defense in the senate trial, with several deputies helping him and the president's personal counsel will be playing a role as well. back to you, erica. >> pamela, live at the white house for us. thank you. we look at all of this, and the president's tweets, the president continued to complain on twitter today that the process, quote, has been v

joining me now former independent counsel ken starr, harvard law professor alan dershowitz.ood to see you both. professor -- by the way, i read the book. i don't want to go up against you in court. either one of you, i will be very blunt. great read. here's what i want to ask you, they didn't call ken starr and alan dershowitz up there to be ivory tower trump haters, one of which actually wanted to impeach trump because he tweeted out the words "fake" and "news." they want to impeach him for that. there is only one fact witness that i saw in his testimony was exculpatory. i want nothing, no quid pro quo. >> look, the most important development happened today. the supreme court of the united states absolutely pulled the rug out of part two of the impeachment referral by granting review in a case where trump challenged a congressional subpoena, and the supreme court said, we are going to hear this case. all three cases, by the way. but think of what that message is. it's trump was right. you don't have to comply with a subpoena of congress unless the court tells you you have t

ashley, tonight mark meadows is urging donald trump to add alan dershowitz as a member of the white house legal team. the question is does this pre--assume a vacancy, a need, or a deficiency on said white house legal team? >> well, it assumes that the president is going to want sort of the as many people as possible not just defending him but people like alan dershowitz who have done so publicly, who have done so on television, who have done so on fox news, and have made afo forceful case not just on the legal merits but in the court of public opinion, which in some ways is where the president and his team believes this isd being fought. that's where they thought the mueller fight was being fought. they were correct inin that, an they want someone who is fiery, and i think that's why you're hearing mr. dershowitz's name floated right now. >> mieke eoyang, among the defenses mounted a tonight that you heardns from the republican do you hear anything that is convertible to their argument that they're going to have to post in the senate and corollarily, if you assigned yourself the floor man

we do know that alan dershowitz and has been advising the president's legal team and he was seen talkingrshowitz, a couple of weeks ago and is dershowitz someone that you could see tapping to speak to him in the senate trial and if the goal was for a three-ring circus and the only one who would be better is rudy giuliani, the other one who would be floated and both are embroiled in their own disputes and rudy is being investigated by sdny and two people suing them for genuine assault, and i was trying to think of who the third rank could be and i guess he could bring in michael avenatti to try to be bipartisan, but if his goal was to make fun of the process then you're going to see people like dershowitz and giuliani on the floor of the senate. >> stand by to stand by i guess is the only thing i'll say to that. thank you, guys. i appreciate it. thanks so much. >> out front next, would you spend $100 million to get to 5% of the polls. yes, i know your answer is give me 100 million and then we'll talk about it and that's what two billionaires have done. and they're on high alert for kim jo

president trump: fantastic ic job, thank you very much i appreciate it and by the way i see alan dershowitzn. wow. >> [applause] president trump: i'd like to ask my friends, the pastors to come up here, you know? robert, and i have to say this to the other pastors some of whom have been very kind. all of whom have been very kind. we've never had such evangelical christian support. jeff come on up here, jeff. the other one that's doing such a good job legally to make sure all of this happens, but robert jeffers i didn't know him, but i watched him and i watch him on different shows and i say i like that guy. man, he talks really great about me and i like people to talk well about me. >> [laughter] president trump: and he was saying, you know, he may not be the greatest christian i've ever seen. he may not know the bible quite as well as the rest of us, in fact he may not know it very well at all. >> [laughter] president trump: but that guys a real leader, and he's going to do a job and i appreciated that statement. i don't know if i should have but i did, and i think we have led because i th

joining me now is alan dershowitz. a source familiar with the matter tells cnn that he, dershowitz, is informally advising the president's legal team and is expected to handle some of the constitutional aspects of the defense in a senate trial. he's also the author of "guilt by accusation." in addition he's a professor emeritus at harvard and here with me, cnn senior legal analyst, chief legal analyst, in fact, jeffrey toobin, a former student of professor dershowitz. just some housekeeping here. to the extent you can talk about it, can you clarify what if anything your role is, either formally or informally with the president's impeachment defense? >> no, i really can't talk about it at this point, but i can tell you that the advice i've given the president in public on television and in my op-eds is to go for a very short constitutional defense focusing on the inadequacies of the two charges. and particularly after today, the supreme court today granted cert in three cases, indicating that they're going to review the

carolina who's very close to the president who said it publicly this week that he would like to see alan dershowitz added to the team. and to be on this narrow area of the law. if he is involved in helping defend on this trial. dershowitz obviously had some connection to the jeffrey epstein case. and he has denied doing anything wrong. but there would be headlines around that. and some of the president's advisers are mindful that that could become a distraction. most of them think that he would be a good addition. the president, remember, welcomed him to the dais or podium yesterday at a hanukkah ceremony at the white house. the president likes him very much, very comfortable with him, has consulted with him on and off at various points over the last three years. but they are now very much focused on the trial and what comes next. they are going to try to get their shots in today. republicans are. but the white house and the senate gop are very focused on what the next phase of this will look like. >> in terms of the president's mind-set, i think cnn has interesting reporting from kaitlan collins a

i see alan dershowitz. come on up here for a second. i'd like to ask my friends, the pastors, come appear. i have to say this to the other pastors, some of whom have been very kind. all of whom have been very kind. we've never had such a evangelical christian support. jeff, come on up. you are the one that's doing such a good job legally to make sure all of this happens. robert jeffers, i didn't know him but i watched him and i would watch them on different shells. i would say i like that guy. he talks really great about me and i like people that talk well about me. he was saying he may not be the greatest christian i've ever seen, he may not know the bible quite as well as the rest of us. in fact he may not know it very well at all, but that guy is a real leader. he's going to do a job. i appreciated that statement. i don't know if i should have, but i did. i think we have lead because i think we've made more progress towards faith leaders. we got rid of the johnson amendment which was a disaster. i'd like to ask if robert could you sa

alan dershowitz has a close relationship with the president. he took his side during the mueller investigation. very outspoken about that. he's been playing this role as an informal adviser to the white house during this impeachment process. a source familiar with the matter tells me that he very well could join the president's legal team and play a role in the senate trial by arguing the constitutional merits. but at this point, it's not formalized. he is, though, talking to the president about the matter. >> we'll see what happens on that front. pamela brown at the white house, we'll of course get back to you throughout the day. >>> joining us now to discuss all of this, jim sciutto, cnn political analyst david gregory and special correspondent jamie gangle. jim sciutto, what do you make of this omb memo saying they were engaged in a policy process. that's why the nearly $400 million in defense related aid to ukraine was being withheld? >> it does seem like something of a retroactive rationalization. there was a policy process that already to

also joining us, alan dershowitz who will talk about opposition efforts to impeach president trump. be sure to watch live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. on theda

you areio, independent, on the air with alan dershowitz. go ahead. caller: good morning. beautiful as usual. i have spent two years trying to get on. host: go ahead. alan, i listen to you, done for their names. the one who testified. all three of you guys are pretty much on the same page as far as the constitution. i learned something that i had never heard before that i really respect. my side of this impeachment congress -- the underlying thing i see, congress was to limit the power of the presidency and the power of the judicial system. the reason they would not let the judicial system say wether these guys had to testify or not. guest: i think that is right. caller: they went too fast without enough insight. requested six or eight witnesses, they only got two. what should have happened is congress should have subpoenaed the witnesses they wanted and gone to court. complied with a judicial order if the court said he had to testify, he would have testified. has executive authority. he would not have testified. i believe they would have had expedited -- instead the congr

eastern, alan dershowitz offers his thoughts on how sexual misconduct accusations should be handled, in his book guilt by accusation. >> i don't want it to go away. i want to disprof it. i have all the documents. i have the fbi interviews. i have the narrative she wrote. i have the emails she tried to suppress. i have the tape recordings of her lawyers. there's nobody reading this book could come away with any doubt whatsoever that this woman made up this story completely out of whole cloth that i never met her out of her own mouth, i never met her. >> then at 7:15 p.m. eastern in her book, the truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off, gloria steinam chronicles her life. >> i think it's helpful to see, you know, what came before, because now the me too movement, thanks to all of this and thanks to technology and the web, is now all over the world. but it's a process. and now it is a majority conscious necessary. >> and at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, university of maryland baltimore county president freeman roe boughsky on his book. he's interviewed by author and a

alan dershowitz on what americans should expect in the weeks ahead.irst time since the impeachment process began, house democrats invite president trump to take part. new reaction from a republican on the judiciary committee. plus insight from a former democrat

sources tell abc the president is considering an addition to his legal team, controversial lawyer alan dershowitz. when they reconvene later this morning, republicans will have the opportunity to add amendments although they are unlikely to have the rights to make any substantive changes and the committee is planning on voting this out by the end of the day and will then head over to the floor house vote sometime early next week. kenneth, janai. >> all right, serena marshall on capitol hill, thank you. >>> the white house is holding a summit today on child care and family leave. lawmakers and business leaders are coming together to discuss affordable ways to accommodate workers. the meeting comes one day after the house passed a bill that gives federal employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave for the first time. >>> now to a developing story from one of the most dangerous places on earth. authorities say they may have found debris from a missing plane that was heading to antarctica. the chilean military transport plane has been missing since monday. investigators say the debris could be from the

harvard university law professor alan dershowitz offers his thoughts about how sexual misconduct allegations should be handled. >> i don't want to go away. i wanted this proven, categorically. i wrote the book and i have all of the documents in the back. , thee fbi interviews emails she tried to suppress. i have the tape recordings of her lawyers. there is nobody reading this book who could come away with any doubt whatsoever that this woman made up this story completely, i never met her. out of her own mouth, i never met her. eastern, in her latest book, the truth will set you free but first it will piss you off, there is a collection of essays. >> i think it is helpful to see what came before because now the me too movement thanks to all of this and technology and the web is now all over the world. it is a process. now it is a majority. eastern, ap.m. university of maryland baltimore county president on his book, the empowered university. by an authorewed and ceo. >> through our work in the humanities, we are looking at ways to help students to ask the hard questions, to read critically an

and speaker pelosi should have asked alan dershowitz what his thoughts were. >> noah feldman even he doesn't buy it. you have to communicate these articles of impeachment or the impeachment doesn't move forward. it's part of the deal. you have to communicate it and the house has to prosecute. guy, if they decide not to appoint house managers, does that stymie this or can mitch mcconnell move to an acquittal or dismissal? >> i think mitch mcconnell will take this in his own hands and move forward rapidly. this thing will be over before the end of gone no matter what. >> gentlemen, thank you all and merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you. >> well, it's no secret that the public's opinion of this whole impeachment drama has been swinging against democrats and the media. the politics average shows slightly more americans oppose impeachment. the polls don't give us the complete picture what have is going on. i hit the streets of new york to ask americans what they think of impeachment. watch. >> what do you make of this impeachment of the president? >> i can't say it on air. >> will i

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also joining us, alan dershowitz. we will talk about his opposition to impeach president trump.ausee to watch c-span washington journal. span's washington journal. mike doyle, chair of the subcommittee overseeing technology and communications -- >> our concern is to make sure that we close this digital divide that exists in our country. we have an opportunity to do that now. i think that is important that we do that. , 40 or 50% of their homework assignments require internet access. they can't get it with a live. they go to mcdonald's. they go to a library to find a hotspot to do their homework. people are being d in ourthe disadvantage country. that is what i think we will be focusing on. how would close the homework yet. i would close the digital divide. have a get broadband deployment to these preserved and observed areas. >> the article is agreed to. judiciarye house committee of provincial articles of impeachment against president trump, abuse of power and obstruction of congress, the house rural committee will meet to debate how it will unfold on the house floor. watch onl

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