compared to other administrations, relationship with that nation, we bring in harvard law professor allen dershowitz. good to see you, allen, by the way. >> thank you. liz: thank you so much for coming in. now, president obama and netanyahu's relationship probably the worst ever between these two countries. do you think that the president is doing a decent reset here? >> i do. i think he did a very good job in saudi arabia. i think that when he came to israel, he immediately said that american policy is never, ever to allow iran to develop nuclear weapons, unlike obama's policy eight years, ten years, 12 years we'll get another north korea but much, much worse. so i take the president at his word and hope that will never allow iran to develop nuclear weapons and become another north korea. >> you know, president trump has criticized saudi arabia in the past before he became president. and today he said we're here not to lecture you. we must seek partners, not perfection. he's now being called out for deemphasizing human rights in saudi arabia. do you agree with that? >> well, it's always a matter of

you had said there was nothing. >> if only we could find legal scholar allen dershowitz.fully he is with us and cnn senior legal analyst jeffrey tuber >> we heard sean spicer is that accurate do you believe the the president has been completely appropriate in dealing withes james comey. >> everybody wants to know they're under investigation every time i i have a contract i try every way to find out whether they're under investigation. i know they're not supposed to tell me that doesn't mean i shouldn't try. and sometimes they do give me hints for example they'll say well if i haven't gotten a target letter then ushld know he is not a target. or if you've gotten a subject letter -- you know so you do get information but the president is different of course the president also a. >> also at a dinner where according the president james comey basically saying he wants to stay on i guess that adds to the dinner of i would like to stay on in my job you know are you loyal to me a am i under investigation? >> well he is not -- at that point if he is under investigation he is not g

allen dershowitz came out and said, you know, look, this is -- this is ridiculous what they're doingically said they should not be honoring her. she's embracing terrorists that kill young people. >> i don't know about her background, but i've been on camera with her. she was a co-chair, if i remember correctly of the women's march, and we were talking abouon camera about organizingnd sort of the policies, the concerns that came out of that march. so she's been around and, you know, she's very active in small democratic politics. but, you know, the university has a right to invite her and if the students don't -- are concerned, i know there's been a lot of anger from the jewish community and a lot of groups have come out and said that they -- that the university should resend its offer. but if there are a lot of folks that don't like it, they can -- >> i'm a defender of the first amendment, and i'm going to defend free speech on all occasions. and if sunni pictured to speak, that's fine. but you have to really question what's going on on college campuses. cheryl, i think this is antit

. >> allen dershowitz said you're a terrific public servant but quote irving she made a serious mechanic. spo easy ton hero innot appoint fwhid president. he says you went on to make a political decision and not a legal one. >> i struggled over the decision whether to resign or whether to direct the department of justice not to defend. >> you thought about resigning. >> i went back and forth. >> because two former attorney generalless william bahr say you should have resigned if you disagree with the order and that essentially you were grand standing to looking in for a way to get out to is the get for you to for a political year. >> i think it's a fair question to ask why didn't you just resign that is something i grappled with during that time. sort of the bottom line is that i felt like resigning would have protected my personal integrity. but it would not have protected the integrity of the department of justice. >> this does allow you by essentially confronting the president of the united states and declining to ask doj lawyers to support the executive order it does set you up in a

i fall into the same school as allen dershowitz who exexplain plained at a civil libitarian we have tofederal investigations, fbi probes and now the investigation by special counsel bob mueller. as something looking into violations of federal law. now even if jared kushner or other members of the trump campaign, transition team or administration were talking to russians, even coordinating with the russians with regard to potential release of information, release of e-mails that were hacked into by wikileaks or the russians or released by wikileaks, even if that's true, there's no federal crime. there's no federal law that prescribes that type of activity. it may look bad politically. we may want sunlight to be a good sanitizer on letting everyone know that was going on, but it's not a crime. >> i think there are a lot of questions here. even if this ends up being -- kushner ended up being an an slary party in all of these discussions or something happened or gave russians more insight into something, and that wasn't his intention, there is a question here about the trump campaign and t

although, the president could always make the argument allen dershowitz, #law pssor has de tt the presidentas constitutional authority to hire and fire ody the executive branch and tell them what to do. we've had past presidents that have told the department of justice and the fbi stop this investigation, do that investigation. all the way back to thomas jefferson who directed his attorney general what to do. trish: gregg jarrett, thank you very much for your perspective. we've got more on the breaking story next there's nothing traditional about my small business so when it comes to technology, i need someone that understands my unique needs. my dell small business advisor has gotten to know our business so well that is feels like he's a part of our team. with one phone call, he sets me up with tailored products and services. and when my advisor is focused on my tech, i can focus on my small business. ♪ ♪ trish: all right. i have a big programming alert for you. tomorrow morning bright and early, i'm going to be baking with my kids and my husband, my three little children on fox and friend

let's bring back in rob o'neill, pete, and allen dershowitz.gnificance for the israelis and the christian community as they visit this church. >> well, it's very significant because when jordan controlled the old city of jerusalem, people couldn't go and pray freely. jews couldn't pray at the western wall, jews couldn't go visit. now of course with jerusalem in the hands of israel, it's an open city. anybody can go there and anybody can pray and it creates such harmony between jews, catholics, prodistins, muslims, and i think the president visiting the church freely and openly and then visiting the western wall sends a very, very important symbol of why jerusalem must remain under the control and sovereignty of israel. it's the only way to guarantee religious freedom for all. steve: professor, explain to us -- this is clearly part of the israeli visit. the palestinians also claim the old city, which is where this is with its jewish, muslim, and christian sacred sites as part of their future capital with a palestinian state. how is that working

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laura coates, professor allen dershowitz, and steve hall. dana, first what do you make of this bombshell report in the "the washington post"? >> look, first it's hard for us to wrap our heads around it. how many times have we said that in the news cycles we're living with these days? but there's a lot of reporting here and a lot of unanswered questions. the biggest question is why would jared kushner make such a naive request to do something like ask the russians to see if he can use their communications to have a back channel? it doesn't make sense on its face. having said that, this meeting supposedly happened at the beginning of december. this was a campaign that frankly thought it would be disbanded and would go back to their businesses and were suddenly a transition into the presidency of the united states, and they were trying to get their sea legs. is jared kushner wanted to be and became the guy who his father-in-law, slash president-elect will rely on. look, "the post" suggested this. this was brand new and he did something really,

they are asking -- neil cavuto was asking allen dershowitz last hour is this even illegal?e said no it's totally legal in d.c. it's only a one party consent. everybody is focused on that. meanwhile the concern about what's happening in washington with the issues that people care about, of course, healthcare, tax reform, the deregulatory moves that trump has made. all of those are very positive. trump has gotten everybody talking about this tape thing. i would doubt there are tapes in the oval office or the -- wherever he met with comey at a dinner, wherever he had dinner with him. who knows. but i don't think he put the word tapes in quotes by accident. i actually think he did that for a reason. >> eboni: iphone recording or what? >> i don't think so. >> i had the same thought. he did exactly the same thing when he said obama tapped him. he put tapped in quotes. that mean it didn't happen. and i assume that it didn't happen in this case or the president better hope that he didn't make a mistake this morning and announce that there was a recording system in the white house o

i'm looking al allen dershowitz, and those with far greater legal minds than i do saying there's not. >> that's not what alan dershowitz said though. >> i think some of the things that are getting confused here, russians have been trying to interfere with our elections for decades. >> that's what we're asking. >> no. but i'm saying for those listening, there's a real difference between interference and collusion. >> i'm not asking about that. the president attempting to obstruct justice. alan dershowitz didn't say he didn't do it. alan said we need to find out the extent of what he said. >> but right now there is no evidence from what we've seen in regards to any obstruction. i think the thing i'm excited about is comey is going to have an open hearing. i want to see him in the open. i want to have the conversation. but the thing about any impediment, any attempts, you had comey under oath may 3rd, you had acting director mccabe under oath. there have been no attempt to impede. >> that's not true. after comey testified, that's when we went to the directors of national intelligence tr

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and harvard law professor allen dershowitz. jim i know your communication devices have been blown up with people you've been talking to what's the reaction you're getting. >> the reaction is exasperation and dep deep concern. on a number of levels. one here because it's classified information. that's obvious. two, that the russians were the ones to receive the classified information. a prime adversary in the view of the u.s. intelligence community today. three, that it appears to relate to a sensitive intelligence sharing relationship which is very difficult to build over time there are countries you share bell with as a matter of i inss uk, france, et cetera that's natural. there are others that you don't want public because of the nature of those relationships. that country doesn't want it public that it's sharing this sensitive information with the u.s. those three things make this particularly serious. a former senior u.s. intelligence official described it to me this which. i have never before seen a senior government offi

allen -alan dershowitz is sayine obstruction of justice claim is ridiculous. charles: are you confidence they can get this done? >> that's for the president to determine. but they need to do a better job or look for replacements. >> i come at this from an optics perspective. i think putting a former f.b.i. director in under department a.g. rosenstein is a brilliant move. even though democrats will cry foul, they will have to admit he's qualified to run an investigation because he has run the f.b.i. but i'm very concerned about the deep state. charles: the leaks, we don't talk about them, we don't hear them. none of this fist quote-unquote news. it probably would be made a lot easier with the last-second decision by the obama administration to give wide access to folks to unmask individuals and get this information to the mainstream media. >> leaks are going to heed rode the foundation of any governance. people should be prosecuted. the problem as i experienced in government is when you you do the mole hunt and try to find out who's leaking, it's kind of a fool

recent events that have been broadly reported in the medialy this morning on fox and friends, allen dershowitzwant to find out if he was the source of the leaks of the memo he was quoted in. second, i would ask him why he didn't talk directly, why he's using his friends. i would go back to his decisions to speak to the public. >> reporter: as of right now, there is no set date for comey to testify. we were told it won't be likely until some time after memorial day. some lawmakers such as gop senator and will see graham aren't so sure he'll be allowed to testify given that robert mueller will likely include comey's conversation with the president in his own investigation. garrett tenney fox news. >>> a judge makes a final ruling in prince's estate case, we now know who the right full airs are >> the last ringling brothes circus will be today. we'll be right back, time now 8:08. (laughs) come on! dogs just won't quit. neither does frontline gold. its triple action formula is relentless at killing fleas and ticks for a full 30 days. good boy. go