here is the statement that allred's office provided to my colleague.he says our firm has withdrawn from the case, our withdraw has nothing to do with the merits of her case against president trump. we have no comment on the reason for the firm's withdraw. we continue to wish summer the very best in her pursuit of justice. i can also report that mary ann wong, part of summer zervos' legal team will continue to represent her. she said so in a statement. summer zervos is not commenting on this change. but one thing that is interesting here, we don't know exactly why allred is removing herself from this case, but we do know that she made clear she is now willing to talk about the case, to talk about the facts in the case. it is generally her approach not to talk about details of -- in cases where she is representing someone, now that she isn't part of that legal team, we could hear a lot more from her about this case. >> we could hear more from gloria allred or summer zervos? >> have gloria allred, now willing to talk about the case as you saw in her state

she lost her high profile attorney, gloria allred. allred represents women in similar statements saying it has nothing to do with the merits of her case against president trump. we will have no comment for the reason. we continue to wish summer the very best. >> i decided to part ways with gloria allred for personal reasons, having nothing to do with her work as my attorney. i look forward to my day in court with my current legal team. zervos is not going comment further. back to daniels, we have been talking about how much the lawyer is working to keep the story in the headlines. even if the president apologizes, they are not going away. he said, we want the truth from mr. cohen and the truth from mr. trump. it doesn't matter if it's next week, next month, next year or next decade, we are not going anywhere. wolf? >> athena, thank you. let's get to our analyst. jeffr jeffrey toobin, what do you make of it? >> i'm going to say the words you are not supposed to say on cable news which are, i don't know. i really don't know what the nat

summer zervos has lost her famous attorney, gloria allred. is the former "apprentice" contestant who accused trump of sexual misconduct and defamation. and a judge denied an attorney's motion to depose trump and michael cohen. how big of a setback is this for stormy daniels and her legal team? >> what she asked for earlier this week was an expedited trial and expedited discovery with the goal of deposing trump and his personal lawyer michael cohen. now yesterday a federal judge ruling that this motion would be dismissed essentially because that motion was filed prematurely. this judge said that essentially stormy daniels needed to give the president and/or michael cohen the option and it is chance to file a motion to compel arbitration. now, michael avenatti, stormy daniels' lawyer, is downplaying this as a procedural setback and has said repeatedly he plans to refile this motion as soon as michael cohen and/or donald trump have taken their necessary steps. i want to highlight a moment from "new day" this morning when stormy daniels was asked

gloria allred is joining us.nd now, earlier, there was a motion asking to depose the president was denied and her lawyer maintains and he is still voele cal about this, and while the president has stayed quiet. has this ruling changed the strategy at all regarding jessica brake's case or the other trump accusers that you are representing? >> just to be clear, i do represent jessica drake. but also are, jessica drake does not have any settlement agreement with president trump or prior to his becoming president, and -- >> gloria, we are going the come back to you. i thought that it was maybe just me, but apparently some issues with the mic. we will fix it and take a quick break and bring you back on the other side. today, the new new york is sparking innovation. you see it in the southern tier with companies that are developing powerful batteries that make everything from cell phones to rail cars more efficient. which helps improve every aspect of advanced rail technology. all with support from a highly-educated wo

i know it. >> allred put the dna test on the fast track and waited. within a week called pepper and renee to her office to hear in person the results of the test. >> 99.99% probability. >> that's it. >> yep, that means it's confirmed. >> i can't believe this is actually happening. >> how soon could they meet geri, the sisters wanted to know. and what's she like? how did she know shirley? we arranged a reunion for the next day. geri arrived first and told us how she saw the long lost girls on our program. >> i saw the picture of shirley and went crazy. i was hysterical because i knew who she was. and then when i saw the girls, i knew they were mine. >> after how -- all those years? >> 37 years. there they are. >> what did that feel like? >> it felt great. i had been hoping to find my children before i died because i'm getting old. and it was like a miracle. >> geri's story that shirley who took the girls had been her friend turned roommate turned babysitter. >> she said i'll babysit for you. i'll take care of her while you work. i said, well, that's gr

i know it. >> allred put the dna test on the fast track and waited.ithin a week called pepper and renee to her office to hear in person the results of the test. >> 99.99% probability. >> that's it. >> yep, that means it's confirmed. >> i can't believe this is actually happening. >> how soon could they meet geri, the sisters wanted to know. and what's she like? how did she know shirley? we arranged a reunion for the next day. geri arrived first and told us how she saw the long lost girls on our program. >> i saw the picture of shirley and went crazy. i was hysterical because i knew who she was. and then when i saw the girls, i knew they were mine. >> after how -- all those years? >> 37 years. there they are. >> what did that feel like? >> it felt great. i had been hoping to find my children before i die because i'm getting old. and it was like a miracle. >> geri's story that shirley who took the girls had been her friend turned roommate turned babysitter. >> she said i'll babysit for you. i'll take care of her while you work. i said, well, that's great

why is high profile attorney gloria allred leaving

gloria allred purely for personal reasons, having nothing to do with her work as my attorney.g my day in court with my current legal team." (catherine) daniels' attorney says an apology from president trump isn't enough -- he says they wants to hear the truth and won't stop until that happens. (steve) after the break... find out why actor and former california governor arnold schwarzenegger had heart surgery... actor and former california governor arnold schwarzenegger is in stable condition after undergoing heart surgery yesterday. the 70-year-old had a valve replacement procedure in los angeles. schwarzennegger's spokesman said in a statement said the procedure was necessary because a heart valve placed in 1997 had outlived its life expectancy. the statement also said that an open-heart surgery team was ready to go in case the catheter could not be replaced. but during surgery doctors decided to utilize the open heart team to complete the surgery. (steve) the mega jackpot up for grabs-- one that has climbed to 521 million dollars. and it's the 10th largest lotto jackpot in u

gloria allred who represents summer zervos. i wanting to turn to you, liz, because you said something on this show a while ago that got some attention, that it might be an adult film actress who ultimately outsmarts donald trump. how do you take that point and extend it to these other stories that all just happen to be breaking tonight? >> it's only fitting that a president who spends so much of his time in office trying to control women's bodies that he might go down because he isn't able to control his body. and that is honestly the best case scenario, right, in all of these stories, but the two involving adult film stars is that he had affairs with these women, that he's a cheating pig. that's the best-case scenario right now. the worst-case scenario, is that we don't nknow what donald trum doesn't want us to know. is there a threat of violence that there's someone connected to the president, that there's a possibility of a felony that he did use campaign funds to pay off some of these women? so a lot of people are saying wh

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gloria allred, thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> for more on the president's growing legal mess, i'm joined now by former federal prosecutor harry litman and author of both above the law blog which is a must read for me every day. i don't quite get it. >> i can tell you what mike cohen is trying to do. he is trying to become the worst lawyer of the decade at this point. think about it this way. michael cohen was sent to the store with one job. buy stormy daniels a tall glass of shut up. that was his job. he has come back from the store with a potentially federal complaint about campaign violations. he has made himself a target for the mueller investigation who might be interested in how trump or david dennison launders money. and oh, by the way, i happen to know the president likes to be spanked, which is information i can't unsee. that's what he has done. >> and that gets to the point. part of this is, harry, michael cohen is a friend of the president. he is having a hard time getting very good reputation. and this is in some ways penny-ante stakes compared to what's happe

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but it is straight out of the play book of gloria allred.is the attorney, it is not litigating the underlying claim outright. it is not deciding whether or not there was a sexual interaction. they're trying to have a round game to say we're going to litigate whether or not you're calling me a liar. another woman was called a liar on the campaign trail. there is now a case that says the president can be deposed. they're trying to compel this exact result. however, his statement much more nebulous than outright calling her a liar and that will be the biggest uphill battle. he said something like false statements like this can be settled all the time. you can settle out of court without outright calling her a liar. that will be the biggest challenge about her defamation suit. >> a lot of build-up to the 60 minutes interview. did she come across to you as criminal? >> i think that's the question everyone is trying to decide. they're trying to chip away at her credibility by showing the inconsistencicies by saying she didn't have an affair and th

summer azervos with her attorney, gloria allred, sued for defamation.he filed that suit here in new york last year. trump's lawyers tried to get it thrown out. they issued a motion saying you can't sue a president in a state court. he has immunity in a case like this. so the judge in this case spent many weeks reviewing the arguments on both sides, and just in the past few minutes here, we received the filing that confirms azervos can move forward. that trump's motion to throw this case out has failed. and interestingly, the judge is citing the sloan case from the '90s stating that no one is above the law, that the president can be sued and has no immunity in a case like this. her accusations of harassment will go forward. he says these people are lying about me. but azervos will have her day in court. >> and now a former playboy model wants out of a confidentiality agreement. tell us about that. >> yes, this is breaking with the "new york times." this involves a playboy model that essentially silenced her from talking about an alleged affair with donal

you see her there with gloria allred. she said because it was a liar and wasn't true, she said she was dezpamd that case is going forward. >> my panel is here with me. let's start with stormy daniels. this polygraph, does this change anything legally? >> it doesn't move the needle or persuade the court. is issue is not whether or not the allegations are true. the issue is whether or not she can talk about the underlying allegations. you have two buckets. someone what the public would want to know about an alleged affair between citizen trump, and two, what she's allowed to talk about under the nda, the nondisclosure agreement. it is lamb foregone conclusion as the number of people are coming forward to allege accusations against the president and alleged affairs. when it comes to the court, that is not persuasive about whether she can talk about anything. >> and stormy daniels' interview with anderson coop cher will be on "60 minutes" i believe single, is the white house worried? do you sense when you talk to your sources

. >> and she is represented by gloria allred who is not commenting.s not normally her a practice. so there may be some suspicions if there are other agreements like this, and if there are, it really does go back to is there is a lot of hush money being paid to quiet other people in connection with the election and then that violates all sorts of campaign finance laws potentially. to be continued. >> daniel and erin, thank you both so much. we do have an update for you on the situation there at that veterans facility in napa county. police activity at the veterans home, we are getting new detail, get are more information for you. and we're watching the scene. so we'll have that ahead. also the white house today in the briefing backing off just slightly from president trump's announcement yesterday evening to meet with the leader of north korea kim jung-un if and when that happens, let's talk logistics. what would the meeting look like and who has the most to gain? back in a moment. people are fighting type 2 diabetes... with fitness... food... and the

fwlora allred, her attorney, have subpoenaed the trump campaign for documents related to all the communications from him with him about her and so a lot could come out about his past sexual history in this case. >> the judge says it's okay. bring it on. he has ten days. what should one expect? >> let's go back to what we talked about before. one will expect legal maneuvering. will this case stay in the state of california? it may not. they're predicating jurisdiction by saying look, if you do business in krz, you're subject to suit in california. that's rational. it's logical. there's also this other thing called jurisdiction. if one party is in one state and another is in another state you could bring it to federal court. federal court is largely where i think they'll want to have this fight held if it's held at all. >> stormy daniels' days kais. >> exactly. >> involving that same lawyer that we talked about. >> can i make one sort of big picture please? >> sure. big picture it for us, mj. we have several women who are taking some form of legal action simply so that they can speak out about th

and gloria allred said that the withdrawal has knotting the to with the r merits of the case againstand we have no comment for the reason of the firm's withdrawal and we continue to wish summer the very best in her pursuit of justice. summer says she is parting for personal reasons. i decided to r part ways because of personal reasons and nothing to do with her ability to be an attorney. i look forward to having my day in court with my current legal team team. >> and now, joining us is richard, and start with the judge's rejection of the deposition being too premature is a good thing? >> well, i don't know. the judge made a procedural procedure, and the bottom line is that it is always the cover-up that causes the problem. if i represented trump and this came out early on, i would have had him go on the twitter to tv and say, yes shgs, i was with s and the playmate and others and it is none of your business and this thing is overwith. but they didn't do that and supposedly michael cohen out of the love and devotion for the president concocted this the ridiculous web and scheme to shu

remember, gloria allred waits in the wings with a defamation case as well. this is going to turn on something that won't be as headline grabbing as stormy daniels' television interview. it's whether an arbitration can be considered in federal court. and if you haven't fallen asleep yet, you'll begin to understand why this is hypertechnical. the two sides are going at it like it a ps a reality tv show starring lawyers. >> would the president as he suggests seem to support him? >> the president in the clinton case suggests that president can be called to testify under oath in civil matter, but we are a while from a court determining that that's necessary. you can make a strong argument on the other side this was an agreed upon arbitration agreement and an arbitrator might be able to do that. and remember, arbitrations not public. >> we saw what happened when president clinton testified. if if president trump is forced to testify under oath, what's the danger for him? >> well, perjury under certain circumstances. he'd be under oath and there would be parties li

that donald trump was sexually inappropriate with her, she was sitting beside her attorney, gloria allredy this is interesting is because about a few days after she came out with her statement on donald trump, accusing him of sexual misconduct, a spokesperson for donald trump during the campaign said, and i want to quote it here, basically that trump does not know this person, does not remember this person, and would have no interest in ever knowing her. why is that important? because less than a week after that statement was made, a woman named angel ryan, remember, that's the legal name of jessica drake, who accused donald trump of sexual misconduct at that same tahoe resort where he and stormy daniels allegedly met and had a sexual romp, she was listed on the nondisclosure agreement as someone who would know something about stormy daniels and donald trump. someone is not telling the truth. and that is the crux of the argument here being made by the attorney for stormy daniels. it is very complicated as you might imagine, and when you have these nondisclosure agreements, they're trying

and he's a long way at this point from deposition in that new york case that gloria allred filed for client. really started during the campaign and his really calling all the women that accused him of falsely accusing him. now, that case is going to go forward. they are appealing it. it's a very strongly written, well written attorney by the trial judge in new york. and the big issue is whether or not it does fall within the exception of the paula jones case, which is the bill clinton case. and the judge directly addressed that. and laepd over that hurdle and said, listen, states are equally as entitled as federal courts to proceed when a president does an unofficial act, particularly before he becomes president. and that's what's involved here. i think it's just a stall tactic. and they are trying to delay the inevitable of this going forward. >> trying to delay the inevitable. stormy daniels attorney, kate, today said if a picture is worth 1,000 words, how many words is this worth. it was a tweet. then came on with wolf blitzer, had a picture of a dvd, here's what he said when wolf

. >> so look, there are lawyers, if you talk to gloria allred or a number of the prominent people whor living off of deals of various kinds in this space, who say, look, confidentiality and making sure stories don't come out can be to the benefit of individuals. what karen mcdougal reveals is this can have a heavy burden. she readily admits she was an adult, shed the agreement. she knew at the time it was likely ami was not going to run this story, but she also had to deal with changing circumstances since then. this is now the president of the united states. that is a much heavier burden to not talk about your president. >> it's also interesting, and you first reported this in the new yorker, she talked about it last night, sort of the way the system that it seems allegedly donald trump had in place with keith schiller to handle women who he may have been involved with, whether it's in karen mcdougal's case, she would pay for her own flights, book her own hotel rooms and be reimbursed, she said, by president trump. oftentimes, keith schiller would be a go-between, picking people up o

. >> that is her there sitting next to gloria allred. when she came out with those accusations about president trump, this is how, excuse me, candidate trump, this is how candidate trump's spokesperson responded just before the election. the spokesperson saying, listen. mr. trump does not know this person, does not remember this person, and would have no interest in ever knowing her. now he's talking there about jessica drake. less than a week after that statement was made, jessica drake, under her legal name, angel ryan, showed up in the non-disclosure agreement that was signed by michael cohen, president trump's personal attorney. that non-disclosure agreement is the agreement that stormy daniels also signed, saying that she would not go forward with her story. this is where things get complicated. it appears that jessica drake was told the details of what happened between her and president trump, whether they were sexual details and that this affair lasted from 2006 to 2007, she must have had some information, because she's named in t

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