she says she was stranded on the sides of the road when johnny bobbitt spent his last $20 to buy here took the help. >> reporter: with the title "paying it forward", the go fund me page raised more than $400,000. >> like winning the lottery. >> reporter: but the ruse unravelled in a shocking twist. >> the entire campaign was predicated on a lie. >> reporter: authorities say it was all a coordinated scam from the start. the cover photo on the page staged. they say all three were in on the elaborate hoax. >> they conspired to pass off a fake, feel-good story that would compel donors to contribute the to their cause. >> reporter: mcclure and bobbitt both pled guilty in federal court. >> those three really ruined it for people who really need the help. >> reporter: in her podcast interview, jessica smith criticizes the tree yio, blamin them for making it difficult for those who actually need to raise money, but soon it was smith's fundraisers owing refunds after her efforts were shut down. the fundraiser violated their terms, they say, and that refunds will be processed for all donors, a

bobbitt, welcome -- murphy center for national security. he has or does the counselor on international law at the state department, legal counsel to the senate iran contra committee it is the author of new material in the expanded edition of the charles l. black's impeachment: a handbook. we are also pleased to welcome back akhil reed aman, sterling professor of law and political science, the author of several books on american law and the const he wrote the forward to the second edition of charles black's impeachment: a handbook. in 2017 he received the american bar foundation's outstanding rewards. we are grateful that mr. amar is also a member of our board of trustees. our moderator for the evening is the former president of yale university and former dean of columbia school of law. he was the principal author of the 1974 book published by the association of the bar of the city of new york on the law of presidential impeachment and removal and has served as ceo and chairman of edison schools, now edison learning, one of the world's leadi

step down around a quarter of a 1000000 people turned out and prompted demonstrate against andre bobbitt as checks marks 30 years since the fall of communism. and in iran traffic grinds to a halt in the capital tehran as people there protest against a 50 percent hike in fuel prices many residents are angry about a spike in the price of food staples as a result of us sanctions. omarion evanston thanks for joining us we begin in hong kong where there have been fresh clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police protesters barricaded hong kong's polytechnic university as part of a week long campaign aimed at disrupting traffic and hitting the local economy riot police fired tear gas in a bid to clear the demonstrators who threw petrol bombs and started fires on the streets on saturday chinese troops were deployed in the city. for the 1st time since the protests began. correspondent mathias is following developments in hong kong and he joins us now for the latest hello to you mathias so for the 1st time says these protests broke out nearly 6 months ago we've been seeing chinese sold

went back on earlier and said he had previously said he would never stop an investigation into mr bobbitt he changed his mind and said this is part of quite possible it's speculation about what's going to happen after this is what he said but it's not helping or triple slaying incident who says it's going to percolate is worth it's directly elected president and that's up to the people to decide elections and what about 1st of all decision and what i would do you want to focus on what about and was the ultimate of them. to stay in opposition outside the government and i'm saying no government people have what would you have what would it be you answer that question you asked the question it will be a government supported by a populist and extremist forces and certainly not in the interest of my country that's why we probably heard the cost of this coalition at the same time as a social democracy we need to maintain and keep. the independence of judiciary we need to be the guardians of serbia faces with these charges isn't that all these charges then some saying that we need to play the ro

of human rights ok can really help him with the latest from washington kimberly thank you philip bobbitt is a former associate counsel to president jimmy carter joins us live from new york we appreciate your time very much is it a foregone conclusion to you that the house will vote to impeach. well there is so impeachment our system is tantamount to indictment it's not a trial is not a conviction or acquittal it simply is a bill passed by the house by a simple majority the thin goes to a trial in the senate so you know when you look at it it's the democrats that will most likely vote along party lines and vote to impeach and a conventional wisdom is that when he gets to the senate because it's controlled by republicans he will likely be acquitted i'm curious. crawl bernstein investigative reporter journalist he said recently in adam schiff said something similar in the hearing yesterday that the important difference now is not necessarily between donald trump and richard nixon during watergate the real difference is congress then and congress now would you agree with that i would and als

talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander macarius he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to alex 1st in london well ukraine remains in the headlines and the 2nd half of the program we'll talk about the impeachment circus but let's focus on how ukraine the ukraine the ukraine project that the west has had since the coup in 2014 it's changed russia's foreign policy and it's something that's beginning to worry people being sent to and i mean worrying people at the neo cons in washington in the in the swamp we could talk about sanctions we're going to energy policy that turn to china and europe's reassessment in there's a lot going on right here that's never talked about in western media go ahead alex . we just have over the last. period of about 10 years but it is specially since 201

as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia and we're joined by dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor in the it's me internet media project all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated you know over the course of this ridiculous russia gate as we go into ukraine gate mass media has been telling us if you used the term deep state or a conspiracy theorist ok something's changed though or you could say the deep state is finally beginning to speak with listen to this video clip here gentlemen let's go play god for the state. i think you know everyone here has seen this progression of diplomats and intelligence officers and white house people tripping up to capitol hill right now and saying these are people who are doing their duty you are responding to a higher call. higher call claim. he's making a reference to people that are unelected. and also telling us that these elected officials they have the right and even obligation maybe even moral obligation to disagree and obstruct elect

talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander macarius he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to alex 1st in london well ukraine remains in the headlines and the 2nd half of the program we'll talk about the impeachment circus but let's focus on how ukraine the ukraine the ukraine project that the west has had since the coup in 2014 is changed russia's foreign policy and it's something that's beginning to worry people. in and i mean worrying people at the neo-cons in washington in the in the swamp we could talk about sanctions we're going to energy policy that turn to china and europe's reassessment in there's a lot going on right here that's never talked about in western media go ahead alex well indeed we just have over the last. period of about 10 years but it is specially since 2014

talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander macarius he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to alex 1st in london well ukraine remains in the headlines and the 2nd half of the program we'll talk about the impeachment circus but let's focus on how ukraine the ukraine the ukraine project that the west has had since the coup in 2014 is changed russia's foreign policy and it's something that's beginning to worry people being said and i mean worrying people are the neo cons and why.

well as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor and innocently internet media project and in london we cross to marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics for us magazine are you gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate i'm going to go to as usual the markets and london 1st here i hope you didn't waste too much time watching the congressional hearings over the last week it was a total waste of time it was a kangaroo court but one thing that kind of struck me is that how and i didn't know this i didn't know that the united states and ukraine were the kind of strategic allies that they were made out to be on national television so tell me marcus when did this happen because as far as i know ukraine is not in nato the united states and ukraine have no treaty of self defense protecting each other that made none of these things exist they've never been debated but apparently according to these functionaries that's what spoke to adam

well as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor and interest me internet media project and in london we cross to marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics for a magazine all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate i'm going to go to as usual the markets in london 1st here i hope you didn't waste too much time watching the congressional hearings over the last week it was a total waste of time it was a kangaroo court but one thing that kind of struck me is that how and i didn't know this i didn't know that the united states and ukraine were the kind of strategic allies that they were made out to be on national television so tell me marcus when did this happen because as far as i know ukraine is not in nato the united states and ukraine have no treaty of self defense protecting each other and maybe none of these things exist they've never been debated but apparently according to these functionaries that's what spoke to ada

well as author of the decay of western civilization and we surgeons of russia we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor and interest me internet media project and in london we cross to marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics 1st maggots.

of western civilization and we surgeons of russia we also have dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor and you know so many internet media project and in london across the market papadopoulos is the editor of politics for us magazine all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate i'm going to go to as usual the markets in london 1st here i hope you didn't waste.

as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia and we're joined by dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor in the smi internet media project all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated you know over the course of this ridiculous russia gate as we go into ukraine gate mass media has been telling us if you used the term deep state or a conspiracy theorist ok something's changed though or you could say the deep state is finally beginning to speak with listen to this video clip here gentlemen let's go play god for the state. i think you know everyone here has seen this progression of diplomats and intelligence officers and white house people tripping up to capitol hill right now and saying these are people who are doing their duty you are responding to a higher call. higher tall claim he's making a reference to people that are unelected. and also telling us that these elected officials they have the right and even obligation maybe even moral obligation to disagree and obstruct elected of

democratic rival joe biden in exchange for military aid to kiev well let's get more on this from philip bobbitt sees a professor of federal jurisprudence at columbia law school and the author of impeachment a hands big he joins us now live from new york to get so have you with us here on al-jazeera now you've literally rates in the big or named pietschmann given all that you've seen unfold to date do you think their constituents impeachable offenses against donald trump yes i do think that the nixon precedent probably applies here you'll recall that there were 3 counts against richard nixon abuse of power or an obstruction of justice being the 2 principal counts. i think the president if it can be shown that he directed his subordinates to withhold congressionally funded military assistance until the state of ukraine was prepared to issue a public announcement that they were investigating joe biden and a firm connected to his son i think that's right down the middle line of abuse of power. but you may also find that directing people not to testify is an obstruction of justice ok but let's get t

bobbitt cut off her husband's genitals.. >> therapy pig cheering up passengers at the san francisco airport. >> have you ever seen a pig in the airport? >> it's unique, different. my first time actually petting a pig. >> it's fun. i got really excited. >> lee lu breezing through security with hoods and pilot's cap. attention like stitches the therapy cat at the minneapolis saint paul airport. oh my gosh, i love. ainsley: put the pig in a bag under the seat? steve: people going hog wild. ainsley: that was cute with the little girl petting him. ainsley: we are told just at the airport. they weren't putting the pig on the plane. steve: thank you for the thorough report. ainsley: we have a fox news alert. two hostages including a parent is set to be free after a prisoner swap with the taliban overnight. brian: former special forces says this sets a dangerous precedent. he's on deck. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, every day can begin with flakes. it's a reminder of your struggles with psoriasis. but what if you

. >> the fisher story, i would say it ranks with the bobbitt story, right up there., when it comes to the tabloid news world, you can't ask for anything more. >> tabloid tv producers descended on massapequa with limousines, bouquets of flowers, gift certificates, fistfuls of $50 bills. it was a nightmare. >> my mission was to try and stay away from the circus atmosphere that was surrounding the case, but that was a little difficult to do. >> people couldn't get enough of it. i mean, they were talking about it everywhere. from the diners on the south shore to the yacht clubs on the north shore. i mean, you'd get on the train and everybody had the daily news, "long island lolita." it was an obsession. >> and as i'm trying to recover from this horrible, egregious injury that i had, what happens is this phenomenon starts to happen. it's not about me anymore. it's not about the person who got shot and assassinated on the front of her own home. it becomes about joey and amy. >> and it did, it took on a life of its own. 'cause that's what the public was seeing. and that's w