why, dan abrams, and your co-writer, writing about teddy roosevelt? >> we found transcript of this case. and imagine this. the former president of the united states testifying for eight days, undergoing a vicious cross-examination from a lawyer who dislikes him and disagrees with him and is trying to mock him. this is one of the most iconic presidents the country has ever had. we don't imagine him this way. we think about our iconic presidents, we think about speeches they've made, or writings. this is unvarnished. this is theodore roosevelt, word for word from the transcript, defending himself and his legacy. and it is fascinating stuff. so what we did is we took this transcript and tell the story, surrounding that trial that at the time was huge news around the country. but somehow has back footnote to history. >> the part i got to last night. he casually tosses off the fact that he hired 40,000 people through patronage into the u.s. government. >> yep. >> and it is another line in testimony. >> and there were also, there was questions about all sor

visit your local chase branch. >>> we are back with dan abrams.king at his other job. he happens to be the host of the hit show "live pd" on a & e. here's a sampling. >> there it is. there it comes. >> they're coming to you now. it's that vehicle. >> they got him spiked. >> go! >> get in, get in, get in. >> we got him. we just got to watch. once they do come to a stop, we'll see them bail out. the vehicle may be abandoned. we got four, four, it looks like four males running north. >> and that's just a small sampling of this broadcast. what has made this take off the way it has taken off? >> i think it is that we are showing the beginning, middle, and end of policing. up to this point, you and i were talking about this. we in the news business tend to show and talk about officer-involved shootings. yet the vast majority of police officers around police officers around this country have never fired their weapon in the line of duty. there's all of the rest of the policework that happens every day. some of it tedious. some of it rewarding. some of it

dan abrams is one of the authors, and he joined me from new york. beloved former presiden teddy roosevelt, sued for libel. why was america gripped by this trial? dan: first of all, the former president was on the wit stand for eight days. it is hard to believe that a president as iconic as theodor roosevelt was a defendant in a major case and testified for 8. daan his dicousin franklin roosevelt testified in his behalf.in it was an amtrial, and while it was a libel case -- e accused a republican party boss of being corrupt -- it feels more like a criminal cais, meaning it moves, ther excitement, there are twists and turns throughout the trial. what really got us hooked on this wass we finally got the transcript in our hands -- it wasn't easy, but once we had it, as we went through it, it was to some degree a page turr. that is what we try to bring t life with this book. laura: what was at stake for teddy roosevelt and his reputation? dan: part of the plaintiff's argument was that roosevelt was just as corrupt as the person h cusing of being corrupt.

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loses in a battle to keep his financial records from congress so what happens next legal expert dan abrams is here with his take on this edition of politics. welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king coming up later in the program consumer advocate and former presidential candidate ralph nader joins me stick around for that but 1st a setback for donald trump's effort to keep his personal financial information from the hands of congress this week a federal judge sided with democrats in the house oversight committee who've been trying to access trump's financial information for months so where does the legal fight go from here let's start there with dan abrams chief legal affairs correspondent for a.b.c. news and co-author of the new book theodore roosevelt for the defense the courtroom battle to save his legacy dan joins me now from new york city dan welcome to the program came out there so let's get to your fascinating book shortly right now we've got some crazy developments going on between the law and the trump administration so what's happening you know that this.

let's talk about it with dan abrams. for more on this, let's go to the judge's ruling.he accounting firm has to turn over the records. quick and clear decision by judge saying it's not a close call. >> in any other world this would be a huge decision, the idea that the president of the united states has just lost a major court ruling. and yet for now it's going to sort of fall and people are going to wait for the next level in this and that's going to be the appellate court. no question it's a brig big loss for the president. it was a clear loss. the judge in his ruling referred to the possibility of impeachment proceedings saying congress has the oversight power including for impeachment proceedings and as a result the congress has got to be able to investigate potential criminal wrongdoing. >> the president also defying congressional power saying his former counsel don mcgahn should not testify today. >> right, and this is a tougher call. really there are two doctrines, one we talk about a lot, the idea of executive privilege, confidential conversations between the pr

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joining me now dan abrams, chief correspondent for abc news, and author of theodore roosevelt and the defense. we have these two narratives. number one is george papadopoulos has a couple of drinks, says something to an australian diplomat, he tip off americans and that tips off the investigation. the another narrative, the strzok, page and emails, james comey, et cetera. will that resolve the difference in those narratives? >> i don't know it's going to resolve it. but let's be clear on what we actually know. you can actually connect the dots on how the investigation started. starting with carter page back in 2013. moving to papadopoulos the day that the investigation actually starts officially on july 31st, 2016. so, the problem, the fundamental question with regard to this inquiry or investigation, is what is the serious credible allegation of wrongdoing up to this point? exactly, as you lay it out, there are suspicions. there are questions. we know that page and strzok sent texts that they shouldn't have sent. but why do it this way? why give the attorney general this sort of swee

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our chief legal analyst dan abrams is here with us this morning.ll talk to you about that in a minute but because you're here we have to ask a million other questions about lots of other things. first up, missouri's governor signing tough new abortion restrictions into law on friday, the same day the aclu and planned parenthood filed a lawsuit challenging alabama's abortion ban, also on friday a judge blocking mississippi's ban on abortions after six weeks. what is the strategy for passing all these laws? >> so, i think in a lot of these states they know that these laws are never going to actually be enacted. they're really just testing the system. i think what is clear is that the supreme court will be hearing certain restrictions to abortion. the alabama law, for example, that just bans abortion is not going to happen. the question is going to be what are the restrictions that are ultimately approved and which states were they coming from and that's going to be the ultimate test for the supreme court. >> we'll have to wait and see how that all pl

financial information for months so where does the legal fight go from here let's start there with dan abrams chief legal affairs correspondent for a.b.c. news and co-author of the new book theodore roosevelt for the defense the courtroom battle to save his legacy dan joins me now from new york city dan welcome to the program out there so let's get to your fascinating book shortly right now we've got some crazy developments going on between the law and the trump administration so what's happening. this is an interesting case because here you've got the banks sort of stuck in the middle right saying we'll do whatever you tell us to do you subpoena the documents we'll give them to you oh wait a 2nd the trump folks are telling us we can't you guys figure it out and so now there is this battle between the trump folks and congress over whether he asked to allow in effect this material to be released and this 1st court district court level very fast decision basically saying there is really no legitimate argument against releasing this information in essence congress has the power to request this a

dan abrams has been watching with us here in new york.e days after barr's summary. he said that this is a misrepresentation if you will of what the mueller report found. now we hear from william barr this morning. right out of the gate said robert mueller did not decide on obstruction of justice not because of precedent because of the department of justice. that fights some of the language we saw in the mueller report. >> if you read the mueller report, there are four guiding principals at the outset. the firs one is we can't indict a sitting president. the third one is we don't even think it would be appropriate to accuse the president of a crime in this report because he can't respond. the fourth is, but if we thought we could clear him, we would. that's what the report says. now, with regard to this letter that mueller wrote that seems to express frustration with william barr, barr responded to that and said it was not about the letter. he said he talked to robert mueller. mueller said it was about the media coverage of the letter. he

dan abrams, thanks very much. cecelia?> okay, george, we'll stay in washington. >>> the president is also facing tough questions this morning about that battleship battle. the white house asking the navy to hide the name of the late senator john mccain on a warship while the president was there during his trip to japan. abc's stephanie ramos has the latest. stephanie, the white house wanted the late senator's name out of sight? >> reporter: that's exactly right, cecilia. we're learning the navy was directed by the white house to keep the destroyer john s. mccain's name out of sight during a memorial day visit by president trump to japan. those directives were initially followed by the navy until senior leaders became involved. now, a barge was reportedly moved to obstruct the ship and a tarp was placed over the name of the ship but the navy tells us these were just part of maintenance work and that the tarp was removed from the ship's stern before president trump arrived. now, white house officials, they are not denying th

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. >> want to bring in dan abrams on this as well. statement yet we heard from special counsel robert mueller on why he didn't reach that decision on obstruction of justice by the president. >> exactly. instead of 448 pages you got a few minutes highlighting of what he thinks the most important things to look at and when he's focusingn the obstruction area, is talking about that obstruction section of his report. and as jonathan points out, saying, charging the president was not an option. that there's something other than the criminal justice system to hold the president accountable. but the most important thing that i heard was, he said, as a result, we would not make a decision. he didn't say, could not. >> he actually said both. >> no, no. he said it was not an option we could consider. then he said the words would twice. he emphasized it. that's very different from an inability to make a decision. and i think he was making it very clear that that was the issue. the issue that they were unable to decide here, but he made a concert

joining us, chief legal analyst for abc news, dan abrams, the co-author of "theodore roosevelt for theave his legacy." great to see you. >> great to be back with you. >> you found this lane, where you're uncovering history's mysteries, and stories that we didn't know about it. we'll get to it in a second because it is fascinating. want to get to the news on the day. the white house approach here to the house judiciary committee, to congress generally speaking, is to put up the stone wall. don't answer subpoenas. block people from testifying. they're within their rights. what's the recourse for congress in this case, if somebody doesn't show up to testify ? >> they're in their rights to argue it. look, congress has to go to court. people are talking about this ideas that an impeachment inquiry, which i'm not certain how that is different from what we're talking about, in terms of hearings before, but you call it an impeachment inquiry. you argue in court it is an official proceeding, then you, i guess, enhance your argument a little bit. the truth is, congress has a strong legal argumen

we're going to bring in our chief legal analyst dan abrams. ents including felicity huffman have plea agreement, not official in court. many others like lori loughlin, they're fighting this so what does this new case say about what could be coming for them? >> "a," that it all comes down to a lot of money. the fact that they're recomme recommending what they're calling the low end of the federal sentencing guidelines is still a lot of time for a crime like this. we're talking about for these two parents, the prosecutors recommend the low end meaning 27 months, 37 months for the father here. that's serious time. >> a lot of time. >> and so you can realize or at least understand why someone like lori loughlin may be thinking, hmm, is this worth it or should i roll the dice and take this to trial? >> well, with the isacksons they have agreed to cooperate. what possibly could they -- substantial assistance could they provide and could it lead to other indictments? >> that's the question. i think it's got to mean they're going to help potentially br

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abrams on this issue. >> bret: you were just in iowa and seen joe biden on the trail. you look at those polls and in the early states, it's getting tighter. >> dany interesting way, those numbers look like very much hillary clinton numbers and 2007 at this point. big lead in the national numbers. very tight in iowa in particular but not so tight and new hampshire at that point. i think it is understandable that the vice president former vice president did get a bump from naturally his end of the race. naturally come artificial as we have seen these go up and down before. but i think the competition in iowa and new hampshire will be very, very fierce. if you look at that, one thing, bernie sanders numbers way down from what he got both of those states in 2016 when he was against hillary clinton. so there is tension between those two cocampaigns already and opportunities for others. it will be a battle out they are. >> bret: do the gloves come off? so far they haven't and it's early. you will get in debates in a month. >> you can already start to see bernie sanders taking jabs at joe biden, elizabeth warren to set herself apart from biden. that wi