jessica levinson.ive order declassifying files on the assassinations of presidentjohn f kennedy, his brother bobby kennedy, and the civil rights leader martin luther king. uncertainty still surrounds the shooting of president kennedy in dallas in 1963 — with suggestions of cu ban involvement. martin luther king's family have alleged that his killing was a us government conspiracy — after the man convicted of murder denied carrying it out. we will have lots more about what donald trump has had to say about tariffs in the world economic forum in davos injust over 20 minutes. firefighters are continuing to battle three new wildfires that erupted in and around los angeles over the past day — fanned by strong winds. officials say containment efforts appear to be working — largely thanks to the extra firefighting resources that have been brought into the region since the first fires broke out at the start of the month. from los angeles, peter bowes reports. several fires are continuing to burn, and the stron

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loyola law school professor jessica levinson weighing very understandably people, blaine leadership sometimerly sometimes not at this point. i think it's too soon to say. >> we know what happened and we know who to blame. do you think? >> how he handles this could impact him down the road politically. i think if people ultimately find that there's something that the state of california could have done to help prevent or mitigate these wildfires. >> that will be a huge problem for governor newsom and his political ambitions. but the poll showing there is widespread agreement over one major issue. climate change. well, good morning, everybody on this next. our digital show exploring the poor results next. our digital host, chip brewster emerson college polling director spencer kimball and inside california politics host nicky lorenzo noted nearly 60% of respondents said climate change contributed to the fire's this time. last year we had an atmosphere river and california. so we had. >> a deluge of rain. here like dealing with historic fires. do climate is definitely something that it's a topi

professor jessica levinson says there's good reason to believe the supreme court but not uphold the executive order either. >> should an appeal make its way to them? this is a situation where the supreme court would have to go against. >> their own interpretation back to the late 18, 100's would have to go against the vast weight of legal scholarship and understanding based on the plain language of the 14th amendment. in order to say that this executive order is constitutional. in the meantime, republican lawmakers are taking matters into their own hands. >> to make birthright citizenship more restrictive. over here on vacation. yeah. and just happened to go in labor. the coming across a border dana illegally. and they're using us like the international piggy bank at a news briefing thursday, they announced the birth rate citizen act of 2025. >> legislation that will solidify and codified the president's order. this lawsuit is just one of 6 filed on behalf of 22 states and various organizations. again, in this situation, president trump's order remains on hold for 14 days. the attorneys will

loyola law school professor jessica levinson weighing in. very understandably people blame leadership sometime fairly sometimes not at this point. i think it's too soon to say. >> we know what happened and we know who to blame. do you think? >> how he handles this could impact him down the road politically. i think if people ultimately find that there's something that the state of california could have done to help prevent or mitigate these wildfires. >> that will be a huge problem for governor newsom and his political ambitions. but the poll showing there is widespread agreement over one major issue. climate change. everybody on this next our digital show exploring the poor results next. our digital host, chip brewster emerson college polling director spencer kimball and inside california politics host nicky lorenzo noted nearly 60% of respondents said climate change contributed to the fire's this time. last year we had atmosphere river in california. so we had. >> a deluge of rain. here like dealing with historic fires, do it climate is de

joining me now is cbs news legal contributor jessica levinson. i am interested at the timing of this. do you think that she would have still been indicted on this same timeline had that recall ultimately failed? >> so i have a sense that the indictment was really based on a separate timing in the sense of the indictment was based on the investigation, on when they gathered evidence, on when they thought they had enough evidence to go to a grand jury and say here are the charges we want to indict on and it should be -- i know this sounds strange -- but it should be a different calculation in the sense that whether or not to bring charges and when to bring charges should be unrelated to the election cycle. i know that's strange to say. >> as you read some of the allegations that the federal agents and the u.s. attorney's office is making, it's saying a lot of the direct payments went to sheng thao's live-in boyfriend, but they made pains to say well, she used to pay half the rent and then he paid all the rent. are they trying to basically sort of f

we spoke with cbs news legal analyst jessica levinson about how the legal process may play out. >>>>now. everything is going to the clock is going to start for things inside the courtroom. there will be aggressive. something called motion practice, where, you know, the attorneys will file a motion. obviously, her attorneys will try and get this indictment thrown out. i frankly don't see that happening. and then we will start the process of marching towards trial. a reminder for everybody that most cases. corruption case when it comes to indictment to trial, oftentimes that can be years. >>>>and we'll continue to follow this case and the latest developments on air online at kpix.com and the free cbs news 24 seven app. and another high profile case, matthew mueller, the man convicted of kidnaping and the subject of netflix's american nightmare series, has pleaded guilty to two charges related to two home invasions and sexual assaults in mountain view and palo alto. back in 2009, mueller was already serving time for kidnaping and ... a vallejo woman. in 2015, in a case initially ca

cbs news legal analyst jessica levinson talked to us about how the legal process might play out from here. >> now everything is going to -- the clock is going to start for things inside the courtroom. there will be aggressive something called motion practice where the attorneys will file a motion. obviously her attorneys will try and get this indictment thrown out. i, frankly, don't see that happening and then we will start the process of marching towards trial. a reminder for everybody that most cases, both criminal and civil, never go to trial. there is a settlement, but this isn't most cases. this is a high profile public corruption case. when it comes to indictment to trial, oftentimes that can be years. >> so in the meantime thao has been released on a $50,000 bond. she had to surrender her passport. shoos he been barred from traveling outside of the area. ryan, a lot to play out here, a big story and pretty shocking developments today. >> thanks, sara. we have much more reaction to today's indictment, including from a former aide of thao, who sounded the alarm months ago coming

cbs news legal analyst jessica levinson. >> the equivalent charges in the united states would likelye there is a duty that runs to these defendants, and they failed to act in accordance with it. >> reporter: prosecutors in argentina say each person was charged for different reasons. they say the hotel manager allegedly failed to stop payne from being taken to his room, essentially to protect him. they say the head of reception asked people to help carry payne to his room, and payne's representative allegedly abandoned him at the hotel. >> the idea here is that liam was in such a terrible state that any reasonable person would not have left him and would have taken steps to ensure his safety. >> reporter: payne's representative was identified by prosecutors only as rln. a man with the same initials, roger norris, appeared in a new tmz investigative documentary on hulu in which he recounts the days and hours before payne's death. >> i went to the hotel three times to check on him. during that morning, he seemed tipsy, but nothing out of the ordinary. >> an autopsy showed payne had coca

we asked cbs legal contributor jessica levinson what the executive orders could mean for our state of california. >> the question for people in democratic states and progressive areas is how much states will want to and be able to push back . we know that the federal government and state government are separate sovereigns and we know that states have a lot of power in our system. when it comes to questions of immigration for the environment or energy policy, what we will see is big progressive states tried to push back. >> translations, lawsuits to california is already ready to get legal . the governor called a special session to trump prove california and that happened in december where state democrats agreed to allocate $50 million to fight chomping court. more meetings are planned in sacramento. >>> emotions ran high across the bay area as president trump was inaugurated for his second term. for progressives it was somber but local republican celebrated . into san francisco where 7% of registered voters are republican, the san francisco gop hosted a watch party at harry's bar on f

loyola law school professor jessica levinson weighing in. very understandably people, blaine leadership sometime fairly sometimes not at this point. i think it's too soon to say. >> we know what happened and we know who to blame. do you think? >> how he handles this could impact him down the road politically. i think if people ultimately find that there's something that the state of california could have done to help prevent or mitigate these wildfires. >> that will be a huge problem for governor newsom and his political ambitions. but the poll showing there is widespread agreement over one major issue. climate change. everybody on this next our digital show exploring the poor results next. our digital host, chip brewster emerson college polling director spencer kimball and inside california politics host nikki laurenzo noted nearly 60% of respondents said climate change contributed to the fire's this time. last year we had atmosphere river in california. so we had. >> a deluge of rain. here like dealing with historic fires, do it climate is

loyola law school professor jessica levinson weighing very understandably people, blaine leadership sometimesometimes not at this point. i think it's too soon to say. >> we know what happened and we know who to blame. do you think? >> how he handles this could impact him down the road politically. i think if people ultimately find that there's something that the state of california could have done to help prevent or mitigate these wildfires. >> that will be a huge problem for governor newsom and his political ambitions. but the poll showing there is widespread agreement over one major issue. climate change. well, good morning, everybody on this next. our digital show exploring the poor results next. our digital host, chip brewster emerson college polling director spencer kimball and inside california politics host nicky lorenzo noted nearly 60% of respondents said climate change contributed to the fire's this time. last year we had an atmosphere river in california. so we had. >> the deluge of rain. here like dealing with historic fires, do it climate is definitely something that it's a topi

immigration is largely a federal issue, but constitutional law expert jessica levinson says california can push back. >> part of what the federal government might need is help from the states. and that's a place where california can say, absolutely not. >> under no circumstances on the world stage. mr. trump's threat of imposing larger tariffs on imports. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, is now warning it would hurt the economies of both canada and the u.s. president elect trump has proposed placing 25% tariffs on everything coming into america that includes from canada and mexico. trump says he would only lift the tariffs if the two countries stop illegal immigration and the flow of drugs into the u.s. >> president elect trump got elected on a commitment to make life better and more affordable for americans. and i think people south of the border are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from canada would make life a lot more expensive from for americans. >> trudeau says the u.s. imports 65% of oil from canada, along with electricity, natural gas,