. >> johnnie cochran was a hero to the black community, because he had spent decades exposingthe eyes of the world are focused here in los angeles where the much anticipated murder trial of o.j. simpson is about to begin. >> that trail of blood through his own ford bronco and into his house in rockingham is devastating proof of his guilt. >> clark showed the jurors pictures of the death scene, bloody footprints, the knit cap, one of the bloody gloves. >> the fact that blood mysteriously appears on vital pieces of evidence is devastating evidence of something far more sinister. >> the notion that the los angeles police department would unfairly treat an african-american suspect in 1994 was far from outlandish, and no one knew that better than johnnie cochran. >> can you describe the appearance of the glove, sir? >> a dark leather glove that appeared to be somewhat moist or sticky. >> we knew early on that detective fuhrman had issues in his background. >> you say on your oath that you have not spoken about black people as niggers in the past ten years? >> that's what i'm saying

s coaching the witnesses, no johnny cochran or dream team to save me ♪ ♪ praying for the man that lost♪ praying for my son growing up without his daddy ♪ ♪ they say god talks in my dreams, i'm waking up trying to remember what it means ♪ ♪ i had a dream i could buy my way to freedom ♪ ♪ i had a dream i could buy my way to freedom ♪ robert: president trump ends the year defiant. but challenges loom. i'm robert costa. from the russia probe to immigration, the president and party leaders prepare for next year, tonight on "washington week." president trump: we are transferring power from washington, d.c., and giving it back to you, the people. from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. robert: in the months since donald trump was sworn in, he has signed into law sweeping tax cuts, appointed a new justice to the supreme court, rolled back regulations and up-ended global order. as commander-in-chief, he's overseen gains against isis in iraq and syria but with each passing month, trump faces a possible nuclear confrontation with north korea. president trump: rocket man is on

that is like if johnny cochran had tried the glove on himself and be like if tits-- it fits perfectlymy murdering glove, yeah, it's me, it's me. and you can tell this whole situation with the fbi has trump streses eating extra big macks because he didn't just complain about this investigation, he attacked all of federal law enforcement. >> he also attacked the fbi tweeting after years of comey with the phoney and dishonest clinton investigation and more, running the pbi, its reputation is in tatters. worst in history. >> trevor: man. you know, i know this sounds crazy but i feel bad for donald trump. no, because-- do you understand, you understand what he is saying? he is saying that he feels like law enforcement doesn't treat him fairly. you know, that his people are victims of a biased system. you know. and then when he tweets about it, people tell him that that is not the proper way to complain. you know, they say that he's disrespecting the cops. but he's not just going to stand there and take this, people, oh [bleep]. we need to get this man to the nfl. i think he wants to take a

that would be like if johnny cochran got up and said, "the glove does fit, my client's full of [ bleephter and applause ] so trump's former -- former campaign chairman and national security advisor have now been charged as part of an investigation into the president's campaign and ties to russia. and the president himself basically admitted that he tried to obstruct justice. so how did senate republicans respond? they decided to overlook all of that and vote in the middle of the night to pass one of trump's biggest legislative priorities -- a massive tax cut for corporations and the wealthy. republicans passed the bill at almost 2:00 a.m. on saturday in a frantic late night push, during which they were making handwritten changes to the bill behind closed doors. and democrats like montana senator jon tester complained that they couldn't even read what they were voting on. >> it's the night we're going to be voting on the tax bill. i just got the tax bill 25 minutes ago. this is the tax bill. see how thick it is? [ thud ] this is what it looks like. oh, no, let's look at the bill. this i