daniels claims his comments were an opinion protected by the first amendmen the attorney michael crowley who is not representing either party thinks penn could now have the upper hand. >> in a defamation suit, truth is the ultimate defense. that declaration of madonna that if the facts are not correct, sean penn wins. then a jury has to make the decision how much is that worth? >> now happier couples news. here is christie brinkley wearing a john mellenca t-shirt. the two are going strong but the twist, she wore it at her ex-us about billy joel's show in madison garden. her jumbotron reaction, christy is still a super fan. and now our courtney cox and mathy per matthew perry a new couple for real? we really wanted chandler and monica to come true. they reportedly visited each other since split from rocky fiance. that led to wild rumors of a connection. >> you're the person i was supposed to spend my life with. >> a source to both tells "e.t." it's not true. >> now let's get to another big our news desk is working on the latest details. kris jenner fires her security staff. and a report c

joining me is evan osnos, bob costa, michael crowley.lso in washington michael crowley. / here in new york, nancy morawetz, a professor of law at new york university. i am also pleased to have my colleagues in bloomberg politics, john heilemann and mark halperin. i want to talk about the constitutional aspects of this and then go to the political aspects. everybody is talking about this and condemning donald trump, but the question is, is what he recommends constitutional? >> there is no case that has ever been before the supreme court that considers a religious test to immigration. i think there is no such case because it is unprecedented for anybody to think there could be such a test. on the basis of their religion. there have been tests targeted at particular nationalities during deplorable parts of our history, such as the china exclusion cases in the 19th century, sort of the dred scott of immigration law. most believe those cases would not be decided the same way today. i think if the tests were to come forward, it would be struck

want to bring in politico's michael crowley and karen tumulty. preciate you being with me on new year's eve. michael, want to start with you, especially as we just heard from the president there with jerry seinfeld, your piece on this subject in politico focuses on two key leaders overseas, vladimir putin, prime minister netanyahu. we know the past as far as the relationship with president obama, frosty, strained, all of that. given how he just says it, the longer they stay in office, they might lose it, how complicated could this be given his last year? >> right. so it introduces a new dynamic here where he's dealing with these world leaders who are now looking at the calendar and saying this guy's going to be gone pretty soon and foreign policy frequently takes a long time to implement, you're talking about gradual change in many cases, and so in the case of both putin and netanyahu, i think for different reasons, they are very cognizant of the calendar. netanyahu, you know, people i talk to say -- realize that whoever follows obama will probabl

we talked to evan osnos, bob costa, michael crowley and nancy morawetz, mark halperin and john heilemann. >> this whole campaign is one person, one person coming up with a strategy, coming up with the speeches, the message, the policy. i don't think we've ever seen anything like this in presidential politics, one person just figuring it out as they go at this level. >> rose: we continue with al hunt on the story. al's guest former speaker of the house and now democratic leader of the house nancy pelosi. >> 91% of the time in the last few years a person on the terrorist watch list of the f.b.i. 91% of the time has been able to go in and buy a gun of his or her choice and walk out of the store with that gun. so that would also be more useful than going to the refugees. there is no more stringent process for people coming in to the country than as a refugee. >> rose: we conclude this evening with lisa randall, her book is called "dark matter and the dinosaurs." she is a physics professor at harvard. >> i want to write one book where you can talk about the evolution of the universe, the evol

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