mr. dershowitz, here's a headline in "the new york times" about this impeachment trial. trump's impeachment team may add alan dershowitz. will you be representing the president in the senate trial? >> i can't really comment on any possible conversations that i've had with the white house. i certainly am strongly opposed to impeaching the president on the two grounds proposed by the judiciary committee. neither of them is found in the constitution. they're the kind of broad, general, vague, open-ended criteria that can be weaponized against virtually any president when the opposing party has a majority in the house of representatives. it's hamilton's nightmare. hamilton said that the one thing he feared most was that impeachment would turn on the number of votes each party had rather than on the guilt or innocence of the person being impeached. and madison worried about open-ended criteria making a president serve at the will of congress and turning us into the kind of parliamentary democracy that we fought against in the revolution. great britain, we didn't want a parliam

mr. dershowitz which, your background and defending parlor it and then sp might be you might be an agentraeli activists. [laughter] from a jewish american perspective. >> okay that's just paranoid dribble that i am a russian agent and i was in raley's agent. i am an independent person. i represent of because his sentence was way way obsessive and the idea that russian and israel combined, they are basically enemies. russia supports syria, russia supports iran, russia supports indirectly i has below. people whoe are dedicated toel the complete destruction of israel. russia votes against israel than united nations on almost every occasion. i'm very proud of my career as criminal defenseen lawyer. i have defended some of the most controversial people in history. i think of myself as a tradition of john adams who represented the boston massacre soldiers who were recused. i think of myself in the tradition of so many other defense lawyers who have history, and have endured criticism foror defending the most unpopular people of their age and generation. i am 81 years old, i hope to continue to

mr. dershowitz's name floated now. >> among the defenses mounted tonight that you heard from the republicans, do you hear anything that is convertible to their argument that they'reve going to have to post in the senate and corollary anything, if youte assigned yourself the floor manager for defending trump, how would you go? >> well, we didn't hear any substantive defenses of the president. what the republicans werefe arguing this atevening, what th were basically arguing is that the process has been alunfair. now, the whole point of a fair processhe is to allow both side to present their case, but we have not heard a substantive defense of what the president has done other than he didn't get overne it, so they really he very little they can argue here. ie actually think that defendi the president in this process is going to be a very difficult tavg, a task and what it comes down to is straight party loyalty. >> phil rucker, there's no gentle or dignified way to ask this, does the white house feel they have republicans in the senate willing to be as nakedly aggressive and sometimes fact neu

mr. dershowitz's name floated right now. >> mieke eoyang, among the defenses mounted a tonight that you heardns from the republican do you hear anything that is convertible to their argument that they're going to have to post in the senate and corollarily, if you assigned yourself the floor manager for defending trump, how would you go? >> well, we didn't hear any substantive defenses of the president, and what the republicans werepr arguing this evening, what they were basically arguing was that the process has been unfair. the whole point of a fair process is to allow both sides to present their case, but we have not heard a substantive defense of what the president has done other than he did it, get over it. so theyt really have very litt that they can argue here. i actually think that defending the president in this process is going to be a very difficult task. and what ita comes down to is just straight partisan loyalty for these republicanai senators >> phil rucker, there's no gentle or dignified way to ask this. does the white house feel that they have republicans in the senate willing t

mr. dershowitz, how is abuse of power different from a difference in policy?, couldt investigation take place? information from a foreign influence affect our elections if our ballot boxes are secure? guest: first of all, abuse of power is something that can be used as a symbol of disagreement over policy. if you listen carefully to the testimony from the intelligence committee, which i listen to carefully, it was largely an argument over differences in policy. how to approach ukraine, wether the president was satisfied with the ambassador to ukraine. i don't think it rose to the level of an impeachable offense. much about a concept like abuse of power. virtually every controversial president has been accused of the opposing party of abuse of power. i can't remember the other question. host: she said how could a foreign government influence our election? guest: there are many ways. media, notial through direct access to the ballot box. i think we can secure those, hopefully. there are other ways in which foreign governments can try to influence our elections.

dershowitz and mr. trump were seen talking recently at the president's mar-a-lago resort. howitz has been a frequent defender of mr. trump and has offered his legal advice in dealing with the upcoming impeachment trial in the u.s. senate. >>> as president trump looks to the 2020 election he faces an uphill battle with hispanics. a recent cnn poll shows only 29% of those u.s. voters approve of the job he's doing. but one group of hispanics in texas insists he is the candidate most in line with their values, and they're campaigning hard for mr. trump's re-election. cnn's nick valencia talked with him in el paso. >> reporter: are you a member of border hispanics yet? >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: ray has his work cut out for him, his goal is to get latinos to help re-elect the president, but the odds are against him. >> i'm with border hispanics for trump. have you heard of us? >> reporter: as the 65-year-old sees it there are countless latinos who supports the president but are afraid to admit it. >> i look at president trump as the one who most closely represents my values. >

dershowitz and mr. trump were seen talking recently at the mar-a-lago resort. rshowitz has been a defender of mr. trump and has offered his legal advice in dealing with the upcoming impeachment trial in the u.s. senate. >>> benjamin netanyahu has scored a resounding victory in his bid to continue leading israel's likud party. the prime minister won 72% of party members' votes. despite several looming indictments, mr. netanyahu faces a general election in march. >>> as president trump looks to the 2020 election, he faces an uphill battle with hispanics. one recent cnn poll shows only 29% of those u.s. voters approve of the job he's doing. but one group of hispanics in texas insist trump is the candidate most in line with their values and they're campaigning hard for his re-elections. here's nick valencia with that story. >> are you a member yet? >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: ray has his work du cut out for him. living in el paso, his goal is to get latinos re-elect the president. but the odds are against him. >> have you heard of us? >> reporter: as the 65-year-ol

dershowitz. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. trump accompanied by the honorable jared kushner, ivanka stewart, and jonathan moore alice. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you, everybody. a friend of mine, tim scott from south carolina, i said you have a big vote coming up, you want to go back to the senate. without tim this wouldn't have happened, tim scott, thank you very much, we love you, go back to the senate and vote. milania and i are delighted to welcome so many friends and families to this in credible house, the white house, to celebrate this really sacred season and special time. to everyone here today, happy hanukkah. we are delighted to be joined by mike pence and his incredible wife karen and if you both come up, please come up. also ivanka and jared have worked very very hard through this whole endeavor and many other endeavors and they are doing an incredible job and i'm proud the jewish faith is a cherished part of our family, very proud of it. i would like to recognize secretary steve mnuchin, s

mr. president. i'm really honored. >> president trump: i appreciate it. i see alan dershowitz. come on up here for a second. i'd like to ask my friends, the pastors, come appear. i have to say this to the other pastors, some of whom have been very kind. all of whom have been very kind. we've never had such a evangelical christian support. jeff, come on up. you are the one that's doing such a good job legally to make sure all of this happens. robert jeffers, i didn't know him but i watched him and i would watch them on different shells. i would say i like that guy. he talks really great about me and i like people that talk well about me. he was saying he may not be the greatest christian i've ever seen, he may not know the bible quite as well as the rest of us. in fact he may not know it very well at all, but that guy is a real leader. he's going to do a job. i appreciated that statement. i don't know if i should have, but i did. i think we have lead because i think we've made more progress towards faith leaders. we got rid of the johnson amendment which was a disaster. i'd like to ask if robert could you sa

dershowitz will talk about his opposition to efforts to impeach president trump. watching c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. >> mr chairman, there are 23 aye's and 70 no's. >> with the house judiciary committee approving two articles of impeachment to president trump, as was committee will meet to determine the guidelines on how the debate will unfold in the house floor. watch live coverage of house rules tuesday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. watch online at c-span.org /impeachment, or listen live with the c-span radio at. >> the fourth circle -- circuit court of appeals listened to arguments, which bars presidents from receiving gifts from foreign governments while in office. the president illegally profited from dignitaries staying at the trump hotel. a three-judge panel previously found the district in maryland did not have standing to bring these lawsuits. the court's decision will determine whether the lawsuit can move forward. oh yayay,

mr. president. i'm deeply honored. president trump: fantastic ic job, thank you very much i appreciate it and by the way i see alan dershowitzn. wow. >> [applause] president trump: i'd like to ask my friends, the pastors to come up here, you know? robert, and i have to say this to the other pastors some of whom have been very kind. all of whom have been very kind. we've never had such evangelical christian support. jeff come on up here, jeff. the other one that's doing such a good job legally to make sure all of this happens, but robert jeffers i didn't know him, but i watched him and i watch him on different shows and i say i like that guy. man, he talks really great about me and i like people to talk well about me. >> [laughter] president trump: and he was saying, you know, he may not be the greatest christian i've ever seen. he may not know the bible quite as well as the rest of us, in fact he may not know it very well at all. >> [laughter] president trump: but that guys a real leader, and he's going to do a job and i appreciated that statement. i don't know if i should have but i did, and i think we have led because i th

dershowitz, john brennan was on another network tonight. he uses this opportunity -- everything that we have discovered in this ig report -- to say this. watch. >> i fail to see how mr. barr is leading the department of justice and the fbi, in honest and credible fashion, when he makes these statements partial to mr. trump and does not say anything at all that would endorse the women and men of the fbi that requires, on his part, great praise and appreciation. >> laura: deflection came, alan. >> the attorney general serves two roles. one, he is a cabinet member and advisor to the president, and second, chief law enforcement officer. he's a very distinguished and dignified person, who has served inor this role before, and i thk he is trying hard to balance those two roles. >> laura: congressmen, alan, gregg, great to see all of you tonight. such an important i do have all of your voice is. coming up, the idea report on vice abuse totally exposed adam schiff, so why is he front and center on impeachment when he is still lying? nunes next. attention! the enrollment deadline is this sunday. healthmarkets compares your current plan with thousands of options nationwide fr

mr. president, if you go into that federal grand jury room and you lie again, you are risking your presidency. people in this body said that, legal commentator said that, professor dershowitz and i probably do not agree on a lot. that would be one thing we would agree on. he's a very smart, passionate man. i like passionate people even if i do not agree with him. even he said that if you go oto a grand jury and you lie as president, that should be a high crime. which you aret in going to decide this case has to understand human failings, because if you don't do that you are not being fair. i know you want to be fair. ofan failings exist in all us. only when it gets to be so premeditated, so calculated, so much my interest over anybody else's or the public be damned, should you really, really start getting serious about what to do. that happened in august in my opinion, ladies and gentlemen. after being begged not to lie to a grand jury and in this matter he chose to lie. that is the burden you would be placing on the next president. don't do that. lie under oath when you are defending in a lawsuit against an average citizen. have the courage to apply the lie to a fair mann

dershowitz will talk about his opposition to efforts to impeach president trump. watching c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. >> mr. chairman, there are 23 aye's and 70 no's. >> with the house judiciary committee approving two articles of impeachment to president trump, as was committee will meet to determine the guidelines on how the debate will unfold in the house floor. watch live coverage of house rules tuesday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. watch online at c-span.org /impeachment, or listen live with the c-span radio at. >> the fourth circle -- circuit court of appeals listened to arguments, which bars presidents from receiving gifts from foreign governments while in office. the president illegally profited from dignitaries staying at the trump hotel. a three-judge panel previously found the district in maryland did not have standing to bring these lawsuits. the court's decision will determine whether the lawsuit can move forward. oh yay, oh yay. the court is now sitting. god save the note states in -- the united states in this honorable court. >> the district court committed multiple errors in refusing to