my colleague, ray law, who is also here, was instrumental in helping doing those inspections, and if you have additional questions, he would be happy to answer them. and they are also renewed every 120 days to make sure they're currently in compliance. as i mentioned, the primary goal of the equity program is to restore opportunities for people who have been negatively impacted. we do that through incubation, offering commercial space, through reduced application fees, so individuals don't pay for applications in their first year. they are required to pay upon renewal, but not in their first year. they receive and are beneficiaries of some of the inner agency advocacy that we described, and receive technical assistance in addition to priority processing. san francisco is one of the jurisdictions has an equity program. and you can see the list of others. we recently received a $1.3 million grant from the state to continue to help support our equity applicants as they start to develop cannabis businesses. >> thank you. >> i'd like to bring your attention to the slide again. we had a lo

my colleague, ray law, who is also here, was instrumental in helping doing those inspections, and if you have additional questions, he would be happy to answer them. and they are also renewed every 120 days to make sure they're currently in compliance. as i mentioned, the primary goal of the equity program is to restore opportunities for people who have been negatively impacted. we do that through incubation, offering commercial space, through reduced application fees, so individuals don't pay for applications in their first year. they are required to pay upon renewal, but not in their first year. they receive and are beneficiaries of some of the inner agency advocacy that we described, and receive technical assistance in addition to priority processing. san francisco is one of the jurisdictions has an equity program. and you can see the list of others. we recently received a $1.3 million grant from the state to continue to help support our equity applicants as they start to develop cannabis businesses. >> thank you. >> i'd like to bring your attention to the slide again. we had a lo

ray, so i just don't know. >> in a settlement with the president, the president had to give up his law license in the end. so mr. ray did not just walk away, but he did shut down some investigation where clinton people thought it would go on and on. what have these gentlemen said about the current case? this is ken starr talking about the number one issue. democrats want to push the impeachment matter, want to push to get new witnesses, new documents not considered during the impeachment debate. ken starr was asked about this on fox news recently. >> i predict there are going to be witnesses. we've had too many indications from too many senators that they want this. >> who is the witness? who appears? >> i think the top one is john bolton, right, for the democrats. then the republicans really do want hunter biden. >> and you think that will happen? that's what you're saying now? >> oh, there will be a battle royal over hunter biden. >> he will now be central to the battle royal over all of these witnesses. but it is interesting in the sense that if the president or mr. cipollone, at least, did their due di

here is harvard law professor, allende.mr. ray, we will start u tonight. we give a lot of time to him. don't diss on him. the part of this that makes me angry is that they are hurting the country. the other part of it, to be honest, it's just pure entertainment. i've had a lot of fun with this every night. it keeps going, but it's not enough of the country. explain in your own words what you think. >> sean, it didn't have to be this way or even at all, and the point that you have made about what has transpired so far is an awful lot of repetition, which, you know, just because you continue to repeat it, doesn't mean that it gets any better. in fact, usually, as a trial lawyer, i have found that that sort of repetition makes things worse. i hope that through this trial, when the president's team gets the defense case, that the american people will tune in. we will try to be much more efficient and not waste to the american people's time to present a defense, because the president of the united states deserves to be heard, and you are correct. the most impor

we know about robert ray and jane raskin. harvard lawfessor alan dershowitz will play a vital role leading the constitutional oral arguments against impeachment. the president's legal time will easily destroy the democrats' two bogus articles of impeachment because this entire impeachment charade is nothing but a political smear campaign. democrats, well, they are going to try to drag the trial on for as long as humanly possible. they want to slow-walk this sham schiff show and build the intensity and insanity so they will have a major crescendo of conspiratorial drama. they will try to enter into evidence well, new things. they will try to demand that new witnesses testify. they are going to try to demand that new investigations, based on new evidence, magically turns up at the last second be introduced from the guy that is indicted. they are going to do anything and everything to derail the president's forthcoming acquittal. but their achilles heel is no other than this guy quid pro quo joe and of course his son zero experience hunter

former independent counsel during the clinton impeachment, alec dershowitz, harvard law professor emeritus, robert ray former independent counsel, pam bondi, former florida attorney general, and jane raskin who served a as a personal journey to the president. starting tuesday, 100 senators will be hearing from them and the seven house impeachment managers. democrats are bringing a weak pace. >> i think if they look at the case that was sent over to them, where does all hearsay basically, even nancy pelosi yourself inside it's a hearsay based case. then they look at the articles themselves that alleged abuse of power and no crime. i think they're going to find them constitutionally and factually deficient. >> before leaving for the weekend, senator signed the oath book pledging to deliver impartial justice, one issue to be sorted out later is whether witnesses will be called to testify, democrats may not like some of the people republicans might like to call. >> we are not investigating joe biden and hunter biden in this particular, the charges are against the president and taking funds and using them

ray was an associate at an l.l.p. and served as a law clerk to samuel alito as well as deborah livington at the circuit court for the seventh circuit. mr. ray graduated magna cum laude from hillsdale college and harvard law school. because of his background and demonstrated enthusiasm for dealing with regulatory matters, mr. ray is uniquely qualified to serve as the next oira administrator. i am grateful to mr. ray for his willingness to serve and i strongly encourage my colleagues to vote yes on his confirmation. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of paul j. ray of tennessee to be administrator of the office of information and regulatory affairs, office of management and budget, signed by 16 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandator

counsel jay sekulow, former clinton independent counsel ken starr, harvard law professor alan dershowitz, a whitewater prosecutor robert rayformer attorney general pam bondi and jane roscoe to handle much of the mueller investigation for the president. sources working with the legal team to help fox news they will all have specific and distinct roles and they will fulfill those roles and it will all be harmonized by the overall presentation. in a statement about why he is participating, dershowitz tweeted, the issues at stake go to the heart of our enduring constitution. he's participating in this impeachment trial to defend the integrity of the constitution and prevent the creation of a dangerous constitutional precedent. dershowitz voted for hillary clinton in 2016 and opposed bill clinton's impeachment, but he has also been a fierce critic of how the house handled president trump's impeachment. >> dershowitz is a great con law professor, theredd him to the t. >> another question, will there be witnesses? earlier this week, ken starr said, maybe, yes. >> predict there there will be witnesses. i think the top one is tom b

ray. let me read from another well known constitutional law professor, who wrote this, in the washington post, this from laurence tribe. the argument that only criminal offenses are impeachable has died a thousand deaths in the writings of all of the experts on the subject. but it staggers -- but it staggers on -- staggers on like a vengeful zombie. no evidence that the phrase high crimes and misdemeanors was understood in the 1780s to mean indictable crimes. the constitution hasn't changed in 20 years. what is going on here then, it is not just alan dershowitz, you hear the same from robert ray this morning. >> well, kate, you heard of moral relativism. this is like impeachment relativism. the trump lawyers are really just saying that for our cause, for our president, we think that this would improperly interfere with the election. that's the whole point of the impeachment provision, someone has been elected and there is a problem, this is how you get rid of them. what they're really trying to do, dershowitz and really stars there for the same reason, they want to read the impeachment provis

ray, we're calling you. do your job and protect the number one law enforcement agency in the entire world. where are you? explain. ♪ good morning, mr. sun. good morning, blair. [ chuckles ] whoo. i'm gonna grow big and strong. yes, you are. i'm gonna get this place all clean. i'll give you a hand. and i'm gonna put lisa on crutches! wait, what? said she's gonna need crutches. she fell pretty hard. you might want to clean that up, girl. excuse us. when owning a small business gets real, progressive helps protect what you built with customizable coverage. -and i'm gonna -- -eh, eh, eh. -donny, no. -oh. >> in the wake of the ♪ >> in the wake of the damaging ig report in the 201 election j, sara carter. i find this is a lack of urgency by the directser. you broke the story about this guy the other day. shouldn't even be in this position based on what, the tweets and the lies about nunez how did we get here? ing and his commentary where he said nunez should be charged with a crime of obstruction this. is someone who absolutely made excuses for the fbi, sean. went out of his way to tar get the republicans. we

ray, we're calling you. do your job and protect the number one law enforcement agency in the entire world. where are you? we will explain. >> in the wake of the damaging ig report in the 201 election the fbi has been compelled to review the process. the adviser overseeing this is lasting the bureau calling them inefficient. the attorney general is stepping up to take matters into his own hands. a new rule requiring the fbi director and attorney general to sign off on future investigation those any campaign. here now greg jarrett august of, sara carter. i find this is a lack of urgency by the directser. you broke the story about this guy the other day. shouldn't even be in this position based on what, the tweets and the lies about nunez how did we get here? ing and his commentary where he said nunez should be charged with a crime of obstruction this. is someone who absolutely made excuses for the fbi, sean. went out of his way to tar get the republicans. we know he's bias. what we see now. even with this story i don't trust him. this is political theater, sean. they want the american people to believe som

laws? and also just breaking tonight from fbi director ray submitted a declaration of the fisa court saying will implement all of the inspector general's recommendations to improve the accuracy of pfizer applications. meaning, nothing like the steele dossier should ever be in a fisa application again. with all due respect director right, that is not enough, sorr. the premeditated fraud on the fisa school court and a translation team and the president come i want to see a little more outrage from you. this is the world's premier number one law enforcement agency, 99% of fbi guys are the best in the world. really? that is your reaction? not enough for me. author of the best seller witch hunt, we are joined by fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett and fox news contributor sara carter and tom fitton. tom, again great work you are doing, freedom of information act, more evidence, more emails, more classified information, what is anyone else going to get away with that? i don't think i would. >> come well, appointed by sessions to take the heat off of spit don't make the point of special counsel b

counsel jay sekulow, former independent counsel ken starr, harvard law professor alan dershowitz, former whitewater prosecutor robert rayrmer florida attorney general pam bondi, and jay raskin, who handled much of the mueller investigation for the president. tonight, some of those big names coming under media scrutiny. >> these people are good on tv, but they bring a tremendous amount of baggage with them that i'm not sure is necessarily a plus. >> the chief counsel for the president, pat cipollone, is going to be leading the team, and if i were he, i would not be particularly pleased with the team and the president has assembled. >> the senate has filed an official summons for president trump to appear at the trial. he has now got until tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. to file his official reply. also, do tomorrow, house impeachment managers trial briefs. a really big day tomorrow for all of the legal components now in play. shannon? >> shannon: it sure is. gillian turner, thank you. while the senate over the president's most significant bipartisan victory this week, but it didn't seem to register. howard kurtz looks at thi

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harvard law professor who voted for hillary clinton and opposed to the impeachment of bill clinton. he says he's going to be arguing on behalf of the constitution for the president. robert ray, the former whitewater prosecutor. jay sekulow's son jordan will assist his father, the executive director of the american center for law and justice here. he predicts that the democrats effort to unseat the president will fall short in the senate trial. listen here. >> i think they have a very uphill battle, to get 67 senators to try to come on board with these two week articles of impeachment that are so partisan, that don't even include a criminal charge. they don't have to but in the past they always have. it makes it that much weaker, that much tougher and i believe if they go in there and play their partisan politics to the u.s. senate sitting as a jury, that is going to backfire. >> a couple of key things are going to be happening with the legal team, they have to file an answer to the articles of impeachment with the house and either sunday or monday they have to file their brief with the senate, outline the arguments are going to make. he's is there going to make very strong

ray rachel maddow. >> what do you think the main inaccuracy or the main law to make a lie that's being told that you feelat the president didn't know was going on. the president knew exactly what was going on, he was aware of all my mobile comic movements. i would do anything without the consent of rudy giuliani or the president. >> i don't know, do you trust this guy? one day he is at rudy giuliani is best friend, president trump's best friend, and then he's on maddow, after he is facing all these indictments for criminal conspiracy or whatever? it's convenient, i'm just saying. it's a little convenient. >> obviously he wanted t the ambassador remote for what appears to be his own financial purposes. he had an energy business he wanted to get through and it seems like some of that was being stepped on by some of these anticorruption folks in the ukraine. >> but i don't think that changes one vote in the senate. you are just adding a guy named levy to the mix. we will see what else he says in the interview tonight. do you think -- >> we have a few seconds left. tom brady lost and we haven't even -- >> th

. >>> law enforcement officers in a oakland completed a series of early morning rays, they made four >> the predawn raids after the city leaders released a new report on crime. >> reporter: oakland police converge on this home in east oakland, it happened before dawn on bernhardt drive. it wasn't the only raid. >> this morning the cease-fire team conducted a search warrant delivery. we had four individuals arrested. >> the focus of the raids were suspected robbers. >> this was connected to robberies those individuals arrested today were connected to robberies that happened in our city. >> reporter: these are some of the guns that were ceased in the raids. many of them are illegal. >> that's why were doubling down on all of our efforts. it is part of the cease-fire strategy. >> reporter: they want offenders to change their lives or they will face arrest. >> if we could help our committee members to get on a positive course in life that is wonderful. >> reporter: the violent crimes went up and these raids came after that. the names of those arrested have not been released and more raid

power that we heard from the ray on the floor of the senate and senator schumer mentioned and it just underscores the fact that this president was willing to break other laws as a part of his overall scheme to abuse power and to cover up that abusive scheme and the report also made clear that in their inquiry, in their investigation, they were stonewalled and blocked. they didn't get all the documents they want and in the report they said they believed it raised constitutional questions which it does. i will end by pointing out the whole purpose is to reinforce the constitution of the united states. the power of the purse consideration of powers. so, in order in the violation of that law as a part of the overall abuse of power scheme the president again showed contempt for the constitution of the united states. and finally, the gao report what other evidence has come out and has underscored the importance of having relevant witnesses and documents.t you don't have a fair trial if you don't get all the evidence. the house has established a mountain of evidence supporting their claims, but all of this said i also will wait until all of the evidence i is in a

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served the president's personal attorney, robert ray, and ken starr,, who worked in investigations into the clinton's, and alan dershowitz, a retired harvard law professor and defense attorney. other attorneys reportedly on the team include the former florida attorney general and jane raskin, who worked in the reagan administration in the justice department. >> next, senator elizabeth warren holds a town hall in iowa. she has been campaigning in the state over the weekend. iowa holds its caucuses in february 3. ♪ >> hello, grimes! [applause] you for the introduction. christina for the introduction and thank you for all of the people that smacked hands on the way and, that was fun. it is good to see all of you and good for you to be here. i appreciate you being here on martin luther king day. it is really important. one of the things -- i was just doing another a vent but it is a chance to talk about how do we build a future? do we build a future by tearing each other down? or do we build a future by picking up each other's battles? dr. king said we work together and i am all in so thank you. thank you! [applause] sen. warren: it is good to be

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served the president's personal attorney, robert ray, and ken starr,, who worked in investigations into the clinton's, and alan dershowitz, a retired harvard law professor and defense attorney. other attorneys reportedly on the team include the former florida attorney general and jane raskin, who worked in the reagan administration in the justice department. >> next, senator elizabeth warren holds a town hall in iowa. she has been campaigning in the state over the weekend. iowa holds its caucuses in february 3. ♪

ray, and alan dershowitz will be joining the defense team. we welcome my colleague june grasso, anchor of "bloomberg law" heard on bloomberg radio. team -- what you think of that? june: i think he got legal star power. he was a reality show host and he is looking for lawyers to represent him who are also tv stars. all of these three have been commentators on fox. he has tweeted some of the things they have set on fox. thatently he was concerned the leader of the team did not have the experience. he wants someone who is going to be good on tv. he has these three. they come with a lot of baggage. ken starr made arguments in the clinton trial that might be used against him. alan dershowitz has ties to jeffrey epstein and a defamation case. david: ken starr experience with impeachment trial, but he lost. continuallyo argued that president clinton had a duty to produce evidence according to the law. david: you make such an important point. the president may be thinking about the broader minds of the american people. maybe that reflects something. he is not as worried about getting votes in the senate. he is worried about how this play

it'll now include the controversial harvard law professor alan dershowitz and clinton white water independent counsel's ken starr and his successor robert ray. >> all right. let's bring in nbc correspondent heidi przybyla. heidi, good morning to you. what do we know about the order of events as far as what they'll look like starting on tuesday? >> tuesday is the big opening. and at that time, we will see this food fight over a resolution that no one has seen. and as leigh anne pointed out, the big question here really is on witnesses. now, two senate republicans have said that they extracted a promise from senator mitch mcconnell, the majority leader, to get a vote on witnesses, up or down, whether to include new information at the conclusion of the presentations of both the house managers and the president's lawyers. however, since democrats have very little trust in the fact that mcconnell will hold up that, and we haven't seen the actual resolution. you will see this fight to amend this resolution, to get witnesses upfront. and why are you seeing that? because there is a fundamental difference here with this trial and the trial of willia

robert ray, who has been on "the beat" more than once in exchanges that range from ruminative to fire. >> somebody told lawolks that they were basically doing something illegal and people shouldn't cooperate with you and people shouldn't, you know, do that or they're rats? >> my job was to defend the integrity of the investigation. there is no gain here. >> will you answer the question -- >> all think this was comical. >> you just missed two opportunities to address the president calling people rats for cooperating with law enforcement like yourself. you can own that. >> all you're trying to do is perpetuate a story. >> prosecutors uniformly oppose witness tampering, intimidation, calling people rats. so refusing to even speak on the president doing that in public also a tell. and then there is alan dershowitz, who just joined us friday after being named to tru trump's legal team, about what alan dershowitz told us friday. so there is a lot going on. and now we turn on the facts and the fact checks of these arguments with two eminent lawyers when we're back in just 30 seconds. liberty mutual customizes you

a foreign government and coordinating law enforcement efforts with our government to have done so through proper channels. >> now, that is actually what robert rayhinks. he said it right on this show. what are they doing what is the effect? we have a group to talk about this. well go around the horn again. what is that? why isn't that just obviously inconsistent argument. what's the strategy behind it? >> well, it seems that mr. ray is the only one who is willing to embrace the reality of what happened on that phone call. if you -- if you listen to the arguments today about particularly the agents put forward by pam bondi, hunter biden and joe biden and this pile of innuendo and suggestion that all sorts of corrupt things took place there, if that were the case, if there was a single credible allegation of corrupt practices perpetuated by hunter or joe biden, the proper place for those allegations would have been to the department of justice. it is not ever to go to -- direct to a foreign government, especially one whose criminal justice system is legendary corrupt as ukraine's and essentially heave the fortunes of a u.s. citizen into their just

he has defied lawful subpoenas issued by congress and has fought the declassification of critical documents to expose the truthh behind the witchhunt. it is a shame that christopher ray can't be - - cannot be more honest and forthcoming to the american people. they deserve the truth of accountability and a democracy is fundamental. >> john clapper and john brennan these are two names that appear throughout the book. we have one - - of all had to read and watch their roles. >> is that a livewire? >> it is possible and that's why it's very significant and important that william bars several months ago launched an official department of justice investigation appointing us attorney from connecticut to head it up he is very well versed in corruption he has prosecuted and put behind bars people who have beenng engaged in lawless acts in those agencies. and as i write in the book inventing a lie is ez's breading it is easier but uncovering the truth istrut hard because it has its enemies and it will take time to allow for all of that lawlessness and corrupt acts involved in the witchhunt. but i have confident in william barr and john durham the inspector general's report wi

ray and police k-9s are sniffing out to pent initi potential problems. homeland security conducted mock attacks and say federal, state and local law enforcement are all prepared. >> there's no specific and credible threat to the super bowl. it's a high-risk and iconic american event. >> there is also an app called safer watch forefans to download and report suspicious of course law enforcement reminding everyone, if you're going out to hard rock stadium to see the super bowl in person or if you're just catching it at a local bar in miami, if you see something say something. they truly do need everyone's support in making sure the fans here are enjoying the super bowl are safe. reporting live in miami, julian glover, abc7 news. >> all right. thank you for that. >>> of course you can see more from julian and the whole abc7 team. they'll be in miami all week covering super bowl liv. you can find coverage online as well because our digital team is covering the super bowl on our facebook page, the abc7 news app and at abc7news.com. >>> look at this. this is a live look at the hard rock stadium down in miami. look s really nice. >> ready. beautiful there. >> i'll l

ray for some cops whom. once again thousands of people have taken to the streets here in the sudanese capital khartoum most of them have gathered outside the office of prime minister out the law hamdullah who was appointed in august last year following a deal between the military and the protest movement known as the forces of freedom and change coalition now today's protests have been called for by the sudanese professionals association the body that has been spearheading calls for protests since december 10 to $18.00 and they're demanding that the prime minister and his cabinet appointed brilliant governors in all 18 states of sudan to replace the current military governors and to form a legislative council those 2 demands are included in the constitutional declaration that was signed between the protest movement and the military we need immediately the government to take care of this because the situation that economical situation in sudan is not good at all we suffer no transport and you know that kills people are just waiting to get bread and this story is going back and looking at the transitional council was supposed to be formed 5 months ago we're not supposed to be p

ray has also joined the team and he succeeded a star as independent counsel and he negotiated settlements with clinton as he left the white house and then there's also celebrity lawyer and former harvard law school professor alan dershowitz his clients have included o.j. simpson mike tyson and harvey weinstein but our correspondent gable elizondo is in washington d.c. and he says trump is not taking any chances with this legal team. trump is taking this very very seriously i mean these 2 lawyers that he brought in to be part of this team are celebrity lawyers that are very very well known in washington and have a long history in this city and really in the nation 1st looking at alan dershowitz a long time a law professor at harvard he's considered one of the preeminent constitutional lawyers in the u.s. dershowitz is actually democrats voted for hillary clinton however he has come out very strongly over the last 3 to 4 months or so even if before that saying that he believes that this impeachment trial is something that should not be pursued constitutionally and that there are no high crimes and so-called misdemeanors and so that's really caught trump's attention and i think that's probab

political campaign orpa candidate would constitute a violation of the law and if offers should be reported to the fbi. christopher ray was appointed by president trump said, quote if any public official or many of any campaign is contacted by any nationstate or anybody acting on behalf of a nationstate about influencing or interview on - - interfering with an election that is something the fbi would want to know about"and we would w like to make sure people tell us information promptly so we can take the appropriate steps to protect the americanat people. "a present toru remains in office what signal does that send to other countries intent on interfering with our elections in the future and what might we expectha from those countries and the president cracks. >> mr. chief justice and members of the senate, thank you for that question. first it was sent a terrible message to autocrats and dictators and enemies of democracy and the free world. for the president and his team for all to consume it is acceptable to solicit foreign interference in the free and fair elections. and then to cheat in the next election.i yeste

lawful subpoenas issued by congress. he has fought the declassification of critical documents that would expose the truth behind the witchhunt so it is a shame that christopher ray can't be more honest and forthcoming and transparent to the american people. they need to know the truth, they deserve the truth. accountability in a democracy is fundamental. >> jim clapper, john brennan, two names that appear throughout the book. we had to read and watch their roles in all of this. can they be prosecuted? is that a live wire? should they be cute you >> guest: it is possible and that is white is very significant and important that william barr several months ago launched an official department of justice investigation and appointed us attorney from connecticut john durham who is well-versed in corruption at the fbi and cia, prosecuted and put behind bars people who have engaged in lawless acts in those agencies. as i write in the book, inventing ally is easy, spreading ally is easier, uncovering the truth is hard because the truth has its end and it will take time to unravel all of the lawlessness and corrupt acts involved in the witchhunt. but i have confidence in w

law professor and trump tv regular famous for defending o.j. simpson. former florida attorney general pam bondi, seen here with lev parnas. and there's robert rayeeded ken starr as independent counsel, who was charged with stalking in 2006. leading trump's defense team, his personal attorney jay sekulow, along with white house counsel pat sip cipellone. i want to bring in the coauthor of "to end a presidency." professor, i want to -- alan dershowitz has appeared on my colleague's show to preview the argument he is going to make. i want to play what he said because i would like your response to it. it strikes me it will be a focus point of the president's defense. take a listen to what your long-time harvard law colleague alan dershowitz had to say. >> abuse of power even if proved is not an impeachable offense. that's exactly what the framers rejected. they didn't want to give congress the authority to remove a president because he abused his power. they have to prove treason, they have to prove bribery or they have to prove other crimes and misdemeanors. >> what do you think about the idea that abuse of power is not impeachable, even if you es

law expert alan dershowitz. and joining us is maggie haberman who is a cnn political analyst and what is the reason behind tapping the former clinton impeachment attorneys, ken starr and robert ray? >> the biggest terms in starr and ray they are familiar with the impeachment, and don't discount the fact that the president has been watching ken starr and alan dershowitz on the television arguing that this is thin or it does not meet the definition of high crimes and misdemeanors that previous impeachments have met. so you will see these people filling a role that the president has had in mind for a while of how people are going to be presenting on his behalf in what is ultimately a televised spectacle before the public. >> the defense attorney alan dershowitz is a household name. former professor of law at representation of o.j. simpson and jeffrey epstein, and he is going the take what he is describing a limited role in the president's defense, and how does dershowitz fit into the equation? >> he is going to make a constitutional argument, and he told me is going to be appearing next friday and this is going to be playing out on the schedule that we don't know the total outcome

ray and police k-9s are sniffing out potential problems. the border patrol and coast guard are patrolling the waterways in miami. homeland security conducted mock attacks and they're stressing that local, state and federal law enforcement are all prepared. >> there's no specific and credible threat to the super bowl. it's a high-risk and iconic american event. >> there is also an app called safer watch for fans to download and report suspicious activity. as you mentioned, that's the theme here in miami when it comes to security this weekend, whether you're heading down to hard rock stadium to catch the game there or hanging out in a bar, if you see something, say something. it will take everyone's help to make sure all the fans are safe here in miami for super bowl 54. reporting live from miami, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> more super bowl coverage still ahead including this super bowl trail blazer. we're hearing from the 49ers coach inspiring others as she makes history. >>> plus a stunning sight in southern california overnight. a meteorite streaming across the night sky. >>> and a look at walnut creek where it's 45 degrees right now. some neighborhoods will push the upper 60s today and 70s

ray who worked on the impeachment with him, and actually finish the monica lewinsky investigation into thousand two, took over that office from ken starr, after he departed. alan dershowitz, the longtime harvard law professor. the big question remains about witnesses and fairness, this is an issue that democrats and the senate are going to continue to propound, here's the senate democratic leader chuck schumer. >> it's would mean the first impeachment trial of a president in history with no witnesses, so in the coming days, each of us, every one of us, democrat and republican, will face a choice about whether to begin this trial in the search of truth, or in service of the president desired to cover it up. >> now, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says democrats are whipped into a frenzy over impeachment. mcconnell says the senate's job is to calm that down. >> this body, this chamber exists precisely, precisely, madam president so that we can look past the daily dramas and understand how our actions will reverberate through generations. so that we can put aside animal reflexes and animosities and coolly consider how to best serve our country in the long run. >> now what we still don't h

law matters. >> laura: i think geek chic is trending on twitter, he has a photographic memory and ended unbelievable. running me now as sol wisenberg, former deputy counsel and robert ray of the legal defense team. did you get the sense that senators from this very methodical and mostly unemotional but comprehensive performance by him, didn't sway any of the wobbler is one way or the other? >> i think so, i know it's hard to see that over the course of so many hours but i thought the most important question that was asked and who asked it was significant. it was senator sue collins, it was senator murkowski and it was senator romney together with a question. the question was what are we supposed to do with a case involving mixed motive? this situation has now addressed the question of the president's motive to have burden sharing among europeans in connection with aid to ukraine. anticorruption efforts and what this impeachment is about which is a question of asking for investigations by the ukrainian president and the answer back i think was significant in a case of mixed motives, all three of those things where there, you would never be able to show by clear and unmi

on the law and the facts and they would not draw attention to themselves, and in this way, not speaking in the legal dimension, increased the viewership of the upcoming trial. >> and starr and ray are best known from the clinton impeachment trial, and starr called several witnesses, and president clinton himself, and monica lewinski, and an ex-boyfriend and counselor, and multiple aides, and this is not on the senate floor of course, and he is now in the position of not having witnesses when in actuality the impeachment managers did have witnesses testify before the senate and not in person, but on video. >> yeah, it will lead to a credible claim of hypocrisy that is going to be exacerbated, because president trump has picked someone who is not only on record, but on videotape during the proceedings 21 years ago saying the exact opposite of the kinds of things that the president wants him to say now including the clip that you showed a couple of weeks ago including what donald trump thought of ken starr back then. it is a distraction, but it is not that the president is without other issues and trying to persuade other people who are not beside or by his side to tune out the ba

ray has also joined the team he succeeded star as independent counsel and negotiated a settlement with clinton as he left the white house and then there's also celebrity lawyer and former harvard law school professor alan dershowitz his clients have included o.j. simpson mike tyson and harvey weinstein while our correspondent cable elizondo is in washington d.c. and he says trump isn't taking any chances with this legal team. trump is taking this very very seriously i mean these 2 lawyers that he brought in to be part of this team are celebrity lawyers that are very very well known in washington and have a long history in this city and really in the nation 1st looking at alan dershowitz a long time a law professor at harvard he's considered one of the preeminent constitutional lawyers in the u.s. dershowitz is actually a democrat voted for hillary clinton however he has come out very strong over the last 3 to 4 months or so even if before that saying that he believes that this impeachment trial is something that should not be pursued constitutionally and that there are no high crimes and so-called misdemeanors and so that's really caught trump's attention and i think that's probab

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law professor alan dershowitz. lawyersident's personal is there, and also is the fort -- former florida attorney general, along with robert rayho succeeded ken starr as the independent counsel in the whitewater investigation of bill , and others are all part of the president's team. they are expected to go two to three hours today. to beesident's advice is honest. what to hear from the president's team? privately political reports that some republicans out that illegal defenders mount a substantive defense on the merits of the case instead of generalities about democrats trying to overturn the 2016 election, or broad claims that trump did actually -- did absolutely nothing wrong. and there are plans to target hunter and joe biden. the white house counsel, and trump's personal attorney plan to use their time to target the former vice president and his son, hunter, according to multiple gop officials, if they can argue that the president had a plausible reason for investigating the bidens in ukraine they can defend him against impeachment charges and gain the bonus of undercutting a political adversary. and we showed you at the

law professor. ken starr, former independent counsel during the clinton impeachment investigation and trial. team, president defense former florida attorney general pam bondi. robert rayeam. he succeeded ken starr. jane raskin also on the defense team, served as trump's robert mueller defense team lane. just getting your reaction from that list in this 25 minutes or so. democrats can call in. republicans. independents. those are our phone lines. you can start calling and now -- calling in now. a democrat from eastern maryland, good morning. call to make a comment on the last guest --ndon, remarks on the lgbtq host: brandon left and we are trying to focus on the news that came out on the impeachment trial. do you have a comment on that? caller: i guess this comment goes to both point. people need to do independent research themselves. when you have a guest make an untrue statement, and he got it backwards. people to believe a terrible misimpression that it is reverse. whether you are discussing that or the impeachment, people need to do independent research themselves. somebodynfirm whether somebody who said something on a radio show is accurate or not. host: this is m

ray. trump's own director of national security, trump's own director of national intelligence, trump's own director of the cia. the whole intelligence and lawheir top priority is preserving the integrity of our elections in 2020. we've got hundreds if not thousands of folks working on this full time. now you've got the president's team out there saying, hey, if it doesn't meet bill barr's definition of a political contribution, this is all okay. that's wrong, it's outrageous, it's inappropriate. it needs to be rejected, and it will make our nation less safe. it is an invitation not just to the russians, to the chinese, iranians any foreign influence, come on in, the water is fine. you're not going to get any push back from this president. the truth is, if somebody creates, as we saw in 2016, that fake account, that bot, that troll, manipulation of social media, that may not fall into the definition of a political contribution under bill barr's definition, but i've got to tell you as an american, this is outrage and wrong. it's criminal and it needs to be stopped. i cannot blef the president's law in a sense trying to kowtow to this presiden