donald trump to prove all the claims against him are false. randi kaye, cnn, florida. lot to discuss. joining me now, senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor jeffrey toobin. trump s claim that he s going to sue the women who have made accusations against him, that he s going to sue all of them, how hard is a case like that? it s very hard in the united states for any sort of public figure to win a libel or defamation case because he d have to show one of two things. he d have to show what s called he d have to show either that the person who made the accusation or the newspaper knew it was false when they made it, or showed reckless disregard for whether it was true. now, reckless disregard means you made no effort to check it out and certainly when it comes to the the new york times, they obviously made a greet deal of effort to check out every story they wrote about trump, so it really does seem literally impossible for him to win a lawsuit against the new york ti
states for any sort of public figure to win a libel or defamation case because he d have to show one of two things. he d have to show what s called he d have to show either that the person who made the accusation or the newspaper knew it was false when they made it, or showed reckless disregard for whether it was true. now, reckless disregard means you made no effort to check it out and certainly when it comes to the the new york times, they obviously made a greet deal of effort to check out every story they wrote about trump, so it really does seem literally impossible for him to win a lawsuit against the new york times. it is, perhaps, somewhat more possible against these women, but as randi pointed out in her story, if she were to bring such a lawsuit, his whole personal life would be open in discovery process. so in discovery. that means the times or these women s attorneys could essentially depose him about his entire history. his entire sexual history, everything. and
interviewing dozens of people. that none of those committees took the time or had the capacity to interview. so we have a greet deal more information and a lot more fidelity about what happened so i think we ll be able to ask questions that advance the story about how these four americans were murdered on her watch. so we don t really know what is in those documents, carol. which is one of the things we re going to have to watch, how hillary responds to this. does she get tripped up? does she contradict her past testimony? republicans have kept that close to the vest. that is going to be one of the big tests for them and also one of the big tests for hillary. so we re anticipating an exciting day here on capitol hill. manu raju live from capitol hill. and of course that image on the right is hillary clinton s house in washington d.c. and the car waiting to take her to the hearings. as we said over the last three years, there have been seven previous investigations into the bengha
website today, this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later on this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus because we are keeping our principals. the key is here nobody had to sacrifice their core principles. our principles are don t raise taxes an reduce the deficit. and we have concerned members about defense. the next hit from the sequester would hit solely on the military, starting in january. a lot of our members were concerned about that. so what we are doing here is providing for some sequester relief for 2014 and for 2015. and we are paving for that with more permanent reforms on the auto pilot side of the spending ledger, in excess of the sequester relief which results in the deficit reduction. that, to me, is a greet deal. representative paul ryan and senator patty murray announcing this budget deal, both of it calling both calling it
city to be eligible for a state loan as well as a state grant. the mayor admits yes, it s a bitter pill, but the only way. tough situation. i think it s a situation that ruled in our favor. i think the residents of our city. that a plan is put together. the state agreed to help. we have come to agreement. you remember, the employees are paid. just about everyone here will have to carry at least some of the burden. it could have been a greet deal worse. the mayor originally sought a hike of 78%. bret: david lee miller in scranton, pennsylvania, tonight. thank you. mitt romney in europe. the reviews have been mixed at best. we ll find out what the fox all-stars think when we get back. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him