trial issue on whether or not they can tell the truth. but of course at the same time as this case goes through trial, as it goes through the courts, the truth will inevitably come out in the form of discovery, depositions, and court filings. so the trump team is really in a pincher movement here. the only way is either arbitration or settlement of the case for them to keep it out of the public eye. avenatti knows this and he is really applying the legal pressure. and danny, let s talk about the money for a minute. kenneth starr is known for his work on the bill clinton/monica lewinsky scandal. he said they should follow the money. do you agree with him? yes. because this is a potential campaign finance law violation. on the one hand, the issues of personal morality, presidential
zimmerman back on the stand. gregg: do you think the defense should have argued stand your ground law? yeah, i think that this is stupid. you know, just because a defense attorney thinks that a judge should recuse himself or herself that is not a reason to not do your job. look, you can have multiple defenses stphaot fact gregg: the facts don t fit stand your ground as told by the defendant do, they? right, gregg, but this is an affirmative defense the defense can say if you don t think it s self-defense you can ask for a jury instruction that he actually had a legal reason to do so. gregg: what if it s contrary to the facts as told by your client? right, that s as told by your clients. if the facts show something else. remember you re trying to convince the jury or judge of something. you don t always believe your client and definitely don t go on something because you re afraid you ll lose on a certain argument. that is a trial issue. gregg: the defense attorney thinks he h
craft bobbing in the water there. not going anywhere today. most of the entire central and north part of the state is right now under a tornado watch, not a warning but a watch. a good indication of just the breadth of this storm, tropical storm debby and how far its reach. from tornadoes to water spouts to flooding in the tampa area, to the one death in venus, florida, reported so far. heavy rainfall. maybe up to 20 or 25 inches before all is said and done. we re going to continue to get pounded for at least the next couple of days. soledad? you ll be in the middle of it. john, thanks for the update. we ll keep checking in. tornado and flood warnings are still in effect today. let s get right to meteorologist alexandra steele, in for rob this morning. he made really great points, john, did, because what we re looking at is this is the tropical storm and it is stationary. that s been the biggest problem with this thing. there s no momentum. there s no movement because t
bret: a lot less forceful about civilian trials there let s bring in our panel. we have an adjusted panel tonight. first of all we welcome rick klein reporter for abc news. nina easton columnist for time and fortune magazine and catherine herridge who is playing the role of charles krauthammer. not nearly as smart or as handsome. bret: he is caught in traffic, believe it or not. and you guys said it s just not moving out there. as i told you, we only got out here because we got on the metro which derailed this morning. otherwise we wouldn t be here. bret: he called in and said he has been in the same spot for the last hour and a half. on this trial issue, catherine, you covered this today, is this the trial balloon that says this is the beginning of going back to military commissions? i don t think so. i think that this is more evidence that the administration s policy to send it to federal court in new york is, in fact, circling the drain at this point. when you look bac
bret: a lot less forceful about civilian trials there let s bring in our panel. we have an adjusted panel tonight. first of all we welcome rick klein reporter for abc news. nina easton columnist for time and fortune magazine and catherine herridge who is playing the role of charles krauthammer. not nearly as smart or as handsome. bret: he is caught in traffic, believe it or not. and you guys said it s just not moving out there. as i told you, we only got out here because we got on the metro which derailed this morning. otherwise we wouldn t be here. bret: he called in and said he has been in the same spot for the last hour and a half. on this trial issue, catherine, you covered this today, is this the trial balloon that says this is the beginning of going back to military commissions? i don t think so. i think that this is more evidence that the administration s policy to send it to federal court in new york is, in fact, circling the drain at this point. when you look bac