Happening now in the newsroom, a heartbreaking loss for u. S. Womens soccer. Off the post sweden can win on this kick. Plus one on one with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday, im fredricka whitfield. Donald trumps lawyer doubling down that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he told former Vice President mike pence not to certify the election results. The Attorney Says it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. Unfortunately most people dont understand thats just one example of the actions. Its very political. Thats just one
with my colleagues mark morale us enough impresarios. we have new details on what may have been the most important meeting in the world today. one to prevent global financial meltdown and economic doom here at home, as america stares down the possibility of its first ever debt default. was any progress made? president biden addressed americans tonight and the key congressional players who met with him or talking. but first the verdict in manhattan. the federal jury finding donald trump liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll in a manhattan department store dressing room in the mid 90s. he owes carol $5 million for battery and defamation. carol reacted in a statement, saying, quote, they the world finally knows the truth. trump s response, quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is. this verdict is a distant race, continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time. today s development follows the ex presidents criminal indictment on 34 felony counts in a hush mone
judge denied their request on an extension of a possible fr protective order. and also they re calling for the judge to recuse herself. he has pleaded not guilty to all federal charges. i want to discuss this. jamaal is a former assistant to the attorney general and nick is a former assistant special watergate prosecutor and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. good to see both of you. jamaal, first, what s your reaction to laura s argument? look, i don t think laura s right. the president can certainly say a lot of things publicly and engage in his right of free speech. what he can t do is ask someone to engage in comment that is illegal. the asking doesn t mean it s covered by the first amendment in that context. in this case the president did
and you have to always engage in this meaning it will help issue, and what is in dually prejudicial. that is the part of this that i think will be most consequential in an appeal. i want to bring you in, patrice sultan, you are also an attorney here. what did you make of what you heard? and more importantly, the impact of what we saw today in new york. well, think laura frame the legal issues very well. those are the rules of evidence that i think will be most relevant to the court of appeals determination. but the impact of what i saw today is in part informed by what else we have seen in this same news cycle. i can t remember a time that a witness erosion of public trust in all three branches of public government, in all at one time and it s consequential to see rules violations by some of us served in the congress and the white house in someone who was serving on the supreme court all the same time. while criminal prosecution and
a threat to everyone. what do you think can he pose a threat to the one can he bring the nation together behind his leadership. i think not alone is if he can form a coalition with with the liberal elements who supported the. part of the he must reach out to the mall religious parts of society then if you can do that great. agree with that i think that so far he has been playing the game rights and if he doesn t fail in his game and if he continues gathering the masses behind him get the support he might eventually a challenge the leadership in the country think laura s he ready for national politics i think i agree in that i think he has been saying that really well but now the question is can he actually keep that up because at the moment he s trying to unify the more conservative as well as the nationalist as well as the kaddish as well as the secular liberals so you know i think the question is can he keep keep