Professor Dershowitz, my bets on Netanyahu.

Yeah, and if he tells the truth, he's going to call Mondani a vicious liar.

bigot, anti-Semite, and provoker of violence.

Somebody who supports Hamas, who supports Hezbollah, who supports Iran, who hates America.

It'll be interesting to see if Netanyahu can really tell the truth about this horrible human being who now is the mayor of our city.

I don't know whether I could have done what President Trump did, sat across the way from Mamdani, and have a civilized conversation with him knowing the hate he has against me as a Jew in his heart.

I know that for absolute certainty.

What are your thoughts about that?

Professor Dershowitz, my bets on Netanyahu.

Yeah, and if he tells the truth, he's going to call Mamdani a vicious liar.

bigot, anti-Semite, and provoker of violence.

Somebody who supports Hamas, who supports Hezbollah, who supports Iran, who hates America.

It'll be interesting to see if Netanyahu can really tell the truth about this horrible human being who now is the mayor of our city.

I don't know whether I could have done what President Trump did, sat across the way from Mamdani, and have a civilized conversation with him knowing the hate he has against me as a Jew in his heart.

I know that for absolute certainty.

What are your thoughts about that?

Professor Dershowitz, my bets on Netanyahu.

Yeah, and if he tells the truth, he's going to call Mamdani a vicious liar.

bigot, anti-Semite, and provoker of violence.

Somebody who supports Hamas, who supports Hezbollah, who supports Iran, who hates America.

It'll be interesting to see if Netanyahu can really tell the truth about this horrible human being who now is the mayor of our city.

I don't know whether I could have done what President Trump did, sat across the way from Mamdani, and have a civilized conversation with him knowing the hate he has against me as a Jew in his heart.

I know that for absolute certainty.

What are your thoughts about that?

Uh, Professor Dershowitz, uh, my bet's on Netanyahu.

Yeah, and if he tells the truth, he's going to call Mamdani a vicious liar, bigot, anti-Semite, and provoker of violence, somebody who supports Hamas, who supports Hezbollah, who supports Iran, who hates America.

Uh, it'll be interesting to see if Netanyahu can really, uh, tell the truth about this horrible human being who now is the mayor of our city.

I don't know whether I could have done what President Trump did, sat across the way from Mamdani and have a civilized conversation with him, knowing the hate he has against me as a Jew in his heart.

I know that for absolute certainty.

Now, he's going to say, "Well, but some of my best friends are Jews." Is if you get up there and you say Israel's a genocidal state, Israel's a war criminal state, then you can be my friend.

Uh, but if you support Israel in any way or don't condemn Israel, then I'm going to lie about you.

... repeated across the nation, and we see someone who's playing this anti-Semitism card, and no elected official on the other side is calling it out, that's a shame call.

Is there a political party for Jews anymore, Professor?

There is, and I think it's the Republican Party.

I think the Democrats have abandoned the Jews, and only a self-hating Jew can vote for a party that nominates El-Sayed, that initially nominated a neo-Nazi in Maine, and that continues to vote against even the most defensive aid for Israel just today, Israel.

Many Democrats came out against President Trump's proposal to send weapons to Israel to help it perhaps destroy Iran's nuclear weapons if it came to that.

So I think there is a home for smart Jews and Jews who want to protect their people, along with protecting America, and that's the Republican Party.

is America's strongest ally.

It provides the intelligence.

Just on a personal level, I'm guessing you've lost a lot of friends since you wrote this, huh?

Is Israel an apartheid state?

No, it's the most diverse non-apartheid state in the whole Middle East and among the top 10 in the world.

Most Israelis come from ethnic backgrounds.

They come from the Middle East.

They come from Russia.

They come from Asia.

They come from all over the world.

Could you describe how you view what many people think is Trump derangement syndrome?

That's what I truly believe.

Israel has the right to exist for the same reason every other country has the right to exist.

Compare Israel to New Zealand.

New Zealand took over an island that had no Europeans on it, no European connection.

They murdered the Maoris.

But they then made a fake treaty with them, and nobody questions their right to exist.

And they came into existence at about the same time as Zionism came into existence.

I don't know if that's a correct way of identifying what he is, whatever, but he's definitely a socialist and a communist, but my question for you is, like, Where does this, do you think, most of it's really coming from? It's easy to say evil and this and that, but, like, if you were to identify, like, the thought process of a majority of the progressive left, in terms of Israel.

So the new book, Why I Quit the Dems and So Should You, this is really about your leaving the Democrat Party and heading to the Republican Party, correct?

It is.

No, I did it in stages.

First, I left the Dems when they became so anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-centrist, radical that I became an independent.

Then I decided, no, that wasn't good enough because I don't want to see the Dems win the congressional midterms.

They may very well, but I don't want to see it.

I want to do everything in my power to keep the radicals out of control of the House and Senate committees.

There's a tremendous amount of confusion going on in Missouri right now, in part because of the Supreme Court ruling.

Good morning.

that you're not the only one who appreciates me writing this book.

President Trump wrote a very, very strong blurb for the book, saying the highly regarded Alan Dershowitz has written a powerful book, Why I Quit, etc.

He's a great American patriot who understands the wisdom and courage it takes to defend democracy.

And he says, welcome to the Republican Party.

This book is for you.

So I'm hoping that people will order the book from Amazon and will send a message to the Democrats that You can't be doing what you're doing.

I want the bird's eye, unemotional, Professor Dershowitz take on what is happening in our body politic right now.

Mm.

I mean, people are leaving the Democratic Party, particularly people who care deeply about America, about Israel, about the alliance between America and Israel.

The guy I debated, a guy named Dave Smith, he, he calls himself a comedian.

I've never heard him say anything funny.

Uh, he accused Jews of having a dual loyalty, which is what Hitler accused them of.

He accused Jews of being a fifth column, which is what antisemites have used for years.

And he said the only cause of antisemitism...

He's a bad guy"?

And I just wanted to ask you, what has been the reaction to this book?

Well, the book isn't out yet.

It's about to be published.

You can get it on Amazon now, probably at a discount, an advanced copy.

The reaction has been very, very positive.

I mean, people are leaving the Democratic Party, particularly people who care deeply about America, about Israel, about the alliance between America and Israel.

The guy I debated, a guy named Dave Smith, he calls himself a comedian.

Where are the I will say where where is the chutzpah in the democratic party where did it go that she can't stand up and say he's wrong he's a bad guy

Professor Dershowitz, first of all, explain what the Supreme Court did and what does this mean for the midterms?

Well, it means everything for the midterms.

They rule definitively that the changes that the president proposed through executive order could not be implemented for these midterms.

There was not enough time.

It would be confusing, etc.

But that's all they ruled.

That's all they ruled.

it.

Professor Dershowitz, first of all, explain what the Supreme Court did and what does this mean for the midterms?

Well, it means everything for the midterms.

They rule definitively that the changes that the president proposed through executive order could not be implemented for these midterms.

There was not enough time.

It would be confusing, etc.

But that's all they ruled.

That's all they ruled.

No, of course not.

Professor Dershowitz, first of all, explain what the Supreme Court did and what does this mean for the midterms?

Well, it means everything for the midterms.

They ruled definitively that the changes that the president proposed through executive order could not be implemented for these midterms.

There was not enough time.

It would be confusing, etc.

But that's all they ruled.

That's all they ruled.

The

Professor Dershowitz, first of all, explain what the Supreme Court did and what does this mean for the midterms?

Well, it means everything for the midterms.

They rule definitively that the changes that the president proposed through executive order could not be implemented for these midterms.

There was not enough time.

It would be confusing, etc.

But that's all they ruled.

That's all they ruled.

If I was a cashier in Gristini's and somebody gave me a $3 bill, I'm not going to accept it.

But did you ever think you'd see a time where you had people sitting in Congress who hate Israel? It's insane.

There have always been a couple.

There have always been a couple, but they've been marginalized.

Now many of them are at the center of the Democratic Party.

Look at the number of people who voted against giving aid to Israel to defend itself by using Iron Dome, which also supports America.

So many Democrats voted against defensive aid for Israel.

It's become now, if you want to win a primary in the Democratic election, You have to be anti-Israel.

It's as though they don't see what we're seeing.

What did being a Democrat mean to you way back when, and what does it mean today? Okay.

Well, for me, back in the day, it just meant following my parents and my grandparents.

My grandmother had a picture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt taped to her mirror.

Everybody in Brooklyn voted Democrat.

There were no Republicans.

If you didn't vote Democrat, you voted liberal.

If you didn't vote liberal, maybe you voted socialist.

Do you feel the Democrat party has kicked you out of the party?

So what can we expect tomorrow if Mamdani is still going to attend and he's essentially ignoring the pleas of so many relatives of victims?

Yeah, and I think he'll be greeted very negatively.

Look, handing the pen over to that person, that person was not just a lawyer.

That person's family had relationships with one of the terrorists.

He was more than just a lawyer.

I'm just a lawyer.

I represent people who I don't agree with.

We've got the anniversary of Charlie Kirk's assassination it'll be one year such um that's going to be a tough one i think absolutely and i feel as though we're really missing his voice right now particularly the conservative movement uh he was such a unifying figure what are your reflections as we as we almost mark one year

Professor Dershowitz, what do you make about the Lindsay Clancy decision today? All the decisions from the judge, all the appeals, where's it going?

Well, I thought it was going to appeal.

The trial lawyer did a very good job, the defense lawyer, and I thought he was preserving the record to try to make an argument to stop there from being a second trial on the ground that he was really acquitted.

There was 11 in favor and one against, and the one against may have violated the law.

I don't know whether he would have won, but I thought he was going to appeal.

But then he announced that he wanted the trial as soon as possible, which means he's not going to appeal.

So I think that's a newsworthy observation.

A person in the jury room can reasonably come to the conclusion the prosecution admits burden of production and persuasion on the issue of beyond a reasonable doubt.

Professor Dershowitz, what do you make about the Lindsay Clancy decision today? All the decisions from the judge, all the appeals, where's it going?

Well, I thought it was going to appeal.

The trial lawyer did a very good job, the defense lawyer, and I thought he was preserving the record to try to make an argument to stop there from being a second trial on the ground that he was really acquitted.

There was 11 in favor and one against, and the one against may have violated the law.

I don't know whether he would have won, but I thought he was going to appeal.

But then he announced that he wanted the trial as soon as possible, which means he's not going to appeal.

So I think that's a newsworthy observation.

And he

Professor Dershowitz, what do you make about the Lindsay Clancy decision today? All the decisions from the judge, all the appeals, where is it going?

Well, I thought it was going to appeal.

The trial lawyer did a very good job, the defense lawyer, and I thought he was preserving the record to try to make an argument to stop there from being a second trial on the ground that he was really acquitted.

There was 11 in favor and one against, and the one against may have violated the law.

I don't know whether he would have won, but I thought he was going to appeal.

But then he announced that he wanted the trial as soon as possible, which means he's not going to appeal.

So I think that's a newsworthy observation.

A person in the jury room can reasonably come to the conclusion the prosecution had met its burden of production and persuasion on the issue of beyond a reasonable doubt.

Professor Dershowitz, what do you make about the Lindsay Clancy decision today? All the decisions from the judge, all the appeals, where is it going?

Well, I thought it was going to appeal.

The trial lawyer did a very good job, the defense lawyer, and I thought he was preserving the record to try to make an argument to stop there from being a second trial on the ground that he was really acquitted.

There was 11 in favor and one against, and the one against may have violated the law.

I don't know whether he would have won, but I thought he was going to appeal.

But then he announced that he wanted the trial as soon as possible, which means he's not going to appeal.

So I think that's a newsworthy observation.

A person in the jury room can reasonably come to the conclusion the prosecution admits burden of production and persuasion on the issue of beyond a reasonable doubt.

you still think the war was a good idea and what do you think trump should do next

well first of all let me thank you for having me the art of debate is quickly dying around the world certainly dying at major universities today and on television so i want to congratulate you on putting out a debate on such an important subject i think this war is the most important war that the united states has fought since the second world war And let me tell you why.

First begin with one word, 1935.

1935 was the worst year in modern world history.

Now, you might ask, what happened in 1935? The answer is nothing happened in 1935.

That's why it was the worst year in modern history.

In 1935, France and England could have stopped Nazi Germany.

Go ahead, Alan.

I don't think anybody thought they'd still be deliberating here.

Well, I can tell you I've been doing this for 60 years.

I've never seen a situation where a defense attorney gets up and essentially discloses what he must have read in the note that was sent, saying that there's only one person holding out against what appears to be a verdict of not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity.

So we get to know something that nobody's supposed to know except the judge and the attorneys themselves.

we now know that it's very possible that it's an 11-to-1 verdict and there's one holdout.

And when you get that, often... and you have this dynamite charge, often there's an enormous pressure on that one holdout to come along to the majority.

That's not the right way to do it.

Yeah, I didn't

I don't think anybody thought they'd still be deliberating here.

I can tell you I've been doing this for 60 years.

I've never seen a situation where a defense attorney gets up and essentially discloses what he must have read in the note that was sent, saying that there's only one person holding out against what appears to be a verdict of not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity.

So we get to know something that nobody's supposed to know, except the judge and the attorneys.

we now know that it's very possible that it's an 11-to-1 verdict and there's one holdout.

And when you get that, often... and you have this dynamite charge, often there's an enormous pressure on that one holdout to come along to the majority.

That's not the right way to do it.

Yeah, I didn't see it, but