that s going to do it for me today. deadline: white house starts now. hi everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m ali velshi in for nicolle wallace. an incredibly important question looming over democracy, can presidents be held accountable for crimes committed in office. a unanimous ruling by the d.c. court of appeals rejected donald trump s claims of immunitity in the federal election case. the decision by the judges is a stinging rebuke of the ex-president in what has become a months long push to get the charges against him dismissed. in their ruling, the judges make the point that while donald trump is a former president of the united states, he is in the eyes of the law, just another criminal defendant. for the purposes of this criminal case, frp has become citizen trump with all the any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as president no longer protects him in this prosecution. prosecuting presidents for things they did in office would have
it s good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, just moments ago, the social media grilling on capitol hill wrapped up. powerful ceos facing intense questioning from senators with the power to regulate their site s child safety. the stunning numbers on the threat to children and the heated exchanges with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. plus, we re watching for an interest rate decision from the fed that s expected at any moment. the real world implications for every day americans. also, a gruesome scene, a man is under arrest accused of posting a video online after beheading his father. why did he do it? and new details on the potential plan to retaliate for the deaths of three u.s. soldiers in jordan. how the high-stakes response could last for weeks. we ve got a lot to get to, but we start with the breaking news in the middle east. monica alba is covering the white house. we just learned about new strikes in the houthi
right now. good day. i m chris jansing live at m headquarters in new york city. nearly 24 hours after president biden vowed to strike back, we re waiting for his critical decision. how will be u.s. retaliate for the attack that killed three u.s. soldiers and wounded dozens more in the middle east? what s it going to take to get them to back down but not trigger a bigger war in the process. he s not president and not in congress. how is it possible that donald trump could pull the rug out from under a border deal that both parties say they want and that the country desperately needs? it s the race the american people have been dreading. the two oldest candidates in u.s. history duking it out in what may be the longest presidential campaign we ve ever seen. what it s going to take for them and us to make it to election day. we begin with the deadly attack on american troops in the middle east, opening a new potentially explosive chapter in the israel-hamas war. president
themselves saying this race is over. [ screaming ] i have news for all of them, new hampshire is first in the nation. it is not the last in the nation. [ cheering ] his race is far from over. there are dozens of states left to go. nikki haley vowing to stay in the race, despite a double digit loss to donald trump in new hampshire, after winning the iowa caucuses last week, trump beat haley by just over 11 points in the granite state. president biden, meanwhile, is hitting the campaign trail after cruising to victory in new hampshire without even being on the ballot. play for you portions of his passionate speech focused on the contrasts between himself and the republican frontrunner. it comes as new general election polling out of pennsylvania shows the incumbent president leading trump in the key battleground state. there s the trend going on in pennsylvania, not just with joe biden over the last two polls, willie, we ve also seen it with fetterman, his numbers going
thanks so much. i hope you enjoy it. the news continues, the source with kaitlyn collins starts right now. tonight, straight to the source, trump takes the stand again, breaking the court rules again and being scolded by the judge to keep quiet yet again. his testimony over in just three minutes. also tonight, that was fast. after a trump ally proposed declaring him the presumptive nominee two states into the republican primary, he we drew that plan after major backlash. also tonight, in the u.s., an unprecedented trial is under way for the mother of a teenage school shooter. will the parents be responsible for their son s deadly rampage? i m kaitlyn collins and this is the source. donald trump said a lot of things about the author e. jean carroll in the court of public opinion. he already got into legal trouble for it. today he said it for the first time in front of a jury. after roughly three minutes on the stand, it was over. that s how long it took for him to