ac 360 starts now. tonight on 360, can a president get away with murder? that question and the chilling answer in court today as the former president makes a case for presidential immunity and raises the spector of criminal impunity. also tonight the grandmother that bought the election lie. does she still believe it going into her first night? and the man that found an airliner s missing door plug in his own backyard. his find could help investigators find out what severely damaged the flight. thanks for joining us. we begin with the former president s striking claim in court today that nothing a president does in office can be criminally prosecuted unless he or she is first impeached by the house and convicted by the senate. that s what his attorney said to the d.c. court of appeals today. the judge conceded that the principal would apply even if a president ordered a hit on a political opponent. yes or no question, could a president that ordered seal team six to
tropical storm force winds. the greatest concern right now is in the gulf coast where a combination of heavy rainfall, massive storm surge and rivers already at flood stage could send up to 12 feet of water into low-lying areas. the january 6th smcommittee canceled tomorrow s hearing because of the storm. jennifer gray is in the weather center. i want to start with a new bulletin. so what have we learned now? we have 120-mile-per-hour winds with gusts of 150. it s still moving to the north-northeast at about 10 miles per hour. basically it s paralleling key west right now. the lower keys have received tropical storm force winds, and conditions are only going to deteriorate across the southern peninsula of florida throughout the overnight tonight. tropical storm force winds will be arriving across south florida within the next couple of hours and throughout the day tomorrow and the early afternoon. or early to mid afternoon. we should be seeing a landfall. so 8:00 tonight, b
and it might strike hard there tomorrow. not only is this a life-threatening category 3 hurricane getting stronger, packing winds of 120 miles an hour, it s also getting larger in its size. ian s wind field is expanding, which can potentially expose more of florida to destruction. the storm s exact landfall tomorrow does remain uncertain, but it could be between tampa and ft. myers. now, one of the greatest threats is the storm surge and it could reach up to even 12 feet in some areas, which could bring, as you can imagine, pretty catastrophic flooding. floridians are being urged by officials not to underestimate this storm and nearly 2 million people are already under mandatory evacuation orders all across florida. and more are at least urged to leave. police in tampa are now going door to door warning people they got to get out. 5,000 national guard members are now even activated in florida and another 2,000 guard troops are from other states to help them out. we re about t
captivity, they used to sing my songs to ease the pain. and what a joy for all of us to see those girls home with their parents. thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. ac 360 starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, we are about to hear from authorities, after a gunman, who s now dead, opened fire on the campus of the university of nevada in las vegas, killing three. claiming with the facts. and a cnn investigation into the cover-up of sexual misconduct in the coast guard, the action it prompted from the coast guard today. we begin with breaking news in las vegas, the press conference by authorities is starting. let s listen. first, i would like to reiterate to all of you that there is no more ongoing threat to our community here in las vegas. i d also like to tell you that we do know the identity of the suspect in this case, but i will not be releasing his name tonight until after the next of kin notification. as y all know, of c
encounters and much more. cnn this morning continues right now. under no circumstances you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody? except for day one. except for? except for day one. meaning in. i want to close the border and i want to drill that s he says you are not going to be a dictator, are you? no, no, no, other than day one. we are kpoes closing the border and drilling, drilling, drilling. after that i am not a dictator, okay? good morning, everyone. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. that was donald trump last night saying the quiet part outloud when he was put on the spot. for trump rhetoric on the campaign trail sparked a frenzy of headlines this week about what he might do if he becomes president again. he danced around the question about abusing power. his ally ckash patel is talking about punishing enemies if there is a new trump term. this is a man who holds a senior rol