the country, including a former president, was the subject of a hearing today in a federal courthouse in washington, d.c. attorneys for donald trump and federal prosecutors argued over trump s claim that the federal election case against him should be dismissed because everything he did in the postelection period was in his official capacity as president. the three-judge panel that is hearing the case appeared spectacle of that claim. the ex-president and jack smith were in the courtroom today. trump has been claiming that president joe biden has been forcing him to appear in court, which is not true, he did have no obligation to appear at today s hearing. trump s attorney argued that allowing the prosecution of donald trump would, quote, open a pandora s box, but the judge has pushed back on that and many of the arguments he was making. trump s lawyer also argued that the president could only be prosecuted if he was impeached and convicted by the senate first, no matter what
there was moments of am i going to make it? norah: the door panel found by investigators as we learn about warning lights in the cockpit. breaking news. a hotel explosion rocks downtown fort worth. after a weekend snowstorm, more dangerous weather is sweeping the middle of the country, bringing blizzard warnings and tornado threats. new questions tonight about defense secretary lloyd austin s secret hospitalization. why the public and the president weren t notified. the historic launch, why the first moon lander in over 50 years is in jeopardy. space exploration is a very risky business. hopefully they can not just get it to the moon bu actually land it on the surface. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west. i m norah o donnell. thank you for being with us on this monday night. we want to begin tonight with a major new development after the terrifying blowout in the sky. we learned just a short time ago about troubling new safety concerns and installatio
happening now, president biden delivers an impassioned plea to african american voters in south carolina, hoping the state that propelled hem to the democratic nomination in 2020, can recharge his reelection campaign, this as top republican hopefuls hit the final stretch with just one week under the iowa caucuses. in georgia, donald trump is asking a judge to throw out the state s election subversion case against him. the former president once again claiming immunity, the same argument a federal court will hear tomorrow with trump in tapedance. plus, we have breaking news about the terrifying mid flight fuselage blowout aboard an alaska airlines plane. now united airlines says it s uncovered loose bolts on the own flight of boeing 737-max-9 aircraft. i m object object, you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with president biden ramping up his reelection campaign, the president trying to rally support from african american voters, a key piece of his winning coa
neil: are you ready for this? one week till iowa and the heat is on. ron desantis and nikki haley duking it out in the hawkeye state. donald trump continueses to hold a commanding lead there. team trump is ramping up its attacks on haley. that has some folks wondering what has him nervous. desantis supporters chip roy here to say don t count out my candidate, ron desantis. get ready. your world starts right now. i m neil cavuto. and let s get to it. we ve got aishah hasnie in des moines, iowa where things are heating up despite an arctic blast. at least it s not just constant blizzard conditions like it was for you earlier. how are things there now? i like that music. we re going need that to get us through the next couple days. it s going to drop to one degree by the time we hit caucus night. that will be a problem possibly the weather to make sure some of these folks get out there and caucus for ordinary candidates. today the weather was a problem. a lot of folks had
accusation? the fbi admitted this is highly credible human sources and admitted they paid this source substantial amount of money and hoo had been part of the bureau for 13 years and their answer was, it is part of an ongoing investigation. we don t know which investigation, we don t know when the investigation began. we know two weeks ago they tried to act like this form didn t exist and today the fbi is bringing this form to the house of representatives. carley: alexandria hoff, good morning. alexandria: according to the agent, director wray made the document available, but they say they can t hand it over without handing over sources. kevin mccarthy does not buy that. this document is not classified, director wray said he wouldn t provide it. i had a phone call and explained if he does not provide this, we will hold him in contempt. now he said, we have the document, he will only show to chairman and ranking member. that is not how the constitution works. if he doesn