with rape and other historical sexual offences. he was arrested yesterday along with a 57 year old woman who has been charged with aiding and abetting in connection with the alleged offences. they will appear in court next month. sirjeffrey who is northern ireland s longest serving mp at westminster says he will strenuously contest the charges. the party s interim leader gavin robinson said it has been a devastating revelation . here s our political editor chris mason. surjeffrey donaldson, one of the biggest figures in northern ireland politics of his generation, the linchpin of a vital breakthrough just two months ago which led to the return of devolved government at stormont. siirjeffrey donaldson. this agreement is something we have worked hard to deliver for the people of northern ireland. the pride of a breakthrough, said jeffrey donaldson commanding the stage, his power and influence obvious, but at six o clock yesterday morning he was arrested. by yesterday mor
their lives. is there anybody the two pilots killed, the investigation into what went wrong. new attacks on the campaign trail. president biden and donald trump ripping into the other s mental fitness as nikki haley goes one step further handing out mental competency tests at her rally. we re going to put two 80-year-olds up as president we can do better israel says they are going to invade rafah in southern gaza where a million people have fled to, many already facing st warnings today that it would be a humanitarian catastrophe the manhunt intensifies in tennessee for the man accused of killing a sheriff s deputy police say he is armed and dangerous. why his girlfriend is now in custody. wild video of a car driving into a police officer. he s on the hood firing through the windshield and will this be the biggest super bowl ever? hundreds of thousands pouring into las vegas and, yes, taylor swift s plane has left tokyo will she make it in time this is nb
she goes around the edges, it wasn t the right president at the right time. that doesn t seem to be a response to him or insulting her. personally worse than that mike, she is not responding to new hampshire voters you know a hell of a lot more you reported on new hampshire primaries candidates, who are supposed to be surging dealt council debates, and refused to answer bogus questions you know joe, of all the primaries that we ve ever held whatever president you re talking about, new hampshire is still is always will be, fun. fun for the candidates. fun for the media, fun for the people. you can sum up the magic of the new hampshire primary, with one story. the late great, mo running for president, he s on the ballot with several of the democrats, the year with 76. he walks into a barbershop, he s shaking hands, a fellow says to him, he who says i would like your phone. the fellow says to him, i m thinking about it, i ve only met you twice. that is the way new hamp
budget committee. and congressman robert garcia of the oversight committee are here to discuss. courtroom campaign. donald trump is set to appear at two high stakes hearings this week. melissa murray comes by to discuss the possible legal and political implications with the iowa caucuses just eight days away. and hollywood s golden moment. chris witherspoon joining me with his predictions on who the big winners could be at tonight s golden globes. i m jonathan capehart and this is the sunday show. this week, congress, the least productive in decades, finally comes back in session after a holiday break. and man, they have an overflowing to do list with a bleakest prospects of getting any of it doesn t let alone on time. one of the republican-controlled house returns tuesday, it will only have eight working days before the first government shutdown deadline of january 19th. and another for working days for the second deadline on february 2nd. but there appears to
you are live in the cnn newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with donald trump arguing that lobbying owe election officials to overturn the 2020 election was within his official responsibilities as president. that argument was part of a brief filed last night in which attorneys for the former president asked an appeals court to dismiss his criminal election subversion case, one day after the supreme court refused to decide for now whether he is protected from prosecution. in the filing trump s attorneys argue that, quote, president trump has absolute immunity, the judicial branch cannot sit in judgment over a president s official acts. the legal wrangling could push a verdict into the heat of the 2024 campaign or even after the election if trump is elected he will try to pardon himself. politico argues trump s legal argument seems to be as much about prevailing in the appeals court as a bid to slow down the case against him. let s discuss that and mo