and sit and watch an appeals hearing like this today, but this really isn t just any appeals hearing. this is an appeals hearing on a question that has never been looked at before. how much protection is there around the presidency and given to people who had served in the presidency whenever they re charged with crimes related to what they were doing while holding that office. and so donald trump and his lawyers, they have this one shot today right now before the d.c. circuit court of appeals, before these three judges in washington, d.c., to make their case that trump should not have to go to trial, that he shouldn t be charged because he was president and has a level of immunity. that s their argument, and they are also making this argument that his case should be paused while the appeals court figures this out. that s going to be a major question today as well. the three judges looking at this, karen henderson, who is a republican appointee has been on the bench a long time and has
residents across the four corners and plains region were left in blizzard conditions monday afternoon. interstates in colorado, new mexico, nebraska, and kansas closed due to low visibility and snow accumulation. here you can see in kansas roadways had little to no visibility which left state and county officials issuing dire warnings. snow and wind is carrying across our state and it s causing slide offs and wrecks just like this. reporter: in new mexico, motorists were left stranded in whiteout conditions. the new mexico department of transportation worked through the day to rescue dozens of drivers in stranded cars along a highway in the state. the youngest rescued was a 4-month-old baby. even one of the colfax county sheriff s office s deputies needed rescuing. the gulf region saw intense rainfall and high winds up to 71 miles per hour. the clouds were solid black, and it was like they just sat
through the florida panhandle. there have been tornado warnings issued north of the santa rosa beach. rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour across this area, severe weather threats going to continue from the florida peninsula right through the coastal areas of the carolinas. heads-up, savannah, charleston all the way to wilmington today. then we focus that rain threat, the potential of flooding all the way up the east coast as heavy rain falls on top of the recent snow pack across the northeast. heads-up new york all the way to the nation s capital. bobby. pretty much everywhere unless you re in fargo, thank you very much. there s a review now underway at the defense secretary s office after lloyd austin was hospitalized and didn t tell his deputy or the president. we re going to have the details next. and what officials believe caused a sudden explosion at a hotel in fort worth, texas. just l look at that. wewe ve learnened more detetail ovovernight.