As jonathan mentioned our special coverage of the white house Correspondents Dinner takes off at 8 00 p. M. Please stick around. We will have extensive coverage. On this hour, we have two pivotal events testing the bedrock of our constitution, threats to First Amendment rights, and to the rule of law. Also tonight from new york to arizona we break down Donald Trumps Head Spinning week of legal drama including outrageous arguments his legal team made to the Supreme Court. Marjorie Taylor Greenes political standing, shifting from maga hero to. Lets do it. This week marked an Inflection Point in our nations history. The United States constitution being tested in new and dangerous ways. On thursday former President Donald Trump and his lawyers went to the u. S. Supreme court to double down on claims that a president possesses sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution. Basically according to the former president s lawyers his immunity is so absolute they argued, that even assassinating a
As trump continues his quest for total immunity regardless of his actions. Legal analysts join me live to discuss the significance. Chaos oncampus as per palestinian protests spread to colleges across the country, well take a closer look at whats fueling them, and what happens when politicians, like House Speaker mike johnson, enter the divide. And punchlines set for tonights White House Correspondent dinner. More on what its like to write those jokes and which ones work best. Im Jonathan Capehart in a tux, and this is the saturday show. I am all dolled up in my brandnew tuxedo for tonights White House Correspondents dinner, where donald trump will no doubt be roasted for his legal troubles. But, as we joke about his courtroom based campaign, trumps threat to democracy remains very real. And this week we saw evidence of that in none other than the Supreme Court. Trumps Immunity Hearing before the nine justices is raising alarm bells in legal and political circles. Not only does it show
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Than liebermann at the pentagon and this cnn jessica gino campuses across the country today as protests against the war in gaza spread at major universities an Indiana State Police in Riot Gear Carrying Shields and batons were seen clashing with Iu Bloomington students. Theyre on campus. Police say they arrested at least 26 people after they ignored six verbal warnings to leave in Northern California are hard closure is underway at the Cal Poly Humboldt campus after protesters took over two university buildings, there administrators say no one is allowed to enter or stay on campus without permission. The University Says classes will be virtual for the rest of the Semester Demonstrators across the country want their schools to stand against what they believe are acts of genocide being committed against the Palestinian People in gaza. But some jewish students worry the protests are becoming antisemitic that they lead to harassment and they fear for their safety on campus were covering th
House correspondents. Dinner starts next. Have a great night while just hours ago, President Biden won the South Carolina democratic primary barely edging out his closest rival, time good evening from the Nations Capital on john berman with sarah sinnner. You might know us as most of the stars have cnn news central tonights special live coverage of the white house Correspondents Dinner or celebrities, politicians, nd, invited media gather to celebrate the first amendment. Now i say invited media because once again, i was not invited. Oh, my goodness. Im so sorry. I was invited but you know what, john because youre here im sacrificing fun and frivolous small talk to be with you President Biden is expected to arrive very soon as he gets ready to tell jokes and roast the media and washington along with Saturday Night Live star colin jokes. So when we can promise you tonight celebrities dogs, goats and may him, not to mention scarlet johanson. Now we want to kick off things live on the red