also tonight we now know why defense secretary lloyd austin has been in the hospital for the last week. president biden himself just learning today that the pentagon chief underwent surgery after being diagnosed with cancer. as we also learned that he was under anesthesia without his deputy being aware. also tonight on the 2024 campaign trail nikki haley now within single digits of donald trump in the first primary state. the question is does this make the case for narrowing the gop field? we ll ask our political experts. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. with just six days to go before the first votes in the 2024 primary race, donald trump was in a courtroom in washington today hoping to evade charges for attempting to overturn the last election. but the three federal appeals judges before him sounded deeply skeptical about his lawyers argument that he has absolute immunity from prosecution for anything that he did while in office. this case is not only potenti
under anesthesia without his deputy being under aware. also tonight on the 2024 campaign trail, nikki haley now a single digits of donald trump in the first primary state. the question is, does this make a case for narrowing the gop field? we will ask our political experts. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. with just six days to go before the first vote in the 2024 primary race, donald trump was in a courtroom in washington today, hoping to evade charges for attempting to overturn that last election. but the three federal appeals court judges before whom seemed deeply skeptical about the absolute immunity from prosecution for anything that he did while in office. this case is not only only make or break for donald trump, it could also impact future presidents determining on how they rule. the public can listen in on these remarkable arguments being made, which included moments like this one with a strike in hypothetical. could a president order seal team six
fundamental they re just playing hide the ball there. they persuaded the senate to not convict him on the grounds that you couldn t convict a former president. and then but they said hey, you know, you can prosecute him criminally. and in fact, on february 13, 2021 a majority leader mcconnell said you know, there s a criminal law in this country. he made clear that criminal prosecution was an option. and then when the criminal prosecution comes around they say oh, never mind that, he was acquitted, and the fact of the matter is a large number of the senators who voted not to convict donald trump in 2021 did so because for purely technical reason that he s not president anymore and they believe, i think incorrectly but they believed that they didn t have the power to bar him from holding future office because he was no longer in office.
i just want to remind people of what it was that trump attorneys said then. there s no such then as a january exception to impeachment. there s only the text of the constitution. it makes very clear that a former president is subject to criminal sanction after his presidency for any illegal acts that he commits. george what did you make of that being brought up by the appeals court judges today. it was terrific, i mean it s always great when you are taking one position before one court and taking another before some other tribunal. here is the senate and then this federal court. it just shows the fundamental they are playing hide the ball there. they persuaded the senate to not convict him on the grounds that you couldn t convict a