coming into the spotlight right as this is starting to unfold. i want to sho w you they were asked about these issues in the town halls. let me show you a little bit of how they talked about the comments they made. take a look. do you believe that the former president is immune from prosecution in these cases? it s a novel issue. the d.c. circuit will rule against him. it s a liberal circuit they are going to hot wire this thing. he shouldn t be taken off the ballot, and the supreme court needs to rule quickly before other states start to do this. they basically have been on trump s side in this issue. if anything when i talked to republican sources, if trump hadn t been indicted, he would have had a better chance of beating him and spend the biggest fundraising days he s been in court. do you anticipate them changing
this from a political perspective, that s how i have been thinking about it. one of the hypotheticals that trump s legal team was thrown was from one of the judges about whether or not i should say, what might happen in the event that a president of the united states ordered used government resources to order the assassination of a political rival. i want to play for everyone. you can hear the audio, i want to play a that moment and then we ll talk about it. take a look. i asked you a yes or no question. could a president who ordered seal team 6 be subject to criminal prosecution? if he were convicted first. so your answer is no? my answer is qualified yes. there s a political process. qualified yes. that a president would be immune
that. so this hat says rachel, we love you. three of of my sons met trump. you can actually see them one of the times here. trump was very encouraging to them. he s made it clear he s going to pardon us. there s a lot riding on this election. totally. for the country, but also the personally for you. for me, it s huge. for me, it s like life or death. it s huge. if trump wins, you could get out of prison. correct. i will get out of prison. what makes rachel s story all the more incredible is she didn t even vote for trump in 2016. she says it was with covid and lockdowns and restrictions on movement during 2020 that she became particularly politically engaged. of course, that journey brought her to the capitol on january 6th, where she was found guilty
faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal laws. a skeptical response to donald trump s immunity claims by one of the three federal appeals judges who heard arguments yesterday. we ll get expert legal analysis on that hearing. straight ahead, it comes just days before the iowa caucuses. nikki haley and ron desantis are in the state trying to cut trump s large lead while he is tied up with those legal issues. also ahead, the latest on the health scare for the secretary of defense. we re learning more about the medical issues that landed lloyd austin in the icu. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 10th. i m in for jonathan lemire.