with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., jesse watters, and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city, this is the five. president trump back in court as his chief rival cranks up the heat looking to go after him harder. a d.c. appeals court taking up former president trump s claims of immunity from prosecution in the january 6th case. the former president in court, despite not being required to be there, as lawyers and judges way his fate, trumpet slamming what he says is an unfair prose prosecution. i think it s very unfair when a political opponent is prosecuted by the doj, by biden s doj. i think they feel this is the way they will try to win. they feel that as a president, you have to have immunity. as trumpet battles it out in court, team biden thinks it is a political opportunity. the president s campaign leaders have reportedly been meeting with numbers of the media to demand harsher coverage of his rival, donald trump, according to the report of the camp
ac 360 starts now. tonight on 360, can a president get away with murder? that question and the chilling answer in court today as the former president makes a case for presidential immunity and raises the spector of criminal impunity. also tonight the grandmother that bought the election lie. does she still believe it going into her first night? and the man that found an airliner s missing door plug in his own backyard. his find could help investigators find out what severely damaged the flight. thanks for joining us. we begin with the former president s striking claim in court today that nothing a president does in office can be criminally prosecuted unless he or she is first impeached by the house and convicted by the senate. that s what his attorney said to the d.c. court of appeals today. the judge conceded that the principal would apply even if a president ordered a hit on a political opponent. yes or no question, could a president that ordered seal team six to
laws were broken after lloyd austin was in the icu for days without telling the president. new safety concerns. a piece of a flight blew off the plane mid-flight. it s now being found on our grounded planes. we begin with breaking news from washington, d.c. a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court heard arguments from donald trump s attorneys. they argue the former president is immune from prosecution because they say his actions questioning the 2020 election results and urging congress to block certification of joe biden s victory were official acts. trump himself was in the courtroom for today s arguments and so was jack smith. the appeals court is hearing this case on an expedited basis. we could get a decision very soon. trump spoke moments ago and said he did not nothing wrong. with us to talk more about this, ryan reilly, who was inside the courtroom, for the arguments, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and a law professor at the university of alabama. she s
already. the blizzard conditions and now the tornado threat as we go into the night. more than 40 states on alert. heavy snow, strong winds and flooding. and then, the east gets hit tomorrow. rob marciano standing by to time this out. also the breaking news from forth worth. those images just coming in, investigating an explosion. multiple injuries already reported tonight. they are going from room to room in that hotel, searching for possible victims. first responders at the scene. matt rivers in texas for us. the new discovery after the terrifying moments onboard that passenger jet, when part of the door ripped off at 16,000 feet. cell phones sucked out of the cabin. a teenager s t-shirt ripped off. a key piece of the plane found in a backyard in oregon. now, we learned what was known about that plane a month ago. and what inspections have just revealed tonight. several other passenger planes effected. and good owe benitez reporting. stunning new details about the e
our weather team times it all out. linsey: also tonight, the midair emergency. what caused the accident on an alaska airlines jet? the faa now grounding certain boeing 737 max 9s after a piece of the fuselage was lost, and where did that piece end up? linsey: our abc news exclusive. new details from sources familiar with the special counsel s probe with president trump s refusing for hours to help stop the violence on january 6th. with eight days left until the iowa caucuses, the former president is raising eyebrows over what he said about the civil war and abraham lincoln. linsey: plus, the push to contain the war in gaza. the secretary of state s urgent mission to the middle east as israel faces new attacks from lebanon. the pressure mounting for congress to approve new funding for israel and ukraine. linsey: new questions tonight as we learn the white house was unaware for days that defense secretary lloyd austin had been hospitalized in intensive care. president b