That will be nothing short of consequential, im dana perino and bill is off today. Good morning, gillian. Gillian thanks for having me im Gillian Turner and this is americas newsroom. Well begin out of new york. Former President Trump just received a heros welcome preparing for day seven of his criminal trial. [crowd chanting we love trump, we love trump] dana the former president meeting with Construction Workers before heading back to Court Earlier this morning. Today former magazine executive david pecker will resume his testimony and were also waiting to see if the judge holds trump in contempt for accusations of violating a gag order. That kicks off at 9 30 a. M. Eastern. Gillian the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether the Justice Department can prosecute trump for interfering in the 2020 election. The question before the court is quote, whether and if so to what extent does a former president enjoy president ial immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged t
judges clerks read the briefs, and nerd life me reads the briefs, and the things that the trump team argued today were all in their brief. i think they made a strategic and legal mistake, alex, by taking that absolutist position that you just described. so no, i wasn t really surprised today. i think that s the corner that they painted themselves into. dan, are you winning when you are arguing that the president can order seal team six to assassinate your political rivals and there s no necessary punishment for that? i recognize we are living in a political upside down these days, but you re the defendants table during a felony criminal trial, judges are only allowed to true. i think, and i m loath to say this, because we re talking about donald trump, dan. it feels like the articulation of the strategy of ultimate and total impunity, even in a situation where commandoes are assassinating rivals, feels
i recognize we are living in a political upside down these days, but you re the defendants table during a felony criminal trial, judges are only allowed to true. i think, and i m loath to say this, because we re talking about donald trump, dan. it feels like the articulation of the strategy of ultimate and total impunity, even in a situation where commandoes are assassinating rivals, feels like the crossing of a certain rubicon. even for team trump. do you think it s resonant, this scenario that s been outlined? especially given the presidents past history on statements related to assassination? well, we should stipulate that most people are not going to follow what s happening in this court case, most people haven t tuned into this election yet. but what i think is happening is donald trump, ironically enough, rose to power in 2016 by dominating attention, and he resurrected his political career by being absent from attention. most of the public has not seen or thought about
white house. so maybe that made it go down easier. now we all await this visit to the white house which will be timed to the midterms i presume? the white house is saying this fall. but you know, early november is lovely in washington. while this terrible new series terrible new series of the man in the high castle plays out in our real lives now and we await this next putin visit, we are also still waiting for some other shoes to drop with some of the legal cases around the russia attack and the question of american cooperation and coconspiring with that attack. and some of what we re waiting for is fairly straightforward. obviously, the felony criminal trial of paul manafort is due to start in less than a week. potential jurors are expected to show up for the paul manafort case, starting on tuesday. also in the gru case, that bombshell indictment of 12