views as the biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges, or even put him and his people in prison. according to the justice department s office of legal counsel, a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. now, the same is not true for a prosecution at a state level. however, that would possibly go to the supreme court. let s bring in the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former staff for hillary clinton. good to have you both on board this morning. not a surprise. a lot of people have been talking for some time that donald trump may seek re-election to avoid prosecution. it seems of course, you have a new book coming out that goes through everything donald trump has done, certainly everything he did around january 6th, that now seems to be landing him in hot water. not just politically, as we heard from mike allen on your show, but it is impacting him politically and legally at the jus
he always loved simply the best and all of his campaigns use simply just completed, but i don t think we ever this all right, guys. thank you very much for being with me this morning. thanks to all of you for joining us. i m kasie hunt, cnn new central starts right now a phone call, that could shape the future of the war in gaza. new reporting this morning on how president biden plans to vent his anger that israeli leaders cancer cases potentially skyrocketing the newer for just out finding these illnesses worldwide could jump 77% in the next 25 years. and breaking overnight, police in la are investigating one of the biggest heist in the city s history, more than 30 million as stolen. i m sure slider with pay baldwin and john berman. this is cnn new stuff this morning, a crucial phone call at a crucial moment in israel s war against hamas. and the us support for that war that could be on shakier ground than it was just a few days ago. this will be the first call betwe
Parents had been living here in the United States as permanent residents with green cards. Congratulations to the family on this very important day, new u. S. Citizens for the parents of the first lady. Thats it for me. Thanks for watching. Ill be in the situation room, amanpour is next. Newsroom with brook baldwin starts right now. All right, wolf, thank you so much. High, everyone, im brook baldwin, youre watching cnn on this thursday, count with me, 889 days until election day, get ready for a showdown, not only at the polls, but with special counsel robert mueller. Rudy giuliani is the one setting up the stakes here negotiating if the president will do an interview with mueller. And giuliani on both sides of
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there in terms of how, yes, would it be a good step to have the electoral count reformed to prevent what donald trump wanted mike pence to do last year. to not certify? sure. people think that would be a good idea. democrats do. but they want much more than that. yes, the strategy of having smaller votes. yes, you re putting people s names on it you re establishing the record, and that s not moving the ball anywhere. and that will raise frustration levels among advocates that say, look, we re tired of the rhetoric and moral stance. we want to see results. we want to see action. and smts something that we should expect to hear more from, from the president, make it part of his pitch here, and those responsive saying he didn t prioritize it enough in 2021. but it s still hard to see a path to success. the hope democrats have it becomes an animated issue for
to you guys down there. just an unbelievable situation. you describe the lack of power paired with the fuel shortage as a double whammy. how is this combination making recovery difficult for people in your parish? and how are the frustration levels right now? it s got to be reaching their boiling point. yeah. well, our electrical department entergy is working hard at restoring it. i know a lot of people are out of town and want to come back. unfortunately it was raining today. and of course when you just can t get out to the streets and it s pouring down rain, that s just going to delay things as you would expect. very, very difficult. i just got back from traveling to lafitte, which is outside of our levee protection system. this is a community that had very, very high water. some of the hardest things i ve had to deal with is looking people in the face who just have lost everything. there s a quiet desperation about them. it s almost like there is no