undisclosed hospitalization now revealed to be the result of complications from prostate cancer surgery. and there s more breaking news we re following. boeing s ceo acknowledges the company s, quote, mistake during a safety meeting on the alaska airlines mid-flight fuselage blowout. we have new details on the investigation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. first up this hour, donald trump s deeply skeptical reception in federal court today as a panel of judges heard his arguments for presidential immunity. our chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid is on the story. reporter: former president trump traveled to washington tuesday to watch arguments in a federal appeals court hearing over whether he should be shielded from criminal prosecution. i feel that as a president you have to have immunity, very simple. reporter: trump was not requ
nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis will hold events today. we are just six days from the iowa caucuses, which will kickoff the presidential election cycle. todd: former president donald trump will be in a washington, d.c. courtroom asking a judge for immunity in his federal election case. you re watching fox and friends, i m todd piro. welcome back, partner. carley: i m carley shimkus. brooke singman has the latest on the court drama. hi, alex. alexandria: a president cannot be charged with acting within his or her acting duty. if absolute immunity is granted, it would allow for presidents to commit crime. former president trump made this statement on truth social. if i don t get immunity, crooked joe biden doesn t get immunity. with millions that went into his pocket, joe would be right for indictment. by weaponizing political poen p pon, me, joe biden opened a pandora s box. in december the supreme court declined to fast track trump s immunity request. la
out and alaska airlines and united both found issues with their door plugs. united said it found loose bolts related to the possible installation issues. now, the bolts are key, four bolts keep the door plug snug against 12 fittings and without those, the door can essentially shoot off like a rocket, exactly what happened last well. still a controlled message and ceo steve calhoun has done one incident and told cnbc the cause was a corpsable escape when it came to boeing s quality control and it will take a look at its own processes and possesses of its contractors. this lawsuit, this class action state filed in lawsuit, it alleges physical injuries, emotional trauma, passengers bruised and they were thrust into a walking nightmare. something the woman leading this investigation, ntsb chair says that passengers and flight crew were extremely traumatized by
happened and it cannot happen again. boeing s manufacturing practices need to comply with high safety standards. they are legally accountable to make. this investigation is focusing on the boeing 737 max 9 door plug that is the part that blew out of alaska 12 82 a week ago, and since then alaska airlines and united airlines found issues with their door plugs. united said it found loose bolts related to possible installation issues. the bulls are really key. for bolts keep the door plug snug against 12 fittings. without those bullets, the door can shoot out at incredible force, essentially exactly what it did last week. still a very controlled message from boeing here. ceo dave calhoun has done one interview since the incident. he told cnbc that the cause was a horrible escape when it came to boeing quality control. he insists boeing will take a hard look at its own processes and those of its contractors. pete, following what happened last week, now, some of the passengers aboard the