hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. the question of when donald trump s rhetoric crosses the line was a subject of a bit of a lips as pivotal court hearing. prosecutors and attorneys met in front of a three-judge panel in the u.s. court of appeal for a d.c. circuit for oral arguments. the substance was the validity of a gag order imposed on the ex-president that limits what donald trump can say in public about prosecutors, witnesses, and court staff. the heart of arguments, how do you balance the first amendment rights of a defendant who was also a former president and front runner with the need to protect prosecutors, witnesses, and prevent the railing of the justice system? trump s attorney was grilled by the judges for more than an hour, judges pushed back, that they had no right to step in with a gag order. essentially what they are finding is we have a past pattern when the defendant speaks on this subject, threats follow. now he s making similar statements again
one special counsel jack smith brought regarding the lead-up to and the after math of january 6th. today in federal court, we heard both lawyers for the special counsel and donald trump square off over the limited gag order judge tanya chutkan imposed a couple of weeks ago. we ll play the audio in a second. first, quick context. the gag order stops donald trump from publicly disparaging prosecutors, potential witnesses or court employees involved in the case. jack smith s team wants it saying it s necessary to keep people safe. donald trump s team is appealing it saying it violates his free speech and ability to campaign. and while the d.c. circuit court of appeals has yet to rule, we did get come hints. take this exchange, where judge millet presses donald trump s team on whether their arguments that it s unconstitutional to limit the political speech of a candidate would stand if donald trump were not running for office. would your position be a different a year ago? i
Greeley grays. In the mountains 30s this morning and lots of cloud cover statewide. A mostly cloudy day for ozarks you n see rain on the western slope, its raining around Grand Junction and its raining in carbondale and as you start making your way up to the higher terrain of eagle county, pitkin county, we have some snow falling. Its going to take some time for tall moisture to go to the east but it will happen and by getting into town weve got a closure. Thats purple. Bridge there at garrison and we have closure of we have the closure of i70 between kipling and wadsworth this morning. Take i70 as the alternate or take 6th avenue north along wadsworth and access eastbound i70. One officer is dead and three more injured. Police arrested a man in san bell, florida last night. They say jared cicconi while vfc Police Involved in a trafc stop. This officer was taken to th hoal where he was treated and released. Its an island right near fort myers. Another shooting this one kansas city, mis
We had last week, therefore mainly rain here, break down the timing straight ahead. Right now straight over the joel. Well, ashton the maps colorful this morning as you head to the western slope. So this is all to the west of vail pass. You get to the east of that and its pretty good . . 9wdrive out there. But gypsum glenwood springs, rifle, debeck return to speeds to the west of debeck. But the pink the possibility of ice and britt its just icy along i70. Its right next to the river plus theres nothing underneath it. Its vale ited out there elevated out there and it becomes a skating relationship. After a Denver Elementary School is vandalized with antisemitic graffiti. Cbs4s Shawn Chitnis is reporting on this one and right now police are trying to figure out are trying to figure out whos responsible. Reporter right britt and theyre hoping the security cameras in the area by the school may give them the clue parents are going to bring students back to school for the First Time Since t
And actually caused the hearing this mornings arraignment to be delayed until this morning. Now that defense team for 46 yearold kevin lyons has to weigh every plea option against the possibility of the Death Penalty which is why it took them so long to get to this arraignment this morning. A recent motion filed suggests that they are considering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Kevin lyons Mental Health has been called into question ever since the ri after several outburrs in the courtroom. He was deemed competent to proceed with the hearing and this morning, his defense team will likely present arguments the as to why they believe he is noeligle for the Death Penalty. Now lyons is being charged with 12 different felonies including homicide after deliberation. He also is being charged with four counts of attempted homicide excuse me five counts of attempted homicide after deliberation on a peace that he shot in his neighborhood on april 4th. So a lot going on this morning.