is a u.s. president above the law? the lead starts right now. donald trump s day in court, as his legal team argues by the former president cannot be prosecuted, even if his actions were criminal. site i have skepticism from the judges will not decide how this case proceeds. six days before the crucial contest in iowa. a new cnn poll from another key primary state, chose a candidate gaining ground on the gop front runner. the defense secretary, treated for prostate cancer. the pentagon has been pressed on his hospital status. or the president didn t know one of his top cabinet members was in the hospital, and couldn t do his job. welcome to the lead. on pamela brown, in for jake tapper. getting ready for tomorrow s cnn republican presidential debate. we start today with our law and justice lead. donald trump, in a federal courtroom. lawyers say that he should be immune from facing charges for any alleged crimes that he committed while in office. the three appeals court
talented grifter and arsonist. should he ever get the chance to govern again, the country will not look anything like it does today. how the republican party and its media allies return an unpopular loser into an inevitable winner. that s, right lock her up! donald trump is getting the band back together to finish the insurrection. while on the republican panel and to harm americans to hurt joe biden. and then a crucial turning point for the war in ukraine, a quick check in on how things are going for the russian army. [speaking non-english] when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. and there are not a lot of things americans are united on across our vast political divides. you can get a big majority of americans to disagree on. a pretty big majority of us agree that donald trump is not very likable and that donald trump is a loser. the reason i m starting off with those very obvious facts tonight is because donald trump and his
hello, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. president biden is taking his state of the union pitch on the road. right now he s speaking in the battleground state of wisconsin focusing on his administration s effort to boost manufacturing in america. this is part of a two-day swing. biden is also going to tampa, florida, to reinforce last night s message which is seen as a preview of his expected 2024 re-election campaign. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now. so what more do we expect to hear from the president today? i know he s feeling good from that speech last night. i don t think white house officials could be happier in the wake of the speech last night, not because they feel like they delivered on the extensive remarks they spent months probing and in the off-the-cuff moments he had with republicans back and forth where they felt the president demonstrated a level of vigor they wanted him to show but als
[chanting] john: new at 2:00, add this to the countless examples of chaos we have seen on college campuses. students shutting down a conservative speaker with a conga line. but aveiling themselves of the free papa john s pizza given by the speaker s group, turning point u.s.a. and the irony, the speaker was on campus to talk about free speech. anita: can t make this stuff up. at least no one got hurt there. former college swimmer riley gaines posting a firsthand account the aggressive response she received in a school in san francisco. wow, riley has been an advocate for fairness in women s sports which could be in further jeopardy after biden administration guidelines issued last night. shannon bream will react to all of this. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour for this good friday, i m john roberts in washington. good to be with you. good to be with you, john. anita vogel in for sandra smith. we are going to unpack all of that straight ahead
hello, everyone, tlahank yo for joining me, i m fredricka whitfield. recovery efforts underway offer the south carolina coastline following the take down of a suspected chinese spy balloon on saturday. the u.s. military blasting the balloon out of the sky after it drifts over the atlantic near myrtle beach. president biden saying that he ordered the military on wednesday to take the balloon down as soon as possible. and now efforts are underway to recover the debris and analyze it to find out what it may have been doing as it drifted across the u.s. over the last few days. meanwhile china is accusing the u.s. of overreacing and expr expressing strong dissatisfaction and the balloons destruction. from all angles to the capital to the coast where the balloon was shot down. let s begin with dianne gallagher where she is live in surfside beach where recovery efforts is underway. what is being located and discovered? reporter: so, fred, we re in the surfside myrtle beach area