citizen trump. the idea that an american president returns to being an ordinary citizen just like everyone else after they leave office is as fundamental to the concept of america as the bill of rights. we re a nation with no king. and therefore, even the president of the united states is just a citizen. no more, nor less. and as such, they are held to the same laws and provided with the same defenses that you and i get. that is what the three-judge panel on the d.c. circuit court of appeals unanimously ruled today in its crushing legal takedown that counter to trump s stated arguments, presidents do not have complete and absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. and thus, trump must face trial for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. in their ruling they reminded trump what the supreme court has already declared, quote, no man in this country is so high that he is above the law. no officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. all of the of
text in a dramatic departure from previous amendments sought to bring justice to millions of formerly enslaved black americans and to insure that the formerly elected officials who waged war against the united states would not be allowed to serve in elected office again. that is the purpose of section 3. now, knowing all that, at issue today before the court were some key questions. one, do states have the right to enforce section 3 or can only congress do that? two, did the drafters intend to include presidents and vice presidents when they drafted this punishment? and three, is this section self-executing, which is technical jargon for this thing goes into effect without any other mechanisms such as anoct of congress. trump s lawyer jonathan mitchell who happens to be the guy who wrote the texas abortion bounty law, kept referring to something known as the griffin case. what is the griffin case, you ask. if you read any recent stories about the 14th amendment, it s possible
will start with paula reid. let me air the bite from kamala harris really quickly. the comments made by the prosecutor, gratuitous, inaccurate, and inappropriate. the way that the president s demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts and clearly politically motivated. we will start with paula reid , how is the white house responding to the report today beyond what we heard from vice president harris? what do we know about the interview between president biden and special counsel hur s team. reporter: damage control, spokesperson answered question for the white house press corps. the one shepherding the press through the investigation and knows that well. he fielded questions including a lot of questions about the timing of this interview with the president. was he distracted ? the way the white house is spinning this, no, we did not want to delay it or put up roadblocks, we wanted to give special counsel everything they needed. there
good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are live from las vegas. now just two days before super bowl lviii, right here on cbs. but we do want to begin tonight with some breaking news out of florida. a deadly plane crash in naples forcing the shutdown of a major interstate. here s what we know. a private jet, a challenger 600, was attempting an emergency landing on i-75 when it appeared to collide with a car and then burst into flames, as you can see. now this plane was flying from columbus, ohio, it had five people on board. two people have died, and we are learning tonight of a miraculous escape by three others. cbs s manuel bojorquez has the developing details. holy [bleep]. reporter: just after 3:00 p.m., the private jet crashed into the southbound lanes of interstate 75 near naples, florida, sending a massive fireball into the air. challenger, hot potato 823, lost both engines. emergency, making emergency landing. direct clear to land one way 2-3. reporter: ey
again. attorneys for colorado plaintiffs say this is an easy call. donald trump is disqualified today. he was disqualified on january six, 2021, when he engaged in that he. disqualified himself under our constitution. it s not our plaintiffs who are seeking to do that. trump of course appealed the colorado decision, sending it to the supreme court. trump himself is not expected to attend tomorrow s arguments, which are expected to last at least 80 minutes. this is the most consequential case for a presidential election since bush v. gore, get ready to feel old, 24 years ago. and right now americans opinion of the supreme court is historically low. meanwhile and on trump s other legal cases, his attorneys say they want to get the charges against him dropped in the mar- a-lago classified documents case. in georgia the attorneys are going after fulton county d. a. fani willis. they argue she should be disqualified and trump s charges should be dismissed because she brought u