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
recognized, it could be a possibility of vindictive prosecutions against political rivals. it would authorize the indictment of president joe biden, after he leaves office. after he leaves order, it is different. reporter: rejected these arguments. noting the charges were brought in this case. this was extraordinary conduct. never before have there been allegations that a sitting president with private individuals, using levers of power, sought to fundamentally submerge the democratic republican system. reporter: impeachment and conviction through a political process, should not be required before a criminal prosecution. it would be awfully scary if there wasn t some sort of mechanism by which to reach that. criminally. it is unclear how long it will take the judges to come back with their decision. from here, this case could go to the full pallet panel, or the supreme court. it is unclear if either one of
return and talked about taking that further, jerry nadler subpoenaed 81 different individuals to come and get documents and information as a releases investigation. again, i don t think the democrats can get over the fact that they lost in 2016, donald trump s president, and they can t beat him in the ballot box in 2020 so they feel the only thing they can do is to further these investigations and move toward impeachment. americans want to move on. melissa: nancy pelosi said she was able to investigate and legislate the same time. we will see. thank you, i appreciate her time. president trump declaring case closed after special counsel robert mueller breaks his silence on the russian report. is he right? our pallet panel is next ok everyone! our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitamins and minerals. ensure, for strength and energy.