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
temperatures to hold campaign events ahead of tomorrow s pivotal iowa caucuses. team coverage this evening, foxbusiness radio trouble is here with more on subzero temperatures and wind chills, i will congressman ashley is here to promote tomorrow s congresses the first, bill melugin with the latest from the campaign trail. good evening. tomorrow night i once from all across the tri-state are going to get up into bone chilling temperatures and pleading inside school gyms, churches, community centers where they will talk with neighbors and make the choice for president so let s talk about the latest bull, this is highly respected des moines register poll that came out last night and shows donald trump still bargained away front runner could begin at 48% but nikki haley is moved into a strong second-place at 20%. ron desantis at third, 16%. vivek ramaswamy at 8%. today donald trump held rallies where you reacted to the poll results. i don t have the same vast wealth trum
wider conflict. the latest from the region is coming up on cnn. but first, why do we keep giving donald trump exactly what he wants. tonight on laura coates live. but donald j j trump got exactly what he wanted today. and i mean again. a giant megaphone to call the 370 million dollar civil suit against him, say it with me, we all know the phrase, a witch hunt. but as you know, this is an unconstitutional witch hunt. its election interference at the highest level. but then in the courtroom, right in front of the very judge who is going to decide just how much he has to pay. again this is not a jury trial. no dye audience, he s talking to the person who is going to decide how much he has s fraud case. so maybe you want to want your words, saying, quote, this was a political witch hunt, what s happened here sir is a fraud on me. and that is donald trump s closing argument. the world of bach, or the 370 million dollar box stop here. now i want to bring in former trump
right now on early start, the new poll releasing this very minute showing nikki haley is closing the gap on donald trump in one early primary state. plus the republican front runner planning to be in court just hours from now while his lawyers argue he s immune from prosecution. hi, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. good to see all of you. i m omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 9th. we are we have a lot of news to get to. let s get going. we want to start with 5:00 a.m. in washington. we have a brand new cnn poll for you all. that poll shows donald trump s lead narrowing as nikki haley surges. the former president now at 39% of likely gop primary voters with haley just 7 points behind at 32%. the rest of the field hovers at least 20 points further back in the poll taken just this week. chris christie is at 12% fo followed by vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis in single digits. now trump is roughly where he was
but some hard right republicans are poised to stand in the way. house minority leader kathleen clark joins me to talk about what the heck is going on. and on this mlk holiday weekend, my emotional conversation with former attorney and speech writer for dr. king jr.. misses most about his dear friend. i m jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. we are in the home stretch. in 26 hours, republican caucus goers and iowa will begin choosing their nominee for the white house in the first major contest of the 2024 presidential election. right now, the candidates are spread across the state, making their closing pitch to voters. gop front runner donald trump addressed his maga supporters at an in-person earlier today. at this hour, holding a tele-rally after canceling his in-person events due to extreme weather conditions. three other candidates are also raising to the finish with campaign events later this evening. iowa republicans will be participating and one of th