and for those keeping score at home, it s two democratic appointees and one republican appointee who are hearing this case, which i think lends some optimism to the jack smith s team because of that makeup. it s also true, this argument for donald trump is a pretty extraordinary stretch. remember when we covered the mueller investigation. and there was much sdiscussion that there s is a justice department policy. not a law, but a policy, that says a sitting president should not be indicted. implicit in that policy, of course, he could be indicted later for something he did. that s always been the assumption. gerald ford pardoned richard nixon for his crimes in watergate. if he couldn t be prosecuted, there would be no need for a po pardon. for a former president, for conduct while in office. that s what the pardon was for. everyone assumed without the pardon, he could be prosecuted. once you are out of office, you are an order citizen like everyone else. interestingly
anybody else. neil: former president trump canceling three out of four events in iowa moving them virtual as the first in the nation caucus state gets slammed with frigid weather with the campaign s final days. welcome to fox news live, hey, jacqui, i m kind of glad we re indoors. jacqui: good to be with you and not in iowa. i m jacqui heinrich. u.s. military struck another houthi area overnight. after they fired ballistic missiles into shipping lanes on friday. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with what they re saying there, hey, lucas. this is a mop-up duty by the u.s. navy. apparently one houthi area was not there, and this is the third country where president biden has authorized in the proxies and the president spoke about it yesterday in pennsylvania. i ve delivered the message to iran. they already know not to do anything. (inaudible) we ll make sure we respond to the houthis if they continue with the outrageous behavior, along with our allies. and
people can be indicted a bunch of times and still run for office. a black man can t. you just learn to be good, and in the and you benefit from that extra resilience. coates: i want to get right into all this with attorney jeffrey toobin, he is the author of the nine inside the secret world of the supreme court. as well as home grown timothy mcvay, and the rise of homegrown extremism. jeffrey i m glad you re here tonight. first of all take a step back with me. many people are wondering if tomorrow is the day that the appellate court will decide that trump committed an insurrection. that is not tomorrow is, tomorrow is about whether immunity exists for a president. what do you say? correct. what is important to remember about tomorrow, is it is a question of does donald trump have to stand trial? trump is arguing that the whole case should be thrown out, before it is even tried. which is unusual in a criminal case. because under his understanding of presidential immunity,
after that scary incident at 16,000 feet. there was moments of am i going to make it? norah: the door panel found by investigators as we learned about warning lights in the cockpit. breaking news. a hotel expulsion box downtown fort worth. after a weekend snowstorm, more dangerous weather is sweeping the middle of the country, bringing blizzard warnings and tornado threats. new questions tied about defense secretary lloyd austin s secret hospitalization. by the public and the president weren t notified. the historic launch, why the first one later in over 50 years is in jeopardy. speaker space expiration is very risky business. hopefully they cannot just get it to the moon but actually landed on the surface. norah: good evening. i m norah o donnell. thank you for being with us on this monday night. want to begin tonight with a major new development after the terrifying blowout in the sky. we learned just a short time ago about troubling new safety concerns and inst
angeles and this is america s late news, fox news at night. and breaking tonight, the ntsb is now holding a briefing at this hour right now about the alaska airlines incident that broke on this show on friday night. we will bring you updates from the ntsb as soon as the briefing starts and we will dip into it live if there is any relevant or new information. meantime, it s crunch time in iowa with the gop presidential candidates campaigning into the night using every minute to make their final appeals to voters. as the iowa caucuses now just one week away, and there is so much on the line that even the front runner, former president trump, leading by 30, is now urging his supporters to get out and vote and ron desantis and nikki haley are banking on an upset victory. aishah hasnie is live for us on the trail in des moines iowa with the very latest on the pre caucus run-up. issue a, good evening. reporter: good evening to you, trace, we are live here from a very snowy and wi