fox news at night. breaking tonight, the impeachment inquiry for president biden is a go in the house, and it was unanimous among republicans. now the question is, does it make joe biden unelectable? meantime hunter biden defies a subpoena and refuses to sit for a house position. and instead chooses to make a public statement that may come back to haunt him. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the legal fallout good evening. reporter: epaing trace, after weeks of back and forth and a threat to hold him in con at the present time of congress hunter biden briefly today appeared in the capitol complex making a public statement outside of the building instead of showing up for his scheduled deposition following a subpoena from house republicans who, as you know, are looking into whether the younger biden and his father, the now president, collaborated in any financial dealings, particularly those involving foreign interests. in the depths of my ad
they 70s dirt on scene cnn breaking news. welcome to inside politics. i m dana bash and we start with a monumental supreme court decision on the power of the presidency the highest court in the land is just ruled that donald trump is entitled to some level of immunity from prosecution for actions he took in the final days of his presidency it could put big parts of the election subversion case against him in jeopardy and sets a critical new precedent for future commanders in chief the split 6-3 opinion was authored by chief justice john roberts, who writes in part, we conclude under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of presidential power requires that a former president have some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts during his tenure. for an office. at least with respect to the president s exercise of his core constitutional powers this immunity must be absolute he also said that there are some parts of what the president does. tha
dissents in her opinion, which concurred in part. still, these justices, thomas, alito, kavanaugh, gorsuch, roberts and barrett seemed to treat the allegations and the indictment that brought this ground breaking case to the supreme court as more of an academic moment than an existential one. the allegations that the former president of the united states while in office tried to use the levers of power to keep himself in office. reading the decision can seem circular, even. the president is immune because the constitution implies he is immune, even when highs trying to violate the same constitution. the dissents were so scathing, instead, plowing through the majority s reasoning. from justice jackson, quote, the majority of my colleagues seem to have put their trust in our court s ability to prevent presidents from becoming kings through case-by-case application of the indeterminate standards of their new presidential accountability paradigm. i fear that they are wrong, but f
hello, i m dana bash with wolf blitzer in washington. a historic courtroom clash. right now former president donald trump is testifying in his own defense in his new york civil fraud trial, and within minutes of trump taking the stand, a battle with the judge quickly unfolded. judge arthur engoron accused trump of making long-winded speeches, the judge told defense attorneys, i beseech you to control him, if you can. if you can t, i will. the former president of the united states is accused of inflating the value of his various properties by billions of dollars to acquire loan and insurance benefits, and the stakes for trump are high right now. he potentially could lose his certificate to do business in new york, and pay very hefty fines, in the millions and millions of dollars. cnn s kaitlan collins is just outside the courthouse, long with chief correspondent paula reid. paula, what are we hearing from trump s testimony so far today? has it been smoother this hour? repo
hello, i m wolf blitzer, alongside dana bash. we re here in washington. moments from now, donald trump will be back under oath after a historic and heated day in the new york civil fraud trial against him, after two impeachments and multiple lawsuits and depositions, the former president is defending himself on the stand for the first time. within minutes, trump was accused of making speeches, and later he insulted the new york attorney general and he publicly criticized the judge in this case. the judge has already found that trump and his eldest sons committed what were described as, quote, persistent and repeated fraud, by inflating certain property values to acquire loans and insurance benefits. now judge arthur engoron is trying to figure out what damages the trumps should pay. he spent much of the morning admonishing trump for, quote, long-winded answers and not answering the questions being asked to him, even telling trump s attorney at one point to, quote, i beseech