welcome to inside politics. i m manu roaju in for dana bash. is donald trump immune from actions he took in office. that crucial question now in the hands of three judges on the d.c. court of appeal. trump says he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn the election because they were, quote, official actions he took while president. moments ago, we heard from trump himself. i think it s very unfair when an opponent, a political opponent, is prosecuted by the doj by biden s doj, so they re losing in every poll. and they re losing in almost every demographic. numbers came out today that are really very mind boggling if you happen to be joe biden. and i think they feel this is the way they re going to try to win. that was outside the courtroom, inside the court, with his d.c. criminal trial looming, trump s lawyer and the special counsel s office made their cases in the high stakes hearing today. if a president has to look over his shoulder or her shoulder every time
direct action, president biden says the strikes were defensive, meant as a deterrent. the houthis are vowing to not back down and experts in the region believe them. is this the moment israel s war officially expanded into a regional war. if so, who else might get dragged in. turkish president erdogan slapped the u.s. and the uk for what he called a disproportionate use of force and so did iraq, warning such strikes don t deter but rather expand the scope of the war. like hamas and hezbollah, the houthis are backed by iran to which the white house issued another warning this morning. here was nfc s john kirby. we re not looking for conflict with iran, and there s no reason to escalate beyond what happened over the last few days by the houthis, they are the ones who have been escalating. we re not looking for conflict with iran. that said, we know that iran supports the houthis, we know that they supply them with the missiles and drones, the same things they have been using
fewer than five hours out from the cnn republican presidential debate and nikki haley and ron desantis facing off five days before iowa voters set the race, is this a fight for second place? else on capitol hill when hunter biden shows up unexpectedly crashing a hearing holding him in contempt of congress. you are the epitome of white privilege, coming into the oversight committee and spitting in her face. we can hear from hunter biden. you should have the courtesy and don t act like nimrods. hunter biden abruptly walked out. a judge says not so fast on donald trump taking the stand. welcome to the lead, i am pamela brown, jake tapper is out, he will moderate the republican presidential debate with dana bash between ron desantis and nikki haley, the two candidates searching for a breakthrough that could position them to become the one and only viable challenger to donald trump who is the favorite to win his search straight republican nomination. nikki haley trails d
joins me live to discuss the new strategy. and, rebellion, speaker kevin mccarthy s far-right flank isn t happy, and that has messed things up in the house. could a government shutdown be in our future? i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. it has been a rough week for twice impeached, and twice indicted former president donald trump. you re seeing a former president of the united states under the espionage act of 1917. it wasn t meant for this. and act for a crime so heinous that only the death penalty would do. it s one of the most outrageous and vicious legal theories ever put forward in an american court of law. the espionage act has been used to go after traitors and spies, it has nothing to do with a former president legally keeping his own documents. okay, let s be clear. the classified documents, legally did not belong to trump. which is why on tuesday donald trump had to surrender at a miami federal court to face 37 counts of mishandling cl
late on sunday the us national transportation safety board or ntsb confirmed the part had been found by a member of the public in his backyard in portland. i am excited to announce that we have found the door plug. thank you, bob. i will not give you bob s last name, but bob contacted us at witness@ntsb.gov with two photos of the door plug and said he found it in his back yard. it s the latest controversy to affect the boeing 737 max airliner, since it was launched back in 2015. 189 people died when a 737 max operated by indonesia s lion air, crashed into the java sea in october 2018 13 minutes after take off. then in march 2019 a 737 max operated by ethiopian air went down 6 minutes after take off from addis abbaba killing all 157 people on board. the jet was grounded worldwide for 20 months. a us investigation found boeing had failed in its design and development of the max. us aviation regulators were also criticised. our business correspondent, theo leggett, has b