starting with just weeks to go until the start of the 2024 presidential race. gop frontrunner donald trump just scored a major legal victory against special counsel jack smith in that the supreme court issued a one-sentence judgment yesterday bluntly rejecting smith s request to fast track arguments on the former president s immunity case. so what comes next? evan perez breaks it down. reporter: the u.s. supreme court rejected a request by federal prosecutors to skip the appellate court and have the high court decide whether donald trump has immunity from prosecution in the election subversion charges. the decision deals a significant blow to special counsel jack smith s effort to keep a march 4th trial date on track. that s a lot harder now that prosecutors will have to wait several weeks while the d.c. court of appeals weighs the same questions. trump argues he has immunity. he also claims because he was impeached by the house of representatives and acquitted by the senat
Of Angela Merkel in germany and theresa may in britain who praised the move and said it was right an humanitarian thing to do. We have the meeting the president is talking with his chinese counterpart talking about thorny economic issues. He left open the possibility that could include the north korean issue. Blake burman is there keeping track of breaking developments. Reporter neil, actually a couple things. He stuck to the script as it relates to china. Of course the president is here at maralago for his meeting with the chinese president , xi xinping. They will, afterc wrapping up e bilateral a little while ago, have a working lunch. It will be the end of a visit between the two leaders. No mention from that message with the president about syria. No mention about north korea. The president somewhat sticking to the script there, essentially trying to declare Mission Accomplished as it relates to this chinese visit. Going in Administration Officials were telling us, dont expect any
Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im del walters and flags flying half state in washington in honor of scalia. Preparations underway for his funeral and his body is back in virginia after his death in texas and sparked a partisan battle on who may take his place on the Supreme Court and vowing to block the nomination and vibing vikara begins the coverage. Reporter took america and congress by surprise the death of Justice Scalia after being on the bench since 1996 appointed by ronald regan and hot button of the cultural war the battles fought for decades now handled by the Supreme Court that this has already become such a volatile issue and consider the docket for the balance of the Supreme Court term, cases involving affirmative action, involving abortion, involving pos executive actions on immigration and whether or not they are going to be legal. These are vital issues not only to americans in general but in an Election Year to the base of both parties both conserv
Executive editor of defense one. Good morning. We wake up to this headline in usa today about ramadi and isis, iraqi forces claiming a victory, the Islamic State losing ground in syria. Its the third major defeat. What is ahead . On the ground, the next two raqqa, the mosul and headquarters of isis. Interesting. We had a couple lowerlevel city wassaying the liberated, and in the same breath, they said, we havent gone in yet. Fromight, we have heard the spokesman for u. S. Forces in iraq saying, using language little bit more measured like, we congratulate the iraqis on their progress in the city. There are parts of the city that are still not liberated. This is not a total victory. In your what to watch in 2016 piece in defense one, you talk about the antiisis campaign. Talk more broadly. This isnt just iraq and the u. S. How do you expect the campaign to play itself out . Who else might be involved who is not involved now . Its more of the same. The president has said more frequently
We want to start off today with a debate closer to home gas prices. Congress is considering raising the federal gas tax. The money could be used on bridges and infrastructure. We want to get your thoughts and comments on this issue. You can also join in on the conversation, many already have, on our Facebook Page. Or send us a tweet. Good sunday morning to you. Front page of the Washington Post focusing on two big stories. First of all, in france, the Prime Minister saying that the country is at war. Next to that, jeb bush and mitt romney beginning to maneuver on a potential bush romney primary in 2015. I want to share the story with you from cnbc on gas prices. According to the aaa, gas prices have dropped putting over 14 billion in the pockets of consumers. The question of whether or not the congress should increase the tax rate it is argued that consumers can take it. Speaker the house john boehner sharing his thoughts. How we will funded, we will have to work our way through this.