as trump s lawyers are arguing? or is that claim not just constitutionally wrong, but also say license for future presidents to commit crimes while in office, as the justice department argues? and on the eve of a hearing on the question of whether trump can be prosecuted for his actions while in office, we are learning incredible new details about what donald trump said on january 6 and what h did and did not do. thanks t testimony, to the special l closest aides, the deputy chief of staff dan scavino. from that reporting, quote, sources say scavino told smith s investigators as the violence began to escalate that day, trump was just not interested in doing more to stop it sources also say that the former trump aidk luna told federal investigators that when trump wa informed that then-vice president mike pence had to be ush rushed to a secure location, trump responded so what. luna saw an unexpected willingness by trump to let potential harm come to a long time loyalist. and
today. in saying that i think the supreme court will look for an off-ramp. i don t think the supreme court is ready to deny donald trump a place on the ballot. having said that, i also agree with her that he s got a much bigger problem with his immunity claims. looking at his briefs, looking at what he s claiming on immunity, you know, as we say in the ozarks, that dog don t hunt. and it is going to be, i think, very difficult for him to maintain the legal position that somehow because he was the sitting president of the united states, he could somehow prevent votes from being counted in this country and democracy having its way. lisa, i had a conversation with one of the conservative jurists who claire is sort of referring to about the 14th amendment case. here s what he told me on the weekend. this will be one of the most consequential supreme court decisions for both american democracy and for american politics, since the founding of the nation.
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, showdown ant camp david. the world s heavyweights are in the ring. the g-8 leaders arriving today. president obama having them all as guests at camp david. a fancy dinner, play a bunch of games and hang out, and literally, that s what it s like. but it s also going to be a little bit like, like a boxing fight. like the fight where tyson took off the ear of evander holyfield. they re going to take it all off and fight. [ bell rings ] reporter: francois hollande the challenger, wants to borrow a boat load of money and say sayonara to the money cuts. and telling angela merkel her aus tear ways are over. the ref, the guy with the smile hoping not to get hit with body blows or parts is barack obama. a big decision to make. will he side with more cuts or will he risk his presidency saying he wants to bore mow more money now to save the economy? all smiling aside, this choice may determine if america remains the world s biggest and best. one p