right now on ana cabrera reports, the largest ever recorded lead so close to the iowa caucuses. new polling this morning showing donald trump well out front five weeks from those caucuses, just as he doubles down on his vow to be a dictator on day one. plus, an 11th-hour reversal. the former president not taking the witness stand today in the massive new york civil fraud trial. what to expect as the case nears the end. later, at least six people killed after tornadoes ripped tlup tennessee. where this extreme weather is heading next. s heading next thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with new polling out this morning showing donald trump expanding his lead in iowa five weeks out from the caucus, and more than 50% of iowa republicans now say trump is their first choice. this as the gop front-runner doubles down on his controversial comments about being a dictator on day one. i said i want to be a dic
white house starts right now. hey, everyone. 4:00 in new york i m in for nicolle wallace. justice and accountability. more than a year after a harrowing attack that shocked this country, the ongoing political violence at the forefront, the jury found david depape guilty on counts of attempted kidnap taing of a federal official and assaulting a family member of a federal official. talking husband of nancy pelosi, paul pelosi, with a hammer in their home back in october of last year. depape faces life in prison. nancy pelosi they are deeply grateful for outpouring of prayers and warm wishes for mr. pelosi across country during this difficult time. the pelosi family is proud he densated extraordinary bravery and demonstrated in the courtroom this week. he felt in immediate danger when depape arrived at the doorstep in the middle of the night. the nbc news, the door opened a very large man came in with a hammer in one hand, zip ties in the other and he said, where s nancy.
good morning, everyone. big night, big election night. a lot of headlines to get to this morning. a little bit of a narrative shift, perhaps. a little bit? maybe. a lot of bit. democrats celebrating big wins this morning after ohio voters resoundingly say yes to a constitutional right to abortion. they notch victories in virginia and kentucky. that is where democratic governor andy beshear won a second win in that state. a new cnn show president biden losing in a potential rematch to president trump. an evacuation corridor is open for people to get out of northern gaza. that corridor closes next hour. new this morning, the house has censured rashida tlaib for her criticism of israel. 22 democrats joining republicans to reprimand the democrat. and ivanka trump is set to take the stand today, the fourth family member to testify but she s not a defendant in the case. cnn this morning starts right now. and phil is right, a big narrative shift and a huge night
that, donald trump engaged in insurrection. even the colorado court that said he could stay on the ballot said he did do insurrection. i want to put up the number of states where the ballot challenges are happening. this matters. if we have a country where the one person who is allowed to do a coup is the president of the united states, i feel like that s a big problem for us being a democracy. it means no president, to mary s point, would ever have to leave, and in all of these states, if trump cannot be on the ballot, he cannot get to 270 without a lot of without this. so is this now the supreme court deciding in some ways whether we get to stay a democracy? well, it s a hugely important case, as you say, there were two courts, new hampshire and michigan, which refused to kick him off the ballot, for different reasons, but they said that individual state officials shouldn t decide whether or not he committed insurrection because you need enabling
american oversight which has filed anamicks brief saying the appeals court can t take the case at all. it argues supreme court precedent from 1989 prohibits a criminal defendant from immediately appeang an order nying immunity unless the claimed immunity is based on a constituon guarantee there will not be a trial. trump s claims of immunity rest on no such explicit guarantee. given trump has not been convicted or sentenced, his appeal is premature. he can t appeal it yet. is that a strong argument? i think that argument has legs, but has never been decided in the context of presidential immunity. and in civil cases, the supreme court has said there is limited immunity for a president when, in fact it s complete immunity, but limited to situations where the president was acting in the context of their official act. in his official capacity. so in fact, even mr. trump in