In one state already and also a Defendant Facing Charges by the very doj that he would run if elected. Kamala harris invokes this on the campaign trail, and it was a theme at the dnc. I took on perpetrators of all kinds, so hear me when i say, i know Donald Trumps type. For kamala, Practicing Law was always about protecting the vulnerable and giving the victims a voice. I cant wait to see her prosecute the case against donald trump on the debate stage. In the courtroom, i stood proudly before a judge, and i said five words. Kamala harris for the people. My entire career, i have only had one client. The people. Harris aides see that record as an asset. Many voters now tuning back in, and they want to know, what did she do as a prosecutor . While critics have questioned if her whole record is a good thing in itself. Which brings us to our Special Report leading off the program right now. On what it means that harris was a prosecutor, what did she do, and how is it relevant . Well, off th
is a u.s. president above the law? the lead starts right now. donald trump s day in court, as his legal team argues by the former president cannot be prosecuted, even if his actions were criminal. site i have skepticism from the judges will not decide how this case proceeds. six days before the crucial contest in iowa. a new cnn poll from another key primary state, chose a candidate gaining ground on the gop front runner. the defense secretary, treated for prostate cancer. the pentagon has been pressed on his hospital status. or the president didn t know one of his top cabinet members was in the hospital, and couldn t do his job. welcome to the lead. on pamela brown, in for jake tapper. getting ready for tomorrow s cnn republican presidential debate. we start today with our law and justice lead. donald trump, in a federal courtroom. lawyers say that he should be immune from facing charges for any alleged crimes that he committed while in office. the three appeals court
for access into even greater doubt. we ll explain all that and more. i m ayman, let s get started. election denialism and conspiracies have a stranglehold on republicans. sitting politicians, party activists, everyday registered republicans. the idea that elections, multiple elections, plural here, have been stolen and that it s only republican elections that have been stolen is now common wisdom from many corners of the gop. just last night, the michigan republican party elected christina karamo as their new chair. here s a quick refresher for you. she s a 2020 election denier. he lost her race for secretary of state by 14 points in last year s midterms. she has refused to concede her race, making countless baseless claims of election fraud. instead, in arizona, kari lake is still fighting the results of her gubernatorial election, and late this week, the arizona court of appeals rejected lake s challenge of her loss to now governor katie hobbs. it s the second court rulin
but i want to hear from one more person, the disgraced former president himself. i think it s likely final investigative hearing on thursday, all nine members of the committee voted to subpoena the twice impeached insurrectionist president to compel him to testify. liz cheney, the committees republican vice chair, said more than 30 witnesses invoked their fifth amendment right against self incrimination when they were interviewed. many of them, like roger stone and john eastman did so to avoid answering questions about their interactions in discussions with the former president. now, by subpoenaing him, the committee is giving trump the chance to clear things up. the chances of that happening highly in likely. and we think he knows how to do it deflect, deny, and lie, it was meant to take responsibility for his words and actions under oath. and a couple of months ago, trump invoked his fifth amendment right nearly 40 and 50 times when he was deposed by new york state attorney
day weekend right now, more than 100 million people are at risk of severe weather as deadly and destructive storms. sweep across the central us these new threats come just hours after powerful storms killed at least 13 people across the south overnight, at least four of those killed were children homes were obliterated. 18 wheelers flipped over and power lines knocked out coming back to visualization right now for the first time, knowing that i was just here and it s all destroyed. it it s mind-blowing. i m still trying to process it. it s shock this everything you had worked so hard for all these years is don cnn s ed. lavandera is in valley view, texas and meteorologist, at elisa rafah is tracking the storms from the weather center. so ed, let s begin with you. i mean, bad. i mean terrible damage behind you. how are people doing? trying to capture the magnitude of the devastation that we re finding here invalid the texas, which is just north of the dallas, fort worth