under anesthesia without his deputy being under aware. also tonight on the 2024 campaign trail, nikki haley now a single digits of donald trump in the first primary state. the question is, does this make a case for narrowing the gop field? we will ask our political experts. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. with just six days to go before the first vote in the 2024 primary race, donald trump was in a courtroom in washington today, hoping to evade charges for attempting to overturn that last election. but the three federal appeals court judges before whom seemed deeply skeptical about the absolute immunity from prosecution for anything that he did while in office. this case is not only only make or break for donald trump, it could also impact future presidents determining on how they rule. the public can listen in on these remarkable arguments being made, which included moments like this one with a strike in hypothetical. could a president order seal team six
along with analysts chuck rosenberg and lisa rubin. what can we expect based on arguments put forward in advance by both sides? reporter: to set the scene, because donald trump is here in person the security has really been ramped up. there s a much greater police presence. in terms of in the courtroom, this is a long shot for donald trump, this idea that a former president can t be prosecuted for any acts whited while serving in offense, it s belied by the fact that gerald ford pardoned richard nixon. this three-judge panel is an all-female panel with two judges appointed by president biden and one appointed by former president george h.w. bush. in addition to arguing immunity, trump lawyers are also making the argument that this produce is improper under double jeopardy. ken, i need to interrupt you because the hearing is starting. let s listen in right now. our jurisdiction was challenged by an amicus. you are not questioning our collateral order jurisdiction? [indis
thank you so much for spending part of your tuesday with. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber, i want to hear what you have to say about the novel legal arguments we heard today. i appreciate that. we rely as well. we watch you, novel, extreme, dangerous, you re ono something. we re going to get to it. thank you, appcie it. welcome to the beat, i am ari melber, today marked the most controversial court hearing in the coup of donald trump. we can see the motorcade driving up to the washington courthouse today. some important things happened. trump pulled up so that he, the defendant, could attend this crucial appeals hearinwhh determines if this march coup trial will happen or not. trump and psktfuelga context laid out. i want to start withhe key developments that we learned from this hearing. one, trump is likely to lose. the judges were very skeptical, across the hearing of these extreme claims. most accounts of the hearing reported on that and how all three jud
eastern here on msnbc. our coverage continues right now with katy tur reports good to be with you. i m katy tur. tomorrow marks the three-year anniversary of the january 6th. in just a few minutes, president biden will give his first 2024 campaign speech marking that day, and warning americans the threat of that day still hangs over them. but what was the threat of that day? because in the years since january 6th, 2021, perceptions among some, especially republicans, have shifted. that trump wasn t responsible, that the fbi was really behind it, that it was no big deal or not that big of a deal. here s the thing, even in the best of circumstances, memory is fallible, time warps and shades it and in the world we live in, bad actors and disinformation corrupt it. let s go back for a moment to those moments to what they were really like in realtime. here s a small portion of our broadcast on that day as the capitol was breached. we re getting a report from our producer
three very, very good people in. they re great people. very smart people. i just hope that they re going to be fair. because the other side please the ref. well, the courts decision coming shortly after president joe biden mentioned trump in the riot multiple times in a major campaign speech in pennsylvania. take a listen. trump said that there was a lot of love on january the 6th. the rest of the nation, including law enforcement, saw a lot of hate. and violence. one capitol police officer called it medieval battle. that same officer called vile racist names. he said it was more afraid in the capital of the united states of america in the chambers then when he was fighting as a soldier in the war in iraq. with today marking the third anniversary of the deadly riot, new videos emerging of the mob gathered outside the house chamber door talking with two republican lawmakers, who had broken windows. what was said in just a moment for you. all of this is coming with just