For first time in this countrys history a former president of the United States has been charged with felonies committed while he was president. This one is about the threat to our democracy. Targeted, obstructing a Bedrock Function of the u. S. Government. The government has had three years to investigate this and now they want to rush this to trial in the middle of political season. What does that tell you . He oversaw or directed the activity of those involved supposed to protect our country, support our country, support our constitution and protect our constitution. This indictment goes to the heart of our democracy. Behind the scenes hes very angry, much more rattled than hes projecting. Politically motivated and election interference at its finest. We need to recognize that he needs to be held accountable. Donald trump failed the country and put his own interests over those of the United States. As you can see theres so much to get to this morning, were glad youre with us on cnn
faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal laws. a skeptical response to donald trump s immunity claims by one of the three federal appeals judges who heard arguments yesterday. we ll get expert legal analysis on that hearing. straight ahead, it comes just days before the iowa caucuses. nikki haley and ron desantis are in the state trying to cut trump s large lead while he is tied up with those legal issues. also ahead, the latest on the health scare for the secretary of defense. we re learning more about the medical issues that landed lloyd austin in the icu. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 10th. i m in for jonathan lemire. a decision could come as early as today fro the three judge appeals court panel that heard president trump s presidential immunity claim. prosecutors and lawyers for the former president made their oral arguments yesterday in washington, d.c. trump s legal team appealed an earlier ruling by federal judge
desantis as you mentioned, trump is going to skip the debate, desantis voters are the voters that he s going after are the same voters in donald trump s camp, so in some ways ron desantis will be an avatar for donald trump. for nikki haley, how much to hit desantis who agree with trump align it. donald trump not at that debate. last night florida governor desantis was asked during a town hall about the issue of immunity for donald trump, here s how the presidential candidate respond zmrd i m not exactly sure. i think it s a novel issue, i think the d.c. circuit will rule against him, it s liberal circuit. it raises the issues for
terrible isn t actually crim criminal. 36 mentions of knowingly, i heard from people last night who said we didn t necessarily see anything brand new that gets to that point in terms of evidence or what prosecutors collect zmrd i m a paper guy, another word that appears in there, the word deceit is where the allegation is to trick other people. page 30 of the indictment references the point at which donald trump said i think we have to hand this over to the next guy. the guys who won the election. he s acknowledged that he lost. our colleague alyssa farah griffin has testified that he
welcome back. ten minutes before the hour and really, a horror in oklahoma as searchers continue their work through the middle of the night and people await word. it s now been more than 12 hours since the giant tornado hit oklahoma city metro area. here, now, a brief look back at the first few hours of how this all unfold zmrd we got a tornado on the ground. as we continue to look back towards the west, this whole area is demolished. it s a big tornado and it is heading directly for the town of meeker. the school took a direct hit. there are at least 15 children trapped under this