right now on early start, the new poll releasing this very minute showing nikki haley is closing the gap on donald trump in one early primary state. plus the republican front runner planning to be in court just hours from now while his lawyers argue he s immune from prosecution. hi, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. good to see all of you. i m omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 9th. we are we have a lot of news to get to. let s get going. we want to start with 5:00 a.m. in washington. we have a brand new cnn poll for you all. that poll shows donald trump s lead narrowing as nikki haley surges. the former president now at 39% of likely gop primary voters with haley just 7 points behind at 32%. the rest of the field hovers at least 20 points further back in the poll taken just this week. chris christie is at 12% fo followed by vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis in single digits. now trump is roughly where he was
now with trays. andres gallagher information mcauley and this is the story, right now prosecution about an hour in the closing arguments and former president trump s criminal trial. the greatest leire of all time. outside the courtroom stark reminder that all of this is happening against the backdrop of the 2024 election the biden campaign holding a news conference during robert de niro. cream trump weekly firing back. watch. we don t want to act wake up after the election saying again? my god. what the hell have we done? if you don t think this is politics why do the democrats will out a retread like robert de niro to try to change the size subject? hannah brandt has been inside and take but first to the correspondent nate foy he is life are as outside the courtroom as you has been for the past few weeks. good afternoon. hi, trace. right now prosecutors are really addressing michael cohen s credibility concern saying former president donald trump picked coh
some significant legal developments that we could see here. etc. specifically, two alelemen of his defense. the argument of impeachment, and the other is the question of jurisdiction. how do you see those factors playing into this? and how might we see those factors play into today s argu arguments? i think on the issue of impeachment, it s a hard argument to make. there s guidance from the justice department, the office of legal counsel as it relates to impeachment saying that this is trump 1973. you can be impeached. you can also be prosecuted. it doesn t end as it relates to that. so that s going to be an important argument, but i think it s a failed argument. as far as any jurisdictional points, the bottom line is that the justice department has a duty and responsibility to prosecute crimes. innocent until proven guilty, no question about it. but the reality is that should
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