continue to follow breaking news and an extraordinary request by special counsel jack smith at the supreme court decide to whether the former president have immunity from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office, this will be the first time the high court could weigh in on the historic prosecution of the former president. joining us now is a senior supreme court analyst job is cubic and paula reid. so, paula, this is a pretty aggressive move from the special counsel. what is the play? that is exactly right, this is the first time the special counsel jack smith has gone to the supreme court, he is asking it to decide if the former president is immune from criminal prosecution. that is a constitutional question that has never been decided, but really what is at stake is the timing of trump s first criminal trial. trump has been litigating this issue of immunity, he lost at the district court level and signaled he would appeal, the next stop would usually be
a major development in the investigation into former president donald trump and his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. news that the special counsel plans to go directly to the supreme court to answer some key questions about immunity in this prosecution. plus, new polls and major questions for president biden. right now, he is trailing former president trump in two critical battleground states that helped propel bite into the white house in 2020, so is it time for a new approach? we will dive into the numbers. and back on x get elon musk welcomes conspiracy theorist alex jones back to the platform to bubble the decision cost him? we are following these major developing stories and more coming in right here on cnn news central. we start this afternoon with a stunning development today in russia. a key critic and chief political rival of vladimir putin is now missing. allies of russian opposition leader a.j. alexy noah vonleh said they have not had contac