democrats controlling the senate chamber. although this hour, counteroffer for a hostage deal from the terrorist group hamas, which is calling for complete cease-fire. i m going to get the reaction from the father of nine-year- old emily hand. she spent nearly 2 months in hamas captivity. leading this hour, the major ruling earlier today for a three-judge appeals court panel agreeing that donald trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he may have committed when he was president, getting trump s team until end february 12, monday, to file emergency action with the u.s. supreme court if they want to afield. let s get straight to cnn s caitlin collins. this was more than just a denial of donald trump s legal arguments. it was the judge s unanimously rejecting and repudiating donald trump s actions around january 6. yeah, they said it could be criminal. jake, they noted all this is what laid out in the indictment from jack smith so they used the words allegation
biden s remarks, despite a switch from mitch mcconnell joining the house speaker and donald trump in trying to kill the bill without even a vote in congress. shuttle diplomacy. secretary of state tony blinken on his fifth trip throughout the middle east today, trying to strike a deal to pause the war in gaza and free the hostages. he is expected to speak this hour. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. there s crushing legal defeat for donald trump. today s d.c. court of appeals ruling says the former president, who the court calls citizen trump, has no right to the sweeping immunity he claimed from all prosecution. he can now face trial for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election, barring some future decision if the supreme court takes the case. the former president is expected to appeal to the high court. today s ruling was unanimous and signed by the court making it more likely that the high court could just decline to consider any challeng
the remaining hostages have been confirmed dead. it comes amid a visit by antony blinken, who says he continues to believe an agreement can be reached to fall an agreement can be reached to fall an agreement can be reached if all the fighting. a court in washington has ruled donald trump does not have immunity. the former president has claimed for several years that he s protected from multiple cases that he s facing. he s likely to peel. he is found a mother guilty after involuntary manchild after her son killed four students manslaughter likely to appeal. and king charles has been seen in public for the first time since his cancer diagnosis was revealed. he is photographed with the queen consort smiling and waving in london. a very good evening. donald trump can be prosecuted for his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. it sets up overturn the 2020 election. it sets up a likely trial date sometime in late spring or early summer. trump s lawyers argued a president mu
joining us to break this down, andrew weissman, an nbc news contributor. what are the top lines of the ruling, the 57-page ruling that has a lot of information in it. good morning, josé. it sure does. this is an unsigned ruling by a three-judge panel of two, appointed by democrats and one appointed by a republican. a unanimous ruling that rejected trump s arguments about why he should be immune as acts of a president. and quoted from an 1882 supreme court decision that says all officers from the government from the highest to the lowest are creatures of the law and bound to obey it. and the judges added it would be a striking paradox that the president with the duty to take care the laws be faithfully executed is the sole officer of defying those laws with impunity. the opinion makes clear other presidents assumed they could be prosecuted, and therefore ford pardoned nixon for the watergate crimes after leaving office, and this is the first time a court has ever rendered t
perino. it s 5:00 in negotiating city new york city. president biden promises a response is coming to the deadliest attack of our troops in years. we lost three brave soldiers and we shall respond. the president and i will not tolerate attack on u.s. forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the u.s. troops. we will respond to any aggression and hold responsible to the people who attacked our troops. we will do so at a time and a place of our choosing. so far it s all talk no action right now the administration is dealing with its failure to deter iran backed terror troops who launched a drone strike that killed three american soldiers. the pentagon releasing the photos and the names of the three soldiers stationed as a base called tower 22 between jordan and syria. sources confirm the drone had got past air defense at the base because it was mistaken for a u.s. drone expected to return at the same time. the pentagon and white house not confirming th