laws were broken after lloyd austin was in the icu for days without telling the president. new safety concerns. a piece of a flight blew off the plane mid-flight. it s now being found on our grounded planes. we begin with breaking news from washington, d.c. a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court heard arguments from donald trump s attorneys. they argue the former president is immune from prosecution because they say his actions questioning the 2020 election results and urging congress to block certification of joe biden s victory were official acts. trump himself was in the courtroom for today s arguments and so was jack smith. the appeals court is hearing this case on an expedited basis. we could get a decision very soon. trump spoke moments ago and said he did not nothing wrong. with us to talk more about this, ryan reilly, who was inside the courtroom, for the arguments, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and a law professor at the university of alabama. she s
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give us his. good day. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. breaking news. several idf soldiers have been killed in an incident in southern gaza. let us go right to matt bradley. he is joining us from tel aviv with more on this. matt, we are not able to get a lot of details yet. what do we do know, you probably have them. what do yoyou know? reporter: they have said that they are investigating this.at by that i mean the israeli defense forces. this was an meincident that the regret. it is not supposed to happen per se. they said that this was a bomb or explosion of some kind that ignited an armored personnel vehicle. some sort of armored vehicle that was caring large number of troops. eight people were killed. the only one we can mentioned is a 23-year-old captain. there were others who are not identified because according to the idf their bodies were so badly burned that they still cannot actually make a positive identification. because of the situation they are saying
in the same area as the plug door that blew out of that plane. tom costello joins us. is this a sign of a larger problem here? could be. that s exactly what the ntsb is looking at. the point is that these were preliminary inspections. alaska airlines did it and united airlines did it. this is not even yet the formal faa required inspection of the door plugs you mentioned. this is just a cursory look. both airlines say they have seen loose parts around that door plug on other planes, on other max 9s. that becomes a bigger question. right? do we have a bigger problem than just one plane? do we have a fleet problem with the 737 max 9? there are 171 in the united states, flown by united and alaska airlines. the fleet is grounded right now. that means neither airline can fly the plane. that means they don t have enough planes. they have been cancelling