they are about female empowerment. they are making a lot of great strides. but there is always room for improvement, especially when you re making comment for kids. thank you both very much. and new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, january 26th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. breaking overnight, a cnn exclusive. the justice department confirming that prosecutors are looking into a specific event from the plot to overturn the 2020 election. deputy attorney general lisa monaco tells cnn that federal prosecutors are reviewing the fake electoral college certifications from 2020 that falsely declared former president trump the winner of seven states that he lost. on the issue you raised in terms of fraudulent elector certifications has been reported. we ve received those referrals. our prosecutors are looking at those. and i can t say anything more in ongoing investigations. but more broad
be met with a cost that will be severe. here at home, after biden s domestic agenda takes a hit again, the president is now considering changes to his economic strategy, including breaking up the build back better plan into what he called chunks. will senators manchin and sinema get on board? and a brand-new report released just moments ago, states with weaker gun laws have higher rates of firearm-related homicides and suicides. we have those numbers ahead. but we begin with what by all accounts could be an impending invasion. joining us now is cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson live from moscow and cnn national security correspondent kylie atwood at the state department. nic, let s begin with you on the latest, that russia says that it would welcome another call between biden and putin. of course, this coming after president biden saying yesterday that he would be open to perhaps another summit between the two leaders as well. what more are we hearing?
team s prior claim that he can t be prosecuted even if he assassinated, killed, assassinated his political rivals. could a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution. if he were impeached and convicted first so your answer is no. today trump s lawyers argued, quote, a former president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts. they also tried to argue that holding president accountable for his crimes would somehow cripple the office. quote, a denial of criminal immunity would incapacitate every future president with de facto black mail and extorsion. the key to trump s argument is his claim that trying to overturn the election was part of his official amitriptyline acts as president, a claim that is absolute nonsense. trump s filing comparing january 6th to clinton s airstrikes in the middle east, bush s search for weapons of mass destruct
i will. thanks, ari. appreciate it. that does it for us. morning joe starts now. good evening, everyone welcome to the reid out. special counsel jack smith filed his brief with the supreme court opposing donald trump s quest for total immunity. republicans are licking their wounds after yet another election defeat last night. and maryland senator chris van hollande joins me after his powerful floor speech accusing israel of a textbook war crime in gaza. but we begin tonight with peak america. today, in downtown kansas city, missouri, a valentine s day mass shooting erupted as the city was celebrating its third super bowl title in five seasons. a tragic but not so surprising end to what should have been a dynasty cementing moment for kansas city football. instead, today is seared in american memory for a very different and gruesome reason. police say shots were fired as soon as the rally concluded this afternoon. the shooting occurred west of union station near
congressional district. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. today president biden opens his 2024 campaign here with a speech from historic valley forge. his messages to voters about protecting democracy. cnn is picking a fresh look at a potential presidential rematch in november. what the road to the electoral votes can tell us ahead of the big vote this fall. the final jobs report of 2023 will be released later this hour. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and good friday morning. it s the top of. hour. i m phil mattingly. i d audie cornish in new york. donald trump is getting ready to blitz iowa with two campaign rallies as he tries to dominate the caucuses ten days from now. ron desantis and nikki haley racing to close the huge polling gap they face. they sharpen their attacks during dueling cnn town halls last night. haley and desantis making the case to iowa voters that republicans could lose in november if trump is the nomine