the weekend in the state making their closing arguments in a state that can make or break their campaigns. fighting hate and extremism is p president biden s focus when he speaks from the same south carolina church that a wall street shot and killed nine parishioners. and the secretary of defense is still in the hospital as washington demands answers. why did he and his staff wait days to tell the white house that a criminal member of the chain of command was in the icu. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics . first, breaking news, donald trump is asking a judge to throw out the election subversion case against him in georgia. the former president s legal team just filed a motion claiming presidential immunity, just like they have in other cases. paula reed has been going through the court filings. what s his reasoning, paula, for wanting immunity in this particular case? reporter: dana, this is all familiar. the president s lawyers argue a ing
getting new reaction from the biden administration on defense secretary austin s decision to hide his hospital stay. just a short time ago john kirby told a reporter no change regarding austin s position, despite growing calls for resignation. hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany, here with emily compagno and harris faulkner. hudson institute senior fellow rebecca heinrichs and fox news contributor and host of guy benson show, guy benson. austin s ordeal began december 22 right-hand, when he underwent a procedure at walter reed and returned to intensive care unit last monday with severe pain. austin s next in command was given some duties next day but not told he was in the hospital. the white house had no clue that the secretary of defense was hospitalized. senior pentagon officials and congress learn the news on friday. austin s condition was closely guarded. one dod official was told the secretary was working from home. austin is recovering in the hospital
the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. collins starts now. see you tomorrow. captions by vitac www.vitac.com classified documents case. plus four hours a day. israel has now agreed to humanitarian pauses in gaza to let civilians move to safer ground and let aid in. the question is, could it also provide a break through on getting hostages out? the cia director is having secret meetings in the middle east. and a political earthquake rocking washington tonight, as senator joe manchin has announced he is not going to seek re-election, leaving a blue seat open in a deeply red state. does it also open a door to run against president biden? i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. we start with two exclusives for you tonight. we have the first cnn interview with former president trump s former lawyer, who quit the classified documents case over the summer. and it comes on a night when cnn has learned who could be testifying against donal
Concussion. [ light laughter ] according to politico, senior white house adviser Jared Kushner lost his top secret security clearance on friday, because as it turns out, you have to be 18 [ laughter and applause ] youve got to be 18 years old. President trump today endorsed senator ted cruz for reelection ahead of next weeks republican primary in texas [ audience boos ] and when he heard that, ted cruz smiled so big, eight babies started crying. [ laughter and applause ] an msnbc host said this morning that First Lady Melania Trump and ivanka trump have been given fake jobs at the white house. But melania says its no problem for her because shes used to faking it. [ laughter and applause ] according to cnn white house chief of staff, john kelley he was not happy about ivanka trumps trip to south korea for the olympic closing ceremony. I guess my question is, how can you tell . Thats the happiest hes ever looked. [ light laughter ] that picture was taken while he was watching his niece
[ light laughter ] [ audience ohs ] this brings us to a new segment entitled it slowly dawns on seth that this man is our president. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] seth this man is our president. [ light laughter ] announcer this has been it slowly dawns on seth that this man is our president. [ cheers and applause ] seth thats right. President trump said i really believe id run in there even if i didnt have a weapon. I got to say, i find it hard to believe trump would voluntarily run inside a place of education. [ laughter ] the only way he would run inside is if a reporter asked you a question outside. [ light laughter ] in a new interview, President Trump repeated his suggestion that teachers should be armed with firearms. Teachers do our countrys most important work, they shape our nations future leaders and deserve our utmost respect. But do we really want to give guns to people who havent fully mastered chalk . [ light laughter ] according to the washington post, russian spies hacked