you see her there advancing another message, the importance of good sleep. now, she s all grown up, over 30 years later, elmo and sesame street still at work showing us a little support can go a very long way. the reidout with joy reid is up next. tonight on the reidout and we can t just continue to open the border. by the way, we can t pass a bill that possibly would make it harder for trump to do his job. they re not even trying to hide it. the republicans top priority is not securing the border. it s helping donald trump return to the white house. also tonight, president biden is greeted in michigan by pro-palestinian protesters. the mayor of dearborn who recently turned down a meeting with biden s campaign joins me tonight. plus, nbc begins its new deciders focus group series. pennsylvania women who voted for trump last time talk about what they re thinking now, after trump s supreme court overturned women s reproductive rights. and writer, producer, dire
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you are live in the cnn newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with donald trump arguing that lobbying owe election officials to overturn the 2020 election was within his official responsibilities as president. that argument was part of a brief filed last night in which attorneys for the former president asked an appeals court to dismiss his criminal election subversion case, one day after the supreme court refused to decide for now whether he is protected from prosecution. in the filing trump s attorneys argue that, quote, president trump has absolute immunity, the judicial branch cannot sit in judgment over a president s official acts. the legal wrangling could push a verdict into the heat of the 2024 campaign or even after the election if trump is elected he will try to pardon himself. politico argues trump s legal argument seems to be as much about prevailing in the appeals court as a bid to slow down the case against him. let s discuss that and mo