happening now, president biden delivers an impassioned plea to african american voters in south carolina, hoping the state that propelled hem to the democratic nomination in 2020, can recharge his reelection campaign, this as top republican hopefuls hit the final stretch with just one week under the iowa caucuses. in georgia, donald trump is asking a judge to throw out the state s election subversion case against him. the former president once again claiming immunity, the same argument a federal court will hear tomorrow with trump in tapedance. plus, we have breaking news about the terrifying mid flight fuselage blowout aboard an alaska airlines plane. now united airlines says it s uncovered loose bolts on the own flight of boeing 737-max-9 aircraft. i m object object, you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with president biden ramping up his reelection campaign, the president trying to rally support from african american voters, a key piece of his winning coa
right, scott? yeah. i think the most egregious thing will was calling them hostages. you said it, wolf, these people are going through the criminal justice process. some have been convicted, some are still going to trial, but these people are not hostages. i know people appeared you know people who were in the capitol that day to feared mo their lives. it was a terrible day, but this is obviously he thinking motivating for his political base. i think it s extremely limiting for him politically. there s a whole bunch of independents, even some democrats, who are not happy with joe biden, but want nothing to do with the idea of whitewashing january 6th, trying to claim something that happened that is different from what we saw with our own eyes. guys, thank you very, very much. be sure to tune into the
presidential immunity is a lightning rod phrase that some people believe that it means the president can be above the law but experts say, that s not the case. former president and his lawyers say that presidential immunity extends. that basically means that you cannot be sued or criminally prosecuted for certain acts, as president of the united states. why is there an idea that the president should be criminally prosecuted for an act committed during their time in the white house. the heart of the argument on this immunity, is that a president has to be able to move forward and make decisions in a rapid pace and he can t be subject to lawsuits for any act that he takes, whatever act that is, that he can t be tied up in court rather than acting as president. but he said that applies mainly to civil lawsuits, not
call themselves part of the advance team, right, in congress, republican members of congress closely aligned to former president trump, and so i think the question is in the weeks ahead, the pressure on these members works are you, who are you committed, to who is your allegiance to, to the country, to getting to the bottom of what happened on january 6th or to the former president? and sung min, you re up there every day, the fact that it s been past the boiling point from january 6th and beyond. our colleague dana bash interviewed fred upton on state of the union and the idea of whitewashing january 6th. take a look at how they do things. watched poem go down to the mall and heard the noises and watched what was happening. it was real and shocking. is it shocking to you that so many republicans now are being told it wasn t what you saw?