opposition leader. hello, i m wolf blitzer in washington and you re in the cnn newsroom right now, donald trump is inside a florida courtroom for a crucial hearing. it could decide when the criminal case over his handling of classified documents goes to trial. the judge is set to determine whether it will move forward as planned. in may or be delayed. trump s lawyers now say they would accept the trial in august. that s three months before election day here in the united states. cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid is outside the courthouse in fort pierce, florida for us. paula, have you heard anything yet from inside the court? yes. well, if we just got our first update, a handwritten note from inside the courthouse, we re learning from our colleagues who are inside watching these proceedings. it s so far the special counsel and trump s lawyers, they have been discussing this larger question of timing such a consequential issue in this case, because we know
from the outside and you say it s all inside, his supporters are saying, these people in the political establishment have been screwing us over for decades. political establishment have been screwing us overfor decades. and this is the one guy who is going after the media, the one guy establishment can t stand, the one guy that even people like mitt romney and the republican party go against, he is part of the deep state and if truly, you have a large part of the american electorate that is mobilised and motivated by the absence of grievance that is utterly court to donald trump s campaign, it should not suppression at all that is approval ratings are only going north among the gop base since all his indictments are being levied against them. these levees are proof of the power of the deep state to take out donald trump who they love. the question of course is always what happens to the independence the middle and which way they go in a general election, not in the primary. l
living with parkinson s disease. richard lewis was 76 years old and thank you for watching news night. laura coates live starts right now with a democracy. well, the jury i mean the supreme court is still out on that one tonight on laura coates why well, it s morning in london and they will woke up with the king, will guess what america you could be going to bed with one that s if the supreme court hands donald trump a get out of jail free card. after all, what is akin, someone who answers to no one can do what he wants it? well, who s going to check them? boo in a democracy? the answer is supposed to be the other two branches of government, right? you co-equal branches, the whole checks and balances thing is all coming back to us now, right? i mean, it s easy to forget these days when the supreme court just announced it s going to take up the question of whether a president has absolute immunity no they re not treating that as some kind of rhetorical question. they re ac
claims major decision that certain further delay his federal election subversion trial tonight we re breaking down the massive impact of the high court s announcement. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room the skis cnn, breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. a pivotal moment in the special counsel s election subversion case against donald trump, the us supreme court announcing it will hear arguments on trump s claims of immunity. cnn s team of journalists is covering this truly historic moment from every angle. first, i want to bring in cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid. paula, how is the supreme court taking this up? well tonight, wolf, it is unclear or former president trump will face federal prosecution before the november election, because tonight the supreme court announced that it will hear your all arguments in late april on trump s appeal, where he argu
trace: martha, bret, thank you. good evening, i m trace gallagher. it s midnight on the east coast, 9:00 here in los angeles, 11:00 p.m. in iowa, and this is america s late news, fox news @ night. there is breaking news tonight, the vote is in and former president trump took a commanding and historic lead in the iowa caucuses tonight, winning by the largest margin ever in that state. he told fox news he is honored and invigorated by the results. meantime, also huge news, ron desantis now projected to win the iowa silver. meantime, coming in second place is desantis with nikki haley just a few points behind, and as you can see, vivek ramaswamy, who came in fourth, has now suspended his campaign and is endorsing donald trump. we have analysis throughout the hour from steve hilton, aaron. nay, and many more. but we begin with team fox coverage. the legal trouble and what to expect in the lead up to super tuesday. but first, to the senior national correspondent rich edson, li