Indicted for you. With gop voters have second thoughts about making him their nominee. Plus inside of his legal strategy. Weve never had a situation where a spirited debate about the constitution has become a criminal case. Is that trumps strongest defense . And will a federal judge punish him for a threatening post on social media . I dont think this judge or this prosecutor are going to tolerate that. And President Biden is running for reelection on a strong economy. Bidenomics is restoring the american dream. Could he convince voters that his plans are working . Welcome to inside politics sunday, im abby phillips. As Donald Trumps legal peril grows so does his anger at everyone he holds responsible. Last night he unleashed his fury on President Biden an the Special Counsel. Were kicking bidens ass, and that is the problem. And if i wasnt, if i wasnt, we wouldnt be under investigation by der ranged jack smith. Forces put forward by the sham, the sham indictment. And i believe hes men
liable for everything he did while he was in office. didn t get away with anything yet. we have a criminal justice system in this country. we have civil litigation. and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one. even mitch mcconnell knew back in 2021 that trump can face criminal charges. well, now, trump s lawyer is making the absurd argument that a president can commit all kinds of heinous crimes and remain immune from prosecution forever. unless he s impeached and convicted. also tonight, trump s rhetoric is having dangerous consequences. as both special counsel jack smith and judge tanya chutkan are targets of swatting. and trump s big hope for 2024, he says he hopes the u.s. economy crashes some time soon. which of course, would leave huge numbers of his maga supporters jobless and broke. but we begin tonight with a hypothetical question. could a sitting president sell pardons or military secrets or order the navy seals to assassinate a
courage to look at me in my face. an emotional day in memphis where the five warmer police officers charged with the murder of tyre nichols appeared in court together with the nichols family for the first time. all five pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression. the judge addressing the court room emphasizing the case could take some time. we understand there may be some high emotions in this case which we ask that you continue to be patient with us. reporter: attorneys for the officers began to reveal how their defense would take shape. he was doing his job at that time and there has been no information that we have seen that indicates that there is any sort of information that we can rely on to say that it is murder. reporter: when asked if his client had any regrets i think the regret is that he was a police officer that night. reporter: another warning, not
Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Theres no shortage of news today in the legal troublesing the disgraced expresident and current gop front runner, including a third trump lawyer and fourth trump associate earlier today Pleading Guilty in the Fulton County Criminal Election interference case. We begin with a moment years in the making at Aen Manhattan courthouse. The disgraced expresident coming face to face with Michael Cohen, the former fixer who said he would take a bullet for donald trump now, Star Witness In That Civil Fraud Trial that threatens to bring down the trump business empire. Here is what Michael Cohen said on arrival at court today. Let me just turn around and say that this is not about donald trump vs. Michael cohen. This is about accountability, plain and simple. We leave it up to the judge in order to make all the duststorm nations. I thank you all for coming. A few hours later in what he called a, quote, heck of a reunion, he took the stand in the 250 million civi
Our viewers in the United States and Around The World. This is cnns continuing breaking News Coverage of iran strike on israel. Im christiane, Amanpour In London alongside my colleague Alex Marquardt In Washington. And were learning more about iran is unprecedented attack on israel this morning, iran says it targeted the base. Israel used to strike the iranian consulate in damascus the idf says more than 300 missiles house and drones were fired in yesterdays attack the majority were fired from iran itself, but some were launched from iraq. And yemen. Only a few were able to peers the defenses hitting an air base in Southern Israel causing minor damage. And there are no reports of major injuries or deaths suffered directly from the strikes. Israel says, the us, britain, and france also acted during the strikes. Us forces intercepted more than 70 oneway Attack Drones and at least three Ballistic Missiles, according to two, us officials familiar with the matter. And this morning, tehran s