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from any kind of criminal prosecution related to any action from when he was president you began by explaining why you believe that immunity from criminal prosecution is essential for the proper functioning of the presidency but my question is whether the very robust form of immunity that you re advocating is really necessary in order to achieve that result. if the potential for criminal liability is taken off the table wouldn t there be a significant risk that future presidents would be emboldened to commit crimes with abandon while they re in office in addition to these two cases, there s also a brand new criminal indictment from arizona in an alleged to attempt to overturn the 2020 election in that state. this one charges 18 different individuals, eight trump allies from his inner circle and 11 republican electors in arizona. arizona secretary of state he s gonna join me this hour to discuss, but let s start this hour with that immunity case before the us supreme cou ....
manhattan courtroom and get a readout of the oral argument in washington, dc, it may be over a lunch break, over a courthouse, deli sandwich. the question before the supreme court does a former president have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for anything related to his actions while in the white house let s put it in plainer language here is a former president above the law. no make no mistake with the supreme court decides may very well-defined this election and don t think donald trump does not know it for a single second. that s why he s been on a tear about immunity for months now. if a president doesn t have full immunity, you really don t have a president, a president of the united states has to have immunity. if you don t have immunity, you can be black, then you have to have a guaranteed immunity for president, president has seven immunity as a president, you have to have immunity immunity seems to be the operative word here. but the fact is, no ....
months of standstill intentions within the house republican conference. notably did not include security provisions but welcome to fox news like i amark emmanuel. she is not backing off her plan to try to oust a speaker johnson though she did not give specifics about timing or how he would be replaced. madeleine rivera is light on capitol hill following all of this weakens congressional drama. good afternoon. motion to vacate speaker michael johnson just yet. marking a major victory what is been otherwise in his leadership are today he s getting a bipartisan praise for getting that 95 at billion-dollar 95 bin aid package through the house. said to have you back america. he became the man from the district in louisiana to the speaker of the united states. and look at the entire world had to carry the burden of that and make the right decision. rank and file member at johnson largely oppose funding for ukraine. he cited his debriefings from intelligence officials ....
to this morning. five things to know for this wednesday, september 20th. in just hours, attorney general merrick garland will testify before congress, and he will say he is not the president s lawyer, and not congress s prosecutor. and keeping our eyes on the capitol, republican dysfunction in the house, it continues. a handful of far right conservatives blocking debate on a pentagon spending bill as the clock ticks down to a government shutdown. and donald trump s ex-assistant says the former president told her to play dumb about classified documents according to reports. new federal charges in the fentanyl death of a 1-year-old child at a day care center in the bronx. investigators say they found a kilogram of the drug on top of play mats. writers will be back at the negotiating table today after five months of strike as the auto workers strike moves into day six. cnn this morning starts right now. wednesday can be a hard day, middle of the week, hump day, ....
outside a temple in albany in albany. with so much darkness around us, our job is to light our candles and to bring light into this world. i m norah: weekend storm threat. the weekend system that flooded the west had ceased. medical breaktrough? the fda approves a cutting-edge gene editing therapy to be used in humans. did anybody use the word cure? we do. [laughter] norah: we are on the road to tell the story of a frugal man making a difference after his death. forever changed because of his choice of how he lived. norah: good evening and thank you for being with us on this friday night. you want to begin tonight with a very serious criminal charges facing the president s son, hunter biden. the indictment coming down last night, it s breathtaking in its scope, about how the yale trained lawyer allegedly spent years skimming to avoid more than a million dollars in taxes while in the words of prosecutors, living an extravagant lifestyle. the 56 page ind ....