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breaking news on capitol hill, congressional leaders come to an agreement they hope will buy them more time to avert a government shutdown. the problem is, speaker johnson will have to convince right-wing republicans to go along. and rising tensions before the second time in two days, the u.s. launches missile strikes against iran-backed militia militia. ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, joins me live to discuss america s growing role in the middle east crisis. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. good evening. thank you for joining us in our brand-new timeslot. we really begin with the iowa caucuses, which are just two days away. and they could be the coldest caucuses ever recorded in the state. right now, temperatures are hovering around zero, with wind chills even lower. today, the clear front runner, donald trump, urged his supporters to brave the cold and show up to caucus, telling them he would be in iowa, possibly as soon ....
Hearing took place on tuesday, at the d.c. federal appeals court, which at any moment could rule on trump s claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, because he was president at the time. both trump and special counsel jack smith or in the courtroom when trump s lawyers made this chilling argument, after one of the three panel judges asked oberg question. could a president who ordered seal team x to assassinate political rival, who was not impeached, would he sject to criminal prosecution? if he were impeached and convicted first. so your answer is no? my swer is qualified yes. there is a political process that would have to occur under our, the structure of the constitution. joining me now, former senator claire mccaskill of virginia, of missouri, sorry claire and. she is also an msnbc political analyst and co-host of the ....
That s who he is. you know, he s not campaigning in iowa, he s campaigning in the courtrooms. he doesn t have to be in that courtroom, he doesn t have to be in any of the courtrooms he s in over the next few weeks. he is choosing to be there, because he knows it plays into his campaign narrative, as a victim, and his narrative that they are coming after him, and he is protecting all of the people who support him. and by the way, let me just say charles, i agree with him that i think is prediction is accurate this week. and i also will go a step further. i think he is right, and he is on to something. i predict the supreme court does not take this case, after the appellate judges in this circuit say no, there is no absolute immunity to a sitting president, and send it back down for trial. well you know what, claire, we are going to talk about that when we come back, after this short break. because i am really curious to know, is it, will it go on . i know i ve got my law ....