you are in the cnn newsroom. i m paula reid in washington. breaking news special counsel jack smith is pushing back on donald trump s claim of presidential immunity. smith writes in a new court filing tonight that granting a former president absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, quote, threatens to license presidents to commit crimes to remain in office. the rebuttal comes less than two weeks before oral arguments start in the federal election interference case before a u.s. court of appeals. amid trump s many legal troubles, some states have disqualified him in holding public office. at this hour, anti-trump challengers have gotten him removed from the primary ballot in two states based on the united states constitution s ban on insurrectionists holding office. but the decisions are being appealed, and trump s team is expected to file its appeals on tuesday. tonight, at any moment, oregon could become the next state to decide if trump is disqualified from its ball
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that even great leaders have flaws there is none who is righteous, not one is a good book teaches, then we went through a phase we wanted someone we could relate to and likable in someone we wouldn t mind sharing a drink or a meal with, being father likable is not the same as being competent. we don t pick a neurosurgeon based on how fun he or she is at a cocktail party. we don t pick an accountant they sent his or her sense of humor, we picked the person with the most talent with experience, character and ability and the person with the most competent at doing the job. in our politics leans toward someone who captures our frustration disappointment anger and fear and someone who can list the grievances, someone who provides an a reflection of where we are but not necessarily where we should be heading, do we really need someone to tell us where we are, when will we be better served with somebody telling us how to get where we want to go as we reflect on the challenges facing
now. president biden was wrong back in december when he predicted that inflation was at its peak and said this. i think you ll see it change sooner than quicker, more rapidly than it will take than most people think. leader mcconnell is standing by. first, gene sperling. good to have you with used too. the question that comes up again and again is that the messages that we received from all left fields of the white house and treasury have been wrong. so how did you get this so wrong? well, martha, the white house and the treasury department were saying last year and i can t stress this enough, reflected the overwhelming economic consensus in the private sector, in the u.s. and other places around the world. it wasn t so much it wasn t the people were wrong with the facts that they had. it s that things happened after that that affected the outcome. so we had not just delta, but omicron. we had gas prices at $3.31 january 17 when putin first started doing military ex