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the country, including a former president, was the subject of a hearing today in a federal courthouse in washington, d.c. attorneys for donald trump and federal prosecutors argued over trump s claim that the federal election case against him should be dismissed because everything he did in the postelection period was in his official capacity as president. the three-judge panel that is hearing the case appeared spectacle of that claim. the ex-president and jack smith were in the courtroom today. trump has been claiming that president joe biden has been forcing him to appear in court, which is not true, he did have no obligation to appear at today s hearing. trump s attorney argued that allowing the prosecution of donald trump would, quote, open a pandora s box, but the judge has pushed back on that and many of the arguments he was making. trump s lawyer also argued that the president could only be prosecuted if he was impeached and convicted by the senate first, no matter what
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simply the best. the lead starts right now. what s love got to do got to do with it remembering an entertainment legend. tina turner dead at the age of 83. plus, ron desantis bucking the trend. less than two hours to go before the florida republican using twitter and elon musk to launch his campaign for president. coming up, how donald trump, the front-runner, is responding to desantis unconventional approach. and we re not going to default. we re going to solve this problem. oh, really? how s that fwgoing to happen. only eight days until the u.s. possible default. negotiators on both sides go back to the drawing board to try to avoid economic catastrophe. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with sad news in our pop culture lead. music legend, tina turner, has died at the sage of 83. a post on her verified facebook account says today we saw good-bye to a dear friend who leaves us her greatest work. her music. tina, we will miss you dearly. you re
adolf hitler saying that immigrants are quote, poisoning the blood of this country. that is similar to phrasing you can find in hitler s manifesto. with less than a month until the first votes are cast in the 2024 republican primary, rivals aren t sitting back. we ll give you what they said in a moment. the biden campaign responding. trump goes beyond the racial dog whistles. he is quoting dictators, and vowing to enact immigration policies that are extreme, round people up by the millions, bring them to deportation camps before forcing them out of the u.s. with no opportunity for due process. it s more than just dehumanizing language. should he win reelection in 2024, he is vowing to enact dehumanizing policies. joining us now, nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard, who is in west palm beach, florida. nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli, and senior political report aaron blake who has closely tracked the former president s rhetoric around immigration. thank you