that s going to do it for me today. deadline: white house starts now. hi everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m ali velshi in for nicolle wallace. an incredibly important question looming over democracy, can presidents be held accountable for crimes committed in office. a unanimous ruling by the d.c. court of appeals rejected donald trump s claims of immunitity in the federal election case. the decision by the judges is a stinging rebuke of the ex-president in what has become a months long push to get the charges against him dismissed. in their ruling, the judges make the point that while donald trump is a former president of the united states, he is in the eyes of the law, just another criminal defendant. for the purposes of this criminal case, frp has become citizen trump with all the any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as president no longer protects him in this prosecution. prosecuting presidents for things they did in office would have
sky for tracking china suspected surveillance balloon as its sales across the united states. the pentagon says another balloon is making its way across latin america. the latest reaction from the white house and why the military hasn t shot it down plus cooperate or face more charges the manhattan da s office reported ultimatum to jail trump organization cfo allen weisselberg can prosecutors flip the longtime exec against his former boss later, ron desantis this week making his priorities crystal clear his government working to make access to guns easier, while making access to some books harder. we ll dive into his latest controversial proposals all of that more, that is coming up. a good hopefully warm saturday morning to you, i m kati phang thanks for starting your weekend with us. right now there s a balloon that the united states military says it is for chinese surveillance and it s still in the air over the united states four days after it was first spotted. so just how
because of the balloon controversy. the big question how will this affect the already tense u.s. china relationship going forward? we begin today s coverage with gary bra mick at the white house, and janis mackey frayer in beijing. janice, please, let s start with you this morning. let s look at the big picture first. with secretary antony blinken postponing his plan trip to china what does this mean for the overall relationship between the countries going forward. katie, the timing of it couldn t have been worse, this is supposed to be the highest level u.s. visit to china in five years, the visit that was supposed to reset relations which are strange, which are fraught, and frankly, can t sustain a crisis. what is in clear in the statements that we ve had from the chinese side, is why, if this was a wet weather balloon that strayed off course into
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