11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. right now in new york city, former president donald trump inside the courtroom at closing arguments in his $250 million civil fraud trial. just hours after police responded to a bomb threat at the judge s home. meanwhile, on the campaign trail, nikki haley and ron desantis traded insults during last night s gop debate in the battle for second place. you re invisible in new hampshire. you re invisible in south carolina. you re in fifth place. she s got this problem with ballistic podiatry, shooting herself in the foot every other day. this as chris christie is caught on a hot mic talking about haley and desantis right before he dropped out of the race. and in california, presidential son hunter biden is due to face tax charges in court this afternoon, a day after his surprise appearance on capitol hill. and we begin with breaking news from new york city, where cloing arguments are under way in former presiden
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as donald trump makes a third bid for the white house and is the the first votes are to be cast in iowa in just under two weeks. trump s lawyers say the 234-year unbroken tradition of not prosecuting the presidents for official acts, despite calls to do so from across the political spectrum, provides powerl evidence. no president prior toth donald trump tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. had his attorneys point to the likelihood of mushrooming prosecutions. and future cycles. the ex-the president snlt prolsing retribution. his al lies aren t the ones plotting to end the independence of the justice department. the most audacious argument, one yesterday. on this program donald trump cannot be tri a criminal court for role in the january 6th insurrectn because heas acquitted by the senate during his second impeachment the new york times reports both legal perts have disdegreed with that position. not least because the federal charges he s facing are not analogous
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
this is not who you thought it was, was it, because she was already so deeply ingrained that the fact he was latino was supposed to be a big deal. he had an ss tattoo on his arm and a swastika on his chest. this guy was not stopped for impersonating in fact he found a bigger community online. that s ben collins describing the online presence for the man who shot and killed eight people saturday in allen, texas. we ll have more on what else we re learning about him and the victims in just a moment. meanwhile in washington president biden will meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy today to discuss the debt ceiling, their first sit down on the issue since february. we ll go through what is expected today come out of this afternoon s talks. and also ahead an update on donald trump s civil rape trial as the case goes to the jury for deliberations later this morning. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 9th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for sta