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laura jarrett has details. >> reporter: former president donald trump today dubbed citizen trump by a three-judge panel in washington, ruling mr. trump is not immune from prosecution. the court saying, "we cannot accept that the office of the presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter." the trump campaign saying he'll appeal the decision trump himself bemoaning the ruling, saying, "a president of the united states must have full immunity in order to properly function and do what has to be done for the good of our country. special counsel jack smith charged mr. trump last summer for his efforts to reverse the 2020 election results and stop the peaceful transfer of power. >> we will never give up we will never concede. >> reporter: mr. trump's legal team has been trying to get the charges tossed out for months, arguing he should be completely immune from prosecution for any acts he took as president. the court today unpersuaded, saying, "we cannot accept former president trump's claim that a president has unbounded authority to commit crimes that would
laura jarrett has details. >> reporter: former president donald trump today dubbed citizen trump by a three-judge panel in washington, ruling mr. trump is not immune from prosecution. the court saying, "we cannot accept that the office of the presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter." the trump campaign saying he'll appeal the decision trump himself bemoaning the ruling, saying, "a president of the united states must have full immunity in...
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ban republican front-runner donald trump from the ballot, with the justices sounding skeptical here's laura jarrett on the potentially landmark case. >> reporter: tonight, the supreme court weighing a monumental decision that could decide the presidential election, coloo disqualify him. whether republican front-runner donald trump should be banned from the ballot. but many of the justices today seeming highly skeptical of colorado's decision to disqualify him >> and it just doesn't seem like a state call >> reporter: the justices forced to grapple with mr. trump's eligibility for office after six voters in colorado successfully sued to get him removed from the state's primary ballot but pointing to his actions on january 6th, and a provision in the 14th amendment insurrection or rebellion from holding pu that disqualifies those who engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding public office again. >> the attack was incited by a sitting president of the united states to disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power >> reporter: all nine justices -- both conservative and consequence
ban republican front-runner donald trump from the ballot, with the justices sounding skeptical here's laura jarrett on the potentially landmark case. >> reporter: tonight, the supreme court weighing a monumental decision that could decide the presidential election, coloo disqualify him. whether republican front-runner donald trump should be banned from the ballot. but many of the justices today seeming highly skeptical of colorado's decision to disqualify him >> and it just doesn't...
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please do not panic. >> so laura, what's really driving the legal concerns among the clinics? >> reporter: lester, this is all about trying to avoid civil lawsuits now, the clinics all have a different tolerance of risk. some, obviously, willing to go forward, but some are telling us, say a frozen embryo doesn't thaw properly, that's a destruction, and that could potentially put them on the hook for massive civil damages. >> okay, laura, thank you. and this ruling in alabama has deepened reproductive rights as a key political issue this election season dasha burns has that part of the story for us >> reporter: tonight, the fallout from the alabama supreme court decision extending to politics, with some republicans attempting to walk a fine line on reproductive rights. on wednesday, nikki haley asked about the alabama decision by nbc news' ali vitali >> the supreme court there said embryos created through ivf are considered children and are offered those same protections. do you agree >> i mean, i think -- i mean, embryos, to me, are babies >> reporter: later appearing to walk
please do not panic. >> so laura, what's really driving the legal concerns among the clinics? >> reporter: lester, this is all about trying to avoid civil lawsuits now, the clinics all have a different tolerance of risk. some, obviously, willing to go forward, but some are telling us, say a frozen embryo doesn't thaw properly, that's a destruction, and that could potentially put them on the hook for massive civil damages. >> okay, laura, thank you. and this ruling in alabama...
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senior legal correspondent laura jarrett has details. >> reporter: questions, confusion, and mounting frustration tonight in alabama as the state's largest hospital swiftly halts all ivf procedures just days after the alabama supreme court ruled frozen embryos must be treated as children, meaning people can be sued for destroying them the university of alabama at birmingham saying today, it's saddened that it must stop all ivf as it evaluates the potential that our patients and physicians could be prosecuted criminally or face punitive damages for following the standard of care >> my rage knows no bounds >> reporter: abby crane, a patient at uab, with frozen embryos she hopes to use soon first saw the news on instagram, but has heard nothing from the hospital. >> i just want to be a mom, and it's wild to me that the state that i've called home has more say over that than i do right now. >> reporter: the court decision leaving doctors in a legal bind, given that frozen embryos with genetic abnormalities are routinely discarded before implantation as part of fertility treatments so that
senior legal correspondent laura jarrett has details. >> reporter: questions, confusion, and mounting frustration tonight in alabama as the state's largest hospital swiftly halts all ivf procedures just days after the alabama supreme court ruled frozen embryos must be treated as children, meaning people can be sued for destroying them the university of alabama at birmingham saying today, it's saddened that it must stop all ivf as it evaluates the potential that our patients and physicians...
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trump's most prized assets to pay for this judgment, lester >> all right, laura, thank you. >>> now, overseas to the shocking news that alexei navalny, a longtime crusader against russian president vladimir putin, has died in prison suddenly. richard engel has more on the mystery surrounding his death and who president biden is blaming >> reporter: 47-year-old alexei navalny was looking healthy, joking with a judge via video link from his arctic prison just yesterday navalny's mother saw him monday and said he was in good spirits. yet, somehow alexei navalny, russian president vladimir putin's fiercest and most energetic critic, dropped dead suddenly at a penal colony in siberia. prison officials say navalny went for a walk but felt unwell and quickly lost consciousness. they said medics could not revive him president biden blamed president putin. >> make no mistake, putin is responsible for navalny's death. >> reporter: in moscow supporters laid flowers to honor navalny despite a warning from the state prosecutor that protests would not be allowed. when a woman tried to unfurl a sig
trump's most prized assets to pay for this judgment, lester >> all right, laura, thank you. >>> now, overseas to the shocking news that alexei navalny, a longtime crusader against russian president vladimir putin, has died in prison suddenly. richard engel has more on the mystery surrounding his death and who president biden is blaming >> reporter: 47-year-old alexei navalny was looking healthy, joking with a judge via video link from his arctic prison just yesterday...
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senior legal correspondent laura jarrett has more. >> reporter: it's a first amendment fight for the digital age. the justices today wrestling with a pair of sweeping laws restricting how social media giants like facebook and google decide what and who you see online. >> these big tech oligarchs have made themselves the gate keepers of free speech nobody gets to do that in america. >> the government cannot violate the first amendment, and it especially cannot do so in the name of preserving free speech that is orwellian. >> reporter: at issue, laws passed in texas and florida after former president donald trump was kicked off social media in the wake of the capitol attack on january 6th. the states restricting social media platforms from blocking users for their views and burying certain content, moves they say are needed because conservative voices are stifled online but the companies say those laws infringe on their free speech rights, hampering their ability to police their own platforms, a concern the justices highlighted during arguments today. >> when the government excludes sp
senior legal correspondent laura jarrett has more. >> reporter: it's a first amendment fight for the digital age. the justices today wrestling with a pair of sweeping laws restricting how social media giants like facebook and google decide what and who you see online. >> these big tech oligarchs have made themselves the gate keepers of free speech nobody gets to do that in america. >> the government cannot violate the first amendment, and it especially cannot do so in the name...
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a ruling which could have broad implications laura jarrett has more >> reporter: gaby rodriguez, like so many others, is currently undergoing fertility treatment. >> we're in this very traditional family that just wants to have a kid. >> reporter: but she's now on edge, after the highest court in alabama decided frozen embryos are children, and people can be held legally responsible for destroying them. rodriguez worries knowing doctors may find some of her embryos not viable >> i don't necessarily want to implant a child that i know is going to miscarry. so, what does that mean my main worry is, what are we going to do with the ones that are genetically abnormal, and what does this mean if my clinic shuts down >> reporter: those questions tonight all because of friday's ruling in a wrongful death case, where the alabama supreme court found parents could sue an ivf clinic after their frozen embryos were dropped and destroyed. the decision finding embryos on ice no different than unborn children in the womb could have potentially massive ramifications when frozen embryos are regularly
a ruling which could have broad implications laura jarrett has more >> reporter: gaby rodriguez, like so many others, is currently undergoing fertility treatment. >> we're in this very traditional family that just wants to have a kid. >> reporter: but she's now on edge, after the highest court in alabama decided frozen embryos are children, and people can be held legally responsible for destroying them. rodriguez worries knowing doctors may find some of her embryos not viable...
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and now it's very scary. >> laura, what happens now? is this the kind of decision that can be appealed? >> lester, this could go all the way up to the u.s. supreme court. but there is no guarantee the justices would actually agree to take it up. in which case the decision in alabama stands across the entire state. lester? >> laura, thank you. >>> in southern california, tens of millions of people remain under the threat of flooding and landslides as the region gets hit with even more rain. liz kreutz is there. >> reporter: up and down california's coast, a trail of destruction as another storm tears across the state. massive boulders falling on the famous pacific coast highway, blocking traffic. fast rising waters trapping drivers, leading to dramatic rescues. los angeles has seen nearly as much rain this month than it typically does all year, more than seattle, new orleans, and miami. the deluge and storm after storm hitting california taking a toll on the region's infrastructure and some of the areas already eroding coastlines. this n
and now it's very scary. >> laura, what happens now? is this the kind of decision that can be appealed? >> lester, this could go all the way up to the u.s. supreme court. but there is no guarantee the justices would actually agree to take it up. in which case the decision in alabama stands across the entire state. lester? >> laura, thank you. >>> in southern california, tens of millions of people remain under the threat of flooding and landslides as the region gets...
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you know, i think that's pretty tough to do but i'm leaving it up to the supreme court >> laura, when could we see a decision here >> reporter: well, lester, the justices are well aware that the voters are going to the polls on super tuesday, on march 5th, including in colorado, and more than a dozen states i would expect to see a decision well before then lester >> laura jarrett, thank you. >>> also tonight, a federal judge ordered former trump white house adviser peter navarro to begin serving a four-month prison sentence while he appeals his contempt of congress conviction navarro was convicted for refusing to testify and provide documents to the committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. >>> in southern california, sad news five marines confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed east of san diego as it returne five marines confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed east of san diego as it returned from a training mission dana griffin reports from san diego >> reporter: a heartbreaking end to the search for five marines, missing after their helicopter cras
you know, i think that's pretty tough to do but i'm leaving it up to the supreme court >> laura, when could we see a decision here >> reporter: well, lester, the justices are well aware that the voters are going to the polls on super tuesday, on march 5th, including in colorado, and more than a dozen states i would expect to see a decision well before then lester >> laura jarrett, thank you. >>> also tonight, a federal judge ordered former trump white house adviser...
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it's where we begin tonight with senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. supreme court deciding to weigh in on a critical issue that could make or break the special counsel's case against former president trump, agreeing to decide whether mr. trump must be shielded from prosecution by claiming presidential immunity for the acts he took leading up to january 6th. those acts, the basis for the criminal election interference case he's now facing in federal court the move further delaying any trial in the case likely for months, and if mr. trump wins, the charges would be dismissed. arguments now set for the week of april 22nd an appeals court had ruled against him saying, former president trump has become citizen trump with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant, but mr. trump hoped the supreme court would put that on pause saying he was being wrongly prosecuted for official acts that happened while he was still in office. >> if you have a president that doesn't have immunity, he's never going to be free to do anything because the opposing p
it's where we begin tonight with senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. supreme court deciding to weigh in on a critical issue that could make or break the special counsel's case against former president trump, agreeing to decide whether mr. trump must be shielded from prosecution by claiming presidential immunity for the acts he took leading up to january 6th. those acts, the basis for the criminal election interference case he's now facing in federal...
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correspondent laura jarrett joins me now what is the legal standard for a conflict of interest here >> lester, the real question is whether she financially benefitted from this relationship it's unclear if the judge thinks she actually did but if he in fact disqualifies her from this case, lester, then her entire office is removed from the case and it doesn't mean it goes away completely another prosecutor could take it up, but could dramatically reshape the charges against the former president. >> a lot of parts moving tonight with regard to donald trump and cases, including the case in new york, the hush money case. he was in court trying to get that thrown out today. >> yes and the judge in that case did not go for it jury selection will start next month in that case in what will be the first ever prosecution of a former president the case that first made donald trump a criminal defendant now the first to go to trial. a judge in manhattan today rejecting mr. trump's bid to toss the case out, saying the trial will begin on march 25th. sitting in court today by choice, the republican
correspondent laura jarrett joins me now what is the legal standard for a conflict of interest here >> lester, the real question is whether she financially benefitted from this relationship it's unclear if the judge thinks she actually did but if he in fact disqualifies her from this case, lester, then her entire office is removed from the case and it doesn't mean it goes away completely another prosecutor could take it up, but could dramatically reshape the charges against the former...
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senior legal correspondent laura jarrett reports. >> reporter: this is the man defense attorneys in the georgia election interference case were hoping would establish the timeline of the romantic relationship between fulton county d.a. fani willis and lead prosecutor nathan wade >> i do not have knowledge of it starting or when it started. >> reporter: on the stand for the second time this month, terrance bradley deemed a potential star witness for donald trump and his co-defendants as wade's former divorce attorney bradley confronted with text messages today he sent suggesting the relationship began before willis hired wade to lead the trump case but on the stand today -- >> i was speculating. >> reporter: he tried to walk that back. >> when did you first get knowledge of their relationship >> i've said over again that i was not -- i didn't have any personal information where i could personally say when it started. >> reporter: at issue for the judge to resolve whether willis benefitted financially from hiring wade, as defense attorneys have highlighted the pair's vacations together >>
senior legal correspondent laura jarrett reports. >> reporter: this is the man defense attorneys in the georgia election interference case were hoping would establish the timeline of the romantic relationship between fulton county d.a. fani willis and lead prosecutor nathan wade >> i do not have knowledge of it starting or when it started. >> reporter: on the stand for the second time this month, terrance bradley deemed a potential star witness for donald trump and his...
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. >> and laura, you listened to the arguments, did you get a sense where they're leaning on this? >> many of the justices seemed uncomfortable with the states telling private companies how to run their businesses, at the same time, other members of the court seemed troubled by giving companies carte blanche for censorship. especially given how powerful they've become. either way, we'll expect a decision later this summer. >>> in 60 seconds, the mystery of the caribbean, the disappearance of a retired american couple after police say escaped prisoners hijacked their yacht. we'll have details right after this. ( bell ringing) customize and save with libberty bibberty. liberty bushumal. libtreally blubatoo. mark that one. that was nice! i think you're supposed to stand over there. oh am i? thank you. so, a couple more? we'll just...we'll rip. we'll go quick. libu smeebo. libu bribu. limu bibu...and me. doug: he's an emu! only pay for what you need. jingle: ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ zyrtec! ♪ works hard at hour 1 and twice as hard when you take it again the nex
. >> and laura, you listened to the arguments, did you get a sense where they're leaning on this? >> many of the justices seemed uncomfortable with the states telling private companies how to run their businesses, at the same time, other members of the court seemed troubled by giving companies carte blanche for censorship. especially given how powerful they've become. either way, we'll expect a decision later this summer. >>> in 60 seconds, the mystery of the caribbean, the...