But measles, deleon for over ten years mesothelioma is really all we do. 80087 to 4901 tonight, iran saying its closer than ever to direct conflict with the United States. And as iranians prepare for their own elections tomorrow, theyre keeping an eye on the us, telling our Fred Pleitgen who is there that a Trump Presidency could make things worse . Fred pleitgen is outfront tonight in tech ron as israel continues its military campaign against hamas in gaza, with casualties mounting, you, iran warning the Israel Hamas War risks leading to a direct confrontation between tehran and washington thinking the speaker of the iranian parliaments Foreign Policy committee tells me they think that if there will be no finish for the swore, it can go in bigger scale and it can be harmful for everybody you know, for the safety is one of the parties who are in support of this ray. The us accuses iran of arming hamas for years, aiding the groups attack against israel on october 7, last year, killing more than 1,000 israelis and Taking Hundreds Hostage and for supporting the houthis in yemen who are targeting International Shipping and red sea allegedly to force an end to the Israel Hamas War. But it was attacks by iranbacked militias against us bases in the middle east, including one killing three Us Service Members on january 28, and the us uk military Counter Strike in iraq and syria that brought the us and iranian tension two a new level. President biden says, the us is not seeking conflict, but when americans are harmed, he promises a response. Has its power to defend itself. But as i know that there will be no place for the United States forces to be hide, hidden in the defending themselves it will be no place for them to be stay in the middle east in tech ron folks hope the Calm Music Head of the Persian New Year wont give way to the drumbeat of yet more confrontation of course, when you speak to people on the streets here, theyll tell you the main concerns that they have are about the economy and also about inflation as well. But of course, there are also people who really fear that things could spiral out of control between the us and iran, and possibly even lead to an armed conflict. Even here, confident tones, the jibbas, you dont, but not only the us is afraid, but also israel and neighboring countries. This man says, the us does not have the courage to get close to iran because of military concerns. But a fear of what might happen after the upcoming us elections next year to tom is coming. Its everything going to be much much worse than now. How do you think it will be worth . You think it could be war no, i dont think the war is coming, but the economy is going to be awful. Yeah, its going to be there. And of course, iranians remember all too well how confrontational the trump years were trump pulling the us out of the nuclear agreement, ordering the assassination of justice qasem soleimani. The iranians for their part, shooting down a us drone over the persian gulf. The iranian leadership, whoever says to them it really doesnt matter who the us president is. They will continue to challenge the us in the middle east. Erin fred, thank you. From tehran. And finally tonight, Oprah Winfrey ditching weightwatchers, oprah announcing she is leaving the company hes board after nearly a decade as its most prominent spokeswoman weightwatchers shares nose diving as a result, shares down as much as 25 in early trading. Oprahs lost a dramatic amount of weight and shes admitted that a weightloss drug. Shes not saying which one, but a weightloss drug helped her achieve this. She told people magazine, quote, im absolutely done with shaming from other people. Well end particularly myself. The admission revealing A Change Of Heart for oprah. Shed previously said taking weightloss drugs seemed like quote, the easy way out, but shes emphasizing that its not the only thing she is now doing. She says shes adhering to a strict diet and exercise regimen, eating her last meal at four in the afternoon and drinking a gallon of water a day and with her exit, she is also letting go of her shares, holdings in weightwatchers, donating more than 6 million worth of those shares to the National Museum of African American history and culture in washington, dc. Thanks for joining us, the lead starts now as we start the top of the new hour here on the lead, you just saw President Biden and donald trump wrapping up those competing very different appearances on the southern border, how theyre messaging on immigration is playing 1,700 miles away in washington and speaking of congress, is the job of another House Speaker potentially on the line. Today, mike johnson helped get a new shortterm Spending Bill passed but thats really his problem. His conservative rightwing flank wants a longterm solution last i checked the republicans actually have a majority in the house of representatives, but you wouldnt know it if you looked at our checkbook because we are all too willing to continue the Policy Choices joe biden. And the spending levels of nancy pelosi also leading this hour. Donald trumps Immunity Argument is the center of yet another case, but this time, most highprofile one first in the federal Election Subversion case where his actions around trying to overturn the election are under scrutiny. Now, we made you see the same argument used in the classified documents case down in florida. But in this case, trump was mad at the white house, no longer president of the United States, when he had that classified material that he refused to return to the federal government cnns paula reid is tracking that story for us and stuart, florida, paula, obviously, tomorrow is going to be a big day in federal court. I think its important because we talked so much about all the different trump cases that obviously were covering very closely. We havent talked about the classified documents case in a moment. What does this hearing on tomorrow and what does it have to do around a potential trial . Date for the classified documents case okay. Then when it comes to the trump trials, as you know, at timing is everything as his lawyers continue to try to push these cases back until after the november president ial contest because if hes reelected, he could probably pretty easily make these all go away. Now, he is currently scheduled to to be tried on charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents in late may may 20, but it was widely expected that the judge, aileen cannon, a trump appointee, that she likely push that back and tamara, shes asked the parties who come to court ready to discuss scheduling. Trump lawyers have been pushing for additional time for discussion every and some other matters. So when were watching very closely tomorrow at court all day to see does xi push this back . If she does, how far does she also leave the door open if she has done in the past to maybe pushing it back again because at this point, kaitlan its unclear if trump will face either one of his federal criminal trials because of course yesterday, the Supreme Court for agreed to keep his january 6 Election Subversion case on hold while they contemplate hear oral arguments in two months on the issue of immunity. Now, an additional in addition to scheduling tomorrow, theyre also going to handle some other matters. Like, for example, what they can put on a Jury Questionnaire the Justice Department wants to be able to ask prospective jurors if they believe the 2020 election was stolen, or trump lawyers, they want to be able to ask if people voted and what their Party Affiliation is. So a lot to sort out there potentially and then the Justice Department also bringing up another really serious issue which is intimidation and harassment of witnesses people involved in this case. Of course, thats something weve seen across so many of the trump cases, threats against witnesses, judges, prosecutors. So well see how the judge addresses that tomorrow. But the big issue, but then we will bring to watch all day and be reporting live is on timing because again, timing is right now the Biggest Issue when it comes to trumps criminal cases and pull it. This is so remarkable because what we heard from our sources yesterday after we found out that yes, the Supreme Court is going to take up that Immunity Argument by trump, that theyve got two months from now, two before they even hear that those arguments is if we do get this trial, the classified documents one even scheduled this summer, that then if in june we get the Supreme Court ruling and then it restarts that case in washington, the one on the attempts to overturn the election, it may be conflicting and running into the classified documents case yeah. Kaitlan, i hope your producers have our calendar graphic handy because you needed in order to look at the full situation here and just a few weeks, of course, trump faces first criminal trial in manhattan. That is the Hush Money Case brought by the manhattan district attorney. And that case is expected to go until mid nay. And then its anyones guess how this plays out over the next few months. And there are questions about how much time judge Tanya Chutkin we believe that should give him a few months before shed have to schedule that january 6 case. Wheres the maralago documents case . The lot of open questions about exactly whats going to happen in the calendar in the next seven months. But again, theres less unless face, the longer it takes to resolve these larger issues like immunity at least its warmer in florida than it is in washington. Paula reid, thank you for that. Well be sure to watch this closely tomorrow for more on what we may see. I want to bring in cnn senior legal analyst, elie honig, and cnn political commentator alyssa farah griffin, who was also the Communications Director dr. Inside the trump white house. Elie, as far as it comes to the classified documents case, i think its good to have a refresher because we havent been talking about it as frequently. But what are you going to be watching for . Because this judge, specifically we know is operating very differently than judge in washington has been. Yes. So im looking for the moving chess pieces here. Because i think a strategy weve had reporting to this effect that Donald Trumps team is going to use here is to try to move the maralago trial so that it blocks any possibility of the washington, dc trial making it onto the calendar before the election. Heres what i mean. The current date for the maralago trial is late may may 20, if they can get that pushback to lets say july. Now youre looking at the florida the maralago case blocking july, august, september that just leaves nowhere for jack smiths other case, the dc case to go. So im going to be looking to see how the parties are trying to manipulate push poll that trial date. But did they not fear the classified documents case . I mean, if theyre happy to have that one go for us, does that mean they feel it . That one is more winnable for them . If thats the strategy, then yes, thats what it tells you and im trying to think about this. If i was Donald TrumpsDefense Lawyer hypothetically, the way i would look at it is the stronger evidence, yet were being hypothetical here. The stronger evidence against my hypothetical client is in the florida case, the documents case. Its easier for a jury to understand he had classified documents. He should didnt have had them. He didnt come back. He obstructed justice. Its a neater fit with the law. The dc case, the january 6 case, is more complicated and a little bit of a messier fit, but your jury pool, if youre Donald Trumps team is so much better in florida. I mean, donald trump won florida. Even if youre drawing a jury only from the southern counties, he got 40, 45 . Youre going to have a way a better jury pool and let me tell you something. If i had a choice between good fats are good jury. I practice in front of enough jurys. Give me the jury every time i want to get back to the Immunity Thing in a moment. But on this jury thing, we heard today that jack smith wants to have a questionnaire for those potential jurors in florida, whether or not they believe the election was stolen, that he wants to be able to because obviously as theyre theyre navigate getting that i mean, he clearly thinks that it could be a jury thats influenced to donald trump. Well, and we know if we look at just at the national stats, a significant portion of the gop as much as 67 believe that the election was stolen so broaden that out more widely, it makes sense. I mean, you want a jury pool thats operating on a baseline level of facts. And of course, i think you would be prejudiced if youre youre on a jury pool and youre rolling on this. If you think that in fact the election was stolen, it makes sense donald trump is most fearful for january 6 because he thinks it can move the quickest. He thinks there is that small possibility. There could be a conviction before election day, and that is the one that i think resonates with voters the most that it could actually sway republicans from voting, from la as weve been reeling from what we learned yesterday from the Supreme Court, something that peter baker, who is the chief White House Correspondent for the new york times, posted today, stood out to me. He said the days between the District Court ruling for nixon and nixon against nixon. And when the Supreme Court arguments actually happened 49 days, the days between the District Court ruling against trump in the Supreme Court, arguments, Hearing Appeal 143 days. A lot of people are looking at the timing here. So i think theres a couple i think its a very good point by peter baker. I think the response would be we are still on a relatively fast track here when it comes to the immunity case, joan biskupic, our expert, wrote that this morning for cnn normally a Supreme Court case would take even more time. There are differences between the Watergate Scenario in this scenario, the Watergate Scenario, the time pressure there was Richard Nixon already won his second term. He wasnt up for an election. There was no looming election. The concern was we have a criminal investigation of the guy in the white house here. The concern is really more political concern is while we have a looming election, and how might this trial impact the election . And i think theres an argument that it is appropriate for prosecutors and courts to consider the former situation. But once you get into the game of judges and prosecutors thinking about whether theres an election day and how should we play this . Youre starting to turn those jobs that we dont want to be political into things that are political trump has a very varied take of the Supreme Court, or less obviously, he put three justices on there, but hes gone from saying, i remember when he wants tweeted, when they were going against him. I dont think they liked me very much, but i mean, clearly right now, even if maybe its unwittingly or not on purpose, they are helping in his strategy to delay his trials, at least for the moment. Yes, he does. Its kind of have a split opinion. We remember alina habba, one of his attorneys, basically saying we hope kavanaugh does the right thing on the 14th amendment. I dont think that kavanaugh is going to side that way in the 14th amendment. I think hes got this small shred of hope that perhaps some who put him there might side with him. But what ive heard from the trump folks is they very much no, theyre going to lose on immunity, but theyre still counting this as a victory because because it gives them more time and it just gives them a bit more time that they could potentially be pushed past the election. And one of the latest stats is 52 of republicans would consider not supporting him if theres a conviction by election day. So this is i mean, to donald trump, this is the whole game as far as winning the presidency, weve got to start with those. Pauls, we have to start asking which conviction because i think wed see different results holds for the Hush Money Case versus the january 6 because its very important, which is the only case Going Forward starting next month there are very few living Breathing Republicans who care about the Hush Money Case. That is something thats seen as its in the rearview window. It dates back to 2016. They dont even know necessarily the Campaign Finance implications of it. January 6 does resonate with voters, will have to see and obvio