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fox news alert. supreme court court, majority ruled that presidents have limited immunity from prosecution and they can be criminally prosecuted for unofficial acts. trump claiming he had presidential immunity from four felony charges in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. i m sandra smith in for harris faulkner. a big news day. the supreme court has thrown the case back to a federal judge to decide if trump s felony january 6th charges meet the criteria for prosecution. a trump campaign senior advisor with this moments ago. they basically have said sorry, jack smith, you don t get to just impede and intrude on the executive branch. we get to have protections for presidents who are doing things while they are in office so they don t come out and get targeted and criminally and civilly sued. it is very important. a good decision. obviously i believe absolute immunity should exist for the executive branch but they did recognize it. sandra: shannon bream is all ....
deliberations about to resume in donald trump s criminal trial. what the jury is asking to hear for a second time will be revealed in a matter of moments. stay tuned for that. good morning. could be quite a day. we ll see. i m bill hemmer in new york city. dana: i woke up ready to go. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we have a lot to get to. former president trump heading downtown for day two of deliberations. trump and his team must remain at the courthouse as the jury decides whether to convict him of 34 counts of falsifying business records. bill: the former president s fate in the hands of 12 new yorkers. they deliberated 4 1/2 hours day one and ended the day with a few requests from the judge. dana: they want to rehear testimony from david pecker and michael cohen and then they also asked the judge to repeat his instructions. those things are expected to happen when court resumes less than 30 minutes from now. bill: our legal team is ready ....
perino. good to be here with you. another hour. bill: i m bill hemmer. things got serious it feels like. dana: it does. there has been a tone shift. bill: the president is in the room. the photographers are in taking their daily pictures and we ll share those with you when they become available. we ll hear from the judge in a matter of minutes giving the jury the instructions. defense and prosecution have spoken and made their cases and right now the judge will have the final word before they go behind closed doors, before they begin deliberations in the criminal trial from president donald trump and try to reach a verdict. maybe emphasis on try. we ll see. eric shawn begins a new hour outside the courthouse. good morning. good morning, bill and dana. well, the hour has arrived. the former president of the united states, a felony criminal defendant, waiting to find out his fate that is now in the hands or will be soon, of 12 ordinary americans. as you just sai ....
dana: right now former president donald trump and his defense team are getting one final chance to convince a new york jury he is innocent. with closing arguments now underway in his historic criminal trial. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino and with you, bill hemmer. i was in a hurry to get to the news. bill: hope you guys had a great memorial weekend. we re back at work today and back at trial. i m bill hemmer. got a great cast of characters to take us through the legal hurdles that we ll be jumping through between now and whenever the jury comes back with its verdict. kerri kupec-urbahn joins our coverage now and look at pictures inside court today. trey gowdy is with us as well. kerri, let s begin with you and reading lydia s latest email. blanche is hammering in all caps, please excuse the caps. cohen was rendering services personal attorney in 2017. there is no dispute. so apparently he is trying to deliver that message with vigor, ....
closing arguments in the child where the fate of the former president hangs in the balance. a big four days or beyond. regardless the judge said get back to work today after taking a week after. i m bill hemmer, good morning. dana: you already having me laugh. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. great to be back in business after four weeks of testimony lawyers are about to give closing arguments in the trial of former president trump. a chance for both sides to make their final pitches. it is expected to last all day. the judge will likely give instructions to the jury tomorrow and then from there it s off to the races. bill: the 12 jurors will deliberate behind closed door. six alternates. no juror has left the main panel which may be a bit unusual. we shall see with the lawyers throughout the next two hours. how long that deliberation takes is anyone s guess. the verdict could exonerate the former president or make him the first commander-in-chief c ....