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Political opponent. >> yes or no question, could a president that ordered seal team six to assassinate a political rival be subject to prosecution? >> if he were impeached and convicted first. >> the answer is no. >> that's the kind of thought experiment judge's pose. rarely do they get such a breathtaking answer. the exchange prompted james pierce, the attorney representing special counsel jack smith to say what kind of world are we living in if that holds true. the former president losing his case would promote bedlam in the country. what he would not do is answer the question about any viol...

Things down and passing them over to his lawyer. it seems like the message got through there on the other end because his lawyer made some really stark political points that were a little bit out of context i think for the argument they were making. just those lines that he essentially wanted to give you an. he also just looked at this logistically. donald trump wanted this to be an event. they had to go somewhere else to hold this press conference because the courtroom here isn't really, the courthouse, rather, isn't a great place to hold press conferences because there's a security mechanism...

>> you just used the word bedlam, would you tell your supporters now, no matter what, no violence? >> [silence] >> in a moment, our political and legal team join us to talk about how it could reshape -- the power of the presidency for generations to come. first, cnn's paula reid with more of this consequential day in court. >> president trump traveled to washington tuesday, to watch arguments in a federal appeals court hearing, over whether he should be shielded from criminal prosecution. >> i feel that as a president, you have to have immunity, very simple. >> trump was not required to be in ...

Court of appeals today. and what's more, in a remarkable exchange with one of them, judge florence pan he conceded that the principle would apply even if a president ordered a hit on a political opponent. >> i asked you, yes or no, a yes or no question. could a president who ordered seal team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, could he be subject to criminal prosecution? >> if he were impeached and convicted first, hands down. >> so your answer is? >> yes. -- >> well that's the kind of thought experiment judges often pose to probe the limits of an argument before them...

I think they feel this is the way they're going to try and win, and that's not the way it goes. it will be bedlam in the country. it is very bad thing, it is very bad precedent, as we said, it is the opening of a pandora's box, you know, it's a very sad thing that's happened with this whole situation. that was donald trump speaking here in washington. he didn't have to come here to attend this court hearing. he chose to do that, and he did that because he has made his efforts to fight his various criminal indictments a very central part of his political campaign. that is a strategy that has be...