Trump Immunity Arguments, Blinken in Israel, FAFSA Mistake
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Former president tram asks an appeals court to give him immunity from prosecution.

The court faces a question that could stop. One of his trials is a former presidents above prosecution, even when he tried to overturn his .

election defeat. I'm Steven skip with Michelle Martin, and this is at first from npr news. Secretary of state antony blinken tries to influence israel strategy, his meeting israeli leaders as well as palestinians and others in middle east. How much leverage does the united states have to limit civilian suffering in the war against homos?

Also, how would you grade a new federal form for student financial aid? IT arrived three months late. And even with that delay, IT contains an error that may cost some students stay with us. I'll give you the news. You need to start your day.

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Today, a federal appeals court hears arguments over one of the initials of former president trump.

The court considers whether the united states can prosecute in x president for x committed in office. Lawyers for trump claim he has immunity if the court agreed that would prevent a trial he is facing for his efforts to overturn his election defeat.

and bear justice correspondent kerry Johnson has been following the case. Carry, good morning. Good morning.

I'm just trying to remember former president trump was impeached for his efforts to overturn the election, and for the january is six attack on the capital. And at the time, some of his defenders in the U. S.

Senate said, this is not a matter for impeachment. If he has a problem, if he violated the law, you can prosecution afterward. How did we get to the point now where his lawyers are saying you can't prosecute afterward?

Yeah, trumper turney are making the argument that to prosecute him now for virtually the same conduct after january six would amount to a violation of the principle of double jeopardy. Of course, prosecutors say that simply wrong. They point a statements from senator, which macondo of republican, from conducting I and others who said at the time of the engagement that IT was up to the justice system to decide what to do a Donald trump. And another key argument trump is gonna making is that he's immune from prosecution. He enjoys blanket community because what he did before and after january six, twenty twenty one, or official actions while he was president in the White house.

no interesting. I guess that raises the question, first of whether it's an official action, and second, whether you can prosecute for an official action. What prosecutors say.

these arguments by trump, and where the appeals court to buy them would be really sweeping and would even undermine the democracy, give presents a license to commit crimes while in the White house special counter, jack Smith h mentioned crimes like accepting bribes for directing government contracts, selling nuclear secrets to a foreign adversary. Of course, no former president has ever been charged with a federal crime. Donald trump is the first. So this is gonna a landmark case, which every way the appeals court .

rules granting that. Is there any history that gives us any guide here?

Yeah, the special council points out that Richard nicks and got a partner from president forward and that parnes involve some exceptional, acknowledged of criminal wrongdoing. The supreme pork is ruled in the past that presidents have some shield from civil liability, money damages, but that must relate to something in their work. As the president and the justice department says, trump was acting like a political candidate when he tried to claim to power in twenty twenty and twenty twenty one. Not like a president.

okay. So we don't really know if there's gonna a trial until we know how the courts rule on this question. And yet there is a trial scheduled. So how do things stand?

Yeah, the trial was supposed to start our march forth the day before super tuesday, but it's on hold for now while we wait for a ruling from the appeals court. If this three judge panel acts quickly and increase with prosecutors, it's possible of a trial could still happen with some short delays. But if done on, trump asks the full appeals court to hear the case or takes IT to the supreme court, the trial could really store this year.

That's important because of so many keep political dates on the calendar. Like of the republican convention in july, prosecutors have been trying to work ahead and they've been filing lots of motions, but trump hasn't want to to accept them. Last week, he even tried to get a judge to punish prosecutors for doing that kind of work, while the cases on pause .

and just Carry Johnson, thanks so much. My pleasure.

The top U. S. Diplomats faces a test today of how much influences the united states really has over its ally, israel.

Secretary of state antony blinkin is in television again today. He is meeting israeli political and military leaders. His boss, president biden, has strongly supported israel since he came under attack by homes on october seventh, but bidness also warned israel to modify its campaign in gaza to reduce civil Young casualties. And think about .

the future pr international affairs correspondent jacky north is in his real higher jackie money. Steve, what's on blink in agenda?

Well, blinks said this morning he'll meet with families of some of the more than one hundred people who remain hostage gingers after being captured by homos at the start of this war. But for most of the day, he's going to be in closed door meetings with key political leaders here, and that includes israeli prime minister bin yahoo.

You will sit down with israel's war cabinet, and then he's going to have a one on one meeting with the defense chief. Here you have go on to know. You will hear more about these discussions later on in the day um from blink and Winnie talks to the press but he has said for some time that the us.

Wants more humAnitarian age to reach gas and the U. S. Is pushing israel and regional leaders to focus on the future of the enclave once the war is over.

The U. S. Is also doing what I can to ensure the conflict doesn't spread throughout the region beyond gaza. And lincoln is expected to push israeli leaders to ease up on the Ariel bomb bardon of gaza, which is killed more than twenty two thousand people so far, and that's according to the health ministry and gaza.

Jackie, I can help but notice you're phrasing there. He has said for some time that israel should modify its campaign in gaza. Have the israelis been responsible partly?

The israelis announced last week they were pulling back some troops from the north and would concentrate their efforts in the south of gaza that perhaps as a result of us pressure, the israel say the entering a different phase of the war, but they don't really say exactly what that means. But, you know, see, as far as ensuring the war doesn't become a regional conflict, that's the real focus of blink's visit here know there's been increased fighting along the israel lebanon border between a box hezbollah fighters in israel and prime minister nya, who has said the israeli military would do everything to restore security in that area, he said he preferred IT won't be done with a full of war with hezbollah but he also said that, no, I wouldn't ter israel from doing what IT feels necessary to secure this realism. border.

Okay, so multiple questions here. One is the way to conduct the war inside gaza. The second is how to avoid a war in the north. Um what about the the future when the war is over?

Oh yeah, there are real differences here. Blink and met with a number of leaders from the pushing goal states and turkey before he arrived here, israel, and says they all agreed to consider participating and contributing to this so called day after. So if that's right, this is a step ford, because none of these nations on blink's previous trips to the region wanted to talk about gazers future until the war over.

Of course, any planning will have to have buying from israel and the palestinians and nya, who is opposed to the concept of a two state solution. That's something the U. S.

Still firmly believes. And so there is going to be some chAllenging discussions there. Where does he go next?

Wednesay heads off to the occupied west bank, killed meat with president of the palestinian authority mark mode bus. And then TV heads to egypt to see president updo fata L. C, C. And the egyptians are key here.

They control gaza. Southern order. Js in israel. Jacky, so much.

thanks.

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country, and effort to make federal student aid easier seemed instead to have made IT harder.

The federal government updated a form that some seventeen million people fill out to see if they qualify for helping for college. But the form arrived three months late, and a problem with IT puts students at risk of getting less financial aid than they should.

And p. Cory Turner joins us now. Corry, good morning.

Good morning, Steve.

What went wrong?

Well, so first we're talking about the free he application for federal student aid, which Better known as vesa. After the form opened on december thirty, lots of students complained about not being able access IT or having to spend long stretches in the waiting room because he was only open to a limited number of people for a few hours at a time. I will say the education department ah just announced the form is now open twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. And we've had more than a million applicants fill IT out, which is roughly .

on pace with previous years. okay. So uh, that part stabilized, but is the form itself correct?

So bear with me here. Steve OK form is correct. What's wrong is the math the education department plans to use to determine how much financial aid a student should get. So the problem was first reported last month by the washington post, and IT came up as the department was making big changes to the form that were required by congress.

Like you said, making IT easier to fill out this year's fact is also more generous than in previous years, and that's because the math behind IT protects more of a students or families income from being considered in the overall student a equation. Here's the problem. Congress told the department to adjust these income protections so they keep up with inflation, but department didn't do that. We don't really know why they just didn't do IT.

although that sounds like a big deal given that in the last couple of years, there was a good deal of inflation.

a lot of inflation. And so if you don't adjust for inflation, families applying for aid are going to appear like they have a lot more income than they really do. And that then means they're gonna a get less federal student aid. So we won't hurt the lowest income families, but I will hurt hundreds of thousands of students in the income ranges just above them, you bowers, who without this inflation adjustment, could miss out on really important grant money they are supposed to get. And keep in mind, this formula effects federal work, city and even scholarships offered .

by states and schools, said, this is just a math problem. And i'm just thinking back, you know, when you get a math problem wrong in school, which I certainly did plenty of times, I mean, the teacher Marks IT up with a red pencil, put a around face there, and then you correct IT. One of them just fixed the math.

The problem is that is a huge fix to make, you know, that would require retrofitting the coding beneath the entire system, among other things. And basically a new logistical nightmare just as the faster rollout was starting to calm down.

And time is not on the department side, Steve, you know, they and schools are under enormous pressure to hurry financial eight of to students because we're already months behind the fast the process Normally starts in october this year, colleges won't be able to start sending out offers until february at the earliest. I am hearing from sources that in spite of all that, the department is leaning towards fixing this. Now a spokesperson would only say they're still assessing their options ultimately be the department has two ugly options here. They can keep things moving by denying students the full aid that congress envisioned, or they can risk exacerbating faster delays and confusion in order to follow along, save family's money.

Sorry, thanks so much. You welcome. That is correct. N.

And that's a first for tuesday, january nine I sion Martin and i'm Stevens.

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