Hey everyone it is 4 o'clock in New York. I'm Alicia Menendez in

for Nicole Wallace no shortage of news both here at home and abroad.

The truth's truce between Israel and Hamas has come to an end after seven days that saw

hostages released by Hamas, prisoners released by the Israeli government, and a steady flow of humanitarian aid into

Gaza. And on Capitol Hill, New York Republican George Santos became the sixth

person in American history to be expelled from Congress.

We begin with a new ruling from a federal appeals court

that ex-president Donald Trump can be sued

in relation to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, rejecting his bid for sweeping

presidential immunity against civil claims.

Trump's team had previously argued that almost all of his conduct was protected while he was still an incumbent president,

including on January 6th, and that this should shield him from lawsuits.

But in their unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel concluded that quote the president does not spend every minute of every day exercising official responsibilities and when he acts outside the functions of his office he does not continue to enjoy immunity from

damages liability just because he happens to be the president. When he acts in an

unofficial private capacity, he is subject to civil suits like any private citizen.

The ruling stemmed from a suit brought by a capital police officer, injured in the riot,

and at least 10 other suits like it have been filed by law enforcement officers and

lawmakers. And although the ruling rejects Trump's immunity claim, it does leave the

door open for Trump's team to prove in the future that on January 6th he was acting in his official capacity.

And with this extremely consequential ruling's impact on multiple other legal fronts

for the ex-president, it is expected that his team will appeal it potentially to the

Supreme Court.

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