Welcome to the news hour. On the very last day of arguments, the US Supreme Court heard

debate over one of its most consequential cases, whether a former president is immune

from prosecution for official actions taken while in

office. Outside the court this morning protesters gathered dressed as

kangaroos and holding signs reading things like Trump is not immune. Inside arguments were heard on an appeal brought

by former President Donald Trump who's being prosecuted by Special Counsel Jack Smith for

attempting to overthrow the results of the 2020 election.

John Yang is here now in studio with more.

John...

Onna, it was a big day for former President Trump in a number of courts.

In addition to the nearly three hours of oral arguments

in his immunity case of the Supreme Court, a grand jury in Arizona indicted several of

his closest allies for allegedly trying to subvert the 2020 election.

Following all of this is the news hours William Bringham and our Supreme Court analyst

Marsha Koyle, they were both in the Supreme Court this morning.

Marsha, remind us the basics.

What is President Trump's argument

and what's the government's response?

Okay, John, very simply, President Trump is asking the court

to say that a former president has absolute immunity for conduct involving his or her official acts and

that immunity stretches all the way to the outer perimeter of his office.

And he's looking to certain clauses in the Constitution

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