Four Critical Bolts Missing in Alaska Airlines Blowout, NTSB Says

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

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P.M. Edition for Feb. 6. In a preliminary report, the National Transportation Safety Board found that four critical bolts needed to hold an Alaska Airlines plane’s plug door in place were missing, before the early January blowout involving a Boeing 737 MAX 9. And shares of New York Community Bancorp plunge, after last week’s earnings report. Markets reporter Gina Heeb has more. Plus, a federal appeals court rejects former President Donald Trump’s immunity claim. Justice Department and legal affairs reporter C. Ryan Barber explains. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This Podcast is brought to you by Alex Partners.
0:03.0	Read the results of the fifth annual Alex Partners Disruption. A federal appeals court has rejected former President Donald Trump's immunity claim.
0:21.0	What this is done is return to the realm of the possible the chance that Trump
0:25.1	faces a trial on these election interference charges later this year and a
0:29.7	preliminary report from federal investigators said four critical bolts were missing in last month's Alaska Airlines blowout.
0:37.0	Plus, the luxury retailers who are buying out their landlords.
0:41.0	It's Tuesday, February 6th. I'm Anne Marie Fertoli for the Wall Street Journal.
0:45.0	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
0:59.2	A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has unanimously ruled that former President Donald Trump is not
1:05.2	immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
1:10.0	To explain what could happen next, I'm joined by Justice Department and Legal Affairs
1:13.6	reporter Ryan Barber.
1:15.4	Ryan, what was the court's rationale in rejecting Trump's defense?
1:18.6	The court's rationale really tracked very closely with the skepticism that they voiced during the January 9th argument
1:24.4	where they said Trump certainly had immunities as president but as soon as he
1:28.4	became a regular citizen as soon as he left office he became like every other criminal defendant with the same possible
1:34.5	defenses and the same exposure that any person would have.
1:38.4	So in their ruling today, they said that while executive immunity might have protected him while he served as president,
1:44.0	it no longer protects him against prosecution.
1:46.0	What was so interesting about the opinion also was it really delved into history,
1:50.0	specifically in rejecting Trump's double jeopardy argument that really centered on how he'd been impeached by the House but acquitted by the Senate for roughly the same conduct, they really went to history to say the weight of historical authority indicates that the framers intended for public officials to face ordinary criminal prosecution as well as impeachment.
2:09.0	So it was really a resounding loss for Donald Trump in the appeals court and it puts this case now on a path
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