Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm Amna Navas. On the news hour tonight

former President Donald Trump appears in court to argue that he is immune from criminal charges stemming from his time in office.

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And 2023 blows past the last record for the hottest year and nears a critical

global warming threshold that countries have been trying to avoid.

There's growing concern among scientists that we may have underestimated just how sensitive the climate, the Earth's temperature is to greenhouse gases as they increase. Welcome to the news hour.

Donald Trump was in court in Washington, D.C. today, while his attorneys argued the former

president is immune from federal prosecution connected to the January 6th attack on the U.S.

Capitol.

The three-judge appeals panel seems skeptical of the Trump legal team's argument that

Mr. Trump was acting in his official capacity as president to, quote, ensure election

integrity when he undermined the results of the 2020 presidential election.

I think it's paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed allows

him to violate criminal laws.

NPR Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson was at the courthouse today and is following all of the

latest developments.

Carrie, thanks so much for being with us.

And we should say this case is not just about Donald Trump, it's about the presidency and

the powers of the presidency.

How did Mr. Trump's legal team argue that he should be immune from criminal charges relating

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