Tonight Donald Trump's high stakes legal battles collide. The Supreme Court

weighs his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution for plotting to

overturn the 2020 election. As a key witness testifies in his first criminal trial about

the alleged catch and kill schemes to help his 2016 campaign and with

Trump tied up in court Biden's campaign goes on the offense, making a play for

Nicky Haley voters in swing states as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night. Good evening, I'm Katie Fang in for Stephanie Rule.

We're now 194 days away from the election. But today all eyes

were on the United States Supreme Court, the justices hearing oral arguments

in Trump versus the United States. This is the case that's

all about the former president's controversial claim that he's immune from

criminal prosecution. These are the questions at hand.

What is the scope of presidential immunity

and what constitutes an official act?

Our own Laura Jarrett has more on today's arguments.

Tonight, the US Supreme Court weighing

a monumental question that will decide

whether the former president goes to trial

for plotting to overturn the last election and win.

I think that the Supreme Court has a very important argument before today.

Mr. Trump hoping to persuade the justices to find him immune from federal charges.

His lawyers arguing the office of the presidency would be completely hobbled without that protection.

Without presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, there can be no presidency as we know it.

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