a rush to judgment. the special counsel jack smith urging the supreme court not to wait to decide a critical question concerning donald trump. is he entitled to immunity for crimes he may have committed as president? >> and growing influence. two months of war brought on by hamas's attack on israel hasn't hurt the terror group sway over gaza. in fact, maybe the opposite. and under fire again, harvard's president now facing questions over whether she committed plagiarism, this after avoiding calls for her to resign over her testimony on antisemitism. can she survive another controversy? following these major stories and many, more all coming in right here to cnn news central.

the special counsel prosecuting donald trump wants to fast-track a key dispute in the case right to the supreme court. today, jack smith again urged justices to weigh in now on whether a former president can be prosecuted for alleged crimes committed while in office. it is an issue that has never been tested before. so, a supreme court ruling here could change the course of american history or potentially make-or-break jack smith's case. >> in today's filing, smith argues the public interest in a prompt resolution of this case favors an immediate, definitive decision by this court. the charges here are of the utmost gravity. that, was of course, in response to trump's filing that came yesterday. in a departure from what is usually the trump legal playbook, hear the former president asked to the supreme court to stay out of this dispute. cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is here. evan, what else did jack smith

argue here? >> breonna, the prosecutors here are arguing the supreme court can simply look at 1974 and the nixon case, where the supreme court similarly jumped over, leapt over the appeals court and we directly took on the question of the former spur -- then president of the united states. the question was, do you resolve these questions, these important constitutional questions about whether a former president could be prosecuted or not? in this case, the bottom line is, do voters have a right when they cast their ballot in 2024? to have a right to know whether donald trump is a convicted criminal or do they deserve to wait until after the election to find that out? with the special counsel is saying in their filing today, here's what he says.

the stakes are at least as high, referring to nixon, if not higher. the resolution of the question presented is pivotal to whether the former president himself will stand trial, which is scheduled to begin in less than three months in the future. enforcing federal criminal law that prohibit such conduct is vital to protecting our constitutional processes and democracy itself. they go on to point out that donald trump has had plenty of time to prepare for that trial. of course, breonna, as you know, the appeals court has already scheduled oral arguments on january 9th. it is possible that we may see a quick ruling from the appeals court. jack smith is taking no chances. he is saying the supreme court needs to at least take this case on now. >> evan, we also have some breaking news on rudy giuliani. he is filing for bankruptcy. the timing of that is really significant. >> right, absolutely. it comes a day after a judge gave the okay for those two

georgia election workers, ruby freeman and shaye moss, to begin trying to collect on the hundred and 48 million dollar -- that they had gotten from a washington jury just a few days ago. because of the fact that giuliani defamed them by telling lies about what they were doing after the 2020 election. what giuliani has been saying all along, what he has been saying for months in various legal filings, he is broke. here officially, he is declaring bankruptcy. he says that he has debts of 100 to $500 million. and he has athletes of about $10 million. we always knew, obviously, that these women were going to have a tough time trying to collect on this really gigantic number,

100 and $48 million. now, rudy giuliani is saying that he has no such money, he doesn't have anything like that, he's asking for bankruptcy court protection so he doesn't have to pay it. guys? >> evan, thank you for that. let's bring in cnn national chief affairs correspondent jeff zeleny, and cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor jennifer rodgers with us. jennifer, it seemed like, ultimately, this is an issue that is going to be going to the supreme court. what is the case for just letting the lower court work through this first? >> sure, that's fine, sure. all right we. >> we are dealing with an audio issue there, i think. >> we're going to try to fix this so that we can hear jennifer. jennifer, can you hear us? >> i can hear you. >> okay, great. that's great. we what is the argument here for just letting this work through the lower court?

>> the argument is that that is the way it's normally done. at the lower court can consider, deliberate, issue a written opinion, the supreme court can utilize that opinion in their reasoning as they consider whether or not to affirm or overturn. that's the way it is normally done. but there are lots of arguments for pushing it through more quickly it's a little ironic that the former president, given how many times his administration asked to leapfrog over appellate courts in seeking emergency authorizations from the supreme court, is now saying to slow down. not to mention it's his motion, his motion to dismiss that is up for consideration. they are certainly well equipped to handle it quickly and i hope that that is what they, do given the tendency of the trial date. >> how quickly are we talking here? >> they can handle it in weeks. i don't think that it will be days. there are serious issues to consider here that are matters of first discretion, the notion of presidential immunity in this context has not been

decided before. but i think, in a matter of weeks, it's enough time to consider all the arguments and deliberate and issue a decision. >> jeff, you have been on the road, spending a lot of time in iowa, right? just about less than a month from the first caucus. i'm wondering how voters received this knows about donald trump. have they seen it at all as a liability? >> in the short-term, it's a strength for the former president. once again, he is using this to play the victim and republicans are rallying around him. we have really seen it time and time again this year, starting back in april with the first indictment in manhattan and then to georgia. we saw how much money he made off of something a simple as a mugshot. he uses all of these moments in time in the legal system, all separate cases, completely different charges or civil cases or questions. but the same defense, people rally around him. i did talk with voters because the colorado ruling came just minutes before he walked on

stage there. but they are reading the phones and things. with some of it was sort of confusing, what does this mean? why is he off the ballot? we have to realize that people are living their lives and not following all of these cases. we can barely keep up with all of the different cases. so, the one commonality is that they believe he is under attack. republican rivals are saying, the most any of them are saying, is, do you really want this drama and chaos going into 2024? really they're saying, even chris christie, the biggest critic of all, saying voters should decide donald trump's feet. not courts. >> jeff, you mentioned his republican rivals, chris christie. but ron desantis had a unique spin on the colorado decision. walk us through that. >> sort of conspiracy theory. he said that democrats are trying to make donald trump the nominee because they think he'll be easier to beat. that is why he's under attack from the judicial system.

of course, there is nothing to that specifically. the democrats, the biden administration are not behind these rulings. these are separate jurisdictions. but he has long been saying the democrats want trump to be the nominee because he's a weaker opponent then eight desantis would be. but the challenge for desantis is winning the republican primary. i thought nikki haley's answer was interesting. she, said we're going to win this the right way. judges should decide this. also said this election should be about, you should not be about court cases and other things. they are in a pickle here, obviously. he still controls the republican party. >> jennifer, fact-check that for us. who is behind all of these cases? >> well, different people, breonna. except the two that are brought by jeff smith, the criminal council. but those are two of the cases, one is by fulton county prosecutor, another by manhattan's local prosecutor.

a variety of civil matters brought against the former president. this colorado matter is brought by a nonprofit group, a legal advocacy group that is not affiliated with the democrats or any other political party. they are from all over the place, which should kind of undercut any conspiracy theories about what democrats or the white house are trying to do to trump in advance of the election. >> jennifer rogers, jeff zeleny, appreciate the time. thank you both. to other news now, specifically out of europe. we are following a mass shooting, there one that is left at least 15 people dead in prague, in the czech republic. according to, police another 25 were injured in that shooting. >> this happened at a university there in the czech capital. bystanders took a picture. it is unbelievable, look here, you see people here huddled. they're holding tight to allege, hiding from the shooter. just a chilling image from a place that really doesn't see this kind of violence very often. cnn's melissa bell is with us now on this.

melissa, stunning to see this photo, what can you tell us about this? >> all the more, so breonna, that was a very high ledge that they were cowering on when it happened. these are scenes of extreme violence while this shooting took place. he, said it's important to put it in the context that these sorts of mass shootings are very rare here on the european continent. the czech republic's -- much more liberal gun law and there are also in europe. still, this is not something they've seen in decades, he and it's likely to prove to be the most deadly shooting in peacetime. shocking, since we are finding out more about exactly what happened and who this young man was. a philosophy student at the faculty of arts of the university, charles university in prague where he went on the rampage. what we understand is this 24-year-old student had killed his father in his home village

a couple of hours from the czech capital before making his way to the university. police have been given a tip off, they understood that he was planning to kill himself at the university. they courted off the buildinwada lecture at noon. it was, in fact, another building where he carried out his rampage. the toll is quite horrifying. there are at least 15 dead. but of the 24 to 25 people that he managed to injure, nine of them are severely wounded. this is the toll and, sadly, please fear it could rise. a busy campus university in the afternoon when he went on his rampage. we don't know what sort of weapons he, used we know he was carrying a permit and had several weapons, firearms at his disposal. but extremely shocking scenes and we know that the czech prime minister, interior minister to there on the scene. lots of expressions of solidarity but also deep shock

expressed by other european leaders throughout the course of the day. >> you're saying they cordoned off a particular building before he showed up? and instead, he went to a different location? >> that's right. he went to a different location, exactly. >> big questions. similar things have happened in the u.s.. that is going to raise a lot of questions about this. melissa bell, thank you for that report. the waiting, apparently far from over for the families of hostages held by hamas. the group giving israel an ultimatum, one that israel is unlikely to accept. >> and a targeted, imprison an american wrongfully in president russia says he was attacked by another inmate and an official is actually instigating assaults on him. that is next, on cnn news central.

>> the prospect of another hostage release deal appears, at least for now, to be off the table in the middle east. hamas announcing today will not agree to any hostage talks until after israel and its military operation in gaza. >> and hamas's new rejection of these talks comes as u.s. intel agencies are warning about the group's rise in popularity since the october 7th terror attack. new analysis shows hamas's credibility and influence have grown dramatically across some parts of the arab and muslim world. let's begin there. cnn's katie owed joining us on this. this is your reporting, what is u.s. intel saying here? >> breonna, the u.s. intelligence agency has been pretty closely tracking how the october 7th attack has impacted moss's popularity thought. especially among districts remiss groups that share an ideology with hamas.

hamas got a pretty major credibility bump after october 7th. there is a couple reasons for this. from a operational perspective, october, seventh this tara tack was wildly successful. since then, -- to negotiate the release of prisoners taken by. israel hamas has been able to cast itself as a defender of the palestinian, caused this lone armed force fighting back against, israel which, of course, is seen by some communities as this brutal oppressor we can see a couple of the indicators that intelligence officials are tracking publicly. protests in jordan, where hamas 's name has been chanted publicly. polling data shows moss's popularity in the west bank rose after october 7th. there's been public warnings since u.s. and european officials of a heightened risk of potential lone wolf attacks by extremists inspired by hamas. >> what are officials specifically worried about

there? >> some of the officials we spoke to as part of the reporting sparked by the relentless bombardment of gaza, with the stream of suffering going viral, it's only going to further legitimize hamas and potentially radicalize others inside and outside of gaza. even, though of course, we know hamas is hiding itself amongst civilians. lloyd, often the defense secretary, summed up some of the concerns this month. this fight, the center of gravity is a civilian population. he replaces strategic victory with a tactical defeat. this flurry of assessments is floating around as we see the biden administration sort of increasingly make more and more pointed warnings both in private and in public even as they're supporting israel's

right to try to decapitate hamas from a leadership perspective. >> they have a right to respond, but we know that killing civilians creates terrorists. certainly in the u.s., we are well aware of that. excellent reporting, katie, thank you for that. >> meanwhile, today, the u.n. security council may vote on a resolution calling to suspend the fighting a, gaza so desperately needed aid can be delivered to the enclave. >> the vote has already been delayed three times this week, as president biden has said that u.s. support for the resolution is still unresolved. joining us, now we have retired army major general james spider marks. this vote is a part of going global pressure on israel as hamas is rejecting these hostage talks until israel ends its military operation in gaza. how do you think israel should proceed here? >> i think israel only listens to the united states. good luck in the u.n.. i don't think they have much credibility in terms of the

voices that israel's listening to. when the u.s. speaks, israel is going to listen. all the support that has been garnered globally, that does exist for israel right now, it's as a result of the united states efforts. israel, their government, their military will pay attention to what lloyd austin is saying, for the president is saying, what secretary blinken is talking about. that's about it. when >> general marks, given this latest intel that hamas is growing in popularity not only across the region but across the world, potentially, israel is trying to ramp up operations in gaza. but how realistic is their goal of fully defeating hamas. , when as we pointed out with katie bo, every civilian that is killed leads to more terrorists. i >> really, does that is the issue. can israel achieve a level of success and then declare victory? declare mission accomplished, even though that narrative will have a lot of hair on it, right? from our past history. the deal, is they need to come to a conclusion sooner rather

than later. which means i'm not confident that israel will, in their heart of hearts and at least in their public assessment, say that hamas is not defeated. they will say hamas is defeated. understanding totally that they've really pushed the horizon out in terms of destroying hamas. now, the focus needs to be on the hostage issue. how do you get the hostages recovered? what cost is there in order to do that? israel has indicated any terrorist now or anybody that's in jail right now in israel is a known terrorist. they're going to have to release, them which is almost a nonstarter. i think what we are talking about, destruction of hamas is going to take more time. they will defer to that. look at the hostages back. israel will not let up on trying to go after hamas. but it will be a different type of engagement, it won't look like this. it will be a longer term strategy of trying to find leadership in continuing to

pluck away and work on the infrastructure. >> it's easy to imagine israel's perspective, here general. they, say america, that's rich coming from. you coming out of these forever wars. but it really does come down to, or should, what does this generation of israelis want to leave for their children? and for their grandchildren. with that in mind, how do you convince israeli leaders that may be some restraint and being a little more exacting is the way to go here? >> you're exactly correct. look, humanitarian assistance and combat operations can take place simultaneously. that's not a stretch. that can happen. you don't have a complete, pause you don't necessarily have to have a complete pause and military operations to get humanitarian support in their. that's kind of point number. one point number two, the israelis work to, this go back to the 73 yom kippur war.

six years after, that where israel almost lost it all. you had the camp david accords. i think israel must understand that six october is not where you go back. that doesn't exist anymore. we have to move forward. there has to be an element of optimism, ironically, there's got to be an element of optimism coming out of this fight. that things can be different. whatever the solution looks like. whether it's to state, could it be a one state? i kind of doubt it. what are the solutions that are possible? so, you don't go back to this antebellum. you cannot go back to what six october looked like. the israelis must understand that. what are the accommodations? one of the sacrifices now? trade a space for time. hamas and terrorist organizations running proxies have got to go away. all those leaders should be slaughtered. you can't do it this way. the world's vilifying israel for what they're trying to accomplish.

>> it takes a lot of creativity, which is hard to demand in the fog of war. but that is real leadership. we'll see if they rise to that occasion. spider marks, great to have you. >> thank, you folks. >> next on cnn news central, harvard's president was able to survive calls from her resignation after a public relations disaster on capitol hill but a new controversy is aimed right at her integrity as an academic. >> and exxon as a time on the red sea could impact another retailer. we'll tell you the other companany impacteded by ththe as anand what it t could meanan for store shshelves. stay with h us

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so, harvard's president is requesting new corrections to her past academic work following allegations of plagiarism. last week, claudine gay submitted corrections due to article she published in 2001 in 2017. but as cnn review found even clearer examples of plagiarism in her earlier work, including her dissertation back in 1997. >> the embattled leaders career has been under a microscope ever since her disastrous congressional testimony earlier this month about antisemitism on campus. for more, let's bring in cnn's matt egan. matt, tell us what you're learning here. >> boris and brianna, claudine remains very much in the hot seat. her writings are under scrutiny

and congress is cranking it up here. -- it's launching a review into these allegations over plagiarism. they're demanding answers from harvard officials and are alleging that there is a double standard here. let me read you what a house chair, we virginia foxx, wrote in a letter. she said, quote, if university is willing to look the other way and not hold faculty accountable for engaging and academically dishonest behavior, it cheapens its mission and the value of its education. we virginia foxx wrote a response to a series of questions, eight days from now. at the same time, harvard has announced that claudine gay is planning to issue corrections to hurt 1999 petri dissertation over what the university described as, quote, inadequate citation. this is another embarrassing setback for. this is on top of the questions that were issued just last week concerning her academic writings in the 2000s. i would just note though that the way that this has played

out, this drip, drip, drip, gradual spilling out of allegations over plagiarism has only complicated matters steel and turned up the pressure even more on claudine gay. >> matt, there has been some criticism towards harvard because of that drip, drip, drip. what is the university doing now and how has she responded? >> harvard is basically saying that this is regrettable but not fireable. they are saying that, after their review, they've determined that this does not constitute what is known as a researcher misconduct. they point to their policy around these issues, which states that, for it to be considered misconduct, which would be a punishable offense, it has got to meet three criteria. has to be a significant departure from practices, let's feed unintentionally, knowingly or recklessly and proven by a preponderance of evidence. harvard is basically saying, this is not that. for her part, claudine gay issued a statement earlier this month where she said, and i'm quoting, i stand by the

integrity of my scholarship. throughout my career, i've worked to ensure my scholarship and here is to the highest academic standards. when you think about plagiarism, it's important to point out that it really falls into two different categories. the first one is copying without retribution. the, other more serious category is stealing someone else's ideas. what has been uncovered to date regarding claudine writings really falls into the former category. sloppy citations but not idea theft. that is why some of the experts that my colleague -- spoke to, they were divided over what exactly the punishment here should be for claudine gay, or even if there should be a punishment at all. none of them outright called for claudine gay to be fired. in fact, they note that it's quite rare for academics or even students who commit flip plagiarism time to be fired or expelled. boris and breonna?

>> matt, thank you for that report. we will continue to follow it. now, to some of the other headlines we're watching this hour. furniture trying to he is a retailer announcing supplies of its products could be delayed due to the rebel attacks on ships in the red sea. several of the world's biggest companies have paused shipments on that rig after shipments were attacked by iranian-backed houthi rebels. the attacks are forcing companies to reroute around the cape of good hope, adding days to the trip. and toyota is recalling roughly 1 million cars on the u.s. because the front passenger airbag may not deploy properly in a crash. the recall affects several 2020 and 2021 model year toyota and lexus models. to see if your vehicle is part of the recall, go to toyota.com slash recall. pardon me. also, clowns.com being sued for allegedly failing to pay clowns and other entertainers for

several hours of work despite having promised them a 25-dollar per hour wage. the website used to book clowns and other characters for children parties. the lawsuit filed in federal court this week by a group of former clowns and entertainers accusing the company of failing to pay these workers for many of these hours that they worked. not funny, even though clowns are funny. six americans back on u.s. soil, we are following the story. after a deal with venezuela that also freed for other americans in exchange for one high-profile venezuelan. we will have details on this when we return. why

the biden administration has negotiated with venezuela to get all u.s. citizens out of their prisons. this was last night. we are seeing this live on cnn's air. six of the ten released men there, landing at a u.s. military base. kelly field in san antonio, texas. >> all six were classified as wrongfully detained by the united states government. cnn's ed lavandera was there when they stepped off the plane, back on u.s. soil. one of them actually on a stretcher. joins us now from san antonio. tell us more about the arrival and who all was involved in the prisoner exchange. >> the six americans woke up in a venezuelan jail cell on wednesday and they were moved to a caribbean island. that is where they were told it was going to be a meeting point. they waited up to six hours as the final details of the deal between the u.s. and venezuela was negotiated. then, they're put on another

plane and told they were going home. hey >> the release of ten americans from venezuelan custody unfolded so quickly, their families didn't arrive in time to greet them at the san antonio airfield where six of the ten walked off a plane with the u.s. state department who negotiated their release. >> free, last free at last, think of almighty, free at last. >> -- was one of the six american detainees who arrived in texas. venezuelan authorities arrested him in october. he was wrongfully imprisoned on terrorism charges and accused of conspiring with the political opposition of venezuelan president, nicolás maduro. wright says he was kidnapped by venezuelan authorities, and held for ransom. >> reporter: did you think you are going to see this day anytime soon? >> i don't know if i would ever make it out. and it's really scary to me, in a place when you're used to having freedoms interlocked into a cell, sometimes, with four other people in a very tiny cell, and to realize, am i ever going to get out of this?

>> reporter: roger carstens of the u.s. government special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, and was part of the extensive team involved in negotiating the prisoner release. >> we left with everyone right now. there are no more americans left in venezuela that are being out in the present facilities. >> reporter: the deal also included the return of the infamously corrupt military contractor known as fat leonard francis. he was the mastermind the largest bribery scandal in u. s. naval history, and escape to venezuela last year after his conviction in 2015. an exchange, the u.s. agreed to return alex abe, close ally of the venezuelan president who was facing prison time in the u.s. on corruption and money laundering charges. >> if you don't make a hard decision like this, you are basically writing these guys off. because the other side never asked for something easy. >> i'm incredibly grateful. i'm sorry, i can't even speak. >> reporter: evan hernandez was

wrongfully imprisoned venezuela for 630 days. he says he was held in a makeshift prison, and adored psychological mistreatment. >> so they keep you, they're inhumane conditions, and they make your life a living. they do everything in their power for you to lose that piece, and try to make you go crazy. >> reporter: despite this, hernandez as he doesn't harbor any anger or hatred to those who imprisoned him, and he hopes the u.s. and venezuela can come to discover peaceful relations. >> all you think about when you are in prison is how you didn't appreciate being free while you were free. there is no way to understand whether this like to be imprisoned unjustly, and not have any way out. so it has been a long time coming. [applause] these men were brought to san

antonio. they have a program to help people who were wrongfully obtained -- that's why they were brought here. breonna? >> such a moving story. reporting live from san antonio. thank you so much. >> that prisoner swap with venezuela puts new focus on american, paul whelan, who's been sitting in a russian prison for nearly five years. u.s. state department tells whelan that he was targeted in prison and that he was afraid for his safety. cnn's alex marquardt here with more on this. alex, talk to us a little bit about what he's saying here and when he says he feels targeted? >> whelan spoke with jennifer hansen. he said after he was attacked by prisoner last month because of the prisoner harbored anti american views, he complained and an official in the person was actually admonished for allowing the attack to happen. the official then, according to, whelan went on to instigate other prisoners to attack whelan and to discipline him. those other prisoners, whelan

set, demanded protection money. it specifically 1100 dollars. that is the exact same amount whelan says is in his prison account. he alleges that there is no way those prisoners would know that amount were it not for this official. he did not pay. up he did not give them any money. any of his protection money. he says he was moved to a different barracks. he told our colleague, jennifer, this new barracks wood exposed me to criminal behavior as well as the potential for assault. most people carry knives and many houston lance which can make them wild and violent. a deadly combination where any sort of conflict exists, especially an incident provoked by the deputy warren. a very scary situation. he says he's particularly targeted by other prisoners because they don't like the u.s. support for israel in the war in gaza. >> interesting. alex marquardt. thank you for the update. still to come on news central, congress wants to hit

the ground running in january. lawmakers have left a mountain of unfinished business on a series of pressing issues. will they be able to sort it all out before p part of thehe govevernment shohould sound?d?

congress is already out for the holidays, punting many pressing issues to the new year. the senate failed to deliver aid to ukraine and fund border

controls despite majority leader, chuck schumer, giving senators an extra week for negotiations. >> luma the new year is the prospect of another spending showdown, lawmakers have just days after returning to pass a new funding bill and to avoid a partial government shutdown. the list is long, we have cnn's monty raju here to go through it. they have a lot to do. >> the question is, can they do it? a lot of people don't think they can. just because of the nature of the business and the complications and complexities of the issues here. that's what congress typically does. they punted and they did that not just keeping the government open, and that's going to be, hard because there's a difference between -- over how much money to spend for the entire federal government. that dispute, if they go too far, that will prompt pushback from democrats in the white house. that would raise our government shutdown fear. then what did they do about the pressing issue at the southern border with mexico? they try to come up with the policy of new immigration and

border policy salute republicans say it is essential to allowing israel and ukraine aid to move ahead. getting a deal on immigration has been so hard for a handful of senators, let alone getting by in for the rest of congress. the house and senate, which is badly divided over this issue of immigration, perhaps that could collapse in the middle of a presidential election no less. so many complicating factors which is why a lot of people feel that -- and plunge the country right back into a crisis >> that anxiety, that pessimism, it is not just because of the complexity of the issues, it is also because it was a historically unproductive congress >> yes, the big thing they did was avoid an and default this pasar typically sog you are supposed to do in congress. do not plunge the country and world into global economic catastrophe. when we talk to republicans and democrats alike, they will tell you very clearly that they also think this is a productive

congress. >> has this been a productive congress? >> now. i've been here five years. the biggest surprise is that i was not surprised. >> look, they have a couple dozen bills that have actually gone into law. they've fallen far off the pace of actually -- even divided congress, it's the nature of this badly divided republican house. they kicked out one speaker, which was unprecedented the way that one tail, they had spent nearly a month to replace the speaker of the house. it was paralyzed. all of this continued to pile up. the senate democrats said they are running the senate, they don't believe -- ny bls can get past. they are confirming nomination after nomination. they're passing bills on legislation which has led to the situation we're in now which is, they're not doing a whole lot. >> they had a lot of [inaudible] we can say. that every single one, manu,

thank you for that. according to poll numbers donald trump is doing just fine in his presidential campaign. >> different story in the courtroom, though. we are going to dig into why his future maybe exactly what he wants.