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a dramatic rescue overnight. two hostages now safely back in israel with new questions this morning about a possible bigger military operation in the city where hundreds of thousands of palestinians have fled. donald trump's legal troubles overlapping. this morning, he's expected to be at a critical closed-door hearing for his classified documents case in florida while also facing a deadline today to appeal to the supreme court in another case. and overtime thriller gives kansas city its third super bowl in five years. now, a victory parade is planned for valentine's day which begs the question. will taylor swift be there? kate is out today, looking for an answer to that question. i'm john berman with sara sidner, and this is cnn "news

central." it's a critical week for donald trump. first it is deadline day for his legal team to ask for an appeal that he is not immune from criminal prosecution in the january 6th case. also happening today, the former president expected to be with his lawyers in federal court in florida for a closed-door hearing in the mar-a-lago documents case. his team is up the pushing for access to classified evidence they have not seen. cnn's evan perez is outside court in florida this morning. evan, what are we expecting to hear today that happens in court? or the details that he will be facing? >> reporter: well, sara, this is a closed-door hearing where the former president's -- the former president and his lawyers are going to be sitting with the judge. they're going to be looking at

some of the summaries of some of these documents that the special counsel jack smith and his team, are essentially trying to limit how much access the president -- the former president and his lawyers can have before hethey to trial. this is classified documents, according to the gocvernment. these are the most sensitive documents that the fbi retrieved back in august of 2022. the trump team has been arguing that they should be able to get full access to every single document that is going to be used at trial. that trial is still set for may, but what we're seeing is a lot of maneuvering behind the scenes, part of the goal here, of course, by donald trump and his legal team is to delay that trial, to make sthure that we don't have a trial in the documents case before the election, sara. >> i do want to ask you about some of the other fighting that's been going on behind the scenes. what can you tell us about some

of the other arguments being made in this case? >> reporter: right. there's been a lot of closed-door, certainly sealed proceedings that have been going on, and a big part of that has been fight over the witnesses, and the identities of those witnesses. the trump team says there's no reason why any of those witnesses need to be shielded from the public. the special counsel in just the last couple of days, you know, has argued that some of those witnesses are getting threats. they mentioned that one prospective witness has been receiving threats on social media. the u.s. attorney is now investigating that, and so what you are seeing behind the scenes, a lot of legal activity, a lot of infighting over, again, access to these documents and also the identity of some of the most important witnesses that could figure in that trial should we have one in the next few months. sara, john? >> there is big, big worry about intimidation and harassment of the witnesses. we will see what happens in court. thank you so much, evan perez,

for your reporting outside the court there. john? as we await donald trump's arrival there, with me is senior legal analyst and former assistant u.s. attorney, elie hoenig. it's not about legal issues. it's politics. it's part of his 2020 campaign, but what's about to happen now is even more unusual because at least part of today's goings on will be ex parte which means, elie? >> a good use of latin there, john. it means one-on-one with the judge because ordinarily in any criminal hearing, you're going to have any proceeding in front of the judge and both parties have to be there. you can hear what arguments each side is saying. because this case involves classified documents, there's a special law that applies and that says that when classified documents and their contents are being discussed, in some circumstances, the judge can hold the hearings under seal as evan said, meaning not for us

and the public and the media to see, and two, ex parte, meaning the judge can sit with each set of lawyers and clients separately and apart. what this means as a practical matter, john, is that donald trump and his lawyers will be in a room, probably the judge's chambers meaning the judge's offices, alone with the judge and judge's staff which happens very rarely in the criminal system. >> what would trump get out of that? do you think maybe more face time with the judge? can you speculate whether he might think that's somehow adventageous to him? >> well, in an ordinary case, and this is not an ordinary case, but a criminal defendant would be present for hearings like this. he could react, and interact with his lawyers. donald trump is thinking about appearances and politics, and yes, he will be -- the reality is he will have literal face time, one-on-one in a very limited scenario with the judge. now whether he thinks that will influence the judge, who knows? i'm not sure that it will, but

that could well be the calculation. >> we are literally on stand by. elie honig cannot leave his chair for the next several hours because trump's team in the federal elections case needs to file their appeal to the supreme court today. what will you be liking for elie, in that document? >> yes, john, and this is now moving to d.c., to the immunity argument in the federal election case. as you said, donald trump's team really has three options today. option a, do nothing. they're not going to do that, but option a is do nothing, in which case the case goes back down to the trial court, and option b is that donald trump's team can go up to the supreme court and say, we want you to grant surf to use a little more latin here. meaning we want you to take the case. if that happens, the trial court remains frozen until they either reject the case or takes the case and rules on it.

then trump's team can go up to the supreme court and say, we're not necessarily asking you to take the case right now. we want to you extend the freeze on the trial court. we want to you give us more time to decide whether we want to ask you, supreme court, to take the case, and it's worth noting, john, ordinarily a litigate has 90 days. we are on day six since trump lost in the court of appeals, but they have forced trump's hand. >> any argument you might be looking for in their filing if they put it before the supreme court immediately? >> so that's going to be interesting, john, because one of the things you like to say if you're trying to get the supreme court to take a case is there's disagreement. individual judges have disagreed or circuits have disagreed. here we have had anonymity between the district court judge and the three court of appeals judges last week. the way he would phrase this is say, this is a hugely important issue. this has to do with the scope of

presidential powers and the structure of our government. we don't have any supreme court precedent on this. so you as the supreme court ought to jump in and take this case. i think that's how he's going to frame it. >> looking at live pictures, elie. this is the moteorcade bringing donald trump to the courthouse. this motorcade would not just be in place for his lawyers. they're bringing donald trump to be part of this ex parte hearing in front of the judge today overseeing the federal documents case. this is all we're going to see of donald trump as he enters because goings on inside the federal courthouse, no cameras, allowed, but our best reporters on hand to tell us what will take place. don't go far because there's a lot of developments we're expecting over the next few hours. thank you. sara? new this morning, the israeli military says it res chcrescued

two hostages in a coordinated operation in southern rafah. this shows fernando simon marman and luis zar. the niece of one of the men spoke to cnn's nic robertson this morning and described the condition that they're in. >> how they are now, they are a little different -- >> reporter: they've lost some weight. >> they lost a little weight. they are in an inhuman conditions, and situation. now i'm thinking about the 134 hostages that have been in waiting and i want them to be also released as soon as possible. >> during the operation, rafah was under heavy fire. the ministry, the health ministry run by hamas told cnn

nearly 100 people killed and the toll is expected to increase. let's go to jeremy diamond who is in tel aviv live for us in israel. can you give us a sense of how this rescue actually unfolded under heavy fire in the area where there is just so much of the war going on right now? >> reporter: well, sara, the israeli military says this was a complex operation that was the result of lengthy planning by the israeli military in coordination with intelligence services of israel including the internal service of the shabbat. these two men were being held on the second floor of a residential building in rafah. at 1:49 a.m. local time, they breached that building using an explosive charge, went in, and rescued the men and pulled them out under fire from hamas fighters. what we're told is that a minute later, after they breached that

building, the israeli air force began conducting a round of air strikes on other areas of rafah, targeting they say, hamas fighters in order to serve as a diversion effectively to try to get those two hostages and the special forces who rescued them out safely. those two hostages were then put on a helicopter and taken to a hospital on the outskirts of tel aviv where they are being listed as in good medical condition, and they have been reunited with their families, but it's also important to underscore the collateral damage and the impact of these strikes that were carried out by the israeli military overnight in that southern most city of rafah where it's important to note 1.4 million people are living in a city where you normally have 300,000 residents. at least 94 people were killed in these strikes including strikes on at least two mosques and 14 homes according to local reports. ho hospitals we're told were

overwhelmed in rafah overnight by the number of casualties that were coming in. the israeli prime minister, meanwhile, is stressing that this military operation is evidence that he says military pressure, only the continue nation of military pressure will result in the release of the hostages, although it's important to net that this is only the second time that the israeli military has successfully rescued hostages in gaza using a military operation rather than through negotiations. sara? >> jeremy diamond, thank you so much for your reporting and crew there in tel aviv. this morning, fallout over what donald trump said about nato. listen to what the former president and republican front-runner told a campaign rally in south carolina over the weekend. >> one of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, well, sir, if we don't pay, and we're attacked by russia, will you protect us? i said, you didn't pay. you're delinquent. he said, yes.

let's say that happened. no, i would not protect you. in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. >> the nato secretary general said trump's claim that he would encourage russia to attack u.s. allies if they did not spend enough on defense puts american and european soldiers at increased risk. and the european union's top diplomat said nato security cannot depend on how a president of the u.s. feels on any particular day. >> it's not, yes, no, yes. it depends, who are you. let's be serious. let's be serious. nato cannot be an alliance a la carte. it exists or it not exists. >> nato cannot be an alliance a la carte. joining me is the former director for european affairs at the national security council. i want to take your take on

hearing a former president who is the front-runner for the republican party and for the presidency if you look at the numbers. what is your take on what he just said? >> thanks for having me on. >> publicly. >> thanks for having me on. first of all, we have to recognize that story's basically made up. i mean, that kind of conversation doesn't occur. you don't have a major ally ask questions in that manner, you know, these what ifs are just kind of almost a cliche trump madeup story as he's doing rallies in base. what it does tell you is his intent which is for sometime been speculated on, at least by some elements of the national security community for those folks that have worked with donald trump and been in the white house, and they know that trump had every intention of withdrawing from nato. he thinks it's some sort of golf

association. so i think he clears that up for us now. i think the problem is that it's also an invitation to somebody like vladimir putin, a clear invitation to vladimir putin just like he did to inviting vladimir putin to interfere in our elections in 2016, all these things. he's catering to our enemies and attacking our allies. that's who we're talking about here. the worst enemy to our friends and the best friend to our enemy. on the other side of the equation, you have joe biden welcoming the chancellor of germany attempting to normalize relationships. he's been highly effective in trying to bring a bill to support our ukraine aid to congress for a vote, and, you know, the stark contrast between these two men is unbelievable. one invites attacks on our allies. i mean, i -- god forbid, you know, the polish community sees this and believes that they're

next because they're the next ones closest to russia. that's what we're talking about, an attack on our allies. that's being invited by the front-runner for the republican party. >> lieutenant colonel vindman, i'm curious what you think this does to the united states and its role in the world. does what donald trump say -- does what donald trump said there really have an impact on how strong the united states is in the rest of the world? is it making america weak on the world stage? >> absolutely. it makes us look unstable. frankly neurotic, under a -- it really kind of depends. we definitely look weak in absolute terms. we have a front-runner from one of the two major parties undermining our alliances and pandering to our enemies. so on that, in absolute terms yes, but we really what it will come down to is who wins the

2024 election in november. if biden wins, then we have normalcy. we have stability. if trump wins, we have utter chaos. so the contrast is absolutely stark. one will continue to maintain the u.s. role, continue to maintain u.s. power and frankly the international system and the other will completely unwind all the u.s. power and influence and spell disaster inviting our enemies to attack us. >> when you hear from the european union's top diplomat and say this just can't happen, it can't be depending on the president, what the united states' policy is when they have had a longstanding policy. what is europe doing right now? you've talked about poland which is right there, having people coming over from ukraine right on the border. what do you think that the allies are talking about right now as they listen to some of this language from donald trump? >> sure. i mean, i don't have to speculate. my brother attended dinner with

that gentleman mid-last week, and relayed to me that they were still trying to measure what the future holds, whether it's going to be a trump administration that, again, spells disaster for the euroatlantic alliance, will destroy nato, or do we have a -- four more years of president biden rebuilding relationships and making america stronger, driving the most powerful, fastest, growing large economy in the world? that's what they need to -- that's what they're trying to measure, and i think the comment that he had, my twin had was that they need to plan for the worst and hope for the best, which is that we do have a massive amount of chaos by a republican party. it's not just trump, but it's the republican party as a whole that's catering to trump's most excessive, most disruptive tendencies. they themselves passed legislation to prevent trump

from unilaterally withdrawing from nato. that's not enough. the amount of damage the administration can do is really hard to fathom. >> lieutenant colonel alexander vindman with a direct warning there. thank you so much for coming on the program. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> john? all right, sara. we are watching nikki haley who is speaking right now? south carolina. we're waiting to see how she responds to donald trump's near invitation for russia to invade nato countries. also waiting to hear if she responds to donald trump's attacks or comments about her husband being overseas. and we have a new update just in on the health of defense secretary lloyd austin after he was rushed back to walter reed hospital, transferring his official duties. and one woman is dead and a 50-year-old is shot after a shooting at joel osteen's church. this just in, what was found written on the gun used in the

shooting.

new this morning, sources are telling us the woman who shot up a megachurch used an ar-15 with the words free palestine on it. police say she walked into celebrity pastor joel osteen's church, with a young child and then opened fire. c cnn's ed lavandera is in houston outside that church. what can you tell us about the shooter's motive here and for those who don't know, i mean, this is truly a megachurch. it is thousands of people go on sunday. >> reporter: well, this is kind of the first indication of what this reporting from our colleague john miller about what this possible motivation might be. again, very early.

just yesterday afternoon, investigators and police here in houston were saying that they did not have much on a motivation, but we know the work continues to dig into all of that as investigators continue to piece together how all of this unfolded and what we are told is that the gunwoman entered the lakewood church here on the west side of the building, and to give you a sense of just how large this complex is, this used to be a former basketball arena where the houston rockets used to play. it's been converted into this large megachurch, and the woman entered there and started firing. so inside you can imagine also, the chaotic nature. this very campous building, the shots echoing throughout, but place say a woman showed up in a trench coat with an assault-style rifle underneath the trench coat and came in with a young child, about 4 or 5 years old. as the gunshots fired, there were two offduty officers who were working here at the church on this sunday afternoon, and they're the ones according to

police who shot and killed the woman here at the scene who was the woman in her 30s. in that shooting, there was ever there was e young child was also wounded and we're told that child is in critical condition, but it's not clear if that child is the woman's child or someone else's. still waiting to kind of get claire clarif clarification on all of that, but a chaotic and desperate scene for those who were in the area on this church when scrambling for cover and running for safety, sara. >> ed lavandera, very disturbing details. we are looking at some of the pictures from that aftermath of people walking by, all of these emergency vehicles. thank you so much for bringing us the details and we'll be checking back with you to find out more as the morning goes on. john? with us now is john miller, cnn law enforcement analyst, and john, you were just hearing from ed quoting your new reporting on this. what more are you learning about a possible motive here? >> well, there's an indicator

which is on the rifle, the words free palestine was written. we have seen writing on the rifle before in some of these other digits. so there is an indicator this is someone who studied prior shootings. we saw it in the buffalo shooting in the supermarket and the new zealand shooting in the mosque where the rifle kind of becomes the communique, but we don't really know if that is the full breadth of the motive. that's why federal authorities were executing search warrants last night at the home looking for computers, any written documents, thumb drives, social media, online. they're really peeling back through the identity of this person. now we know she's a 37-year-old woman. we know they have her name, but we also know that her identity may have crossed with other identities at different times. so they're trying to sort through what is the back story here, and is there a political motive which could make this

categorized as a case of terrorism. >> talk to us more about that. that is where it goes to a different level. free palestine written on the gun. they're looking for a political motive which would mean what? >> which would mean, is this an act of political terrorism where a location was selected because it's symbolism and wide audience, as a way to gain attention to that, or is this another case of an unhinged person who has gone back and forth between what they call the salad bar of different grievances where that was one of the things in the mix, and right now they're backtracking through this person's life to try and figure out who is she, what was the relationship of the child, and why did this happen. when they did the search of the bac backpack, no explosives were found. they did the scan of the car. same thing, negative results, but at the house, the search

warrant aside from looking for things that would go to motive, they were looking for chemicals which could be explosive prewur sors. when she walked into the church, she poured a liquid on the floor which was deemed to be nonhazardous. there's a it lolot going on in background here trying to figure out who she was, what her story is, and what exactly she was trying to do. which was -- was it to start a fire? was it to do something else? a lot of unanswered questions, but an interesting indicator. >> we know you're on it. john miller, keep us posted because you have a lot of questions and a lot of ff feele. thank you. nikki haley is there stumping in south carolina, and her home state. she's just made a comment about donald trump's comments on nato saying it made her sick to her stomach. we'll have much more on that coming up.

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all right. you're looking at live pictures of nikki haley who is in lawrence, south carolina at a campaign event. she is speaking to this gathering and just moments ago, she reacted to the comments from donald trump over the weekend, which were seen by many as an invitation for russia to invade nato countries that may not pay their full measure of dues into nato. she said those comments from donald trump make her sick to her stomach, which is absolutely i think the strongest comments we have heard from almost any republican after donald trump said what he said. there are many elected republicans on capitol hill tying themselves up in knots responding to donald trump right now, but nikki haley saying, it made her sick to her stomach.

with us now, bakari sellers, and reena shah. you are our man in south carolina. you're watching this unfold. ni nikki haley coming out strong where other republicans have been sheepish to criticize donald trump on this. what do you make of it? well >> well, it's about time. that's the first thing i'm going to say. it may be a little too late. she is gaining ground in south carolina. you feel it on the ground. after new hampshire, there wasn't much wind in her sails. if the election were a day or two or week after new hampshire, maybe but she's making up steam, and the thing about donald trump is he gets worse as time goes by. i think people forgot a lot of the dumb stuff that donald trump said, whether or not it's foreign policy, whether or not it's on issues of race, whether or not it's just on talking about other people like michael h haley and the way he talks about our military. the fact she's fighting back, it actually bodes well for

democrats in the long run, maybe not nick kkki haley because it s true fissures in the republican party. >> let me play republicans tying themselves up in knots. marco rubio is on the foreign relations committee in the senate who cares about this kind of stuff deeply. kind of the gymnastics he tried to perform respondsining to jak tapper about this. listen. >> he told the story about how he used leverage to get people to step up to the plate and become more active in nato. he's not the first american president. in fact, virtually every american president at some point in some way has complained about other countries in nato not doing enough, you know, trump's just the first one to express it in these terms. >> express it in these terms. basically russia -- inviting russia to invade nato countries. reena, why won't republicans stand up to trump on this? >> well, on the one hand they say they hear from their constituents that this is a

sentiment they themselves hold. the fact that other countries aren't doing what we're doing, and we've seen this play out over many months now, this talking point that many gop members on the hill continue to propagate. it's that america is paying everybody else's bill, america is doing more than its fair share. where's everybody else? if you are looking at really, again, that maga stronghold of the party, which i submit to you is not as strong as it's always been, it is the messaging entirely, and that's what these members of congress are afraid about. they don't want to talk about history. they don't want to talk about fact. they don't want to talk about the very notion that this is reckless from the former president. they just want to say, well, this is how our constituents feel, and this is how direct donald trump is. so i'm not surprised that senator rubio would take this line. it's intellectually lazy, of course, on the one hand, but that is where you see much of the republican electorate say

that we are a country that is selling itself to other parts of the world, and we do it because we pay everybody else's bills. i'm not surprised trump is also, again, taking that bait. we've got to remember we're still in primary season, and that's what these members want to show is they're somehow reflecting the will of the republican electorate. >> bakari, if this campaign becomes trump versus biden and it deinvvolves into something l old versus dangerous, and democrats say, donald trump is dangerous? republicans say joe biden is old. is that a race the democrats would be confident about? >> that was the weakest if i've ever heard you use, john. there's no need for the words if. this is joe biden versus donald trump, point-blank period. so yes. i think democrats -- i mean, we are proverbial bedwetters, right? any time anybody says anything harsh about the president or he

says something, we just wring our hands. we cloutch our pearls and just o absolutely nuts. our candidate is the president of the united states. he's hold. he's 80. but this 80-year-old man has accomplished more than any other grandfather in the history of the united states of america. he's actually performed the task well. he's gotten bipartisan legislation through, and the alternative is somebody who's dangerous. let's embrace who what it is. i don't know why the white house is afraid of it. he's old, but he's better than the alternative, and that alternative is somebody dangerous who has 91 felony counts who oh by the way, who wants to talk about other people's families, but he has five kids by three baby mamas. let's actually have this discussion on the merits and i believe we would win that election. >> i appreciate both of your time today. thank you. sara? ahead, this morning, defense secretary lloyd austin in a critical care unit at walter

reed. what he's saying differently this time and what we're learning about his condition this morning. and the atl, hotlanta taking over sin city's super bowl halftime show. we'll talk all about it coming up. ♪

this morning, defense secretary lloyd austin back in the hospital. if you recall last time lloyd with us in the hospital for complications following prostate cancer treatment. he took a lot of heat for failing to promptly notify the white house and almost everyone else about his situation. cnn's oren liebermann is at the

pentagon. we know he's in the hospital. we're not quite sure how long he will be there at this point. what do we know about his condition this morning? >> reporter: at this point, he is in the critical care unit, and you're right, sara. we don't know how long he'll be there. he was taken there right around 2:20 yesterday afternoon. we got the first notification on this very quickly, within 2 1/2 hours. a short time later, there was another update, and then right before midnight, there was a third update that he would be spending the night there in the critical care unit for extra support and much closer monitoring. the notification coming very quickly. he was taken to the hospital for symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue according to the pentagon and we're waiting for updates on how long he'll stay and how that update is doing. we heard his prognosis is good and he is expected to recover as well as from his diagnosis and his surgery to treat prostate cancer here. it is worth noting that on thursday the pentagon announced that austin was supposed to be going to europe and brussels for

meetings and for a nato defense minister. it's unclear if that trip will be able to happen or if it will have to be canceled. that's an update, and we expect to hear very soon since that trip was supposed to start tomorrow morning here. you can see the impact this has had on the secretary. he did transfer his authorities essentially shortly before kickoff for the super bowl last night. it is kathleen hicks who is currently in charge here of the pentagon, sara. >> as i understand, everything was done by the book this time. everybody notified that needed to be notified. oren liebermann, thank you so much for your reporting. so a valentine's day super bowl parade in kansas city. valentine's day with a love story between travis kelce and taylor swift. what are the global implications? we have a special report.

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underdoings. just know that. >> patrick mahomes putting the team on his shoulders, found a way to win again, dissecting the defense with his favorite target, travis kelce, 333 yards passing on the night, two touchdowns, including the game winner. >> he runs and he throws. caught. touchdown. it's caught! hardman caught the ball! the chiefs have won the! the chiefs have won! >> a party for the ages in kansas city. at just 28 years old, mahomes is now a three-time super bowl mvp, just the fifth quarterback ever to win three titles. >> i can't ask for any better than this. we're super bowl champs. kansas city, i'll see y'all at the parade. >> it's a brotherhood, it's family. >> we bought into everything. there's confetti on the floor and i've got a nice hat. >> andy reid, 11 years as the chiefs head coach, three super

bowl wins. and big red isn't done? >> what's going to be your celebratory meal, coach? >> you know a cheese burger. >> reporter: a 25-22 win, kansas city gets their third title in five years. they're the first back-to-back champs in nearly 20 years. >> we get a chance to do it three times in a row. >> travis kelce getting a celebratory from taylor swift, while brother jason and mama donna stuff confetti in their pockets. the most hyped super bowl -- ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ >> reporter: -- delivers from. usher's halftime performance, through the hollywood ending that couldn't have been scripted. it seems like nothing can stop the chiefs and their super bowl eras tour. >> you heard john, they're going to go for three in a row. that's something no team in nfl history has ever done. for now, they're just having

fun. you have travis and taylor dancing on stage to a remix of taylor's song, "love story." just an incredible story. just the way it was all scripted, right? you even have jason kelce, his brother there, with d.j. marshmallow. are these guys not our spirit animals, the kelce brothers? >> they're living their best lives. is taylor swift going to the parade on valentine's day? >> reporter: so, wednesday is the parade through kansas city. she has to kick off her australia leg of her eras tour on friday. with that time change, it would be very tough. i imagine she has a very fast jet. anything is possible, especially for her. >> if anyone can do it, taylor swift can. coy wire, great work out there. what a game it was. thank you very much. there was a game, by the way, there was a game. >> the first half was a problem. it was a bit slow. the second half was insane. and i feel like at one point, mahomes is like, you know what? i've got this. i'm going to do it myself.

i'm -- y'all are not getting it done. i'm going to do it myself. speaking of doing it himself, the super bowl halftime had something for everybody. the iconic dance moves, a star studded lineup. usher brought the atl -- that's atlanta for those -- brought hotlanta to las vegas in the biggest way possible. lisa france is joining us now. hey, lisa. okay. so, usher started out -- i was worried. i'm going to tell you the truth. i was worried at the beginning, just like the beginning of the game. it seemed it was mid-tempo songs, songs we know and love. but then someone was shot out of a cannon or i don't know how they got that man in the air. and it just went nuts from there, including the roller skats, which laid me out. >> absolutely. never doubt the a. never doubt the a. usher brought it. and he said, if you listen closely, he said, i do it for the ladies rngs but i've got to keep it hood. so, you're right. he had something for everybody. he had ballads.

we see him taking off his shirt. he was roller skating. i mean, he sang, he danced. he's such a showman. for those of us -- and us would be me, who didn't get the opportunity to see him in las vegas, it felt like we got a mini-las vegas show. that's exactly what it felt like. >> you see her there, which i love. h.e.r. i wanted to ask you about another person that was in the crowd that was not on the stage but everyone saw her too. beyonce was there. she talked about releasing some music. let's listen. ♪ sweet texas ♪ ♪ ain't no hold em ♪ ♪ lay our cards down down down down down ♪ >> did she break the internet? because that's what the ad said. >> yes, she absolutely did. you know, she is keeping up with her tradition of coming for our coins every tax season. it never fails. tax season, she's going to announce something that's going to cost us money. she's got a new album coming out

called "act 2." i love the commercial, by the way, because everyone ran to verizon for the new music and most people just found their bill. she released two songs, "texas hold em" and "16 carriages." it's country music inspired. that explains the outfit last week at the grammys when she had her cowgirl outfit on. people were like, that's an interesting choice, but now we understand it. beyonce has dabbled in country music before with "daddy lessons" from her "lemonade" album. i'm super excited to hear this new album. >> you know i'm a little bit country and a little bit rock can and roll. also a lot of people think of taylor swift from her country days. beyonce has those roots. i love "daddy lessons." it's one of my favorites. having fun with the a. how do you do it? the a? my bad. thank you, girl. john? >> thank you. >> all right. happening now, donald trump meeting with the judge in the

federal documents case against him. as we await his appeal on a separate case to the supreme court, we have important updates on the timing of it all.