out and plays the blame game. we have fox team coverage tonight. peter doocy at the white house with the executive level finger pointing over the border badge. aishah hasnie at the capitol as republicans, even some democrats put stop sign on the measure. we begin with senior congressional correspondent chad pergram on the hill where the house could begin voting at any moment on blb to impeach homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas. good evening, bret. no impeach cabinet secretary changes tonight. the house votes to impeach alejandro mayorkas. of the allegations lying to congress and failing to enforce the law. it s about the math. at least two republicans plan to vote no ken buck and tom mcclintock. mcclintock called impeachment a stunt. but we know that s not grounds for impeachment. this border crisis can t be fixed by replacing one left wing official with another. if the house impeaches, marjorie taylor greene will serve as one of the 11 prosecutors in a senate trial.
chance is a lsaloon for them to restore their tarnished reputation. thanks for joining us. anderson starts now. tonight, a federal appeals court deals the former president a major blow saying he must stand trial for january 6th and that no former president has immunity for crimes committed in office. tonight, what former presidential can t chris christie makes of the ruling and why he is not endorsing anyone this primary season. a jury s verdict on a school shooter s mom and the unprecedented charges against her in connection with his crime. we will hear from the parents of two of his victims. good evening. thanks for joining us. there s breaking news from the capitol. republicans try to do something which hasn t been done since 1876, impeach a cabinet secretary. their effort and their failure for now just ahead. first, the other breaking story out of washington, today s court ruling, if it stands, will be taught in history classes and law schools for generations to
that argument. there is some evidence to suggest that. any evidence to suggest the presidency was what they were focused on? there is some evidence of that. people saying we don t want jefferson davis to be elected president and one of the drafts of section three specifically mentioned the presidency and vice presidency. it wasn t the final inaction. it wasn t final but there was concern by some people about con federal insurrectionists ascendsing to the presidency. we didn t want to make a a history argument. the other side can come back and throw this counter evidence back in our face. we wanted to focus more on the text of the constitution. it was a compromise provision that was enacted in section three. let me ask you another question about the states because you have forcefully made an argument about the states not being able to enforce section three. so if we agree with you on that, what happens next? i thought you also wanted us to end the litigation so is
this is a historic moment for the united states supreme court and for american democracy. the justices about to consider whether donald trump is constitutionally barred from being president again. we ll hear the unprecedented arguments and the court s responses live. welcome to cnn s special live coverage of the trump ballot battle at the u.s. supreme court. i m kaitlan collins live outside the supreme court. and i m jake tapper. the nation s highest court will review this landmark case. the division by colorado s supreme court to disqualify former president trump from the 2024 ballot based on what some call the insurrectionist ban 12349th amendment to the u.s. constitution. today the nine justices, three of them nominated by trump, are poised to have the most direct impact on a presidential election since the supreme court decided bush v. gore nearly a quarter sentry ago. now among the questions before the highest court in the land today, did trump incite an insurrecti
democrats controlling the senate chamber. although this hour, counteroffer for a hostage deal from the terrorist group hamas, which is calling for complete cease-fire. i m going to get the reaction from the father of nine-year- old emily hand. she spent nearly 2 months in hamas captivity. leading this hour, the major ruling earlier today for a three-judge appeals court panel agreeing that donald trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he may have committed when he was president, getting trump s team until end february 12, monday, to file emergency action with the u.s. supreme court if they want to afield. let s get straight to cnn s caitlin collins. this was more than just a denial of donald trump s legal arguments. it was the judge s unanimously rejecting and repudiating donald trump s actions around january 6. yeah, they said it could be criminal. jake, they noted all this is what laid out in the indictment from jack smith so they used the words allegation