engaging in insurrection. plus explosions across ukraine after what kyiv calls the biggest wave of russian air attacks since the start of the invasion. and the moment people ran for their lives as a rogue wave slammed into the california coast. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, december 29. happy friday. 5:00 a.m. in washington and in maine, 2:00 a.m. out in california. those two states have differing decisions on whether to remove trump from the primary ballot over the 14th amendment insurrectionist ban. in california the secretary of state opted to keep trump on the ballot despite pressure from the lieutenant governor to remove the former president. contrast that with maine where yesterday democratic secretary of state 1450sheena bellows disqualified trump writing that it was an insurrection at the behest of then president trump. it became clear that it was an attack on the rule of law, that it was an insurrection and that the u.s. constitution does not tolera
cnn this morning starts right now. bumped off the ballot again. maine removes donald trump from the gop primary. now, he faces two legal challenges to his 2024 campaign. what does this mean for the election as the supreme court faces another damaging case? and damage control on the campaign trail. nikki haley says of course, the civil war was about slavery. and russia launches the largest aerial assault since the war began. a dozen people are dead. ukraine is renewing its call for international help. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. it s the last friday of 2023. i m phil mattingly with erica hill in new york. poppy is off today. and maine is the second state to low donald trump off of the primary ballot. just like colorado, maine s secretary of state found that fr trump engaged in insurrection. here s what she told cnn after the announcement. january 6th was an attack on the capitol and officials, and on the rule of law. it was insurrec