Down the longestserving Senate Leader in u. S. History announcing he is leaving that role at the end of the year. What this means for the republican caucus. The real school duel a new lawsuit alleging a teacher allowed students to square off with actual swords a teenaged girl left permanently injured. Wendys frosty nono and history unearthed. How one woman is giving a new chance to a littleknown piece of black history in pittsburgh its leap year, thursday, february 29. Early today starts right now good morning, glad youre with me. Im Frances Rivera we begin with new developments in trumps legal battles illinois has been the latest state to have deemed trump ineligible to be on the ballot the illinois ruling is paused to allow the Trump Campaign to appeal, and they say they intend to the Supreme Court recently heard arguments over a similar ruling in colorado. Now the justices say they will hear arguments in an another critical case involving mr. Trump. Reporter the u. S. Supreme court
Dueling messages. President biden and former President Trump making separate appearances at the southern border today. What they each hope to spotlight on an issue that is affecting cities nationwide. The balance, the Supreme Court agrees to hear Donald Trumps election interference case. How the arguments and timeline could impact the race for the white house. Boiling point. Dozens of civilians reportedly killed after hamas says the Israeli Military opened fire on palestinians waiting for aid in gaza. What we know about the incident as the death poll crosses another depressing mile tone. And fighting the flames. The Smokehouse Creek fire exploding to the largest wildfire in texas history. The urgency to contain any of it before high winds make conditions worse. Happy leap day to you out there. We begin with President Biden and former President Trump in texas today. President biden is in brownsville, texas. Former President Trump is in eagle pass. The dueling visits are highlighting imm
[applause] [applause] [inaudible] [inaudible] [chanting] [inaudible] [inaudible] [applause] [applause] thank you. Senate resident, house speaker, democratic and republican leaders, esteemed members of the new mexico legislature, honorable members of the judiciary, new mexico governors, distinguished guests. The states first gentlemen, my husband. [applause] my beautiful sister. [applause] my stepson, his wife. [applause] and of course, the precious first granddaughter. [applause] my fellow new mexicans, im honored to join you for the state of the state address and to open this legislative session. I was actually going to forgo the speech this year. And let you guys get right to work. But since you all demanded that i explain myself more, sit back and relax because i got things to say [applause] in all seriousness, im glad to be here with you today. Last year we met together under very different and difficult circumstances. This deepest crash in oil and gas prices in state history. Deva
Devastated our state, across the last two fiscal years we faced a 600 million shortfall and the prospect of emptying the states accounts. It was bleak. Facing economic and physical adversity. And years and managing through hard times much harder. Political dysfunction in washington. The federal government and active acrosstheboard spending cuts, cut defense spending in particular, thousands of federal government jobs were lost and private local companies that worked with the federal government were forced to scale back or d float. They shut down the federal government, and the bottom fell out of the energy market, lost 10,000 oil and gas jobs, steady economic all of it, responsibility to handle. Adversity can breed apathy, reform and innovation, in new mexico in the midst of these head winds, we chose the right path. We didnt lean on the crutch of the federal government, we set a new course and chose diverse city of our economy instead. And despite the insistence of trump we didnt take