we start tonight with the news out of colorado. the state supreme court has ruled that former president donald trump should be removed from the 2024 republican primary ballot. since january 6th there has been plenty of discussion in legal circles and even some excitement about section 3 of the 14th amendment of the constitution which bans insurrectionists and people who have aided insurrectionists from holding office. and there has been a whole lot of interest in whether this section of the amendment might bar donald trump from running for office because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. now, the minnesota state supreme court dismissed the idea. over in michigan the judge ruled that trump could not be taken off that state s ballot. in total 14th amendment suits to disqualify trump have been dismissed in four states. they are pending appeal in two states, and they are pending being heard for the first time in 13 states. and just until two hours ago, it looked like c
we ll analyze his budget and then we ll get to work on our budget. but unfortunately with the president being so far delayed, delays others in the process. speaker kevin mccarthy doesn t have a budget proposal ready, and according to him it s president biden s fault. this comes as the president is breaking with tradition and hitting the road to unveil his spending plan. also ahead, the ceo of norfolk southern will be on capitol hill today to testify before a senate panel. we ll have a preview of that hearing. plus we re going to get a live update from ukraine following a string of deadly missile strikes overnight. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 9th. thanks for starting your day with us. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has been hospitalized after falling at a washington, d.c. hotel last night. according fooa spokesperson mcconnell who is 81 years old tripped during a private dinner. he was admitted to the hospital where he s
wonderful, wonderful, laura, is a reference to steve martin s great film l.a. story when he says he s falling in love. and here i thought it came to mind because you saw me in canary yellow. that s what inspired it. anyway, it was a cinematic theme. i like the trivia. i like the fun facts to start the show. that s awesome. next i ll work on a pop up video for it. very good. and you re awesome too, jake. good evening, everyone, i m laura coates in washington. and i m allison camerota in new york and this is cnn tonight. we re also here with our panelists across the political spectrum there s actually one team in washington with me. and the other team here in new york with me. basically we have so much work we need two studios. it doesn t fit in one. so let s start with all the developments heading up to the mid-terms. the big guns from barack obama to donald trump are about to hit the campaign trail, and we ve also got new polling that tells us a lot abou
Wednesday night. Alex wagner tonight starts right now. Yeah, we do. I dont know whats the problem. 200 representatives voted today keep mccarthy in power. The number of member in his own party that wanted him as Speaker Of The House vastly outnumbered those who didnt. Thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. Today in the Fulton County election interference case Rudy Giulianis lead lawyer asked the judge if he could be removed from that case. Now, that is the second lawyer to leave giulianis georgia team this week alone. Their departure comes on the heels of mr. Giulianis lawyer and long time friend suing him last month for unpaid legal bills. We have known for a while now all is not well in giuliani land. He has huge legal bills. He is reportedly very short on cash. And now to add to those troubles, theres a new story out today that at first feels kind of like its been ripped from the tabloids, but ultimately it could have serious legal consequences for giuliani and his most imp
New testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. Trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl . Argument for absolute immunity goes before the Supreme Court. This court never recognized criminal immunity for any public official. A private attorney who was willingly to spearhead his challenges to the election results. What was up for the party with president nixon . If everybody thought president s couldnt be prosecuted, then what was that about. If it feels completely,s because we destroyed our own democracy. Rachel maddow, Nicolle Wallace troy reed, lawrence odonnell, ari melber, all here as Msnbc Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Who has the time . Who has the time . You are telling me that simultaneously we have nearly three hours of Oral Argument at the United States Supreme Court of the former president claiming he is immune from prosecution for any crime he did while president and debt the exact same time he is