the appeal that they made? well, anderson, one of the first things that the president s lawyers take on is the idea that he is an insurrectionist, which is something that the colorado supreme court had ruled. they say he is not, that the january 6th attack was not an insurrection, and that the former president did not engage in insurrection. they also say that the congress, not state courts, should be the ones that determine the eligibility for the presidency. they also say that the 14th amendment, the letter, if you read the 14th amendment, section three, it doesn t mention the office of the presidency and it doesn t apply, they say, to the former president. i will read you a little more of what they argue. they say that this colorado ruling, if allowed to stand, will mark the first time in the history of the united states the judiciary has prevented voters from casting ballots for the leading major party presidential candidate. and obviously, that is what is at stake her
for the cockpit voice recorder, which could provide crucial clues to what happened. we re waiting for comment about cnn reporting that those lights on the runway were not working. could the plane possibly have just moved a little too far on the runway creating this disaster? gosh, who knows? but what a miracle and how incredible those flight attendants. holy wow. thanks to all of you for being with us. we ll be back tomorrow live in iowa. iowa. ac 360 starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, there s breaking news. the former president tells the supreme court there s no 14th amendment case for keeping him off colorado s ballot and says the capitol attack was no insurrection. also breaking tonight, we ve just gotten court documents expecting to reveal the names of nearly 200 people connected to the late sex trafficker, jeffrey epstein. and what u.s. officials are saying tonight about who might be responsible for the bomb blasts in iran that
a350. so, we don t know why. was this because they didn t have the runway stoplights? but, anderson, that was known about. that wasn t a surprise. that s not, you know, a shock. that was in the notice to airmen that goes out from the airport. they knew those runway lights were not operational. why did they wait for 40 seconds on an active runway at that time? we also have learned the plane itself, the a350, it was evacuated quickly, but not in the speed we ve heard before. the last person off the plane was the captain, and that was 18 minutes 18 i know, 18 minutes after. the megaphone that was used. that s normal in a sense. that is absolutely normal practice. come forward, come forward, the instructions they shout at people to do this. but the core question, which we do not know is why did that coast guard plane, having been
survived, evacuated on emergency chutes. when you look at the print wreckage, safety after could ve been far worse. they re praising the actions of the crew and passengers for getting out quickly. cnn s richard quest joins us tonight. so, the timeline of the accident, more informations been released. oh yes. we don t know a lot more. four incidents, the actual accident itself, we now know that the coast guard plane had been cleared to stop and hold. it had not been cleared for takeoff. but for whatever reason, it went on to the runway and it sat on the runway for 40 seconds before being struck by the arriving a350. so we don t know why. was this because they didn t have the runway stop plates? but anderson, that was known about. that wasn t a surprise. that s not a shock. that within the notice to airmen that goes out from the airport. they knew those runway lights were not operational. and why did they wait for 40 seconds on an active runway at that time? we ve also learned the pl
[ screaming ] this is inside the japanese airline plane as it s on fire. just after the collision, the cabin crew told passengers to please cooperate. they had to yell directions and use a megaphone when the in-flight announcement system failed to work. all 379 people on the plane survived, evacuated down emergency chutes. it s easy to see how this could have been far worse. they re praising the actions of the crew and passengers for getting out quickly. cnn s richard quest joins us tonight. the timeline of the accident, more information has been released. we now know a lot more. for instance, the actual accident itself, we now know that the coast guard plane had been cleared to stop and hold. it had not been cleared for takeoff. but for whatever reason, it went on to the runway, and it sat on the runway for 40 seconds before being struck by the arriving