A nine to nothing ruling. But the justices did agree. In fact that it is not up to the states to enforce an execute the 14th Amendment. You saw at Justices Alito and thomas in agreement with Justices Sotomayor and kagan on that point. Its simply he could not be as a matter of law, as a matter of constitutional interpretation, that every state gets to do what it wants, because otherwise that would leave us with a quote, patchwork of different states doing Different Things according to the decision. So its a rare 90 opinion and i think they hit the nail on the head here now we saw two concurring opinions, one by Justice Amy Coney barrett, and one by the three liberal leaning justices. They really had a big disagreement there yeah, i think the actual amount of disagreement here isnt that much when you drill down on it, its important to understand all nine justices agreed. Its not up to the states. The five justices in the main opinion said it has to be done by congress only congress can e
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper this hour, a forceful moment today from the israeli ambassador to the United Nations trying to get the world holds attention about atrocities of war against israel. The rape cannot continue. The Sexual Violence cannot continue hamas must be eliminated rapist mass murder, and must never be given a free pass by the un. And terror cannot, can never be tolerated hey underscoring that he says acts of Sexual Violence by hamas, including raping women held hostage, have not stopped. What the Ambassador Says needs to happen before any kind of ceasefire between israel and hamas can be reconsidered. Plus the election days so big it goes by Super Tuesday. Were on the cusp of it primary contests in 16 states plus American Samoa cant forget them. Why tomorrow means so much, no matter which date you may live in. And leading this hour. Efforts to take donald trump off 2024 ballots in maine, in illinois, and colorado now shut down that in the wake of todays unanimous
pass, texas, new december records as house speaker mike johnson says the crisis at the border is an unmitigated disaster. welcome to fox news live, i m alicia acuna. hi, griff. griff: hour two, here we go. the house homeland security committee is set to hold its first impeachment hearing against dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas next week. casey stegall is live in eagle pass, texas, where mayorkas will be traveling, i believe, on monday. casey, what s the latest? reporter: yeah, griff, he will. we ll get to that in a second, but first, illegal crossings have slowed dramatically at least in this spot. it has been a relatively quiet morning here in eagle pass. with yesterday it was a little busier. we saw a group of about 200 migrants cross the rio grande river and turn themselves over to border patrol agents. you re looking at drone video of that now. as the state of texas continues to assist doing what it can through operation lone star to mitigate the problems. that has l
welcome to insided in. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing another very busy news day with us. an invitation. prosecutors ask donald trump to testify before a grand jury. it is a big indication they could be close to charging the former president for his role in buy ing asilence of a porn star mistress. do not expect his one-time boss to show. knowing donald as well as i do, understand he doesn t tell the truth. it s one thing to turn around and to lie on social. it s another thing to lie before a grand jury. i don t suspect he s going to be coming. plus iowa today, superpac at the ready. ron desantis sends signals he s running for president. a new report for the biden economy. more people looking for work, bigger paychecks. numbers show more resilience, yet so much good news feeds worry about inflation and rate hikes. up first for us, prosecutors on the doorstep of what would be a history-shattering possibility. a criminal indictment against the former p
overcome and inspiring a new generation announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. for the defense, accused murderer alex murdaugh taking the witness stand today in south carolina dramatic and at times tearful testimony from the man at the center of the country s most closely followed criminal trial murdaugh under questioning from his lawyers saying i didn t shoot my wife or son and addressing what has appeared to be some of the prosecution s strongest evidence murdaugh from the witness box admitting he lied about his whereabouts the night his wife and 22-year-old son were shot to death. chalking up the lies to opioid addiction and paranoia under cross-examination, murdaugh, a former lawyer, also admitted to stealing from clients. the prosecution has maintained the murders were part of murdaugh s attempt to escape accountability for financial misdeeds we begin tonight with catie beck reporting from walterboro, south carolina. reporter: after ne