the weekend in the state making their closing arguments in a state that can make or break their campaigns. fighting hate and extremism is p president biden s focus when he speaks from the same south carolina church that a wall street shot and killed nine parishioners. and the secretary of defense is still in the hospital as washington demands answers. why did he and his staff wait days to tell the white house that a criminal member of the chain of command was in the icu. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics . first, breaking news, donald trump is asking a judge to throw out the election subversion case against him in georgia. the former president s legal team just filed a motion claiming presidential immunity, just like they have in other cases. paula reed has been going through the court filings. what s his reasoning, paula, for wanting immunity in this particular case? reporter: dana, this is all familiar. the president s lawyers argue a ing
this is america s late news fox news at night. breaking news capital buildings and courthouses evacuated for a second day after bomb threats across the country. bomb teams were deployed to numerous government buildings but no signs of explosives. investigators believe these threats are phone but they are targeting red and blue states. the public needs to remain vigilant. here is the latest. we will begin with mississippi where the department of public safety evacuated the state supreme court and capitol building. second day in a row for the mississippi state capitol. a hoax hit multiple states with bomb threats that were emailed in. you can see the places here. new york representative said congress needs to act. i think we need to crackdown on it. people need to understand there are real consequences to actions. even such as calling in a fake bomb threat or a swatting incident. they need to be deterred with real stiff penalties. adding to the chaos, the homes of 11 elec
is focused on legal appeals, not campaign promises. plus joe biden, what he plans to say to voters but where he will go to say it. and with time running out for nikki haley and ron desantis to take down trump, why won t either of them hit the former president where it could hurt? good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is wednesday, january 3. 5:00 a.m. here in washingtonen a also 5:00 a.m. up in maine where donald trump s legal team just struck back on their battle to stay on the ballot. they appealed the ruling by sheena bellows that disqualified him for maine s gop ballot under the 14th amendment insurrection ban. trump s lawyers arguing that bellows was a biassed decision maker with no legal authority. here is bellows late last night on cnn. i think it is important to note my sole obligation is the oath i swore to up hold the constitution and follow maine election laws. i was duty bound by maine election laws which require this process of holding a hearing and issuing a de
watching. ash b erin burnett outfront starts now. outfront next, the supreme court will decide whether donald trump can be kicked off the ballot in colorado. as president biden warns, president trump is the biggest threat to democracy. plus, a new wave of documents tied to jeffrey epstein. new details about donald trump and bill clinton s relationships with the convicted pedophile. he is the billionaire who went after harvard s president for plagiarism again and again. now his wife admits she plagiarized, too. what is he saying now? the reporter who broke the story is my guest. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. breaking news, the supreme court entering the 2024 election agreeing to hear donald trump s appeal of colorado s landmark ruling that found he is an insurrectionist and therefore unfit for office and therefore can t be on the ballot in that case. it is a historic case, one that is forcing these nine justices to act quickly.
good evening. this is america s late news. breaking tonight the u.s. supreme court has now decided to review the colorado decision banning former president trump from the state ballot. the court has also scheduled oral arguments for february 8 in what could be the high court s biggest political decision since bush v. gore 23 years ago. in the meantime president biden began his 2024 campaign push but instead of running on his own record it appears biden is choosing to villainize former president trump. even some democrats are saying biden is being hypocritical when it comes to democracy but first senior national correspondent dev is life in d.c. with what former president trump is is saying. a very interesting rally to watch. on the heels of joe biden s campaign launch, as you know, punctuated by ominous warnings of what a second trump presidency just might entail, former president obviously responding today. holding a pair of rallies ahead of the iowa caucuses. mr. tr