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president for now. lawyers for donald trump vowing to fight the colorado supreme court ruling that could keep him off the ballot in 2024. where this fight goes now and how fast. and here s not a surprise, trump s republican rivals are rushing to defend him after this unprecedented ruling. we re in iowa as the candidates storm the campaign trail with less than a month to make their cases to voters before the caucuses. and new images from inside the tunnels built by hamas. the new york times reporter who was taken inside is our guest. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner. john berman is off today. this is cnn news central. this morning donald trump is vowing to fight back after being booted from the ballot in colorado. last night in a stunning decision the colorado supreme court ruled the former president is not eligible to be a presidential candidate in 2024 because he, quote, engaged in insurrection citing the 14th amendment. the majority opinion came to the conc
fighter jets as of yet. despite the ask, the continued asks over the last year from president zelenskyy that they in fact do. well, what i will tell you is that, no disrespect to the president. my assessment is, if you want the ukrainians to defeat the russians today, then we have to give them all the equipment that they need. that means attack helicopters, air defense, missiles, long-range artillery. and, if you want to go after those rockets that are being fired on the key infrastructure and the people, f-16s are perfect for doing that, they re also perfect for destroying villages sticks have of the russians. they are perfect for destroying the communication centers of the russians. and so, my assessment is they need the f-16s. the other thing that is key about this conversation is, of course the ukrainians will need training. they are going to need equipment to repair parts for these f-16s. it takes somewhere between 8 to 10 months to train a pilots on flying an f 16. so
it s how they write their memoirs. those are some of the new excuses from republicans about why donald trump took classified documents home with him to mar-a-lago. there was, though, one of the old ones about hillary clinton. the former president now is previewing his legal plans as he pushes more dangerous rhetoric. also this morning, new polling from nbc news shows americans no longer believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing our country. steve kornacki joins us to break down the numbers and to tell us what is on the minds of americans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 22nd. with us this morning, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. katty, taking broadside shots a moment ago at your home country and the technology there. i was deeply concerned by that. i know. i was just hoping no one was listening back home. i think you re okay. we ll redeem ourselves here. okay. let s start with the new nbc news
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