distinguished supreme court practitioner, laurence tribe. harvard historian, yell historian, and of course on this important night we are fortunate to hear from to law professors who are also practitioners, andrew weissmann, and neal katyal. neil katyal is of course a distinguished supreme court practitioner, having argued 50 cases before the court, and andrew weissmann is a former federal prosecutor and justice department official. my mission therefore in this hour is to get out of the way so that you can hear from them and not me. but i, want to take a minute to begin with two things that may reside more in the category of pet peeves than scholarly discussion that you are about to hear from our guests. one is that clarence thomas should ve recused himself from this case because everyone on that bench today knew, clarence thomas s wife was there. she was there, she was present when donald trump incited engaged in insurrection. the essence of our case is president trump s o
trump s prediction there is, again, it s not their role to abide by what the impacts could be in terms of bedlam or the political impact, but also if they were to abide by that, they re essentially giving in to trump. i mean, remember that he is the one that helped cause helped fan the flames that led to the insurrection, however they decide, right? and that is still an ongoing threat that people are dealing with, people of both parties, legislated officials, people in the judiciary who are not political at all because of this rhetoric. so it s already happening regardless of how the supreme court decides on this, and i think that s important to remember. jen psaki and michael steele, our thanks to both of you. let s do a quick reset at the top of the hour, i m ana cabrera alongside my colleagues, josé diaz-balart and andrea mitchell. thank you for being with us as we continue our special coverage of the arguments before the supreme court that we brought to you live on a
homeland security. republicans defecting but the failure was really sealed by a democrat who rushed from the hospital to cast the deciding vote, that congressman al green will join us from the hospital in just moments. this as gop divisions threaten to doom that bipartisan border bill. donald trump s legal battles converging on the supreme court. justices hearing the colorado ballot case tomorrow, but could they soon have another trump case on their hands? and later, a guilty verdict for the mother of the michigan shooter. the foreperson of that jury talking about their decision that made history. hello and thank you for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin on capitol hill where republicans are in disarray after an embarrassing series of setbacks. the bid to impeach alejandro mayorkas failed dramatically late yesterday as democrat al green, a widely expected no-show rushed straight from the hospital to the house floor w
a cnn exclusive, we have a new poll out this hour revealing how voters feel about donald trump s multiple legal battles as the former president s delay tactics appear to be working on several criminal cases. plus kill the bill that s how the house gop are arguing that what needs to happen in the united states senate after leaders there unveiled the most substantial bipartisan border bill we have seen in neckdecade. now the republican who helped make the deal is calling out his republican colleagues for trying to torpedoing it. and the latest from the campaign trail replacing george sor soras. first up, our cnn exclusive poll, david chalian is at the wall to reveal the latest results. david, what are we seeing? we asked folks about trump trials. we said should the federal trials, specifically the jack smith trial about election subversion be resolved before the 2024 election. 48% of americans say yes, it s essential they know a verdict in this case before the electio
counterattack. more strikes as the u.s. hits iranian-backed targets in the middle east. can america avoid a wider conflict? i don t think we need a wider war in the middle east. national security advisor jake sullivan is next. sweet carolina. president biden sweeps south carolina and tries to shore up support with a key part of his base. joe knows us. can biden convince voters to turn out this fall? south carolina congressman james clyburn joins me. home turf. three weeks until republicans in south carolina vote. donald trump s team says it s over. as nikki haley ups the ante, what s her end game? i m not going anywhere. gop presidential candidate nikki haley is here exclusively. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the stat state of our uni striking back. biden warns of a dangerous and extreme opposition led by donald trump. biden is facing a growing crisis in the middle east with enormous security and political implications. the u.s. struck a houthi