A michael thanks for joining us hongkong is facing down another tense day a chord is set to hear a legal challenge filed by lawmakers against a ban on prodemocracy activists wearing face masks many protesters have already defied the prohibition sparking clashes with riot police. From the streets into the courtroom hong kongs prodemocracy lawmakers are hoping the judiciary will take that saeed theyre making a 2nd bid to overturn a facemask man and Emergency Powers which bypass the Legislative Council today is about off or tearing those them versus the rule of law i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of. This could be the very last constitutional fight on our part of this emergency will just get so pass just like that hong kong will be deep into a very black hole how find that. On saturday protesters lined up hand in hand against the Emergency Powers forming a human chain and Wearing Masks in a peaceful act of defiance. To time you go trying t
Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. At x, its. On facebook, it is face good monday morning. Start calling now. The headline from usa today from overnight. The Supreme Court coruuld p colorado ballot eligibility as soon ide ifantiitikick trump off the ballot. Colorado and maine are two of the satesecisions from the high court, and they are among the many States Holding primaries tuesday, super tuesday. The court heard oral arguments february 8 on Donald Trumps challenge to the colorado Supreme Courts decision that he is ineligible to return to the white house because of his role in the january 6 2021 insurrection act attack at the United States capitol. Thatory on usa today. Asking you your level of trust in the Supreme Court when i cases having to do with elections 2024 or rel back to january 6. It was lastle on wednesday that the Supreme Court decided to take up the question of president ial immunity, a claim former President Donald Trump is making when it comes to one of his
harris: fox news alert. a live look now. the nation s 45th president donald trump said to watch him because he will be stepping up to the microphones again when he exits a new york city courtroom for closing arguments in his new york civil fraud trial. we showed those microphones to the left of the screen. we ll see him again. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. yesterday it seemed like we would hear directly from former president inside the courtroom for his own closing argument. but after asking the judge if he could do that, that is now not happening. that judge puts stipulations and restrictions on what that would look like and trump s legal team said they had issues with the judge s conditions to stick to relevant matters covered in the trial and not deliver a campaign speech. that s what the judge said he wanted. well, trump may be silenced inside that courtroom. he is never really silenced. he talked this morning. i want to speak and make a sum
suspected prince harry s cross-examination should end by midday. but then his attorney wants the attorney to question him. so we know that there is at least one full day left of testimony from prince harry before this trial moves forward. back to you. meagan fitzgerald, thank you. and a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, new urgency on capitol hill today to, quote, compel answers from the gop activist and billionaire harlen crow. and the case tied to the tragic death of a mother shot by her neighbor after a years long feud. and apple unveiling its vision of the future at the developers conference with a fresh round of skepticism over the question of just how much people are willing to shell out for their newest product. also indictment speculation, heating up tied to former president trump after his lawyers met with special counsel jack smith and other department of justice officials. trump sharing th
and arizona, and one month after pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we are getting word donald trump and his allies are making plans to offend that announcement. maggie haberman will join us in a moment. just a reminder of how wide open and unpredictable these races are, take a look at the republican primary polls from this month back in 2015. marco rubio and jeb bush both led the pack. donald trump, he stood at 3%, tied with george pataki, and speaking of polls, fast forward to right now. you see the numbers show that republicans, they smell blood. president biden s approval rating just hit 40%. the lowest number since last summer. it s also lower than trump s