erin burnett out front starts right now. the michigan supreme court handing donald trump a win, keeping him on the ballot in that state. that s not stopping challenges in other states. i will speak with someone at the center of it all. biden s border problem. the president s top diplomat wrapping up his meeting with mexico s president. will it change anything at the border? before and after satellite images of a russian warship ukraine says it destroyed. let s go out front. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. donald trump with a win in michigan where the state supreme court rejected a bid to remove him from the primary ballot. trump quick to hail that on social media today. the fight is really just beginning. michigan is the fourth state to reject efforts to keep trump off the primary ballot. similar efforts continue in a number of other states. a ruling in maine is expected any day now. trump is actually now demanding that maine s democratic secretary of state, who w
from the 2024 primary ballot under the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. it is a decision that differs from the one that was reached by the colorado supreme court last week. trump responding in an interview he was not surprised by the ruling. it is very bad for colorado, very, very bad for colorado, but we just had the big win in michigan today and that was a good one. and we have 33 wins and this isn t a loss because we ll have to see what happens. this is not a final determination. so trump also demanded wednesday that the secretary of state in maine recuse herself from a similar ballot eligibility case over her past statements about the january 6 riot. she is said to issue a decision in the coming days. this is all as doj prosecutors in the subversion case moved to block him from using the court as a forum to sow disinformation. let s bring in eugene scott. good morning to you. hope you ve had a wonderful holiday week. so let s talk about these dueling decisions ab
a kia borings pill is now once again in court. oral arguments are set to begin soon before the fifth circuit court of appeals. a case brought by anti-abortion activist who is want to ban mifepristone nationwide. on the state level the focus is in the carolinas where two separate efforts to further restrict abortions in both states have hit a critical juncture. in north carolina nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy are now banned. as a republican super majority in the state legislature voted to override democratic governor roy cooper s veto of their bill. shouts of shame could be heard from the gallery after the gavel fell there. and in south carolina republican lawmakers are at it again after debating for more than 12 hours yesterday on a near total ban on abortion. they are heading back into session to continue the fight. let s start in north carolina, cnn s dianne gallagher is in raleigh, north carolina, for us. after having his veto overridden what is the g
week getting worse. a trio of whistleblowers testifying on their experiences with bias in the bureau, they say all by design using scare tactics to silence opposing points of view. one whistleblower says he was forced to choose what he felt was right and feeding his family. i have since had to rely on charity, the fbi stopped paying me. you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. on one hand we want to try to get our jobs back because we are trying to do our patriotic duty. the other hand, we still have families to take care of. it s essentially a death sentence in the modern era. sandra: compelling testimony there. ben coming up this hour. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two, i m sandra smith. john: i m john roberts. always great to have you here in d.c. sandra: fun to be here. john: kinda way to keep you here, siphon the gas out of your car. and adidas is selling a women s swimsuit by using a male model. critics say it s about so much more tha
this morning for the first time in more than three years, the u.s. border officials are processing migrants without title 42, policy that allowed for quick and almost instant expulsion. that expired overnight. so over the last few days, there have been historic numbers at the border, but today, so far, it is important to note that our reporters there tell us that they are seeing long but orderly lines and no real change from last few days, and not the chaos so far that had been feared. but, the challenges remain, and the administration officials say it could get worse. this is brownsville, texas, last hour. you can see all of the buses lined up. they were filled with migrants who had just crossed there. cnn s rosa flores across the state in el paso this morning. rosa, give us a sense of what you are seeing. you know, you are exactly right. we have been monitoring the situation here on the ground, and everything so far looks under control. i talked to the city of el paso s s