doesn t. well, good morning, everyone, that was vie vek ramaswamy and n desantis reacting to the news overnight. that donald trump is ineligible in colorado to run in 2024. what this means across the country. and later this hour, we re going to hear of the organization behind this lawsuit. the civil rights group taking action against the state of texas over the controversial new border law there, and dozens of documents naming jeffrey epstein s alleged victims and associates to be named public. cnn this morning starts now. well, historic and unprecedented can be overused at times this day and age, but here s a look at the front page headlines america is waking up to this morning. donald trump, the republican front runner, disqualified from the ballot in colorado. it is a stunning and, yes, historic ruling that could have huge implications for the 2024 presidential election, trump is vowing to take this case all the way to the supreme court, just weeks before primary s
now have the power to decide an election. let s all reminisce for a second. they did it back in 2000 with bush v gore: now they may have the chance to do it all over again. today trump asked the high court to sit and think for a bit. to answer whether he has absolute immunity. that s the jack smith case. jack smith wanted a quick answer. he would not rather wait to find out if he can make a case against him. but will that person be considered immune from prosecution. apparently trump loves a good wait. why rush into getting into a case against you? pretty ironic. his lawyers say the case is so important, so paramount to public importance, his lawyers say the justice moves, it must move in a cautious, deliberative manner.. not at a breakneck speed. that s the immunity question. and the court also gets to decide now the eligibility question. the one coming out of colorado s supreme court decision to take trump off the primary ballot. the supreme court will have to decide whethe
ever april day. hello, a very warm welcome. i m samantha simmonds. efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce brokered by the us is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three day extension to it. the sudanese army says it s approved the idea of discussing the proposal but its rival, the rapid support forces, has not yet responded. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, with the latest. there is an invitation from salva kiir, south sudan s president, to both the warring generals to try and get them to go to the south sudanese capital to sit down and talk about another three day ceasefire, to carry on when the current one expires later today. and also to talk about humanitarian corridors within khartoum and perhaps to t
jury in georgia, at least three sections of it. the part of what the grand jury believes to be perjury is going to be the most fascinating part. we will be studying and discussing at this very hour. we will be using our magnifying glasses, we will have our thesaurus is, we will have our dictionaries, all resource materials possible to read between the lines. the first big georgia grand jury night, and there will be more after that one. they re sure will be, lawrence. thank you alex. the big news of the night is that the special prosecutor jack smith has subpoenaed donald trump s final white house chief of staff, mark meadows, test testify under oath to a grand jury in washington d.c.. cnn is reporting that mark meadows received a subpoena sometime in january, seeking documents and testimony related to the january 6th attack on the capitol by a trump mob encouraged by donald trump, the attorney for meadows declined to comment on that report. mark meadows also has rel
night we will have some of that report from the special grand jury in georgia, at least three sections of it. the part of what the grand jury believes to be perjury is going to be the most fascinating part. we will be studying and discussing at this very hour. we will be using our magnifying glasses, we will have our thesaurus is, we will have our dictionaries, all resource materials possible to read between the lines. the first big georgia grand jury night, and there will be more after that one. they re sure will be, lawrence. thank you alex. the big news of the night is that the special prosecutor jack smith has subpoenaed donald trump s final white house chief of staff, mark meadows, test testify under oath to a grand jury in washington d.c. cnn is reporting that mark meadows received a subpoena sometime in january, seeking documents and testimony related to the january 6th attack on the capitol by a trump mob encouraged by donald trump, the attorney for meadows