happening now, donald trump makes a final plea to the united states supreme court ahead of critical arguments on colorado s ballot ban. this hour, we have exclusive new polls on the controversial case, and how americans feel about trump s legal troubles. plus, an history storm is slamming southern california, unleashing dangerous flooding, hurricane-force winds, and heavy snow. records falling across the state as forecasters warn of more to come. in the united kingdom, buckingham palace reveals that king charles has been diagnosed with cancer. what it means for the royal family. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. first up, donald trump s last-minute pitch to the u.s. supreme court as the justices prepare for an unprecedented hearing on the colorado ballot removal. katelyn polantz has more. everybody is getting ready for the final turn about trump s eligibility on the balance, and potential
you with us. more on cnn newsroom more retaliatory strikes. a dangerous atmospheric river bears down on southern california as residents prepare for the possibility of life threatening floods. and soccer fans in hong kong are fired up. a sold out game featuring legendary lionel messi. we ll have a live report coming up. a short time ago the u.s. announced a new strike against houthi targets destroying an anti-ship cruise missile in yemen that was prepared to launch. earlier saturday american and british forces and other allies struck 36 targets in yemen at 13 locations. fa-18 jets and a pair of u.s. destroyers hit what the u.s. says were facilities involved in attacks on international shipping. british jets also took part in the opoperation. the british defense secretary saying the strikes are about protecting innocent lives. the u.s., u.k., are at the forefront of an international coalition trying to stop the houthi attacks. in a statement the group said today s strike
immunity. then there s also we re waiting for a ruling in the civil fraud trial against trump in new york. his sons and trump organization also on the hook there. and this comes after trump was ordered to pay e. jean carroll $83 million after her defamation suit last month. can you take us inside trump s mind right now? what must he be thinking? i mean, we know he s a man who embraces grievance, but this is a lot. it s a lot but he is also an expert conpartmentalizer in a way we ve seen very few people in the political realm be. so he looks at these a couple of different ways. the carroll verdict has infuriated him. we know it s a huge amount of money. we know it s a huge amount of money he doesn t want to pay and he ll have to pay some even as he s appealing it. the colorado ballot case, his team actually feels pretty good about its chances at the supreme court. and they see that as helping them politically, which is why you saw something like that filing today. so, there
and good evening and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m erin burnett on this sunday. tonight the first contest of the 2024 election is only hours away. republican candidates are out in temperatures well below zero, but they re still fighting to try to get everybody to turn out and vote in iowa. you re looking at live pictures right now of nikki haley s rally on election eve, and she is not alone. ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy also holding events tonight. their supporters are there too, despite the dangerous conditions. and that s because of course the stakes could not be higher. there is so much on the line in this unprecedented election campaign season that we are now finally in the midst of. haley and desantis are desperately trying to close the gap with trump, who just wrapped up his rally in the final hours. and, you know, as i say, it s unprecedented. but there is still some sense of history here. and in past elections, iowa always ends up being abo
israel defense forces admit to inadvertently killing three other israeli hostages. the three men were waving a white flag when a brigade opened fire on them on friday. the idf says the three hostages managed to escape or were abandoned by their hamas captors. the office of the prime minister now says there are 129 hostages who remain in gaza. 21 hostages have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel s intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar s prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. today, families of the remaining hostages held a rally in tel-aviv demanding their safe return. cnn was there. alex, how are people reacting to the reports of the accidental killing of three and then the report of the other young lady who has died? reporter: well, frederica, this was a rally that would have happened anyway on a saturday night, but this really gives it more sadness, you know, because of the news today that haiman, one of the hostages, is now dead, a