report on inflation was better than ever expected, prices rose just 3% in june, which is the lowest increase we have seen since march of 2021. there is so uncertainty out there about what this means long term, we are gonna hash all of that out later in the hour. but inflation was not at the top of the agenda for some lawmakers on capitol hill today. the republican-led house judiciary committee spent about six long hours questioning fbi director chris wray. the house gop along with former president trump had been hammering ray and the bureau for months. the attacks of course have intensified and made the trump classified documents case and after hunter biden took a plea deal. keep in mind that christopher wray is not a democrat he is not a joe biden crony, he was appointed by donald trump to this post into thousand and 17. he is also a registered republican. but that did not matter to the gop members who used today s hearing to go after him personally. in the court, they say
repercussions for the election this year and also for the future of american democracy. it is arguably the most important election case to reach the supreme court since bush v gore nearly a quarter century ago. the question before the court is pretty simple actually. does section 3 of the 14th amendment, which bars, quote, an officer of the united states who, quote, engaged in insurrection from holding public office actually apply to the man who incited the january 6th riot, who tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power for the first time since the civil war. the colorado state supreme court has already ruled that, yes, trump should be barred from the ballot in that state based on the insurrection that he clearly engaged in. quote, president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under section 3 because he is disqualified it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the secretary to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot
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
arguments used by donald trump to fend off the cases popping up cross the country challenging his place in the 2024 ballot. it is an existential threat to the one thing that donald trump sees as the way out of all his legal problems, winning the presidency. a brand-new brief to the supreme court alongside other prominent lawyers like george conway, michael luttig calls for the justices to take the 14th amendment very literally. they say, quote, because section 3 emerged from the hallowed ground of the civil war, this court must accord section 3 its fair meaning, not a narrow construction. mr. trump incited and therefore engaged in an armed insurrection against the constitution s express and foundational mandates that require the peaceful transfer of executive power to a newly elected president. in doing so mr. trump disqualified himself under section 3. regarding trump s argument the so-called insurrectionist ban can only be applied after a candidate is elected, luttig and
front-runner. donald trump not hitting the ground running in new hampshire this morning, after iowa, but instead in a new york city courtroom. is it a foreshadow of the 2024 race to come? we ll break down his sweeping victory in the iowa caucus including the coalition of voters that gave him a record-breaking win. also ahead, the race for second place. ron desantis edging out nikki haley in iowa, but now they head to new hampshire. why the map ahead looks tough for florida s governor. hello, great to have you with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york with my colleague jose diaz-balart with coverage of the 2024 race. today the winner of the iowa caucuses is not back on the trial. instead he s on trial. donald trump arrived at a courthouse in manhattan for the start of a second defamation trial in the case brought by author e. jean carroll. this just hours after that iowa win, with the former president taking over 50% of the vote. and in th