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appeals court to toss his 2020 election interference case arguing that he was carrying out white house duties at the time and therefore immune to prosecution. this move coming one day after the supreme court declined to rule on the immunity question for now. it is a blow for special counsel jack smith who sought a speedy decision. that trial like trump s three other criminal cases might play out while voters are casting ballots in the 2024 election meaning trump s political future could be determined before the juries decide his criminal fate. also new, trump s team is planning to challenge the colorado supreme court decision to disqualify the former president from the 2024 ballot for allegedly inciting the insurrection. a source with knowledge of trump s plans tells nbc news they intend to file an appeal after the christmas holiday. that could have implications far beyond colorado especially in the 16 other states with open legal challenges to trump s eligibility for offic
let s get started according to new nbc poll out this morning, for the first time donald romp is now leading and a hypothetical led election matchup. now, this is not just bad news for president biden, it is terrible news for the very future of american democracy. for weeks we ve been warning you on the show about the dangers of a second trump term, the former president after all as promised retribution, pledged to round up protesters with military and suggested using the justice department to go after his political enemies. these are plans that should terrify each and every single one of us, but tonight i want to pull back the curtain and take a look at who could be tasked with carrying out trump s radical agenda come 2025. on the question, what would a second trump presidency, without any human guardrails, without any adult in the room, actually look like? let s start with the second highest office, the vice president of the united states. earlier this month, trump floated
[cheers and applause] he spends so much of his time as president on vacation, we might as well make it permanent. harris: the man we have yet to see on the campaign trail, joe biden, is out front in the democrat primary. it has been more than a month since the re-election announcement. is president biden going to hold a campaign event ever? so i will say this to you, peter, as you know, we follow the rule of law here. you can t say if he will be campaigning for re-election. i am not going to comment from here. another story harris: it wouldn t be a wednesday if she didn t mention the hatch act although she does talk politics as times. the woke stuff comes up. the former president still has a sizeable lead over the governor from florida. but six points smaller than earlier this month. this washington examiner piece sums it up. the pre-game is over between the two. desantis taking the opportunity to throw a jab at trump. he used to say how great florida was.
tonight it s 11:00 here on the east coast. 8:00 on the west coast. breaking tonight, more fallout tonight over the colorado supreme court decision to keep donald trump off the 2024 ballot l. more states follow suit? the former president is also fundraising off the ruling. it even had his republican primary opponents speaking out in his defense. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live in los angeles where that case goes from here. good evening, jonathan. donald trump might be angry over his legal challenges but the flip side of that for the former president is the old adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity and today everyone was indeed talking trump. as we wait to see whether his legal team asks the supreme court to overturn the colorado court decision, that because he encouraged insurrection he s constitutionally ineligible to be on the ballot, president biden weighed in, all bee it in measured fashion. however, the 14th amendment, let the court make that de