has just lost access to a presidential ballot in a second statech the secretary state from maine ruled that, quote, donald j. trump is not qualified to hold the office of president under section 3 of the 14th enent. it bars people who have engaged ipinsurrection from holding office. quote, the events of january 6, 2021, were unprecedented and tragic. an the evidence here demonstrates that t occurred at the behest of and with the knowledge and support of the outgoing psint. she adds, quote, i am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on section 3 of the 14th amendment. i am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection. the main ruling comes just after a week before the colorado state supreme court reached the same conclusion, barring frump from the ballot there. for now, though, trump remains on the ballot in both states as the maine secretary stayed her decision pend
to determine when to get on the road, there is your. guidance probably sooner rather than later. because the roads will be packed starting around 5:00 this evening. alex? i agree, just wait one more hour until the show is over and then hit the road. blaine alexander, thank you so much. moments, the alarm bells are ringing but former trump white house insiders are saying his possible return to power how political battles are intensifying in the keep to keep donald trump off the primary ballot in several states. the new warning from the doj to texas. texas. good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with new reporting in a new warning that the new york times has donald trump s lawyers plan to file challenges as early as tuesday to ongoing efforts to disqualify the former president from the ballot in maine and colorado. this as three former trump insiders are sounding a new alarm, a potential second
when the many legal troubles facing donald trump will come to a head, tonight the ex president has just lost access to the presidential ballot in a second state. secretary of state from maine ruled that, quote, donald j trump is not qualifi to hold the office of president under section three of the 14th amendment. which bars people who have engaged in insurrection from holding office. quote, the events of january 6th, 2021, where unprecedented and tragic. and the evidce here demonstrates that they occurred at the behest of and with the knowledge and support of the outgoing president. she adds, quote, i am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived presidential candidate of ballot access based on section three of the 14th amendment. i am also mindful however that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection. the main ruling comes just about a week before the colorado state supreme court reached the same conclusion. bayard trump from the ballot. t
sanders-townsend. simone will be back tomorrow with a come for session with chested buttigieg on his new book, i have something to tell you for young adults. and the right-wing campaign to brand lgbtq books in schools and libraries. politicsnation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. tonight, crisis averted. earlier this afternoon, president biden signed a bill putting an end to a dramatic week. that saw the nation just days away from a preventable economic catastrophe. with the debt ceiling showdown settled, and made job numbers far stronger than expected, the president has strengthened his case for reelection going into a 2024 presidential race. that intensified this week on the republican side. with the two front runners for the gop nomination, donald trump and ron desantis, sharpening their attacks on biden, the debt deal, and each other this week. in key early primary states. but they re also contending with the growing pack seeking the nomination. former
mission for himself. korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world s most heavily fortified borders. because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn t mean they won t miscalculate again. bret: hello i m bret baier, my latest unauthorized history series for fox nation is a 5 part documentary, what is called forgotten war. but may