ballot, determining that he had engaged in an insurrection. the new appeal tonight is only raising new pressure on the nine justices that you see here. to settle this matter once and for all, or potentially risk chaos in a presidential election year. with similar battles over the ballot and trump bubbling up in other states as well, we re left with the key question tonight. can the former president be disqualified from holding public office again under the constitution s insurrectionist ban, and do states make get to make that decision? trump is also appealed the decision in maine that have been turned move him from its ballot. that was the decision from the secretary of state last week. also the arguments in this new appealed tonight, trump and his lawyers are claiming that there are many grounds they believe her reversal, alleging that january 6th wasn t an insurrection, even if it where, that trump didn t engage in it. and the questions of presidential eligibility are rese
ballot bombshell, the special counsel argues former president trump does not have immunity as another state moves to strike him from the ballot. mr. trump engaged in that insurrection. could the supreme court buy that argument? the constitution could not be any clearer. former january 6th committee member jamie rask inis here exclusively. and closing in, two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say acknowledge it and move on. her opponents disagree. new hampshire is seeing the slippery, slick, nikki haley. how will she fare in new hampshire? governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. american epidemic. this holiday season there s a new public health crisis. isolation. people are feeling more lonely. why and how can we fix it? senat senator chris murphy is here ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is finishing a wild 2023 and looking ahead to a pivotal 2024. we ar
special counsel s investigation. standing by for the next big announcement in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the former new jersey governor chris christie kicking off his campaign this hour. we ll have live coverage. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the special counsel s investigation of former president donald trump. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is joining us right now. paula, tell us about this new york times report and why potentially it is so significant. reporter: incredibly significant in the special counsel investigation. the new york times reporting trump s former white house chief of staff mark meadows testified before the grand jury, that special counsel jack smith has been using in both of his investigations, both into january 6th and also into the
head south to mexico, a migrant caravan is making its way north. the lead starts right now. senior u.s. officials are urging the counterparts to do a lot more to drive down the number of border encounters. a record number of migrants is overwhelming both sides of them order, they are facing a barrage of complaints from elected officials who were usually on his side. we will explain. talking 2024, the latest development to keep trumps name off state primary ballot. they responded to a challenge of trump s eligibility, why is it the merit and their spending so confidently yet so many do not think the economy is doing well? we will investigate the finances and feeling heading into the new year. welcome to the lead, i am beyond got in for tapper. top officials are in mexico looking for help in slowing the surge of migrants at the u.s. border. the pictures show how urgent the crisis has become, we have 6000 migrants around the u.s./mexico border yesterday, that s a drop from wha
ballot bombshell. the special counsel argues that former president trump does not have immunity. mr. trump was engaged in that insurrection. would the supreme court buy that argument. former january 6th committee member jamie raskin is here, and closing in. two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say her opponents disagree. new hampshire is seeing the slippery, slick nikki haley. how will she fare in new hampshire? governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, american epidemic. this holiday season, there s a new public health crisis, isolation. people are feeling more lonely. why and how can we fix it? senator chris murphy is here ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is finishing a wild 2023, and looking ahead to a pivotal 2024. we are 15 days from the iowa caucuses, closing out a seismic week in an already extraordinary republican primary. in a new filing last n