tonight on 360, the former president makes a late move in his battle with states to stay on the 2024 ballot. details on that and what his next big court filing could come. also russia s worst air strikes of the war on ukraine, the civilians targeted, and what america s top european commander makes of this latest brutal stage of the war. plus we ll take you to the west coast where surf s up is now an urgent warning, and another round of waves, some more than two stories high, is now expected to hit. good morning everyone good evening, i should say. john berman in for anderson. first up tonight, the flurry and soon to be blizzard of new legal developments in what is shaping up to be a history-making fight over kicking the former president off state ballots under the 14th amendment. already divided states, legal scholars, and will almost certainly do the same with the supreme court justices. the newest headline came late today in a trump court filing in oregon, and it
this is cnn breaking news. we start with breaking news this hour. cnn has learned that donald trump and his legal team are expected to file appeals this tuesday, challenging his removal not just from the ballot in colorado, but also in maine. cnn s paula reid has more reporting on the next steps in these disputes over who is going to be on the ballot. so much at stake for the 2024 election. reporter: the supreme court facing increasing pressure to weigh in on whether states can remove former president trump from the 2024 ballot. after maine became the second state to kick him off based on the 14th amendment s pan on insurrectionists holding public office. new secretary of state has a presidential candidate invalid access based on section 3 of the 14th amendment. no presidential candidate has engaged in insurrection and beenis disqualified. in maine, ballot eligibility questions first go to the secretary of state, not the courts. trump has called for democrat shenna
with israeli officials saying there s no timetable for slowing the pounding of gaza, a cabinet member comes to washington where pressure is growing and it soon. also, does he think it s festivals? the former president airs his grievances, makes a list and tells the people on it what to do and where to do it plus alexei navalny fear death, he resurfaces bringing a christmas message of courage, hope, and yes, good cheer from one of the coldest corners. good evening, everyone. we begin with u.s. officials trying to steer israel toward a less intensive, less destructive phase of its campaign in gaza and israeli officials signaling they are in no hurry. one of the officials is in washington tonight, we will have the latest on those meetings which wrapped up about six minutes ago. first, though, the fighting itself, which included more than 100 airstrikes today on hamas targets in gaza according to the idf, and 241 killed on the ground according to unverified claims by the hamas -c
of america s newsroom, i m claudia cowen. mike: i m mike emanuel. the act of retaliation coming after an anti-american sanctioned group launched a drone attack on erbil air base in northern iraq that injured three service members, one critically. former national security member telling us last hour president biden should have taken action sooner. i m glad that he finally hit back, but he should do it earlier in the cycle. his red line seems to be if a u.s. troop or a u.s. contractor gets hit, injured or killed, then the united states will hit back. i would rather us hit hard earlier in the cycle so that we can prevent someone from being injured in the first place. mike: right now black smoke rising over gaza as the idf ramps up attacks on hamas terror targets. israel s prime minister visited troops in northern gaza saying there can be no peace until hamas is destroyed. claudia: bring us up to speed, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. mi
loive at the southern borde as the u.s. and mexico hold crisis talks of the surge into the united states. we ll get an update of the meetings still underway, and the growing pressure on joe biden to take action. also this hour, the michigan supreme court rejecting a bid to remove donald trump from the primary ballot under the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. we ll break down the decision and how it differs from the colorado high court ruling that did bar trump from that state s ballot. plus, cnn investigating the shadowy world of dogfighting. our crew rode along for a federal crackdown on the blood sport that s thriving across the country. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m kaitlan collins, and you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with those urgent border security talks underway in mexico at this hour. secretary of state antony ball blinking are pressing the mexican president to stem the su