blitzer in the situation room. i will see you sunday morning. happening now, two major breaking stories. the u.s. supreme court just agreed to hear donald trump s appeal of his removal from the colorado primary ballot. the justices now poised to decide whether or not trump is eligible for office under the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. also breaking, president biden comes out swinging at trump in his first campaign speech of 2024, warning the former president is a real and present danger to american democracy three years after january 6th. we re breaking down the president s remarks and trump s message at a campaign event in iowa tonight. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news . we begin tonight with breaking news. the united states supreme court teeing up one of the most consequential cases in decades. donald trump s removal from the colorado ball
they just got off two buses as they were headed to a church. governor abbott issued a statement saying he is sending them where they want to go. noting that l.a. is a self-declared sanctuary city. the democrat mayor karen bass went after that move call it cheap political games and a despicable stunt. she claims her city is prepared for it. okay. you asked for it, it is coming. abbott s move expands the program that sent thousands of people to vice president kamala s doorstep in washington as well as new york, philadelphia, chicago included. it is deep in crisis there, as you know in chicago. i mean, the crime is off the hooks. nearly 10,000 illegals are there now. some sleeping still in the police precincts. shuttered ymcas and abandoned schools. the homeland security committee holding a hearing to look into mayokas for his dereliction of duty. former border patrol chief testified mayokas new the administration s only border policy was to let as many people in as they possibl
over his claim of immunity from federal election subversion charges, at least for now. the trump team opposing the special counsel s request for the justices to immediately review the case. trump is planning to take a very different matter to the high court. we are awaiting his formal appeal of the historic decision barring him from the republican primary ballot in colorado. tonight, trump s gop rivals are taking his side and slamming the ruling. plus, president biden says the united states is pushing israel and hamas to reach a new deal to free more hostages held in gaza. we ll get an update on the talks and the potential terms and timing. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, the u.s. supreme court could rule at any time on whether to expedite a review of donald trump s immunity claim in the federal election subversion case. this, after the trump team s legal filing a short whi
president. and after the colorado supreme court disqualified donald trump from the ballot, they are asking the supreme court to stay out of the federal election case. how is this playing out in the 2024 case. evan, the colorado supreme court said last night that trump is not eligible to be on colorado s ballot because the 14th amendment to the u.s. constitution bans insurrectionists from holding office. the u.s. supreme court is going to decide whether that ruling stands ultimately. what might this mean for the 2024 election? well, jake, what it means is that it puts the supreme court squarely in possibly deciding how this election goes forward, right? not since the bush v gore decision in 2000 have we had the supreme court in the middle of an election race. you look at the timeline that we have ahead of us, the former president has until january 4th to file an appeal. we don t anticipate he will do that for a few days, but we think he will go to the supreme court, because
their protection and their families to . somew channtly, i notice somewhahat of a change and i expressed it. here on fox.i i warned thawat veselirned tn it was coming. this isn t anything new .n en what we ve been experiencing for almost like two years inye the countrary where the crimes have become more brazen. it. is very clear that criminals aren t afraid of law enforcement as this continues in the country that we re going to have vigilante justice and we can t have that in a civilized society. avsomeone is going to fill that void and there will bel that vigilante justice. and we don t want thataders areg to happen. but the leaders aren t doing anything about it. the mayors are steppin m g up th to the plate. the dea is aren t stepping us ap to the plate. the judges aren t stepping up plate to the plate. so who is going to d o it?o and that s why that vigilante justice comes in that look, i didn t say that to brag or be right. i genuinely want it to be wrong about this