Of the South Carolina in the South Carolina capital and across the state, the First Southern showdown, the 2024 republican president ial race, is now underway. Voters choosing between the undefeated gop front runner donald trump and their former governor nikki haley is vowing to fight trump to the bitter end. Welcome to cnns live special coverage of the South Carolina Republican Primary. Im Anderson Cooper and im jake tapper in the cnn election center. There is less than one hour left for voters in the palmetto state to cast their ballots. Donald trump and nikki haley, of course, going headtohead on haleys home turf, raising this thanks for her campaign and making their fight perhaps even more combative. Trump is counting on another decisive win that would bring the former president and closer to clinching the republican nomination, even as hes juggling Court Appearances and indictments, he faces his first criminal trial next month. This could be haleys last chance to slow trumps March
chance is a lsaloon for them to restore their tarnished reputation. thanks for joining us. anderson starts now. tonight, a federal appeals court deals the former president a major blow saying he must stand trial for january 6th and that no former president has immunity for crimes committed in office. tonight, what former presidential can t chris christie makes of the ruling and why he is not endorsing anyone this primary season. a jury s verdict on a school shooter s mom and the unprecedented charges against her in connection with his crime. we will hear from the parents of two of his victims. good evening. thanks for joining us. there s breaking news from the capitol. republicans try to do something which hasn t been done since 1876, impeach a cabinet secretary. their effort and their failure for now just ahead. first, the other breaking story out of washington, today s court ruling, if it stands, will be taught in history classes and law schools for generations to
the fbi director on defense. the lead starts right now. are you protecting the bidens? absolutely not. the fbi does not hold on. you won t answer the question. the fbi, christopher wray on the hill questioned by some of his harshest republican critic. calling for a culture shift at the fbi. and more promises for ukraine but president zelenskyy is not getting the thing he really wanted, entry into nato. why not? plus, taxpayer beware. it s not just uncle sam getting your data, the report out today on who else can see your most sensitive tax information. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with that explosive battle on capitol hill. republicans released a tsunami of accusations and attacks against the fbi and its trump-appointed director christopher wray accusing wray of weaponizing the bureau against conservatives, lambasting the bureau s participation in last year s search of trump s florida home. american speech is censored, parents are call t
alleged role in the january 6th insurrection. we ll all be able to listen live tomorrow morning. let me make it easy to follow the conversation tomorrow. you ve been hearing a lot about the 14th amendment. it s at the center of the case. it has five sections. of the five, you may only really know section one, the one about due process, laws, that one. it s the other white meat, section three. that s the one that s important, the so-called insurrectionist band. at its core it says, you can t hold office if you ve engaged in an insurrection. if it were that easy, i wouldn t have to explain it to you, would i? and the supreme court wouldn t take it up. there s a couple words you to pay attention to. it s the words that bring us here today, the court there tomorrow, and that court will dissect these words when trying to understand whether the insurrectionist ban of section three fully does apply to donald trump. the first words to consider is officer. the big question, is the pre
the case that can change the course of the election. nine justices are ironing their robes, as we speak. tonight on laura coates live. and just a few short hours from now, the supreme court of the united states will hear arguments in a historic effort to ban former president trump on the ballot for his alleged role in the january six insurrection. we ll be able to listen i tomorrow morning. let me make it easy for you to follow their conversation tomorrow. you ve been hearing a lot about the 14th amendment. it s not the center of the case before the supreme court tomorrow. now, it has five sections. of the five, you may only know section one, the one about due process, attention to laws, that one. that is not what we are talking about tonight. it s the other white me, section three. that s what s so important. the so-called insurrectionists clause. at its core, it says, you can t hold office if you engaged in insurrection. if it were that easy, i would not have to explain, it