At the white house, right now, President Joe Biden preparing to Face Congress and the American People and deliver a speech that could have huge consequences for his reelection campaign. Theyll soon leave for the us capitol to give his state of the Union Address. Less than 48 hours after his long anticipated rematch with donald trump became a reality. Welcome to a Special Edition of ac360. Im Anderson Cooper and im jake tapper. About an hour from now, President Biden will walk into the House Chamber under enormous pressure to forcefully and successfully sell his vision for america and his argument for a second terme. Mister President Biden needs to take advantage of this opportunity with tens of millions of americans watching to make his case and perhaps, perhaps the most important speech of his decades long career in public life, this will be a critical test of the 81 year old commander in chief. He will try to convince skeptical voters that they have benefited from his presidency, and
And thank you all so much for joining us. Cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts right now the Supreme Court picks the path of least resistance. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening im abby philip in new york and tonight, the Supreme Court pulled out the legal Jumper Cables to start the most consequential political week of the election so far thursday, President Biden will paint his vision for the country and for his own campaign delivering the state of the Union Address to a massive primetime audience but tomorrow, Super Tuesday, and it may effectively end the republican nominating contest. Today, the Supreme Court made sure that if it does, the man who is likely to emerge as the victor will actually appear on the ballot. And a nine to nothing ruling. The justices effectively cleared the decks for donald trump. They said the colorado got it wrong when it stated that he should be erased from the ballot. Now, added all up and the justices did something that trump actually liked quite
A monumental Super Tuesday, donald trump dominated and so did joe biden in 2024 matchup is all but set now and it is a rerun of the 2020 election that nearly cleaved this country in half. Im Abby Phillip In Washington, and im laura coats and new york for november matchup. Isnt white set, but you know what it might as well being nikki haley got when as in singular, as in vermont. But there are plenty of checkmarks to count up with. Former president california, oklahoma virginia colorado, North Carolina, tennessee, texas, arkansas meant god, just like a third rate again, alabama my minnesota, and massachusetts. You added all up and from delegate advantage is to borrow from him huge almost 900 trial Trump Delegates to 60 and change haley delegates. There is arent just crystallized, just how dominant front has been. He is one, a whopping 90 plus percent of all available delegates. He is. It appears inevitable and his march the nomination comes welcome it got nader for the Biden Campaign ev
60 and change haley delegates. Theres arent just crystallized, just how dominant trump has been. He has won a whopping 90 plus percent of all available delegate. It appears inevitable. And his march to the Biden Campaign even as the president picked up a win after win tonight, look at all the states he is historically weak for an incumbent. Looking at the polls, the Biden Campaign clearly wants to make a General Election pivot tonight, painting the choice between him and the former president as one, between moving forward or moving backward into Chaos Division and darkness but achievements. Some of it, much of it inaccurate. Trump diagnosed also what he sees as bodies glaring weaknesses without any prescriptions to actually fix what he believes is broken and no no mentioned from the stage of the woman who trump is beating tonight. And that is nikki haley lets go straight now to harry enten at this magic wall. So glad were here today, so show us some of the winds across these Super Tues
Decision does and what it does not do. And were talking about just hours before voters in key states go to the polls. Thats exactly right here. This is the biggest electionrelated decision from the court in nearly a quarter century. And it comes just hours before Super Tuesday. And here a Unanimous Court ruling that the state of colorado cannot remove former President Trump from the ballot under Section Three of the 14th Amendment, the socalled insurrectionist ban. The court writing quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states, responsible for enforcing Section Three against federal Office Holders and candidates, we reverse we conclude that states may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office, but states have no power under the constitution to enforce Section Three with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency and dana, they talked about their concern that if individual states where each able to make different decisions, that it