the election, the lead starts right now. we have a brand-new cnn report revealing how trump operatives drew fake elector ballots to d.c. in a last-ditch effort to overturn the 2020 election, we will bring you those details and audiotapes delay detailing their plot, nikki haley under scrutiny over controversial comments she made on the campaign trail, the exchange she had with one man in new hampshire and how her campaign is responding today, taking you on the road. the house were four university of iowa students were demolished just hours ago, why some of the victims families were pushing for it to be torn down after the suspect trial. welcome to the lead, everyone, i m in for jake tapper, we start for breaking news, cnn has revealed a chaotic last-ditch effort by former president trump s campaign to get fake elector ballots to d.c., they were trying to get the fake ballots to former vice president mike pence and a final push to overturn the 2020 election, it involved a hap
brand-new numbers this morning show 276,000 migrants crossing illegally in december. the highest monthly total ever. border patrol sources report more than 760,000 migrant encounters since october 1st. that s another record. the highest first quarter of any fiscal year. more on this breaking story throughout the hour. but first. former president donald trump is off the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. potentially big factor in what is expected to be a close race for the white house. good morning, i m mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. good morning, molly. molly: i m molly line in for dana perino. maine s democratic secretary of state following colorado s lead disqualifying trump based on the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment. a crime for which he was never charged. mike: colorado s ban is on home after the state gop appealed it to the supreme court. the former president faces challenges in many states including wisconsin and november. bellows is the first election
from the 2024 primary ballot under the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. it is a decision that differs from the one that was reached by the colorado supreme court last week. trump responding in an interview he was not surprised by the ruling. it is very bad for colorado, very, very bad for colorado, but we just had the big win in michigan today and that was a good one. and we have 33 wins and this isn t a loss because we ll have to see what happens. this is not a final determination. so trump also demanded wednesday that the secretary of state in maine recuse herself from a similar ballot eligibility case over her past statements about the january 6 riot. she is said to issue a decision in the coming days. this is all as doj prosecutors in the subversion case moved to block him from using the court as a forum to sow disinformation. let s bring in eugene scott. good morning to you. hope you ve had a wonderful holiday week. so let s talk about these dueling decisions ab
praising compromise and declaring victory after reaching tentative agreement on the debt ceiling and out comes the tough part. selling the build to the lawmakers about to vote on it. welcome to the special memorial day of fox news live, hello, bill. great to be with you bill melugin we thank you for joining us memorial day, house speaker kevin mccarthy on a deal with u.s. default, the full text of the 99 page bill is a bill in the house wednesday and senate vote days after that. party leaders are busy ripping folks but some members both sides of the aisle are now loudly sounding off against the deal. the political panel standing by to debate it all in just a moment but we began with peter doocy live at the white house, peter, or both sides taking a victory lap here? kind of an officials are pleased with the way things are shaking out but they say their part is done and it s up to speaker mccarthy to sell this debt limit increase for free through 2025 to his people. sp
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