terrifying way. my friend. youyo bet. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. it is a real hodgepodge of people andal groups, vivek ramaswamy, the rnc, the naacp, 179 members of congress, three former attorneys general, three current secretaries of state, multiple civil war historians, a group of capitol police officers, and roxan bar or at least someone named roxan bar which reports to live in the same state where the actual reaa roxan bar lives. what do all these people and organizations have inle common? they ve allti signed onto amicu briefs formally telling the supreme court their opinion on the question whether donald trump can be removed on the ballot in the state of california and colorado forst violating the 14th amendment. as a refresher the third section ofhi the 14th amendment disqualifies former government officials fromor holding officef they engage in insurrection or gave aid or comfort to those who did. the deadline for weighing in on this ca
with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jrwith, jesse wattes and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city. this, is the five dramatic showdown over security at the r reaching a breaking point. right now, texas is telling the biden administrations tellio to come and take it. today is the deadline the white house gave the governor,e greg, on allowing federal agents access to shelby park in eagle so they can remove the razor wire there. th to let the feds in and hasitio a coalition of 25 red state governors on its side. ofg could now be headed back to court, and texas is confident it will win. t but the white house says abbot is breaking the law by playingot gameuse as as. shy we will not shy away from n calling out what we seepoli. as political games from as political games from safe. it does not protect our communities. and that s who he cares about. and that s who he cares about. that st,e people of texas.t,e people of what we re seeing from governor abbott, you heardtexase s
and i aced it. i think it was 35, 30 questions. and let me tell you, they always show you the first one, like a giraffe, a tiger, or this. a whale. which one is the whale? donald trump is again bragging about acing the dementia test. while claiming that presidents should have full immunity for any crimes they might want to commit. former u.s. attorney general eric holder joins me on that. and on a big victory in louisiana, where a new legislative map with two majority black districts is advancing in the state legislature. plus, with a border deal on the table, which senate republicans say is a great deal, trump s maga caucus in the house is saying no. because they want to continue to stoke fear ahead of the fall election. but we begin tonight with donald trump. the leading candidate for the republican presidential nomination telling americans very clearly that he should be able to murder and jail anyone he wants to, and no one should be able to stop him. not a single pe
iowa caucuses and instead of being in iowa, the front-runner, donald trump was in court. using the civil fraud case to grandstand before the judge sent him fresh off the cnn debate and income i haley and ron desantis debated in iowa as he tries to sway any possible votes their way. joining us now republican presidential candidate asa hutchinson, the former governor of arkansas. thanks for joining us. i want to get your response to something donald trump just said outside the courtroom in his civil fraud trial against him. take a listen. my legal issues, every one of them, every one, civil and the criminal ones are all set up by joe biden, crooked joe biden. this is something that s never happened in this country. even the civil ones, this civil and they re set up by biden. every single, just about case that i m involved in they re doing it for election interference. obviously, there is zero evidence that president biden had anything to do with the civil suits or the prose
piece of stripe gum. the situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. closing arguments just wrapped up in donald trump s new york civil fraud trial. the former president taking his campaign to the courtroom, launching into a rambling speech before being cut off by the judge who urged trump s attorneys to control their client. plus, we re now in the final stretch before iowa decides with the first in the nation caucuses just four days away. nikki haley and ron desantis trying to capitalize on last night s heated cnn debate and close the gap with republican front-runner donald trump. a key haley supporter, new hampshire governor chris sununu joins me live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news. donald trump s new york civil fraud trial comes to