This is the story. Today were live in our nations capitol ahead of tonights consequential state of the Union Address. Youre going to see a very energized president says his chief of staff. Still some democrats said to be nervous about the stakes for this evening. The Washington Post put it this way. The goal is not to give up old man vibes. It could be the last time that he in front of such a big tv audience until at least the convention. Voters will no doubt be weighing whether or not hes held up to this promise from the beginning of its presidency. Watch this. Im a man of my word. America is back. I speak to you today as president of the United States at the very start of my administration and im sending a clear message to the world. America is back. Martha a lot has happened since then. The chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. Attacks on our troops in the middle east, the explosion of the border crisis, which is a huge issue to name a few. We kick things off with bret baier in d. C.
this is a historic moment for the united states supreme court and for american democracy. the justices about to consider whether donald trump is constitutionally barred from being president again. we ll hear the unprecedented arguments and the court s responses live. welcome to cnn s special live coverage of the trump ballot battle at the u.s. supreme court. i m kaitlan collins live outside the supreme court. and i m jake tapper. the nation s highest court will review this landmark case. the division by colorado s supreme court to disqualify former president trump from the 2024 ballot based on what some call the insurrectionist ban 12349th amendment to the u.s. constitution. today the nine justices, three of them nominated by trump, are poised to have the most direct impact on a presidential election since the supreme court decided bush v. gore nearly a quarter sentry ago. now among the questions before the highest court in the land today, did trump incite an insurrecti
election he lost. and hearing the case, the panel of nine supreme court justices including three that president trump himself appointed to the bench. whatever they decide has the potential to transform the trajectory of this year s election, and trump s bid to retake the white house making it the most consequential election case since bush v. gore a quarter century ago. these oral arguments expected to begin in moments and potentially last several hours, and we will be here with you for all of it. and joining us now, nbc s ken dilanian outside the court along with andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former senior member of the moeller probe. and neal katyal. before we dive into the big question, your thoughts about the gravity of this moment, exploring an issue that this country has never had to confront before. the founders of our 14th amendment in the 1860s put this in as an ironclad guarantee that we wouldn t have insurrectionists leading our governm
[applause] greg: all right. [cheers] greg: happy thursday, everybody, sometimes the universe remind you that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. like jesse watters getting the 8:00 p.m. hour after being diagnosed with micropenis. can we really say that? greg: yes. here s another example. the wildly popular comedian named shane gillis. if you ve never heard of him tonight is the case. tonight the leader of isis is killed. trump goes is dead. he died like a dog. in front of the whole world. abu, we could hear him crying, abu, don t cry. let me tell you something, abu cried, he cried quite a bit. i wouldn t have cried. cry baby baghdady, that s what we were calling him. greg: he s funny and he does track better than alec baldwin plus he hasn t shot anyone yet. but what is special about gillis is he beat cancer culture in 2019. he was hired as a cast member on saturday night live but was fired before he appeared on the show after people dug
reinforce or dismantle the colorado supreme court s order excluding the former president from the ballot in that state. effectively punishing trump for a crime which he has neither been criminally charged for convicted. dana: as soon as it begins we ll listen to it live. until then our fox team coverage continues. we have andy mccarthy, jonathan turley, and kerri and joining us is karl rove and andrew. one of the things i wanted to start with you on, andrew, set the stage about how unprecedented this is and what this moment could actually mean. i think it s very interesting to think about today through the lens of donald trump. the justices are thinking about what this ruling does for decades or even hundreds of years to come. this is a precedent we ve never had before. what happens when states challenge candidates for presidential office? this is not just a donald trump issue. this is every single election that will come from here on out. i don t think that the justices