i m alycia menendez in for nicolle wallace. from the president, a reminder of the stakes in the next election and an existential question, the president asking all americans, who are we? cited valley forge and on the each of the third anniversary of the january 6th attack, the president describing democracy as a sacred cause and the central issue of the 2024 election. this is not rhetorical, ak dem academic, or hypothetical, but the democracy s question is the most urgent question of our time. the choice is clear. donald trump s campaign is about him, not america, not you. donald trump s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. he s willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. our campaign is different. for me and kamala, our campaign is about america. it s about you. it s about every age and background that occupy this country. the speech today another episode in what has become one of the biggest themes in the biden presidency. president biden ha
the appeal that they made? well, anderson, one of the first things that the president s lawyers take on is the idea that he is an insurrectionist, which is something that the colorado supreme court had ruled. they say he is not, that the january 6th attack was not an insurrection, and that the former president did not engage in insurrection. they also say that the congress, not state courts, should be the ones that determine the eligibility for the presidency. they also say that the 14th amendment, the letter, if you read the 14th amendment, section three, it doesn t mention the office of the presidency and it doesn t apply, they say, to the former president. i will read you a little more of what they argue. they say that this colorado ruling, if allowed to stand, will mark the first time in the history of the united states the judiciary has prevented voters from casting ballots for the leading major party presidential candidate. and obviously, that is what is at stake her
angeles. i m jason johnson, in for chris hayes. we are officially in an election year, and 2024 brings with it another number of legal and political hurdles. for the quadruple-indicted disgraced ex president, less than two weeks away from the first in the nation iowa caucus. while trump is still the favorite to win in the hawkeye state, the future is far more uncertain from there. we are about three weeks out from the new hampshire primary. and while he s in the lead there is still substantial, former south carolina governor nikki haley has developed some late momentum. and of course donald trump s electoral fortunes are linked to his legal jeopardy. as of now, he has already been kicked off the primary ballot in two super tuesday states, maine and colorado, under the 14th amendment. and on january 16th, the first of his many trials scheduled for this year is set to begin, after hail mary attempts to delay the proceedings have failed. trump is now set to begin his second tria
for the cockpit voice recorder, which could provide crucial clues to what happened. we re waiting for comment about cnn reporting that those lights on the runway were not working. could the plane possibly have just moved a little too far on the runway creating this disaster? gosh, who knows? but what a miracle and how incredible those flight attendants. holy wow. thanks to all of you for being with us. we ll be back tomorrow live in iowa. iowa. ac 360 starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, there s breaking news. the former president tells the supreme court there s no 14th amendment case for keeping him off colorado s ballot and says the capitol attack was no insurrection. also breaking tonight, we ve just gotten court documents expecting to reveal the names of nearly 200 people connected to the late sex trafficker, jeffrey epstein. and what u.s. officials are saying tonight about who might be responsible for the bomb blasts in iran that
heard when the former president united states, and wants to return, tells people on christmas day that they can rot in hell. just as congresswoman debbie dingell says, trump s rot in hell christmas mers it was, to say the least, unpresidential. special counsel jack smith is filing a new motion to block trump for making political arguments during his criminal trial. also tonight, michigan supreme court decides against removing trump from the 2024 ballot, unlike colorado s highest court and now extra security is needed for those justices. plus, the republicans all out assault on voting rights, which includes plans to ask the u.s. supreme court to preserve their undemocratically gerrymandered maps in wisconsin. good evening. and charles coleman, in for joy reid, and we have got a lot to talk about. we begin tonight with a new year faster protesting, many looking head to 2024 and wondering what else could be in store. that certainly appears to be the case for former president d