to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, we are live at the supreme court where in just hours a crucial hearing to determine whether trump is disqualified from the ballot will begin. it is a decision that could up end the 2024 election. one of the attorneys in the courtroom tomorrow is out front. plus, putin s american friend, the russian president sitting down for an extensive conversation with tucker carlson who has never shied away from pushing putin s propaganda. the. chinese headlines saying texas is about to secede from the union and a civil war is breaking out in america. why is the communist government letting the lies flourish. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight the supreme court front and center. the first case that could impact the 2024 election begins in just hours. the justices tomorrow morning will hear oral arguments there in an unprecedented case t
night in a stunning rebuke. it was a mess what happened here, but we re cleaning it up. the chasm between the two parties is wider than it s ever been. where does washington go now on issues millions of americans care about? plus, can donald trump be kept off the colorado s primary ballot for his role leading up to the january 6th attack on the capitol. that s the high-stakes question that will be argued before the supreme court tomorrow. what to expect in court and the critical implications for the decision. a defiant prime minister bibi netanyahu just moments ago telling the world israel will not stop until all of hamas is gone from gaza. those comments coming after a new hamas counterproposal for a cease fire and hostage deal, so what happens now? but we begin on capitol hill where chaos is winning in a battle over compromise. as soon as an hour from now, the senate will vote on whether to proceed with a $118 billion national security package including for the bo
repercussions for the election this year and also for the future of american democracy. it is arguably the most important election case to reach the supreme court since bush v gore nearly a quarter century ago. the question before the court is pretty simple actually. does section 3 of the 14th amendment, which bars, quote, an officer of the united states who, quote, engaged in insurrection from holding public office actually apply to the man who incited the january 6th riot, who tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power for the first time since the civil war. the colorado state supreme court has already ruled that, yes, trump should be barred from the ballot in that state based on the insurrection that he clearly engaged in. quote, president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under section 3 because he is disqualified it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the secretary to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot
i m ari melber. we begin with breaking news. donald trump s federal trial is back on because this court is ruling against defendant trump today. they re green lighting the trial sought by special counsel jack smith. this spruling sets a precedent for holding a former president accountable. we have special coverage we ve been working on since this broke early on the east coast today. we start with the basics. you don t need to be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to understand this. the ruling rejects donald trump s very far-fetched arguments that his job history as president should mean he could never be arrested, indicted or tried for anything related to his time in office. trump s lawyers argued he should basically retain a kind of permanent immunity from the fact he used to be president. the court is rejecting that today. we re going to begin, like i said, with the clarity of this single spare sentence. quote, for the purpose of this criminal case, former president trump
headlines across the globe. what it means is that i m untouchable, you can t touch, me i m above, you which is embarrassing, frankly, simply doesn t stack up tonight, the race to get donald trump inside judge chutkan s courtroom. i think they have to find that section three applies to people who phone in and participate in insurrections. alex wagner on her exclusive interview with hillary clinton, plus if you tried to move a bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year, i will do whatever it can to destroy you. senator chris murphy on the republican sabotage of their own border bell. and alexander at costco court as on the chaos in the house and what all that starts right now. good naming from new york. i m chris hayes. it is all about the clock and the calendar. that has been clear ever since the first criminal charges came down against donald trump last spring our justice system moves at its own speed. but there s a finite amount of