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
today on inside politics, what caused the civil war? most would give a one-word answer. slavery. but not nikki haley. this morning she s trying to clean it up. plus donald trump s lawyers have a very busy few weeks ahead. we ll tell you key dates to watch in his civil and criminal kriel trials. and lauren boebert barely won her red district last time around. her solution, move to an even redder district. i m dana bash. let s go hbehind the headlines and inside politics. we start in new hampshire and one of those campaign moments that you just knew would immediately go viral. it was a town hall last night where nikki haley has been doing quite well. a voter asked what seemed like a simple question with a simple answer. listen to part of what happened. of course, the civil war was about slavery. we know that. we know the civil war was about slavery. but it was also more than that. it was about the freedoms of every individual. it was about the role of government. by
arguing in front of the fifth circuit court of appeals in new orleans, laying out a case of why the fda approved abortion bill should remain on the market. what we know about the panel of judges we have to convince, we re not just watching louisiana, the republican super majority in north carolina voted to override the democratic governor s detail, making abortion illegal after 12 weeks of pregnancy. governor cooper argues in practice, the law might act like a total ban. we are on the ground in rally with what happened right before and after that vote. in nebraska, republicans are revising their failed six-week abortion pill ban to i m sorry, abortion bill ban to 12 weeks to remember the six-week ban was sunk by a single republican holdout. does his vote change to a yes for a 12-week ban? in south carolina, after three republican women refused to sign on to a total ban, the party is now weighing a new option, banning abortion after a fetal heart beat is detected. typically
should be really proud of what you ve done, and i m very proud of you as your friend, it s awesome i m proud and happy to do it with you yes, that s the best part thank you to all of you at home for joining us this hour if you re a superstitious person as i am, maybe you re familiar with the notion bad things happen in threes for example, you might get a flat tire and spill coffee all over yourself or sprain your ankle on the same day. or if you re donald trump you may grapple with a major setback in a federal investigation and be faced to face the specter of a state investigation in the same week. we learned late this afternoon trump s vice president mike pence will in fact testify before the special counsel s grand jury investigating january 6th. trump and even pence himself they had tried and failed to block that testimony, but in a statement today an aide for pence said pence will comply with the subpoena. will comply with the subpoena. a federal judge in d.c. ruled p
welcome to bbc news. i m monika plaha. our top stories: protesters take to the streets in tel aviv, including outside the home of prime minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem, after he fires his defence minister for condemning his controversial legal reforms. this sacking of israel s defence minister who spoke out against the legislation feels to many people here like a turning point. warnings of more severe weather in mississippi and neighbouring states, after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. we saw a trailer go up in the air, bang down like a pancake. it exploded. a migrant rescue ship funded by street artist banksy is seized by italian coast guards. and why people in lebanon have woken up in two rival time zones in a row over daylight saving. hello and welcome. we start in israel, where mass protests have been taking place in several cities after prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked his defence minister, yoav gallant. mr gall