erin burnett out front starts right now. reporter: out front next, a ruling from a colorado judge on whether to disqualify trump from running in the state. breaking, powerful explosions rocking northern gaza. israel now warning it will strike anywhere hamas is found as hamas release as new hostage video. new video of house speaker mike johnson making anti-gay comments weeks before he was elected speaker, more as we learn from his wife s ultra conservative views. let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. we begin with breaking news. a judge seconds ago just ruling on whether former president trump should be kicked off the ballot in the state of colorado. the judge deciding trump is eligible to run for president even after his role in the january 6 insurrection. a group of voters filed a lawsuit, and this was based on the 14th amendment, arguing that amendment would bartrum from federal office. a judge, though, ruling the other way. a team of reporters stand
it has been a difficult year for the government. they are trailing labour in the polls right now and so we will hear more about what they intend to do in the coming year and how they intend to win back some of those voters. with me is our political correspondent damian grammaticus. give us a sense of how significant today is but also what we might hear when the king, as you are telling us, delivers a speech not written by him but by the government? it not written by him but by the government? not written by him but by the government? , , ., government? it is significant. you are talking government? it is significant. you are talking about government? it is significant. you are talking about elections, - government? it is significant. you l are talking about elections, looking forward to elections. this is a government that is trailing heavily in the polls, 10 15% behind. it needs to change that sort of dynamic, needs to find something to start shifting the needle and dra
king charles has carried out his first state opening of parliament as monarch. the speech, written by the government, has set out the plans for year ahead. proposed laws include tougher sentences for some crimes, a phased ban on smoking and more licensing for oil and gas fields in the north sea. our political correspondent helen catt has more. just before 11.15, the royal carriage drew into the sovereign entrance, carrying for the first time in seven decades, the king, to formally open parliament. while the monarch had changed, the pageantry remained the same. as is tradition, black rod went to the commons and had the door slammed shut against her by mps. before she summoned them to the lords. on the way, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition appeared to be having a friendly chat but this speech, written by the government, was in part about drawing dividing lines between them ahead of an election. but first, the king acknowledged the significance of this moment
billion of profit during the july to september period. if the results are in line with what analysts are expecting, that would be a drop of around 25% if not more compared to the same period last year. it is important to note that the oil prices are in a very different place than what they were last year. last year they were about 110 to $120 a barrel because of the russian ukrainian war which led to oil prices touching a record high, and that benefited producers like aramco immensely because they could record profits last year. if you look at the last three months oil prices have been $75 a barrel and have gone up in the last month which may provide some kind of cushion and the other factor is that saudi arabia has also cut down oil production in the last five or six months. for saudi arabia, aramco is the most crucial company because it relies heavily on the income generated by the oil they must to run many other parts of its company behemouth. the results are crucial no