happening now, donald trump makes a final plea to the united states supreme court ahead of critical arguments on colorado s ballot ban. this hour, we have exclusive new polls on the controversial case, and how americans feel about trump s legal troubles. plus, an history storm is slamming southern california, unleashing dangerous flooding, hurricane-force winds, and heavy snow. records falling across the state as forecasters warn of more to come. in the united kingdom, buckingham palace reveals that king charles has been diagnosed with cancer. what it means for the royal family. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. first up, donald trump s last-minute pitch to the u.s. supreme court as the justices prepare for an unprecedented hearing on the colorado ballot removal. katelyn polantz has more. everybody is getting ready for the final turn about trump s eligibility on the balance, and potential
immunity. then there s also we re waiting for a ruling in the civil fraud trial against trump in new york. his sons and trump organization also on the hook there. and this comes after trump was ordered to pay e. jean carroll $83 million after her defamation suit last month. can you take us inside trump s mind right now? what must he be thinking? i mean, we know he s a man who embraces grievance, but this is a lot. it s a lot but he is also an expert conpartmentalizer in a way we ve seen very few people in the political realm be. so he looks at these a couple of different ways. the carroll verdict has infuriated him. we know it s a huge amount of money. we know it s a huge amount of money he doesn t want to pay and he ll have to pay some even as he s appealing it. the colorado ballot case, his team actually feels pretty good about its chances at the supreme court. and they see that as helping them politically, which is why you saw something like that filing today. so, there
welcome back to starting point this morning. let s check in with indra peterson to see how today is shaping up. good morning. still wet in the midwest. it s been so soggy the last 48 hours. 8 to 10 inches of rain. so much rain they re sat rated and yet more rain in the forecast again. we show you those graphics there. look at all that again. another two to four inches possible. no question here we re talking about the flood watches and advisories with more rain continues to pound the area. also in the northeast it was gorgeous yesterday. what happened, right? today, rain now with the warm front cruising in to the area. not too much, most places not seeing much. farther up to the north two to four inches. most places only about half an inch down towards jersey and new york. here unfortunately is the setup we continue to watch and it is the severe weather threat. today, again higher than yesterday and each day developed a little bit stronger. reason for that, look at the warm moistur
whether it is 30 miles one direction or 30 miles in another makes a difference but we know it is moving to the north. tim hit the outer banks. and no doubt we will be dealing with impacts on long island, the worst raked through the bahamas, and it is a big storm. a lot of people are getting impacted, rain in florida now. the rainfall will be huge. we will see in excess of 10 of rain in some areas and we had 10 of rain in new york city area a week ago so the ground is sat rated saturated, and so you add this more wind, and that means we will see a lot of downed trees with rainfall amounts like this across the northeast. shepard: as it moves up because the storm will be over land does that mean it could lose juice? rick: you don t want to see