it is saturday, january the 6th. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since a mob attacked the united states capitol at the port of donald trump s desperate him to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of that fire insurrection continues to loom large over american democracy. especially now, as the 2024 race heats up. but both the twice impeached, multiply indicted former president, and the current, duly elected president, understand this. that s why january six is a central component of each other presidential campaigns, albeit in vastly different ways. president biden gave the first major speech of his reelection bid yesterday, and he used to as an opportunity to reflect on how the insurrection exposed trump s complete disregard for america s constitutional and democratic values, and emphasized that the former president remains a danger to democracy. it s the first national elections since jan
to remove trump from their. ballots california says not so fast. why? well, i will as the california secretary of state. this is all happening as republican presidential contenders are gearing up for the first major test. the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primaries, there just a couple of weeks away. who has the most at stake in these early contests? we ll ask our political panel this hour. plus, our culture critics are here to ring in the new year. we are looking at the biggest moments of 2023, and what s in and out in 2024. i am symone sanders-townsend, i have something to say. in just over two weeks, all eyes will be on iowa. that s when the state republicans will caucus in the first nominating contest of 2024 for the president of the united states. now, these make-or-break races for republican presidential hopefuls, they will be happening against the backdrop of an urgent and unprecedented constitutional question. you are looking at the first seconds of donald tru
welcome to a special edition of jesse watters primetime, i m pete hegseth in on friday night. last night, donald trump was removed from the primary ballot in maine. this was not a decision made by a court or an elected official. donald trump was unilaterally removed by an unelected secretary of state and her name is shanna bellows. you only have to remember that for 15 minutes. but who is shanna bellows? he s not a lawyer or a legal expert, but she is a lifelong democrat activist who was the executive director of the ecl you in maine. we figure that s where she learned everything she nose. she always wanted to be a big shot, democrat snapping selfies with biden and obama, big old brand. if you run for senate in 2014 against susan collins. she had the most famous person in maine, stephen king, cut ads for her. have you ever worked so hard or hope so strongly for a change in leadership? shanna bellows would be a breath of fresh air, she is focused on people from the state
tonight on 360, the former president makes a late move in his battle with states to stay on the 2024 ballot. details on that and what his next big court filing could come. also russia s worst air strikes of the war on ukraine, the civilians targeted, and what america s top european commander makes of this latest brutal stage of the war. plus we ll take you to the west coast where surf s up is now an urgent warning, and another round of waves, some more than two stories high, is now expected to hit. good morning everyone good evening, i should say. john berman in for anderson. first up tonight, the flurry and soon to be blizzard of new legal developments in what is shaping up to be a history-making fight over kicking the former president off state ballots under the 14th amendment. already divided states, legal scholars, and will almost certainly do the same with the supreme court justices. the newest headline came late today in a trump court filing in oregon, and it
maine, making it the second state to remove him because of his role on january 6th. also cnn obtaining exclusive new recordings that show just how frantic that effort to carry out the fake electors scheme really was just days before the capitol attack, almost chartering private jets to fly copies of bogus ballots stuck in the mail. nikki haley says, of course slavery caused the civil war. that was not her answer last night. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. history has been made once again tonight, not the kind that donald trump wants, as he has now been disqualified from the primary ballot in maine, a decision that comes nine days after colorado s supreme court ruled that trump is ineligible to be on that state s ballot because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. therefore, barring him under the 14th amendment of the constitution. here it is in black and white from maine s democratic secretary of state, shanna bellows, who said that he was, quote, n