Tripledigit temperatures that have scorched the southwest are expected to ease this week, but not just yet. Today phoenix, arizona had its 31st consecutive day of the mercury topping 110 degrees. In the northeast a storm broke the heat, but it was fierce. Despite hurricaneforce winds this guard at the tomb of the unknowns at the Arlington National cemetery never broke stride. Well, cbss reed cowan leads us off tonight with more on that. Reed, good evening. Reporter good evening, jericka. All right. So july is on the brink of breaking a World Weather record for punishing heat that has gripped much of the nation. A dangerous heat dome punishing the nation. The last week of july testing the mettle of millions. Its miserable. I work outside, so its even worse. Reporter in denver 90 degree days made for long nights for mom amanda morian. Shes without airconditioning just like 10 of americans. I cant swaddle him at night because its just too much. Reporter this raging wildfire jumped Interna
awards from rockefeller center. here is your host, al sharpton. good evening, and welcome to politicsnation s 14th annual revvie awards. it s where we celebrate the best and worst of politics in 2023, and give awards to those who deserve it. i m honored to have been bringing you some of the most significant and memorable moments this past year, and what a year in his been. with that, let s bring in our esteemed panel this year. jen psaki. i m so proud to have her with us, host of inside with jen psaki. right here, an msnbc. republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, susan del percio, who i would say is my favorite republican. [laughter] and ali velshi, host of velshi, also here on msnbc weekends. and he s wearing his i thought it was a clergy caller at first. [laughter] people were accessing for some blessings, so. let s get right to our first revvie. of 2023.est political headline i ll share a few of my own nominees to get us started. my first top news story,
ineligible to appear on that state s 2024 republican primary ballot, because he incited an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th. almost three years ago. with her ruling, they ve now become the second state to say that trump is ineligible to appear on the 2024 republican primary ballot. the bell s decision comes a week after the colorado supreme court issued a similar ruling. that ruling is now being appealed by both sides, the nation s highest court. the nine justices of the supreme court are being petition to settle the issue of whether trump is barred from serving as president under section three of the 14th amendment, which bars any candidate from holding the office who engaged in insurrection. in her ruling tonight, the secretary of state wrote, and i quote, i have little trouble concluding that the events of january 6th, 2021 were an insurrection within the meaning of section three of the 14th amendment. to the record establishes that mr. trump over the course
presidential actions on january 6th, and is disqualifiedro holding office under section iii of theh amendment. importantly eedd was the ticking countdown clock, giving any party, not just donald trump, until january 4th to appeal to the supreme court and saying if anyone asks the supreme court to review this case, then donald trump s name stays on the ballot until the supreme court weighs in. well, no surprise, the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president made a lot of noise after the ruling came out whining and bloviating and promising to, quote, swiftly file an appeal to the supreme court. but then a funny thing happened. while trump and his lawye were working on that swift appeal look who beat him to t proverbial punch, the colorado republican party, who filed their owneal urging the justices to take up the case and d while mr. trump is expected toil his own petition in the coming days, the move by the colorado republican party has a, quote, practical i
we are very grateful. i will be back with you tomorrow. the beat with katy faang in for ari melber starts right now. hello. what a fantastic show. good to see you. thanks so much for everything. and welcome to the rest of you to the the beat. i m katy faang in for ari melber. breaking news on donald trump s coup charges and the united states supreme court. late today donald trump s lawyers urging the united states supreme court to delay hearing arguments on a monumental question, whether he has absuit immunity criminal prosecution from actions trying to overturn the 2020 election. the filing coming in response to special counsel jack smith who is urging the high court to fast track this case. today trump s lawyers telling the court it should wait until a lower court has ruled while questioning why smith wants to move so quickly. arguing that smith s proposal would lead to a, quote, radically compressed timetable, and that, quote, the special counsel identifies no dpelg re