At the white house, right now, President Joe Biden preparing to Face Congress and the American People and deliver a speech that could have huge consequences for his reelection campaign. Theyll soon leave for the us capitol to give his state of the Union Address. Less than 48 hours after his long anticipated rematch with donald trump became a reality. Welcome to a Special Edition of ac360. Im Anderson Cooper and im jake tapper. About an hour from now, President Biden will walk into the House Chamber under enormous pressure to forcefully and successfully sell his vision for america and his argument for a second terme. Mister President Biden needs to take advantage of this opportunity with tens of millions of americans watching to make his case and perhaps, perhaps the most important speech of his decades long career in public life, this will be a critical test of the 81 year old commander in chief. He will try to convince skeptical voters that they have benefited from his presidency, and
And thank you all so much for joining us. Cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts right now the Supreme Court picks the path of least resistance. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening im abby philip in new york and tonight, the Supreme Court pulled out the legal Jumper Cables to start the most consequential political week of the election so far thursday, President Biden will paint his vision for the country and for his own campaign delivering the state of the Union Address to a massive primetime audience but tomorrow, Super Tuesday, and it may effectively end the republican nominating contest. Today, the Supreme Court made sure that if it does, the man who is likely to emerge as the victor will actually appear on the ballot. And a nine to nothing ruling. The justices effectively cleared the decks for donald trump. They said the colorado got it wrong when it stated that he should be erased from the ballot. Now, added all up and the justices did something that trump actually liked quite
The Campaign Looks like from here. Now that its pretty much yes, just the two of them. And how this 2020 rematch could look quite different from four years ago also tonight, what the president hopes to gain and all he stands to lose at tomorrows highstakes reelection year, state of the union address, plus with just a few days left to find 83 3 million in the E Jean Carroll case. Former President Trump says he needs more time, which could speak volumes about the state of his finances evening, everyone, thanks for joining us, john king here sitting in for anderson. Appreciate your time. We begin tonight with what comes next at this big Crossroads Moments, Crossroads Moment of the 2024 Campaign Last night, super tuesday results made a trumpbiden rematch. Allbutcertain. And today, several big and quick decisions made clear Donald Trumps grip on the Republican Party is all the more tight the first being nikki haley bowing out of the race, not endorsing the former president , but its not pre
History. [cheers] she does it with a foul shot. Ainsley the second hour of fox friends starts right now. And, remember, mornings are better with friends. Brian fox news alert. Check your watch. Because in a couple hours, the Supreme Court expected to issue at least one ruling today. Ainsley and it could be on the colorado case to determine whether or not former President Donald Trump will be kicked off the states primary ballot. Lawrence Gillian Turner is live from the white house with the latest on that, hi, gillian. President biden is hold up at camp david this morning prepping for big State Of The Union speech on thursday it. May very well be the case. The Supreme Court hands down a decision about his primary political rivals eligibility over on the colorado ballot while President Biden is out of town. Now, there is a major sense of urgency to this decision out of the Supreme Court here because the state is among the 16 that are Holding Contests on Super Tuesday now less than 24 hou
Blitzer thanks for joining us. Cnn breaking, news and you are in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington and we begin with the Breaking News this morning. The United States Supreme Court ruling that former President Donald Trump cannot be removed from any states ballot for his actions on january 6. The nine justices affirming that he can run in a General Election. And once again, serve as the United States Commander In Chief in the Majority Opinion, the court writes that only congress can enforce the 14th Amendments ban on insurrectionists holding federal Public Office trump is responding to the decision calling it, and im quoting him now, a big win for america. But the court did not directly speak to whether or not his actions on january 6 equate to insurrection. Lets get straight to cnn anchor and chief legal analyst, laura coats. Shes outside the Supreme Court for us. Laura, what more, first of all, can you tell us . About this very historic and consequential decision . It i