this is a historic moment for the united states supreme court and for american democracy. the justices about to consider whether donald trump is constitutionally barred from being president again. we ll hear the unprecedented arguments and the court s responses live. welcome to cnn s special live coverage of the trump ballot battle at the u.s. supreme court. i m kaitlan collins live outside the supreme court. and i m jake tapper. the nation s highest court will review this landmark case. the division by colorado s supreme court to disqualify former president trump from the 2024 ballot based on what some call the insurrectionist ban 12349th amendment to the u.s. constitution. today the nine justices, three of them nominated by trump, are poised to have the most direct impact on a presidential election since the supreme court decided bush v. gore nearly a quarter sentry ago. now among the questions before the highest court in the land today, did trump incite an insurrecti
asking about was deeply dist disturbing. we had an individual wearing a tactic call vest and gun and nail gun who tried to attack the cincinnati field office. a subsequent review of the subject s devices and online postings identified a pretty striking anti-f.b.i., anti-federal law enforcement hostility. he was calling on others to kill federal law enforcement claiming he felt he was fighting in his words a civil war. it is unfortunately part of a broader phenomenon that we have seen not just against the f.b.i. this is important to add, but against law enforcement all across the country. not just against law enforcement professionals themselves, which is appalling enough, but calling for attacks against their families, which is truly despicable. that man was captured and eliminated, was he not? yes. a few days later was the arizona f.b.i. department subject of armed violence armed protestors? well, i know that our phoenix field office has had a number of very concer
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hello, mike. michael: taxpayer money to provide up to $20,000 for loan forgiveness for around 40 million americans but the court ruled 6-3, the biden administration overstepped its authority. we are covering this from all angles for you, justin and grace took out student loans. they have very different reactions to this ruling. you will want to hear them. they ll be joining us live in just a moment. begin with jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn. jacqui. hey there, mike. the supreme court said today the white house did not have authority to provide billions in student loan forgiveness absent any authorization from congress. it does not appear that there s any path for that there, and right now it is unclear what back-up plan the white house has. we just got a short statement from the president, we are going to hear more from him later, for now he says the fight is not over i will have more to announce this afternoon. i believe it s wrong, i will stop at nothing t
jesse: i made bret give me one. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. a damning federal government report about local law enforcement failures during the uvalde, texas school massacre. neither side is willing to budge in the border standoff between texas and washington. over land along the southern border. we will bring that you story. and we talk live to the founding chairman of the no labels group about how democratic groups are allegedly trying to undercut attempts to construct a unity presidential ticket, get on ballots. we will talk about where that effort stands tonight. we begin tonight with an update in the ongoing threats from china. hazardous materials team from the environmental protection team is removing dangerous chemicals from a warehouse in california turned to unlicensed bio lab by a chinese national. it s raising new questions and concerns tonight. national correspondent william la jeunesse shows us from reedily, california, good evening, william. bret