it is a lot of information. starting with what happened in north carolina yesterday. a panel of state judges deemed the board of elections, state board of elections unconstitutional, ordered them to dissolve which they did at noon yesterday. this is not related to the investigation into voter fraud, this is an on-going legal battle back from 2016. but it has huge implications of what s going on now in the state because this voter board, this election board was doing the investigation into the voter fraud. they were also holding a hearing on january 11th to go over the evidence on voter fraud and determine whether or not there was going to be a new election. lastly, they never certified a winner. despite that harris was leading his opponent by 905 votes, they didn t certify the election. harris did file his last minute petition to try to get them to certify him as winner before they dissolved and they refused
incoming house majority leader says house democrats will not allow the republican candidate to be sworn in next week because of the ongoing investigation. for more on all of this, let s bring in cnn s kristin holmes. what happens now? that is the million dollar question. the answer is pretty messy. so as you said yesterday, the board of elections dissolved. this was ordered by a panel of state judges who deemed it unconstitutional. it s not related to this investigation of 2018. this is part of an ongoing legal battle back from 2016. but the implications are huge as to what s going on in the state right now. that board of elections was not only investigating the ballot fraud, they also had a hearing set up for january 11th where they were going to present all of their findings and determine ultimately if there needed to be another election. lastly, as you said, the board never certified harris as the winner even after a last ditch attempt by harris on friday to
outstanding people. i ve had conversations with them should be counted. over the past weekend asking so the person that jonathan ran them what their plans will be since we ll be in the minority against is quite correct when he says the democrats are happy over the next two years. they are discussing those plans when federal judges rule. now, and waiting to gain some federal judges usually rule, more information there and make more time, more votes to come a final decision but i think in. state judges usually rule, if very highly of both of them. on the democratic side in the you can generalize, less time, let s get this over with. house, nancy pelosi wants to be a five-day extension. speaker again but some of her the federal judge ultimately newly elected democrats campaigned against supporting will have to rule on that. her. one new democrat told us why we want every vote to count but it s also making a mockery of she s a yes. she s an incredibly strong the system, doesn t it, t
amid the cascade of news that never steaeems to stop, do forget that children astill separated from their paths due to the immigration policies. meanwhile an associated press investigation found that state judges can grant custody of migrant kids to american families. potentially putting the kids up for adoption without even notifying their parents. a risk that grows when parents have been deported thousands of miles away. in a separate report this week, the a.p. also found that in just the past year alone, the u.s. army, get this, discharged more than 500 immigrants who were promised a fast track to citizenship in exchange for service. up next, the latest on the
village of qana maher is threatened with demolition. this is where the me stand his sheep and goats in the occupied west bank a few kilometers outside jerusalem. for years he s fought in court against the demolition orders issued by the israeli military but in may the israeli supreme court gave the go ahead for the village to be raised it was the final appeal. people here are very worried and afraid that they were hoping that the international community would help them but after everything that happened they became frustrated and desperate. about one hundred eighty people that s thirty five families live in the village which israel says was built illegally but for palestinians the required building permits are almost impossible to obtain in the israeli controlled areas see in the west bank in this decision and it s written and signed by state judges that the only argument the court will deal with is