each of the congressional districts and you can t bring in out of state volunteers. they have to be people registered to vote or eligible to vote. the candidates joined by the aclu saying virginia s requirement the unconstitutional. rick perry, forexample, said he could not circulate his own petitions to get on the ballot. the judge signalled earlier he thought he was unconstitutional. we ll hear within the hour on what he will say, whether he will continue to halt the process or ordered the state to put those candidates on the ballot. we ll come back to you for an update. thank you. fresh outrage in mississippi over the pardons or early
of the 24 events, two-thirds are from the private connect industry. wow. thanks so much. now to some breaking news. a ruling has come down in the virginia ballot case. rick perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum and jon huntsman sued to get their name on the ballot there. they failed to collect the 10,000 signatures. pete, what is the ruling? the ruling is the candidates lose. what the judge says here is i think they have got a good argument here that the requirements in virginia may be unconstitutional. 10,000 signatures, the highest number in the nation, distributed with 400 signatures and bar on using out of state volunteers to circulate the petitions. all good arguments. the problem is the candidates waited too long to raise the
thank you and to you too. growing over virginia s primary ballot. all five candidates who failed to qualify for the ballot on super tuesday, march sixth, by the way are challenging the requirement as to restrictive. john huntsman and michele bachmann have joined rick perry. mitt romney and ron paul are on the ballot in virginia. one of seven holding primaries on march sixth. pete williams is live from washington. what progress will they be able to make? we will watch and see because this case is moving very rapidly. virginia has the nation s strictest requirement and a candidate has to gather at least 10,000 signatures and 400 have to come from east of the 11 congressional districts and the petitions cannot be circulated by out of state volunteers.
thank you and to you too. growing over virginia s primary ballot. all five candidates who failed to qualify for the ballot on super tuesday, march sixth, by the way are challenging the requirement as to restrictive. john huntsman and michele bachmann have joined rick perry. mitt romney and ron paul are on the ballot in virginia. one of seven holding primaries on march sixth. pete williams is live from washington. what progress will they be able to make? we will watch and see because this case is moving very rapidly. virginia has the nation s strictest requirement and a candidate has to gather at least 10,000 signatures and 400 have to come from east of the 11 congressional districts and the petitions cannot be circulated by out of state volunteers.
intensified. the army shelling its own people as the arab world steps in to try to end the slaughter of civilians. and an all-out brawl at the mall. police with guns drawn, shoppers scrambling for exits. chaos after christmas on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s tuesday, december 27th. this is american morning. i m alina cho along with ali velshi. good morning. good morning to you. we re so glad you re with us today. there s a lot going on. let s get right to it. starting in iowa. it s the place to be this morning. five top republicans plan to visits hawkeye state today. not going for the corn. seven day rees main until the iowa caucuses. the first in the nation, a nomination is up for grabs. cnn political director mark preston is live in des moines this morning. mark, the week begins with newt gingrich trying to distance himself once again, not from someone else, but from his own past. reporter: yeah. from his own p