ruled that donald trump s role injan 6th riot at the us capitol meant he was ineligible to run for office again. the ruling referred to clause 3 of the 14th amendment of the us constitution that prohibits anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding elected office. the supreme court has since taken up that case. and before them in support of colorado is a brief signed by twenty five historians, all of them experts on the civil war and reconstruction. in their submission they write, that, contemporary evidence from the decision makers who sponsored, backed, and voted for the 14th amendment, demonstrates that decision makers crafted section three to cover the president and to create an enduring check on insurrection, requiring no additional action from congress. there are diverging legal views on whether trump must actually be found guilty of the crime of insurrection before he can be deemed constitutionally ineligible, and whether congress needs to play a r
be very clear. not one republican should vote for this deal. it is a bad deal. i thought the last plan wasn t good enough. i had no idea. i had no idea that we would see a plan as ephemeral as this plan. anyone who s spent any time on capitol hill will tell you those hard liners were probably never going to vote for any compromise. by necessity, it would not be what they wanted, which was major spending cuts to social programs but here is where it gets tricky. as part of the deal to get the gavel, mccarthy put a number of those hard liners on the rules committee in the house. and now two of them, chip roy and ralph norman, are openly trying to sink deal. will they, even though they re trying to sink it, still allow it to go to the floor for a vote? that that is an open question. we re going to ask garrett haake about it in a moment. there s also the question of whether enough house dems will sign on. the conventional wisdom is yes. that there s no way democrats will all
with more. happening right now in missouri search and rescue efforts are happening as a massive tornado ripped through the state. plus, what you need to know about what s being calleded the most consequential election in the year liberals have a won of the supreme court in a major battleground state that could shape the 2024 race. and in chicago a win for progressives in the highly watched mayoral race and just hours from now a high profile meeting between house speaker mccarthy and the president of taiwan despite warnings from beijing. how the chinese government is responding coming up this morning former president donald trump is plotting his next legal steps one day after becoming the first american president ever to appear in court as a criminal defendant. trump is accused of falsifying business records as part of what prosecutors say is an illegal conspiracy to undermine the 2016 election manhattan district attorney alvin bragg says hush money payments were made to
82-year-old paul pelosi to make a complete recovery. however, it was apparently a very near thing, especially for a man of his age. tonight a spokesperson for his wife, house speaker nancy pelosi, second in the line of presidential succession, said mr. pelosi underwent surgery to repair a fractured skull and serious injury to his right arm and hands. she is now at the hospital with him. this is new video just in of her motorcade arriving. she was in washington when the attack happened. we learned that san francisco s police chief is expected to update the public soon and we will bring you any new information as it becomes available. this is what we know so far. law enforcement sources tell cnn he was attacked by a hammer-wielding intruder shouting, quote, where is nancy? and according to two sources familiar with the situation when the police got there the suspect who is now in custody and charged with attempted murder told him he was, quote, waiting for nancy. although pol
thank goodness. doctors expect 82-year-old paul pelosi to make complete recovery. however, very near thing, especially a man of his age. tonight, spokesperson for his wife, house speaker nancy pelosi, second in the line of presidential succession, said mr. pelosi underwent surgery to repair a fractured skull and serious injuries to his right arm and hand. short, go, we learned she is at the hospital with him. this is new video just in of her motorcade arriving. she was in washington when the attack happened. we just learned san francisco s police chief is expected to update the public soon. we will bring you new information as it becomes available. this is what we know so far, law enforcement tells cnn and, he was attacked by hammer wielding intruder shouting, quote, where is nancy? according to sources familiar with the situation, when police got there, the suspect in custody and charged with attempted murder, told him he was, quote, waiting for nancy. police have not determ