andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary blinken. right now, countdown to the caucuses. just one week today as the republican candidates for president make their final push in iowa. meanwhile, president biden is on the trail in south carolina where he ll be speaking at mother emanuel church, the scene of the horrific hate crime in 2015. his message today, the hate that fueled the killing of nine worshippers still rages. at the pentagon, demand for answers grows after lloyd austin failed to tell the white house for days that he had been admitted to the icu. and a critical piece of the alaskan airlines flight has been found as it blasted off the plane mid flight, taking passengers belongings with it. we begin this very busy hour with the race for the white house. we are now just seven days away from the very first primary contest of this high stakes election year. the republican iowa caucuses. while there is still time, so far, it s shaping up to be a 2020
quoting now, he is not qualified to hold the office of the president under section three of the 14th amendment, period. she joins us momentarily. this comes on the day in which the former president was temporarily back on colorado s ballot pending supreme court decision. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us now with this breaking news out of maine. what can you tell us about this decision, kaitlan? john, there is a lot of meat towards secretary of state china bellow wrote from maine today in her ruling. one, january six was an insurrection. she made that finding, two, donald trump engaged in that insurrection. three, that means he is not qualified to be on the primary ballot in maine. four, she found that it is her responsibility to make these decisions. so, putting that all together, this came because of voters had asked her to look at this, to make a ruling under the way that the state lays out. she can as the secretary of state to determine whether people are eligible for the
ac 360 starts right now. all right. the breaking news, and it is big, just a week after colorado did it, maine becomes the second state to bar donald trump from its republican primary ballot. john berman here in for anderson in the decision from maine s secretary of state cannot be any plainer. quoting now, he is not qualified to hold the office of the president under section 3 of the 14th amendment, period. she joins us momentarily. this comes on a day in which the former president was temporarily back on colorado s ballot pending a supreme court decision. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us now with this breaking news out of maine. what can you tell us about this decision, katelyn? john, there is a lot of meat to what secretary of state shanna bellows wrote from maine today in her ruling. one, january 6th was an insurrection. she made that finding. two, donald trump engaged in that insurrection. three, that means he s not qualified to be on the primary ballot in maine. and
i m really old. it is a wonderful song. takes me back. and cnn this morning continues now. the third republican presidential debate is in the books. how did their words square request with the facts? nikki haley, a master class on policy, abortion. she is a force. trump has such a large lead nationally, it may be meaningless. the pentagon carried out airstrikes fence a weapons storage facility in eastern syria. a facility used by iran s islamic revolutionary guard core. secretary austin describing this as a limited self-defense strike. after 118 days, hollywood actors struck a teal with major film and television studios. we know this deal is going to stress artificial intelligence. it sets the stage for roughly 160,000 actors to return to work. the iowa caucus is 67 days away. last night five candidates faced off in miami. the frontrunner of the party, donald trump, didn t show up again. the third time in a row. during the debate he held a rall
it s very hard to make a case to donors to continue to support him, to keep it going. i think ultimately that is part of what chris christie was facing. nikki haley on the other hand, if she does well, for second place in iowa. does well in new hampshire. i think the question, be if trump beats or in south carolina i think that s very problematic for her. at the same, time it does seem that she is galvanizing donor support. there have been so i think what that means is. she could try to stay in. trump is trying to lock this thing up by super tuesday in march. he has done some things in california by working behind the scenes to change the rules so that it s winners take all and not proportional. he s done some things in nevada, working the rules to make it so wrong desantis super pac can t so he s trying to work at the same time. we do still have these legal cases unfolding.