all of you down in houston, mr. pickles at houston zoo tortoise became a first-time father at 90. you got alpha cina was impressive i mean, with a name like mr. pickles. where are you going to do cad morocco. and thank you so much. again, it s called rocket engine arians really, really fascinating. where else would you expect from mo raga? thanks for watching. anderson cooper 360 starts. now tonight on 360, the former president goes to washington to formalize his almost total takeover of the republican party. what he told me lawmakers behind closed doors, when a signal signals about his plans if reelected. also, tight, cnn s donie o sullivan talking with trump s supporters about what they think will happen the country if he loses. into a pill, it s applied prize-winning historian. but what she thinks might happen if he wins also breaking news, i m supreme court judge thomas already you under scrutiny for accepting millions of dollars in gifts and travel over the years. no
off the ballot, the primary ballot in colorado, including especially these military voters who will have begun casting their ballots by then? you take a look at that calendar again, on february 12th is when other mail-in ballots begin going out. the first in-person voting begins on february 28th. so, again, a lot of us certainly when we starred hearted hearingh amendment challenges, the idea the former president would be kicked off ballots in states because of the section 3 of the 14th amendment which, you know, again declares him to be an insurrectionist seemed very far fetched but here we are, right. these challenges have gone much further than anyone thought, and so here we have the supreme court having to weigh in. it really does kick off what we re looking at, a historic period where the supreme court for the first time since bush v. gore in 2000 is set to play a
overriding precedent may just hero, in a blatantly obvious, flatly political move, throwing off the court s decision ruling that was republican that s unconstitutional. democratic minority at the supreme court calling the process as, quote, driven by partisan influence and greed for power. this is not how democracy should function. i moved today by republicans paves the way for the north carolina legislature to revert back to those hyper aggressively gop gerrymandered maps, and what many republican-controlled states have already. none in this case, that would mean taking four seats away from democrats in congress, and basically handing them to kevin mccarthy and republicans. tressie mcmillan cottom he s a professor at the university of north carolina, chapel hill, and a new york times columnist. her latest column for the times is about anti-democratic strategies of some republicans for tressie, north carolina really has been a laboratory for this kind of stuff. just give us a lay o
elections. current governor of north carolina is a democrat and not just the governor. secretary of state and the attorney general as well in 2020, trump won north carolina, but he won it with less than 50% of the vote, narrowly. a pretty even slit but at the legislative level republicans in north carolina have used every tool at their disposal to basically ensure they are in power no matter what. the legislature is incredibly, aggressively gerrymandered, so much so that republicans have veto proof supermajority s in both state house chambers as of now. one of the only checks against that, as of wisconsin, was a state supreme court, which just last year struck down a new set of crazily aggressive gerrymandered congressional and state level maps as unconstitutional under north carolina s constitution. well, guess what? in november s midterm elections, republicans took control back of the supreme court for the first time since 2016. and guess what they did next. they have now rever
in a media circus surrounded b his close supporters yeah, but last night, governor desantis signed into law and even more restrictive six-week abortion ban but this time there was no hug press conference governor desantis signed the bill behind closed doors, with no fanfare, at 10:45 pm. issued a press release after 1 pm and then caught a flight to th next stop on his book tour that s because restricting abortion was unsuccessful fo republicans in the 202 midterms 2022 midterms. in fact, just last week, wisconsin voters upended conservative control of that states supreme court for the first time in 15 years voters chose to put a libera judge on the court, which will likely reverse that states abortion ban and at the use of