him from the presidency, the leader starts right now. any moment, we are expecting team trump to appeal the ruling by colorado supreme court that he disqualified by engaging in insurrection, former u.s. attorney chan general who is a critic during his desperate attempt to hold onto power is here to discuss plus signs from both israel and hamas that a temporary pause might be on the table, 40 hostages are held by hamas, breaking this hour, the deal brokered between u.s. and venezuela who they were deemed lawfully detained, who will the u.s. give up, in this latest swap. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start with a stunner, the legal and political shockwaves reverberating around the country after the colorado supreme court last night ruled donald trump s engagement in insurrection disqualifies him for presidency. the colorado judges say he should not be on any state balanced ballots which reads in part quote, no person shall hold any office who have previously t
ballot. trump vowing to swiftly appeal. it s a crucial ruling. will other states follow? also breaking tonight, israel says it s ready for a week-long pause in the fighting for the exchange of release of more hostages and the live, spectacular pictures from iceland, lava at one point flowing so past it could fill an olympic sized pool in 20 seconds. we are live with fred pleitgen. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news and this is important. the colorado supreme court ruling just moments ago that former president trump should be removed from colorado s primary ballot. the consequences of this decision be obviously enormous. the court upholding a trial judge s decision that trump engaged in the january 6th insurrection, and the colorado supreme court saying that therefore, he engaged in the insur eksz and he is not qualified to be a presidential candidate because of the 14th amendment insureccist ban. it says a person is inel
but back on the trial. why he is declaring that he never red mein kampf. and flooding affects tens of thousands of people in maine, and temperatures there dip to below freezing. this is cnn news central. donald trump vowing to fight this huge ruling out of colorado by the colorado supreme court court which removed him from the comele coal ballot dealing him ineligible to run for president. last night the court disqualified trump because he, quote, engaged in insurrection. majority opinion wrote, trump did not merely in-scite the insurrection and it was fully under way, he continued to support it by completely demanding that mike pence refuse to perform his constitutional duty and by calling senators to persuade them to stop the countingeelectric orrial votes. so while trump himself has not commented publicly, his campaign saying that it is a completely flawed decision and they plan to swiftly file an appeal and take this extraordinary case all the way to the supre
insurrection on january 6th. the republican front runner removed from the gop primary ballot in that state. what does this mean nationally for the primary, and for the general election? trump advisers are already vowing to appeal setting up another high stakes supreme court case, his republican primary rivals rushed to his defense, and one wants candidates to boycott the colorado primary all together. also developing this morning, talks under way for a potential new deal to free hostages held by hamas. the new israeli proposal floating around this morning that could lead to a second temporary truce. cnn this morning starts right now. here s where we begin, donald trump kicked off the ballot in colorado, in an historic ruling that could throw the 2024 presidential election into chaos. the president, advisers vowing to take this extraordinary case all the way up to the supreme court just weeks before the crucial gop primary season officially kicks off. here s what happe
again. you know, we ll see if the united states supreme court weighs in and i, of course, will follow whatever court order or decision is in place by the time we certify the ballot. good morning, everyone. what a night if you re just waking up, there is a lot of news. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly. 8:00 a.m. here on the east coast. that was colorado secretary of state reacting to the unprecedented decision by the state supreme court that disqualifies president trump from appearing on the ballot of that state because of his role in the insurrection. this morning trump is vowing to appeal to the supreme court. also new, brand-new cnn reporting finds recent negative polls about president biden s handling of the economy may be frustrating him. sources say he is growing inpatient over the struggle to change public opinion. how the white house plans to change that perception ahead. developing now israel back at the negotiating table putting out a new proposal for anoth