that s why you saw those 12 go against the president. he s going to sign that veto today. something that he s had his mind set on since about a week ago even his staffers were briefing him about that proposal, the republicans had been floating, didn t get any traction that the president could sign this as long as he limited himself going forward. now we re just going to have the president take his pen and veto this measure from yesterday. we ll chat about that and see the president next hour. those cameras in the oval. thank you as we wait for that big veto, the house has already started to schedule the vote to override the veto. that is likely to happen tuesday, march 26th. we are seeing the first signs of fall. now the vice foreign minister has north korea may suspend denuclearization talks. this as north korea acknowledges for the first time things did not go the way kim jong-un wanted, according to state news agency there.
tuesday, march 26th. that s the week after next. notably here it takes two-thirds of a majority to override a veto in the house and senate. importantly, those are numbers that democrats do not have at this point. but democrats certainly saw some encouragement in the fact that you had 12 republican senators defying president trump today, voting against him over here in the senate. and they are certainly looking to capitalize that. notably, among those republican senators you re seeing up there on screen right now is a member of the senate republican leadership, senator roy blunt. we certainly heard from many of those republicans who voted against the president today, saying they felt this was executive overreach. they felt they were worried about the precedent that it would set in the end and speaking about what future presidents, particularly democratic presidents could do. this, no matter how you slice it, is a significant rebuke to president trump and notably, it is the second in two
. welcome or welco, everybody knox and her ex-boyfriend face a retrial. we have knox s reaction, live italy with the stunning details. other big story, an historic day that could lead to the change of the definition of marriage. developing story, north korea says it is getting ready for combat ready positions. we re live with details and the defense wants him to keep jodi arias off death row. but is the psychologist in this case too close to be trusted? how much money is spent in that case, amazing. we ll talk about that and much more, tuesday, march 26th. starting point begins right now. welcome, everybody.
start our spring. the cnn fact-checking team is digging deep into whether it really is spring. we ve also got freeze warnings on top of all that. and for the first time since 2010, tiger is back on top. he s number one and he says there is a pretty simple reason why he s again the world s number one golfer. it has nothing to do with his new girlfriend, he says. good morning. welcome back to early start. we re glad you re with us. i m zoraida sambolin. and i m christine romans, in for tuesday, march 26th, it is 6:00 a.m. on the nose in the east. up first, breaking news overseas. italy s supreme court ruling that american amanda knox should again stand trial for the death of her former roommate. the decision came down about an hour ago. knox spent four years in prison before an appeals court overturned her murder conviction in the 2007 death of meredith kercher. kercher was found inside their perugia apartment with her throat slashed. knox did not attend this
berman. it s tuesday, march 26th. maybe in parts of the country. send us an e-mail if you re in florida, arizona california. lucky, lucky. all right, 29 minutes past the hour. so, the big story we re following right now, about three hours from now, actually, the u.s. begins hearing arguments that could change the definition of marriage and the definition of families in this country as well. at issue, doma, the federal defense of marriage act, and proposition 8, california s ban on gay marriage. the arguments stretching out over the next two days. and some people have camped out for the better part of a week, vying for those 250 seats that are available to the public. shannon travis is live at the supreme court for us this morning. and shannon, today the justices are examining the constitutionality of proposition 8. what is each side arguing? reporter: yeah, each side is basically at the core of this issue, of course, zoraida, as we ve been mentioning, is whether or