the red sea as israel says it is being attacked from seven directions. plus, former president trump telling his foes to quote, rot in hell, the fbi investigating death threats against colorado judges. and a cnn investigation. the california man scammed out of more than a million dollars. it all started with a simple text message and you ll never believe who is behind it. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erica hill. outfront tonight, fears of a widening war and a greater u.s. involvement. the us navy intercepting krdron day tacks today. these are just the latest in a growing number of attacks in the area. they also come just one day after president biden directed strikes against a militia group. now iraq accusing the u.s. of quote hostile acts. all of this raising questions and concern about how deeply the u.s. is being drawn into the conflict in the middle east. israel s chief says his country is facing a multiarena war with attacks coming from seven directions. he of
taken action to remove president trump from the ballot. secretary of state belllows ruled he is ineligible to run if they have engaged in insurrection. the events of january 6 2021, unprecedented, tragic, were unsurrectorion. mr. trump engaged in insurrection and therefore disqualified. upon alexandria: like colorado state supreme court belllows based her ruling off the ruling used once in 1919. make no mistake, this is assault on democracy. biden does not trust voters for a free and fair election. this is being pursued in 13 other states. in colorado, trump s name will appear unless the supreme court affirms the decision to remove him. here is the chair weighing in. it is an act of desperation, they are afraid donald trump will win against joe biden. i m afraid other states will follow suit if the supreme court does not step in. alexandria: penning appeal by the trump team. right now her ruling is stayed until we get a ruling on that appeal from the state supreme c
and disregard them, the jury, as subjected to them, may not. the court shall not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which trump inject politics into this proceeding. jack smith then kicks off a highlight reel of trump s favorite spurious arguments, things like, trump, quotes complaints about the jury indictment and the trial date will interfere with his political activities. or trump s quote, false accusation was directed at the former president. jack smith also takes issue with some of the trump s favorite catch phrases like the injustice department or biden indictment. all of it, jack smith says, would taint a jury pool. quote, the in addition t being wrong, these allegations are irrelevant to the jury s determination of the defendant s guilt or innocence. it would be prejudicial if presented to the jury. put another way, the trump defense was, quote, repeatedly used rhetoric that made the acceptable on the campaign but not on the trial. make no mi
presidential actions on january 6th, and is disqualifiedro holding office under section iii of theh amendment. importantly eedd was the ticking countdown clock, giving any party, not just donald trump, until january 4th to appeal to the supreme court and saying if anyone asks the supreme court to review this case, then donald trump s name stays on the ballot until the supreme court weighs in. well, no surprise, the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president made a lot of noise after the ruling came out whining and bloviating and promising to, quote, swiftly file an appeal to the supreme court. but then a funny thing happened. while trump and his lawye were working on that swift appeal look who beat him to t proverbial punch, the colorado republican party, who filed their owneal urging the justices to take up the case and d while mr. trump is expected toil his own petition in the coming days, the move by the colorado republican party has a, quote, practical i
republican rivals are crisscrossing early voting states, attempting to cut into his support in the new year. but they are battling their own conflicts. backlash grows for nikki haley over her response to a question on the civil war. we will dig into the latest on the race. new developments in gaza. israel is accused of hitting the same area they told people to seek refuge. they are facing allegations of firing on an aid convoy. as we gear up for the ball to drop in times square to ring in 2024, we are taking a look back at the biggest stories of 2023, the entire year, and what a year it has been. we begin the hour with the big pre-new year s push on the campaign trail. the republican presidential candidates are spread out across the early voting states of iowa and new hampshire today, as they try to find enough support to turn the tide against frontrunner donald trump. the clock is kicking as we are just 17 days away from the iowa caucus, and 25 days from the new ham