because the constitution says you have to be hello, everyone, i m dana perino here along with jesse watters and greg gutfeld. this is the five. dell: the 2024 election turning into a free-for-all. maybe, a dozen states could follow colorado in kicking donald trump off the ballots and now republicans are vowing to retaliate against biden. less likely that will make him return. it s a question of law. if a 14-year-old tried to run for president, would that person be kept off of the ballot because the constitution says you have to be dana: decide serious legal questions, they are exploring all options. let s listen to us here. we re in unchartered territory in our country and the decision out of colorado is a very significant fact. when the supreme court of colorado determines in an examination of the facts that donald trump is an insurrectionist and therefore is disqualified from being on the ballot certainly here in california we have to make the same determinati
supreme court, that donald trump is constitutionally disqualified from being on the ballot in the ste primary. the opinion pulls no punches. quote, president trump incited and encouraged the use of violence and lawless action to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. the tenor of president trump s messages to hisupporters in exshorting him to had an option to fight back. the cavalry was coming to find. here s where the colorado state supreme court went further, reversing the lower court s finding that donald trump doesn t qualify as a, quote, ofce under section 3 of the 14th amendment. section 3 of the 14th amendment is a civil war era amendment to the united states taken an eat from various state and offices. it rules that the founding officers backed that up, writing americans have referred to the president as an officer from the days of the founding fathers. this is seismic. this is unprecedented,nd this is very, very likely destined to go before the supreme court. no
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful the beat with melissa murray in for ari starts right now. hi, nicolle thank you so much. welcome to the beat. we re tracking breaking news out of tennessee these are pictures of celebrations in nashville, tennessee. just moments ago, the national metro council voted to reappointment justin jones jones was one of the two lawmakers expelled last week after protesting for tougher gun laws here is the moment that the council voted to reappointment him. justin jones has been elected as the interim successor for the vacant seat of tennessee house district 52, pursuant to the state law and the rule of governing a metropolitan council. jones is expected to retake his seat in the legislature tonight. and the legislature is gathering into session this hour so we could see justin jones dramatic return to the floor secondly, later this week, a different local council in the
politicsnation tonight s lead, a study in contrast the new week begins wit even a clear contrast betwee the current democratic president joe biden, who returned to the u.s. yesterday after an emotional state visit to arland. and the current, presumed fron runners for the republican nomination next year former president donald trum and florida governor ron desantis, both of whom mad their appearances at the national rifle s annua convention this weekend. and in - biden showed poise and earne swagger, playing out in hi remarks and appreciation for the nation s embrace o progress and mulch louis cultural-ism, while here in ne york, his vice president and several cabinet members turned out at my national actio network convention to show unity and the commitment t racial equity he has staked hi administration on. but in indianapolis, both trum and desantis and their message play to a program on crouch, grievance and hostilit doubling down on the secon amendment rhetoric, even as
have the audio recordings of rudy giuliani and trum officials and what they were saying privately to the fo news hosts that is coming up in our hour. that is a hello vtes, i don t go anywhere. stay tuned, brother thanks as always roll tape thanks to at-home for joining us this hour classified information is huge category. it covers everything fro handwritten notes that could b completely inconsequential, al the way up to the nuclea codes. so, just hearing that somethin is classified, doesn t give yo all that much to go on in term of what the actual underlyin information is which is what makes this revelation from the new york times today such a big deal. special counsel, jack smith, i asking witnesses about multipl alleged instances of forme president trump showing off confidential map that contains sensitive intelligence information after he lef office for months, we have known that president trump took hundred of classified documents with him when he left the white