it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports on this monumental day in judicial history. at this hour, the supreme court facing a major test after historic arguments about donald trump. what we heard and why the justices may be skeptical of colorado s bid to kick him off the ballot. plus, it s the decades old case haunting the high court today. how the ghost of bush v. gore looming as the justices weigh trump s eligibility for a second term. and she s the 91-year-old republican who grabbed her constitution after the january 6th attack. what to know about the unlikely woman leading colorado s ballot challenge against donald trump. but we begin with those hours of critical debate at the supreme court that could chart the course of the 2024 election. nbc s garrett haake is following this from the d.c. bureau. also here with me, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official, chuck rosenberg and msnbc contributor. garrett, i have been scrollin
we hope you are doing well. from all of our colleagues across the network of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, icu at the end of tomorrow. of today, i saw down with former secretary of state presidential candidate hillary clinton and we covered a lot of ground. we talked about conflicts overseas in the middle east and in ukraine. we talked about donald trump s legal jeopardy and the utter chaos and the republican party. chaos that, by the way, it s in full display tonight. with the senate now scrambling to find a path forward after republicans killed their own bipartisan border legislation in order to appease donald trump. for weeks, republicans have insisted that they would not pass aid for israel in taiwan, as well as urgently needed funding for ukraine unless democrats agreed to have new border policies. just to put this all into perspective for, ukraine is facing some of its biggest challenges since this war began. russia has ramped up missile strikes across the co
good evening, my friend. we have a big news making interview tonight. we will get right into it. today, i saw down with former secretary of state presidential candidate hillary clinton and we covered a lot of ground. we talked about conflicts overseas in the middle east and in ukraine. we talked about donald trump s legal jeopardy and the utter chaos and the republican party. chaos that, by the way, it s in full display tonight. with the senate now scrambling to find a path forward after republicans killed their own bipartisan border legislation in order to appease donald trump. for weeks, republicans have insisted that they would not pass aid for israel in taiwan, as well as urgently needed funding for ukraine unless democrats agreed to have new border policies. just to put this all into perspective for, ukraine is facing some of its biggest challenges since this war began. russia has ramped up missile strikes across the country, as ukraine has been forced to ration muniti
fatigue and morale issues, and in thele meantime republicans a playing politics. they are playing politicwise the vital resources ukraine needs to defend its democracy from invaders. the democrats agreed to work with republicans and to craft a bipartisan bill to increase border security measures in exchange for that aid. but then donald trump came out against the deal. he did not want to hand president biden a victory on trump s favorite campaign issue, which is drumming up fear about what s happening eaautothe bord. and so today republicans voted to kill their own bill in the senate. the finaln vote was 49-50 with all but four republicans voting against r it. after that stunning defeat democrat chuck schumer put a second bill on the floor. it strips out the border stuff and juste funds aid to israel d taiwan and ukraine, which is what the democrats wanted in the first place. 58 voted to advance that bill. that is just shy until the 60 they need for final passage. now the sen
about this breaking news of donald trump removed from the ballot by the secretary of state in maine. our coverage continues with erin burnett outfront right now. outfront next, breaking news. donald trump removed from maine s ballot. we are reading through this decision right now. plus newly revealed e-mails and audio recordings showing how team trump made a chaotic and frenzied push to overturn the election. and five years in russian captivity. cnn has new exclusive audio of paul whelan making a desperate plea from behind bars directly to president biden. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. breaking news tonight. donald trump kicked off another state s 2024 ballot. maine s democratic secretary of state just moments ago issuing a decision which bars trump from that state s ballot. she cites the insurrection ban. the decision can be appealed in state court. an appeal that is almost guaranteed given trump s legal team had already demande