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
reportedly involved, too. humanitarian crisis at the southern border. a video captures a woman crying crossing the rio grande while carrying a baby. texas officials responding to claims that she was ignored and the biden administration answering new calls to take executive action. deadly shooting in prague killing at least 14 people. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. there are tapes, there are more tapes more tapes. apparently, according to the detroit news. of donald trump urging election officials to block certifying the election, this time in michigan. there is a reported phone call of trump urging two election officials in wayne county to not certify the results. but trump called them after this meeting in 2020 where the same two officials initially put to block in the certification before backing down. there is no reason under the sun for us to have not certified this election. this is reckless and irresponsible actions by this board.
there are chilling new details about his alleged plan to take the house speaker nancy pelosi hostage and break her kneecaps. we re standing by for a live update from san francisco officials. also tonight, the final frantic eight days of campaigning before the crucial midterm elections. tensions ratcheted higher as federal officials now warn of a heightened threat to the election from violent extremists here in the united states. the homeland security secretary mayorkas joins me this hour. plus, growing misery in ukraine right now as russia steps up its attacks on vital infrastructure. much of the capital city is without water tonight and officials warn they re running out of equipment to repair the country s devastated power grid. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story tonight. the suspect in the paul pelosi attack now facing federal charges. prosecutors
You. Rolling out an aggressive strategy and would go highdollar donors how President Biden and his team quote, candid exchange of views, that is how russian president putin is describing his fivehour long meeting with kim jongun, how the u. S. Is responding amid fears of an arms deal between the two nations. Plus thermal Heat Technology and a police dog. How searchers in pennsylvania found an escaped murderer who evaded them for two weeks. Were following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Right now we are tracking a president who is facing an impeachment threat from House Republicans and a House Speaker who may have to decide between keeping the government funded or keeping his gavel. Lots of political implications here on the white house side President Bidens just in the last hour. He didnt even put up for a vote as you all know because he knows that even his own members werent going to support this. So, you know, thats why we call it
Employees got fired. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, im carol costello. North korea says its carried out its most powerful nuclear test yet. The explosion registering the force of a 5. 3 earthquake. Kim jonguns government now claiming it can make Nuclear Warheads small enough to fit on to missiles. World leaders are strongly condemning the apparent test. With President Obama saying just moments ago there will be serious consequences. He also said, and im just getting his statement right now, that north Koreas Nuclear test is a grave threat. He says to be clear the United States does foot and will never accept north korea as a nuclear state. We have Suzanne Malveaux on this story. Shell join us in a little bit. Lets head to tokyo now for north koreas side. Will ripley has that. Hi, will. Hi, carol. That brandnew statement from President Obama comes after he was very busy during the overnight hours speaking on the phone separately with the japanese Prime Minister shinz