We begin this hour with an historic Hurricane Barreling toward the u. S. Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane with top winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This is new video of the storm pummeling mexico as it inches closer to the u. S. The powerful system could bring a years worth of rain in one day to parts of the southwest along with potentially catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. Right now parts of Southern California are under a Tropical Storm warning for the first time in history. Officials and residents there are preparing with sandbags and the California National guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. Weve got a cnn team at this hour tracking hilary. Meteorologist derek van dam is closely following the path Aina Tasha Chen has a look at storm preps in los angeles. Derek, lets start with you at the cnn weather center. I cant believe were talking about a hurricane and preparations for it in los angeles
we start tonight with the news out of colorado. the state supreme court has ruled that former president donald trump should be removed from the 2024 republican primary ballot. since january 6th there has been plenty of discussion in legal circles and even some excitement about section 3 of the 14th amendment of the constitution which bans insurrectionists and people who have aided insurrectionists from holding office. and there has been a whole lot of interest in whether this section of the amendment might bar donald trump from running for office because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. now, the minnesota state supreme court dismissed the idea. over in michigan the judge ruled that trump could not be taken off that state s ballot. in total 14th amendment suits to disqualify trump have been dismissed in four states. they are pending appeal in two states, and they are pending being heard for the first time in 13 states. and just until two hours ago, it looked like c
But even mccarthys own party seems divided over the decision. We also just got new reaction from Mitch Mcconnell. We are following Breaking News this hour. Five Police Officers involved in the deadly beating of tyree nickels have been indicted on federal charges. The indictment states they deprived him of his constitutional rights. Armed and extremely dangerous. This is how police are describing the convicted killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania Prison nearly two weeks ago. Hes now stolen a rifle from a homeowners garage. Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. With his speakers gavel possibly on the line, Kevin Mccarthy just threw down the gauntlet. This morning, the House Speaker officially gave key Republican Committee chairs the go ahead to start an Impeachment Inquiry into joe biden, all based on allegations of Corruption Stied to Hunter Bidens business dealings. House republicans have been threatening to oust hi
Jurisdictions and the different rulings and standards, and that is one of the aspects of accepting jurisdictions before the supreme court, and they will have to apply a rule of consistency when they have it, and they will have to make a determination of whether the colorado supreme court was correct in ruling that mr. trump was an officer within the meaning of the 14th amendment s disqualification clause. it is going to be difficult for them to, in my view, conclude that he is not an officer when he leaves the office of the presidency under the united states. they will have a number of issues not only from the substantive standpoint, but also looking through the lenses of the procedural standpoint. they will look at whether the plaintiffs have legal standings to assert these case, and the supreme court may try to avoid substantive rulings by looking at the procedural issues. time is going to tell, but the
Trump should already be disqualified for running for offense, citing the 14th amendment s disqualification clause for aiding the nation s enemies. last week we talked to two renowned legal scholars about in, a judge and professor, it sounds like you re on the same page. there s a report from the boston globe that just came out that says that the new hampshire secretary of state is now going to seek legal advice on whether trump is disqualified from that first in the nation primary after receiving several letters on this. i suppose there are constituents at home who are watching the news coverage and seeing this debate play out. i suspect this is going to happen in several other states. what do you think is going to happen? i think what s going to happen is, of course, it s going to start the litigation which it s the only way that it can happen is to be litigated, and it will probably go all the way up through the court. one of these cases will, or it will be consolidated into on