i m ari melber. we begin with breaking news. donald trump s federal trial is back on because this court is ruling against defendant trump today. they re green lighting the trial sought by special counsel jack smith. this spruling sets a precedent for holding a former president accountable. we have special coverage we ve been working on since this broke early on the east coast today. we start with the basics. you don t need to be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to understand this. the ruling rejects donald trump s very far-fetched arguments that his job history as president should mean he could never be arrested, indicted or tried for anything related to his time in office. trump s lawyers argued he should basically retain a kind of permanent immunity from the fact he used to be president. the court is rejecting that today. we re going to begin, like i said, with the clarity of this single spare sentence. quote, for the purpose of this criminal case, former president trump
lawrence. good evening, my friend. ce hey, ali, thank you very much. i ll keep her in mind, anna hochkammer. she was fantastic. watch this one closely, because every time we have seen this, people who have been pushing that up the hill when it comes to abortion rights has been met with success in the last four years of america. it certainly is. ali, thank you. have a good show. february 8th, that s one of the supreme court will hear oral arguments for donald trump s appeal of the colorado supreme court decision to disqualify him from that state s republican primary ballot over his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. and their deliberations, the nine justices could decide whether donald trump, the republican front runner, is eligible to run for president at all, under the 14th amendment insurrection kloss. today, colorado secretary of state janet griswold, announced that she had certified the republican and democratic ballots for the states 2024 presidenti
because every time we have seen this, people who have been pushing that up the hill when it comes to abortion rights has been met with success in the last four years of america. it certainly is. ali, thank you. have a good show. february 8th, that s one of the supreme court will hear oral arguments for donald trump s appeal of the colorado supreme court decision to disqualify him from that state s republican primary ballot over his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. and their deliberations, the nine justices could decide whether donald trump, the republican front runner, is eligible to run for president at all, under the 14th amendment insurrection kloss. today, colorado secretary of state janet griswold, announced that she had certified the republican and democratic ballots for the states 2024 presidential primary election, saying, quote, donald trump will appear on the ballot as a result. colorado s primary is march 5th. with that, the fate of our democr
adjusts to help reduce it. for a limited time, save up to $500 on select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. counting down to a critical meeting on the nation s debt fight. will either side budge, or will they keep flirting with the economic disaster. we are live in mexico and washington where the migrant crisis is unfolding on two fronts. in mexico, more than 100,000 people are said to be waiting for title 42 to lift so they can try to cross into the u.s. in washington, politicians are trying to figure out how to prepare for the new surge and pointing fingers all along the way. and happening as we speak, a meeting at the fda that could soon make birth control pills over the counter medications. a new concern. all that and more coming up on cnn news central. right now, the biden administration estimates that more than 150,000 migrants are waiting to cross into the united states. with we are told they are spread out and camped out in the states near texas of course,