colorado supreme court shakes up the 2024 presidential race. donald trump is ineligible for that state s republican primary ballot. we ll have expert legal analysis on the ruling and what could come next. meanwhile, the former president is doubling down on his disturbing rhetoric about immigrants, using more language that mirrors adolph hitler s speeches to nazi germany. plus, congress leaves washington all without passing a foreign aid bill, leaving critical funding for ukraine until next year. we ll break down the chances they can get a deal done once they return. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 20th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. in a historic decision the colorado supreme court has ruled donald trump is disqualified from hold office again after determining he engaged in insurrection in january 6, 2021. the 4-3 ruling reverses a lower court decision and effectively keeps the former president off the state s ballot unti
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action. also tonight, parts of buffalo, new york remain paralyzed by a once in a lifetime blizzard. the national guard now going door to door as the death it will keeps rising and the city struggles to dig out. as the january 6th committee releases a bach of transcripts, i ll speak with adam schiff. stand by for his take on the latest revelations including a claim that trump s white house chief of staff burned documents at the white house. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get right to the southwest airlines meltdown. it s causing major disruptions across the country. our correspondents are covering the impact at major airports to the fallout from southwest and the airline industry. let s go to nick valencia. he s over at the atlanta airplane, the busiest airport of the nation. nick, how are southwest passengers being affected there? reporter: wolf, some passengers flying southwe
the opinion it just reducedhe the court to the same level of tricks and gimmicks as the rest of politics. e rest of politics, you might expect members of congress to leak to reporters but not the court until now, you look at court a docket, you see cases involving free speech and immigration and voting rights, what is really on the docket is the role of the court. become something of a super ledg legislative body. you need 5 votes on the supreme court, 5 is easier than 51 or 251 or 18 or 80 million in a presidential race, why try to convince 80 million of your fellow americans when you could just get 5 lawyers to agree, it s easier. whesome have decided to do what is easy rather than what is right. we have another institution damaged by politics. joining us now judiciary crisis network president keri se severino. thank you for joining us, which cases will be of most significant to the viewers? you alluded to a few. one of the big ones has to do with racial preferences and e