X6 p. M. On the west coast and e are awaiting the results of the gop caucuses in north dakota, where the polls now officially all closed. Well continue to monitor and update. Throughout the evening. And of course, Super Tuesday is tomorro w and these are the states that will be voting tomorrow, alabama, alaska, arkansas, california, colorado, maine, massachusetts. Minnesota. North carolina. Oklahoma. Tennessee. Texas. Utah. Vermont. P and virginia. Itll be a test after the show. But first, formerer donald trump scored a major victory today when the u. S. Supreme Court Unanimously reversed that ruling that barred him from appearing on the colorado ballot ahead of tomorrows maimary. Now saying in the majority opinion, quote, states have no powejor under under the Constito Rcto enforce Section Three with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency. Trum President Trump reacted to this decision on true sociawi l, calling it a big win for america. And hes right. Base id on the ora
it is almost independence day, give this thought. we keep asking politicians to get things done, get gas cheaper, who will pay my student loan. i was looking at the jfk inauguration speech, you remember the one. ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. a great line, right? and a gutsy line for a politician. think about it, his first day, he says, my fellow americans, don t look at me, you want something done, do it yourself. that is refreshing and that is what i want to hear more of from now on when i look at candidates, i only have one thing on my wish list. give me one thing and the other things fall into place. give me freedom. it s sad we have to say that, isn t it? it is supposed to be a given. remember the constitution, the first amendment is about freedom, there is a reason founding fathers put it first, thanks old white guys. yeah, yeah. [applause] bureaucratic sas freedom is great, it will have to wait, we re in a climate
these are about affirmative action. we re live outside of the court. plus opening statements in the criminal trial against the trump organization. we ll look at those charges against the former president trump s personal business. and the man accused of attacking nancy pelosi s husband will be charged. what he brought with him when he broke into the speaker s home. but the supreme court will begin hearing oral arguments as can considers two cases on affirmative action in higher education. jessica schneider joins us now now. the supreme court has upheld affirmative action but it could be banned nationwide. all eyes and ears are on the conservative justices because it is very likely they will in fact ban affirmative action in particular the chief justice here john roberts has been outspoken about racial issues in many cases in past years. he put it this way in one of the cases. he said the only way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on
eight hour has to money he was likely peppered with questions about bombshell testimony invoking his name. watch. presidents white house counsel s pat cipollone was also present. do you remember what his position was? pat was very supportive. pat cipollone throughout these conversations was extremely supportive of the justice department. i saw mr. cipollone right before i walked out on the west exact that morning, and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of please make sure we don t go up to the capitol capacity, keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable. our committee is certain that donald trump does not want mr. cipollone to testify here. indeed, our evidence shows that mr. cipollone and his office tried to do what was right. we think the american people deserve to hear mr. cipollone personally. so this important testimony is likely to be revealed this week and we will also hear from another key witness it seems, sarah
try to figure out and nail down exactly who this testimony is. don, they have been so careful to not release this information. even high-level staffers, people that have very close relationships with the actual members of the committee themselves, have not been looped in on this because they want to keep this information as quiet as possible. we are working to get it confirmed. when we do, you will be one of the first to know. i was joking around with you about you know something. we are always reporting. you know that. you are always on top of it. ryan, thank you, sir. appreciate it. we are now just hours away from that surprise hearing, january 6th committee has slated for tomorrow. cnn s senior legal analyst and former u.s. attorney doug jones. good evening, senator. i don t know why i said attorney. you are an attorney, aren t you? both. i was going so say. absolutely. both. i was right. i shouldn t have corrected myself. thank you for joining. cnn has lea