well, look at that. the supreme court is right where it did not want to be, smack dab in the middle of the 2024 election with the first votes in just a few days. tonight on laura coates live . okay, so if we are being honest, drumroll please, the supreme court said yes. they will decide whether donald trump, former president of the united states, one who is trying to become president again, can be on the ballot after his role in january 6. which ballot? this one concerns colorado, but the supreme court noted the floodgates are about to open. it has already been, and i can t believe either, three years tomorrow since the attack you are seeing on the screen. and while prosecutors have been dragged for taking so long to get the prosecutorial ball rolling, the court not known for lightning speed, now they are wasting no time. the oral arguments are set for february 8. donald trump saying just a little while ago that he hopes the justices he appointed will be, i will use his word
good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead, tragedy in iowa. three people shot at a high school on the first day back from winter break. law enforcement sources telling nbc that the suspect is dead. we are live at the scene. plus, the battle down in texas, the department of justice taking on the state for its brand new law allowing police to arrest migrants. also, a florida man arrested after threats against congressman eric swalwell, the chilling voice mails he left for the california democrat saying he would kill him and his family. that s next. plus, a miracle in the rubble, dramatic new video of a man being rescued three days after that devastating earthquake in japan. the 44-hour long heroic endeavor to get him out alive. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with nbc s ali vitali who is on the ground for us in perry, iowa, where later this afternoon we do expect an update from poli
podcast, all two hours sitting there lick our big delicious cheeseburger. our coverage continues in the situation room with wolf blitzer. i ll see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. donald trump appeals colorado s decision to remove him from the state s republican primary ballot. he s asking the u.s. supreme court to decide disputes about eligibility for his office under the u.s. s constitution insurrectionist ban. also tonight, iran is warning of a harsh response to deadly explosions near the tomb of a top iranian general exactly four years after he was killed in a u.s. air strike. cnn is in the region with an update on the blast and the rising most tensions. and house speaker mike johnson and dozens of gop lawmakers visit the southern border turning up the pressure on president biden to cut a deal on immigration. this hour i ll discuss the migrant crisis with new york s democratic mayor eric adams. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around t
i m alycia menendez in for nicolle wallace. from the president, a reminder of the stakes in the next election and an existential question, the president asking all americans, who are we? cited valley forge and on the each of the third anniversary of the january 6th attack, the president describing democracy as a sacred cause and the central issue of the 2024 election. this is not rhetorical, ak dem academic, or hypothetical, but the democracy s question is the most urgent question of our time. the choice is clear. donald trump s campaign is about him, not america, not you. donald trump s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. he s willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. our campaign is different. for me and kamala, our campaign is about america. it s about you. it s about every age and background that occupy this country. the speech today another episode in what has become one of the biggest themes in the biden presidency. president biden ha
and that the republican front-runner is heading into the new year with section 3 of the 14th amendment nipping at his heels. first it was colorado, now it s maine saying that trump is disqualified from being on the ballot. and let s not forget that more than a dozen other states with the 14th amendment have cases pending. 14th amendment cases. now the new ruling from the maine secretary of state is as fiery as it is somber. quote, i nclude as did the colorado supremeou that the record establishes that mr. trump over the course of several months and culminating on january 6, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters and direct them to the capitol to prevent certificati o the 2020 election and the peaceful transfer of power. i likeise conclude mr. trump was aware of the likely hood for ce and at least initially supported its useiven he both encouraged it with incendiary rhetoric and took no timely action to stop it. the weight of the evidence ma