Big win for trump just in time for Super Tuesday, the lead starts right now. All Nine Supreme Court justices agree. Colorado cannot judge just kicked trump off its 2024 ballots, regardless of what he did on january 6 coming up the sharp divide we see in the court over important details despite this unanimous ruling. Plus well get reaction from trumps Top Republican challenger, nikki haley and from a conservative judge who thought the us Supreme Court should disqualify ill fight trump. Also this hour. A white house, welcome for a key israeli official, not nicknamed bebe instead, the welcome is for bibi is cheap political opponent. Does this signal a new strategy for the United States . Top Biden Administration official john kirby is here to respond and cnn on the ground found in yet another war torn country, this time its hating. Were there to see up close how the explosion of gangs and crime have taken over. Plus how haitis problems spill into the United States welcome to the lead. Im
good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it s kasie hunt. it s thursday, 5:00 a.m. here in washington. it s 4:00 a a.m. in iowa. there are now four days until the caucuses. hours ago, ron desantis and nikki haley went head to head on the cnn debate stage in the fight for number two. both deploying the pants on fire strategy. you have said it again. stop lying. she said she never said it. you re lying. it doesn t change the fact that ron is lying because ron is losing. you lie a the lot. hnikki haley gives him a run fo his money. you get the point. they both also took some time to go after the no-show, far away republican front runner, donald trump. i think what happened on january 6th was a terrible day. i think president trump will have to answer for it. he sat in the white house and tweeted law and order. but he did nothing to ensure law and order. as your president, i will never let our city burn. at that very moment, trumps wa
support. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. monday america celebrates the third ever federal holiday of juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans. as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college admissions. does that mean it achieved its purpose or we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we ll soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race-conscious admissions will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body. kwoet quote teas, however, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several cases involve ing affirmative action over time. justice sandra day o connor wrote we expect 25 years from now the us
because the constitution says you have to be hello, everyone, i m dana perino here along with jesse watters and greg gutfeld. this is the five. dell: the 2024 election turning into a free-for-all. maybe, a dozen states could follow colorado in kicking donald trump off the ballots and now republicans are vowing to retaliate against biden. less likely that will make him return. it s a question of law. if a 14-year-old tried to run for president, would that person be kept off of the ballot because the constitution says you have to be dana: decide serious legal questions, they are exploring all options. let s listen to us here. we re in unchartered territory in our country and the decision out of colorado is a very significant fact. when the supreme court of colorado determines in an examination of the facts that donald trump is an insurrectionist and therefore is disqualified from being on the ballot certainly here in california we have to make the same determinati
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to requested lead. i m jake tapper. the breaking news, a shooting at a hospital in new hampshire. state officials there say that the suspect is dead. the situation is contained, and tragically there are multiple victims. police are doing a sweep of the hospital and we ll stay on top of the story and bring you the facts as we get them. newly reported audio of donald trump just two months after the january 6th insurrection discussing what he expected if he got his wish and had been able to join the mob at the capitol that day. leading this hour anti-semitism pushed by right wing media figures with little apparent pushback in their conservative circles. vile comments spewed by some of the biggest names with major megaphones beginning with the richest man in the world. now, we ve heard a lot from the jewish community since october 7th about how shocking it has been to hear so much anti-semitism from traditionally progressive