smart people to break down the week s big stories. today, we re asking on the heels of the colorado supreme court s decision that he engaged in insurrection, should donald trump be kept off the 2024 ballot? then texas has an answer to the mounting crisis at the border. does it go too far? and santa s got his list and we ve got ours for best christmas movie, song, and tradition and we ll tell you who s naughty and nice. the panel is here and ready to go so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, forget campaigning, speeches, and commercials. the real action in politics now is inside the courtroom. four colorado justices drawing a big monkey wrench into next year s election and shining a bigger spotlight on the supreme court which made a decision in another trump case friday that will also reshape the presidential race. a stunning decision by the colorado supreme court. banning trump from the state republican primary ballot for michigan actions on january 6th. o
da that and the critical election case that could drasticall affect your voting rights, and it s all thanks to a republica gerrymander in north carolina. i m ayman, let s get started there s a lot of new news tonight and the trump manhatta da investigation today on - michael cohen said he has been asked by the manhattan da office to serve as a rebutta witness on monday. so, this morning i di receive a whole slew of phon calls from journalists, asking me if i m going to be back t the da s office tomorrow as a rebuttal witness to whoever it is that they re bringing their tomorrow, whether it s before the gran jury or it s just to meet with him for an interview, again, i m not sure but yes, i was asked to make myself available so, the witness, michae cohen, is rebutting. it - bob castella will testify on monday looking into the hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels trump s attorneys asked the da late last night, after trump s surprise social media p
that democrat josh shapiro when the governor s race in the midterms. democrats are now on track to get some big things accomplished. access to abortion will likely be safeguarded. a minimum wage hike is also any work. lgbtq pennsylvania s are likely to gain new protections and police reform, gun control measures, green energy measures, could be on the table. in short, as we d like to say every time on this show, every election matters when the vote count. coming up on the second hour of ayman, breaking news, a third high altitude object has been found. this one in northern canada. plus, president biden goes on offense after a state of the union effect and republicans are running scared. undermining democracy. new conservative majority on the north carolina supreme court might overrule past decisions that protected voting rights. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. we begin this hour with our breaking coverage of a third unidentified object, shot down over north america
the other two won the races by 50 and 75 points. for months on this show, we have been covering the chaos that ensued when due to a series of unexpected issues, three seats won by democrats in the november elections were left vacant. pennsylvania republicans took that opportunity to in effect, steal their way to a majority in the state house. clearly ignoring the will of the people by pretending that they had a majority while those seats remained unfilled. but now that those special elections have been held and the winner settled, it seems like a more drama free environment will be coming into effect because democrats will now control the commonwealth s legislature for the first time in a dozen years as we mentioned earlier. and it is coupled with the fact that democrat josh shapiro won the governor s race in the midterms. democrats are now on track to get some big things accomplished. access to abortion will likely be safeguarded. a minimum wage hike is also any work. lgbtq
be controversial. it should be done in one voice. sadly, it has become political. we have to end this. what happened to paul pelosi s despicable, unacceptable. unfortunately, it has become a more dangerous place me have to do everything we can to lower the rhetoric, have a civil conversation but make sure people are safe. we are counting down to midterms, now just nine days away. we are looking at the biggest issues driving people to the polls. a new abc abscess poll shows the economy, inflation, and abortion as the top three concerns, respectively. today the chairs of both republican and democratic campaign committees gave their message to voters. exploding cost of living, a crime wave in our major cities that is the result of this defund the police nonsense. those are the issues that are top of mind for every voter in this country, that is why they are going to show up on november 8th. that is why democrats a republicans are going to win in the midterms. we will pla