just say, your point is that there s no ambiguity with having a list and not having president in it with having a history that suggests they were really focussed on local concerns in the south, with this conversation where the legislators actually discussed what looked like an ambiguity, you are saying there s no ambiguity in section 3? let me take the point specifically about electors and senators, if i might. yes. that might be important. presidential electors were not covered, because they don t hold an office. they vote. i m talking about the barred office part of this. exactly. the barred if you want to include everybody, first you have to suppress phi presidential electors. they wouldn t fall under any office. secretary of all, senators and representatives don t hold office either. the constitution tells us that and refers to them as holding seats, not offices. you want to make sure there s no doubt that senators and representatives are covered given the con
so whatever means there are to enforce it would suggest that they have to be federal national means. no, your honor, because ultimately it s this court that s going to decide that question of federal constitutional eligibility and settle the issue for the nation. sandra: all right, so any moment now we are expecting to hear directly from the white house. its first reaction to the landmark oral arguments at the supreme court that we all just heard moments ago that could alter the course of the country. hello, welcome everyone, a lot at stake. i m sandra smith in new york and yes, i did make it up to studio k. john: did you take the elevator or the stairs? sandra: i did, next time the stairs for sure, that would be a better idea. john: good to see you, sandra, john roberts in washington. this is america reports . court likes to say it s above politics but their interpretation over whether colorado can keep former president trump off the presidential ballot will have
at the barrel of a gun. russians have orchestrated sham referendum votes in four occupied regions in ukraine. plus, calling trump s bluff. the former president and his lawyers publicly suggested the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago. now the trump appointed or approved special master is daring them to make that claim in court. we begin at the white house. notably this is a political venue for president biden s speech moments from now. what are we expecting to hear from the president? this is all part of the amped up political activity we ve seen from president biden as he is anticipating and describing what he believes will be a very tight midterm election campaign. that is why the president is using these types of political events to, one, try to tout some of the legislative accomplishments his white house has achieved, things like infrastructure, bipartisan agreements when it comes to guns and also the recently passed inflation reduction act which touches economic, clima
a stinging setback for donald trump in a civil case just moments ago and very shortly there will be cameras in the courtroom in one of the criminal cases against him. for the first time, we will see inside. next hour we will hear from secretary of state antony blinken just hours after he showed up for a surprise visit to kyiv in a major show of support for ukraine. the hottest summer on record. that is what the new data shows as scientists are tracking the temperatures around the globe and now they re warning of what this means could come next. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. breaking just moments ago, a judge made a ruling in e. jean carroll s second civil case against donald trump. the judge ruled essentially that it is already settled that trump defamed and sexually assaulted carroll. the trial in january will be used to only determine damages. also, very soon an historic first in one of donald trump s criminal