you are in the cnn newsroom. i m jim sciutto in washington. we begin with what could be a major development from the us supreme court. the court has scheduled the release of a ruling tomorrow, driving speculation. this could be the decision on whether former president donald trump can appear on colorado s presidential ballot. the court s decision likely to decide the matter in several other states that now have similar pending challenges. those states include maine and illinois boy, he states argue that trump s actions surrounding january 6 and the 2020 election, his attempts to overturn it disqualify him for office under the constitution based on the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. cnn senior supreme court analyst joan biskupic joins me now. joan, great to have you unusual announcement from the us supreme court teeing this up. why do we expect this as the ballot decision? now, all signs pick pointed that direction, jim, first of all, at close of business on friday,
thanks for joining me today. i m a marquee mendez in for frederica. what field we ve got a lot to get through, and we re going to start this hour with another critical week on the campaign trail. and on capitol hill, former president donald trump continues his march towards clinching the gop presidential nomination, sweeping three more states on saturday, his campaign is now aiming to build up an insurmountable lead in two days from now, super tuesday, when voters in 15 states and one us territory head to the polls nearly a third of all republican delegates will be handed out. and despite just getting a fraction of the republican delegates so far, nikki haley is hanging around today. she s dropping hints that she may stick around even if she doesn t win any states on tuesday i ve always said this needs to be competitive as long as we are competitive, as long as we are showing that there is a place for us, i m going to continue to fight. that s always been the case. woul
where it s been found, and pierre thomas standing by. the monster blizzard slamming the west from california to nevada to colorado. up to 12 feet of snow possible in some places. life-threatening conditions. winds at the higher elevations well over 100 miles per hour. and where this is all headed. the same system set to bring tough conditions to texas, as those massive fires burn tonight. one fire burning more than 1 million acres now. the horrific images coming in. tonight, one day after the deadly chaos surrounding the desperately needed aid arriving in gaza, tonight president biden saying american aid drops will begin in gaza. back here in the u.s. that collision on that bridge, and then the daring rescue over the ohio river. a tractor-trailer dangling 70 feet in the air. firefighters trying to reach the woman driver who was praying. they say they began to pray with her. the future of two trials tonight involving donald trump. the classified documents case at mar
thomas standing by. the monster blizzard slamming the west from california to nevada to colorado. up to 12 feet of snow possible in some places. life-threatening conditions. winds at the higher elevations well over 100 miles per hour. and where this is all headed. the same system set to bring tough conditions to texas as those massive fires burn tonight. one fire burning more than 1 million acres now. the horrific images coming in. tonight, one day after the deadly chaos surrounding the desperately needed aid arriving in gaza, tonight president biden saying american aid drops will begin in gaza. that collision on that bridge, then the daring rescue over the ohio river. a tractor-trailer dangling 70 feet in the air. firefighters trying to reach the woman driver who was praying. they say they began to pray with her. the future of two trials tonight involving donald trump. the classified documents case at mar-a-lago. the special counsel tonight saying there is no rule
federal election interference case. in a brief order, the court said it would hear arguments in april, but it could take months for the court to issue an opinion. in the meantime, jack smith s case is on hold, meaning no trial can take place and even if the supreme court ultimately rules against trump, the intervention puts the trials start date in question. in essence, some would say, given him immunity, possibly. joining us now, msnbc chief legal correspondent and anchor of the beat on msnbc, ari melber. state attorney for palm beach county florida, darren ehrenberg, i m going to ask you the same question. they ve, all start with you. were you surprised at this really? i was shocked, mika. the five justices who granted the state through sand in the years of justice and they further delegitimized the supreme court in the eyes of so many. chief justice roberts cares deeply about the perception of the high court. he wants people to believe that they are above politics. that