watching. ash b erin burnett outfront starts now. outfront next, the supreme court will decide whether donald trump can be kicked off the ballot in colorado. as president biden warns, president trump is the biggest threat to democracy. plus, a new wave of documents tied to jeffrey epstein. new details about donald trump and bill clinton s relationships with the convicted pedophile. he is the billionaire who went after harvard s president for plagiarism again and again. now his wife admits she plagiarized, too. what is he saying now? the reporter who broke the story is my guest. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. breaking news, the supreme court entering the 2024 election agreeing to hear donald trump s appeal of colorado s landmark ruling that found he is an insurrectionist and therefore unfit for office and therefore can t be on the ballot in that case. it is a historic case, one that is forcing these nine justices to act quickly.
east coast bringing blinding rain, damaging winds and snow. we ll have the complete forecast. also tonight, the santa ana winds fanning the flames of a wildfire in ventura county, california. authorities warning residents to get to safety. call to surrender. i m charlie d agata in tel aviv with the fight raging across gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells hamas it s time to surrender and while the bombing of southern gaza intensifies, so does the desperation of the people left in the rubble. and later for you, beacons of the past. mark strassman shines a light on the push to save america s aging lighthouses. there is a lighthouse for days like this. exactly. right? this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka dunk an. good evening, everyone. jericka is off. i m errol barnett. we begin in season the ral tennessee where powerful storms kill at least six people and unleashed a trail of terror in the state. tonight, crews are still digging
asking the supreme court to immediately step in to decide whether former president trump has immunity from prosecution, relating to his actions seeking to overturn the 2020 election. sandra: remains to be seen whether the highest bench will choose to take the case, but the move appears to be an attempt by smith to keep the march trial back on track and block the former president from delaying the trial in the federal appeals court. john: let s go to david spunt, breaking details for us. david. david: sandra, you are right. jack smith, special counsel, does not want to see any delays in this case. he wants this trial to begin and finish before the election. right now he s asking the nine justices, remember, a body that tries to stay away from politics, he s asking them to essentially enter the nerve center of the 2024 presidential election making an emergency appeal to the high court asking the justices to rule that donald trump is not immune from prosecution. he petitio