this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you around the world, i m coming to you from davos, switzerland. as titans of industry gather here for the world economic forum, today on the program, my talk with the foreign ministers of two of the most powerful nations in the middle east. saudi arabia and iran. we ll discuss the war in gaza, threat of a broader war and the prospects for peace. then on to the other major war in ukraine. this one has been disrupting the region and the world for almost two years now. i ll talk to two of ukraine s brave soldiers about what it is like to be on the front lines pushing back against putin s invaders. i also have the great pleasure of sitting down with that gift of humanity and animals, jane goodall. she s still going strong at almost 90 and you won t want to miss my conversation with her. but first, here is my take. the conversations swirling around the chilly mountain air of davos this week keep returning to one
president. and after the colorado supreme court disqualified donald trump from the ballot, they are asking the supreme court to stay out of the federal election case. how is this playing out in the 2024 case. evan, the colorado supreme court said last night that trump is not eligible to be on colorado s ballot because the 14th amendment to the u.s. constitution bans insurrectionists from holding office. the u.s. supreme court is going to decide whether that ruling stands ultimately. what might this mean for the 2024 election? well, jake, what it means is that it puts the supreme court squarely in possibly deciding how this election goes forward, right? not since the bush v gore decision in 2000 have we had the supreme court in the middle of an election race. you look at the timeline that we have ahead of us, the former president has until january 4th to file an appeal. we don t anticipate he will do that for a few days, but we think he will go to the supreme court, because
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. four, three, two, one. engine s full power. and liftoff. falcon 9, go axiom. [ applause ] together we expand this is a beautiful sight if you just missed it, right now four private astronauts are on the way to the international space station. the axiom 2 mission blasted off from the kennedy space center just minutes ago. we ll go there live in just a few minutes to wrap up some really remarkable developments on the space coast. but on the meantime, here in atlanta and in washington, negotiations are resuming to confront the looming debt crisis. the talks will be at the staff level for the moment but they will set the stage for a high-stakes meeting between the president and kevin mccarthy. they spoke today and this new glimmer of optimism, if we could believe it, comes as the prospect of a quick compromise appears increasingly bleak. are you at all optimistic about what we could accomplish today. could we g
hospital. and tonight, a separate flight forced to divert because of a fire in the cabin. gio benitez on both flights. tonight, the suspect accused of attempting to place an explosive device onboard that plane in pennsylvania, in court. and tonight here, the first image of that device, hidden, they say, in the lining of his luggage. trevor ault is there. the idaho college murders, and tonight, what s now been discovered in the family home of the suspect. pierre thomas with late reporting. the war in ukraine, and the first meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and hid russian counterpart, sergei love love, since this war began. james longman in ukraine tonight, as we now learn what was said. the news back here at home on george santos tonight. the new york congressman who admitted to lying, making up much of his life story. what they re now doing in congress as he comes under the microscope. jon karl is here. the remarkable discovery. what s been found in
interviews with the powerful and famous. she busted through the glass ceiling as a journalist at a time when men dominated the tv news business. tonight the tributes pouring in from her abc news colleagues and beyond. deborah roberts with a look at barbara s 50-year legacy as an extraordinary woman and journalist. we re tracking two new year s eve storms on both coasts tonight. in the northeast a rainy forecast for the big night. crowds in times square can expect to get drenched right up until midnight. and that major storm system in the west, bringing heavy snow and flooding rain. our team timing it out. new details in the idaho college student murders. police tonight saying, we have our guy. confident they ve arrested the man responsible, but offering few details on a possible motive. we re learning more about how they tracked his car and used dna evidence that allegedly helped identify the 20-year-old grad student. kayna whitworth with new reporting from idaho. acros