79594061 call now vegas story of sensitive. Sunday at ten on cnn its thursday, february 29, right now on cnn this morning, happy leave here the Supreme Court announcing it will hear Donald Trumps Immunity Claim further delaying the former president s federal election subversion trial. And more trouble for trump in illinois, judge, removing his name from the state ballot citing the 14th amendments insurrectionist ban and the races on top, republicans already angling to replace their departing senate leader, Mitch Mcconnell all right, its 06 00 a. M. Here in washington. A live look at the Supreme Court, not usually the Critical Center of deciding our elections. Its looking like it might be this year. Good morning, everyone. Its wonderful to have you here. Im kasie hunt, donald trump strategy to delay those trials until after the november election, just got a big assist from the Supreme Court, the justices announcing they will here are the former president s claims of absolute immunity. T
happening now, colorado s top election official joins us live just hours before donald trump is expected to appeal decisions banning him from the ballot in that state and also in maine. also this hour, breaking news out of japan, multiple deaths now confirmed after a powerful 7.5 earthquake. dramatic pictures from the disaster zone are coming in to cnn. in the midst of war, a potentially divisive ruling by israel s high court, striking down a key part of the netanyahu government s controversial judicial overhaul plan. what will it mean for israel as it s already em broimed in conflict and crisis. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is offer today. i m brianna keilar. this is a situation room special report. we begin this hour with former president trump s unprecedented legal fight against his removal from primary ballots in colorado and maine. the formal appeals expected tomorrow. let s go right to cnn s senior justice departmen
before they head to the polls. trying times. and with control of the senate and the house both up for grabs, both parties are barnstorming the critical battleground states. let s check in with cnn s senior data reporter, harry enten. where are we on the battle for the senate? hey, alisyn. let s start off with an idea of what s at stake in this election. how close the balance of power in the united states senate was going into election night. look at this. we got a 50-50 senate right now between democrats and republicans with vice president kamala harris breaking that tie. so any one seat, any one seat shift could make all the difference in the world. so what are some key states that we re watching? here are some key senate races that we re watching. look, we ve got wisconsin. we ve got georgia. we ve got pennsylvania. we ve got nevada. we ve got arizona. not on here, also my favorite state, the place where i went to college, new hampshire is another state that we re watch