officials decide to remove donald trump from maine s primary ballot. but what happens next? and could other states follow suit? i ll talk to one of the lead plaintiffs in the case. plus, the do nothing congress. congressional republicans face a hefty to-do list when they return to work in the new year. including keeping the government open. so why are they already putting their focus on an impeachment inquiry into president biden, despite no evidence of wrongdoing? and as the war between israel and hamas wages on, we will take a closer look at how the conflict has become a political and religious flash point, in this country. a powerful discussion with a diverse group of faith leaders is coming up. we begin this hour with donald trump getting the booed off the 2024 primary ballot in a 2nd state. on thursday, in a historic move, main secretary of state shenna bellows ruled that trump is not qualified to hold the office of the presidency under section 3 of the 14th amendment to
january 6th, 2001, which played out this way after the disputed results in florida. it is the objection in writing and signed by member of the house and a senator? the objection is in writing and i don t care that it is not it is not signed by a member of the senate. the chair will advise that the rules do care. now we all remember what happened next. george w. bush s election was certified by al gore, the vice president at the time and bush was the president. vice president al gore did not stop that. no one suggested he had constitutional authority to do so since, in fact, that was never a thing despite a history of multiple disputed american presidential elections including the one which also hinged on disputed florida results back in 1876 which led to the creation of the elect oral count act. during today s hearing gregory jacob who was lead council to vice president pence was asked if he confronted eastman s interpretation and this is what he said. back in 200