just say, your point is that there s no ambiguity with having a list and not having president in it with having a history that suggests they were really focussed on local concerns in the south, with this conversation where the legislators actually discussed what looked like an ambiguity, you are saying there s no ambiguity in section 3? let me take the point specifically about electors and senators, if i might. yes. that might be important. presidential electors were not covered, because they don t hold an office. they vote. i m talking about the barred office part of this. exactly. the barred if you want to include everybody, first you have to suppress phi presidential electors. they wouldn t fall under any office. secretary of all, senators and representatives don t hold office either. the constitution tells us that and refers to them as holding seats, not offices. you want to make sure there s no doubt that senators and representatives are covered given the con
out front next we are following several breaking news stories this hour. first, the united states striking back. new video just in to cnn right now showing the aftermath of 85 targets hit in iraq and syria. president biden warning that this is just the beginning of the strierks. and more breaking news. mass confusion surrounding ukraine s military. president zelenskyy calling the fired head of his entire military, the commander in chief. what s going on. and postponed, the department of justice election interference case against donald trump is delayed indefinitely. why? we ve got the details. let s go out front. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and good evening. i m erin burnett. we do begin tonight with the breaking news. america strikes. the biden administration carrying out a mass series of airstrikes in both iraq and syria and i want to show you some new video that we have just gotten in of what s happening on the ground. this is the aftermath of one of the
major news in donald trump s federal election interference trial. on sunday friday, judge tanya chutkan ordered an order delaying the former presidents case, calling off the march 4th trial date. the case has been on pause for weeks as the d.c. circuit court weighs whether the former president is immune from prosecution. and now, the decision from the three judge panel could come at any moment. back in january, the judge expressed deep skepticism over trump s argument blanket immunity. this isn t the only major decision that type trump s anxiously awaiting in the coming days. right now, the ex president is staying staring down a devastating verdict in his new york civil business fraud trial. judge arthur and go and already ruled trump engaged in fraud. his final decision now concerns how much money the former president and his codefendants oh, as well as whether trump can still do business in new york state. the new york attorney general, letitia james, is seeking a who
it through enforcement, professor american history at yale university, and steven levitskiy is a professor of history at harvard university. two days before judge michael luttig got a phone call that may have changed the course of history for this nation. then, a capitol police officer who risked his life on january six is hoping to serve his country to different way, this time as an elected official. plus i will talk to california colorado secretary of state janet griswold on the heels of the decision to see whether trump is eligible to be on the stage primary ballot. another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning, it s saturday december the six. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since that mob attacked the united states capitol as part of donald trump s desperate attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of the violent insurrection continues to loom large over american dem
it cannot be more perfect. also, call about a secretary of state, jena griswold is going to join us. colorado is headed apparently to the supreme court without trump. the only thing all those people have in common is that they would like to supreme court to actually weigh in on this thing and get it moving. i am excited to hear the conversation. it s going to be the year at the supreme court. thanks, ali. tonight, 77-year-old donald trump is asking a court where he appointed three of the nine judges to save his presidential campaign. donald trump s lawyers have filed an appeal, asking the united states supreme court to overturn the decision by the colorado state supreme court to ban donald trump from the presidential ballot in colorado. colorado supreme court s decision is based on the 14th amendment, which is ratified in 1868. it does not allow officers of the federal government to be elected to office again if they have engaged in insurrection against the united state