him from the presidency, the leader starts right now. any moment, we are expecting team trump to appeal the ruling by colorado supreme court that he disqualified by engaging in insurrection, former u.s. attorney chan general who is a critic during his desperate attempt to hold onto power is here to discuss plus signs from both israel and hamas that a temporary pause might be on the table, 40 hostages are held by hamas, breaking this hour, the deal brokered between u.s. and venezuela who they were deemed lawfully detained, who will the u.s. give up, in this latest swap. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start with a stunner, the legal and political shockwaves reverberating around the country after the colorado supreme court last night ruled donald trump s engagement in insurrection disqualifies him for presidency. the colorado judges say he should not be on any state balanced ballots which reads in part quote, no person shall hold any office who have previously t
over his claim of immunity from federal election subversion charges, at least for now. the trump team opposing the special counsel s request for the justices to immediately review the case. trump is planning to take a very different matter to the high court. we are awaiting his formal appeal of the historic decision barring him from the republican primary ballot in colorado. tonight, trump s gop rivals are taking his side and slamming the ruling. plus, president biden says the united states is pushing israel and hamas to reach a new deal to free more hostages held in gaza. we ll get an update on the talks and the potential terms and timing. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, the u.s. supreme court could rule at any time on whether to expedite a review of donald trump s immunity claim in the federal election subversion case. this, after the trump team s legal filing a short whi
special counsel jack smith calling on the supreme court to make a decision and make it fast. the former president, will he stand trial for the alleged crimes he committed while in office? and flight fallout, the white house slammed the texas governor for sending migrants up north. the administration, called it a political stunt, live in chicago where the influx of migrants is causing a crisis. nightmare before christmas along the west coast, how an atmospheric river in major flooding are threatening holiday plans for millions. following these major stories, coming in from cnn news central. no holiday break for the nine justices of the supreme court. there are three hugely significant disputes tied to donald trump that for their pocket. the latest special counsel jack smith reiterating that he wants to leapfrog the appeals court and have the supreme court way in now on whether trump can be prosecuted or if he has presidential immunity. the other two they are poised
senator amy klobuchar joins me in studio to weigh in on that, plus new ethics concerns about justice clarence thomas. and other hot button issue facing the senate, as they return to work this week and tennessee representative justin j. pearson is back on the job in the state house i will ask him about being bac at work with the sam republicans who expelled him and where his fight for gu safety reform stands now i have something to say. congress is back in sessio tomorrow after a two-week break, and they have their work cut out for them judicial nominations in th senate, controversy in a supreme court. but first, we are discussing a case that could have drastic effects on peoples lives one of a two pill treatmen used to terminate a pregnanc in its first two weeks it has been in circulation for more than two decades. it is a safety record of 99% it is the nation s most common method of abortion a single judge in texas has pu that axis in jeopardy. judge matthew casimir ha suspe
continues to grow. we are going to have to, in some circumstances engage constructively with china. we do not trust tiktok will ever embrace american values. values for freedom, human rights and innovation. she would be willing to testify and she would support her testimony with documents and evidence and corroboration with witnesses. out of fear, a lot of anxiety, a lot of anger towards monterey county. it was a matter of time before i was back in the building with some of the greatest athletes in the world. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. it s friday, march 24th four am at the pentagon, 11 a.m. in syria, where they ve been tipped for tat airstrikes after a deadly attack on u. s personnel deployed to fight isis. the pentagon says it launched a retaliatory strike targeting a group affiliated with iran s revolutionary guard in the eastern part of the country that followed a drone attack on u. s forces in northeast syria that killed a u. s contracto