You are in the cnn newsroom. Im jim sciutto In Washington. We begin with what could be a Major Development from the us Supreme Court. The court has scheduled the release of a ruling tomorrow, driving speculation. This could be the decision on whether former President Donald Trump can appear on colorados president ial ballot. The courts decision likely to decide the matter in several other states that now have similar pending challenges. Those states include maine and illinois boy, he states argue that trumps actions surrounding january 6 and the 2020 election, his attempts to overturn it disqualify him for office under the constitution based on the 14th amendments insurrectionist ban. Cnn Senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic joins me now. Joan, great to have you unusual announcement from the us Supreme Court teeing this up. Why do we expect this as the Ballot Decision . Now, all signs pick pointed that direction, jim, first of all, at Close Of Business on friday, there was no ann
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surprised, but so was joe. he was told by his handlers he was headed to disney world. it was a surprise visit ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion. there he announced an additional half billion in u.s. assistance. you know, i m thinking it would have been great if russia attacked east palestine. ouch. because then they would get the money and the president moving on. but this dominates headlines today as it should considering that s our tax dollars, right? and it s all about unity. that joe wants to show everyone that we re unified in the fight against russia. but what about unity here? it s one thing joe boasted would be his specialty but every time he claims to heal he gleefully salts the wound like a terrified slug. late last week he hosted a screening of the movie till of the lynching of 15 year old emmett till in mississippi. obviously that crime was horrifying and it s an important story to tell. but here s the odd part, during that speech biden also
not simply a democracy at. we re but something that could actually destroy american democracy, another hour of velshi begins right now. hi begins right now. good morning, it is sunday january the 8th. i am ellen kevin mccarthy s new election as the speaker of the house, it was a historic one if not exactly for the best reasons. the first time for a speakership was divot sided on a multiple, ballots are where occurrence in the scope of all american history. mccarthy s bid this year was only the 15th time that has happened, it was 15 ballots but it was only the 15th time that it is happened. there were only four other instances when the volker shut went on for longer, all of which were in the 1800s, which was an era in which political parties were influx and factions were ideologically split over the issue of slavery. take the 16th congress as an example. henry clay was initially elected as the speaker at the start of the term and 1819 but, he opted to step down in the midd