war against hamas as fears of a potential escalation in the region intensifies. plus, russia pounds ukraine s two biggest cities in a new wave of attacks. the assaults are likely to strain nuclear s defenses as the country continues to plead for more military assistance from the u.s. and donald trump is appealing the landmark ruling from maine that disqualified him from the state s primary ballot. later in the program, we ll be joined by maine s secretary of state to talk about her decision there and charlie sykes with his new piece that asks, is disqualifying trump anti-democratic? we ll get the answer along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent to bbc news, katty kay, and founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes is with us. willie, we are going to start with some political snapshots of where the race stands, and then we ll get to all the big major news breaking overnight. we have a lot to
today on inside politics, disqualified. team trump is gear ing up to appeal a ruling that would kick the president off the state s ballot. trump s fate maybe headed toward the supreme court. plus trump says i have never read it, that s how he s responding to hitting the road, president biden is in a key swing state trying to convince voters in wisconsin that policies are making their lives better. sources tell cnn he s growingly increasingly frustrated it s taking so long to implement his signature legislative achievements. i m jim acosta in for dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we want to start with the historic decision putting this country in unchartered territory. the colorado supreme court ruled donald trump is not eligible to be a presidential candidate because of the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. that ban from the civil war era says a person can t hold any office if they, quote, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion
South tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. We knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so thatll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after the news and i will say welcome to mark harper, the Transport Secretary who has just joined us and Jonathan Reynolds is still here and sarah olney from the Liberal Democrats and we will talk to you in a while. Lets tell you where things have got to in the total tally. Where things have got to in the totaltally. Labour where things have got to in the total tally. Labour have a9, gaining one and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems 16. One and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems
are you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we are following a number of new developments in the israel-hamas war. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has wrapped up his meeting with arab leader in jordan. blinken stressed support for israel to implement humanitarian pauses, as he s calling them, in the fighting in gaza. short of a cease-fire demanded by arab countries and international aid agencies. the u.s. official says hamas is blocking foreign nationals from leaving gaza for egypt through the rafah crossing. hamas is demanding that israel guarantee that ambulances from gaza, that they can reach that crossing. and egyptian source says more than 700 foreign nationals were expected to cross through rafah earlier today including 400 americans. free, free palestine! people around the world are marching and singing in rallies against the war today including this one here in washington. you can see the capitol in the background there.
christie is out, i meant out as in not on the debate stage. and the reasons he s not going to be allowed to be on the debate stage plays into this conversation. he s been the one presidential candidate who has really gone after trump for his lack of respect for the constitution. for his corruption, for the charges against him. many crimes he admits to like stealing documents. and it hasn t worked. yeah, he s not going to be on the debate stage, because he didn t meet the polling standards, as vivek ramaswamy is in the same camp. you ll have a one-on-one with nikki haley and ron desantis, which could be interesting. but i want to go back to your point about joe biden and the base. we ran through some usa today polling yesterday that was kind of stunning. a complete flip almost, for now, it s very early, among latino voters. the support eroding among black voters, young voters aren t so sure. and a lot of it is a wandering eye. it s not that they re in love