On the books and what implications would that have for trump were he convicted. Thank you so much. Got to leave it there today. Very busy day. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News from the u. S. Supreme court, which unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former President Trump from the ballot over his actions leading to the january 6th attack on the capitol under the 14th Amendment to the constitution. As the justices wrote in their opinion, quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates we reverse. Colorado Secretary Of State Jena Griswold reacted on x saying she was disappointed by the decision ask that colorado should be able to bar oath breaking insurrectionists from our ballot, and donald trump reacted on his social media website calling it a big win for
grips france. here at home, republicans seeking to defeat the president in next year s election are refining their tactics on the campaign trail. with presumed front runner, over the gop, donald trump. donald trump betting on expanding his electoral base by campaigning this weekend and nevada. a state that he lost twice. trump and other republicans continuing to double down on cultural issues to rally gop voters. oklahoma s education chief is still under fire for his insensitive comments about the destruction of a black community by a white barber a century ago. the timing could not be worse. as the last three known survivors of the tulsa race massacre where denied justice and restitution by the city of tulsa. thanks to a district court ruling two days ago. got a busy week ahead for the country, lots to cover, let s get started. joining me now is the oklahoma state representative richina good when, a democrat. representing tulsa oklahoma, thank you for your time tonight. we b
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. president joe biden s sole surviving son hunter biden was convicted today on three felony counts related to possession of a gun while using narcotics. a delaware jury of his peers found hunter biden guilty of lying on a federal form while applying for a handgun, lying to a gun dealer and illegally possessing a firearm for 11 days in the year 2018. today s verdict marks the end of a painful chapter for the biden family with witness after witness detailing an incredibly troubled period in hunter biden s life, a time when he was addicted to crack cocaine, a time when he was in and out of rehab with a mountain of financial problems. several members of the biden family have attended court in support of hunter, including his sister, his wife and his mom, first lady dr. jill biden seen her walking out of court today with hunter after the verdict was read. hunter biden s defense had denied that hunter had deliberately lied about his drug use when
southern states facing high court challenges recently in alabama, louisiana, north carolina, it just appears that the gop continues to do whatever they can, wherever they can in terms of voter suppression. your thoughts? i am out of time, i just wanted your thoughts on that quickly. i applaud the supreme court in that area. i am very glad to see that they are playing close attention to the fact that in the, states with a population of 25 and 30% of african american and yet we see all of the gerrymandering that keeps a representation down to only one token district. alabama, louisiana, north carolina, and south carolina is on that list as well. i am very hopeful that the decision that the district gave in south carolina will be supported by the supreme court going forward. we will see the redrawing of lives in south carolina as
2020 fold when we re talking about issues in this election. so it is an explosive development regardless of whether the justice faces any real legal peril. what do they do with this now, jeff, can it be reopened? well, i think number one it will be reopened in the court of public opinion. and that is what good journalism does and the new york times reporting has done that and gotten candidates to start talking about it. i think that it gives the democrats a chance also to elevate the cause of the supreme court. looking forward, if president trump and republicans win a second term in office, that could have a monumental impact on the supreme court going forward. right now it is 5-4 with conservatives to liberals, but president trump would very possibly have a chance to name a couple other supreme court nominees in a second term. so you don t hear the democrats talking about that that often and maybe this will give them a chance to do that.