lawrence? lawrence: the second hour of fox & friends starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with friends. steve: all right a fox news alert, t three hours, 10:00 easn time the supreme court will hear oral arguments on colorado s decision to kick former president donald trump off the state s primary ballot. brian: the high court in unchartered territory legal territory as justices wrestle with an historic election dispute. ainsley: lucas tomlinson joins us with the latest. good morning, steve, ainsley, and brian. the supreme court has never heard a case like this before in its history. oral arguments begin in less than three hours, as steve said, in protest of the former leading g.o.p. candidate. fencing has been erected outside the nation s top court near the u.s. capitol as you can see here. colorado kicked trump off the ballot citing the constitution insurrection clause section 3 of the 14th amendment to be specific, which has never been used in
so mcveig they refused. the super bowl is three days away and hall of famer emmitt smith is here to preview the game. the third hour of fox and friends starts right now and mornings are better with friends. in 2 hours the supreme court will hear arguments on colorado s decision to remove former president donald trump from the states ballot. the high court in legal territory as justices russell with a historic election dispute. i can hear someone is screaming behind you. exactly. already started opinions on both sides but today s oral arguments are significant and donald trump s attorneys say it s simple. taking him off the ballot strips them of his right as a presidential candidate to enjoy being on the ballot we re going to hear arguments a section about the 14th amendment. bars us from holding federal office in the future who engage in insurrection. it was an active civil war. the question is if it applies to a president trump in his conduct voters in colora
the president s text really is a bombshell because it shows that barack obama was actually very focused and concerned on the russians hacking american democracy, but this president doesn t give a damn. so that really is the bombshell of those texts yesterday. and we ll be going deeper into that with a great wall street journal reporter who broke the story yesterday. well, we start there on this thursday february 8. with us we have mike barnicle, our national reporter heidi, and also strategist and trish rick tyler and white house reporter jonathan la mere. good to have you all on board. so the trump administration is in damage control mode this morning after one of the president s most trusted advisers announced he is resigning.
try directv now for $10 a month for 3 months. no satellite needed. welcome back to morning joe. it s thursday february 8. we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, nbc news national political reporter heidi prisie przybyla, rick tyler, white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire, and joining the conversation, political reporter for the washington post and moderator of washington week on pbs, robert costa. also with us, senior writer at politico and co-author of the play book jake sherman. the trump administration is in damage control this morning after one of the president s most trusted advisers announced he s resigning. the mood that was made by staff