Good evening, i am norah odonnell. And thank you for being with us. We want to begin with the news and analysis of that historic decision from the Supreme Court. The justices ruling that states cannot bar donald trump from running for another term. Even though he is accused by some of insurrection. Colorado and several other states were seeking to disqualified trauma because of his action surrounding the january 6th attack on the u. S. Capitol. Now todays decision was unanimous. All nine justices agreed that trump cannot be barred from the ballot. And perhaps the most important ruling about a presdential election of more than two decades since the decision of Bush Versus Gore in 2000. This is the key paragraph of the ruling. States may disqualified persons attempting to hold state office, but states have no power under the constitution with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency. Now the courts three liberal members say the courts majority went too far. Justices sonya so
Good evening. I am norah odonnell. And thank you for being with us. We want to begin with the news and analysis of that historic decision from the supreme court. The justices ruling that states cannot bar donald trump from running for another term, even though he is accused by some of insurrection. Colorado and several other states were seeking to disqualified trump because of his action surrounding the january 6th attack on the u. S. Capitol. Now todays decision was unanimous. All nine justices agreed that trump cannot be barred from the ballot. And perhaps the most important ruling about a president ial election of more than two decades since the decision of Bush Versus Gore in 2000. This is the key paragraph of the ruling. States may disqualify persons attempting to hold state office, but states have no power under the constitution with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency. Now the courts three liberal members say the courts majority went too far. Justices sonya sot
and shot it off the coast of south carolina. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. i think j.j. should have a shot. take your shot. he needs a party first. have all the kids over. dana: more to come on that as well. bill: once the snow melts. incident ramping up tension between china and the u.s. antony blinken postponing his trip to beijing scheduled for this past weekend. dana: president biden said he ordered the military on wednesday to shoot it down as soon as possible. the pentagon waited until it was safely over the atlanta after a week of entering u.s. airspace. some lawmakers say officials should have acted sooner. michael waltz last hour. from a propaganda standpoint a tremendous win for china. they can now message to taiwan, our allies and others that on top of afghanistan, america is a declining power and they can t even stop one of our most basic surveillance tools, a balloon. that they are either in
can t rent a car to go back to boseman. there s no flights back to boseman, no flights to nashville until christmas eve or christmas or like the 26th. so stressed. boy, oh boy. that s the situation at the airport. but then out on the roads, people at home with no elect electricity. good morning, it is friday, december 23rd, poppy and kaitlan are off. sara sidner is with me. i m happy to be here. usually i m out there and you re in here. but it s dangerous and getting worse by the minute. we re covering the blizzard wreaking havoc ahead of the holidays nationwide. living in limbo, migrants braving freezing temperatures for a chance to reach the united states. a cnn report from the border. one man is responsible. the january 6th committee report declares donald trump caused the insurrection. what the panel recommends now. but we begin with this, more than 200 million americans spending the holiday weekend under wind chill alerts as an arctic blast plunges temperatur
thank you for staying with us. i m alex within new york. this hour we ll have an update on the cancellation crisis that s frustrating customers and flight crews trying to get passengers back home. the pilots did show up. we were there to work and willing and able. southwest just can t match us to the aircraft. that s the problem. also this hour, a closer look at the political strategy for both president biden and former president trump as both men the plot their approaches to 2024. and hopes for a peace agreement in the war in ukraine are weakening as russian officials dismiss president zelenskyy s latest plan after major disagreements over who controls four key regions. we begin this hour with two big stories, weather and trvl. it s the same story for southwest airlines customers today as they see another wave of cancellation ace cross deparn buffalo where the weather is preventing residents from leaving their homes. joining me is blayne alexander at jackson airport in