left open, and what happens in cases like that, it allows the smoke to spread in a rapid fashion. it appears as though many who were injured in this case was due to smoke inhalation. i spoke to a young man who was an uber driver. his loved ones were in the building, and he s seeking information, so i can only imagine the uncertainty that is really engulfing those who have families that are connected. but this tragedy s impact layers apart from each other. and we re going to try to get as much information as possible to all those who are seeking it. i want to get right to cnn s polo sandoval live at the scene. polo, just an awful situation. is there any word yet on what started this fire, how it spread so quickly through that large building? reporter: yeah, and not at this point, too, jim. that s going to obviously be part of the investigation. that s really going to be a big focus here. but just to get a sense of what happened here, that fire starting at one of those ap
more insight into. but the former chief of staff still loyal to donald trump is resisting. in a letter to the committee ahead of tonight s vote, meadows lawyer writes a referral of a senior presidential aide would also be unwise because it would do great damage to the institution of the presidency as restraint in the application of the statute over time attests. meadows believes his conduct and conversations are protected by executive privilege. this despite extensively writing about his white house experience in his new book and willingly handing over all that information. the fact that he was working in the executive branch does make his situation more complicated than that of steve bannon who now faces contempt of congress charges or former doj official jeffrey clark who was in the committee s crosshairs. i m not convinced it s a slam dunk the justice department wins just because of meadows more complicated relationship. but the committee remains confident this is th
good evening, i am norah o donnell. 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 today s 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 court s majority went too far.
good evening. i am norah o donnell. 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 today s decision was unanimous. all nine justices agreed that trump cannot be barred from the ballot. and perhaps the most important ruling about a presidential 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 court s majority went too far. just
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