fredricka whitfield. we ve got a lot to get to, including as the political season ramps up, the biden white house is continuing with focus on the president s opponents on the crisis at the southern border. former president donald trump s harsh rhetoric and the new contentious law and migrant arrests have reignited the interest of immigrants in the potential election, and elevating the fight over immigration policy to new heights. and now house speaker mike johnson is calling for biden to take executive action to secure the border. so joining me to discuss is kevin liptak at the white house. thanks for being back with us. what is the administration doing to help the situation at the southern border? reporter: they are urgently looking for solutions here. and the phrase that you hear from officials is breaking point, as they re describing what s happening on the southern border, and the numbers really do reflect that. in recent days more than 10,000 migrants unlawfully crosse
and on that note, i wish you all a very, very good night. it is an honor to be back with you. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with me. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. with news out of colorado, the state supreme court has ruled that state donald trump should be removed from the 2024 republican primary ballot. since january 6th, there has been plenty of discussion and legal circles and even some excitement about section three of the 14th amendment of the constitution, which bans insurrectionists and people who have aided insurrectionists from holding office. there has been a whole lot of interest into whether this section of the amendment might bar donald trump from running from office because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. the minnesota state court dismissed the idea. over in michigan, a judge ruled trump could not be taken off that state s ballot. in total, 14th amendment suits to disqualify t
and the reidout with joy reid is up next. good evening everyone. welcome to the reidout. we begin tonight with major breaking news. a bombshell ruling from the colorado supreme court in just the last hour, states that donald trump is disqualified from holding the office of president. and from appearing on the republican primary ballot in that state. in a more than 200 page ruling the court found that trump is ineligible for the white house under section 3 of the 14th amendment to the u.s. constitution. the court found that district court was correct in its early ruling calling the january 6th attack on the capitol an insurrection and that trump, quote, engaged in that insurrection through his personal actions. the court noted we do not reach these conclusions lightly. we are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. we are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law without fear or favor. and without being swayed by public reaction 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
interpret the constitution based on the specific text and the document. so that says to me that they might have an uphill climb to be opposed by the supreme court. i also think what s notable here, the court may a college the opinion that this is a big deal. they know what they are doing. it s historic. and they know there is gonna be blowback. they say, look, we are mindful of the magnitude and the weight of that questions before us. we are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law without fear or favor and without being swayed by public reaction to that decision that the law mandates we reach. and of course, the loudest, biggest reaction from former president trump was trying to frame this as political persecution, which i am sure they could see coming. that s right. the trump trump campaign released a statement. we haven t really heard from trump on this. he was speaking in iowa. he did not really note anything. just very quickly, what are his allies saying?