insurrection on january 6th. the republican front runner removed from the gop primary ballot in that state. what does this mean nationally for the primary, and for the general election? trump advisers are already vowing to appeal setting up another high stakes supreme court case, his republican primary rivals rushed to his defense, and one wants candidates to boycott the colorado primary all together. also developing this morning, talks under way for a potential new deal to free hostages held by hamas. the new israeli proposal floating around this morning that could lead to a second temporary truce. cnn this morning starts right now. here s where we begin, donald trump kicked off the ballot in colorado, in an historic ruling that could throw the 2024 presidential election into chaos. the president, advisers vowing to take this extraordinary case all the way up to the supreme court just weeks before the crucial gop primary season officially kicks off. here s what happe
good day to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m john avlon in for kasie hunt. it is wednesday, december 20th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. 3:00 a.m. in denver where layers for donald trump have vowed to appeal a colorado supreme court ruling that could keep the former president off the 2024 ballot before state justices ruling 4-3 that trump is ineligible to be president under the 14th amendment because he engaged in an insurrection on january 6. the court put its ruling on hold until january 4 pending trump s planned appeal to the u.s. supreme court. an attorney for the plaintiff seeking to block trump says he thinks that they have decent odds at winning there. first of all, trump is going to have to convince the supreme court to take this case. and i can imagine a world in which the supreme court says this is pretty early on in the election cycle, let s see how it plays out in some other states first. so he is first going to have to convince the supreme court
colorado supreme court shakes up the 2024 presidential race. donald trump is ineligible for that state s republican primary ballot. we ll have expert legal analysis on the ruling and what could come next. meanwhile, the former president is doubling down on his disturbing rhetoric about immigrants, using more language that mirrors adolph hitler s speeches to nazi germany. plus, congress leaves washington all without passing a foreign aid bill, leaving critical funding for ukraine until next year. we ll break down the chances they can get a deal done once they return. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 20th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. in a historic decision the colorado supreme court has ruled donald trump is disqualified from hold office again after determining he engaged in insurrection in january 6, 2021. the 4-3 ruling reverses a lower court decision and effectively keeps the former president off the state s ballot unti
from the start of the 2024 primary season which kicks off on january 15th with the first in the nation gop caucuses in iowa. january is going to be a busy month. in addition to iowa, new hampshire is also going to hold its primary. there are three republican debates currently scheduled to take place during that month. on top of all of that, donald trump s civil fraud trial in new york will come to a close just as e. jean carroll s second lawsuit against him gets going. trump s criminal trials are not going to begin until later in the year. according to politico, his campaign is already confronting the scheduling nightmare ahead of them as trump s legal obligations clash with his political ambitions. trump s team plans to front load his schedule in 2024 and get him out on the campaign trail frequently early in the year in anticipation that his numerous legal cases could disrupt their plans later on. it is a trump s criminal proceedings, the first of a prosecution of an ameri
democrats are still on his side with the white house pleading for congress for $61 billion more in aid, but congressional republicans are not moved. speaker mike johnson even avoided posing for a picture with zelenskyy today. instead telling the wartime leader that the u.s. border must come first. zelenskyy is meeting with president biden right now as you saw. we should hear from both of them again at the white house in about an hour. what can they say to change the mind of republican lawmakers and if they cannot, what will happen to ukraine and how soon? first, let s find out how moscow is viewing this. joining us is keir simons from moscow and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles from capitol hill. chief, keir, excuse me. i ll just call you chief from now on. how is putin seeing this? is he watching this closely? he absolutely is. he hasn t said that himself but his spokesman, the kremlin spokesman, has been clear they are watching closely. kremlin officials w