also, chris christie joins me with the iowa caucuses growing closer and any challengers chances growing slimmer. and you likely saw the japan these crash. new details on how every one of the nearly 400 people of the airliner got out alive. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news. the start of a year which will be unlikefully in american political and legal constitutional history. a former president running for office again facing 91 state and felony charges, also two civil trials and fighting efforts in several states to remove him from the ballot. that s where we start. we re also waiting for his appeal in a similar case in colorado and a filing on the question of whether a former president can even be prosecuted for actions taken while in objection. in addition the former president is spinning fresh conspiracies about his legal troubles online. all of this with the iowa caucuses less than two weeks away. welcome to 2024. we ll speak with one of h
tonight on three 60 breaking news. just days after the secretary of state kicked him off the the ballots, the former president takes her to court, i ll get a reaction tonight. also, chris christie joins me with the iowa caucus is growing closer, and many challengers seemingly grow slimmer. and you ve likely seen the japanese five people were killed on the smaller plane that hit, new details tonight on how every single one of the nearly 400 people on the airline got out alive. good evening, thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news, the start of the year which will be unlike any in american political, legal, and history. a former president running for office, again facing 91 federal and state felony charges, also facing two civil trials, and fighting efforts in several states to remove him from the ballot. that s where we start tonight, with his attorneys late today asking a court to overturn maine secretary of state shana bellows s decision to remove him from the
Thank you, jomana. We salute this very courageous woman. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Out front next, trump returns the favor backing jim jordan in the race to be the next speaker of the house. Someone whos leading the way on trying to impeach biden and one of the biggest backers of trumps rigged election claims. Plus, breaking news. An appeals judge denying trumps appeal to halt the fraud case. Michael cohen will be out front tonight. Putins latest strike killing a young boy. Tonight there is a threat of more to come. Lets go out front. Good evening, im erin burnett. Out front tonight, Trump Playing King Maker Backing congressman jim jordan and his bid to become the next house speaker. Jim jordan has a long history of doing trumps work for him. In fact, jordan is now one of the heads of the biden Impeachment Inquiry, something that trump, of course, made clear absolutely had to happen. They should investigate the bidens. I call them corrupt joe. Crooked joe biden. I believe
This small group of House Republicans to want to live up to that deal and america could be faced with paying the price for that. Republican hardliners want more spending cuts. A partial shutdown could result in Paycheque Delays for millions of americans, Air Travel Distruptions and impacts to public programmes focused on everything from poverty to environmental safety. Earlier on monday, the Us Agriculture secretary, tom vilsack, warned that if a decision isnt reached by october 1st, millions risk food insecurity. It isa it is a programme that impact and effect of a 50 of all newborns in this country. Nearly 7 million pregnant mothers, new mothers and Young Children count on it every single day to receive support. With a shutdown, what we would see across the United States is a denial of those benefits and opportunities. In some cases, it would be literally within a matter of days. The last Government Shutdown in the us was in 2019. Us senator bob menendez says hes confident hell be cl