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Arguments? >> well, you know, donald trump wants to argue he didnt engage in insurrection. as you said in your prior segment, we all saw with our own eyes what happened on january 6th. we all witnessed what donald trump did prior to the insurrection and after in trying to steal the presidency. and on top of that, two courts have looked at this question and two courts have said he did indeed engage in insurrection. >> they did indeed. let me -- including the colorado supreme court. let me let you...

>> what the 14th amendment section 3 is very clear about is members of congress are officers of the court who took an oath and can be barred for insurrection. im going to put up a nonexhaustive list of people who could be considered insurrectionists. these are people who attended a meeting to overturn the election. andy biggs, scott perry, andy harris, paul gosar, and then theres lauren boebert. a lot of people would consider a supporter of insurrection. are you surprised that no one has attempt...

Challenges including in colorado, which also used the same 14th amendment argument, that you engaged in insurrection, you are ineligible for the presidency. how could the appeal for the colorado ruling play out, presumably that will go directly to the u.s. supreme court.>> reporter: exactly, that is much further ahead because obviously there was a trial that was held by a lower court judge and a ruling from the state supreme court. what we expect, jake, any minute now, the former presidents lega...

So they could extort benefits that they would never be able to get through regular order. what it says to me is that we need to move as quickly as possible to eliminate the debt ceiling as a bargaining point. we are one of only two countries in the world. denmark being the other one that has a debt ceiling like this that can be used as a hostage taking exercise, so its reinforced for me the importance that we eliminate this as a hostage taking point as soon as possible. >> how do you want to eli...

This is a problem, isnt it? telling me something. but thats the issue. constantly people trying to figure out what the off ramps r the administration is clear. the off ramp is congressional action. there is no other off ramp. yet, there are discussions behind the scenes. what other alternatives? could you mint a trillion dollar coin? that is on finance twitter forever. or could you say because the constitution says explicitly, they have to pat debts. the debt ceiling, the law itself, the statute...

Loan. stock market plunge wipes out trillions of dollars in net worth. where do people stand on this? "the washington post" had a poll this weekend. mostly, at least by a comfortable majority, they back the white house position. separate the debt ceiling hike from spending. 26% say they want to tie to spending cuts. heres the problem for the white house and democrats. who to blame? congressional republicans, 39%. president biden, 36%. again, connect that with the last poll that you saw. people b...

Saying why didnt you just do a lot of these basic things? what do you read into her response to their filing? >> what the judge is basically telling the trump team is do your job better. make your arguments, lay out what the law is, lay out what youre asking me to do in this particular case. i think thats the dynamics of whats going on in the judges respond. as to the substance of the arguments that the trump team seems to be trying to make, one is a 4th amendment argument. theyre arguing the se...