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
top supreme court now at the center of another presidential election. that s tonight on newsnight. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. breaking tonight, the high court gets settled with the highest responsibility. not whether you can vote for donald trump is now subject of a fight that will end up before the nine justices of its conservative super majority. the colorado supreme court handing up a dramatic roll in tonight to disqualify former president trump from the ballot. the colorado court answered yes over 213 pages to question after question. yes, the january 6th storming of the capital was an insurrection. yes, donald trump engaged in that insurrection. yes, donald trump expected and wanted violence on that day. and yes, the courts have the authority to enforce the 14th amendment. yes again, section three of the 14th amendment does in fact applied to the presidency and arguing otherwise is, quote, flatly unfaithful to what the framers demanded. tonight, the
the supreme court, now at the center of another presidential election. that s tonight, on news night. good evening, i m abby philip in the new york. breaking tonight, the high court gets saddled with the highest responsibility. now whether you can vote for donald trump, is now the subject of a fight that will end up before the nine justices of its conservative super majority. the colorado supreme court, handing up a dramatic ruling tonight to disqualify former president trump from the ballot. the colorado court answered yes, over 213 pages, to question after question. yes, the january 6th storming of the capital was an insurrection. yes, donald trump engaged in that insurrection. yes, donald trump expected, and wanted, violence on that day. and yes, the courts have the authority to enforce the 14th amendment. yes, again, section three of the 14th amendment does in fact apply to the presidency, and arguing otherwise is, quote, flatly unfaithful to what the framers demand
serve in congress. our panel will share their thoughts on that special number. plus, the case of the ex-buffalo bill player, matt awry sa, a rookie who was cut from the team after ugly accusations went public. now prosecutors have declined to press criminal charges against him. was his career ended prematurely. and the lawsuit by parents and authors against a florida school district that s been removing books from shelves, freedom of speech versus parents rights. which one will win. let s begin with dianne feinstein and questions about her fitness for office. she was out of work for a month fighting a bout of shingles. today we learned she suffered from inflammation of the brain, something she denied to cnn earlier today. she described it as a really bad flu. her staff also confirmed today that she s suffering from a rare neurological disorder called ramsey hunt syndrome, which causes facial paralysis. the pictures of her back at work show a more frail senator than we
the address that we have, where this arrest took place tonight, is within ten miles of this scene here, where the murders took place, four nights ago. francisco oropesa has been booked into the montgomery county jail, which is the neighboring county where we are. he is being held tonight on a 5 million-dollar bond. law enforcement sources telling our josh campbell, he was found in a home there, hiding in a closet. we are expecting law enforcement officers they are just now starting to gather. we will talk here as they start to make their way to the press conference here that is expected to begin any second. hopefully, get more details as to when this could happen, let s listen in to, this is the public information officer for the fbi. he s helping out the photographers here at the scene, the fbi special agent in charge the county sheriff is also over there in the wings. they ll be making their way over here shortly. this is a man hunt that has had more than 250 officers combi