and that the republican front-runner is heading into the new year with section 3 of the 14th amendment nipping at his heels. first it was colorado, now it s maine saying that trump is disqualified from being on the ballot. and let s not forget that more than a dozen other states with the 14th amendment have cases pending. 14th amendment cases. now the new ruling from the maine secretary of state is as fiery as it is somber. quote, i nclude as did the colorado supremeou that the record establishes that mr. trump over the course of several months and culminating on january 6, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters and direct them to the capitol to prevent certificati o the 2020 election and the peaceful transfer of power. i likeise conclude mr. trump was aware of the likely hood for ce and at least initially supported its useiven he both encouraged it with incendiary rhetoric and took no timely action to stop it. the weight of the evidence ma
hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicole wallace. special counsel jack smith is a prosecutor that stays out of the spotlight. he prefers to speak through his fiings. that s why his laltest brief in the federal election case merits our attention. over the weekend, the justice department responded to trump s claims that he is immune from prosecution. what he did was within the scope of his duties as president of the united states. it s an argument that trump was taking to the courts in order to get the whole election case dismissed. the special counsel is speaking to the court. let s be honest. he s also speaking to any of us who care about the health of our democracy. prosecutors acknowledge the fact we re dealing with an unprecedented situation. for the first time in our nation s history, a grand jury charged a former president of committing crimes while in office to overturn an election he lost. in response the defendant claims to protect the institution of th
has a rendezvous with destiny. we stand today on the edge of a new frontier. a whole world looks to see what we shall do. and we cannot fail that trust, an we cannot fail to try. this place called america, this shining city on a hill, this government of, by, and for the people. there is not a liberal america and a conservative america. there is the united states of america. as president, we will wage a war on the woke. we will fight the woke in schools. we will fight the woke in the corporations. we ll fight the woke in the halls of congress. we will never surrender to the woke mob. i m sorry. the soaring rhetoric of america s presidents versus the feeble rants of a wanna be, who was just called a small, pathetic man, by a fellow governor. woke, woke, woke, woke. plus, stand by for breaking news in the trump investigations involving his final white house chief of staff, mark meadows. also tonight, growing calls for justice following the killing of aj owens, a fl
lawn of the white house with more on this this incident was seems safe at the moment, but has certainly rattled otherwise quiet sunday afternoon. lucas question eric. it s not often hear sonic boom in the dc area, and that s exactly what people heard around 3 p.m. eastern time. the big boom is a sonic boom coming from an f 16 fighter jet as you mentioned launching the d, c national guard at andrews home, 100 and 13th win the reason they scrambled because there was an unknown cessna. we re told, flying a radically in the dc area ignore radio calls that have 16 was cleared for supersonic and but when the jets responded that cessna the faa says crashed outside of stanton, virginia, which is not too close to dc but certainly a strange twist, but certainly has a lot of people s attention here on a sunday afternoon in washington. there certainly is this especially at that says no 1, 72 or 1, 50, or skyline crashed. it s very odd. we don t know what may have brought that plane down.
the countdown to the caucuses is on. donald trump is still far and away the favorite. the question is, could anything shake up the race between now and caucus day? plus, with just a few days to go until another it january 6th anniversary for the attack on the capitol, we will look at some republican still trying to rewrite history. also today, my one-on-one conversation with officer harry dunn, who defended the capitol, and our democracy on january 6th. later, with so much to be concerned about in 2024, there s also so many reasons to be excited. at the top of my list, the olympic games in paris. i will introduce you to do to paralympians, her most some of the most inspiring people i ve talked to all year. as we ring in 2024, i just want to take a moment to talk about with this next year has in store. we have a little bit more than two weeks left until the official kickoff until the presidential race. that s when republican caucus goers in iowa cast the first votes in the