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
fresh conspiracies about his legal troubles online. all of this with the iowa caucus is now less than two weeks away. well welcome to 2024. we re going to speak with one of his challenges shortly, former u.s. attorney chris christie joins us here. but first, the main case, cnn s paula reid starts us off. so what more do we know about the former presidents appeal? tonight, they are attacking the secretary of state of maine, shana bellis. she is a delicate, but the process in maine is that the first stop for any questions about whether someone is on the ballot, going to the secretary of state. now in their appeal tonight, they argue that she was quote, a biased decision-maker, who should ve recused herself, had no legal authority, made multiple errors of law, and acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner. and anderson, her decision was based on section three of the 14th amendment of the united states constitution. now that is part of the constitution, and who should enforce it. w