Blitzer thanks for joining us. Cnn breaking, news and you are in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington and we begin with the Breaking News this morning. The United States Supreme Court ruling that former President Donald Trump cannot be removed from any states ballot for his actions on january 6. The nine justices affirming that he can run in a General Election. And once again, serve as the United States Commander In Chief in the Majority Opinion, the court writes that only congress can enforce the 14th Amendments ban on insurrectionists holding federal Public Office trump is responding to the decision calling it, and im quoting him now, a big win for america. But the court did not directly speak to whether or not his actions on january 6 equate to insurrection. Lets get straight to cnn anchor and chief legal analyst, laura coats. Shes outside the Supreme Court for us. Laura, what more, first of all, can you tell us . About this very historic and consequential decision . It i
Continues here on cnn happening now, Breaking News President Biden and former President Trump just clashed over immigration during competing visits to the southern border. Its a Split Screen Preview of their likable likely general election rematch as the migrant crisis weighs heavily on the minds of voters also tonight, new carnage and anger in gaza. Local Officials Say more than 100 people are dead after Israeli Forces opened fire near a crowd of Palestinian Civilians waiting for food. Plus another breaking story. The transcript of Hunter Bidens closeddoor deposition on capitol hill has just been released. Were going to tell you what it reveals welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room the skis, cnn Breaking News. We begin with the Breaking News. President biden and former President Trump putting the Immigration Prices front and center during dueling stops in texas, right near the border with mexico. Both of the
a us air national guardsman is being questioned, after being arrested by fbi officers investigating the leaking of classified documents. jack teixeira, who s just 21, is expected to appear in court in boston later. the leaked material first appeared on an online chat forum, and has exposed details of ukraine s war plans. it also reveals the extent of the us s spying on its allies. here s what we know about jack teixeira. the 21 year old is a us air national guardsman. he was listed as a member of the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard, based at otis air national guard base in western cape cod. according to his service record, which was obtained by our us partner cbs news, mr teixeira joined the force in 2019. david willis has the latest from washington. dressed in shorts and a t shirt, with news helicopters hovering overhead, the suspect in the latest us intelligence drama was taken into custody outside the family home south of boston. today, thejustice
the presidents of brazil and china are due to hold talks in beijing shortly. luiz inacio lula da silva and xijinping are expected to sign trade deals. they will also discuss the war in ukraine. our correspondentjoao da silva has the latest from singapore. well, we don t know the exact contents of the agenda, but, as you mentioned there, there is at least a couple of issues that are likely to make it into the talks. first, of course, it is trade and investment. the brazilian side has said they expect to sign more than 20 bilateral agreements. it signals their desire to strengthen economic relations with china. president lula who was returned to power only a few months ago knows he needs brazil s largest trading partner if he is to deliver on his promises to fight poverty and to really boost brazil s stagnant economy. and china, it is also interested in consolidating trade ties with brazil. beijing is facing growing tensions with the us which is its largest trading partner, and