Lunch break. Try now for free visit otter. Ai. Ai or down hello, the app on Jeremy Diamond in tel aviv. And this is cnn the is cnn Breaking News all, right everyone thanks for joining me today. Im omar jimenez in for fredricka whitfield. We start with Breaking News. The Supreme Court announcing it may hand down a new ruling tomorrow. Theres growing speculation that justices could weigh in on colorados decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot. Now, voters in that state are set to head to the polls this week for the Super Tuesday primary, colorado challenged trumps president ial eligibility under the constitutions 14th Amendment Insurrectionist clause. So here this, now for more on this Breaking News, former us attorney harry litman now, harry, thanks for jumping on with us. We dont yet know officially what this ruling will be on by the Supreme Court. But why does it make sense to you that this is what the justices could rule on tomorrow . You know, omar, its a cloistered and very traditional institutions. So when they do things a little different, it really stands out here. There are two things theyve done different. First, theyve made an abrupt announcement. Were going to release opinions monday. Typically, they would have said the last time they were on the bench that this is the next time well announce opinions second, they are not going to be there. Its not one of their scheduled hearing date. And that too, is quite unusual for the release of opinions. So those are pretty glaring facts and departures from normal practice and you add to that that march 5 is not Super Tuesday as well as the date and colorado and their desire perhaps to clear up any uncertainty before voters go to the polls. And it all states a very strong, youre right, of course we wont know until 10 00 a. M. But a very strong case that tomorrow the colorado opinion is coming and look throughout the appeals process, we knew there were efforts to try and get this resolved before the actual primary day, which again, is on tuesday. And this also has implications for other states that have tried and in some cases failed already to get trump kicked off about because of the 14th Amendment Insurrectionist flaws. But im curious just from your perspective, based on what youve seen from these arguments, how do you think justices will rule tomorrow if again . Right . I was at the Oral Argument and it seemed quite clear to me and to most observers, they are going to reverse colorado. They are going to say trump remains on the ballot and youre exactly right. Theres a whole bevy of states this influences including 11, just a couple of days ago, said, hes off the ballot, but well wait to see what the Supreme Court says. So i think theyre looking to clarify, especially in colorado, but really across the country and bring an end to whats been a very interesting, but i think ultimately not productive challenge, or its not going to succeed to his remaining on the ballot based on his activities as of january 6 and whats interesting about this is, again, if this ends up being the case, this would be an example of the Supreme Court ruling in a timely fashion in regards to the politics of the election, we know on in regards to claims for his president ial immunity, if things while he was doing that ruling is pushed back to the april, as we understand, which could then throw off the timeliness of any sort of trial for those particular claims. And im curious for you just because we have so many legal cases and delays and delays and appeals and appeals that are happening i mean how much more complicated could we get at this point . And does the supreme in court take timeliness into consideration when making rulings of these magnitudes you know, its a great question because they certainly seem to be doing it here they could have taken the stance were in to whats happening in the political process. But obviously if theyre doing it tomorrow, its with an eye on on Super Tuesday and youre exactly right about the immunity case. Theyve issued a schedule that is expedited, but nowhere near the sort of warp speed of this, of previous cases, like the nixon case, like bush v gore. So they can do it quickly when they want and they know its exigent theyre not slow walk in the immunity case, but theyre not going so fast either. And the weeks tick off in ways that, that as we pointed out, everyone did last week, really has implications for whether that case will be heard in 2024. Yeah. We will see harry litman appreciate you jumping on short notice for us. Always appreciate get the inside thanks so much. Have a good day were also following Key Developments in the middle east right now, a delegation from hamas is in cairo for urgent ceasefire talks. Now, israel has not sent a delegation, but the us says israel has basically accepted a sixweek ceasefire proposal in gaza, but a highly placed diplomatic sources telling cnn that a deal is unlikely to be reached in the next 48 hours because of a few key issues that are still outstanding, cnns Jeremy Diamond is in tel aviv for us, so jeremy, just what are some of the issues that are holding up an agreement here . Well, omar, listen as a hamas delegation arrived in cairo today, there was some sense that israel would also send a delegation there as well. But an israeli official telling us this evening that the Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, decided not to do so because hamas has refused so far to provide a list of the hostages who would be released under this initial agreement. They also say that theyre still waiting for confirmation of the number of Palestinian Prisoners that hamas would be demanding in exchange for the release of those israeli hospital it is being held in gaza. Thats how the United States and israel broadly see the impediments to making more progress Going Forward. They basically see the ball as being very much in hamass court. But a senior hamas member telling us, offering a different perspective tonight he telling us that they believe that the major sticking points Going Forward are questions about whether or not a permanent ceasefire can be agreed to as part of these talks. Questions about the withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza and also allowing displaced palestinians to return to their homes in Northern Gaza. So all of these issues need to be worked out and we know oh, that we are very much on a time crunch. The holy muslim holiday of ramadan begins in a week, and that has been laid out is the deadline for these talks to see if a deal can happen. Otherwise, israel has vowed that it will press ahead with an offensive into gazas southernmost city. Of russia. But in the background of all of this, we are getting a clearer picture of the dire humanitarian situation inside of gaza we have seen as hunger in particular has become a major issue in Northern Gaza. 15 children have now died of dehydration and malnutrition, according to the Palestinian Ministry of health and kamal adwan hospital in Northern Gaza is warning that six more children could soon face the same fate if urgent action is not taken. And so youre getting a whole host of humanitarian agencies calling for more to be done to get aid into gaza. In particular, allowing aid to get directly into Northern Gaza right now, there are just no Crossing Points allowing aid to go directly from israel into the northern part. Part of the gaza strip. And that is one of the enormous challenges of getting aid there in light of that, were seeing the United States and other countries stepping up their efforts to airdrop aid. Yeah. Yesterday, the us conducting an airdrop with three Military Aircraft directly into the gaza strip. But that is costly. It is inefficient. It can also be risky aid agencies say the us would be better but a position to focus on pressuring israel to allow more aid directly by land. Hundreds of trucks are needed to alleviate the situation in Northern Gaza no omar, we will see how that development, how that develops. Jeremy diamond in tel aviv. Thank you so much. Now the Israel Hamas War and the us push for a ceasefire will likely be a major topic on thursday when President Biden delivers his annual State Of The Union speech in a high stakes prime time address, and tomorrow, Vice President harris two will meet with israeli war cabinet member benny gantz at the white house and as the administration continues to push for a ceasefire for more, im gonna bring in cnn White House Reporter priscilla alvarez. Now, priscilla, it does appear biden may not be able to tout a Ceasefire Deal at his state of the Union Address. But what can we expect to hear from him . Well, omar advisers would certainly like to see that because of course, the president has been under immense pressure from voters who have arrived at some of his campaign appearances, protesting and calling for a ceasefire. And from democrats who also want to see a temporary ceasefire in gaza. This has been something that has concern assumed. A lot of the president s time. And so its unclear to your point whether they can actually reach that agreement by thursday, but that would certainly be something that would be to their advantage to tout if it were the case in absence of that, though the president is expected to lay out his vision for his domestic take a gender, and also reflect on his accomplishments so far, that includes, for example, talking about economic populism and higher taxes for corporations and the wealthy, as well as Border Security lowering healthcare costs, reproductive rights and preserving democracy, trying to draw stark contrast from the republican front runner, front runner, former President Donald Trump. Now, this is also an important moment for the president to do this, not only because its the State Of The Union, but it is probably his biggest tv audience until november, so he can appeal to more voters and try to make the case amid those sagging approval rating. So this is something that the president and his advisers are working around the clock on while hes in camp, david this weekend, they took a similar approach last year and he is rehearsing. Theyre putting the final touches on this, but it is clearly a very highly anticipated address amid the conflicts abroad. And also as the president tries to reassure voters and his base that what hes doing on the domestic front is helping them. Priscilla alvarez. Thank you so much with me now to talk about all this and more, is marley leon . She is a National Political correspondent for npr, short of announcing a ceasefire, an end to the war in gaza. What can the president say in his State Of The Union . Dressed to ease some of that Mounting Pressure from some of his fellow democrats, urging him to change course on the war. Yeah, this is a issue that has caused deep, deep divisions inside the democratic coalition. You saw that Big Uncommitted vote in michigan young people, arab American Voters in the key Battleground State of michigan are saying they want biden to change the policy. Now, if he cant announce a ceasefire, he can certainly show that hes trying to put more and more pressure on the netanyahu government to conduct the war in gaza differently and also get to a ceasefire as soon as possible. This is the best thing for joe Biden Reelection Campaign would be for the war in gaza to be in the rearview mirror. And its not last week. I mean, we saw more than 100,000 democratic voters in michigan. They sent biden a pretty strong message about their unhappiness with his handling of the israeli war by voting uncommitted. And yesterday, his wife, first lady jill biden, got a rough a pretty rough reception at a speech in arizona. Take a listen all this while expecting a new baby herself. So hes just and weve also seen the president face similar receptions at other campaign stops. But bottom line, how concerned should the Biden Campaign and democrats be about the war costing biden support, especially with arab, muslim and even some young voters. I think they should be very concerned. I think they are very concerned what you saw there has become a kind of feature of Biden Campaign events. Hecklers come propalestinian demonstrators come. Whats unclear is how many of the people who voted uncommitted, for example, in michigan . Again, would stay home, vote for a thirdparty candidate, or maybe even vote for donald trump as a protest. So this is something that really matters. He cannot win reelection without winning the state of michigan. Its kind of the linchpin of the three blue wall states, pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan. It happens to have the highest number of Arab American i can voters. And its a big problem for them. Theyre trying to address it. But this is not completely in bidens control. Bibi netanyahu is he is the one in control here and he doesnt want to stop conducting the war the way israel is conducting it in considering biden took the state by around 150,000 votes. Yeah. 2020. And then its over 100,000 voters committed. Some of them will come back of course. Dont know how many. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Now, look, staying on that front, but for Vice President harris, shes going to be meeting with israeli minister benny gantz tomorrow at the white house. Now, as the administration continues to push for a ceasefire, what do you make of Vice President harris taking on a more High Profile Role in the administration particularly in highstakes talks such as these in recent weeks. Well, what would be the best thing for the Biden White House is if she could come out of that conversation with benny gantz and say, the israelis have agreed to do x or the ceasefire is closer for these reasons are we have some kind of progress on releasing the hostages that would be the best thing for him. I dont think its harris herself. Its the results that she can get. Yeah. Yeah. And look, thursday is going to be the major test is the State Of The Union speech. It also gives biden a chance to showcase what hes done in some ways really, a moment to jumpstart his campaign and try to convince voters to give him another term in office from your perspective, what is at stake for him as he tries to make the case that he deserves to be reelected. Know everythings at stake. This is the highest profile set his that are incumbent president gets running for reelection. The state of the Union Address, biggest audience ever, the most, the bottom line is that he can show people that he looks vigorous. He can try to address those widespread, very deep concerns among democrats and republicans that he is too old to be an effective in the job but the big question is, even if he performs really well on thursday, remember last years State Of The Union, he was great, vigorous. He adlibbed, he played off the House Republicans as a foil. He could do all of those things. But last year he did not get a bump after the state of the Union Address all right. So but he asked her do as much as he can yeah. We will see we will see what happens more liasson. Thank you. I mispronounced that earlier now, you thanks for still giving us some great insight. Really appreciate it thanks a lot. Of course. All right. And a quick programming note, Super Tuesday, 16 races. One consequential de, dont ms our Special Coverage begins tuesday at 06 00 p. M. 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