Erin burnett out front starts right now. The Michigan Supreme Court handing donald trump a win, keeping him on the ballot in that state. Thats not stopping challenges in other states. I will speak with someone at the center of it all. Bidens border problem. The president s top diplomat wrapping up his meeting with mexicos president. Will it change anything at the border . Before and after Satellite Images of a russian warship ukraine says it destroyed. Lets go out front. Im erica hill in for erin burnett. Donald trump with a win in michigan where the state Supreme Court rejected a bid to remove him from the Primary Ballot. Trump quick to hail that on social media today. The fight is really just beginning. Michigan is the fourth state to reject efforts to keep trump off the Primary Ballot. Similar efforts continue in a number of other states. A ruling in maine is expected any day now. Trump is actually now demanding that maines democratic Secretary Of State, who would decide that ballot issue, recuse herself because of past comments she made about january 6th. So far, as you see on the map, one state, colorado, has ruled to remove trumps name from the ballot. The ball is back in Donald Trumps court now in his legal battles with special counsel jack smith. Smiths team arguing in a new filing that trump should not be allowed to push political Talking Points during his Election Subversion Trial saying in part, the court should not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates irrelevant disinformation and should reject his attempt to inject politics into this proceeding. An effort by prosecutors to stop trump from saying things like this in court. Every time the radical left democrats, maxist, fascists indict me, i consider it a great badge of honor. Joe biden is a threat to democracy. They are weaponizing Law Enforcement for a high level election interference. Every poll, we are kicking bidens ass. Thats the problem. Thats the problem. If i wasnt if i wasnt, we wouldnt be under investigation by deranged jack smith. Paula reid is out front. You have breaking news in one of these cases. Whats the latest . Thats right. The Republican Party of colorado has just appealed to the Supreme Court asking it to overturn the states unprecedented decision last week to remove former President Trump from the 2024 ballot. Trump has signals he intends to appeal the ruling. Hes not done so yet. The gop was a party to this case. They are working to try to keep trump as an option to list in the 2024 Primary Ballot. This is significant because this appeal means the colorado decision from last week is now on hold until the Supreme Court reveals whether it is going to get involved in this issue. As you know, theres a lot of pressure on the high court to weigh in here and offer clarity about the 14th Amendment and also the power of states and state officials to remove candidates from the ballot. Do you have any sense of how quickly the court could decide whether or not to take that . They have asked for expedited review, which i was joking with one of the lawyers, its popular right now. Everyone wants to move quickly. This has huge consequences. Right . Right now, this will be on pause for the primary. But we know from what we have seen in the decisions across the country that the door is still open to relitigate this issue even in states that have kept trump as eligible for the ballot, for the general election. Its unclear how quickly the Supreme Court will move on this. Everyone involved in this knows, time is of the essence. Speaking of people who would like to see things expedited, jack smith. He is filing from his team now this is more about what can and cant be said in court ultimately. How likely is it that jack smith gets what he wants . What he ultimately ly wants to bring this to trial before the 2024 election. Its on pause. They are working through the holiday, continuing to file motions and requests of the court so that once the appeals the larger constitutional questions have been appealed, they anticipate they will prevail and they hope that by filing these requests, this can move forward quickly once they get on the other side of the appeals. Here the specific issue is trying to limit potential defenses that trump could use. Specifically, they are focused on any suggestion that trump has been the target of, quote, political persecution. They told the court they dont want trump to use this trial as a forum to share what they describe as disinformation. They do not want him to be able, they say, to distract jurors with these political arguments. They want the jury focused on facts. Paula reid, appreciate it. Thank you. Ron fine is a lead attorney on the challenges to remove donald trump from the ballot in michigan, oregon, and minnesota. Good to have you with us. Lets go back to michigan, if we could. The fourth state to reject a bid to remove donald trump from that Primary Ballot. I know you are not done in that state. What is next here for you . The Michigan Supreme Courts decision actually left it open for us to refile after the primary. It was a very narrow ruling. The Michigan Court did not say that donald trump didnt engage in insurrection. It did not say that michigan cant decide whether he is disqualified under the 14th Amendment. All it said is that that challenge needs to come after the primary. We will be ready to refile. The former president , as im sure you saw, was quick to celebrate the decision on social media, praising it. Calling your efforts, a pathetic g gambit to rig the election. You were unsuccessful with a similar effort in minnesota. Do you see at this point any states as wins for you . We have a case pending in the oregon Supreme Court right now. We will be filing several more cases in other states. The key point is that these decisions that have gone against us have not addressed anything about Donald Trumps engagement in insurrection. All they have said is that state law doesnt allow those challenges to be brought until after the primary. We preferred to address these issues before the primary. But if the courts want to kick the can down the road, we will be ready to relitigate these same issues after the primary. In the meantime, the colorado decision is apparently going up to the u. S. Supreme court. Do you want to see the Supreme Court take this up . The u. S. Supreme court is most likely going to take it. We dont oppose that. We think its important to get a prompt decision. Its best for the country. Its why we filed before the primary to allow the courts as much time as they need to decide this properly, because its obvious that donald trump engaged in sininsurrection. Thats what the constitution is designed to exclude someone who did that from public office. We will wait to see if the court takes it up and what the decision will be. A lot is happening in the coming months, which i dont need to tell you. Appreciate it. Thank you. Now, the former chief assistant District Attorney in the manhattan dc. A. s office an Anthony Michael smith. Anthony, when we look at michigan, the state Supreme Court there keeping trump on the Primary Ballot for 2024. We just saw the thappeal from t gop in colorado. What do you think all of this means for both colorado and michigan as this moves potentially to the Supreme Court . Its really hard to make a lot out of the michigan case, particularly because as previous guests noted, this is basically a question about the vehicle in which state law provides to challenge the eligibility of a candidate. Michigans Supreme Court essentially ratified a ruling that said, the Secretary Of State doesnt have the discretion to challenge the eligibility or to look into the eligibility of a candidate at this particular stage. Its really not a loss or win for anybody. Its just kind of a status quo, very similar to the minnesota case. In all, i think its untenable to have a scenario where you have this patchwork of eligibility determinations. So ultimately, the Supreme Court will, i think, have to take this up. I want to point out, the Secretary Of State in michigan, a democrat, who agreed with the fwien findings. Also in michigan, the New York Times obtaining an interview that investigators did with a fake elector from 2020. His name is james renner. Cnn reported he was the first and only fake elector to agree to cooperate. He said in part in that interview, i cant overemphasize how once i read the information in the january 6 transcripts, how upset i was that the legitimate process had not been followed. I felt i had walked into a situation i shouldnt have ever been involved in. How significant is this testimony and this cooperation . This is an insider. This is somebody who is going to be able to provide information to prosecutors, whether its in michigan or to jack smith or any other case where Donald Trumps intent and the fact that they intended to install fake electors and the Pressure Campaign he put on this could be a very significant witness to talk about how it wasnt just an alternative slate just in case. This was they were lied to. I think that could be very powerful to a jury. Speaking of jack smith, we have a new filing from the special counsels team. He does want to prohibit donald trump from pushing disinformation, from turning this trial political, from making political Talking Points in that Election Subversion Trial. How delicate is this line, anthony, between keeping trump to the facts and allowing him to claim he is being where do you see that going . The job of the trial court is to ensure that the jury is able to weigh facts and evidence, not conj conjecture, not speculation, not political Talking Points. At the same time, the court has to give some latitude to the defense to make the case that they want to make before the jury. Its this very delicate balance of determining what has more Probativative Value versus what prejudicial. Donald trump and his team will have considerable ability to create the narrative that they want to create in their own defense. There will be limitations and there will be i think the court will put limitations on the kind of political commentary we have seen run rampant from the Trump Campaign so far. It really seems when you read this, as the nonlawyer over here, its just saying, we want you to enforce the rules and the way things are normally done for a jury. Am i reading that correctly . Yeah. Well, 100 . The only thing that can be admissible at a trial where theres a jury is relevant, admissible evidence. Thats the main part that jack smith in his filing has asked the court to consider. Remember, the court cannot consider it right now because the case is on pause and is being stayed while its being appealed. Jack smith is hoping that the d. C. Circuit goes quickly and then the Supreme Court goes quickly. He is getting all his ducks in a row and putting everyone on notice. Thats what the filing was. He is saying, keep it relevant. If its about the facts of the case or about any defenses that trump has, thats what should come in. Everything else thats extraneous, whether he wants to talk about how its political or its a witch hunt and all of that, thats not really relevant to a jury. Jack smith is really making sure that the judge is on notice of the types of information i wouldnt call it evidence, but the type of information that he is seeking to keep out at a trial. Thank you so much. Next, the top level Immigration Meeting between two Biden Cabinet members and the president of mexico wrapping up after more than three hours. What happens now . Can mexico help the u. S. Stem the flow of migrants. New images out of an accusation against the idf. We will go live to israel. A Missile Strike on a russian warship. Ukrainine isis clalaiming credi. What d does russiaia say . Tonight, a meeting, bidens top diplomat and his Homeland Security chief appealing directly to mexicos president in an effort to reduce the surge at the u. S. Southern border. The meeting lasting more than three hours. It wrapped up moments ago. All of this as around 6,000 migrants were apprehended on tuesday alone. They are now bracing for the coming days. Some warning that the border is at a, quote, Breaking Point. Rosa flores is at the Southern Border. Reporter as Border Authorities near a Breaking Point from the Migrant Surge, u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken and mayorkas met with the president of mexico in mexico city to discuss ways to drive down the unprecedented number of illegal migrant crossings. The sevenday average earlier this month, 9,600. Blinken and mayorkas are expected to ask mexico to move migrants south, control railways and provide migrants incentives to stay in mexico, like visas. In eagle pass, texas, apprehensions dropped from 3,000 daily last week to 2,000 monday, according to a Law Enforcement source, one of two international bridges are still closed to vehicle travel to redirect personnel to process migrants. The wait time to cross by car wednesday afternoon, an astounding 15 hours. Many americans who frequently drive back and forth are opting to cross on foot. She says that when she ditched her car in mexico, she saw a group of 100 migrants walking towards eagle pass, some with children. One eagle pass businessowner says the Migrant Surge is tearing the community apart. I can tell that tempers are flaring. Thats why im hoping that there is a peaceful resolution to this crisis. Reporter would you like to see President Biden visit eagle pass . I would. Very much so. Reporter this Texas State Representative who represents residents from 11 west texas counties along the border with mexico says the federal governments ongoing closure of the bridge and the recent fiveday closure of the International Railway cost the u. S. Economy hundreds of millions of dollars. Every daeveryday texans suff. Reporter he is hopeful the talks will pave the way for change at the border but says he would have liked to see greg abbott have a seat at the table. We are only going to get there if theres communication between the two countries and also with the state of texas. Reporter texas passed its own Immigration Bill and has come under fire for abbotts security tactics. Morales supported the Security Push initially which cost billions of dollars, but now says those efforts have fallen short. We have nothing positive to show to our taxpayers for the amount of money that we have invested. Reporter if you look behind me, you will see an open field with no migrants. You might think is there no crisis. Here is the thing. The u. S. Federal government has gotten really good at something called decompression. They have had a lot of practice. Thats when migrants are moved from an area where theres overcapacity to an area where theres processing space. When it comes to the talks in mexico city, one of the things i will look for as a possible clue for the outcome of the talks is the posture of Law Enforcement on the mexican side of the border. Important to have that to watch for. Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar of texas. Good to have you with us. We heard what rosa said. Do you think this meeting tonight between mexicos president and blinken and mayorkas will, in fact, impact the Migrant Surge at the Southern Border . I got some responses from people at the meetings. Im hoping what they finalize will be something that we can use and we can use right away. When the mexicans stop people on the border with guatemala, the numbers slowed down. They gotta do their job on the mexican side. The only problem is that the mexicans dont want to be seen doing americas dirty job, stopping migrants. They are their own internal politics. As we wait and as we watch, im sure you are hearing so much of this. We have spoken a number of times over the years. Last night i spoke with the mayor of eagle pass, texas, who says they fear forgotten. We have been getting slammed with 2,000 to 3,000 people a day. Its an unfair, unethical situation whats going on here. We feel ignored by the federal government. It has been flnearly a year since you had a conversation with the president. Do you feel ignored by the administration . For many years, i dont think they listen to people that live here at the border and understa