Lawrence that music gets me fired up. Its Super Tuesday. And polls are open in maine, massachusetts, North Carolina, virginia. And vermont. 15 States Holding races today with 854 delegates up for grabs on the republican side. Brian i prefer Eye Of The Tiger although this is my second favorite. I dont know what rockie he was. In live team coverage, will cain is talking to voters in texas. We hope they talk back. Steve screen right we are joined right now by Jacqui Heinrich she is live at the white house. And jacqui, the people up on the second floor are going to be watching the Election Results tonight with baited breath. Jacqui thats right, good morning to you guys. Yeah, President Bidens campaign has been very interested in what is happening in the republican primary. Assurance all but one of the counties 1 million voted half of them other than trump. They are watching these returns longer nikki haley stays in the race the better for President Biden. They look at the 854 republican de
arguments used by donald trump to fend off the cases popping up cross the country challenging his place in the 2024 ballot. it is an existential threat to the one thing that donald trump sees as the way out of all his legal problems, winning the presidency. a brand-new brief to the supreme court alongside other prominent lawyers like george conway, michael luttig calls for the justices to take the 14th amendment very literally. they say, quote, because section 3 emerged from the hallowed ground of the civil war, this court must accord section 3 its fair meaning, not a narrow construction. mr. trump incited and therefore engaged in an armed insurrection against the constitution s express and foundational mandates that require the peaceful transfer of executive power to a newly elected president. in doing so mr. trump disqualified himself under section 3. regarding trump s argument the so-called insurrectionist ban can only be applied after a candidate is elected, luttig and
happen with this defendant, but any other defendant would probably be facing you don t think she would put him in jail or they would decide to put him in jail ultimately? i don t think so. according to former attorney general eric holder, any other defendant would be sent to the slammer for violating a gag order. so what s stopping the federal judge in donald trump s january 6th coup case from making good on her vow to treat trump just like any other defendant? plus, senate democrats set their sights on a couple of conservative supreme court justices besties in their quest to impose some level of ethics oversight on the high court. and with abortion rights emerging as a driving force in upcoming elections, does anyone else find it weird that house republicans have chosen an anti-abortion extremist as their new speaker? and we begin tonight with the constitutional question that could determine whether donald trump appears on a state ballot next year. the house j
missing and three mccarthy supporters, total number possible votes, 431. 216 is the magic number in that situation. in that situation, if they were three mccarthy voters, he is he would be 222, three not show thing up, 219, 218, 217, 216, he would be under that. if there are three mccarthy supporting republicans absent, if that s the case, the magic number is 216 and his maximum is 215. he would be short. again, the question becomes progress. garrett is saying about the ability to get a motion to adjourn, the ability to leave this ballot saying they would love to get through and say, we flipped half. we flipped something in the order of more than half as you look at the rest of the names to come. good is a very tough one for them. could harris flip?
0 good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. it s january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and taking cover as thousands stormed hallways fuelled by former president trump s false claims that the election was stolen. if the house had not chosen a speaker and had not sworn in its members two years ago or two years from now, the electoral college vote would not be counted. america would not have a new president. this hour, there is some movement according to multiple republican sources with kevin mccarthy giing away more power and picking up some votes. he still does not have the now 217 to