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is focused on legal appeals, not campaign promises. plus joe biden, what he plans to say to voters but where he will go to say it. and with time running out for nikki haley and ron desantis to take down trump, why won t either of them hit the former president where it could hurt? good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is wednesday, january 3. 5:00 a.m. here in washingtonen a also 5:00 a.m. up in maine where donald trump s legal team just struck back on their battle to stay on the ballot. they appealed the ruling by sheena bellows that disqualified him for maine s gop ballot under the 14th amendment insurrection ban. trump s lawyers arguing that bellows was a biassed decision maker with no legal authority. here is bellows late last night on cnn. i think it is important to note my sole obligation is the oath i swore to up hold the constitution and follow maine election laws. i was duty bound by maine election laws which require this process of holding a hearing and issuin ....
arguments in about 80 of those casings touching on every aspect of american life, big or small. and at this very moment, they are waiting to hear if they will pick up one of those big cases, the kind of case that winds up in the had history books. the outcome could determine who is on the ballot for milons of voters as they head to the polls this year. we are talking about a challenge to donald trump s spot on the ballot based on the 14th amendment, which bars insurrectionists from running for office. as we reported on this program yesterday, the ex-president is now asked the supreme cou to keep him on the ballot appealing a ruling from the supreme court that found trump was ineligible because of his role on january 6th. the republican party has also asked the court to take the case. so of the voters who filed the challenge in the first place, everyone agrees the supreme cot has to take action. the washington post reports that attorneys for the colorado voters who cha ....
an explosion destroys a dam with devastating flooding and now thousands of people are being evacuated as ukraine and russia blame each other for the apparent an damage. and then a flood of a different kind raising more questions about the legaldamage. and then a flood of a different kind raising more questions about the legal enveloping donald trump. how the drained pool and flooded server room could play into the investigation of trump s handling of classified documents as a witness prepares to go before a xwgrand jury meeting i florida. and prince harry is fighting two legal battles. what he was grilled about during cross-examination in the uk. and the case here in the united states that you might not have heard about yet. we start with the ukraine dam being shelled. and people having ordered to evacuate and many deaths are likely according to the white house. the dam supplies vital swathes to ukraine and cools the reactors of the zaporizhzhia power plant. and it ho ....
seventy majority democrats in that vote actually. joining me now live from capitol hill is fox news senior congressional correspondent c chatgpt graham. d chad, what, if anything, surprise you ? we expected to pass, buta robust by this margin, it was a robust vote for a bill that noon from one liked, a bipartisan coalition frompartie both partis supported the bill, but more democrats supportedhe the bill than gop members.an one hundred forty nine republicans voted yes. one hundred sixty five democrats voted yes. house minority leader hakeem jeffries touted democratic support for the bill earlier today, 29 house republicans voted to defaultagrn on our nation s debt and against an agreement that you negotiated straight magon. republicans attempted to takeate contrompl of the house floor. democrats took it back . the bill now goes to the senate. conservatives are criticizing the bill there. mike leehere rand paul and randt the senate to consider an alternative rathe ....
ultimately, chuck schumer decides how and which amendments will get a vote and debate and a vote, and i think he will be for us to go through that process because there have been demands, especially from republicans who winds amendments that they are amendments that they are amendment get a vote. and it s really about screen time, it s about getting a little bit of spotlights. it this is the issue that we care about. it s not really about whether those amendments will pass. but it s really about we are going to make a point of this issue, it is pegged into a very important to vote. everyone will be watching. everyone will be listening. so that some of the process. after all of that has wrapped, then you will move to the full senate for a vote. [30 the full senate for a vote. do ou the full senate for a vote. do you think the full senate for a vote. do you think anyone could hold up the vote in the senate? if you think anyone could hold up the vote in the senate?- the ....