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suggest that. >> is there any evidence to suggest that the presidency was what they were focused on? >> there is some evidence of that. there were people saying we don't want jefferson davis to be elected president and there was also one of the drafts of section 3 specifically mentioned the presidency and the vice president. >> but it wasn't the final enactment. >> right. it wasn't the final enactment, but it shows there was some concern about some people about confederate insurrectionists ascending to the presidency. we look at the historical evidence and pick the evidence we like a...

♪ ♪ good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and we are live here in las vegas, with just three days to go before super bowl lviii on cbs. but we want to begin tonight with a blockbuster news about the two men who are expected to face off again and this year's presidential election. tonight, the dramatic new questions and testimony that the supreme court about whether the constitution, specifically the 14th amendment, should bar donald trump from being on the presidential ballot in several states. you could say that not since the 2000 supreme court decision of bush v. gore has the nati...

that argument. >> there is some evidence to suggest that. >> any evidence to suggest the presidency was what they were focused on? >> there is some evidence of that. people saying we don't want jefferson davis to be elected president and one of the drafts of section three specifically mentioned the presidency and vice presidency. >> it wasn't the final inaction. >> it wasn't final but there was concern by some people about con federal insurrectionists ascendsing to the presidency. we didn't want to make a a history argument. the other side can come back and throw this counter evidenc...

distinguished supreme court practitioner, laurence tribe. harvard historian, yell historian, and of course on this important night we are fortunate to hear from to law professors who are also practitioners, andrew weissmann, and neal katyal. neil katyal is of course a distinguished supreme court practitioner, having argued 50 cases before the court, and andrew weissmann is a former federal prosecutor and justice department official. my mission therefore in this hour is to get out of the way so that you can hear from them and not me. but i, want to take a minute to begin with two thin...

elderly man with a poor memory. tonight, the president and the white house now responding. also tonight, the high stakes showdown at the supreme court. the justices appearing unlikely to keep donald trump off the ballot. in new york city, the video just in tonight, the police body cam showing the attack on nypd officers in times square. the hunt for the suspects now believed to be asylum seekers who are now missing. the five u.s. marines killed when their chopper crashed. the pentagon pressed tonight on a string of aviation accidents. and was weather a factor with the storm sla...