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gabriele benedetti, thank you again for your time and writing. that is our show for this evening. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> i think that this case is legally wrong and untenable. and i think this kind of action of stretching the law, taking these hyper aggressive positions to try to knock trump out of the race are counter productive. they backfire. as you know he feeds on grievance just like a fire feeds on oxygen. and this is going to end up as a grievance that helps him. >> did colorado just hand donald trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot? why some say the effort to rue the former president could actually help his campaign. plus how president biden is responding. this as nbc news has learned the colorado supreme court justices who ruled in the case are now facing a flood of threats after their historic decision. >>> also ahead, we'll bring you the latest out of the israel-hamas war as israel defense forces uncover hamas' extensive tunnel network in gaza city. >>> and the blunt warning from chinese president xi jinping to presid