i'm steven romo. first it was colorado. now it's maine.klash, though not just from the former presid

i'm steven romo. first it was colorado. now it's maine. the state's top election official has disqualified donald trump from its republican primary ballot, citing the constitution's insurrection ban. that decision from maine's secretary of state is getting a lot of backlash, though not just from the former president. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticizing it as well. we're going to break down what donald trump's options are now that two states have determined he's not eligible to run. >>> and what it all means for the election year, which is quickly approaching. >>> and more developments on this front. hours after last night's decision in maine, bellows' counterpart in california announced trump would remain on the balin that state. i'll be joined by colorado's secretary of state in a moment to talk about where things stand with the supreme court, plus the latest request for the justices to speed up their review of the decision to keep trump off the ballot. we have a whole lot to cover. so let's start with the reporting. joining

i'm steven romo.begin this hour with the war in gaza. israel how expanding its offensive into refugee camps in central gaza, what it calls a new battle zone. residents there have been ordered to leave those crowded urban camps, as the idf warns the fight will go on for many months. the fate of gaza's nearly 2 million refugees is growing bleaker by the day. 40% of gaza's population is now at risk of famine. that's according to the u.n., which says daily life has been reduced to a struggle for food and water for so many civilians. and with winter setting in, those conditions will only get also learned today that an israeli american citizen believed to have been taken hostage was in fact killed on october 7th. the kibbutz where judy weinstein lived and worked confirming the 70-year-old teacher and poet was murdered along with her husband during the attack. their bodies still being held in gaza. aaron gilchrist is traveling with president biden in the u.s. virgin islands with more on this. josh, let's sta

steven romo has more the video may be hard to watch >> reporter: dramatic video of a promposal gone terriblyfter the accident, we could tell that he's become a little bit -- >> reporter: video shows senior, william, leaving campus on his motorcycle back in april when this porsche suv speeds right through a stop sign, sending him flying >> okay, can you move your leg at all >> reporter: but running that stop sign was allegedly no stint. instead, all part of another student's plan to ask his girlfriend to prom, according to the attorney planning to sue the school, the district and the principal and school resource officer for a million dollars. >> it was not a good plan. the estimated speed of the car being driven was over 40 miles per hour >> reporter: according to the notice of claim sent ahead of lawsuit, the student in the porsche had his girlfriend in the passenger seat and planned to speed through that stop sign to be pulled over by school resource officer joshua basel. and when it appeared he was in trouble he would turn to his gif girlfriend and ask her to prom basel was there to take

our steven romo has the story. >> reporter: tragedy in paradise an american tourist killed by a sharkle on vacation in the bahamas. >> the female, along with a male relative were paddleboarding, just at the rear of the resort >> reporter: the bahamas royal police say the woman, who was visiting from boston and believed to be in her 40s was paddleboarding about three quarters of a mile from the shoreline of the popular sandals resort in nassau when she was attacked just after 11:00 a.m. >> cpr was administered to the d serious injuries to her body >> reporter: police say they raced to get the woman by boat and performed cpr as she was brought to shore, but the victim, who has not yet been identified, could not be saved sandals resort saying, quote, we deeply saddened bit tragic passing of a guest while on a paddleboarding activity nearly a mile from the shore. we wish to express our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones coming just hours after this horrific scene on mexico's pacific coast. video showing a woman pulled from the water her leg apparently severed a local off

i'm steven romo. we begin this hour with the war in gaza.its offensive into refugee camps in central gaza, what it calls a new battle zone. residents there have been ordered to leave those crowded urban camps, as

i'm steven romo. two states have now disqualified donald trump from their primary ballots. last night maine joined colorado in choosing to remove the former president citing his role in the january 6th insurrection. unlike colorado, though, maine's decision did not come down to a panel of state justices. instead just secretary of state shenna bellows upheld two of the three challenges brought by maine voters. one of whom i'll speak to in just a moment. what bellows says her reasoning was based on and what it all means for donald trump heading into super tuesday. we're also watching colorado where time is ticking on the decision to remove trump from the ballot there that the former president has yet to file his appeal with the supreme court. still voters are urging justices to speed up their review of an appeal from colorado's republican party. how and when they could act. plus which other states could throw a wrench into trump's 2024 calendar. we've got a whole lot to cover. let's dive in. joining me msnbc news justice reporter ryan riley. bring us up to speed on what happe

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i'm steven romo. if prosecutors get their way, donald trump will be spending much of the new year in the courtroom instead of on the campaign trail. the former president could be look at five separate trials in 2024. that's on top of verdicts in two civil cases that could cost him and his business millions, though almost all of his pending court dates are currently in limbo, mostly thanks to the former president's delay tactics. what does it all mean for 2024, especially if trump manages to push some dates past november? and could a conviction in any of these cases be a tipping point for voters? scheduling nightmare aside in all of this, the former president might not even get on the republican ballot in some states. we've got a wave of new developments in the effort to disqualify trump ahead of the primaries. where it's working and where it's getting kind of messy. meanwhile, in d.c., another motion has been filed by jack smith in donald trump's election interference case. what the special counsel is