3 PM ET: High-stakes Trump hearing, foreign aid package advances, AI scam robocalls banned & more

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🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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We start with some of the key takeaways from a US Supreme Court case on former President Donald Trump’s eligibility for office. A foreign aid package without border security provisions advances in a key Senate vote. The FCC votes to ban scam robocalls that use AI-generated voices. We’ll tell you about Ukraine’s big military shakeup nearly two years into Russia’s war. And, we’ll break down the scope of a third volcanic eruption in Iceland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.0	With the five things you need to know for Thursday February 8th.
0:34.7	The US Supreme Court appears poised to back former President Donald Trump in a ballot dispute.
0:39.6	Today the high court heard arguments on whether Trump can be taken off the 2024 presidential
0:44.0	ballot in Colorado and potentially other states. Jason Murray, the attorney
0:48.8	representing a group of Colorado voters, argued that Trump is not eligible to run for office because of a
0:54.3	post-civil war insurrection ban in the 14th Amendment over his actions leading up
0:58.8	to the US capital attack on January 6, 2021.
1:02.9	However, a lawyer for Trump argued that Congress should determine that, not states.
1:07.5	Here's an exchange between Murray and Chief Justice John Roberts.
1:11.3	If Colorado's position is upheld, surely there will be disqualification proceedings on the other side.
1:19.0	And it'll come down to just a handful of states that are going to decide the presidential election.
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