arguments used by donald trump to fend off the cases popping up cross the country challenging his place in the 2024 ballot. it is an existential threat to the one thing that donald trump sees as the way out of all his legal problems, winning the presidency. a brand-new brief to the supreme court alongside other prominent lawyers like george conway, michael luttig calls for the justices to take the 14th amendment very literally. they say, quote, because section 3 emerged from the hallowed ground of the civil war, this court must accord section 3 its fair meaning, not a narrow construction. mr. trump incited and therefore engaged in an armed insurrection against the constitution s express and foundational mandates that require the peaceful transfer of executive power to a newly elected president. in doing so mr. trump disqualified himself under section 3. regarding trump s argument the so-called insurrectionist ban can only be applied after a candidate is elected, luttig and
My colleague katy tur just indicated, we have major Breaking News that were covering. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. They have been held by the terror group for nearly two weeks, since hamas stormed into communities in southern israel killing nearly 1,400 people and kidnapping more than 200. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks right now about it. Citizens held by hamas since october 7th were released. These Two Americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect the team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course were very anxious to be able to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends, and loved ones are feeling. There are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, alon
It might take several iterations of this going forward. Republican infighting and dysfunction, thats the theme in washington, d. C. Right now. Congressional investigations reporter for the Washington Post, Jackie Alemany, thank you. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early with us on this monday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Are you concerned about americas reputation on The World Stage given the level of brinksmanship we have seen this year . Based on the maga republican support, yes. Based on what my administration is doing, no. President biden blaming maga republicans as the country falters and how the movement is endangering democracy. This as House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy defied if right wing of his party. And partnered with democrats to Keep Congress running. Now his job could be on the line. Well discuss mccarthys fate and who he may need to turn for help. Plus, hours from now donald trump will appear in court in manhattan for the start of a civil trial scrutini
that does it for me. the reidout with joy reid is up next. good evening. we are awaiting the start of president biden s news conference following his bilateral meeting today with chinese leader xi jinping. when it starts, we will bring it to you live. but we begin tonight with a wild day in court in fulton county, georgia, as we learned the source of the leaked confidential interviews between d.a. fani willis s office and key figures in her january 6th rico case. fulton county judge said he would issue a protective issue in the case barring disclosure of certain information from the discovery process. one that would allow some evidence from the pre-trial discovery process to be labeled sensitive and with held from public scrutiny. the videos obtained by abc news and the washington post showed interviews with witnesses, jenna ellis, sidney powell, scott hall, and with kenneth chesebro whose video was not released publicly. all have taken plea deals to flip on donald t
international coalition to defeat i.s.i.s. or to defeat al qaeda. it took many years. i don t think it s going to be many years. but i ve set targets and not a deadline, and we re proceeding as quickly as we can and also as carefully as we can because we want to minimize civilian casualties, and we want to minimize casualties on our side. that s israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on a potential timeline for the war with hamas. it comes as gaza s largest hospital, which is caring for newborns, is out of fuel to power the facility. also ahead, we ve got new reporting on the impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. the new house speaker does not appear ready to move that effort forward, at least for now. meanwhile on capitol hill, the republican-led house released its plan to avoid a government shutdown. we ll go through the stopgap measure and the chances it could pass the senate by friday s deadline. good morning and welcome to way too early on this mo