we have a lot to get to this morning, including donald trump formally taking his fight to remain on colorado s ballot to the supreme court. we ll tell you what his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is concerned about how the justices may rule. plus, back in 2020, donald trump hired an expert to prove election fraud. instead, that person found the 2020 election was not stolen. we re going to speak with that expert about what his data firm actually uncovered. also ahead, we ll dig into the ultimatum from house republicans following their visit to the southern border. do they want a deal? along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and msnbc host jen psaki. she s a former white house press secretary. good to have you all on board this morning. willie? let s start in colorado. former president trump s legal team officially has petitioned the supreme court to overturn last month s co
sandwich. this is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since attorney general merrick garland appointed smith. and on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. is the indictment sir? is an investigation happening, sir? excuse us. anything you d like to say, mr. smith? he didn t say anything. didn t even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a charging decision is in fact coming soon. donald trump s lawyers were at doj headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news the grand jury in washington, d.c. is set to meet again this week after a lull. we ve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. so what s the deal with that? what are two grand juries doing for the special counsel s investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at? joining me now is nbc n
have a longer interview soon. we really appreciate it. and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. chris jansing starts right now. good day. i m chris jansing, live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. for donald trump, it has been a winning strategy his entire life. when you re in legal trouble, go on the attack. so, can a criminal court judge convince him to change course, keep quiet and play by the rules? that question at the heart of a court hearing less than 90 minutes from now. plus, a missouri teenager charged with threatening to kill or harm president biden after plowing a u-haul into security barriers near the white house. the latest on what the secret service says the 19-year-old was trying to do and the disturbing evidence they found inside that truck. and speaker mccarthy reportedly telling house republicans they re nowhere near a deal on the debt limit. that as a sense of pessimism begins to take hold among some lawmakers and the cale
so, we just stormed the [bleep] capital. january 6th will be a day in infamy. the proud boys will stand back and stand by for sentencing. we have secured the convictions of leaders of both the proud boys and the oath keepers for seditious conspiracy. our work will continue. tonight, the guilty verdict for donald trump s footsoldiers and congressman, jamie raskin, on the connective tissue from the leaders of the mob, to the man who sent them. then another supreme court ethics blockbuster. the same megadonor treating clarence thomas 11th vacations and paying his mother s rent is caught paying the private school tuition that child thomas raises his son. plus, the prosecution rests in the trump civil rape trial, as the accused is offered a second chance to testify. and the mysterious case of a formerly pro abortion north carolina democrat, now suddenly voting with republicans to restrict abortion access. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes.
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le