election he lost. and hearing the case, the panel of nine supreme court justices including three that president trump himself appointed to the bench. whatever they decide has the potential to transform the trajectory of this year s election, and trump s bid to retake the white house making it the most consequential election case since bush v. gore a quarter century ago. these oral arguments expected to begin in moments and potentially last several hours, and we will be here with you for all of it. and joining us now, nbc s ken dilanian outside the court along with andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former senior member of the moeller probe. and neal katyal. before we dive into the big question, your thoughts about the gravity of this moment, exploring an issue that this country has never had to confront before. the founders of our 14th amendment in the 1860s put this in as an ironclad guarantee that we wouldn t have insurrectionists leading our governm
homeland security. republicans defecting but the failure was really sealed by a democrat who rushed from the hospital to cast the deciding vote, that congressman al green will join us from the hospital in just moments. this as gop divisions threaten to doom that bipartisan border bill. donald trump s legal battles converging on the supreme court. justices hearing the colorado ballot case tomorrow, but could they soon have another trump case on their hands? and later, a guilty verdict for the mother of the michigan shooter. the foreperson of that jury talking about their decision that made history. hello and thank you for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin on capitol hill where republicans are in disarray after an embarrassing series of setbacks. the bid to impeach alejandro mayorkas failed dramatically late yesterday as democrat al green, a widely expected no-show rushed straight from the hospital to the house floor w
well, it is shaping up to be a really big week for the country, because this week, the supreme court is going to hear oral arguments on whether the 14th amendment disqualifies a donald trump from the ballot. and today, just a few hours ago, actually, we got a pretty good window into how trump s legal team plans to make their arguments. and let me tell you, this brief, i read it today, it includes a fair number of arguments from an alternate universe. for starters, trump s lawyers claim that the former president is not in fact and officer of the united states, which is who the 14th amendment covers. now, this is not a new or surprising argument necessarily being made by the trump team. but let s be real. it kind of defies logic. i mean, how could it be that the president of the united states is not an officer of the united states with an obligation, by the way, to abide by the constitution. it s kind of what the founders had in mind. but then, there s the other, perhaps even m
congressional caucus joins me live to discuss it all. mixed bag, president biden wins big in the democrat s first presidential primary in south carolina. but new nbc news polling numbers could be a sign of trouble to come. we ll break down the data with dnc chair jaime harrison. plus, my one-on-one conversation with california governor gavin newsom, and the real reason he thinks taylor swift has conspiratorial conservatives of freaking out. and, a surprise lol on snl. are you doing okay donald? you might need a mental competency test? you know what i did, i took the test, nascent okay, perfect score, they sent him 100 percent mental. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. we are monitoring breaking news on capitol hill, as we come on the air this evening. any moment now, we could learn the details of a bipartisan senate bill that includes aid to israel and ukraine, and concessions on security at the u.s. mexico border. excuse me, senate majority leader
on a u.s. base in jordan that killed three service members and injured dozens. here s what we know about the attack. you can see it in the middle of your screen, it was a logistics place where army and air force personnel are deployed as part of the effort to prevent the resurgence of isis. the pentagon reporting in the last hour all three killed were members of the army reserve. they are 46-year-old sergeant william jerome river, specialist kennedy l. sanders, 4 years old from georgia and 23-year-old specialist breonna moffett also from georgia. a drone struck the living quarters of the base where some of the troops were sleeping. eight of the injured had to be evacuated out of jordan because of the severity of their injuries. that s according to u.s. central command. an umbrella group of iranian-backed militias has claimed responsibility and brand-new reporting on what went wrong. the new york times reports air defenses failed to stop a deadly attack on a u.s. military ou