my director is saying ariel. i don t know. i don t see you as ariel. can i be a mouse? can i be mickey? i want to be mickey. mickey a s black. oh, is mickey black? are we having this conversation? this whole thing about santa and jesus. i was the color fuchsia just now. i do love the new ariel though. i think it s amazing what it s doing for kids and diversity, so i think it s great and for opening people s eyes to their own issues whether they realize they have them or not. that s a whole other conversation. do you have issues? it s friday night. do you know what your issues are? that s a whole other show, and this is a whole other show now. thank you, laura. this is don lemon tonight. the doj just moments ago asking an appeals court to put on hold parts of the judge s order requiring a third party review of the materials from the fbi search of mar-a-lago last month. the doj asking for the 11th circuit to take action as soon as pact kl. just one day after
portion causing the most serious and immediate harm to the government and the public. one, restricting the government s review and use of records bearing classification markings. and two, requiring the government to disclose those records for a special master review process. the doj asking for the court to allow its criminal investigators to review the materials marked as classified and for the court to exclude those documents from the special master s review of the search. it is a fight that could go all the way to the supreme court, so we must talk about this now. i want to get right to cnn s justice correspondent jessica schneider, cnn legal analyst and former assistant u.s. attorney jeff, rogers, and special watergate prosecutor nic acerman. jessica, i want to start with you. what can you tell us what the doj is saying in this filing tonight? they re tell this court, look, we want two things the lower court judge eileen canon refused to give us last night. they want to
morning joe starts now. historic winter storm in western new york statement storm system is blamed for dozens of deaths across the country. it made holiday travel almost impossible on the roads or through the skies with thousands of passengers stuck at airports searching for new flights. meanwhile, the republican governor uses the christmas holiday to play hole papolitics migrants with no warning for groups. and we will take a look at the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. including a conversation the former president had with one of his closest advisers in the days after the attack on the capitol. also ahead, we dig into the latest action by the democratic controlled house and how the white house is preparing for a divided congress good morning welcome to morning joe. it s monday, december 26th i m jonathan lemire. also with us at the table is affairs analyst and executive editor of recount and host of the podcast. like gene wilder in blazing
thank you so much. tonight, we have a report on some of the key evidence that can inform whether there are charges in the trump probe by special counsel smith. that s amidst new reports crossing the wire late today in the new york times about his aggressive approach to all probes, including this one. that s coming up. by the end of the hour, we turn to the director behind a movie obama says he lived. cameron crowe makes his beat debut tonight. show me the money, et cetera. but we begin right now with the top story in america. the new order in washington. this is the first formal week of speaker mccarthy s tenure after his late start. while there was talk about inflation and pocketbook issues, the gop s new house majority is using its power to highlight abortion and its stances against abortion rights, with votes on two separate bills. one appears to be a kind of while it does not apply to over 99% of procedures. the other using the force of federal law to basically take
moment of unity for a family in mourning. what we saw here tonight was really amazing, cars coming to a complete stop so drivers could queens while passing by. around buckingham palace, waiting in the rain for hours just for the chance to pay tribute, breaking out in tears as she arrived at the palace for the first time, for the last time. [applause] the first inside so everybody could see the coffin and when. now in a matter of hours, kate charles will lead the royal family walking behind a coffin inside possession. from buckingham palace, to the queen will line its state on the morning of the funeral. watch the possession, which is to take about three minutes, big ben will toll and can if i will echo all across the city. the public will be able to file across the queens coffin in a 24-hour day, and fix the morning of a funeral on monday. when you take a look at this. this is a root for members of the public coming up, a cue to pay their respects. excuse me, in bank me