right now on early start, americans are lined up outside the supreme court to witness the biggest presidential election case since bush v. gore almost a quarter century ago. plus round two here. otherwise we re getting nothing on the border. two big republican priorities go down in flames in the same week. when can congress get its act together. and foul play, the new nikki haley campaign ad that called donald trump chicken. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is thursday, february 8, 5:00 a.m. on an historic day in washington. the supreme court will consider a question that has never before been asked. did donald trump engage in insurrection and if so does that allow him to be disqualified from the ballot before the justices answer has the potential to upend the 2024 race. trump is now for all intents and purposes the presumptive nominee and that is exactly how his party is acting. following his lead congressi
growing and major migrant crisis. cbp says it is still vigorously pursuing four migrants involved in that brutal assault on t two nypd officers. john: we will monitor and bring it to you live if it happens. treasury instructed financial institutions to search americans legal transactions in attempts to surveil their purchases? were they instructing them financial institutions to search americans legal transactions in attempts to surveil their purchases? i promise a thorough look into everything. this is really concerning. sandra: treasury secretary janet yellen repeatedly dodging the question when asked if her department instructed banks to spy on americans in a massive surveillance campaign. seems like a simple question, should have a simple answer. i m sandra smith in new york. john, great to be with you. john: should have a simple answer, but didn t. john roberts in washington. our own fox digital reported last month after viewing documents obtained by the ho
code that is washington, d.c., border security is a political issue. but if we leave the 202 area code, everywhere else in the country, this is not a political issue, it s a national security issue. and when you actually go to the border patrol council, those that see the chaos day-to-day, they re saying, send us some help. when you are handed the keys to the, you know, kingdom as it were, when you have the majority, there is an expectation that you will be able to govern. we have just struggled with that over and over again. it s a big leadership challenge that we need to find a solution for. honestly, i don t i don t care about basic governments. i actually think a little bit of turmoil, if you will, actually ends up being good for the american people at times. i mean, most of my voters would love to see this place shut down because they don t think it works for them. specifically, they want to see it shut down until the border is shut down. the republican-led cha
issue. and when you actually go to border patrol counsel, those that see the chaos day to day, they re saying send us some help. yet it appears that help won t be coming from congress anytime soon. the bipartisan border bill that republican senator james lankford and others worked on for months is now dead. wal go through the republican-led chaos on capitol hill. plus, we ll take a look at a possible plan b on border security from the white house as president biden considers taking executive actions to address illegal migration. and also ahead we re going to break down the monumental case going before the supreme court later this morning that could determine whether donald trump stays on the presidential ballot. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 8th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we have a packed show this morning, and we ll begin on kamt where the carefully crafted, bipartisan border security, and fo
in many of these situations, i know the individuals who talked him down. one of those individuals was general kellogg when it came to iran one summer. i know the conversations that he had. and i m grateful that he did that. look, i m giving kudos to the man who went on national television and said he fired me, which is a lie. but i m grateful for the fact that kellogg in that moment stood strong and dissuaded the president from going to war with iran because it would have been a dangerous situation. our conversations are always too short. one of these days you re going to come to new york or i m going to come to you and i m going to just let you spill over dinner. it would be my honor to do so. so there we go. olivia troye, thank you so much. the authors of the book peril will make their first cable news appearances here on msnbc. bob woodward and robert costa will be on the last word with lawrence o donnell and will get up early tuesday morning for