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
his fight to remain on colorado s ballot to the supreme court. what his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is now concerned about how the justices may rule. plus, we ll dig into house speaker mike johnson and the 60 other republicans and their visit to the southern border. their new ultimatum, and what they re prepared to do with the government if democrats don t agree to their demands. and also ahead we ll show you the confrontation between governor ron desantis and one of his own supporters who accuses the presidential candidate of going soft on trump. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with this news. former president donald trump s legal team has officially petitioned the supreme court asking it to overturn the colorado ruling that found him ineligible to run for president. last month colorado became the first state to rule that trump engaged in an i
Kremlin. Now, russia did not provide any evidence of these claims, which were reported on russian state media. Ukraine claims they have nothing to do with the alleged overnight drone attack. Well have a live report with what we know and dont know at this hour. And more Breaking News this morning, the massive manhunt in texas is over. Social media video appearing to capture the moment an accused mass murderer was taken into custody just 20 miles from where the horror unfolded. Police say Francisco Oropesa was found hiding in a closet underneath laundry. Hes charged with five counts of murder and being held on a 5 million bond. And his arrest just one of several. There has been several arrests, but i cant go into the details on that. We will have the very latest from a Police Update this morning about how that days long search came to an end. Lets begin with those claims out of russia that Ukrainian Forces tried to strike russian president Vladimir Putins residence at the kremlin with tw
ballot in colorado. the state supreme court there ruling donald trump violated the 14th amendment by engaging in insurrection, disqualifying himself. you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. the decision will go to the supreme court as soon as possible. similar lawsuits are pending in a dozen states. griff jenkins is live in washington, d.c. with all the details this morning. griff: good morning, todd and carley. it is a stunning decision, a 4-3 decision, it is first time section three of the 14th amendment has been used to keep a presidential candidate off the presidential primary ballot. colorado supreme court finding trump engaged in insurrection on january 6 and is barred from holding office again. the court writes, we are questioning before us, we are mindful of our duty to apply the law without fear or favor and without being swayed by public reaction. the decision marks reversal from district judge s ruling last month that
let s get to the news. border towns bracing for the end of the policy that lets the u.s. quickly expel migrants. texas is putting up barbed wire and deploying hundreds of national guardsmen in addition to the 1500 troops being sent by biden to do administrative duty. bill: the white house says the president would veto a republican border bill that s coming up for a vote in the house. despite the number of migrant encounters under his watch ballooning to nearly 5 million. dana: another city bracing for impact is el paso. there already thousands of people are camping on the streets. ice is launching a targeted operation to process and hopefully deport some of them. we spoke to some of the migrants living in el paso and the reasons for them driving to cross the border illegally. they detailed their journey to seek asylum here. americans should know not all of the people are bad. we want to work and get ahead. i m daniel rom rom and have been in el paso, texas for three d