lucas tomlinson. he pointed out the washington senators were before or the twins will: i didn t know that about y all. we used to be the washington senators. pete: we did ooh ooh. move pd, recreated it and moved it again. will: so who s going to get the the washington nationals rachel: by the way, for those who are maybe just tuning many now, go back and watch the segment with our friends, the mclemores, they have just an amazing story of, you know, john sr. figuring out, finding out through the mail that he has a son he didn t know about and how that family embraced that son and his family, this guy s 40 years old, michael. just a beautiful story of just family love. pete: it was one of those segments, willing and i were both in the green room, we just stopped talking rachel: i knew the story because i love the mclemores, and they had shared it with me after some of it happened, and just really proud of them as a family, what a great example they are. so go back and ac
ac 360 starts right now. all right. the breaking news, and it is big, just a week after colorado did it, maine becomes the second state to bar donald trump from its republican primary ballot. john berman here in for anderson in the decision from maine s secretary of state cannot be any plainer. quoting now, he is not qualified to hold the office of the president under section 3 of the 14th amendment, period. she joins us momentarily. this comes on a day in which the former president was temporarily back on colorado s ballot pending a supreme court decision. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us now with this breaking news out of maine. what can you tell us about this decision, katelyn? john, there is a lot of meat to what secretary of state shanna bellows wrote from maine today in her ruling. one, january 6th was an insurrection. she made that finding. two, donald trump engaged in that insurrection. three, that means he s not qualified to be on the primary ballot in maine. and
never indicted or incited an insurrection. he loves his children. he doesn t hide classified documents. vote dernald turmp, and he ll make the united states goodest, as it once one. i approve this message. i didn t know. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 21st. great to have you with us. also with us, we have white house editor for politico, sam stein, who intimidates people who work for him to say that he is their favorite. we heard that, sam. also, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. washington bureau chief for the usa today, susan page. and staff writer at the atlantic, mark leibovich. president biden made his first remarks yesterday about the colorado supreme court ruling that donald trump is disqualified from that state s 204 primary ballot because of his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. in milwaukee, biden initially refused to comment but then said this when asked if trump supported an insurrection. well, i think it
country s rejection of donald trump in the 2020 election and became a critical battleground in the campaign by trump and his allies to overturn his defeat. a letter today from fulton county d.a. connie willis to judges and her fellow county officials saying in essence, clear your calendars. the new york times reports this, the georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into the former president and his allies has taken the unusual step of announcing remote workdays for most of her staff during the first three weeks of august. asking judges in the downtown atlanta courthouse not to schedule trials for part of that time, as she prepares to bring charges in the inquiry. the move suggests that the fulton county d.a. is expecting a grand jury to unseal indictments during that time period. thanks to court filings and reporting, we know that willis has cast a very wide net, with everyone from state gop officials to the ex-president himself, under scrutiny right now. the new york
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