on midair scares that grounded the boeing 737 max 9s. and later, millions still under flood alerts, los angeles one of the many cities under water as a record-breaking system drenches california. thanks for being with us. a lot to get to. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news on capitol hill where we expect to hear soon from the speaker of the house. he s set to take reporters questions as republicans plan to move forward today with a vote to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. they allege he has committed high crimes and misdemeanors by failing to secure the border. it is unclear whether republicans actually have the votes to succeed. all this comes as gop divisions threaten to sink that new bipartisan border bill. nbc s julie tsirkin is joining us from capitol hill. we ll see the speaker any minute now. what should we expect to hear from him on this impeachment vote we know house republicans have just a razor thin
the lead with jake tapper starts now. donald trump and his presidential immunity claim was rejected today by three federal judges. the lead starts right now. a major blow to citizen donald trump as the dc federal appeals court denies his presidential immunity defense, a conservative former judge is taking us inside the ruling and his take on what may play out if donald trump takes the case to the u.s. supreme court where he appointed three other justices. frustration from capitol hill all the way to the border with a bipartisan immigration bill on the brink of collapse. independent arizona senator kiersten cinema helped write the bill and we will speak with her about what options, if any, are left. the mother of a school shooter in michigan found guilty today of involuntary manslaughter, how this case may set a president nationwide. welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper, a massive legal defeat for donald trump, a federal appeals court in dc unanimously ruled that he
byte is and that answer. with us this morning we have mike barnacle, mara gay, georgeway and staff writer david from. a lot going on this morning. we start with that historic decision. the colorado supreme court has ruled donald trump is disqualify ed from holding office again after determining he engaged in insurrection on january 6th, 2021. the fourth ruling keeps the former president off the state s presidential primary lot next year. the court stayed its decision until january 4th to allow for any further appeals, and the trump team is already vowing they will be doing just that. but the fourth is just one day before the deadline for the state to print its presidential primary ballots. colorado secretary of state discussed the tight timeline in an interview last night on msnbc. if they take the case, we will make clear to the court that the deadlines and the timelines. the bigger thing is if the court does not take the case, as of january 5th, if the u.s. supreme court
ingraham angle. thank you as always for being with us tonight. yes, we re really winning. that s the focus of tonight s angle. we re going to win. we re going to wen. we re going to win. you re going to win. you re going to win. you re gonna stink. you re gonna lose. lose. ha ha ha ha. got him. laura: even the newspaper that spent the past seven years trying to tear apart donald trump is beginning to see the writing on the wall. now, the colorado supreme court decision to strike him from the primary ballot was the bridge too far even for judicial activists. senior writer ruth marcus considered one of the washington post s most senior and really well respected writers put it bluntly. the best outcome for the court and the country would be for a anonymous court to clear the way for trump to run. look. they know trump is going to win the case through the colorado supreme court and any other outcome would set a match to already freeing national fabric. i made that
with the united states says with a chinese surveillance balloon, roughly six nautical miles off the coast of south carolina. well within u.s. territorial airspace. the balloon crashed into the atlantic ocean, creating a debris field at least seven mile spread out in relatively short shallow water. the recovery of that debris is ongoing, including navy divers, the coast guard, and other manned and unmanned salvage feedback vessels. the fbi counter intelligence agents are also on board the recovery vessels, officials say there are plenty to learn from that debris, but added that they have also been studying that balloon since it first entered u.s. airspace in the illusion islands of alaska, on january 28th. the balloon, which had maneuverability capabilities via small motors and multiple propellers entered canadian airspace on january 3rd, for troubled self crop crossing into the united states. president biden says he gave the order to shoot the balloon down on, wednesday but o