Good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. We begin with President Biden saying donald trump should not receive Intelligence Briefings. In a new interview with cbs, biden breaking with tradition, saying trump has no need for those intel briefings now that hes out of office. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not . Because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection. I just think that theres no need for him to have that Intelligence Briefing. What value is giving him an Intelligence Briefing . What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and Say Something . Also in that interview, the president says he will not budge on the 1,400 stimulus checks but maybe taking a more targeted approach on exactly who will receive those checks. I will talk with Congressman Ro about covid relief in just a moment. Today marks one month since the attack of capit
signs that the rhonda sanchez cam could be in trouble, including a staff shakeup. donald trump sending a clear signal today to the judge and a criminal classified documents case every wing wink and nod as to what should be an impartial party in the case. any indication the judge will grant this motion? i don t know i know it s a very highly respected judge a very smart judge, a very strong judge. you appointed her? i did. i m very proud to have appointed her. very smart, very strong, and loves our country. i mean, loves our country. we need judges that love our country, so, they do the right thing. we ll get into that, all of that plus everything you need to know about the first nonprescription over the counter contraceptive pill to be approved by the fda, that s coming up later on this hour as well. we want to begin in bucks county, epa. just north of the philadelphia area, where at least four people are dead, three others are missing, including two young children,
with a very good day, from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome to all of you to alex witt reports. it is three pm eastern, out west. the campaign season certainly heating up with events on both coasts. president biden is campaigning in columbia, south carolina today. republican candidate, nikki haley, it campaigning trust about 90 miles or so away. early voting starts today in nevada and vice president kamala harris is in las vegas. so is gop front runner, donald trump. also new today, trump is reiterating his call for senate republicans to reject a bipartisan border deal that ties ukraine aid to border security. speaker mike johnson s already said that bill may be dead on arrival in the house. president biden is urging congress to get on board. saying he will use his authority and the bills provisions to, quote, shut down the border. meanwhile, texas is escalating its efforts to divide this week s supreme court ruling. refusing to allow federal officials to r
capitol hill this hour, both involving the border. new talks, new hope, but no word of a timeline for a potential hostage deal in the middle east. plus, able proposition that might result donald trump s legal issues once and for all. a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everybody, to alex witt reports. it s one pm on the east coast, ten a.m. out west. we begin with two big breaking news stories. first up, the white house is confirming three u.s. s members were killed and at least two dozen injured in an northeast georgia right near the border with syria. president biden said in a statement, quote, while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical around -backed middle groups operating in syria and iraq. and the other big breaking story, a possible bipartisan deal on immigration and border security. donald trump is urging senators to reject that deal, but republican negotiators s
it is sunday, january january 28th, in your watching velshi. i m charles coleman junior filling in for my friend ali velshi, we ve got a lot to talk about. we start this morning with the trials against donald trump. he had his day in court, and i was just been ordered by a jury of his peers to pay 83 point $3 million to e. jean carroll for repeatedly defaming her. how do you respond? vegas, baby. the campaign rally a week and a half before the nevada caucuses was replete with the typical vitriol, hatred, and lives we ve come to expect from the twice impeached, multiply indicted republican from honor. however, instead of focusing on his primary opponent nikki haley, trump largely directed his verbal assault at president joe biden. now, to, be fair, this actually makes more sense, and it reconciles much better into trump s political economy. the primary season may have just begun, but, to be real, things are all but over. president joe biden is going to be the democratic nomine