primary contest. how people are reacting. plus, the city of new york ramping up security for the big party in sometimes square. how tensions over fighting in the middle east are playing a major factors. russia launching its largest aerial assault on ukraine since the start of the war. the images coming in as ukraine pleads for more military aid. we re beginning the hour with the new legal showdown over donald trump s eligibility to even be on the ballot. maine s secretary of state issuing a decision last night that the former president can t be a candidate in the primary, because he violated the constitution s insurrection clause. the weight of the evidence, all of the evidence made clear that mr. trump was aware of the by a multi-pronged effort to delegitimize a democratic election, the election of 2020, and then chose to light a match on january 6th. we should note on the same night we got that news from maine, the state of california made the op sid decision sayi
good morning. welcome to morning joe. that s a look at times square. we re a heart of hours the ball the will drop and we ll turn the page to 2024. good morning. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to this morning, including another state remove donald trump from the republican presidential ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis on that big decision from maine s secretary of state. plus nikki haley s attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. also forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure to protect civilians. plus we ll take a look at the stories that dominated 2023 from two wars overseas to chaos on capitol hill, as well as the former president s many legal battles as he enters the presidential election. a lot to go through. with us for all of us is nbc news national affairs analyst john heilem
contender nikki haley is playing clean up on the campaign trail, after getting tripped up on what, really should have been an easy question about what caused the civil war. my good friend, in one of the nation s most influential public intellectuals, doctor michael eric dyson is here to put it all in perspective. and, most people across the country think that crime rates are skyrocketing in the u.s.. but let me tell you, the facts actually show that they are wrong. we are talking to the mayor of baltimore, brandon scott, about how he has been able to cut crime in his city. i m symone sanders-townsend, and i have something to say. o say. 2023 has almost been over, and we are to 16 days from the iowa caucuses. but first and presidential election battle of 2024, and several states are wrestling with the constitutional question, with huge implications for next year s election. and until now, had never been answered. can a former president be disqualified from a presidential prima
i m jason chaffetz in for laura ingraham, this is special edition of the ingraham angle. nikki haley civil war flub on the campaign trail. i wonder what her competition thinks? tonight governor ron desantis is here to react. we have breaking news happening right now, the main secretary of state has barred donald trump from the ballot as supreme court wages state authority to block the former president from election. we ll have more on this in moments and reaction from governor ron desantis. unbelievable that is happening. but first. the lapd says demonstrators blocked the intersection and things turned violent. others became aggressive with police officers, one police officer was thrown to the ground by a protester. [screaming] [shouting] disperse now to permit the safe flow of pedestrians traffic. jason: first christmas, now new year s. times square on high alert. the nypd bracing for more violent pro-palestinian protest attacks. the goal to disrupt the new year s
remove former president donald trump from its 2024 primary ballot. big bipartisan backlash over this. some are calling it a far left political ploy to try to get trump out of this race. maine s top election official democratic secretary of state shenna bellows announcing her unilateral decision last night. last week colorado s state supreme court voted on party lines to boot trump from the state s ballot citing the 14th amendment section three. both state decisions are on hold pending appeal. colorado s secretary of state announced yesterday trump s name will be on the ballot unless the supreme court decides otherwise by january 5th. the maine republican party not holding back on unelected bellows single handed trump takedown. a statement excerpt reads we ve been fighting these back roomy leitz since they started their push to subvert democracy by tossing president trump. we reserve our right as a private organization to use a caucus system if that s what it takes to keep a d