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
more cbp agents and invest in new fentanyl-detection technology, house republicans are once more compromising america s national security and economic growth with shutdown threats. willie? there s the question of whether house republicans even want a deal or whether they like this as an issue for 2024. exactly. a number of house republicans said they ll only accept a border deal that resembles the bill their chamber passed last year. at least one is suggesting any deal that helps president biden s election chances should be rejected. congressman troy nails of texas told cnnnn interview yesterday, this is a que, let me tell you, i m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a democrat and to help joe biden s approval rating. i will not help the democra try to improve this man s dismal approval ratings. i m not going to do it. why would i? chuck schumer has had hr-2 on his desk since july, and he did nothing with it.
proposal to hire more cbp agents and had vest in new fentanyl detection technology. house republicans are once more compromising america s national security and economic growth with their shutdown threats. joining us now, the president and ceo of lutheran immigration and refugee service. good to see you again. so let s talk about this deal. congressional republicans are demanding border security deal in exchange for funding for ukraine and israel, now suggesting they might want a border deal just to keep the government open. you ve called this a political hostage situation. tell us what you mean. the reality is that we need to figure out how to secure the border because that is obviously of national security. but the idea of trading money for ukraine in order to do that, is really problematic because what we are seeing is that the southern border cannot be solved