first of all, big amen to all of that. this hour, the former president doubling down, donald trump telling a crowd, immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country. and quoting vladimir putin, condemning american democracy. all well questions swirl about reports around a binder that s been missing, containing highly classified russian intelligence. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news on capitol hill, top senate negotiators are scrambling right now to hammer out a bipartisan deal to fund the wars in both israel and ukraine. while also clamping down on u.s. border security with a framework needed by the end of today. nbc s julie tsirkin is reporting from capitol hill for us. julie, welcome. tell us who is negotiating there, and with the latest issue here on the talks? hey, alex, the next couple of hours we ll see the new consented to go cheaters once again h
trey: good evening and thank you for joining us, i m trey gowdy, and it is sunday night in america. in 230 years, only three u.s. presidents have been impeached, none has been convicted. the standard is high crimes and misdemeanors but what does that mean? what is the real standard for removing a duly elected president? what is the standard for launching an impeachment inquiry. the house voted to open a formal impeachment inquiry to president joe biden and enables the house to seek certain information and evidence and likely places the house in a better legal position to get that information should the matter wind up in court. house democrats impeached former president donald trump twice. the first impeachment was bipartisan only and that both republicans and democrats voted against it. but house democrats and the dc media were undeterred. the second time president trump was impeached shortly before he left office. neither impeachment came close to conviction. are we headed t
drones houthi launched from yemen this morning, this comes as the international shipping industry is on high alerts for attacks in the region. i m griff jenkins. aishah: hi, i m aishah hasnie. that makes the houthi drones shot down 37. military officials reporting these are only defensive measures. lucas tomlinson is live from the white house on these attacks. if they want to disrupt international shipping it appears they are succeeding, a number of shipping companies told them to go dead in the water or get to a safe port. hard to do in yemen. the national security advisor is holding iran responsible for these attacks. while the houthis are pulling the trigger, so to speak, they re handed the gun by iran and iran has a responsibility to take steps themselves to cease these attacks. there have been over 20 drone and missile attacks against international shipping in recent weeks. to date, there has been no response. shot down a $32 million reaper drone off the coast of y
get it again. jesse kirsch, thank you. made none of your packages be stolen. we have a lot more coming up. we are watching the msnbc. our second hour starts right now. e msnbc. our second hour starts right now. hi everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian. welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are grateful for that. breaking news, immigration reform with aid to ukraine. it s not good news for those hoping for a vote this week. donald trump pouring gasoline on the immigration debate with violent new rhetoric that immigrants are, quote, poison in the blood of our country. it s not at all subtle. some allies are not ready to condemn it. what about his language? that language, that poisoning the blood i am worried about an outcome. are you comfortable with him using words like that? you know, we are talking about language. i could care less what language people use as long as we get it right. was not the right language, though? i m going to speak to congressman gerry con
from the start of the 2024 primary season which kicks off on january 15th with the first in the nation gop caucuses in iowa. january is going to be a busy month. in addition to iowa, new hampshire is also going to hold its primary. there are three republican debates currently scheduled to take place during that month. on top of all of that, donald trump s civil fraud trial in new york will come to a close just as e. jean carroll s second lawsuit against him gets going. trump s criminal trials are not going to begin until later in the year. according to politico, his campaign is already confronting the scheduling nightmare ahead of them as trump s legal obligations clash with his political ambitions. trump s team plans to front load his schedule in 2024 and get him out on the campaign trail frequently early in the year in anticipation that his numerous legal cases could disrupt their plans later on. it is a trump s criminal proceedings, the first of a prosecution of an ameri