zelenskyy. the ukrainian president is set to meet with president biden and the entire senate in hopes of securing critical funding to fight off russian forces. plus, special counsel jack smith is taking his prosecution of donald trump all the way to the supreme court. we ll explain why smith is petitioning the highest court in the land. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israeli troops continue to hunt for the leader of hamas in southern gaza, but top officials there are now signaling an escalation with another terror group. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, december 12th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in washington where today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is state side for the third time since russia launched its full-scale invasion back in february of 2022. zelenskyy will meet with president biden at the white house to discuss his country s needs on the battle
today. we talked about accountability. giuliani and santos back in court. different cases, both about lies. coming up. and an exclusive interview with a wall street billionaire who s making waves tonight on msnbc. this will air for the first time. we re going to show you a preview of how this semiconservative billionaire who s even met with trump at the white house is telling us on the beat and this is exclusive, this is what he thinks about trump and the possibility of a second term. trump is a disgusting human being, he belongs in jail in my opinion. strong words. more context on that. that s an exclusive. we gip begin with jack smith s breakthrough as he tries to take an assertive and proactive approach in prosecuting trump for the coup. this surrounding a mystery with trump s actions, the plotting, speech, insurrection, and those long, tense hours while trump stood by while his fans committed convicted sedition. part of the process is getting more evidence and a bet
taylor swift got her fifth nomination for the taylor swift eras tour film. our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. good to be with you, i m katy tur. special counsel jack smith is going directly to the supreme court, asking the justices to weigh in on his election interference case. smith is looking for a ruling on whether a president has immunity from crimes while committed in office. it is a potentially very risky move. after all the justices say, yes, he is immune, the case is over. kaput. but if they rule no, it cuts off donald trump s ability to delay the trial through appeals. so big risk, big reward. meaning he would go to court on or close to the march trial date, thereby giving voters a chance to hear the evidence against the man who is asking to be president again. jack smith writing, quote, it is of imperative public importance that respondent s claims of immunity be resolved by this court and that the respondent s trial proceed as promptly as p
right now, and i m glad it s you, are a, because i ve modeled way way through two hours of legal staff. it s in your hands no, friend. you re very kind. i wouldn t go that fire, but i leave all, she great to see. welcome to the beat, everyone, i m ari melber, and as we mentioned, there s a lot going on, even as we get towards the holidays, december vibes. but jack smith, making a big move today, going straight to the supreme court. that is unusual, and it tells us something about the hand he thinks he s holding. we ve seen delays from the trump folks on this coup trial and they have every right to file appeals, and sometimes appeals have the consequence of delays. what s new here, ali velshi militant shunning that this is something everyone s trying to make sense of tonight, it s jack smith is moving first. he s basically calling for whatever delay or bluff the trump folks have been pushing out to be over. asking the supreme court to intervene. it s a move of confidence,
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