and there s no catch. it s fre. we make money from ads, but they don t follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. good morning, it s saturday, december 30th. and you re watching velshi on msnbc. i m charles coleman junior, in from my friend ali velshi, and we have got a lot to talk about. we begin this hour with the very latest with the legal drama unfolding around the twice impeached, multiple indicted ex president donald trump, who also happens to be far and away at the front runner for the republican nomination for president once again. in addition to the 5 separate trials hughes pacing in 2024, donald trump has now been removed from the primary ballots in 2 states. colorado, as well as maine. both on the grounds that he is ineligible to run for office because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. now, the trump campaign is calling both rulings election interference. and lawyers from
to serve a second term as president. age be . t unfortunately, they can t keep him off every stage. yesterday, wterdaye saw him fall lectim to what could have only been a maga sympathizing sandbag at the air forcee watc academy. as we watch the thh e image ofnh our forty sixth president laid stond, wee stage, stunne couldn t help but wonder, is joe biden really as sharp as he asserts is of course, no one can answer for joe bidenhiml as clear and concisely as joe himself. please clarify specifically,h have you taken a cognitiveow. i haven t taken a test.: no whi y the would i take a test? come on , man.n, that s like saying you before wiu got in this program, you take a test wherein you re taking cocaine or not. what do you think? so one oddly placedoddly refe reference to cocaine in an interview. big deal . in least it gets around. well, here. ] okay, well, maybe he s losts some motor function. i mean, that happens with age and injuries. nothing to be ashamed of.es. a
an exclusive interview with president biden s national security adviser jake sullivan. we talk about russia s war in ukraine. threats from china, and america s role in a new world. and it is gps s birthday. this year we mark 15 years of the global public square. it is astonishing how much has happened in a decade and a half. and we will bring you the highlights. but first, here is my take. as i was following turkey s recent general election, i was stunned to hear one of the country s top officials then interior minister speaking to a crowd from a balcony jubilant, he promised that erdogan would wipe away whoever caused truoube for turkey and that includes the american military. and he declared that those who pursue a proamerican approach will be considered traitors. keep in mind turkey has been a member of nato with american military bases in the country for about 70 years. turkish president erdoganoch used anti-western rhetoric himself before the elections first roun
the imminent indictment watch on the mar-a-lago documents. i don t think about it, all i know is this, everything i did was right. tonight have got thoughts on trump s real motive for taking all that classified info. then, the winning strategy for candidate desantis. being the most anti vax person on the ballot? we can never allow warp speed to trump informed consent in this country ever again. plus, president biden s oval office address. passing this budget agreement was critical. the states cannot have been higher. and the crazy story of why republicans in iowa have stripped the power from the state auditor? all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. president joe biden just wrapped up a primetime address to the nation from the oval office touting the debt ceiling deal that he brokered with speaker kevin mccarthy this week. a lot of attention has been focused on the swift passage of that bill in the house on wednesday, the senate la
making some history, perhaps major leaguing donald trump the first former president to be indicted with a federal crime. nbc news is reporting the federal grand jury that has been hearing in evidence the justice department s investigation of former president trump s handling of classified documents is expected to meet again this coming week in washington. that s according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. prosecutors working for special counsel jack smith have been presenting the grand jury with evidence and witness testimony for months, but activity appeared to have slowed in recent weeks. that was based on observations at the courthouse and through sources. another major sign that investigation could be close to wrapping up, trump s legal team was spotted at the justice department today. you can see them leaving shortly before noon. this was weeks after they requested a meeting with merrick garland to discuss this case. it is unclear who nay met with at do