politicsnation. tonight s lead, a solemn anniversary. it has been four years to the day since and ceramicists stormed the u.s. capitol in former president donald trump s name. and despite the horrors of that day, very little has changed in our politics. capital rioters are still being brought to justice three years later. just this morning, three january 6th fugitives were arrested by the fbi in florida. and with just days before our first presidential nominating contest of this election year, the u.s. supreme court will soon decide whether colorado and other states can legally bar trump from the appellate over his january 6th conduct. though that conduct hasn t stopped much of the republican party from circling around trump as your choice for president. a reality that president biden, in his first campaign event of 2024 last night, cost a historic, existential threat to our union. democracies still americas secret calls, the most urgent question of our time. donald t
politicsnation, tonight s lead, compromise in congress. we start tonight with breaking news out of washington, house and senate negotiations have hammered out a spending deal, just 12 days before another shutdown deadline. house speaker, mike johnson, is laying out the details in a letter to his republican colleagues. more than one and a half trillion dollar plan includes nearly 900 billion for defense and more than 700 billion for other programs. meanwhile, in less than 24 hours, president biden will hold his second campaign event of 2024 in the state that made his 2020 nomination and presidency possible. hill returned to the historic in charleston, the scene of a racially motivated mass shooting nine years ago that left nine black worshippers dead. coming up, we ll talk to the pastor, the reverend eric manning, about how his congregation has healed and what president biden s return means for charleston s black community. the president spent his weekend, the th
colleagues alicica menendez, jonathan capehart, ayman mohyeldin, symone sanders-townsend, and with us from miami, katie phang. the twice impeached, and now twice indicted donald trump has become the first ex president to face criminal charges from the federal government. over the next two hours, my colleagues and i, along with some special guests, are going to break down the justice department s case against the former commander-in-chief. a case that we saw for the first time just yesterday. when the bombshell, 37 count indictment was unsealed. the indictment, which also names the trump aide and valet, walt nauta, as his coconspirator. outlined criminal charges related to more than 100 classified documents that federal agents recovered from trump s mar-a-lago resort last august. trump faces 31 counts of violating the espionage act, through willful retention of classified records. he faces another six counts stemming from his alleged efforts to impede the investigation. nauta
Michael steele in for katie feng and Jonathan Kaye part. Immunity insanity, special counsel jack smith fires back at trumps president ial Immunity Defense and the federal trial. Our team at msnbc legal and Political Analysts are standing by to help us break it all down. Looking at that this new 80 Page Court Filing and how it impacts the 2024 race for the white house, ahead. Taking aim, Ukrainian Forces strike back after russias biggest aerial barrage since the war began nearly two years ago. The latest overnight developments coming up in a live report. Security and celebration. Police across the country are beefing up their presence on the ground and in the air to keep new Years Eve Party or safe. We are live in new yorks times square where nearly 1 Million People are expected to bring in the new year under tighter security. We begin with the latest on Donald Trumps deepening legal troubles in a new filing on saturday, special counsel jack smith urged the d. C. Appeals court to reject
closing in, exclusive nbc news reporting reveals the finish line might be right around the bend for the federal grand jury looking into the twice impeached one term ex president s handling of classified documents. when could we possibly see federal charges brought against donald trump? plus, pride and prejudice. republicans sure are running out of things to boycott during pride month. target, nascar, even the national weather service is in the crosshairs of hate. how these boycotts could actually backfire. and later, tis the season, we re just a few days into the atlantic hurricane season, we have already seen one named storm. what we can expect this year and the climate change connection, all of this and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you all, i m katie phang, we start this hour with a look ahead at the 2024 presidential primary. republican candidates are descending on the battleground state of iowa to kick off their campaigns for the oval office. tonight,