those datetes will be e reresch. ac 360 starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, breaking news, the supreme court takes the case that could knock the name donald trump off at least one state ballot and possibly redefine parts of the constitution. also tonight, president biden launching his campaign year with a full floated accusation saying the former president is, quote, willing to sacrifice democracy to put himself in power. and the latest batch of documents from the files of jeffrey epstein, that and new reporting. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news. the supreme court tonight agreeing to review the colorado supreme court decision, which labels the former president an insurrectionist and bars him from the ballot. it comes on the eve of the third anniversary of that insurrection. the news also caps a day that saw the current president speaking bluntly and at length about what he sees as the ongoing threat his opponent
a bedrock principle of the department of justice and our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets a an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, that s what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, nothing less. the words of rachel math maddow, stunningly simple words in both the indictment and from behind the podium. it was the first time we as an american public have ever heard from the special counsel notably he praised the fbi and the prosecutors on his team. rachel pointed out they have already come under vicious attack by the indicted ex-president. he encouraged all of us to read the indictment itself, an endeavor we re taking seriously. it s known as a speaking indictment, meaning it is straight forward and, frankly, gripping and dramatic. it lays out the alleged crimes trump faces. 31 counts have to do with the espionage act. we re going to unpack all of them.
and why, later this hour. that s a federal official. plus, the colorado ruling. why it s a political gift to biden, not donald trump. and just in time to ruin the holiday, this. breaking news on fog. very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with this breaking news. just before the deadline overnight, donald trump s legal team filed a brief with a federal appeals court in washington asking it to toss out the d.c. election subversion case against him. saying he should be immune from prosecution for his actions while he was presidents. it comes a day after the supreme court declined to intervene and the case, leaving it to the lower court to decide first. meanwhile, on the question of immunity, president biden, now, has weighed in. mister president, do you think that our [inaudible] i can t think of one. joining me now, nbc s julie tsirkin in washington. julie, welcome. what did we hear from tr
alert here in washington. it was the day the house was going to vote on green lighting the impeachment probe of president biden. it happened to be the day that hunter biden was supposed to show up urn subpoena to testify behind closed doors. suddenly, the cable news networks were throwing out banners, unclear whether hunter biden will testify. and, boom, there was the president s son who had insisted on testifying in public talking to reporters. for six years i ve been the target of unrelenting trump attack machine shouting where s hunter. well, here s my answer: i am here. in the depths of my addiction, i was extremely irresponsible with my finances. but to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is beyond the absurd. it s shameless. howard: so hunter was using the media mob to try to turn the tables on the republican committee and make the case that he was ready to testify before the cameras knowing full well the panel had rejected the offer. and for all this t
let s go, tim scott! let me let me close with this. as much as i m excited about this journey, i simply want to say this. it s really not about me. it s about that 7-year-old girl named jordan who brought roses to the station, it s about 12-year-old sutherland surrat who came on this stage. you see, america is a city on . we are the beacon in the midst of darkness. we have an unusual respon responsibility. we have the responsibility to prove that self-governance works. we have the responsibility to share for a thousand generations what america has done for me, she can do for you. this can t be another presidential campaign. we don t have time for that. we need a president who pe persuades not just our friends and our base. we need a president that persuades. we have to do that with common sense, conservative principles. but we have to have a compassion for people. we have to have a compassion for people who don t agree with us. we have to believe that our ideas are so s