one opportunity we have to fix it, and we say we d love to have fixed it but it was election season so i thought i d wait. that s republican senator kevin cramer of north dakota, one of the very few gop lawmakers to go on record in favor of passing the border deal despite donald trump s demands. we ll have more from capitol hill on those negotiations straight ahead. plus a potentially significant development in the hostage negotiations between israel and hamas with the cia director set to travel abroad in hopes of closing a deal. and also ahead, we ll go through donald trump s temper tantrum in court and get legal analysis on what s next in the defamation damages trial. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 26th. we made it to friday. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with this news from the middle east. cia director william burns expected to travel starting in europe in the coming days to help broke
the last scheduled decision day of the term, we could finally get some answers on some massive undecided cases. rulings on affirmative action, student loan forgiveness, and lgbtq+ rights among others. decisions that could impact all of us, and they could come down at any minute, and we have a full lineup of guests and experts on this. i want to begin with nbc news correspondent julia ainsley who s standing by at the supreme court for us. julia, set the scene there, how might this go down? reporter: well, you re right, this is the last scheduled day, ana, but we re expecting another day possibly to get on the court s schedule for tomorrow. that would leave just two days left in june when they typically wrap up their term, and they have these three huge decisions left. so doing the math, we expect at least one of those big decisions to come today, either when it comes to religious rights versus free speech, religious rights and lgbt rights. of course affirmative action, and h
interview. there s so much going on. we want to get the court ruling, which we will, but first, i wanted to get your thoughts, really, on the interview that you did and i want to play for our viewers the part where you did discuss what is a huge issue for the nation right now, one president who does oversee a doj, while a former president awaits trial. i want to play from your interview. i made a commitment that i would not in any way interfere with the justice department, who they prosecuted, if they prosecuted, how they proceeded. i ve not spoken once, not one single time, with the attorney general on any specific case. not once. i have faith the justice department will move in the direction that is consistent with the law. and so, it may take time, but i have faith that they re going to do the right but i ve not spoken about that. the president s answer there to you, i m curious your thoughts.on t surprise you that it was rachel maddow that sort of articulated this b
trump s new message. i did everything right and they indicted me. president front-runner at the center of his came. but is it what voters want to hear? plus biden hits the road. are you with me? the president holds his first big campaign rally with the focus on the economy. two word he did not say donald trump. and a taunt from gavin newsom. and a dare from ron desantis. are you going to throw your hat in the ring and challenge joe? a new war of words between two of america s most prominent governors. welcome to inside politics sunday, i m manu raju, abby phillip has the day off. my dad and all of the dads out there, thanks for spending your father s day with us. we re still 7 months for the first votes being cast for the 2024 republican primary. five candidates gracing the sunday shows today to make their case to voters. but like it or not, there is one question every republican contender must answer. should voters look past a federal indictment of
including a major meeting with secretary general of nato pushed to tomorrow after the president underwent unexpected dental surgery. and donald trump headed to miami this hour. what do expect inside the courtroom for his historic arraignment, and what to expect outside the federal courthouse with the city ramping up security and shutting down streets. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin right there in florida, nearly 24 hours away from the president s arraignment. nbc s gabe gutierrez is in dural where donald trump will be spending the night ahead of his court appearance. what are we expecting tonight? reporter: what we re expecting today in a short time is a small group of supporters that have gathered outside of the doral golf course to greet the former president as he goes in and out of the area. many supporters say they support him completely, that this has been a political witch hunt in their view, and we just spoke with