threats after banning donald trump from the ballot. we ve got the details. also the political fallout. americans freed in a prisoner swap with venezuela arrive in texas. what we know about this deal, and who the u.s. handed over in exchange. also ahead, an estimated 20,000 now believed killed in gaza as fighting between israel and hamas rages on. this as talks to broker another pause in the fighting appear to stall. and today is expected to be the single busiest travel day ahead of christmas, but are the airports ready for the rush? hello, it is friday eve. we are almost there. thank you for joining us at 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. new fallout this morning from that bombshell supreme court in colorado, decision barring donald trump from the ballot. in the 24 hours since that decision was made public, social media sites have been flooded with new and alarming threats against the justices on that court, according to a report obtained by nbc
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. my favorite day of the week, may 14th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. happy mother s day to you. happy mother s day to you. thank you so much for spending part of your day with us. here is what we are watching for you. a ceasefire appears to be holding between israel and the islamic jihad after days of violence. more than 30 defensive end deaths. the likely hood this holds and the reaction from the biden administration. i think we are moving along. hard to tell. we are not reaching the crunch point yesterday. president biden and republican leaders expected to meet this week as they rush to avoid an unprecedented debt default. the warning coming from the white house as that crucial june 1st date inches closer. officials on the u.s./mexican border say they have not yet seen the chaos they were expecting after the expiration of title 42. speculation as to why things have been calmer than ex
dangerous. i hope that as a nation watches, that we put this light on this to say that this should sound the alarm across the nation, that we are entering into very dangerous territory. one of the two democrats in tennessee expelled after participating in a gun violence protest on the floor of the statehouse we re going to have much more on this partisan punishment just ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill, one of donald trump s most vocal allies in congress sends a subpoena for the this isn t going to work well for jim jordan the prosecutor is going to explain why he wrote a book saying that, actually, d.a. bragg didn t go after donald trump aggressively enough. but, you know, if you have them, smoke em, jimmy. yeah. this could backfire on jim jordan we ll explain. and we ll dig into the bombshell report exposing lavish vacations taken by supreme court justice clarence thomas, all paid for by a gop mega donor. boy, willie, the clarence thomas stuff keeps coming out
stories. take a look. as i ve heard today to make the opening i never got to give, i was reminded of the hail tha the employees went through and continue to go through to this day. money is accountability. we got that today from fox we re not done yet we ve got some other people wh have accountability coming towards them dominion settled it defamation lawsuit against fox news with a last-minute deal yesterday afternoon. the network agreed to pay. it s a voting machine compan more than $787 million more moments before opening statements were set to get underway fox s lawyers did not talk t reporters yesterday, but the network put out a statement, running in part, and i hope can get through this, we acknowledge the courts rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false this settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to th [inaudible we are hopeful - my professor, professor pearson, would always talk about the straight face test don t ever make an argument.
i almost got my coffee. are you ready to go? fantastic. you re watching morning joe weekend. 20 hours have made during the week aren t enough. it s kind of suffocating for you? he has suffocating. let s take a look, our top stories from the week. the grand jury assembled by the manhattan district attorney s office, met yesterday, for the second time this week. after being told not to convene on wednesday. but for reasons unknown, sources tell nbc news that the group discussed matters separate from the hush money case involving trump. and former porn star stormy daniels. it s not unusual for a grand jury to hear multiple cases at the same time, the group is unlikely to meet again until monday at the earliest. we will keep you posted. meanwhile, the manhattan district attorney s office is slamming top house republicans for launching an investigation into the da s investigation of trump. in a letter obtained by nbc news yesterday, a general counsel for the da s office