republicans are expected to torpedo a bipartisan immigration and foreign aid bill. well, democrats aren t entirely on board either with that bill. fail to go pass immigration reform is especially embarrassing for republicans who have been screaming for decades that the border is in crisis, and needs to be fixed through legislation immediately. but now that a once in a multi-decade opportunity to do something about it is in front of them, they re about to decide that chaos at the border is politically better for them than an attempt to fix it. in the gob smack words of conservative republican senator james lankford who cowrote the bill, quote, are we as republicans going to have press conferences and complain the border is bad and intentionally leave it open after the worst month in american history in december. well, senator, it seems the answer is yes. so what exactly is happening in the republican party? who is in charge? and is this these failures, what they want? joining
christian will discuss what these developments could mean for both men. rare, working weekend. the senate is in session trying to pass the far-right bill, after republicans kill that bipartisan border measure blasted by trump. new york governor, kathy hochul, joins me live to talk about what that means for the migrant crisis in her state, and about the special election to replace disgraced ex congressman george santos. and dynamic dual, my conversation with the actress that portrayed martin luther king junior, and malcolm x, in a new series that gives special insight in the civil icons, and their lives. i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show! we begin tonight with a tale of two candidates in the court system. president biden was dealt both a legal when, and a political blow by the special counsel s classified documents investigation. special counsel, robert hur, a republicans, declined to file charges against biden, but accused him of memory lap
katy tur. good to be with you, i m katy tur. vanishing trial dates and an admitted affair, lots of news on the array of criminal and civil cases against donald trump, developments that tell us what the next nine months are going to be like. in d.c., jack smith s election interference trial has disappeared from the federal court calendar. what does that mean? in new york, allen weisselberg is back in talks with prosecutors, according to the new york times. this time over a perjury plea deal. and georgia d.a. fani willis admitted to a quote personal relationship, what does her private life mean for the rico case against donald trump and his codefendants, joining us with the answers is justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, new york times investigative reporter, suzanne craig, her 2016 reporting focused on donald trump s taxes and earned her a pulitzer prize. also with us, nbc news investigations correspondent, tom winter, and msnbc legal analyst, lisa rub
killed and others were injured in a drone strike near the border of syria. we ll go through the details of the attack and show you how the president is responding. plus, donald trump is now on the hook for a massive payout to e. jean carroll after a jury awarded the writer $83 million in defamation damages. we ll get expert legal analysis on that as well as the looming case that can further impact trump s bank account. and a stunning second half comeback sends the san francisco 49ers to the super bowl, setting up a rematch of the 2020 big game with the kansas city chiefs. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, january 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ve got a lot to get to. we ll begin this morning with developing news out of the middle east and the deaths of three u.s. servicemembers in nort jordan. it happened yesterday at a logistics support base near jordan s border with syria. a drone packed with e
tonight on the reidout the whole thing is ludicrous. to be honest, i don t think they re really into each other. i think it s a publicity stunt. and she is going to use all of this popularity potentially against maga and for democrats. she s got a record of this stuff. oh, no, the right is in full meltdown over it couple taylor swift and travis kelce and when young white wim under 30 trending leftward, the maga right has a reason to be concerned. also, a new investigation revealed prison labor is behind some of the most popular food products that make their way to your dinner table. plus, president biden says he has decided on a response to the deaths of three u.s. soldiers in jordan. the mother of one of those soldiers, specialist breonna moffett, joins me tonight. but we begin tonight with donald trump. the republican front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. the party has put all of their chips behind this man who was found liable for violating