this is no typical case. according to district judge beryl howell, she says giuliani is likely to hide his assets from the plaintiffs, ruby freeman and shaye moss, adding, quote, giuliani has never denied that he has taken steps to hide his assets from judgment creditors and has offered no affirmative pledge that he will take no steps to do so. joining us right now, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, joyce vance. welcome to you both. ken, starting with you here. realistically, what does this mean, both the order and giuliani s filing for bankruptcy. what happens first? well, alex, the bankruptcy puts the judgment on pause, while a bankruptcy judge decides how to parcel out what s left of mr. giuliani s money. he s listing between $1,000,010,000,000 in assets and at least $152 million in liabilities, maybe more. bankruptcy won t save him from the $148 million debt. some debt can be wiped away, but
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
new concerns the reason could become a bigger tineder box. smoke rises over the skyline of gaza this morning. i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. claudia, great to be with you. claudia: this is a special edition of america s newsroom. the u.s. going after hezbollah targets in iraq after a christmas day attack against american troops. defense secretary lloyd austin says his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured. that attack one of the more than 100 against our forces since the hamas massacre in israel october 7th. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with more. good morning, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a series of targets belonging to militants in iraq. we do know according to u.s. central command that three different strikes took place and destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants in response to a drone attack against the erbil air base that houses u.
rich: to the migrant crisis. new record breaking numbers at our southern borders and cities further north are taking action. merry chris marks i m rich edson. claudia: i m claudia cowen. he may be in charge of a sanctuary city but chicago mayor brandon johnson is threatening to file lawsuits over the border crisis as his city struggles to house migrants flying in from texas. we have a governor a governor, elected official in the state of texas, that is placing families on buses without shoes, cold, wet, tired, hungry, afraid, traumatized. the governor of texas needs to take a look in the mirror of the c chaos he is causing this country. claudia: they ve said the blue city is at fault. how dare this mayor and city council have the guts to give migrants $51 million. they should not be housed in im marginalized black and brown communities where we have food shortages and homelessness. we have not gotten anything for our community. and we are sick and tired of being
so what happens to the $146 million he was ordered to pay in the defamation case against georgia election workers. we ll dig deeper coming up. plus, the supreme court face ing a nearly unprecedented test of its integrity and reputation. the political and legal challenges posed by the colorado case and others now piling up on the justices doorstep. can the court and the country emerge unscathed? and the terrifying images out of prague where a mass shooting has left 15 people dead, two dozen hurt. students climbing out onto a fourth story ledge of a university building as they try to escape the gunman. a lot going on just in the last couple of hours. we begin with that breaking news. rudy giuliani filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in new york. he s listing debts up to $500 million, assets up to 10 million. this comes one day after a federal judge ruled giuliani has to immediately pay that $148 million that he owes to two former georgia election workers. nbc s ken dilanian i