welcome to inside politics. i m phil mattingly in for dana bash. the friday before christmas is supposed to be slow, but there s no shortage of major news right now, including a new report about pressure the then president put on officials in michigan after the election. but at any moment, the supreme court could announce whether it ses fast tracking a a decision on donald trump s claim he s immune from prosecution if i for trying to you are overturn the election. i they want a quick decision to move forward with the trial. trump wants to delay if as much as possible. we start things off with katelyn polantz in washington. what s so striking here is it may seem procedural, but my goodness, the stakes here could not be higher. reporter: they are. i can t risk getting into the weeds on this. but it is a really big deal. that became so apparent in the way that the justice department wrote about this issue to the supreme court yesterday. they wrote that this issue of presiden
is descending? it is sending a message that we don t believe in democracy, we don t believe in hearing from diverse voices. we don t believe that all people are deserving of the american dream and that one single parent doesn t even have to attend, have a child at attend school in these districts that are having book spend. this is not what a democracy looks like. the american people need to ask themselves if they want the rest of the country to look like a state of florida. okay, daniela shermichael, we re going to let it rest right there. thank you so much, guys. for all of you, we have coming up in this hour vice president harris who is accomplishing something that has never been done before, that is coming up in just a moment. as we give you all a very good day from nbc news in miami, welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news in washington. kevin mccarthy saying just a short time ago that he is optimistic negotiators are closer to a deal on the debt
[cheers and applause] greg: yes! happy monday, more like happy fun day. i just invented that word. so friday the daily caller obtained video of an employee having anal sex inside a judiciary committee hearing room. oh, applause, thank you. pro anal sex in the senate judiciary room audience. we don t have access to the video so we had gene one of our producers sketch a screen grab. there you go. yeah, talk about yielding the floor to the next gentlemen. after the story broke democrat senator ben cardin s office released this statement quote, aidan may is no longer employed by the us senate. good thing his id badge had the picture of the back of his head. security forces tell fox news that capitol police are taking the matter seriously and charges haven t been ruled out. now, either this was a rare event or maybe this career s secret santa gift exchange got way out of hand. but where else can you get paid to have sex in the workplace with a free colonoscopy? only in dc are th
new details from investigators about why the driver crashed a u-haul truck into barriers near the white house and the shocking speech he planned to deliver to quote, rebuild this world. also, a latest from that horrific memorial day shooting near the beach in hollywood, florida that left nine people injured including three kids. the youngest, just 1-year-old. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we want to begin with the latest on the florida boardwalk. the police i understand have arrested two people on firearms charges but they re looking for more suspects still. memorial day resulting in tragedy here in hollywood beach. police say this all started because of an altercation between two groups here on the beach when thousands were celebrating the holiday. there is surveillance footage that shows some of those suspects that police are still looking for. so the latest update from police indicates they arrested two individuals carrying firearms.
gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. tonight we begin with a bombshell from the detroit news, they ve got new reporting about donald trump, and alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state of michigan. the paper reports that donald trump himself personally called to members of the wayne county board of canvassers and pressured them not to certify joe biden s win. republican national committee chairwoman, ronna mcdaniel, was also reportedly on that call. the detroit news reached out to trump, mcdaniel, and the canvassers, and none of their spokespeople disputed this account. the paper says the audio was captured by someone present for the conversation between trump and the canvassers. the detroit news obtained the audio through an intermediary who heard the recordings but was not present for the cause. nbc news has not heard or verify these recordings, but earlier ton