of extreme weather, heat alerts are stretching from california to texas and parts of south florida as well. while in the northeast, a state of emergency. in vermont, the capitol city devastated by flooding there with some people still stranded in their homes. and then new this morning, what we know about the fourth migrant child to die while in u.s. custody. we begin this hour, though, with a war in ukraine taking center stage at the nato summit in lithuania. later today, the president will give a major speech on the u.s. support of ukraine and the actions that world leaders are taking to address global challenges. just last hour, the president sat down with ukraine s president zelenskyy for their third face to face meeting this year. while ukraine will not become a nato member right now, ukrainian leader is coming away with a series of security guarantees announced by nato and g-7 leaders and this assurance from the u.s. president. we re going to make sure you get what y
i ll be joined today by people who are in the nation s capital on that fateful day. including washington d.c. mayor, mario bowser. and former capitol police sergeant casino gonell. and because of the violent uprising on january 6th, the insurrection, president biden says 2024 election is about deciding whether democracy is still americas sacred cause. and the dire threat of another trump presidency. we re going to dig into his comments and donald trump s response. plus, the supreme court will weigh in on whether donald trump can be barred from colorado s primary ballot. it is the latest in several challenges across the country to keep trump off the ballot because of his role in the insurrection. i am symone sanders-townsend, i have something to say. we begin today with efforts to hold the former president donald trump accountable for his actions three years ago today. on january 6th. and with the ongoing consequences of that insurrection on american democracy. the unite
mike: hundreds of pro-palestinian protestors causing chaos at an airport on one of the busiest times of the year. good morning, i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. molly: i m molly line in for dew point. protestors threw objects at officers, assaulted two of them. protestors carried banners with messages like di vest from genocide and let gaza live. a similar scene playing out at lax. bumper to bumper traffic stretched across all three lanes. police making dozens of arrests on most airports. the protests come as new york city goes on high alert. the nypd is taking precautions to prevent anti-israel protestors from disrupting the new year s eve ball drop. molly: alexis mcadams has the latest. not just here in new york that this happened. chaos from coast to coast with police arresting 63 people at those two protests in la and new york city. over at jfk airport protestors blocked the roads and some travelers had to walk with their bags to try to make their flight.
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continues to spawn violence across the country. meanwhile on capitol hill, the stalemate over the debt ceiling continues as the country hits its borrowing limit. we ll have the latest on efforts by the white house to find some sort of compromise. plus, the george santos saga takes another really strange turn. now there are questions about where his mother was on 9/11. also ahead, we are hours away from a decision on criminal charges in the deadly shooting on the set of rust. remember that? we ll get you caught up on the case that could come to a major development this morning. and we ll dig into new reporting on an aggressive new proposal from the biden administration as it pertains to the war in ukraine. joe has the morning off but willie and i are here in new york, and we have with us, the former aid to the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, an msnbc political analyst. former white house communications director under president obama, jennifer