politicsnation. tonight s lead, a christmas blizzard. right now, americans are preparing to celebrate christmas in the midst of a blizzard of legal developments surrounding donald trump. in just the last five days, the supreme has blocked special counsel jack smith s request to expedite a ruling on whether trump has legal immunity over his january 6th conduct. earlier, new recordings published by the detroit news reportedly showed trump pressing republican electors in michigan not to certify joe biden s victory in the state. three years ago. the state supreme court justices in colorado have been reporting death threats all week since they ruled that trump could not run for office in the state. all that plus what to expect when the senate comes back to washington next month. in new york governor kathy hochul joins me shortly as the empire state officially takes up the question of reparations for its black residents. i had a firsthand view this week as head of the national acti
coming up on the second hour of ayman, the fight of a lifetime. election denialism is threatening to take over arizona. i ll speak with katie hobbs, the democratic nominee for governor and secretary of state about her efforts to stop the conspiracies once and for all. then outrage in georgia. one woman sounds off after her struggle to cast a ballot. hear how she fought back, and the latest on the brutal assault of speaker nancy pelosi s has been, what democrats are saying, and what republicans are not. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. call it trump s election denier trifecta on the arizona bout. the republican contenders for secretary of state, attorney general and governor of arizona have all loudly echoed trump s election lies, and they continue to spread disinformation about voting just ten days before the midterms. that this information in part as led to a series of voter intimidation issues across the state. secretary of state and gubernatorial candidat
top the hour here on your monday. i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. nice to be with erica. right now president biden is in mexico as he prepares to meet face-to-face with the mexico president obrador later today in what is a big week for u.s./mexico ties. biden made his first visit to the u.s. southern border on sunday. enormous political implications here. we met with border officials in el paso, texas. while highlighting the disturbing rise not just in migrants but in u.s. fentanyl deaths. also we are following what is happening in brazil. shades of the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol after false claims of a stolen election. sounds familiar. supporters of brazil s jair bolsonaro smashing windows and clashing with police and breaking into congress and the presidential palace and the supreme court. hundreds have been arrested. meantime, in washington this morning with kevin mccarthy fin finally locking up the house speakership, gop members meeting to select thei
of classified documents with former presidents florida residents on monday. and it reveals a former president is under investigation for potentially violating the espionage act. former president trump is disputing the seas records were classified. former acting attorney general matt whitaker is standing by. and we have fox team coverage great jackie is traveling with president biden south carolina. first the toluca tomlinson live in washington, lucas. eight lawyer for former president trump certified two months ago that no classified material remained at his mar-a-lago club or the rate of its home took place after weeks of negotiation between the justice department and trump s lawyers here s what the fbi said it sees this week. documents labeled top secret, three seeker, three confidential and one set labeled tsc i that is top-secret sensitive compartment information. officials say the last one the most concerning contains of the highest classification levels designed to ke
Hold a vote on its version of a Continuing Resolution. Speaker mccarthy is now turning to democrats, to support his plan, and shifting blame first for potential shutdown while willing to risk his speakership it would appear. You know, what if somebody wants to remove, because i want to be the adult in the, room go ahead and try. I think this country is too important. I will stand with our military, i will stand our Border Agents, i will stand with those that half to get their medicine from government as well. I think thats too important. We have done 70 percent of our job, where the senate has done, nothing the senate cant even get anything to the floor in time. We can, and you know, what if i have to risk my job, for standing up for the american, public i will do that. We have reporters in place from washington to florida, to cover all of the we are beginning right there with both of those ladies, lets go first to julie tsirkin, the capitol hill. What is happening with the houses effo