more. that could be a long-term repair right there. rachel: absolutely. now to this, former president trump making his first speech, a couple of them yesterday, since being hit with that federal indictment. rachel: and he did not hold back during his speech in georgia, calling the charges baseless. he even compared president biden s tactics to something stall inwould do. he also hit at the timing of the indictment. listen to this. every time i fly over a blue state, i get a subpoena. it s no coincidence they indicted me, the very same day that it was revealed that the fbi hid explosive evidence that joe biden took $5 million illegal bribe from ukraine. next hunter will probably be charged with some very minor offense so the fbi and doj can pretend they re fair, they want to pretend they re fair, we got hunter for jay walking. as far as the joke of an indictment, it s a horrible thing. it s a horrible thing for this country. i mean, the only good thing about it is, it
[playing national anthem] [playing national anthem] [playing national anthem] [playing national anthem] if you are in new zealand, happy new year to you. as you are waking up somewhere around the globe throughout this program, someone is partying their face-off because it is 2024 already. you are looking at the future right there. rachel: we are going to party with everyone celebrated the new year around the globe every hour. nonstop party all day. it s two and a half men it past the new year, we are celebrating, we have noisemakers and hats. all where the guns had. the great late jimmy buffett said it s 5:00 o clock somewhere. right now it is new year s somewhere. pete: here we are straight to new year s all day long. rachel: can i bring this back into the kids. i love it. pete: get more for her we need lots more. joey: that s what i m talking about. pete: the street already blocked here in new york. rachel: it was hard to get to new york. rachel: i almost pree
happening now, donald trump remains on the primary ballot in michigan after the supreme court rejected a bid to disqualify him under the insurrectionist ban. will this ruling have any impact on trump s legal fight in colorado? also this hour, we re standing by for a readout on critical talks that just ended between biden cabinet officials and the president of mexico. did they reach any new agreement on ways to ease the surge of migrants into the u.s. as the problem weighs not only on border cities, but also the white house. also, we re following these disturbing new images out of gaza. palestinian men and at least two boys apparently stripped down to their underwear while being detained by the israeli military. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m kaitlan collins and you re in the situation room. our top story this hour, a new ruling in the multistate effort that is underway to disqualify donald trump from running
real frenzy of activity around this case. so, i promise we will return to that as soon as we have it. let s turn our attentions to the united states. the house of representatives has approved a deal to allow the us to borrow more money, days before the world s biggest economy would have started defaulting on its debt. the measure passed the chamber by a vote of 314 to 117, with defections on both sides of the aisle. the us senate must vote on the bill later this week before presidentjoe biden can sign it into law. joining me now is martin baccardax, senior editor, thestreet.com. was it game, set and match to biden on this deal? i think, to some degree, he can claim an incredible victory here, although ultimately he did want to separate this debt ceiling negotiation from his budget, and he had to concede at least some spending cuts along the way. so, he didn t get precisely what you wanted, but as you indicated, there was tremendous bipartisan support for the deal, including r
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with two major developments both of which could impact the election interference cases against donald trump. first up, we have the supreme court rejecting the special counsel s request for an early review of clumps claims that he should be immune from facing prosecution. a newly discovered recording of trump pressuring michigan election officials not to certify the 2020 election. we are going to go right now to nbc s erin gilchrist here that the white house fourth. aaron, welcome. what does this mean for trump in the cases against him? alex, to potential impacts. hear this phone call could turn into damning evidence in one of the four cases against trump. now at the same time the supreme court could be just the kind of speed bumps the trump legal team could be looking for. reporter: the setback for government lawyers trying to fast-track the prosecution of former president do