we have a lot to get to this morning, including donald trump formally taking his fight to remain on colorado s ballot to the supreme court. we ll tell you what his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is concerned about how the justices may rule. plus, back in 2020, donald trump hired an expert to prove election fraud. instead, that person found the 2020 election was not stolen. we re going to speak with that expert about what his data firm actually uncovered. also ahead, we ll dig into the ultimatum from house republicans following their visit to the southern border. do they want a deal? along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and msnbc host jen psaki. she s a former white house press secretary. good to have you all on board this morning. willie? let s start in colorado. former president trump s legal team officially has petitioned the supreme court to overturn last month s co
preparations for the trial. tomorrow, there s going to be an event in downtown miami at the courthouse, and we wanted to assure the public that we ve already begun preparations. everyone has a right to peacefully express themselves and exercise their constitutional rights, and obviously do it in a peaceful manner. our north america correspondent david willis is following developments from washington. he arrived by private plane to miami airport a short while ago and is spending the night at his hotel in the city before embarking on the short journey, about 20 minute motorcade journey to the federal courthouse in downtown miami tomorrow afternoon, in time for that three o clock scheduled arraignment and historic event by any standards. it s likely that mr trump will be brought into the federal building through an underground tunnel, i understand. he will then make his way to the sixth floor to the us marshals office, where he will be fingerprinted, a mug shot will be taken. he
choices for college. john wang was rejected by six elite schools and says affirmative action is to blame. john: the teenager at the center of a court case that could strike down race-based admissions. fox news sunday anchor and chief legal correspondent shannon bream joins us on that coming up. sandra: new details on the bribery allegations against joe biden and his family as the president tries to brush off the growing scandal by hitting the road. hello, sandra smith in new york on this friday afternoon. john: we finally made it, you got an earlier start than i did. john roberts. the president is in north carolina about to speak getting good paying jobs for young americans but will likely stay silent when it comes to an fbi document that is a crucial piece of a house investigation into his family s finances. sandra: sources exclusively telling fox news digital a ukrainian natural gas firm executive allegedly paid biden $5 million as part of a bribery scheme when he w
set expectations for what could and would happen next because it does seem like something is happening. today our cameras caught three of donald trump s lawyers at the department of justice minutes after they left, donald trump started posting about the case saying, quote, how can doj possibly charge me, who did nothing wrong, when no other presidents were charged? so does donald trump know something we do not? joining us is senior legal correspondent laura jarrett and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. donald trump s lawyers were at doj, ken. do we know who they were meeting with? we know who they weren t meeting with. attorney general garland and deputy attorney general lisa mona core were not involved. presumably it was with career officials who have some oversight over this case and are briefed on this case. it s very common for defense attorneys to come in at the end of an investigation and make their case to management at the justice departm
and could a conviction in any of these cases be a tipping point for voters? scheduling nightmare aside in all of this, the former president might not even get on the republican ballot in some states. we ve got a wave of new developments in the effort to disqualify trump ahead of the primaries. where it s working and where it s getting kind of messy. meanwhile, in d.c., another motion has been filed by jack smith in donald trump s election interference case. what the special counsel is now asking the judge to block the former president from doing during trial proceedings. let s dive right in. joining us now is washington post senior political reporter aaron blake, former congresswoman and msnbc political analyst donna edwards, and msnbc political analyst, democratic strategist, and pollster cornell belcher. thanks for being here. aaron, let s start with you. as we approach the new year, paint a picture of this, if you could, of just how chaotic this could get. only one of do