his fight to remain on colorado s ballot to the supreme court. what his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is now concerned about how the justices may rule. plus, we ll dig into house speaker mike johnson and the 60 other republicans and their visit to the southern border. their new ultimatum, and what they re prepared to do with the government if democrats don t agree to their demands. and also ahead we ll show you the confrontation between governor ron desantis and one of his own supporters who accuses the presidential candidate of going soft on trump. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with this news. former president donald trump s legal team has officially petitioned the supreme court asking it to overturn the colorado ruling that found him ineligible to run for president. last month colorado became the first state to rule that trump engaged in an i
there and even though he missed he had this huge grin. it s all act your attitude. attitude can manifest a lot of things. they both have good attitudes. we ll see what they manifest for tonight. jeff, thank you so much. as always, we love having you here. cnn this morning continues right now. treasury secretary janet yellen warning washington it has just 31 days to pay america s bills or risk catastrophe. this bill has to be between biden and mccarthy. it s political arson. it s time for republicans and democrats to sit in the room and act like adults and make sure that the united states doesn t default on our loans. a tragic scene in central illinois. a dust storm led to a series of pileups. now that the dust and smoke has cleared, you can see what s left of this horrific and deadly crash. several vehicles and even semis that had jackknifed, air bags were deploying all around us. the fbi releasing a new picture of the suspect who allegedly gun
deadline right now. hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. the gop is entrenched in another civil war today, this one intrastate, not intrachamber, but gop versus gop all the same. in one corner the talented mr. ripley of kevin mccarthy s house republican conference, and in the other his hometown republican detractors who say he should resign for telling, quote, lie after lie. the second political thrilla in manila political-style duel isn t at all how the republicans planned to roll out their new grip on power, but it was happens when a party lowers the bar to subterranean levels. here are the fireworks from new york republicans today. george santos campaign last year was a campaign of deceit, lies, fabrication. he s not welcome here at republican headquarters for meetings or at any of our events. as i said, he s disgraced the house of representatives, and we do not consider him one of our congresspeople. today on behalf of the nassau county republican committe
headquarters in new york city and the political drama captivating washington and paralyzing the house of representatives now in a third day with no end in sight. we re well into the seventh vote. still no speaker ask it does not appear the concessions kevin mccarthy agreed to last night made any difference in the vote count today. the biggest backlash against those conservative rebels coming from other members of their party. slamming them as egotistical opportunists. one of those members, chris stewart, will join us in a minute. and donald trump s big endorsement of kevin mccarthy landing with a thud. his own maga members rejeking his advice and holding the line against the would-be speaker. so has the former president last his touch? joining me now is senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake, political correspondent steve kornacki, former congresswoman donna edwards, an msnbc political analyst, john theory is a long-time republican house staffer, matthew dowd is foun
mean for the social media giant. and we ll speak with the head of nasa, former senator bill nelson, as the agency prepares to return to the moon for the first time in 50 years. we begin with the elections in florida and new york last night. voters went to the polls to cost their votes for some well known democratic leaders, but it was a little watched house race in upstate new york that could give the clearest picture of what we could expect in november. reporter: in the last major round of primaries before the midterm elections, critical races in florida and new york offering clues ahead of november. what a night. reporter: in florida, charlie crist will get another shot at the governor s mansion. the former republican governor turned democratic congressman defeating state agriculture commissioner nikki freed. he will take on ron desantis, promising to put an end to desantis s 2024 presidential ambitions. this guy wants to be president of the united states of ame