be a major political minefield for now. it deny special counsel, jack smith, requests to fast-track a decision on whether donald trump has broad immunity for actions he took as president while challenging his 2020 election loss. this means justices will allow the case to move forward through the regular appeals process. it is likely that the court will also be soon confronted with another trump case. today trump confirmed that his legal team is working on an appeal of a colorado high court ruling that would kick him off the primary ballot. there are challenges to trump s ballot eligibility underway and more than a dozen other states including michigan. now that state is also in the spotlight after the detroit news reported that trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election results. the paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just
appeals court to toss his 2020 election interference case arguing that he was carrying out white house duties at the time and therefore immune to prosecution. this move coming one day after the supreme court declined to rule on the immunity question for now. it is a blow for special counsel jack smith who sought a speedy decision. that trial like trump s three other criminal cases might play out while voters are casting ballots in the 2024 election meaning trump s political future could be determined before the juries decide his criminal fate. also new, trump s team is planning to challenge the colorado supreme court decision to disqualify the former president from the 2024 ballot for allegedly inciting the insurrection. a source with knowledge of trump s plans tells nbc news they intend to file an appeal after the christmas holiday. that could have implications far beyond colorado especially in the 16 other states with open legal challenges to trump s eligibility for offic
it s good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, breaking news overseas. more than 15 people killed, dozens injured after a shooting at a university in prague. video shows a scene all too familiar here in the u.s. but exceedingly rare in central europe. so what happened? plus, rudy giuliani trying to fend off a mountain of legal bills from lawsuits and legal fees by filing for bankruptcy. and wait until you hear just how deep his debts go. the growing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. for the third day in a row, more than 12,000 migrants have crossed into the u.s. we are live in texas. plus, governor greg abbott escalating his war against president biden s immigration policies. first, he was bussing migrants, now he s flying them out of state. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we start with that deadly shooting in prague. nbc s molly hunter is following that story for us. just mome
good afternoon, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the blame game over southern border, president biden and house republicans are attacking each other as a record number of the u.s. continue to cross border patrol agents are doing everything they can to take care of this situation, but they are completely overwhelmed, completely just overwhelmed with the situation, and it s getting worse. plus, it s what the atlantic calls the english muffin problem. you might not have heard of it, but likely you re dealing with it. why so many americans hate the current economy even though the numbers show it s actually trending in the right direction. and the cdc tracking a surge in covid cases as millions travel for the holidays, what you need to know about the new variant fueling the virus s spread. we begin with the humanitarian crisis growing by the hour on the southern border, a record number of migrant crossings are pushing processing facilities way
jack smith to accelerate a decision on donald trump s claim of presidential immunity in his federal election criminal interference case. now, the one sentence reply the order from the supreme court reads, quote, the petition for writ of serzh yry is denied. in other words we re going not going to the appeals process could give donald trump ample time to further delay this case, which is of course supposed to go to trial just a few months from now, the first week of march. trump may now try to delay the start of the trial until the calender begins to encroach on next november s election. in which if he s the nominee the next court could ask to put the case on pause until the next presidential contest is decide. and should trump win that election the case will go away entirely which is to be clear and we all understand including the people on the supreme court exactly what he wants. although i have to say it is stel unknown if trump will be allowed to meaningfully delay thi