morning joe. it is tuesday, december 26th, i m jonathan lemire. alongside me former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan and the haass of msnbc s politics nation reverend al sharpton. president biden and first lady jill biden spent christmas eve fielding phone calls for the norad santa tracker. the president posted this picture on social media writing that he spoke to excited young americans worried about santa s whereabouts. then the president and first lady called units from each branch of the military to wish them a merry christmas and thank them for their service. republican front runner donald trump, on the other hand, spent the holiday weekend in a very different fashion, taking on his political enemies. the former president posted several, shall we say, unusual christmas messages on truth social that criticized people like joe biden and jack smith. in one post the channeled home alone kevin mccallister. merry christmas, y
Good afternoon. I am richard lui in for yasmin. The christmas dozens of Flights Canceled due to weather in the mid let leaving airline scrambling to get Travelers Home for the holidays. A live report on the situation just a moment. And, a brandnew falling by Donald Trumps legal team on the issue of president ial immunity, essentially their clients commute completely immune from prosecution. This sets up a showdown of what the Special Counsel and the hearing set for early january. Breaking news for you as well, the Israeli Military revealing the fate of five hostages whose bodies were found in the tunnels of gaza. We will get the details with that just into. Us with record breaking numbers of migrant the board of this week, some negotiators working the phone lines through the congressional recess to find a deal on immigration. Well also look back at the Culture War Bottles of 2023 when america appeared to be a war with itself. That is coming up, later this hour. We are going to start th
actions he took as president to challenge the 2020 election results. how this impacts not just the federal election interference case, but also what it could mean for his prosecution and fulton county. and rudy giuliani, too little, too late. the former new york mayor filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy a day after he was ordered to immediately pay 100 and $48 million to ruby freeman and shaye moss, the election workers he vilified. see will they ever see a dime of that money? you are watching symone. we have a lot to get to. we begin this afternoon with more revelations on former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and crucial new developments on the efforts to hold him acuntable. the detroit news says it reviewed recordings of then president donald trump pressuring two republican members of the wayne county board of canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election. the outlet says that the recordings
after president biden was sworn in as president, we are still learning new ways donald trump and his allies tried to hold on to power. the attempt to overturn the 2020 election has deep roots in to preserve our democracy, we must have a full understanding of the threats we face. just this week, we learned of another poll call of trump, urging election officials to reject the will of the american people. the detroit news made revealed the call may days after the election. in the, called the news outlet reports trump pressured to republican canvassers in michigan not to certify the 2020 presidential election. and we see news has not heard or verify the audio recordings. another took note, president biden, won michigan by nearly 150,000 votes in the fair and free election. but for donald trump, accepting defeat, not an option. instead, he discouraged supporters to show up to the capitol on january 6th. you know what happened next. the deadly insurrection. donald trump s all ha
face. just last, week we learned of another phone call from donald trump urging election officials to reject the will of the american people. that detroit news reports the call made just days after the election. of the call, the news outlet reports trump pressured two republican canvassers in michigan not to certify the 2020 presidential election. nbc news has not heard or verified the audit reports. president biden won michigan by nearly 155,000 votes in a fair and free election. but for donald trump, accepting defeat, not an option. instead, he discouraged his supporters to show up at he encouraged his supporters to show up to the capitol on january 6th, and you know what happened next. a deadly insurrection. and donald trump s all hands on thick effort to derail american democracy failed but we cannot let down our guard. a new column from the deli piece rates the fact that didn t work should not give us a false sense of security regarding the potential danger that someth