officials decide to remove donald trump from maine s primary ballot. but what happens next? and could other states follow suit? i ll talk to one of the lead plaintiffs in the case. plus, the do nothing congress. congressional republicans face a hefty to-do list when they return to work in the new year. including keeping the government open. so why are they already putting their focus on an impeachment inquiry into president biden, despite no evidence of wrongdoing? and as the war between israel and hamas wages on, we will take a closer look at how the conflict has become a political and religious flash point, in this country. a powerful discussion with a diverse group of faith leaders is coming up. we begin this hour with donald trump getting the booed off the 2024 primary ballot in a 2nd state. on thursday, in a historic move, main secretary of state shenna bellows ruled that trump is not qualified to hold the office of the presidency under section 3 of the 14th amendment to
we ve been rocking out out here all morning long. we ought to keep them here every weekend. joey: it makes it hard to concentrate op on politics in the commercial break, but i m not all that upset by that. will: we ve been rock aring for several weeks now as part of this faith and friends concert series. st the really fun. that will be, i believe, in the final hour of our show. we wake up at 5 a.m. to a rock concert every sunday morning. [laughter] we ll bring it to you in just a few hours, but now to our top story, former president trump attends a college wrestling match in tulsa, oklahoma, yesterday after saying he would be arrested on tuesday. his potential arrest, it s related to a $13 if 0,000 amendment 130,000 payment to stormy daniels. joey: manhattan d.a. alvin bragg told his staff in an e-mail attain the by politico, quote, we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in new york. rachel: house speaker kevin mccarthy is directing
our coverage now continues now with luminous laura coates and alisyn camerota. i did it and i did it because national security experts kept coming on the show and saying, delete the tiktok, the communist chinese government controls it, they have access to everything, so i did. we will you be lit sinking and dancing tomorrow? i don t do that, i never did that anyway. oh, me thinks the lady doth protest too much. just kidding, i know you did not. i was looking at it and would see it but i never actually did anything with it. i don t feel that badly any longer if it s going to be going away anytime soon. it s kind of dumb because i just feel like everyone is surveilling me on my phone now anyway, that s why the whole think about ships in the vaccine is so stupid. bill gates does not need to put chips in your body. all these people follow you around on your phone. but that said, national security people kept saying, deleted, deleted, to delete it. so, i deleted it.
documents that were released today. but even that gives us more information about where things are headed, and that s why i think, no matter how redacted the release of this affidavit is gonna be, take the first thing on their. the espionage act. the 18 usc seven 93, we will all were wondering, i rode along piece, what angle are they taking? well, they ve just stated their theory of the case, one, that they might or might not argue to the jury. he retained government documents. well, don, if i go to the white house and help myself to property that s in the oval office, and i take it with me, i m retaining government property. that s a crime. and these are boxes and boxes and boxes. so, we re already learning more. okay, he says he wants this information out there. do you think this is going to be helpful to him? i do not. i think it s going to tell the story of why the government, they had to put the details to convince a judge that there was probable cause of crime. is
norm, i want to look at these terms. this is what we learned today from the mar-a-lago national defense information removal of government record and obstruction of a federal investigation. does this tell you anything about where the investigation is focused on right now? it does. it gives us some additional information, and of course these are the very basic additional documents that were released today. even that gives us more information about where things are headed. that s why i think no matter how redacted, the release of this affidavit is going to be so explosive. take the first thing on there. the espionage act. we all were wondering, i wrote a long piece. would angle are they taking? they ve just stated their theory of the case. one that they might or might not argue to the jury. he retained government documents. well, don, if i go to the white house and help myself to a property that is in the oval office and i take it with me, i m retaining government proper