plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonight, we begin with a new move in the justice and it s classified documents case against donald trump in a motion filed yesterday at a detective order. this bar is trump s legal team from discussing sensitive material from the discovery process. the evidence includes information pertaining to ongoing investigations and warns that its disclosure could quote, compromise those investigations and identify uncharged individuals. smith s request for trump silence comes as no surprise, considering the fact that the ex president hasn t exactly kept a low profile post arraignment. just hours after he left the courthouse on tuesday, trump blasted the indictment as corrupt and cassatt as a part of a political pursuit designed to destroy him. really stands in
chris christie s formal announcement that he s running for president, which we ll be bringing to you, we have breaking news right now in the trump investigation. mark meadows is testifying, trump s former chief of staff has now testified, we before a federal grand jury investigating trump. we are learning the special counsel is now using a grand jury in florida as well. we ve got a lot of details for you tonight breaking. and disaster in ukraine now a dangerous blame game of who is behind the destruction of a crucial dam. the breach unleashing deadly floodwaters, and now threatening the largest nuclear power plant in europe. plus, the pga tour sells out to the saudis. is professional soccer about to be next? good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. trump s former chief of staff testifying. cnn confirming that mark meadows has testified before a federal grand jury investigating trump. meadows is a key figure in the two investigations related
good morning. happy new year. welcome to a special new year s day edition of morning joe. we re on tape this morning with some of our top, recent conversations. we begin with a discussion about donald trump s increasing use of authoritarian language in his speeches and social media posts. in recent months, trump has repeated fascist rhetoric, including saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, and referring to his political enemies as vermin. we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the threat from outside forces is sinister, dangerous, and grave, more than the threat from within. donald trump echoing the words of 20th century authoritarians at a rally earlier this month. joining us now, national affairs analyst john heilemann. special correspondent at vanity fair and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fast. and co
[dramatic music] - i can hold a quarter right here, in this room, and ask this side of the room to tell me what they see and this side of the room what they see. and they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. - calling it insurrection it wasn t. it was peaceful protest. - it s anarchists. breaking the glass of the united states capitol. - facts are indisputable. - i ve got secrets - i think that s the problem that we have. more people need to be able to stand up and say, that s crazy. it s a quarter, and we can talk about what s on each side of the quarter, but let s not disagree about the fact that it is a quarter. [people shouting] - january 6th was predicated on propaganda, in the most terrifying way. - so much for those claims that voter fraud never happens. of course it happens. they knew it happened when they told us it would never happen, because they re liars. - we re at a crossroads today between the promise of trut
sitcom star convicted of rape in a case that put his religion, scientology, on trial, as well. nasa weighing in on videos of suspected ufos we ll show you what they said about these giant orbs flying across the sky. the wild video from a georgia highway. this car launching off a tow truck s ramp going airborne what we know about the driver. and the hero on mount everest. the incredible rare rescue, a sherpa literally carrying a sick climber down on his back announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester we begin tonight with breaking news as two major stories are are playing out right now which coul shape the political landscape for years to come tonight, that critical vote in the house of representatives finally passing. it is the up an unusual bipartisan push from president biden and speaker mccarthy, wrangling enough members from both parties to pass it we have major developments in the 2024 race for president