trump incited the insurrection and there s no loophole in the constitution. to hold that there s a loophole for the president in the constitution would basically say donald trump is above the law when he engages in rebellion and insurrection. i think that s wrong. colorado secretary of state jenna griswald on trump s disqualification from her state s ballot. and now a compromised supreme court shaped by trump will decide his fate on that and his claim of presidential immunity in the election interference case. and predictable response from trump s maga allies, let the people decide, they say. after all of them tried to overturn the will of the voters last time. plus, trump s obsession with pure blood, which is now part of his increasingly fascist stump speech. but we begin tonight with the consequences of insurrection. because lately it doesn t seem like there have been many for politicians who participated in them. but there absolutely have been some. let s start
now, an interesting fact is that the prefect of rome today, italian media expects during those days between that and the future, tearing the, fifth next thursday, he expects about 60,000 people to come down for that occasion. compare that to the more than 4 million pilgrims who came down for the funeral of the last pope who died, who was, of course, john paul the second. then on thursday, the vatican said that the funeral wouldn t be held in the morning, in st. peters square. you will be presided by pope francis, again, the first time in modern times we know that a pope has presided over another. then, the body will be buried in the vatican grotto, which is a tumult near st. peters to me, below st. peters basilica, and an interesting fact about that is that is where john paul the second was buried before he was moved to the final resting place inside st. peters basilica. claudio, i want to ask you here. have you been able to chat with anybody? what is the lasting legacy you
midnight. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 30th. new year s eve on this final morning, joe, of the year. and this morning, there is more heat on new york congressman-elect george santos, who also now is under federal investigation after it was revealed that he lied about his resume while campaigning for congress. we ll have new reporting on what these charges could be. plus, newly released transcripts from the january 6th committee, showing the struggle within the trump white house to keep bad information, conspiracy theories, away from the president and the failure to do that in many cases. we ll take a closer look at former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, in his failed role as presidential gatekeeper. plus, after thousands of canceled flights and a reputation now in tarts, southwest airline says it finally expects to resume normal operations today. we ll tell you what the company is saying it plans to do to somehow make things right.
good morning. i m ryan nobles. thank you for joining us. this morning for the first time, the public is getting a firsthand look at six years worth of former president donald trump s taxes. our nbc news team is reading through the returns page by page, combing for news. we ll break down what s inside these highly anticipated documents ahead. with tiktok now banned on house-issued devices, could congress ban it on your phone next. we ll ask a congressman about that. and fliers are making backup plans before they fly. a live up diet from newark airport. an update on pope benedict after he s still in serious condition. we ll find out the latest from rome. and with just 37 hours to go until 2023, organizers in new york city will conduct a test of the famous ball drop. we ll take you live to times square. breaking news. officials say they have arrested someone in pennsylvania in connection with the murders of four students who attended the university of idaho. we ju
western reporters actually inside the country. look at the unrest going on in iran right now, the unrest in russia right now. yeah. people say they ve never seen protests at this scale. it s getting serious. a lot of mothers getting out there. they don t want their sons being dragged off to war. we begin with a new development on the war in ukraine. volodymyr zelenskiy is accusing russia of nuclear blackmail and says he does not think president vladimir putin is bluffing, this as the u.s. announced an additional $457 million in civilian assistance to ukraine. nbc news foreign correspondent erin mclaughlin has more. reporter: days after russian president vladimir putin issued a thinly veiled nuclear threat, u.s. officials sending a message of their own. if russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for russia. the united states will respond decisively. reporter: that warning coming the same weekend that outrage, fear, and brutality swept