it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports on this monumental day in judicial history. at this hour, the supreme court facing a major test after historic arguments about donald trump. what we heard and why the justices may be skeptical of colorado s bid to kick him off the ballot. plus, it s the decades old case haunting the high court today. how the ghost of bush v. gore looming as the justices weigh trump s eligibility for a second term. and she s the 91-year-old republican who grabbed her constitution after the january 6th attack. what to know about the unlikely woman leading colorado s ballot challenge against donald trump. but we begin with those hours of critical debate at the supreme court that could chart the course of the 2024 election. nbc s garrett haake is following this from the d.c. bureau. also here with me, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official, chuck rosenberg and msnbc contributor. garrett, i have been scrollin
stephanie ruhle, all here for msnbc s special coverage of these court arguments on the disqualification of donald trump. welcome to our primetime recap of the historic proceedings that the united states supreme court. i am rachel maddow at msnbc home base along with my beloved colleagues, lawrence o donnell, and joy reid, and chris hayes, happy to have you all here. no cameras are allowed in federal courtrooms, including the united states supreme court, but today, for the arguments about whether china for having an insurrection against the u.s. government, the justices did allow for the sound of the proceedings, the audio, to be livestreamed here on msnbc, we carried the audio of those oral arguments live unfold. that was starting just after 10 am eastern time. but we also know that people have lives, jobs, school, other responsibilities and might make it hard to take two hours out of a thursday to stare at an audio speaker for hours trying to figure out of that was go
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 truth and the peril of falsity. between the promise of democracy and the peril of authoritarianism. - if i needed alternative
college students. i want you to meet rip holden, a former new hampshire state legislator and political consultant, a republican from manchester, currently undecided. thank you, governor. first, let me say i am glad your father is doing. well thank you for saying. that appreciated. which leads me into this question. you have an ad that says, i ll tell you, joe biden is too old. even this dam yankee thinks that s rude. so is that the kind of image that you or presidential candidate should project, rather than issues? you know what i m always gonna do? remember the age median of the state before you answer that question. you know, i have always spoken in hard truths. because i think americans deserve the truth. i always want the truth, and i think they want it back. i don t sugarcoat things, because i don t think we have time for that. i have said, both biden and trump would mean that our options would give us an 80-year-old president. we have a country in disarray a
news alert. the u.s. supreme court will decide whether donald trump can be kept off the (202)020-2024 ballot in colorado with argument starting on february 8th. the supreme court has now agreed to consider what is a very important appeal and constitutional issue. that is whether or not president trump s name will remain on the ballot until they render a decision. also tonight a big update from the biden family business as hunter may soon be held in contempt of congress. we have an update on that. the one and only dr. cornell west will join us with more of his defense which i think is indefensible of the former harvard president claudine gay. a hannity shootout tonight. tonight we begin in valley forge, pennsylvania. nearly 250 years ago during a bitterly cold and wet winter, george washington stationed the continental army on this rural plateau just outside of philadelphia. the defensible position it gave washington s exhausted troops time to rest and recover, recoup and