to try to knock trump out of the race are counter productive. they backfire. as you know he feeds on grievance just like a fire feeds on oxygen. and this is going to end up as a grievance that helps him. did colorado just hand donald trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot? why some say the effort to rue the former president could actually help his campaign. plus how president biden is responding. this as nbc news has learned the colorado supreme court justices who ruled in the case are now facing a flood of threats after their historic decision. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest out of the israel-hamas war as israel defense forces uncover hamas extensive tunnel network in gaza city. and the blunt warning from chinese president xi jinping to president biden about beijing s intentions with taiwan. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 21st. i am not jonathan lemire. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. now, th
you here. that s tonight reidout. all in with chris hayes starts right now. tonight on all in. trump s actions are unprecedented. the supreme court concluded that the district court that right. he did engaging insurrection. colorado s highest court disqualifies trump from the primary ballot. tonight an exclusive group ahead of the group that just won this enormous case. but plus the states for trump s candidacy and his january six trial date in his fate rests in the hands of the united states supreme court, mired in scandal. right now what is the compensation of a justice of the supreme court? oh, goodness. i think it s plenty. a [laughter] new reporting on the money was of clarence thomas and just who has been lavishing him with gifts. i feel like i should quit while i m ahead. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we have a stunning bit of unprecedented news out of the state of colorado tonight. it comes at an unpreced
politicsnation. tonight s lead, a christmas blizzard. right now, americans are preparing to celebrate christmas in the midst of a blizzard of legal developments surrounding donald trump. in just the last five days, the supreme has blocked special counsel jack smith s request to expedite a ruling on whether trump has legal immunity over his january 6th conduct. earlier, new recordings published by the detroit news reportedly showed trump pressing republican electors in michigan not to certify joe biden s victory in the state. three years ago. the state supreme court justices in colorado have been reporting death threats all week since they ruled that trump could not run for office in the state. all that plus what to expect when the senate comes back to washington next month. in new york governor kathy hochul joins me shortly as the empire state officially takes up the question of reparations for its black residents. i had a firsthand view this week as head of the national acti
begin this hour with trt cases that could have a major impact on the 2024 election, and with, it democracy itself. first, on friday, the supreme court denied special counsel jack smith s request to fast-track arguments over trump s claims that he s immune from being held accountable legally for his actions to overturn the 2020 election. trump basically claiming that he deserves to get out of jail free card because he took those actions while president. but this appeal over presidential immunity is likely far from over. a lower court will hear oral arguments in this case and just a few weeks. once the court rules the supreme court could decide n if it will take up the case. while this appeals process plays out, it could delay the start date for trump s election interference trial in washington d.c.. meanwhile, the supreme court will also likely have to surprise how to react to the decision from colorado s high court, damning trump ineligible to run for office, at least in colo
investigation, political violence in america has not been this bad since the 1970s. people instead of property, most recently deadly outbursts have come from the right. viewers of this show are familiar with what some of those deadly threats and outbursts have looked like. the, quote, unprecedented number of threats against fbi agents, who participated in the search of mar-a-lago classified documents, threats against alvin bragg, fani willis, and judge tanya chuts kin. sensing a theme you are not wrong. common denominator here is, of course, the disgraced, twice impeached four times indicted ex-president, who has become a next u.s. between the workings of law enforcement and our system and political violence and now has happened again. less than hours since the colorado supreme court ruled that donald trump is disqualified from being on the republican primary ballot in that state. now, in the wake of that landmark ruling, the judges who sit on the colorado supreme court are b