unprecedented decision to kick him off the 2024 ballot. justices there now reportedly facing violent threats in the wake of the historic decision. israel ramping up operations in gaza. the u.s. increases pressure on its ally to lower the intensity of the war. a key meeting between a close confidante of netanyahu and white house officials just wrapping. amid an unprecedented surge of migrants at the southern border, cities as far north as new york are scrambling to contain the crisis. populations in shelters there are exploding. we will talk to someone who is at the center of the battle to provide shelter. kaitlan collins is off tonight. i m brianna keilar. this is the source. any time now donald trump could appeal to the united states supreme court after colorado s supreme court disqualified him from the 2024 ballot one week ago. that decision cited the clause of the 14th amendment that bars insurrectionists from holding office, ruling trump participated in the attack
breaking moments ago, the supreme court has refused to consider former president trump s claim of immunity in his federal election interference case until a lower court has its say. so the high court could eventually hear this case, but they re not going to do it jack smith s way which was to expedite it. we re waiting for trump s legal team to appeal the colorado historic decision to remove him from the state s ballot. we could get the move from the trump team on that any minute. we have a great legal panel standing by on this breaking news this afternoon. john yoo, former law clerk to clarence thomas. great to have this outstanding panel with us. first let s go to chad pergram and get the latest on the breaking news this hour on a friday afternoon on capitol hill. hi, chad. march that good afternoon. jack smith has lost his effort to speed up consideration as to whether the former president was immune from prosecution for interfering with the 2020 presidential election. n
frustrations over poll numbers. what he is facing heading to 2024, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, everyone. i am symone symone sanders townsend, in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, donald trump s extreme rhetoric ramps up as he campaigns with four weeks to go to the iowa caucuses, the first big test this week, the republican front-runner appeared before supporters in new hampshire, nevada, and said this about immigrants coming to the united states. when they let, i think the real number is 15, 16 million people into our country, when they do that, we got a lot of work to do. they are poisoning the blood of our country, that s what they have done. they are coming to our country from africa, from asia, all over the world. they are pouring into our country. when i m reelected, we will begin, and we have no choice, the largest deportation operation in american history. this is an invasion. this is like a military invasion. drugs, crimin
the u.s. turns up the pressure on israel. defense secretary lloyd austin in tel aviv. what he said about protecting civilians as gaza s reported death toll nears 20,000. the major shift from pope francis on same-sex couples. what the vatican announced today. the governor of texas signing a controversial new border bill, setting the stage for a major showdown with the federal government. the verdict in the trial of marvel star jonathan majors, charged with assaulting his former girlfriend. new developments in the investigation into lead-tainted applesauce that sickened dozens of children. was it done on purpose? and harry smith on the tradition dating back more than a century in a place they call the christmas city. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. much of the east coast recovering tonight from a massive storm that brought heavy rain, coastal flooding and high winds from florida to maine, killing at least
ago and that of cast an election is frankly very rail. let s discuss all of this with our political panel. karen finney great. great to have all be with us tonight. and there s so much to talk about in terms of the chaos that could happen with the midterms. let s start with election deniers. so, as you know, the place allows you with them right now. particularly places like arizona. then, today, ted cruz went on the view and could not answer the question as to whether or not he basically joe biden was legitimately elected. he pivoted, carrying the city, because it s the new talking point that i hear all the time now from republicans. when they get uncomfortable about the election denying. they pivot, immediately, to the past. so let s listen to this. what is biden legitimate elected because half the party thinks that he wasn t and will be very painful for you to tell the truth? biden is the president today. there is a lot of folks in the media that, i m exactly as a