from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with new word on donald trump s legal team preparing to challenge states that are trying to keep him off the ballot. the new york times saying these new filings could happen as soon as tuesday. both colorado and the main cases. maine joined colorado this week, disqualifying trump from its primary ballot, citing its role in the january 6th capitol riot. main secretary of state, shayna pillows, telling msnbc s laura mcdonald that she was bound to make this decision. i was duty bound to follow the two ensure that the candidates, all of them who appear on the primary ballot, or qualified for the office they seek. joining me now is emma barnett, who is in kittery, maine, for us. we are going to break this down. you have been reporting on section three of the 14th amendment. you have been following the possibility of donald trump being removed from this ballot for months. tell me how we got here a
still on the ballot, the michigan supreme court rejecting an effort to remove former president donald trump from the states 2024 primary ballot. the justices legal reasoning and what it could mean for future supreme court cases. right now, top u.s. officials are in mexico encouraging counterparts to take action on border crossings. the latest of those talks amidst a migrant surge. talks of a wider war in the middle east reaching a new level as the u.s. barrages drones and missiles from yemen, we are following the stories are coming in right here on cnn new central peer a major constitutional debate is heating up as michigan becomes the latest state to keep donald trump on its ballot . michigan supreme court agreed with three other states in rejecting efforts to remove the former president from the ballot based on the 14th amendment insurrectionist band. it comes after a week of colorado justices ruling the opposite allowing trump to be kicked off next year s primary ballo
happening now, donald trump remains on the primary ballot in michigan after the supreme court rejected a bid to disqualify him under the insurrectionist ban. will this ruling have any impact on trump s legal fight in colorado? also this hour, we re standing by for a readout on critical talks that just ended between biden cabinet officials and the president of mexico. did they reach any new agreement on ways to ease the surge of migrants into the u.s. as the problem weighs not only on border cities, but also the white house. also, we re following these disturbing new images out of gaza. palestinian men and at least two boys apparently stripped down to their underwear while being detained by the israeli military. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m kaitlan collins and you re in the situation room. our top story this hour, a new ruling in the multistate effort that is underway to disqualify donald trump from running
we are awaiting secretary of state antony blinken and mayorkas arrival in mexico for border security meeting with mexican president obrador. the trip comes as massive crowds of thousands of migrants are waiting to be processed and a migrant caravan marches north through mexico right now. all this as president biden ditches washington for a tropical holiday vacation. hello, this is outnumbered, i m molly line. joining me fox news contributor and president of american spirit, tammy bruce, board certified physician dr. nicole saphier and washington examiner and senior fellow for independent woman s forum kaylee and joe concha. president biden s top cabinet officials will address current border challenges. william is in los angeles with the latest on all of this. william. the biden administration is asking mexico to do something it will not. family coming to work but dhs let go. this is lukeville, arizona. last night more than a thousand immigrants were epiapprehended. the
question. what was the cause of the civil war? she managed to give an answer they did not include the words slavery. we re going to show you that later in this hour. and explain. why she gave that answer. lawrence i m looking forward to that because i saw also that same comment after we did our segment so i m glad you re covering it. thank you, jonathan. thanks, lawrence. on christmas day a 77 year old criminal defendant facing racketeering charges and other felonies in four jurisdictions said that his prosecutors should rot in hell. and unlike every other criminal defendant who has said that, he didn t mumble it to himself bitterly, alone in his jail cell, awaiting trial. he didn t say it angrily to a cell mate. he said it through the reach of social media to the world and while he was at it, he said the president s united states should rot in hell. the 77 year old criminal defendant is also the leading republican candidate for president of united states. thanks to t