taken action to remove president trump from the ballot. secretary of state belllows ruled he is ineligible to run if they have engaged in insurrection. the events of january 6 2021, unprecedented, tragic, were unsurrectorion. mr. trump engaged in insurrection and therefore disqualified. upon alexandria: like colorado state supreme court belllows based her ruling off the ruling used once in 1919. make no mistake, this is assault on democracy. biden does not trust voters for a free and fair election. this is being pursued in 13 other states. in colorado, trump s name will appear unless the supreme court affirms the decision to remove him. here is the chair weighing in. it is an act of desperation, they are afraid donald trump will win against joe biden. i m afraid other states will follow suit if the supreme court does not step in. alexandria: penning appeal by the trump team. right now her ruling is stayed until we get a ruling on that appeal from the state supreme c
brand-new numbers this morning show 276,000 migrants crossing illegally in december. the highest monthly total ever. border patrol sources report more than 760,000 migrant encounters since october 1st. that s another record. the highest first quarter of any fiscal year. more on this breaking story throughout the hour. but first. former president donald trump is off the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. potentially big factor in what is expected to be a close race for the white house. good morning, i m mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. good morning, molly. molly: i m molly line in for dana perino. maine s democratic secretary of state following colorado s lead disqualifying trump based on the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment. a crime for which he was never charged. mike: colorado s ban is on home after the state gop appealed it to the supreme court. the former president faces challenges in many states including wisconsin and november. bellows is the first election
temptations. that song puts me in the holiday spirit. gyasi tries to battle me on music, i don t know why. but i m curious, when you hear this song, it s like, yes, this crystallizes the moment for you. just to clarify to folks, it s not really a battle, it s an education. you know, i m teaching about music when we have these conversations. uh-huh, uh-huh. regarding music, holiday music, i m actually very traditional. my favorite christmas song is little drummer boy. and the reason why it s my favorite song is because it s one particular memory. my family was in fact homeless. oh, wow. and i remember that particular christmas, my mom on christmas eve, they found this little tiny apartment, got bless my mom. my mom is amazing. she found this little tiny
the pole. yes. number four, love actually. number four, i love this movie. my favorite christmas song of all time is christmas is all around us. there s a great sign where lincoln is showing the cards about saying you are perfect to me. that s actually is lead actor from the walking dead, which is crazy to think about now. but that movie is a phenomenal movie. it is available on netflix and has great stories all throughout. all right. we ll see. i love a good romance. nightmare before christmas? yes. my wife, when i propoeszed to her i proposed with to her with a nightmare before christmas scene. it has an amazing music. he did a brilliant job.
but baby it s cold outside. they are saying it s a rape song. people can t enjoy it anymore. i don t like the song in general. it had nothing to do with that. why don t you like it? it s a man and woman singing. yes. i don t like that. i don t get how it s rape. because he is he is trying to get her to come inside. what? it s a seduction. i find it offensive. people are offended. i think i m going to go with have yourself a merry little christmas. don t like any of them. my wife singing them is cool. i don t like them. what is wrong with you? i don t know. white christmas is about cocaine. it s terrible. my favorite christmas song is the theme from deliverance. this is from diane.