we will watch the court, maggie vespa, thank you very much. that s going to do it for me. deadline white house starts right now. hello, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. i m ali velshi in for nicolle wallace. just a few hours ago, attorneys for donald trump filed a brief defending their can client s place on the ballot in that critical 14th amendment case that s before the supreme court over whether his role in the january 6th insurrection bars him from running for office. oral arguments before the justices are on thursday. we are also hearing from special counsel jack smith, his prosecutors are mounting a defense of the classified documents probe in a filing to judge aileen cannon. we re going to have more on that in a little while as well. we begin with developments in the middle east where the threat of further air strikes looming across the region and a furry of diplomacy with one goal, preventing the war in gaza from widening even further. president biden and his
smart people to break down the week s big stories. today, we re asking on the heels of the colorado supreme court s decision that he engaged in insurrection, should donald trump be kept off the 2024 ballot? then texas has an answer to the mounting crisis at the border. does it go too far? and santa s got his list and we ve got ours for best christmas movie, song, and tradition and we ll tell you who s naughty and nice. the panel is here and ready to go so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, forget campaigning, speeches, and commercials. the real action in politics now is inside the courtroom. four colorado justices drawing a big monkey wrench into next year s election and shining a bigger spotlight on the supreme court which made a decision in another trump case friday that will also reshape the presidential race. a stunning decision by the colorado supreme court. banning trump from the state republican primary ballot for michigan actions on january 6th. o
president joe biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy, and their negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to raise the debt ceiling. we are learning that house democrats have been invited to a virtual all-member briefing from the white house, set for tomorrow at five p.m. eastern, according to a notice that just went out and has been obtained by nbc news. kevin mccarthy said the text of the agreement will be available to members tomorrow, promising that house republicans that they will have 72 hours to look it over before they vote on. it that vote is tentatively scheduled for wednesday. and breaking just now, two gop sources tell nbc news that conservatives are bulking at the agreement. conservative members of congress and both the house and senate, along with conservative outside groups are plotting ways to gum up passage of the bill, or add amendments to make it more appealing to hard-liners. a source familiar with the talks said, i want to bring in jen psaki, former whi
america from defaulting on its debt. biden has accused republicans of taking extreme positions on the spending cuts. they insist republicans have a red line when it comes to spending. history is a threat to our nation. i have something to say. morehouse college was found in 1867. it s a private historically black means liberal arts college in atlanta georgia. where they say leadership is learned from legends of old. it s a place where union soldiers died for freedom in america, and today morehouse college is a place where governor westmore, the first black governor of maryland, in the this third black governor ever elected to mark s history came with a simple but powerful message for the man of morehouse. our history is our power. they re continuing the hbcu tradition, and forging a brighter future. some in it are hell-bent on evoking their power. how? we ll take florida. just days ago, they banned diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the state. and already limited th
combination of anti-trans and anti-abortion laws. women will die. children are dying. it is your fault. it is your fault! and you are allowing it to happen. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. well, we appear to be just days away from the potential collapse of the global economy. strange way to start the show, but that s where we are headed, at least as of now. again, i don t think we are gonna get there, but that is the way that we are going. and it s amidst that and the threat explicitly republicans are threatening that president biden held another round of negotiations with republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy, over a deal to raise these so-called debt ceiling. that is the amount of money that the u.s. is allowed to borrow. there is still no deal, there that line could come as soon as june 1st, although mccarthy called today s meeting productive. they re gonna come back together, work through the night, and