welcome back to the weekend everyone. this morning, the world is reacting to new round of airstrikes from the united states and the middle east. last night, the united states and united kingdom targeted houthi rebels and iran-backed militant group in yemen. the government says they struck 36 targets and 13 locations across the country. all of this comes just one day after a separate series of very consequential strikes by the united states targeting iran- backed militias militants in iraq and in syria. let s get right to an msnbc news correspondent, matt riley, in tel aviv. thank you for being with us this morning. matt, these airstrikes and these retaliatory met, these airstrikes and retaliatory strikes, how do they complicate things for secretary blinken as he heads to the region? well, i think that this is a perfect timing for secretary blinken. and what he will be doing, he ll be coming here to israel. he ll also be going to places like egypt, saudi arabia. these
was a person of color or a woman who could tell you about some circumstance in which their intellectual abilities have been questioned on the basis of their identity. lots more to discuss on this. i m out of time. thank you so much for your time and your work, jelani cobb and eddie claude jr.. i m back next weekend. inside with jen psaki starts now. well, we ve got a month s worth of news in the first week of 2024. the supreme court announced that it will hear a case on trump s ballot eligibility under the 14th amendment. president biden lays out the stakes of the election in the starkest terms today. jamie raskin is here with his reaction. he s coming up first. plus, maine secretary of state shenna bellows joins me after tossing trump off the ballot in her state, it decision which is now on hold while these appeals play out. also today, with just eight days until the iowa caucuses, i am going to talk to someone who spends a lot of time in focus groups with republican pri
i ll be joined today by people who are in the nation s capital on that fateful day. including washington d.c. mayor, mario bowser. and former capitol police sergeant casino gonell. and because of the violent uprising on january 6th, the insurrection, president biden says 2024 election is about deciding whether democracy is still americas sacred cause. and the dire threat of another trump presidency. we re going to dig into his comments and donald trump s response. plus, the supreme court will weigh in on whether donald trump can be barred from colorado s primary ballot. it is the latest in several challenges across the country to keep trump off the ballot because of his role in the insurrection. i am symone sanders-townsend, i have something to say. we begin today with efforts to hold the former president donald trump accountable for his actions three years ago today. on january 6th. and with the ongoing consequences of that insurrection on american democracy. the unite
news in the first week of 2024. the supreme court announces-able here at case on trump s ballot eligibility under the 14th and that meant. as president biden plays out the stakes of this election in the starkest terms to date. jamie raskin is here with his reaction and he s coming up first. plus, maine secretary of state, shannon ballot, joins me after in her state. a decision that is pulled once these appeals play out. also today, with eight days until the iowa caucus, i m gonna talk to someone who spends a lot of time in focus groups with voters. and later, we love player steps down from a top nra, as his corruption trial gets underway in new york. we ll take a look at the damage that he did and the future of americas okay, i really believe that sometimes we all just need to acknowledge how insane this moment we re living in really is. think about it this way, friday was of course january 5th, one day before the third anniversary of the january 6th insur
trump s personal lawyer, rudy giuliani was just trump s personal lawyer, rudy giuliani wasjust hit trump s personal lawyer, rudy giuliani was just hit with a million dollarjudgment for cruelty and affirmation that he infected against them. other state and local effect elected officials faced similar personal attacks. in addition, fox news agree to pay a record $787 million to the dash for the lies they told about voter fraud. let s be clear about the 2020 election, trump exhausted every legal avenue to overturn the election everyone. but the legal path just took them back to the truth. that i had won the election and he was a loser. knowing how his mind works, he had one x left, one desperate act available to them. the violence of generous asked. since that day, more than 1200 people have been charged with the assault on the capital, nearly 900 have been convicted or pled guilty. collectively to date, they have been sentenced to more than 840 years in prison. s and what h