morning joe. it is tuesday, december 26th, i m jonathan lemire. alongside me former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan and the haass of msnbc s politics nation reverend al sharpton. president biden and first lady jill biden spent christmas eve fielding phone calls for the norad santa tracker. the president posted this picture on social media writing that he spoke to excited young americans worried about santa s whereabouts. then the president and first lady called units from each branch of the military to wish them a merry christmas and thank them for their service. republican front runner donald trump, on the other hand, spent the holiday weekend in a very different fashion, taking on his political enemies. the former president posted several, shall we say, unusual christmas messages on truth social that criticized people like joe biden and jack smith. in one post the channeled home alone kevin mccallister. merry christmas, y
actions he took as president to challenge the 2020 election results. how this impacts not just the federal election interference case, but also what it could mean for his prosecution and fulton county. and rudy giuliani, too little, too late. the former new york mayor filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy a day after he was ordered to immediately pay 100 and $48 million to ruby freeman and shaye moss, the election workers he vilified. see will they ever see a dime of that money? you are watching symone. we have a lot to get to. we begin this afternoon with more revelations on former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and crucial new developments on the efforts to hold him acuntable. the detroit news says it reviewed recordings of then president donald trump pressuring two republican members of the wayne county board of canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election. the outlet says that the recordings
ruling against rudy giuliani, a sum that will bankrupt the former mayor of new york city. his attorney said it is basically a death penalty for him, an economic death penalty. plus an update from capitol hill on foreign aid negotiations, the package which would provide critical funding for ukraine. it s been held up by republican demands for stricter immigration policies. but it looks like there s progress there. might be some. we ll get analysis on the biden administration s push to get israel to scale back its war in gaza, what s going on there. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former state department official, elise jordan. politics nation reverend al sharpton. and presidential chair at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham is with us. so let s get to it. at a rally on saturday, donald trump again used the language of 20th century authoritarians while separately praising this country s
tonight now we know where the white house cocaine went. who was on that plane? chairman durbin has continued to block this. jesse: dick durbin still blocking the epstein flight logs. trying to kill me? jesse: now breathing causes climate change. plus if you could banything for just one day, what would you be? a french poodle. jesse: there s nothing quite like christmas at the white house. from winston churchill spending his christmas with the roosevelts in the midst of war, to jackie kennedy being the first first lady to decorate the halls with nutcracker ornaments and tweufrpb twinkling lights. but who can forget barny camp. everybody is looking for you and you re supposed to be working. here you are playing. i know you ve been out here a long time because you ve got snow everywhere. jesse: nancy reagan brought mr. t to the white house for christmas in a crimson santa suit with his signature gold chain. melania trump decked the halls with glam and danci
things legal from the many investigations involving former president trump, to the fight for reproductive freedom and all 50 states. the controversy surrounding the supreme court, we re gonna have some fun too. getting your questions answered, a lot of questions, let s begin with with donald trump and the efforts to hold the former president accountable. for his efforts to support the will of murders in 2020. specifically, fulton county, georgia, district attorney fani willis getting the biggest sign yet that charges are imminent. d a willis has asked her local courthouse not to schedule any hearings or trials for a seventh. to the 14th, you might put those daytona calendars too. after putting law enforcement on, alert saying she plans to announce indictments in the trump investigation by september 1st. this as a new witness comes forward, alleging trump s dream discuss stealing the election as early as 2019. she says she worked for rudy giuliani, had access to thousands of h