and why, later this hour. that s a federal official. plus, the colorado ruling. why it s a political gift to biden, not donald trump. and just in time to ruin the holiday, this. breaking news on fog. very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with this breaking news. just before the deadline overnight, donald trump s legal team filed a brief with a federal appeals court in washington asking it to toss out the d.c. election subversion case against him. saying he should be immune from prosecution for his actions while he was presidents. it comes a day after the supreme court declined to intervene and the case, leaving it to the lower court to decide first. meanwhile, on the question of immunity, president biden, now, has weighed in. mister president, do you think that our [inaudible] i can t think of one. joining me now, nbc s julie tsirkin in washington. julie, welcome. what did we hear from tr
minister and the right wing extremists to make up an important part of his coalition are still in power. david rothkopf, as always, and happy holidays to you and your family. thank you, david. a lot more coming up. you re watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. [inaudible] > [inaudible hey everybody, good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are very thankful for that. with the stroke of a pan, the dawn of giving donald trump exactly what he wants refusal to take up an issue that is clearly headed their way. now puts the chances of trying the former president for election interference before the next election in serious jeopardy. meanwhile, trump may face new legal danger from a new tape that have surfaced trying to pressure a group of republican officials in michigan to help him overturn the election. there s lots of speculation about that. obviously the fact that it comes out right after
this, but if you don t sign this certification. if you do sign the certification you will never be getting the audit that you are present for. that was a reporter from the detroit knows speaking about an audio recording he said he heard which a reporter had captured donald trump telling michigan officials not to sort of the 2020 election results. we re gonna dig into the explosive new reporting. plus, as trump continues to double down on his anti immigrant rhetoric, a recent poll shows republican voters saying that his racist language makes him more likely to vote for him. also ahead? america s mayor is broke. rudy giuliani filed for bankruptcy just days after being ordered to pay 100 and $46 million in his defamation case. and, regrets. he has had a few. what s presidential candidate, ron desantis is saying is the one thing that he wishes he could change about the gop primary. here is a hint. it is not anything that he did. good morning, welcome to morning joe. i am jonath
so what happens to the $146 million he was ordered to pay in the defamation case against georgia election workers. we ll dig deeper coming up. plus, the supreme court face ing a nearly unprecedented test of its integrity and reputation. the political and legal challenges posed by the colorado case and others now piling up on the justices doorstep. can the court and the country emerge unscathed? and the terrifying images out of prague where a mass shooting has left 15 people dead, two dozen hurt. students climbing out onto a fourth story ledge of a university building as they try to escape the gunman. a lot going on just in the last couple of hours. we begin with that breaking news. rudy giuliani filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in new york. he s listing debts up to $500 million, assets up to 10 million. this comes one day after a federal judge ruled giuliani has to immediately pay that $148 million that he owes to two former georgia election workers. nbc s ken dilanian i
conservatives had second thoughts, and what the leaked draft did to any hope for compromise. now a year and a half later, the high court is on clean up duty. agreeing to take on the first major complication from its ruling, this one on the abortion pill. mifepristone. the decision, which could effectively ban the pill nationwide should come next june, meaning the court will keep abortion front and center in the summer before the presidential election. an issue that has repeatedly proven to boost democrats, especially as republicans are still struggling to figure out what to say on it. just listen to senators ted cruz and john cornyn on this week s decision by the texas supreme court to deny kate cox an abortion. senator, are you supportive of the texas supreme court s ruling in the kate cox case that prevented her from getting an abortion after she learned her fetus was not viable. call the press office. i have for two days, and i haven t received an answer. are you w