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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. im out of time. thank you so much for your time and your work, jelani cobb and eddie claude jr.. im back next weekend. inside with jen psaki starts now. well, weve got a months worth of news in the first week of 2024. the supreme court announced that it will hear a case on trumps ballot ...

news in the first week of 2024. the supreme court announces-able here at case on trumps 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 hes 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, im gonna...

go basically around the clock until the x date. margaret talev, thank you for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" on this tuesday morning with us. "morning joe" starts right now. optimistic we may be able to make some progress because we both agreed default is not really on the table. we have to get something done here. and the consequence of failing to pay our bills would be the american people would have a real kick in their economic well-...

>> at this hour, you might remember this image of the man behind me, kicking his feet up on then house speaker nancy pelosis desk during the capitol riots so how many years will he be spending behind bars for his actions on january 6th. thats next. and the horrific words the suspect said at the scene after deliberately crashing into the white house barrier monday night allegedly telling authorities he admired nazis and wanted to quote kill the president. plus, speed bump, with just...

u.s./mexico border and how it could work inside governor abbotts plan to pardon a man who was just convicted of murdering a black lives matter protester at a demonstration back in 2020 and were watching for any new details coming out of kentucky as we wait for the police briefing in the next hour what we know right now about the horrific shooting at a louisville bank that left five dead, including the shooter. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments, but we...

Its this kind of tricky challenge. including haley, where nothing kind of really works. i mean, the question that i have for you, and weve talked about this before, is there any argument? if youre just going back in time, that would work against trump? that would resonate with some of these republican voters whove been talking to? where its just theres never been a really good option from the start and there still isnt now? >> yeah. its a lesson argument and more of a person. i think that what y...

>> its less an argument and more of a percent. i think that what you are seeing in this primary is just a dose of political talent among these challengers. ron desantis, there was a time where there was sort of a big chunk of the republican party that wanted what i would say is to move on from trump. they wanted an alternative. and they were very at the time desantis curious. i did tons of focus groups in the beginning of 2023 listening to republican voters who are super interested in desantis a...

To have somebody playing that role. >> again, if he actually decides hes going to go on the debate stage, fascinating stuff, steve. nick, look, if youre going to close that gap, clearly desantis thinks he can run on his record in florida. that records includes six-week abortion ban, banning gender affirming care for minors, altering school curriculums. do you consolidate the non-trump vote with that? >> look, the only way its the nomination for ron desantis is through donald trump. the trump lan...

I dont think theres anything about consolidating the middle of the road voters and the gop. its about beating trump on his own terms. thats the way he can win. >> if theyre desantis curious, did they want to see a strong desantis, though, right, thats where trump is going after him saying he has no personality, a lot of criticism that he doesnt have that thick enough skin. hes not tough enough to what we see with donald trump time after time after time. he talks louder, says more than anybody el...

Its new. theyre just -- you know, theyre desantis curious. they like him, but they dont know him very well. with donald trump, good, bad, ugly, they, long ago, made their accommodations. theyve long ago figured out how to rationalize donald trumps behavior. and listening to a lot of these women, they really compartmentalize his behavior. you hear them say all the time things like, "well, i dont like who he is as a person, i dont like the things he says, or i dont like how he treats women, but i ...