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♪♪ so good to be back with you on this second special hour of "msnbc reports" with josé diaz-balart. it is 1:00 p.m. eastern, 10:00 a.m. pacific. it looks like former president donald trump will not be allowed to have the last word at his civil fraud hearing in new york. what the judge is now saying and what it could mean for the former presidents legal case. plus, the surprise standoff on capitol hill, hunter biden visits congress sitting feet away from house republicans tryi...

>> violence in the middle east exploding literally. reports of more than 100 dead as explosions rock a ceremony for a slain rainian general killed four years ago today, a top hamas leader taken out in beirut. containerships come under attack in the red sea and many companies say good-bye, we dont even want to be near the red sea. who leon panetta says we need to do to stop it. we are all over it. welcome. im neil cavuto. lets get to it with jennifer griffin with the very latest at the ...

presidential actions on january 6th, and is disqualifiedro holding office under section iii of theh amendment. importantly eedd was the ticking countdown clock, giving any party, not just donald trump, until january 4th to appeal to the supreme court and saying if anyone asks the supreme court to review this case, then donald trumps name stays on the ballot until the supreme court weighs in. well, no surprise, the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president made a lot ...

"morning joe." it is tuesday, december 26th, im jonathan lemire. alongside me former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan and the haass of msnbcs ""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 santas whereabouts. then the president a...

about this agreement. but his primary audience is actually going to be that undecided swing voter in the middle, and really try to sell it to that voter. >> right, and chris hayes, this is a strange thing for biden. is that the fundamentals of the economy are good, and yet people feel bad. and so hes constantly in this position of trying to sell reality to people who are sort of defying reality with their sort of feel, their sort of feelings about things. >> to lawrences point, i was a...

Correspond and former beijing bureau chief for the new york times. Im joining today seoul. Its my to introduce susan shirk professor and head of the 21st Century China Center at the university of california, san diego. Were here to celebrate and discuss her new book, overreach how. China derailed its peaceful rise, i have to say, if you want to understand the complexities of whats going on in china today and whats going on between beijing and washington, overreach is the place to start. Susan ha...

spokesperson denied that allegation, but we already know special counsel jack smith has been eyeing obstruction charges, and that does not look good for donald trump. new reports also depicting chaos on trumps legal team. the daily beast reporting trumps lawyers are starting to wonder if there might be a snitch. snitches get stitches. one of the his legal team saying, theres a lot of lawyers and a lot of jealousy. i wrote a piece for this on msnbc.com and wrote with trump you have the ...

one-man professional firing squad targeting lifelong republican chris krebs. krebs, of course, declared the election, quote, the most secure in american history that will cost him his job. the firing of the top expert has reportedly come under scrutiny by special counsel jack smith as he investigating every piece of the trump coup plot. and "the new york times" reports, the team led is asking witnesses about the events surrounding the firing of chris krebs. he was the top official in t...

supreme court and the gop continuing to infringe on lgbtq rights in this country. there is the hamas attacks on october 7th and israels indiscriminate retaliation, which have, quote, loyaltys inhumanity to a test. and we have seen a republican primary field that is providing moments of absurdity. and lets face it, a lot of levity. lets get started. ♪ ♪ ♪ we begin tonight with a rare warning about our democracy. it is in dire straits, and that is not according to just one or two...

and the most important thing is, it doesnt have to be absolutely true, it has to be supportable. they have to prove that i was deliberately lying, which i wasnt. >> you know, its so fascinating about what he just did there. >> yeah, its good stuff. good stuff. >> it is as if he read david frenchs column yesterday in "the new york times" talking about maga man. >> mm-hmm. >> and what it takes to be a maga man. he mentioned rudy giuliani as the prime example but listed mark meadows, kari...