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arguments about trump on february 8th, but some critics suggest a justices already made up their minds. >> i have to say, if you are skeptical about this court, there is a good reason to be skeptical. they have shown they're not a conservative court. they're not a court that feels bound by precedent. if the court follows the constitution, as it claims to it shouldn't be that difficult occasion. but i have to say, i don't have a lot of confidence in this court. >> joining me lisa rubin former rnc chairman and my co-host on our new msnbc show that weekend, michael steele. liza, you and i, you hopped in the chair as this news broke yesterday. we've now had more than 24 hours to digest it. help us understand the overall timeline for the supreme court decision. >> the supreme court, alicia, let's go backwards. the supreme court is going to hold oral argument on february 8th. and while that seems like a very compressed timeline, particularly by supreme court standards, you and i also know a lot can happen between then and now. not only politically and that
that or don't believe it. but during the trump era, democrats gained considerably to state senate seat, 12 state house seat, two congressional seats, and the gap in presidential elections has closed by about ten points in the last ten or so years. so it's moving toward democrats, the state of texas. and something like this could accelerate. and >> that backdrop of what abbott is doing, house speaker mike johnson chaperoning 60 house republicans to the u.s. southern border. congress trying to work -- ahead of government funding deadlines in january and february. we have shifted so far away from the actual answer here, secretary. we are not even in the realm of having the correct conversation about what would be necessary to fix these core issues. >> i mean, that's right, alicia. the biden administration has been requesting, has put forward requests for more funding than would help at ports of entry.
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seeks. >> lisa, that attack on institutions, special counsel jack smith has responded to trump's filings to hold him in contempt of court. how do you expect that power struggle between smith and trump to play out? >> i don't expect judge chutkan to rule for contempt. i think it was a silly and perhaps even important thing for objects mitt to continue to file a motion in that case while the case is state. that haven't been said, it's certainly not worthy of contempt. and the motion that trump filed, asking judge chutkan to hold him and others and his office in contempt was borderline hysterical and done solely for political purposes, not legal purposes. that motion is not going to be countenanced by that judge. but she was never the audience in the first place, alicia. >> another headline that caught my eye. nbc reporting that trump won't be able to use the, quote, idiot defense against his january 6th charges. talk me through that.
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had been hospitalized monday following complications from elective surgery, landing him for a time in the icu. the white house was not informed for three days. the public was left in the dark all week many are outraged over the delay. austin defending himself in a new statement saying, quote, i could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. i commit to doing better. but this is important to say -- this was my medical procedure and i take full responsibility for my decisions about disclosure. secretary austin also did not declose what landed him in the hospital to begin with. alicia. >> lucas tomlinson guy i want to go to you on this quickly because it is strike qhg you consider -- what is going on in the middle east everything going on in the world and -- not only we didn't know there were so many people in the administration who didn't know. >> this is crazy. right so we all wish the secretary well and a full recovery and all of that.
had been hospitalized monday following complications from elective surgery, landing him for a time in the icu. the white house was not informed for three days. the public was left in the dark all week many are outraged over the delay. austin defending himself in a new statement saying, quote, i could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. i commit to doing better. but this is important to say -- this was my medical procedure and i take full responsibility for my decisions about disclosure. secretary austin also did not declose what landed him in the hospital to begin with. alicia. >> lucas tomlinson guy i want to go to you on this quickly because it is strike qhg you consider -- what is going on in the middle east everything going on in the world and -- not only we didn't know there were so many people in the administration who didn't know. >> this is crazy. right so we all wish the secretary well and a full recovery and all of that.
there is a good reason to be skeptical. they have shown they're not a conservative court. they're not a court that feels bound by precedent. if the court follows the constitution, as it claims to it shouldn't be that difficult occasion. but i have to say, i don't have a lot of confidence in this court. >> joining me lisa rubin former rnc chairman and my co-host on our new msnbc show that weekend, michael steele. liza, you and i, you hopped in the chair as this news broke yesterday. we've now had more than 24 hours to digest it. help us understand the overall timeline for the supreme court decision. >> the supreme court, alicia, let's go backwards. the supreme court is going to hold oral argument on february 8th. and while that seems like a very compressed timeline, particularly by supreme court standards, you and i also know a lot can happen between then and now. not only politically and that we have iowa and new hampshire, prior to that, but legally as
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>> i mean, that's right, alicia. the biden administration has been requesting, has put forward requests for more funding than would help at ports of entry. that would help to prote people's asylum claims and get him an answer in if they don't get a solid, get in on their way more quickly. would address the root causes of migration. republicans just ignore it. they do up dog and pony show at the border. they try and beat biden over the head for political purposes, to try to keep this issue alive and use it in november of 2024. they're not but, actually, and worse and solve this problem. they're interested in political