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lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticizing it as well. we re going to break down what donald trump s options are now that two states have determined he s not eligible to run. and what it all means for the election year, which is quickly approaching. and more developments on this front. hours after last night s decision in maine, bellows counterpart in california announced trump would remain on the balin that state. i ll be joined by colorado s secretary of state in a moment to talk about where things stand with the supreme court, plus the latest request for the justices to speed up their review of the decision to keep trump off the ballot. we have a whole lot to cover. so let s start with the reporting. joining us now, nbc news justice reporter ryan riley, author of sedition hunters, now january 6th broke the justice system. so ryan, walk us through what happened in maine. unlike colorado, its state supreme court ruled this decision unilaterally was made by t ....
battles for former president donald trump. there were two big developments last night. maine decided donald trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the ballot. the secretary of state citing the 14th amendment which bans from office those who engage in insurrection. on the west coast, the california secretary of state deciding to keep trump on the ballot. all this putting even more pressure on the supreme court to weigh in. we want to bring in vaughn hillyard and former rnc executive committee member jennifer horn. vaughn, start us off with maine. reporter: in the state of maine the decision of the secretary of state last night was much awaited. she had heard challenges in her role as secretary of state. this is where you get into the differences in what state law allows or puts the onus on a secretary of state to ultimately agent on. that s where the role of the maine secretary of state says it is her responsibility to determine whether a candidate is qualif ....
good evening. happy holidays. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. i ll be joining you the next two hours for a special holiday edition of the beat. donald trump has a criminal trial problem. he has several trials looming in 2024. that s where we begin tonight. we ll do it a little different for the holidays. former federal prosecutor joyce vance with me to start the show. we re looking at this legal heat coming up. i want to get into this with you, joyce, but first show you and viewers something we put together to consider tonight, historic indictments on the road donald trump has already been on. donald trump has been indicted under seal by the new york grand jury. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. this will now be months if not the next year of our lives. the former president was placed under arrest on charges brought by the government he once led. the guy who s runni ....
a very good evening to you. i m abby phillip. tonight the entire planet is paying tribute to the queen of rock n roll, the one and only tina turner gone at the age of 83. a superstar for the ages, and we reflect in a moment on one of the biggest voices and losses in music history. but first, we begin with the developments in the 2024 presidential race, the man viewed as the biggest tlept to donald trump for the republican nomination. he just made it official on trump s old turf, twitter. righting this ship requires restoring sanity to our society. truth must be our foundation. and common sense can no longer be an uncommon virtue. we need the courage to lead and the strength to win. i m ron desantis, and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. but, ron desantis s big announcement night went a little south from there. a very rocky start to his formal bid with major glitches plaguing his planned conversation with twitter space s ceo elon musk. a ....
4:00 in new york. today, monumental breakthrough in the sometimes frustrating pursuit and pace of accountability and justice. the aftermath of the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. in the 785 days since the insurrection he incited, donald trump has managed to squirm his way through an impeachment, wiggle past the bipartisan congressional investigation, stretching presidential immunity to great effect so far. now the justice department says in a brand-new court filing, such immunity should not shield donald trump from multiple civil suits brought by police officers and members of congress. in that new filing, in the course of urging an appeals court to reject trump s immunity claim, the justice department was very careful to avoid taking a position on whether trump is actually liable for causing the riot. the new action does open new doors of potential accountability for him. doj s essentially telling the court it does not believe trump can use immunity to avoid civil l ....