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david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on the week's political headlines. more. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: for the first time in more than two decades, congress has expelled one of its own. as congressional correspondent lisa desjardins explains, representative george santos is out of a job. >> the yeas are 311, the nays are 114. lisa: the new speaker of the house announced the result solemnly -- the first expulsion of a republican from congress, and more than 100 republicans voted to do it. >> the clerk will notify the governor of the state of new york. lisa: it was an historic turn of events. >> this is a personal race. lisa: last year, he was a little-known congressional candidate, running as a trump supporter who embraced long island's diversity, and was tough on crime. >> george santos vows to tackle crime head on in our district. lisa: he won by seven points, but within weeks, a local newspaper story of his misconduct we

david brooks and jonathan capehart, good to see you both.rt with the latest legal trouble facing hunter biden with the important context that he is a private citizen who is not seeking nor has he ever held public office. he does not work for his father in the way that jared kushner and ivanka trump did. the indictment does not in any way implicate joe biden and yet this will add to political problems facing this white house as house republicans zero in on hunter biden's business dealings. >> as part of their own investigations that have been going on for years now and they have been using the president's troubled son to try to sully the president and so far they have come up with nothing even though next week apparently they are going to be voting to authorize an impeachment inquiry trying to make connections that aren't there. when you read the indictment, it's bad. it's not good at all. but we are talking about someone, i'm glad you put the proper context. he is an adult. he has not held office, he has not worked for his father. the only t

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still to come on "the newshour" -- david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on the week's politicales. we look at the surprising resilience of the u.s. economy in 2023 and how it upended expectations of a recession. new research uncovers a link and between a certain hormone and severe morning sickness during pregnancy. plus, from wars to natural disasters to our political and cultural divisions, we look at 2023 through images. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: maine's top election official ruled last night that donald trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the state's primary ballot next year, citing his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. shenna bellows, maine's secretary of state and a democrat, said she made her decision after receiving three challenges from maine voters -- including former republican state senators -- seeking to bar tump from the ballot. sec. bellows: it's a very detailed decision. we lay out why under maine law why

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to discuss it all, we turn to the analysis of brooks and capehart. times columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, associate editor for the washington post. good to see you both. we are seeing record daily encounters at the u.s. southern border again, immigration is an issue as a concert for americans has been rising. when people are asked what they think the most important problem the country is facing right now, the top one is government and poor leadership and in immigration is second. that's followed by the economy and inflation. negotiators from the senate who went home still have a chance to continue talking. do you see them getting anything done? jonathan: in the spirit of christmas i want to say yes but i the time they get something done, christmas will have come and gone. this much i know -- they are trying very hard. this much i also know -- if they do indeed come up with a deal, it will be a deal that folks on the far right are going to hate because it doesn't go far enough from their perspective. and those on the left and in the democ

i'm michael steele, in for katie phang and jonathan capehart this morning. ballot battle. former president, donald, trump voted from the presidential -- while republicans in colorado asked the u.s. supreme court to overturn his unprecedented disqualification there. we are going to go in-depth on it all in head ahead. plus, this. >> what you want me to say about slavery? >> haley's comment. the former south carolina governor seems to forget what the civil war was really about. the big backtrack from her campaign as the race for the white house heats up. the iowa caucus in new hampshire primary just weeks away. when they go low, well, we go high. expert advice on how to navigate the land mines when talking politics with your family and your friends. good saturday morning to you all. i'm michael steele. we begin with donald trump's battle to stay on the ballot in 2024. late thursday night, secretary of state, shana bellows ruled trump was ineligible to be on the states primary ballot. her decision joins colorado supreme court last week, which also found that the ex president

i'm jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. on this christmas eve, there is no rest for donald trump's legal team. late yesterday, lawyers for the -- filed an appeals brief with the d.c. circuit court of appeals which asked the appeals court to toss special counsel jack smith's federal election interference case, arguing that, quote, trump has absolute immunity. in every, they explained that the president cannot be held legally liable for any official actions he took in office, writing, in part, under our system of separated powers, the judicial branch cannot sit in judgment over a presidents official acts. that doctrine is not controversial. the filing came one day after the supreme court declined special counsel jack smith's request for the high court to hear the case before the appeals court did, a decision that could delay that potential trial possibly until right before or even after the 2024 election. while the supreme court will likely decide eventually if donald trump has esidential immunity for his actions on and leadi

i am jonathan capehart in for alex wagner. we are following big breaking news this evening. secretary of state, sheena billows, has decided that former president

i am jonathan capehart in for alex wagner. we are following big breaking news this evening. the secretary of state, sheena billows, has decided that former president trump is ineligible to appear on that state's 2024 republican primary ballot, because he incited an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th. almost three years ago. with her ruling, they've now become the second state to say that trump is ineligible to appear on the 2024 republican primary ballot. the bell's decision comes a week after the colorado supreme court issued a similar ruling. that ruling is now being appealed by both sides, the nation's highest court. the nine justices of the supreme court are being petition to settle the issue of whether trump is barred from serving as president under section three of the 14th amendment, which bars any candidate from holding the office who engaged in insurrection. in her ruling tonight, the secretary of state wrote, and i quote, i have little trouble concluding that the events of january 6th, 2021 were an insurrection within the meaning of section three of th

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i am jonathan capehart in for alex wagner. from entering a presidential election year. and if i had to choose just one thing the republican front runner said this year, i think we should carry over to the next year, just one thing from 2023 that tells us everything we need to know about the upcoming election, well, it would probably be this. >> under normal circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. >> except on day one. he's going crazy. except on day one. >> meaning? >> i want to e

i am jonathan capehart in for alex wagner. we are less than a week of nate from entering a presidential election year. and if i had to choose just one thing the republican front runner said this year, i think we should carry over to the next year, just one thing from 2023 that tells us everything we need to know about the upcoming election, well, it would probably be this. >> under normal circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. >> except on day one. he's going crazy. except on day one. >> meaning? >> i want to close the border and drill, drill, drill. >> that's not retribution. >> i am going to be -- he says, you are not going to be a dictator, are you? i said, no, no, no, other than day one. >> donald trump telling the world he plans to be a, quote, dictator on day one of his presidency. defenders at the former president at this missed that comment as a joke, a one-off quid that was never meant to be taken literally. trump himself had continued to promote th

jonathan capehart i for all in, coming up. >> good evening. i'm jonathan capehart in for lawrence o'donnell. for a special holiday edition of the last word. a new legal war is brewing over the republican front runners eligibility to be on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, it's intensifying just weeks before the first votes are cast and what is shaping up to be a pivotal campaign year. two states, maine and colorado, have now disqualified donald trump from appearing on primary election ballots. these decisions are based on an interpretation of the 14th amendment, and trump's actions during and after the 2020 election. but late thursday, california's secretary of state, decided the former president should appear on that states primary ballot. all this sets up an explosive legal and political drama that will inevitably end up before the justices of the nation's highest court. nbc's ryan nobles has more. >> for the second time in two weeks, a state has ruled that donald trump is ineligible to run for president of the united states. >> it was n

i'm jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. >> the 2024 election is quickly approaching in donald trump is showing no signs of tempering his dangerous rhetoric. for months, the disgraced ex president has spent his time on the campaign trail echoing the language of dictators like adolf hitler. you may be asking yourself, why is a former president stealing lines from history's worst figures? well, because it is working. i knew des moines register and nbc new post poll of likely iowa republican caucus goers reveals that voters are embracing trump's authoritarian language with a greer percentage saying they are more likely to vote for him after he referred to his political adversaries as, quote, vermin. even more concerning, they support his racist attacks on immigrants. including his remarks that they are, quote, poisoning the blood of the country, which he doubled down on this week. >> they come from africa, they come from asia, they come from south america, but not just south america, they're all over the world. they dump them on the border in they pour into our country. it is craz

jonathan capehart i for all in, coming up. >> good evening. is brewing over the republican front runners eligibility to be on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, it's intensifying just weeks before the first votes are cast and what is shaping up to be a pivotal campaign year. two states, maine and colorado, have now disqualified donald trump

i'm jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. the house is officially in rece for the holidays with no plans toreturn before the new year. meanwhile, across the capital, of the senate will reconvene on monday as negotiators trying to reach a deal on immigration which is holding up president biden to critical aid package for ukraine and israel. a senate majority leader, chuck schumer, pledged to hold a vote on the supplemental aid package next week, quote, no matter what. wever, any agreement will still need to make it through the republican-controlled house, which is already facing a lethto do list when lawmakers get back to washington. perhaps the most urgent of the unfinished business, taking action on two looming funding deadlines won on january 19th and another on january 2nd. that leaves speaker mike johnson with little time to develop a compromise with the far right hard-liners in his party before a potential government shutdown. with that deadline quickly approaching it is only fitting that the republican conference d it l

i'm jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. >> to give you a sense of congress today and what it represents for the american people, and represents chaos. chaos. >> while those are true words expelled's and disgrace george santos is not going quietly into the night. the self proclaimed it girl, yeah, he used those words. became the six member of ngress in his 234 year history to be expelled by hi peers. that not surprising given that he was elected under false pretenses. he is currently facing 23 federal counts, including wire fraud, money laundering, and is the subject of a damning ethics report that accused him of stealing from his own campaign. nonetheless, republican leadership stood by their man as 311 members of congress, including more than 100 republicans, voted to send tampa came. no sooner had the locks been changed in his office door, santos went on a tweeting rampage, vowing to file ethics complaints with the office of congressional ethics against four of his former colleagues. colleague one out, quote, dirty, dishonourable swamp master. queen, please. joining me, now

jonathan capehart is away.uliani has been ordered to pay georgia election workers almost 150 million dollars for defamation. what do you make of that? >> it's deserved. he ripped their lives to shreds with a tweet and all the lies that went on. i think these big penalties are meant to send a message and they are sending a message. the larger story is whatever happened to rudy giuliani. he was smart. believe me, he had corks. he was gladiatorial. but he was not the guy we see now. it's one of the most remarkable transformations i have ever seen in journalism. what gets routed when you are desperate for relevance? i was having lunch with michael kelly decades ago and there were former officials across the restaurant he pointed to them and said, look, a powerless lunch. they formerly held power and then they had no power. i think that's what ate giuliani's soul assurance. >> couldn't agree more. but he did have power, to destroy their lives. i wish he could be summoned to pay the money. the amount is going to be r

no jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. >> we begin this morning with the israel-hamas war, where the israeli military is intensifying its attacks on southern gaza after a week long pause in fighting came to an end. the idf says within just the last 24 hours, it struck more than 400 targets across the gaza strip with airstrikes, tank fire, and its navy. according to the hamas-run health industry in gaza, that least 200 palestinians have been killed since the fighting resumed. secretary of state antony blinken in dubai yesterday blamed hamas for ending the seven-day pause, and the white house says it's working with israel and qatar to broker a another pause in fighting with hamas. meanwhil nbc news has learned that three months ago, israeli military analysts have learned their superiors to a serious plan to sign to start a war by hamas mitants, but their concerns were dismissed by eir superiors, according to this really from individual familiar tter. cells reporting from new york times that israeli officials were warned hamas is planning a mass assault more than a year before

i am jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. with the iowa caucus is less than six weeks away, donald trump leading in the polls, alarm bells of another trump term and its implications for american democracy are growing louder. this week at the new imes issued this morning. a second trump presidency may be more radical than the last one. noting that the forces that somewhat contained his autocratic tendencies in his first term would, quote, all be weaker. a new special issue from the atlantic titled, if trump wins, lays out the imicions and the authoritarian plans of a less restrained second trump administration. as david frum explains in the league essay they would include putting in and to all federal and state cases against him. pardoning those who tried to overturn the 2020 en. using the justice department to exact revenge on trump's adversaries and critics. ending civil service protections to make it easier to fire federal officials. deploying the military to shut down civil demonstrations and protests. trump is not exactly

katie feng and jonathan capehart are back next weekend. be teaming up with my friends, alicia menendez and simone sanders, to bring you the weekend for two hours every saturday and sunday. it starts on saturday, january 13th at 8 am eastern on msnbc. i'm looking forward to it. i get dressed up, we hang out. keep it here, charles coleman is next with the latest. with the latest. right now across the u.s., people are trying to ban books from public schools and public libraries. yes, libraries. we all have a first amendment right to read and learn different viewpoints. that's why every book belongs on the shelf. yet book banning in the u.s. is worse than i've ever seen. it's people in power who want to control everything. well, i say no to censorship. and i say yes to freedom of speech and expression. if you do too, please join us in supporting the american civil liberties union today. for over 100 years, the aclu has fought for your rights and mine. including the right to read all manner of books. so please call or go online to myaclu.org. f

i'm michael steele, jonathan capehart is off this morning. coming up this hour, the main event. the states top election officials decide to remove donald trump from maine's primary ballot. but what happens next? and could other states follow suit? i'll talk to one of the lead plaintiffs in the case. plus, the do nothing congress. congressional republicans face a hefty to-do list when they return to work in the new year. including keeping the government open. so why are they already putting their focus on an impeachment inquiry into president biden, despite no evidence of wrongdoing? and as the war between israel and hamas wages on, we will take a closer look at how the conflict has become a political and religious flash point, in this country. a powerful discussion with a diverse group of faith leaders is coming up. we begin this hour with donald trump getting the booed off the 2024 primary ballot in a 2nd state. on thursday, in a historic move, main secretary of state shenna bellows ruled that trump is not qualified to hold the office of the presidency under section 3 of the 14

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i'm jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. the iowa caucuses are less than a month away, marking the first-time primary voters will get to weigh in on their party's nominee for the white house. as things stand right now, a biden trump rematches on the horizon. according to new polling, that could spell trouble for president biden. a survey by morning consult, bloomberg, of a hypothetical 2024 election matchup shows donald trump narrowly beating biden in seven swing states. that same poll reveals that biden is losing support from a key constituency, black voters, with only 62% saying they would vote for the president. now, 62% sounds like a lot, right? well, let me put that number into perspective. in 2020, president biden won 87% of the black vote. a slide and black support is deeply concerning because every democrat elected president has committed a coalition of voters to win the white house. here's why. no democrat running for president has won the white house, the white vote, the white vote since 1964. because of a, african

jonathan capehart is away. it is great to see you both. your reaction that rudy giuliani has been ordered to pay georgia election workers almost $150 million for defamation. what you make of that? david: it is deserved. he ripped their lives to shreds. i think these big penalties are meant to send a message and they are, you cannot lie and destroy people's lives when you are in a position of authority. the larger story is what happened really giuliani. when he was mayor, i covered him, he was smart, calm. he had quirks but he was not the guy we see now and it's one of the most remarkable transformations i've seen in journalism. what gets rotted when you are desperate for relevance. a friend of mine michael kelly, there were former officials across the restaurant, and he pointed to them and said look, a powerless lunch. i think that ate giuliani's soul to shreds. ruth: i couldn't agree more. but he did have power, to destroy their lives. i wish he could be summoned to pay the 150 million, that amount will be reduced, he doesn't have it. no

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i'm jonathan capehart in for lawrence o'donnell. for a special holiday edition of the last word.he 2024 presidential primary ballot, it's intensifying just weeks before the first votes are cast and what is shaping up to be a pivotal campaign year. two states, maine and

my colleague joy reid is in there as well as jonathan capehart. generation that got to see their grandchild. i only have one. i felt the most important love letter i could write was to explain to my grandson what happened before him and what's expected of him. the beauty of the book is that all of us address love from ap a different way. >> remember the conversation that we had about you writing to your grandson. i have to say as someone who is known for his strength, for you to believe vulnerable in this moment was really powerful for me and, frankly, a conversation i won't soon forget. i think we were trying to capture the breadth of black love. you chose your grandson. other people chose their hometowns. other people chose their grandmothers. it was really different. we're a vast and varied people and we try very much to present that to the world. >> my grandson's name is marcus al, because he'll get angry i didn't call his name. let me ask you, natalie, what do you hope people who don't know the black experience will come away with after readi