international coalition to defeat i.s.i.s. or to defeat al qaeda. it took many years. i don't think it's going to be many years. but i've set targets and not a deadline, and we're proceeding as quickly as we can and also as carefully as we can because we want to minimize civilian casualties, and we want to minimize casualties on our side. >> that's israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on a potential timeline for the war with hamas. it comes as gaza's largest hospital, which is caring for newborns, is out of fuel to power the facility. also ahead, we've got new reporting on the impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. the new house speaker does not appear ready to move that effort forward, at least for now. meanwhile on capitol hill, the republican-led house released its plan to avoid a government shutdown. we'll go through the stopgap measure and the chances it could pass the senate by friday's deadline. ♪♪ good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this monday, november 13th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we've got a lot to get to. let's begin with the latest in a legal case that could wipe out donald trump's business empire here in new york city. today the former president's legal team will begin to present its defense in the new york state's $250 million civil fraud trial. the state attorney general's office rested its case last week. trump and his namesake company are accused of defrauding new york state numerous times by knowingly using false financial records to receive better loans and deals. trump's legal team is expected to argue that a disclaimer clause in the financial documents frees the company from any liability. trump attempted to pull out that cument while on the stand last week, but the judge stopped him. that judge, arthur engoran, already found the trump organization liable for fraud before the trial even began. the hill reports he rejected the disclaimer cause by noting another part of that passage reads donald trump is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statement. donald trump jr. is expected to take the stand again today for the defense. his father is expected to testify again at some point. and when he's not in court, of course, donald trump is also trying to campaign for president. and on saturday trump falsely claimed that there were no terror attacks during his administration. he then used the opportunity to criticize nancy pelosi and mock her husband. for the second time in recent months, trump joked about paul pelosi being attacked with a hammer inside his own home last year by one of the former president's own supporters. take a look. >> you know, we had no terror during my administration. the only terror we had was crazed pelosi, a crazed lunatic. she's a crazed lunatic. what the hell was going on with her husband? let's not ask. let's not ask. i'll with draw that statement. by the way, she's got a wall around her house. o obviously in that case it didn't work very well. >> and yet he's one step closer to the nomination as one of his contenders has bowed out. senator tim scott made that surprise announcement during an interview last night. >> when i go back to iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. i am suspending my campaign. i think the voters who are the most remarkable people on the planet have been really clear that they're telling me not now tim. i don't think they're saying, trey, no, but i think they're saying not now. >> you can see trey's visible surprise. multiple campaign viewers say they got no warring that scott was ending the campaign and they found out only by watching him say so on television. some of scott's donors found out the same way. not a great look. the move comes as the cnn poll shows he's at 3%. scott said he would not endorse anyone in the race. in that poll, trump at 61%, desantis at 17%. meanwhile back at the white house, mike johnson said there's insufficient evidence at the moment to begin formal impeachment proceedings against president biden. that's according to "the washington post," citing people who attended a closed door meeting with house gp moderates last week. the the report comes as the house oversight committee is currently conducting a committee meeting into the family and whether they had any involvement in his son hunter biden's business dealings. jim jordan of ohio said the house will make a decision on whether to bring impeachment charges against the president by early next year. so far, let's say it again, the house republicans have not put forth any evidence that president biden has profited from his son's work. they have been subpoenaed to appear on capitol hill as part of their probe. joining us now, msnbc correspondent and coauthor of "the playbook" eugene. let's talk about the investigations into the president and his family. is there any sense here that they think this impeachment inquiry now that mike johnson has suggested he doesn't think there's a there there yet, might go away or they can slow it down so they can ramp it up during next year's election? >> i think they're leaning toward the latter. they had expectations when it was clear the republicans were probably going to take the house and be in charge of the investigations and the spouse into the biden administration. all of this feels like the same, right? the same type of investigations, the same type of allegations, and more importantly, the lack of actual evidence that we've seen, that they have seen -- the white house has seen and that house republicans keep saying is someone, we haven't seen it just yet. i think the white house at this point is thinking -- thinks it's kind of baked in, right? thinks that these allegations are baked into the way people think about president biden. i will say some of the folks on the outside who are invited in are worried about that. if this is happening during the election, you don't want to have one guy, president trump, having all of these indictments and possible convictions and in court all the time and president biden being investigated on tv all the time as well. they don't see the things as equal, but they are worried about how the american voters will take that, how will they look at president biden also being investigated even if there isn't any evidence. >> so the race among people who want president biden's job changed overnight, eugene. senator tim scott of south carolina, a state you know well, announced that he is bowing out. give us your reaction here. it seems to me his campaign in some ways might be disappointing. some people had hopes he was going to catch fire here, and yet he just never had any traction at all. >> that's absolutely right. when you think about the expectations that were set for him by his people, you know what i mean, at the very beginning of this, they would tell us he's the best messenger, that he has the best story, that he has the experience necessary to be president of the united states, at the very least be the nominee of the republican party, and when he got on the debate stage, people started to see a turn. on the depate stage, he was too far back. i asked his team before, what would happen? is he a puncher? because that's what debates are about, rhetorically punching others on the stage and more importantly taking the punch and coming back with something else, and that's where you saw all of the -- he had the money. it wasn't that he didn't have the money. he didn't have the support. 3% in that cnn poll is getting you nowhere. i will say that folks that didn't get out before voting happens, usually pretty smart. you think of vice president kamala harris becoming vice president. getting out before you get too embarrassed in iowa or new hampshire in one of these early states is probably a good thinger for your legacy. also he's young. i think he announced he would come back. >> you said the president is heading out to san francisco for the apec summit, and he's going to meet with chinese president xi jinping, their first face-to-face in about a year. give us a give priew what the white house hopes to accomplish. >> i think several other countries have spoken with him to talk things out, the military, the spy balloon. i think this is more a step -- white house aides say this is more a step to try to look at the relationship between the countries so they can move forward and do announcements later. i think that's where their heads are right now. >> the fact that they're meeting at all seems to be the accomplishment of the week, but the white house has promised a handful of deliverables. eugene daniels, thank you. still ahead, trump's federal criminal trial is getting sum sop port from the former president himself. and as israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells msnbc there could be a release of some hostages being held by hamas. we'll get into that as well. those stories and many other headlines and a check on sports when we come right back. ports when we come right back. ah stop it. i am a grownup. sorry. a wet william. i got this $1,000 camera for only $41 on dealdash. dealdash.com, online auctions since 2009. this playstation 5 sold for only 50 cents. this ipad pro sold for less than $34. and this nintendo switch, sold for less than $20. i got this kitchenaid stand mixer for only $56. i got this bbq smoker for 26 bucks. and shipping is always free. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you can save. ♪ on your period, sudden gushes happen. say goodbye gush fears! thanks to always ultra thins... with rapiddry technology... that absorbs two times faster. hellooo clean and comfortable. always. fear no gush. there's challenges, and i love overcoming challenges. ♪ when better money habits® content first started coming out, it expanded what i could do for special olympics athletes with developmental needs. thousands of bank of america employees like scott spend countless hours volunteering to teach people how to reach their financial goals. it felt good. it felt like i could take on the whole world. welcome back as we turn to some of the morning's other top headlines. former president trump is throwing hisweight behind the effort to have his federal election interference trial televised. >> he said, sir, do you want a trial with or without cameras. most say without. i say the opposite. i want this trial to be seen by everybody in the world. the prosecution wishes to continue this travesty in darkness, and i want sunlight. that's a nice way of saying it. isn't that pretty? i want sunlight. i want everything exposed to the public. let's let the public decide. i want cameras in every inch of that courthouse. >> that was trump in new hampshire on saturday the night before his lawyer filed a legal motion backing a push to allow media cameras into the courtroom. nbc is one of the teams arguing for open court. special counsel jack smith argues it led to the insurrection. television coverage also potentially could intimidate witnesses and jurors smith said in a november 3rd filing. elsewhere new york city mayor eric adams is speaking out after reports he allegedly approved a building project for a new turkish consulate. through a statement yesterday through his campaign spokesperson, adams noted he has not been charged with a crime and says he will cooperate with the investigation. shortly after adams was elected maw yore, "new york times" is citing sources who say he allegedly contacted the city fire commissioner to encourage him to allow the turkish government to use a building for their consulate. the didn't had previously refused to sign off on the safety of the building. nbc news has not yet independently verified this report. this new development comes as the fbi moves forward with an investigation into adams' campaign fund-raising. that probe dramatically escalated last week when fbi agents seized multiple phones and an ipad from the mayor himself. they asked the mayor to step out of the vehicle and then took his devices. earlier the fbi searched a home where a campaign fund was handled. it seems like a bad headline nearly every day for the mayor. we will keep you posted. meanwhile republican national chair committee woman ronna cdaniel was on "meet the press" during which she was asked if her party standing on abortion was a losing one. >> we have to talk compassionately. we can't attack women. we also have toe define ourselves before the democrats define us. here's my number one message. if you dig yourself out of a hole, you're going to lose. if you go on national tv and say we're all compassionate about this issue and we all lose, but at this time can't we agree on 15 weeks when a baby feels pain? i think if you do that and democrats join me here, democrats are still stream on this, we can win voters. these are things we can win on. we can talk about it but you can't hide in a corner and think abortion is not going to be an issue. this is what democrats are runs on. $350 million in 2022 was spent on this issue. we saw it again in ohio and virginia. there are lessons we have to take. >> of course, we have the republican party in the losing streak at the voter box. a little later in the show, we'll bring you donald trump's latest moment of confusion on the campaign trail where he once again mixed up former president obama with the current commander in chief. we'll also bring you a preview of what he says will be his draconian immigration policy were he to return to office. we'll be right back with that. . we'll be right back with that. minchew. in time. slips it out for dobbs. >> we start to believe anything can happen. >> boy, they're playing. it's showtime. montgomery gets into the secondary. he's inside the 40. he's got to blocker up ahead. trevor's going to distance. >> the touchdown on their last two possessions. >> uh-oh, uh-oh. deflected, picked off. taken back by newsom. >> going deep and caught on the play. >> here comes jeffrey simmons mayfield. inside the one, inside the 20, 10, 5. second down and short here. george kittle, good-bye! a touchdown. stepping up, dobbs, nothing downfield, spinning away. dobbs trying to shake his way to the end zone. oh. >> oh, the play fake. and then the checkdown. walker, the defender in front of him stumbled. that gives walker the space. extra space. down the sideline. he is gone. touchdown. >> one last chance for the packers. love throws. end zone. intercepted, and it's over. >> those were some of the biggest plays from across the nfl yesterday. there were some really good games and some bad ones including new england losing. we didn't show you the giants being hammered by the cowboys. but let's go to las vegas for the raiders hosting the new york jets on saturday night football josh jacobs ended a 14-game streak. he went for 27 attempts but both offenses really struggled as teams were limited to just field goals until the raiders found the end zone right here in the fourth quarter. touchdown, vegas. the jets had opportunities to take the lead that closed in moments, but a potential game-winning drive was cut short as quarterback's pass was a force picked off with about a minute left on the clock. after the punt the jets had one last shot, but it failed, incomplete. the raiders beat the jets, 16-12. there you see the hail mary. knockdown. game over. the game tonight in upstate new york, the buffalo bills hosting denver broncos. hopefully that will be better. time now for the weather. we check in with michelle grossman. good morning. how's it looking out there? >> it's looking pretty good. we've been soggy all weekend long. we're going to be soggy for the next couple of days. this is official. there's been drought conditions. this is going to help that. where you see the reds, the yellows, the oranges, that's where you're seeing rain. houston will see heavy, heavy rain. right at the gulf you'll see the moisture moving in. you're going to see it slowly moving along the gulf coast states. tomorrow it will impact portions of alabama, florida, georgia, and, again, you could seep flooding there as well. we're looking anywhere from 1 to 3 inches, but locally you can see up to 5 inches especially in the red. that's a major weather headline as you go throughout the day. we have the atmosphere setting up. it will bring heavy mountain snow. good news for the skiers, but the drought is over in california, and that's good news too. >> michelle grossman, thank you so much. we've got new reporting on donald trump's plans for immigration policy if he wins re-election. it includes large-scale raids, detention camps, and mass deportations. we'll break it all down when we come back. k it all down when we come back. you want to be able to provide your child with the tools or resources they need. with reliable internet at home, through the internet essentials program, the world opened up. fellas, fellas. that's how my son was able to find the hidden genius project. we wanted to give y'all the necessary skills to compete with the future. kevin's now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. ♪ ♪ welcome back to "way too early." it is precisely 5:30 a.m. on the east coast, 2:30 a.m. out west on this monday morning. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. at his rally in new hampshire on saturday, donald trump once again seemed to forget who he'll be running against in 2024 while praising hungary's authoritarian president, something that's become a staple of trump's speeches, he went off teleprompter and claimed barack obama was still president of the united states. >> the head of hungary, a very turf strong guy, viktor orban. did anybody ever hear of him? considered very powerful. they were interviewing him two weeks ago, and they said, what would you advise president obama? the whole world seems to be exploding and imploding. he said it's very simple. he should immediately resign and they should replace him with president trump. >> according to "forbes" that was the seventh time trump was confused while simultaneously mocking the sitting president for his own mental capabilities. joining us now to talk about this and more, former a idaho to the george w. bush white house, our friend, elise. great to see you this morning. there you go. donald trump praising orban again. add him to the list, putin, xi, and other titans. it's a rapidly growing list. >> he doesn't seem like he's there. he hasn't been there for a long time. that's why it doesn't matter to voters because he's consistently being saying crazy things since the 1980s. he gets politically more of a pass than joe biden who is expected to be seen as this sober statesman, whereas donald trump is always perceived as somewhat of a lunatic wild-card rogue factor. >> my theory has been trump is kind of a big presence and he kind of gets away with it more than biden does. we should note republicans have been loathe to attack hupp. desantis has opinion on this for a couple of weeks now, and we can give him a point in that column. let's talking something more serious. "the new york times" talked about trump's plans for immigration policy. really, really strict stuff, stuff we've never seen before this this this country. give us your reaction to how it would play out for voters, but also if it would come to pass, what it would mean for america and this idea of the country? >> voting is so politically potent with a republican elector, and this is a smart issue, sick issue, disturbing in for donald trump to hone in on, but politically smart. one of the tacks that has been launched against donald trump by his republican primary opposition, hey, you didn't build the wall, you didn't get very much built. it's smart to say, i'm going to be stronger, tougher going forward. the next factor, would he be able to accomplish this is more disturbing because you look at the next term. it failed because he didn't have the international theft and the people who understood the bureaucracy to do it. going forward this time i fear they would be more effective and more ruthless and less checks and bounds and would feel less constrained because they wouldn't be up for a second term. i think it's disturbing that you have a generation of legal scholars that if you're a maga scholar, you studied, fine-tuned, and perhaps refined how to actually execute this. >> to spend more time on that, there were guardrails. those folks won't be around next time. we have steve bannon crowing this weekend saying it's going to be clear maga zealots in the white house system. >> that was a quote from steve bannon to our friend tim miller that everyone coming forward is going to make the accomplishment wish they had donald trump because everyone's going to be so extreme in the future, and i really think it's a question of execution and is he going to be able to find people who can actually execute this go-aund. and john kelly also recently said this shows having anything who will be a guardrail, he didn't benefit from that in the first round and he's not going to have those people around in the first period. important reporting. read it. elise jordan, we'll see you again soon on "morning joe." thanks for joining us. next we'll turn to cnbc and the markets that you can see are in the red ahead of "opening bell." we'll be right back with that. b" we'll be right back with that. skin-carving next level hydration? 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>> that's right, jon. the s&p ended its session, which brought its total gains for the week 1.3%. today the gaines are opening up slightly negative. today we get the u.s. monthly budget statement. tomorrow uscpi numbers. wednesday, ppi and retail sales data, and toward the end of the week we'll get housing data as well. throughout the course of the week, loads to watch out for including goolsbee and more and the meeting between biden and xi will take place on wednesday as you know. that could be another driver. >> we'll have complete coverage of that meeting in san francisco held on wednesday. late friday the news broke the united states is one step closer to losing its last perfect credit rating. joumanna, what happened? >> that's right. moodys, the credit agency that still has a aaa rating for united states has now changed the outlook from stable to shaky. in a statement the agency said in the context of higher interest rates without effect ivg fiscal policy measures to reduce government spending or reduce revenues, moodys predicts deficits will remain very large, significantly reducing the liability. we spoke about futures looking to open up slightly in negative territory. u.s. treasury not moving that much. of course, another big week is coming up with a potential shutdown toward the end of the week. again, this doesn't add to this whole perception that the u.s. is getting into increasingly more difficult fiscal situation in the coming years. and, joumanna, lastly, there's a popular weight loss drug which could seriously reduce the risk of heart problems. tell us about that. >> yes. they released results from a trial that suggests that weekly injections of wegovy significantly slashed the chance of heart attack and stroke by 20%. it could open up the jug to insurance coverage, which means it could be taken up more broadly. it ee one way it's distinguishing itself from u.s. competitor eli lilly who has a very popular obesity drug. be even that drug that has shown a quick weight loss, it has not shown other benefits. the results of these findings could prove to be quite instrumental going forward. it's huge for the drug industry. >> no question there. cnbc's joumanna bercetche. thank you very much. joumanna reports live from london where there's breaking news. former prime minister david cameron is in. we'll have more on that later this morning. still ahead here, we're moving back to politics with a look at the looming government shutdown which joumanna mentioned the deadline is friday. house republicans have a proposal, which is being called a laddered continuing resolution. we'll explain what the heck that is and if it has any chance of passing when we come right back. passing when we come right back. ♪ my name is josh sanabria and i am the owner at isla veterinary boutique hospital. i was 5...6 years of age and i knew i was going to be a vet. once alexandra called me to let me know that bank of america had approved my loan... it was important to me. we not only just provide the financing piece, we do everything that we can to surround them with the right people. all you need is a perfect, amazing team that will guide you through the right steps to be successful. and that's what bank of america was for me. as someone living with type 2 diabetes, i want to keep it real and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. even at your a1c goal, you're still at risk ...which if ignored could bring you here... ...may put you in one of those... ...or even worse. too much? 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>> yeah, jonathan, this two-step laddered plan is something, an idea, a framework indorise by some members of the right flank. it was seen as a way to avoid the end-of-year omnibus bill that republicans really abhor and they did not want to pass this time around, the idea it would incentivize congress to get through the appropriation bills by splitting up the deadlines. as you mentioned, it's already facing opposition. you have shown the three faces of those who will not vote for it. one of the big concerns here among republicans here with the spending bill is that it doesn't include the spending cuts you had mentioned. of course, republicans for this entire congress have made cutting spending and including the budget cuts as a key part of their platform at every turn of the spending fights, so even though they received this unconventional framework, they're really unhappy it does not include the deep spending cuts. >> let's talk about what happens next. very any democrats on board? how do we think the senate is going to view this? go ahead. >> so it's an interesting dynamic here because we saw top democrats, even the white house, criticize the package over the weekend after speaker johnson rolled it out, the white house calling it extreme. congresswoman rosa da lore roe who's the top democrat on the appropriations committee said this would lead to more shutdowns throughout the year by staggering the deadlines, but notably democratic leadership has not yet come out with a formal recommendation how members of the congress should vote on this piece of legislation, so,ings you know, they may criticize it and not like this unconventional framework and approach, but at the end of the day, it is notable this piece of legislation does not include any of those spending cuts. it doesn't include any democratic poison pills. another concern democrats will have is the lack or rather exclusion of funding for ukraine, funding for israel, funding for taiwan. that's, of course, being dealt with separately because republicans are demanding border support. democrats will be the wild card here even if they're not happy with the unusual approach to funding the government. the fact that it doesn't approve funding cuts or spending may be what they need to get on board. that could be enough to get it over the finish line. >> you'll be following this all week long. as this week begins, monday morning, what do you think real quick? what are the chances of the got shutting down friday night? >> i think the chances are lower than the last time we had this funding fight. it's speaker johnson's first time on the job. lawmakers want to go home to their families. i think the shutdown threat is lower right now. as of right now it's going to depend on how many republicans come out and, b, how many democrats that they'll be able to vote for it and put it over the finish line. >> we appreciate you starting off this monday. we'll talk to you again soon. up next here on "way too early" israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu signals that there could be a potential deal to free more hostages from hamas. we'll show you what he had to say on "meet the press". and then coming up on "morning joe," donald trump jr. is due back on the witness stand today in new york as the defense team presents its case in the civil fraud trial that could unmake the family business empire. we'll get live reporting from the courthouse. plus, the chair of the house democratic caucus, congressman pete aguilar will join the conversation the new plan from his house republican colleagues to fund the government. we'll tell you what he has to say. and we'll also hear from the tsa administrator about how the agency will handle a potential shutdown that would come just ahead of the holiday travel season. 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>> there could be the less i say about it the more i'll increase the chances it materializes. it's a result of pressure, military pressure, the extraordinary work that the idf is doing, putting pressure on the hamas leadership. that's the one thing that might create a deal. and if a deal is available, well, we'll talk about it when it's there. we'll announce it if it's achieved. >> do you know where all of the hostages are being held right now, mr. prime minister? >> we know a great deal but i won't go beyond that. >> so biden administration official confirmed to nbc news that a potential deal would release about 80 women and children in exchange for the release of palestinian women and teenagers currently held b israel. however, the prime minister cautioned that any deal would not include a cease fire on the part of israel. netanyahu said, quote, a different authority must govern gaza once the war is over, but he did not say whether he would accept an international force to do so. netanyahu was also asked about the scale of civilian casualties in gaza since the conflict began. >> do you know how many civilians have been killed, mr. prime minister? do you know how many civilians have been killed? do you have an accounting of the number? >> i wouldn't trust the hamas number. when you say gazan officials that's hamas. >> what's most important is that we see a steady decline in the number of civilian deaths as our ground action proceeds. basically people understand that they have to clear the way and they leave. and remember, our goal and we're taking extraordinary efforts to achievement it, this is our ethos, we're faced with the most vicious kind of enemy, attacks civilians and deliberately hiding behind their civilians. they use them as human shields. >> joining us now former fbi special agent clint watts, national security analyst for nbc and msnbc. clint, what's your quick reaction to what the prime minister had to say about the hostages. >> i'm not surprised there's some sort of deal behind the scenes but i bet it's a tenuous one. he's trying to figure out how would you logistically make that happen. imagine doing an exchange, one for one or one to many. where would those palestinian prisoners go when gaza is under siege? it seems like a very complicated situation. >> talk to us about the latest you know about the on going ground assault in gaza. and some really tough photos coming out this weekend about the hospital there which seems to be on the verge of failing. >> the epicenter of effort right now is that hospital. that's where you have an enormous number of patients, humanitarian issue of massive scale at the same point, many officials have noted over the weekend that the underground complex that's underneath that hospital is seen as hamas headquarters central. many rooms, many command centers there. so the israeli military converging around that, surrounding it but still trying to deal with this humanitarian situation, saying they will have periods where they'll let people leave, but these are patients. how do you effectively do that? where do you move them to? it's a very tenuous situation i think at the moment, but it is going towards the epicenter of what is hamas leadership. >> human rights organizations sounding the alarm as the fate of those patients there. since october 7th there have been real fears about the war escalating and broadening. i know you've had your eyes on the northern border. give us the latest as to what's happening there with lebanon and hezbollah? >> almost at a regular clip every one to two days you're seeing israeli air strikes going right over that northern border into lebanon. hezbollah targets being struck. i imagine this is really a containment effort, trying to keep hezbollah from jumping into the fight. so you continue to see those air strikes there. separately in the west bank, violence has picked up precipitously, almost in every part of the west bank some sort of violent incidents, israeli settlers getting into confrontations or provoking them. that's an unstable situation. expand further in the region, u.s. air strikes, israeli air strikes at syria. in eastern syria going after some of the iranian-sponsored militias, iranian revolutionary guard corp. also spells not good things in terms of expansion. could be options that the u.s. and israel are trying to keep those forces at bay. but still not good when u.s. forces are being hit with rocket attacks. >> tell us more about those u.s. air strikes that were carried out. >> eastern syria there's an area -- these are iranian-backed militias. this is that -- we always talk about the shia that goes from iraq to syria into southern lebanon, those are all forces backed by the iranians. they've been firing rockets even sending drones at the u.s. personnel that are also in syria and in iraq, caused a lot of traumatic brain injuries already. they had wounded servicemen. so, it's a very tenuous fight there. it's something we probably have on the top of the newspaper on any given day but in the context of the war, it's one of many things that are going on. >> we appreciate all the updates from former fbi special agent clint watts. i'm certain we'll be speaking to you again soon. we really appreciate it. thank you for getting up way too early on this monday morning. jam-packed "morning joe" starts right now. they said, sir, do you want a trial with or without cameras? 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