oh [bleep] oh, by god. pete: we begin this hour with a fox weather alert. thousands of residents are left in the dark this morning as two tornadoes rip through parts of tennessee, kentucky and mississippi. rachel: at least six people, including a child, were killed after the tornadoes touched down. will: on the ground in nashville with the latest. nicole. reporter: will, pete, ray i chel, good morning to you all. it is a heartbreaking day here in the only in music city, but across the state of tennessee as several families are now mourning the six who lost their lives after those several tornado-warned storms moved through the area. behind me you re looking at just one community that was hit maybe the hardest. this is madison, tennessee. and you ll notice here we re only a few miles outside downtown nashville, but you can take a look at just the sheer destruction and the force of the potential tornado that moved through the area here. it s hard to see, of course, as we re
rachel: good morning, he can be. we re in the second hour of fox & friends here in new york city. it s christmas time and beautiful outside and i love being down here much we can look out right at the tree. it s beautiful, we re all in the christmas spirit. will: have you been out at night? last night i was on jesse watters prime time and it s beautiful out there. this time of year at night, dudes with the cell phone and everybody spins around and it become as destination. pete: you re in new york, no doubt when you re here. check us out, check it out. pretty cool. rachel: when the propalestinian protesters wanted to protest at the rockafeller, they got confused and came to our tree. i do think our tree is so beautiful. will: yeah. pete: i agree. nicely done. will: check this out, there s brand new polls this morning from the wall street journal showing hypothetical presidential election matchups. first the obvious potential head-to-head of donald trump and joe biden wi
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 8th. glad it s friday, but we do have a lot to get to this morning, willie. president biden is putting more pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to allow additional aid into gaza. we ll have more details on the first conversation between the two leaders in 11 days. a lot of questions. meanwhile, the president s son is facing several new tax charges. we ll break down the allegations against hunter biden. plus, a recap of donald trump s day in court for his civil tax fraud trial. he was there as the former president is now expected to be the last person to take the stand. that should happen next week. also ahead, a rare ruling in a post roe world. a judge in texas granted an emergency request for an abortion, but the state s attorney general is threatening to prosecute any doctor who treats the woman. we ll talk about that. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bur
in the middle east. john: it comes as we are getting brand-new information about the u.s.s. mason shooting down another drone in the red sea today, the drone fired from the same houthi-controlled area as the ones over the weekend. we will take you to the briefing as soon as it happens. sandra: israel moving into the third phase of ground operations, 138 hostages are still in captivity and hamas has vowed to not release anymore until there is a ceasefire. hello, john, welcome back. john: good to be with you. john roberts in washington, america reports . israel continuing its campaign against hamas hitting the terror group s strongholds in southern gaza overnight. idf engaging in house to house gun battles after entering the second largest city in the strip. sandra: israel s military says it has killed about half of hamas mid level batallion commanders by now and prime minister benjamin netanyahu said moments ago idf forces are encircling the house of a senior hamas le
an explosion there, with news agencies reporting it was caused by an israeli air strike. meanwhile the palestinian militant group, the islamic jihad organisation, has posted this video, which it says shows fighting against israeli forces in the city. israel has warned people living in the area to move to safety aid agencies say there s a chronic and growing lack of resources to care for them. meanwhile, more details are emerging of the seventh october attack. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women in israel were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated by hamas. israeli investigators have gathered more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victims after the attack. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. a warning, her report contains some distressing details. out of the chaos and mass trauma of the hamas attacks, new stories are starting to emerge of rape and sexual assault. including graphic t