people arriving every day. it is where the idf has suggested people go for safety. there are people pouring into that region. in fact, everyone in the u.n. says rafah is, quote, bursting at the seams. this pause was to allow humanitarian aid in. primarily food and water. just what came in today clearly will not be enough. i wouldn t be surprised if the idf allows fighting there to ponce in the future, as well. there are so many people moving into that area. so little food and water right now. such a different situation. this violence has affected children and the west bank and in jerusalem, as well. and he spoke with organizations trying to do work to help. what they have to say? we spent some time in the west bank. the u.n. says the war in gaza is now spilling into the neighboring west bank and east jerusalem. what a lot of those who are working with these community say is that it has never been as violent, never been as deadly as it is right now. that is saying somethin
a lot to get to this morning, including another state removing donald trump from the 2024 republican presidential primary ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis all not big decision from maine secretary of state. plus we will show you nikki haley attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. , also ahead, the latest from gaza. israeli forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure on israel to protect civilians inside gaza. plus we ll take a look at the stories that dominated 2023, from two wars overseas to chaos on capitol hill, as well as the former presidents many legal battles as he enters a presidential election. a lot to go through. witness for all of it, nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann, president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politicsnation the reverend al sharpton, washingto
primary contest. how people are reacting. plus, the city of new york ramping up security for the big party in sometimes square. how tensions over fighting in the middle east are playing a major factors. russia launching its largest aerial assault on ukraine since the start of the war. the images coming in as ukraine pleads for more military aid. we re beginning the hour with the new legal showdown over donald trump s eligibility to even be on the ballot. maine s secretary of state issuing a decision last night that the former president can t be a candidate in the primary, because he violated the constitution s insurrection clause. the weight of the evidence, all of the evidence made clear that mr. trump was aware of the by a multi-pronged effort to delegitimize a democratic election, the election of 2020, and then chose to light a match on january 6th. we should note on the same night we got that news from maine, the state of california made the op sid decision sayi
good morning. welcome to morning joe. that s a look at times square. we re a heart of hours the ball the will drop and we ll turn the page to 2024. good morning. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to this morning, including another state remove donald trump from the republican presidential ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis on that big decision from maine s secretary of state. plus nikki haley s attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. also forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure to protect civilians. plus we ll take a look at the stories that dominated 2023 from two wars overseas to chaos on capitol hill, as well as the former president s many legal battles as he enters the presidential election. a lot to go through. with us for all of us is nbc news national affairs analyst john heilem
remove former president donald trump from its 2024 primary ballot. big bipartisan backlash over this. some are calling it a far left political ploy to try to get trump out of this race. maine s top election official democratic secretary of state shenna bellows announcing her unilateral decision last night. last week colorado s state supreme court voted on party lines to boot trump from the state s ballot citing the 14th amendment section three. both state decisions are on hold pending appeal. colorado s secretary of state announced yesterday trump s name will be on the ballot unless the supreme court decides otherwise by january 5th. the maine republican party not holding back on unelected bellows single handed trump takedown. a statement excerpt reads we ve been fighting these back roomy leitz since they started their push to subvert democracy by tossing president trump. we reserve our right as a private organization to use a caucus system if that s what it takes to keep a d