battle ahead could take many more months. plus, just hours from now secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas are set to meet with mexican president just as thousands of central american migrants make their way to the united states southern border. we ll break down what this means and the key issues up for discussion. and also ahead the detroit pistons made nba history but for all the wrong reasons. the record they just broke that has everyone talking. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we get right to the news and the israeli military has expanded its ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central gaza. the idf is also focusing on southern gaza s largest city as part of its stated mission to destroy hamas. officials say progress has been made in the north and that troops will continue to, quote, preserve and intensify t
ha ha, happy tuesday everyone, i am tom shillue in for greg gutfeld who i m told is busy fighting extradition. so before we get to the news, i thought it might be appropriate to look at some of the new year s resolutions from some famous names and faces. for example, president joe biden, his new year s resolution? continue to cheat death. hunter biden. find that envelope i left somewhere in the white house. commander the dog, eat more salads and fewer secret service agents. kamala harris, to resolve to make resolutions for the new year, because it s new and it s a year. [cheers and applause]. i might add stop laughing, that might help, too. the custodian who cleans the senate judiciary room. three words, use more bleach. brian kilmeade, i will continue to be the butt of greg s jokes. and finally randi weingarten, add 40 pounds to my bench press. she ll make it. on to the monologue. so i m looking over tonight s headlines trying to think of the perfect story to start the s
that is new york city mayor eric adams again calling out the republican governor of texas and the biden administration. we ll go through the mayor s executive action to address the busing of migrants from the border as the tension continues to grow between the democratic mayor and the president of the united states. this all comes as secretary of state antony blinken met yesterday with mexico s president to discuss what can be done about the surge of migrants with another caravan moving toward the border. also ahead this morning, nikki haley making headlines this morning for her response to a question about the civil war. it wasn t a hard one. we ll show you that exchange from a campaign stop in new hampshire. plus, another warning about donald trump s plans for a second term. this time coming from ron desantis, one of his opponents for the republican primary. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. with us, host of
than anybody else. people come to the border and try to get in without the necessary legal basis to do so, they will be sent away. talk to the migrants coming across the border, what do they say, we are here because of your president, here because of president biden and that s why we keep coming. i ve made a call to our president, our vice president, we need action. united states of america does not care about the safety, security of the border. border state officials fire back at the administration, as the migrant crisis could get work to start the new year. rich edson in new york. jonathan: jonathan hunt in los angeles. a fresh wave of 15,000 migrants head straight for the southern border, alejandro mayorkas and sent of state antony blinken are set to meet face-to-face later this hour with the president of mexico to discuss the migrant crisis. rich: chris clem is standing by whether the meeting will lead to policy change, but first to our team of reporters. c.b.
tonight, on the mehdi hassan show. the grand reinvesting in donald trump s mishandling of classified documents will meet again this week, are we close to seeing criminal charges in this case? plus, a republican admits on tape that he tried to interfere with elections in texas. can paxton, yes the same can pack them just got impeached, is now under renewed scrutiny for that admission. and the latest on breaking news out of virginia, a fighter jet from scramble to intercept of private plane causing a sonic boom that reverberated across the area. welcome to the show. nbc news is reporting the federal grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the department of justice s investigation into former president donald trump s handling of classified documents is, wait for it, expected to meet again this coming week in washington, d.c.. now we don t know yet if an indictment is coming, which would be major. the first ever federal indictment of a former president, he would be indicte