friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
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
yeah, yeah, yeah. thank you. thank you. thank you. however, that feels so good. it s friday, so you know what that means. let s welcome tonight s guests. she runs bikes and swims. anything to avoid the cops. joseph kennedy saves the world podcast. he s the funniest thing to come out of new jersey since chris christie s diet coach, actor and comedian. it s all good as a former miss florida citrus. she never blames the juice. former state department spokeswoman and founder of polaris and security morgan taking. and he s the naughty list for eating sandy s reindeer. new york times best selling author, comedian and former nwa world champion darren. all right. now, before we get to some news stories, do this. greg s left. yes, that s right. it s the leftovers where i read that jokes. we did news this week. and as always, it s my first time reading them. so if they , we ll send joe machi a strip club and have lizzo give him a tap dance. ooh, tap dance. no, you re right. it s
joe biden to read charlotte s web as a freshman in college. so welcome back into the spotlight, iowa. the birth place of vending machines sliced bread and hetero section wales. on tuesday florida governor ron desantis held his first campaign event in a tour that will also take him to new hampshire and south carolina. but i wonder if it was great to be back. it is great to be back and it s great for me to report that our great american comeback starts by sending joe biden back to his basement in delaware! [cheers and applause] greg: well, the rest of the speech hit the usual stuff but the melt s meltdown is already in mid season form when it comes to ron. because there s a model for what this little dictator in the making wants to do. there is a model for what this little dictator in the making wants to do. just look at china, cuba, north korea, afghanistan or iran where the government censors the media or force feeds a strict conservative religious ideology to children
the latest. good evening. reporter: good evening a big hurdle cleared with the debt ceiling the house overwhelmingly approvingdeal brokered by president biden and house speaker mccarthy. here is the breakdown 149 gop ea at 155 democratic yea. more democrat support of the deal than the majority even though the gop runs the house. you said democrats got nothing so how do you define nothing? i think they voted for it because they wanted to take up for their president. reporter: the right wing of the gop is seething at mccarthy. representative ken buck wants the house to consider a vote of no confidence against the speaker. we were told the first night there is nothing in this for democrats.and more democrats voted for this bill than republicans. democrats have joined with mccarthy to pass bills so there is a big reassessment of the coalition for bauer out of the house. screaming the bill travels across the rotunda to the senate tomorrow where conservatives could try to