they by potentially reinforcing this image of extremism that hurt republicans so much through purple states. there are others, but for me those are the biggest known unknowns for 2024. and that last one is a great question because you have heard republicans, you know, they have been basically chomping at the bit to take over the majority for obvious reasons. but with such a small majority, you negotiation i heard from republicans who say, we re concerned about what these investigations look like and what path this goes down and do we look like we have a strategy that we have it together or we don t know who is going to be the house speaker next week when the new congress takes over. good point. ron, thank you very, very much. thank you, guys. happy holidays. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. it is 8:00 a.m. eastern. we re so glad you re with us. it is december 27th. welcome to cnn this morning. all right, so we will begin with
the u.s. navy moving an aircraft carrier strike are group into the waters off the korean peninsula following a series of missile launches over the past two weeks. paula hancocks is in seoul, south korea. paula, we just learned in the last few minutes there appears to have been another missile launch from north korea. what more do we know? well, erica, this particular thing we ve heard about in the last few minutes from the joint chiefs of staff wasn t a missile launch. we re told it was some kind of an aircraft firing exercise they believe. 12 north korean aircraft were detected carrying out some sort of exercise outside of the special surveillance line. this line is in north korea, but it is a virtual line that if any north korean aircraft come below that point, south korea responds. they did that. they mobilized 30 aircraft according to the joint chiefs of staff. you can see this htit for tat i starting to escalate. we know the u.s.s. ronald reagan is back in the waters
do you have the votes for speaker locked in tomorrow? i think we ll have a good day tomorrow. what are your conversations like with i hope you all have a very nice new year s eve. taking the shine off the republicans big day, new york republican congressman-elect george santos will likely be among the new lawmakers sworn in despite to admitting to a growing number of lies about his life and resume. we will dig deep near that and the multiple investigations into santos and his campaign. the latest on donald trump s taxes. what he paid and where that money went. we have details on the dozens of countries where he was making money and paying taxes. including china, india, and the uae we re going to start with the house republicans, taking control of the house officially tomorrow. but right now, what should be a triumphant moment is perilously close to turning into a political disaster. the likes of which we haven t seen in 100 years. that s because kevin mccarthy,
possibility of more classified documents on the property. here is a teeny tiny, teensy-weensy hint, it came from inside. hold on. hold on. are you telling me the call came from the inside? wow. just going to leave that there. good morning. good morning, everyone. it is kind of like the mob, isn t it? oh, boy. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 11th. with us, we have scene from the sopranos. associate editor from the washington post , david ignatius. donald trump can grift money off supporters, but he can t erase history. it is not that he use to mock the fifth amendment before invoking it yesterday hundreds of times, it is also his attack on fbi director christopher wray, a man he nominated to the job as a, quote, impeccable individual and model of integrity. a model, donald trump said. christopher wray was a model of integrity. after all, why would the feds will worried about top secret documents floating around mar-a-lago? remember when
resided in uvalde. it s believed he abandoned his vehicle and entered into the robb elementary school in uvalde with a handgun and he may have also had a rifle that is not confirmed to the latest report. he shot and killed incomprehensibly 14 students and killed a teacher. mr. ramos, the shooter, he is he himself is deceased. and is believed that responding officers killed him. jesse: abbott would also add that the shooter killed his own grandmother in a domestic incident before entering the school. fox news national correspondent bill melugin updates us now with the latest. bill? bill: jesse, good evening to you. i want to give you an idea of some of the heartache that parents are going through right now. we just wrapped up an interview with a father who is looking for his missing 10-year-old daughter. he provided this photo of her to us. this is 10-year-old anna bell guadeloupe a student here at robb elementary school. he has not had contact with her. is he looking