perino. it s 5:00 in negotiating city new york city. president biden promises a response is coming to the deadliest attack of our troops in years. we lost three brave soldiers and we shall respond. the president and i will not tolerate attack on u.s. forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the u.s. troops. we will respond to any aggression and hold responsible to the people who attacked our troops. we will do so at a time and a place of our choosing. so far it s all talk no action right now the administration is dealing with its failure to deter iran backed terror troops who launched a drone strike that killed three american soldiers. the pentagon releasing the photos and the names of the three soldiers stationed as a base called tower 22 between jordan and syria. sources confirm the drone had got past air defense at the base because it was mistaken for a u.s. drone expected to return at the same time. the pentagon and white house not confirming th
here and now, nowhere else in this world but now. you and me, ain t it good to be alive? rachel: welcome back, even. good morning. it s 7:00 here in new york, and i m back. took the day off yesterday, but i m here and now by kenny chess niche i m here and now too with pete and will, and i m happy to be back on the couch with you guys in a new year. pete: glad to have you. will: 2024. kenny chesney. pete: is it kevin? rachel: did i say kevin? i m sorry, i know kenny. will: more softly saying his name, but you had to go right at her. in the end, i ll be the bad guy would you with please mark me down [laughter] one day i m in the journal [laughter] pete: she tried to come in with, like, a smooth thing rachel: i did. i tried to be nice, but, okay, you get your point will: how did this turn on me all of a sudden? if i don t even understand what s going on. rachel: he is good. [laughter] will: he s good with you. pete: yep. i know what buttons to push. will: i d
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
captain is said to have rejected a more lucrative offer from the saudi arabian side al hilal to move to major league soccer. it s thought messi wanted to stay in europe but there were no satista ctory offers. messi already owns a house in florida and his contract with inter miami includes sponsorship deals with adidas and apple. elsewhere, real madrid have agreed a deal with borussia dortmund to sign the england midfielder jude bellingham for $ 107 million dollars or £86 million pounds. 19 year old bellingham, who joined dortmund only three years ago from birmingham city, was one of england s top performers at last year s world cup in qatar and was recently voted player of the year in the bundesliga. bellingham who s agreed a six year deal with real madrid is due to have medical in the next few days. staying with football, the final of the europa conference league is well under way in prague where fiorentina are playing west ham united. west ham are looking to