president zelenskyy and that country s desperate need for more weapons, while talking tough about another leader, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who s losing support globally over the mounting civilian casualties in gaza. among other things. meanwhile on capitol hill, house republicans are doubling down on partisan politics, with a vote today on an impeachment inquiry into president biden, it comes as the president s son in standoff with house republicans over a public versus a private hearing and we re keeping an eye on wall street ahead of fed s expected decision this afternoon on the future of interest rates. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, december 13th. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire. james stavridis. president emeritus on the council of foreign relations, richard haass. we have so much to talk about today. i mean, willie, i xwot the say, we also have a poll by the way, these polls go back and forth. we
from washington tonight. thank you as always for being with us. university of destruction. that s the focus of tonight s angle not colleges and universities raising money work to appeal to the donors, to the alums and the perspective students by talking about their mission and their core values. for me, they re our commitments to excellence, to opportunity, and to impact. those three together are really the ones that propel us into the future. laura: a commitment to excellence? literally, no one who saw her testify last week, who has watched what happened at harvard over the past 20 plus years can say that excellence conveys objective merit and we all see that the best often loses out to the mediocre and harvard at elsewhere because the best isn t diverse enough. internally to our own community, i see my role as being the person who is always looking beyond the horizon to what s coming but also what can be. and then figuring out how to ready the campus and the campus co
angle from washington tonight. thank you,s as always, for being with you gos. university of destruction, the focus of tonight s angle. colleges, universities spend a lot of time raising money and work to appeal to the donors, to alums and perspective students by talking about their mission and their core values. those three propel us into the future. laura: a commitment to excellence? no one who saw her testify last week or watched harvard for the last 20 plus years can say that, the best lose out to mediocre at harvard and elsewhere because diverse is not good enough. i m the person always looking beyond the horizon to what is coming and what can be and ready the campus and campus community for the future. laura: doing this does not make it less gibberish, it is milk/toast language written by consultants and ms. gay didn t think her diversity eequity and inclusion prepares for the real world. it fosters resentment that makes harvard students less likely to suc
anthony albanese and li qiang met in a ceremonial welcome on the forecourt of parliament house. just on the outskirts, though, protesters gathered during the 19 gun salute, some holding chinese flags, while human rights advocates protested against the visit. the two leaders have agreed across a range of non binding agreements to stabilise their relationship, from climate change to trade and even panda diplomacy. here s what albanese had to say after their round table talks. he also exchanged views today on our region and the world, building our understanding of our respective positions and perspectives. australia advocates that we should all work together to promote original valance when a country dominates and the country is dominated original balance. i ve made it as nations with different histories, political systems and values, we will co operate with china where we can, disagree where we must and engage in the national interest. let s speak to ryan neelam, director of
netanyahu that fighting against hamas in rafah will not stop, but mr netanyahu reportedly called the move unacceptable . he is under strong pressure from far right members of his coalition government to reject any pauses in the conflict until hamas is totally defeated. in a sign of further tension between the israeli army and those far right parties, the army s chief of staff said sunday there is a clear need to conscript ultra orthodox jewish israelis, who are currently exempt from military service. that s a change mr netanyahu s coalition partners firmly oppose. sunday marks the festival of eid al adha, one of islam s holiest days. there was a notable lull in fighting, with gaza s hamas run civil defence agency telling the afp news agency that, quote, calm has prevailed across all of gaza . lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. the festival after eid al adha, marking another milestone