by voting yes on prop e. a common sense solution that ensures we use community safety cameras to catch repeat offenders and hold them accountable. vote yes on e. hello again, and welcome. it s time to get together with some smart people to break down the big stories. today we re asking, following the special counsel s scathing report questioning president biden s mental fitness, can he dig himself out of the growing age issue? then, the rift on the right in congress, leading some to question the future of the top two republicans on capitol hill. and the face-to-face flop. i ll break down tucker carlson s so-called interview with vladimir putin, and you don t want to miss it. the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, in the category of things you don t see every day, the president of the united states called a snap news conference the other night to show he still has his marbles. here is how that went. this matter is now
breaking news, new reporting on the trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces on the hunt for russian commanders to corner and kill. and later, a father is speaking out about nearly losing his children and their remarkable, simply remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by the former president, one that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case. quote, one of donald trump s new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former president s team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. he joins us on the telephone now. josh, walk us through this reporting. one of the president s attorneys wanted to turn down the temperature, went to the former president
john king here in for anderson tonight. thanks for your time. the deal that might have been. some breaking news, new reporting of a trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department, and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces. on the hunt for russian commanders, to corner and kill. and later, a father a speaking out about nearly using his children and their remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. but we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by the former president. one that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case. it just hits the washington post, quoting one of donald trump s new attorney s proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former presidents team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. just aussie of the post shares the byline on that story. h
morning. morning joe starts right now. it s the top of the hour. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 2nd. happy new year, everybody. israel s ground offensive in gaza is entering a new phase. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we re going to go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. plus, a damning, new report on the intelligence failures by the israeli military. new york times investigation found there was no battle plan for a massive hamas invasion that they were warned about. also ahead, a look at the long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were simply not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight timeline to rule on what would be one of the most consequential cases involving the presidency. we ll get expert, legal analysis on the issue of removing donald trump from the ballot in two states. are there going
this and choke it away. they should have kneeled it and didn t, tried to run it, but they outlast texas. it was a nail biter to the end. can we say, can we not, the committee, after all the consternation about florida state and everything else, got it right here? these are the two best teams? i think so. i will stipulate, i was watching last night thinking, i still think georgia would beat all these teams. that s a conversation for another day. georgia would love to have it. i mean, florida, the state of florida would like to have it less because they got blown out by 50, i believe. 60. excuse me. all the votes have been counted. blown out by 60. it s embarrassing for fsu. they threatened legislation because they were left out of this. georgia lost to alabama, can t complain too much. i think they got it right. the political system, i dare say, worked. there we go. quick nfl. man, the baltimore ravens look good. lamar jackson probably the mvp, i think. yes. he led my