collapse of the troops. plus, talks of a dead end, no negotiations between israel and hamas this morning with each blaming the other for the breakdown. and the dire warning from former republican congresswoman liz cheney, why she says america is sleep walking into a dictatorship. good morning, to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m kasie hunt. it s monday, december 4th. it s 5:00 a.m. here in washington and it s noon in gaza where the israeli military says they have expanded combat ground operations to the entire territory north and south, following the collapse last week of the truce between israel and hamas. the idf saying this morning it s now hit about 200 hamas targets in gaza from the air. israel now warning civilians to leave large parts of gaza, including neighborhoods in the south. we ve warned two weeks ahead of time that people in northern gaza need to evacuate towards the south because we re going to operate. you know what unicef s
after hamas. the security system continues to flow. that s not going to change. we re also going to do everything we can to make sure that they are properly accounting for the civilian population and minimizing the damage and casualties as much as possible. the other thing we re not going to take our foot off the gas on is seeing if we can get nood another pause and get more hostages out and more security aid in. that s john kirby laying out the top priorities. we ll show you what else he had to say about the failed negotiations for another humanitarian pause in gaza. also ahead, the latest on a string of attacks on an american warship and multiple commercial vessels in the middle east. plus, speaker mike johnson gives a timeline for a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry in the house of representatives and to president biden. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us
supreme court s first female justice. also, a guy who claims to be all three of those things. elon musk met with benjamin netanyahu this week and agreed that israel must destroy hamas. i think musk could destroy hamas almost instantly by becoming their ceo. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, december 4th. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. israel expanding its offensive in gaza with ground forces moving into the southern part of the territory. it comes as israeli officials have withdrawn from negotiations for another humanitarian pause. we ll get the very latest on these major developments in just a moment. plus, an update for you on the string of attacks on an american warship and multiple commercial vessels in the middle east. also ahead, the dangers of a possible second term for donald trump. we re going to go through a special feature from the atlantic. a major effort to detail all the threats our democracy could face. here s what th
monument and the grand staircase by almost half. sentencing hearing for former south carolina police officer caught on video killing an unarmed black man during a traffic stop begins today. michael slager could face for. going it alone to reduce greenhouse gases and reaching the goals of the paris climate accord. that does it for us this monday morning. i m yasmin vssoughian. it is monday, december 4th. welcome to morning joe. nick contessore and carol lee. former fbi special agent clint
given to vice president pence who was with us today, and i was not happy with the way that information was given. he didn t have to do that, because what he did wasn t wrong. i fired him because of what he said to mike pence. very simple. my white house counsel came to me. they had, i believe two meetings, and we ultimately fired, but we fired far different reason. you re talking about general flynn? yes. because of lying to the vice president? yeah, but everything plays into it, but we fired him because he said something to the vice president that was not so. president trump speaking earlier in the year as to why michael flynn was fired. no mention then of knowing flynn lied to fbi agents. welcome back to morning joe. it is monday, december 4th. with us this hour we have political writer for the new york times nick confessore.