the drone packed with explosives. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. what the u.s. response could look like. also breaking, will convicted killer alec murdaugh get a new trial? the one-time prominent lawyer convicted of killing his own wife and son. the judge deciding just moments ago if he should get that new trial. eva pilgrim standing by. republicans have been pushing the president for mon months, arguing if you want funding for ukraine and israel, the u.s. must act at the border. republicans and democrats nearing a deal in the senate. president biden ready to move forward on it. now, republicans led by donald trump say they don t want the deal. all of this with the presidential election now nearing. mary bruce tonight. the israel-hamas war. multiple sources telling abc news tonight israel has issued the intelligence, saying at least 13 u.n. aid workers actually took part in the hamas attack on israel on october 7th. some accused of kidnapping israelis.
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
from the 2024 primary ballot under the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. it is a decision that differs from the one that was reached by the colorado supreme court last week. trump responding in an interview he was not surprised by the ruling. it is very bad for colorado, very, very bad for colorado, but we just had the big win in michigan today and that was a good one. and we have 33 wins and this isn t a loss because we ll have to see what happens. this is not a final determination. so trump also demanded wednesday that the secretary of state in maine recuse herself from a similar ballot eligibility case over her past statements about the january 6 riot. she is said to issue a decision in the coming days. this is all as doj prosecutors in the subversion case moved to block him from using the court as a forum to sow disinformation. let s bring in eugene scott. good morning to you. hope you ve had a wonderful holiday week. so let s talk about these dueling decisions ab
Fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for House Democrats. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration has plans to send active duty troops to the Southern Border as soon as next week. We will explain what the Military Personnel will be doing down there. Also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. It comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. New reporting this morning on Text Messages that ultimately led to Tucker Carlsons firing. We also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a Spring Offensive against russias army. And writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. Good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of Way Too Early, white house, jen palmieri, Cohost Of The Circus and former chairman o. Of the republican committee, Michael Steele.
we start this hour with a shocking incident at our southern border. look right there in that highlighted area. because a human smuggler is dropping a 4-year-old child over that very tall wall to american soil below. pete: this comes nearly two weeks after the expiration of title 42 and highlights the surgent need to stop those cartels and human smugglers. we have been watching, do you see the baby actually fall the 4-year-old. right there they say the child is okay. griff jenkins is live at the white house with the latest for us, griff? good morning, ainsley, pete and steve, these videos are far too common, yesterday the border patrol chief raúl ortiz tweeting that video out. it s hard to watch. it s heart breaking. you see the smuggler dropping the 4-year-old toddler near san diego. near the san ysidro port of entry. he drops. fortunately he was okay. border patrol agents and emsz quickly responded to begin rendering care and first aid to the child who fortunately was