That they have gone through, frankly, are continuing to go through. This crisis is far from over. Theres so much frustration, theres so much suffering, you know . The real mourning has not even been able to begin to start because of people really looking to how do i just get me and my family to tomorrow. Joey yeah. And even still firefighters are working to pull ily contain some fires burning on the island. Officials calling it the worst Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. To a fox news alert, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing a Special Counsel to the hunter biden criminal probe. Rachel but republicans and if even some democrats arent happy with who he selected. Will Alexandria Hoff joins us live washington. Reporter good morning. It is an interesting turn of events or at least title, right . Now Special Counsel david weiss and the Attorney General, they both previously maintained weiss did not need Special Counsel powers in pursuing charges against hunter biden. Of course,
that is new york city mayor eric adams again calling out the republican governor of texas and the biden administration. we ll go through the mayor s executive action to address the busing of migrants from the border as the tension continues to grow between the democratic mayor and the president of the united states. this all comes as secretary of state antony blinken met yesterday with mexico s president to discuss what can be done about the surge of migrants with another caravan moving toward the border. also ahead this morning, nikki haley making headlines this morning for her response to a question about the civil war. it wasn t a hard one. we ll show you that exchange from a campaign stop in new hampshire. plus, another warning about donald trump s plans for a second term. this time coming from ron desantis, one of his opponents for the republican primary. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. with us, host of
you just heard from a former israeli hostage negotiator highlighting the mounting pressure that is facing israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. this as defense secretary lloyd austin is on the ground in tel aviv right now. he is pressing israeli officials for more clarity on the war efforts as the civilian casualties in gaza continue to mount. and will the election lies change things. a judge ordered rudy giuliani to pay $150 million. we ll talk to one of the attorneys that represented the workers about that impact. and just as airports prepare for millions of people flying for the holidays, the transportation department fining southwest airlines $140 million for last december s historic travel meltdown. what transportation secretary pete buttigieg just told cnn about that fine. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. and we begin with the defense secretary lloyd austin in israel, preparing to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu at any moment. his trip t
hello, and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a very, very busy news day with u. not your average balloon. u.s. officials sharing new information and they say, yes, china was spying. its balloon part of a surveillance op and scooping up communications snooping on locations in the united states, plus, the president s dual purpose road show. watch me, joe biden says, when asked if he s too old for a second term and today in florida, a state donald trump won twice, the president will warn seniors republicans want to gut social security and medicare. republicans say that s a lie and duct tape and bailing wire. congress gets new behind-the-scenes evidence of how southwest sputtered stranding thousands over christmas direct from its pilots union. up first, though for us a big new download of information on the chinese balloon. that courtesy of classified congressional briefings. american defense officials and the fbi. briefers telling l
they ve hurt. character matters. herschel walker is not only not ready to be in the senate, he s not fit. i m going to stand before you and say his a marxist. he believes in abolishing the police and the court system. we have an extremist on one side and an ohioan on the other side. tim ryan is running a campaign that his own record shows that he doesn t believe. this is possibly the lost election in our lifetime if we don t elect the right people, if we don t stop the election deniers. they close our businesses, defunds the police. it s not just about protecting a woman s right to choose. it s making sure everybody has a right to vote. the democrats have tried to blame other people for their policy failures over the last few years. guess what? there s no one else to blame. martha: so that was adam laxalt. he s looking to flip the nevada seat red. that would be a pickup for republicans. he s up against katherine cortez masto who has been closing strong accor