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
a new phase-in israel s ground offensive in gaza. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we ll go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. also ahead, a look at the very long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight time line to rule on the most consequential case involving the presidency since the year 2000 decision that sent george w. bush to the white house. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 2, 2024. happy new year, everyone. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day, week, and yes year with us. it is going to be an extraordinarily busy year. we re so grateful that you re with us. we begin this morning overseas where the israeli military is planning to withdraw some of its troops from gaza. reservists from at least two brigades will be sent home t
not just here in the u.s. but across the world. plus, the strained relationship between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu over the war in gaza between israel and hamas. the latest on what is simmering the tensions behind the scenes. that s coming up next on morning joe. your shipping manager left to “find themself.” leaving you lost. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire
yasmeen, the president is in a re-election year officially. it is 2024. of course, there are political concerns here, as well. we have seen poll after poll that show a number of democrats, particularly young democrats, progressives, democrats of color, arab-american or muslim-american voters very unhappy with how he is handling this. walk us through a little, if you will, in the thinking in the white house, in the campaign, as to how they are trying to pull off this tricky balancing act of continuing to support israel, even as they continue to sour on netanyahu, but also to try to avoid alienating further a group of voters they simply need to turn out come november. yeah, jonathan, i think you hit on all the big issues they re facing. they re losing a really key part of their coalition here. voters they really shouldn t have to worry about too much but should be more focused on turning out in big numbers. poll after poll show young voters are extremely unhappy with the president s
support if it continued the, quote, indiscriminate bbi of its neighbor. in his many, many phone calls withnetanyahu, biden reportedly has urged netanyahu to t a more targeted approach to rooting out hamas, something the israeli prime minister has pushed back against. the sharpest disputes, though, according to the times, have centered around what to do in gaza after the war ends, with netanyahu reportedly resisting biden s calls for an eventual two-state solution, mika. yeah, the new york times now is out with a sweeping investigation on israel s failures in responding to the deadly attack launched by hamas on october 7th. one key reason, the israeli military had no battle plan despite intelligence showing the terror group was likely planning an assault. this is according to current and former soldiers and officers who tell th times that if a pla for a large-scale attack on israeli soil did exist, no one