good morning. welcome to morning joe. that s a look at times square. we re a heart of hours the ball the will drop and we ll turn the page to 2024. good morning. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to this morning, including another state remove donald trump from the republican presidential ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis on that big decision from maine s secretary of state. plus nikki haley s attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. also forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure to protect civilians. plus we ll take a look at the stories that dominated 2023 from two wars overseas to chaos on capitol hill, as well as the former president s many legal battles as he enters the presidential election. a lot to go through. with us for all of us is nbc news national affairs analyst john heilem
third hour of fox and friends starts right now. brian: we begin this hour and final hour of the show on fox and friends with a news alert. former president trump vowing to fight back after being kicked off the gop primary ballot in colorado. steve: colorado state supreme court ruled former president trump violated section three of the 14th amendment because of his actions on january 6. carley: former trump attorney will join us live. first peter doocy is live outside the white house with more on this developing story. hi, peter. peter: donald trump has a lead, he has to win primaries and collect delegates to get nomination. colorado is the first to do this, supreme court there ruled he engaged in insurrection on january 6 and that violates the constitution. trump campaign says colorado state supreme court issued a flawed decision and we will swiftly file an appeal to united states supreme court and stay of this deeply undemocratic decision. colorado secretary of s
joy to the world the lord is come let earth receive her king let every heart prepare him room and heaven brian: that is king and country. look at gingerbread made from scratch. is that the audience singing or his chorus? steve: the chorus. carley: that was in a studio. brian: those one day will be full. steve: six days from now. lawrence: can you imagine having people attend your concert that can also sing. brian: if you don t sing, don t get a ticket. lawrence: does that mean you will attend concerts going forward? brian: people are disappointed i dropped out. steve: it has to warm the heart of any performer when people are singing along. we see that with king and country. lawrence: they didn t know the lyrics, they were on key. brian, join in. brian: i don t qualify. i appreciate it. on my open, you are inviting me to sing. lawrence: if you are the face of the show. carley: a week from today, week after christmas, unboxes will be unwrapped.
what you had earlier in the show about why donald trump and others in history have said these provocative things that they do. i would ask the usual post that because that should be watched over and over again. to those who don t listen to the demagoguery we have a job to do to get democracy from it because as you pointed out it has worked over and over again. and so, we may be victims of whether or not we fall prey to that sort of language. yes you don t have to believe in it for your country to fall for and to change itself fundamentally because of it. we have to understand it s not just bad the people are doing these things and how they are work and how to counteract them. i have thought that for a long time and my brain can t articulate the way you can say them so the fact that you said it, i am just going to please you show, i had to send it to everybody. this is why you have to care about the stuff that he says and others like him say because it s your democracy. th
brian: that like [cheering] this is living american country love song lawrence: that s you. what s up, florida? [cheering] lawrence: maybe. it is a big show here in [laughter] bag show here in florida. great folks here. love the country, so proud what is happening in the country. guys, bring you on in. steve: that is right. i saw you serving a bloody mary. i did a couple diners at harry 52. there were people drinking there and it is florida and it is friday. lawrence: that is right, if you re in the area come to sunflower cafe, great people here, great food. when i finish, i m going to have me a bloody mary. ainsley: why not, your job will be done. steve: it s 8:00 a.m. somewhere. brian: you can always get a virgin. ainsley: bloody mary. steve: folks at sunflower restaurant in a little while. let s move on before we get in trouble. a fox news alert, intense fighting in israeli as defense forces pummel hamas stronghold. ainsley: national