of the fraud he perpetuated. regardless of what this report says, is your plan to serve and stay in congress and not resign? like i said before i m staying in office for sure. that last voice you heard was republican congressman george santos of new york before the release of a damning ethics report. we ll go through that and what could come next for the embattled lawmaker. plus, we ll bring you the latest out of the middle east. israel says it has more evidence that hamas was operating out of a hospital in gaza. it comes as the idf recovered the body of a hostage near that facility. and also ahead we ll recap another busy day of diplomacy on the west coast for president biden where he met with the leaders of south korea and japan. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, november 17th. it s friday. we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with some good news. the federal government will stay open at lea
funds on personal items like sephora cosmetics, trips to atlantic city, and even only fans. turns out, they don t sell fans at all. the name of the site is very misleading. republican congressman george santos providing an awful lot of material for the late night shows. we ll go through a very damning ethics report. that was the tip of the iceberg there from jimmy kimmel, and show you the response from the new york lawmaker who says he s sticking around. we ll see if he can. talk about that in a minute. also ahead, we ll have the latest from the middle east. israel says it has more evidence hamas is operating out of a hospital in gaza. it comes as the idf recovered the body of a hostage near that facility. and we will recap another diplomatic day on the west coast for president biden, where he met with the leaders of south korea and japan. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, november 17th. with us this morning, we have the host of way too early, wh