a lot to get to this morning, including another state removing donald trump from the 2024 republican presidential primary ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis all not big decision from maine secretary of state. plus we will show you nikki haley attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. , also ahead, the latest from gaza. israeli forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure on israel to protect civilians inside gaza. 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 presidents many legal battles as he enters a presidential election. a lot to go through. witness for all of it, nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann, president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politicsnation the reverend al sharpton, washingto
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
you have to score. that sets the stage for brady, what he does best. a second touchdown pass, in the closing seconds. cleveland had a shot at a field goal. came up just shy. patriots win 27-26. greatest game going in america for a very good reason. that was just sunday. should have seen the action on college level. heather: i love football. you re brady fan? add to the legend. how did your team do in new orleans last night? heather: don t want to talk about it. seven 7th straight. on monday night football , national audience. they lose. still behind my team. bill: want to ask me about my team? heather: i guess i do. bill: bengals win. heather: i want to know if brady had the uggs on at the press conference. bill: maybe gisele did. heather: new warnings that medicaid has become a ticking time bomb that will bankrupt the country all because of,
driving, barber fumbling and tebow, and they hit a field goal to win it and 7-1 with tim tebow and soul possession in the west. and call him elway, and unbelievable. harris: another first, maybe not first place, but the first time, i believe, the playoffs for houston texans. never been in the playoffs, they ve always missed the mark, this year lose the first two quarters to injury and they have a rocky yates. today, in the second career start, he beat cincinnati in cincinnati on the last second touchdown pass and houston texaseans going to the playoffs. harris: you have to see the video, when i was growing up, on like donkey kong.
about ten minutes till the top of the hour now. the town of west orange, texas. in a state of shock this morning after the star quarterback of the local high school football team collapsed and died during last night s game. his name is reginald garrett, he collapsed shortly after throwing his second touchdown pass. he was rushed to an area hospital. everybody gathered there. a short time ago, i spoke with the hospital supervisor susan courtney who was there when he was brought in. this wasn t just another patient to her. she knew this young man personally like so many other people in town did. the paramedics did everything possible in the field. we did we worked with him for well over an hour.