friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
tamar. and maria rds for budget reminder, all campaign smart. he has a judge this is cnn, the world s news but the twice and peach president says he d be okay with serving prison time. this comes just days after the historic verdict that found trump guilty on all charges in his criminal hush money trial. this morning and is only interview since he was convicted, trump warned a harsh sentence could anger his base judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail. they couldn t face what that does. i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers. he had the day on television saying, oh, no, you don t want to do that to the press. i don t get a bag for anything. you just the way it is. i don t know that the public would stand it. you know, i don t i m not sure that the public would stand for with a house arrest or i think i think it d be tough for the public to take at a certain point. there s a breaking point now, just days after president biden reacted to all of this
for anything. you just the way it is. i don t know that the public would stand it. you know, i don t i m not sure that the public would stand for with a house arrest or i think i think it d be tough for the public to take at a certain point. there s a breaking point now, just days after president biden reacted to all of this saying that no one is above the law his own son will stand trial in the biden s home, state of delaware well, we re that case starting tomorrow and it is a case with ramen with major ramifications for hunter biden who could face some real jail time if he s convicted it could also have some political implications. as the president seeks reelection in november, we are joined now by democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland he s the ranking member on the house oversight committee, congressman, thanks so much for being here with us this sunday evening. first, i want to go back to those comments from the former president from this morning where he talked about a
closely, what we re buying and not buying. it s hard to forecast the economy two years out, but what is your sense of what the backdrop will be as the president seeks reelection? we have candidates throwing out views that are only going to help make voters save money, have more money and spend more m the future. it doesn t matter how ridiculous it sounds, if people think that, they are going to vote according to that. we can analyze policy, it doesn t make sense, who is going to pay for it and who is going to vote for it. at the end of the day if the voter thinks they ll save more money and spend more money, they re going to vote for that person. neil: and i think that bill kennedy is now taking the mecke in massachusetts, if you get the kennedy dynasty behind you in the race, it made a difference for barack obama when the dynasty veered know the to hillary clinton in 2008, but to