california. his special hour on the state of defense. a report card on america s military readiness to meet the challenges of an increasingly dangerous world. from the middle east to ukraine the south china sea to the internet, america s armed forces must be ready to meet 21st century challenges to our nation security. israel s war with hamas, the latest conflict to ignite instability turbocharging attacks on our forces in the region from iranian proxies. we will get reaction from national security council communication coordinator jon kirby about the restart of the war the head and lindsey biting white house faces from democrats over conditioning future aid to israel. we want to be so good at what we do that they say not today, not tomorrow, ever forgot joint chiefs chairman are preparing our men and women and uniform for the wide range of security responsibilities across the globe. general cq brown joins me here at the reagan library. and that, before serving on congress
supreme court s first female justice. also, a guy who claims to be all three of those things. elon musk met with benjamin netanyahu this week and agreed that israel must destroy hamas. i think musk could destroy hamas almost instantly by becoming their ceo. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, december 4th. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. israel expanding its offensive in gaza with ground forces moving into the southern part of the territory. it comes as israeli officials have withdrawn from negotiations for another humanitarian pause. we ll get the very latest on these major developments in just a moment. plus, an update for you on the string of attacks on an american warship and multiple commercial vessels in the middle east. also ahead, the dangers of a possible second term for donald trump. we re going to go through a special feature from the atlantic. a major effort to detail all the threats our democracy could face. here s what th
california. his special hour on the state of defense. a report card on america s military readiness to meet the challenges of an increasingly dangerous world. from the middle east to ukraine the south china sea to the internet, america s armed forces must be ready to meet 21st century challenges to our nation security. israel s war with hamas, the latest conflict to ignite instability turbocharging attacks on our forces in the region from iranian proxies. we will get reaction from national security council communication coordinator jon kirby about the restart of the war the head and lindsey biting white house faces from democrats over conditioning future aid to israel. we want to be so good at what we do that they say not today, not tomorrow, ever forgot joint chiefs chairman are preparing our men and women and uniform for the wide range of security responsibilities across the globe. general cq brown joins me here at the reagan library. and that, before serving on congress
we begin this hour with a fox news alert. a blast and smoke rising from gaza all morning long. it s really forces ramp-up activity in the strip, entering the second phase of war. next we have two goals in this war. to destroy hamas in all this infrastructure. do everything that s possible to bring our hostages back home. relearning this morning to her 30 israelis including americans are still being held by hamas idf said they destroyed at least f 4050 terrorist sites including tunnels in gaza over the weekend. a full-scale invasion still looming appears israeli officials are urging innocent civilians in gaza to save themselves. simulate in northern gaza and gaza city should temporarily move south to a safer area where they can receive water, food, and medicine. the response of the latest strikes around president said israel quote across the red light many which may force everyone to take action but burlesque at a senior foreign affairs correspondent greg powell caught
president and the former president, one stage moderated by jake tapper and dana bash good morning. you relied on cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington right now in delaware. hunter biden s fate is in the hands of a jury. the president s son arrived in court this morning as jurors resume deliberations in his federal gun trial and just about a half hour later, he left the courthouse in wilmington. hunter biden is accused of lying about his illegal drug use when he bought a handgun back in 2018, if convicted of all three charges, he could face 25 years in prison. cnn s evan perez drawing this is from outside the courthouse in delaware. evan wasn t expected that hunter biden would only make a short visit there as the jury deliberates, what s the latest no, jim, i think we didn t anticipate that he would be able to leave during the time that the jury is deliberating. typically defendants have to sit here like the rest of us as we wait for the jury to complete its work