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
of course big drama on capitol hill as well, as kevin mccarthy finally has the gavel. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. i want to provide an update on our ongoing efforts to expose the tremendous voter fraud and irregularities which took place. there is really strong evidence that something happened, that something was changed in the transmission or inside. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. all converging and now we re on, as they say, the point of attack. look in the streets of brazil. look at the great patriots in brazil that at a lot of danger to themselves, have come forward in the streets of brazil. f brazl a corrupt president, the forces of fascism, and the mobs that believe the lies. this morning, we re following fast moving developments out of brazil where police have arrested hundreds who attacked the presidential palace and congress. we ll have the latest on the unrest
descent into assism. and a major effort to free brittney griner and paul whelan from captivity in red sox and i ll be joined by olivia juliana, an amazing young woman who turned a disgusting attack by matt gaetz into an opportunity to raise money for abortion services across the country. we begin with the new signs that the justice department is moving the ball in its investigation into the january 6th news. the house january 6th committee has spent the summer laying out its laser-focused investigation into the former president s actions leading up to the attack on the capitol, and while these hearings have been block birth and widely watched, if you found yourself frustrated asking where is the accountability you were not alone, but it s important to just keep in your mind alongside your work worries or where your kids socks are or what date your credit card is due and all the real things rattling around there, the state of democracy and whether or not the state owns your b
he s charged with rape and murder. the suspect, was ordered to leave the country by an immigration judge two years ago. the migrant telling police he tied up the teens, gagged them with cloth, according to prosecutors, he says, at first he was nervous, but then got comfortable and even recorded this attack. they enter the u.s. illegally, were caught, allowed to stay, and now a 12-year-old texas girl is dead. we also heard more about indications that jocelyn fought back against her attackers. that is just some of the reporting on a string of brutal crimes across the country allegedly at the hands of illegal immigrants. as we await a briefing from homeland security security chief alejandro mayorkas this hour fox news is confirming news on a manhunt for suspects smuggled into the u.s. by an isis-linked terror group. hello. welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york. there s a lot happening right now. get to have you here today. there is. i m bret baier in in for
Politics europe, your regular guide to the top stories in brussels and strasbourg. On todays programme, the bill allowing theresa may to trigger article 50 is now law. What will be the british governments next move . How will the eu respond . The head of the Eu Commission unveils his blueprint for the eu without britain. The European Court ofjustice rules companies can ban workers from wearing the headscarf. And breaking up is not always easy to do. What can czechoslovakias Velvet Divorce tell us about brexit . First, our guide to the latest from europe in just 60 seconds. The dutch Prime Minister, mark rutte, celebrated victory in his countrys election, easily defeating geert wilders. Eu leaders staunchly backed the dutch in a diplomatic row a diplomatic row with turkey. Commissionerjean Claude Juncker said he was scandalised. We will never accept this comparison between the nazis and the current government. The European Court of human rights ruled that hungary unlawfully kept two mig