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and welcome to morning joe: weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. let s begin this morning with a new report from house democrats that alleges the first two years of donald trump s presidency. his family business received seven point $8 million from foreign governments. democrats on the republican-led house oversight committee yesterday released the findings of an investigation that began back in 2016 into violations of the constitution s foreign cause. the report finds from 2017, to 2019 alone, trump s businesses received at least seven point $8 million from 24 in governments. most of that money? according to the report came from china! whose government allegedly paid more than five and a half million dollars to rent out trump s own properties during that time. the government of saudi arabia where, trump visited on his first foreign trip as president paid his business is more than $600,000. the. information stems from documents obtained from the trump s fo
morning. morning joe starts right now. it s the top of the hour. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 2nd. happy new year, everybody. israel s ground offensive in gaza is entering a new phase. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we re going to go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. plus, a damning, new report on the intelligence failures by the israeli military. new york times investigation found there was no battle plan for a massive hamas invasion that they were warned about. also ahead, a look at the long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were simply not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight timeline to rule on what would be one of the most consequential cases involving the presidency. we ll get expert, legal analysis on the issue of removing donald trump from the ballot in two states. are there going
good to be back with you on the second hour of chris jansing reports. israel s full cabinet meeting on their plans for a post war gaza. what the future could look like for more than 2 million people caught in the conflict. we re going to have a live report from tel aviv. plus, from japan, a commercial jet bursting into flames after a collision on the runway. what passengers are sharing about those frantic few seconds they had to escape. plus, breaking news. the president of harvard will resign less than one month after she was on congress. first, we head to the middle east where israel s full cabinet is expected to be meeting now to discuss the future of gaza after the war with hamas. this is according to an official who tells us the current plan would involve local palestinian plans not the palestinian authority administering areas of gaza. matt bradley is reporting on this from tel aviv. welcome. what more can you tell us about this critical meeting? reporter: it so