iowa caucuses is donald trump as you see what could be most terribly described as a unique strategy and his closing arguments to voters, with a link with john mccain making more headlines with his plans for a second term. one of his supporters in congress is already safe shave may not certify the 2024 results before a single ballot is cast. what about 2024? what about 2024? we will see if this is illegal and valid election. what we re seeing so far is that s democrats are so desperate they re trying to remove president trump from the ballot. just to be very clear, i don t hear you say committed to certify the election results. will you only commit to certify the results of the president trump once? if former president trump wins? it means that they re constitutional. what we saw in 2020 was unconstitutional. meanwhile, his challengers are looking for any signs of hope that they could pull off the impossible, and upsets the former president is also facing a busy le
are deciding whether donald trump is immune from prosecution. in other words, can a president do whatever he wants to in office? even order the assassination of a political rival? trump s team argues a qualified yes. what does that mean? and what did the judges say in response? plus, after the door plug blew on that alaska airlines flight, is it safe to fly? investigators now find there are major problems across boeing s 737 max 9 fleet. what went wrong on the assembly line and what s the fix? and does voting matter? what michelle obama says she is terrified of this election year. let s begin in washington because for the first time in our history, a federal appeals court is tasked with ruling on whether a president is above the law. you might say of course now, but donald trump s team argues actually yes, that congress has the primary authority that if congress doesn t impeach and convict first, then any official action is golden. can a president order seal team six to a
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
of big news, joe, on capitol hill. what a significant day. and i will tell you, i was away from the tv for a good part of the day, and started getting breaking news alerts about the hearings, started following some i had to come back, rewatch the entire hearing all over again. it really, yesterday, about as compelling of any hearing we ve seen on capitol hill since the days of watergate. i was young when the watergate hearings were on. i was upset because we had only had four channels then, and i wanted to see the flintstones and mr. ed, but my parents were sitting front, watching watergate. like everybody. and it was so compelling. and you see those clips, and it s history and you don t think you re ever going to see anything like that again. like a movie. but actually, willie, we did see something and we keep seeing, every one of these january 6th hearings. you re looking at history, you understand it, because, again, it drives home the point that maybe we ve
1, austin was rushed back to walter reed via ambulance with severe pain suffering from an infection and fluid buildup that was impairing his small intestine. on tuesday, january 2nd, austin was admitted to the intensive care unit and transferred some authorities to his deputy kathleen hicks while she was on vacation in puerto rico. but hicks and the white house were not told he was in the icu until thursday, january 4th. members of congress, senior pentagon leaders, and the public were not informed until the night of friday, january 5th. this guy shouldn t be in charge of our military now. well, i m going toe continue calling for full disclosure. i m calling for a full hearing. reporter: the pentagon now reviewing who knew what, when, and why the white house wasn t told. clearly, we could have done better, and we will do better. reporter: austin s chief of staff now ordering that these officials be told when austin transfers authority to hicks and why. austin remains hospital