good to have you with us. israel is grappling with the fallout from the killing of three hostages. the israel defense forces has admitted the men were mistakenly killed in gaza while holding a white cloth on a stick, indicating surrender. an idf official says a soldier felt threatened and opened fire after misidentifying them as terrorists.’ prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths broke his heart but added that military, pressure is still necessary. translation: we will draw the lessons. translation: we will draw the lessons- we translation: we will draw the lessons. we will translation: we will draw the lessons. we will implement - translation: we will draw the lessons. we will implement the | lessons. we will implement the lessons. we will implement the lessons. and we will remain relentless in our military and diplomatic efforts to bring back all the hostages home safely. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify the military pressure is nec
them as terrorists. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths broke his heart, but added that military pressure is still necessary. our correspondent hugo bachega reports on the fallout in israel to the hostage deaths, and growing pressure to rescue the others still held in gaza. for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza, it s an agonising wait made worse by a tragic mistake. the israeli military has given new details of how three israeli captives were shot dead by its own soldiers. yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka emerged shirtless from a building, carrying a makeshift white flag. one of the soldiers misidentified them as a threat and opened fire. two were killed instantly. a third, injured, returned to the building and was later killed. translation: we will draw the lessons, implement - the lessons and remain relentless in our military and diplomatic efforts to bring back all the hostages home safely. with all the terrible sadness, let
president to his israeli counterpart makes what he told the world, less than two months ago, seem frankly a world away. i come to israel with a single message, you are not alone. you are not alone. as long as the united states stands, it will stand forever, we will not let you be alone. right now, the two nations are no longer in the biden administration officials have advised israel that their campaign of overwhelming force needs to and, and and soon. within weeks, it is not quite an ultimatum, sources made that clear. but the united states is now more willing to say that quiet part out loud. they believe that israel is simply killing too many palestinian civilians, and far too many palestinian children. president biden outright accused israeli forces of, quote, indiscriminate bombing. it s an accusation that israel heard, and looked right past. he is saying, you are bombing gaza without care. absolutely not. and you know what, you know, let s just see history. ame
democrats, senate republicans a time to work through the weekend in an effort to reach a framework agreement. our republican colleagues who have said action on the border is so urgent should have no problem with continuing to work next week. senate majority leader chuck schumer calling republicans bluff on border security. he s delaying the upper chamber s recess in hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid, which includes critical funding on ukraine. meanwhile, the biden administration put more pressure on the israeli prime minister to scale back the country s ground war in gaza. we ll have the latest developments from the middle east. also ahead how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. hey, everybody. good morning to you. and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 15th. i m yasmin vossoughian, in for jonathan lemire. there are signs this morning on a potential deal on immigration reform, which could pa
he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.