holding hands, and then i think they re the presidential couple with the most pd a. ever, and we can get into that if you d like. but, what happened when he was answering questions about the middle east, she would go like this. and you know, her because we interview. and the mic was on her to, but it didn t pick up. she was so good she was she was telling him what the right answer was, and then he gave us the right answer. he corrected himself. so, they were a true couple in politics, and in love. a true partnership. yes. a true partnership. richard louis, thankful for you, appreciate it. that wraps up for everybody, for this hour. i am yasmin vossoughian, i ll be off for thanksgiving week. and i wish you and your family a very peaceful holiday. simone starts right. now mone starts right. now and close adviser, in an out of the white house, for more than three quarters of a century. softspoken, politically savvy, and fiercely determined, rosalynn carter was known
funds on personal items like sephora cosmetics, trips to atlantic city, and even only fans. turns out, they don t sell fans at all. the name of the site is very misleading. republican congressman george santos providing an awful lot of material for the late night shows. we ll go through a very damning ethics report. that was the tip of the iceberg there from jimmy kimmel, and show you the response from the new york lawmaker who says he s sticking around. we ll see if he can. talk about that in a minute. also ahead, we ll have the latest from the middle east. israel says it has more evidence hamas is operating out of a hospital in gaza. it comes as the idf recovered the body of a hostage near that facility. and we will recap another diplomatic day on the west coast for president biden, where he met with the leaders of south korea and japan. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, november 17th. with us this morning, we have the host of way too early, wh
we ve got brand new audio. the former president in his own words, what he claims he said. and if you re traveling for the busy thanksgiving weekend, well, psych yourself up, more than 55 million americans expected to be on the move in coming days. one of the busiest holiday weekends in the past 20 years. we re live at the airport with more on what to expect. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with that new footage from the israeli military as it searches gaza s main hospital. nbc s raf sanchez joins us from tel aviv. what do we know about what this footage shows and what we re not sure it does. so, chris, this new footage shows a senior commander at the al-shifa hospital standing over what israel says is the opening of a hamas tunnel shaft that runs underneath the facility which is gaza s biggest hospital. nbc news cannot confirm that this is, indeed, a hamas tunnel. we can say, because we ve geo located it that this video was
forces are carrying out a targeted operation against hamas inside gaza s largest hospital, where hundreds of civilians are trapped, including dozens of babies younger than the war itself. senior adviser to israeli prime minister netanyahu joins us to talk about that and more. here in the u.s., high stakes summit for one of the world s most consequential relationships as president biden and chinese leader xi jinping are set to meet face to face this afternoon for the first time in a year. meanwhile, on capitol hill, new house speaker mike johnson appears to have cleared the first major hurdle of his tenure with the house passing a temporary plan to avert a government shutdown. and today in georgia, the judge will hear arguments in the 2020 election interference case after the fulton county d.a. slams the release of interview tapes with former trump allies as witness intimidation. why she is seeking an emergency protective order. and we begin this hour with new developm
hi, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york, i m alicia menendez, in for nicolle wallace. it is a tried and true tactic of the donald trump playbook, turn anything into political score settling. today, lawyers for the ex-president filed a motion for a mistrial in the civil fraud case against him in new york that threatens to bring down the trump organization and tarnish his brand as a business mogul. in the motion, trump s team accused the judge and his staff of bias. the motion is filled to the brim with dramatic language, saying quote, only the grant of a mistrial can salvage what is left of the rule of law. trump s lawyers also took aim at the judge s law clerk, included photos of the clerk, as well as her campaign donation history in their public filing. that is even after the judge placed a limited gag order on donald trump that barred him from commenting on court staff. trump s lawyers were then prohibited from discussing the judge s communications with his staff. the length o