navigate challenges in the coming years. over the past three years, as chief of staff of the air force, general brown has become known for his signature approach, accelerate, change, or lose. accelerate, change or lose. general, you re right on. as i ve often said, our world is at an inflection point, where the decisions we make today are going to determine the course of our world for decades to come, and to keep america and people safe, prosperous and secure, we have to move fast and adapt quickly, we have to maintain a combat ready force capable of defeating any potential threat, and we have to manage our competition with china and meet the reality of renewed aggression in europe. we need to make sure we retain our competitive edge in an age where emerging technologies like ai to 3d printing could change the character of conflict. with general brown as chairman, i know i ll be able to rely on his advice as a military strategist and as a leader of military innovation, dedica
pay them but to stop lying about them. texas governor signing a bill that makes entering texas illegally a state crime w. why do we have to carry our passports around. governor abbott said we also welcome a supreme court decision that would overturn the precedent set in the arizona case. massive volcano erupting on iceland s peninsula. the haze of fire. it seems that the lava flows are changing direction away from the town. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. donald trump and his top rivals for the gop presidential nomination all hitting the campaign trail there today. nikki haley, ron desantis about to kick off a busy day of campaign events across the state and trump is set to speak there at a rally tonight. the big push in iowa comes less than four weeks before the caucuses. tonight, we ll see if trump keeps amping up that dark, anti-immigrant rhetoric we heard during his campaign rallies over the last several days, la
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.
abortions sued texas over its near total ban on the procedure. we ll hear from one of them who says she nearly died because of the law. we begin this hour with that breaking news out of mexico concerning those four americans who were shot at and kidnapped in matamoros, mexico. the governor of the state of tamaulipas says two of the four americans have been found dead while one more is injured. the fourth was found unharmed. disturbing video shows part of the kidnapping where you see the assailants dragging people into a white pickup truck. a law enforcement official confirmed. joining us now, nbc s ken dilanian, nbc s peter alexander at the white house, and the former head of the dea s operations. ken, what can you tell us? what the governor is saying is these americans have been recovered, two dead, two alive, one injured. they are in mexican custody and will be transferred to the u.s. this has not been confirmed by u.s. officials, but u.s. officials saying that they wer
Are in the cia in a newsroom. Hi everyone. Im Jessica Dean In Washington and tonight, breaking news, the white house saying President Biden held a phone call with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier today that call coming just days after the president signed in aid package that includes 26 for israel. And as biden faces increased pressure to end the war four, amid massive protests at College Campuses across the country. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez is joining us now from the white house with more details on this. Priscilla, you have new reporting on what this call really focused on. Youve just got according to a source familiar with the call, this was primarily focused on a hostage deal fact, 75 of the conversation was about a hostage deal. This is something that the white house has been focused on that us officials have seen as a priority of theirs and trying to get these hostages released. Well ill also trying to reach an agreement on a temporary ceasefire that would allow ag