after hamas. the security system continues to flow. that's not going to change. we're also going to do everything we can to make sure that they are properly accounting for the civilian population and minimizing the damage and casualties as much as possible. the other thing we're not going to take our foot off the gas on is seeing if we can get nood another pause and get more hostages out and more security aid in. >> that's john kirby laying out the top priorities. we'll show you what else he had to say about the failed negotiations for another humanitarian pause in gaza. also ahead, the latest on a string of attacks on an american warship and multiple commercial vessels in the middle east. plus, speaker mike johnson gives a timeline for a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry in the house of representatives and to president biden. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this monday, december 4th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we'll begin this morning in the middle east. israel is now expanding its war operation into southern gaza. before their military campaign was focused on the northern part of the strip. now israeli defense forces are pounding targets in the south and ordering more neighborhoods to evacuate. over the weekend officials announced that they've hit more than 400 hamas targets while the health ministry in gaza claims that hundreds of people were killed in the new israeli strikes. the united states is urging israel to protect civilians in the territory. now, israel's expanded military operation comes just days after a temporary truce with hamas collapsed. international leaders, however, were still meeting in the hopes that a breakthrough could be reached. that was until saturday when israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pulled his negotiators out of qatar and called the talks, saying they had reached an impasse with hamas. in a statement, netanyahu explained the terrorist group did not fulfill its part of the truce agreement to release all of the women and children it is holding hostage. now the white house is pressuring israel to return to the negotiating table. national security council spokesperson john kirby gave an update on the discussions during an appearance on "meet the press" yesterday. >> well, there are no official negotiations going on right now, kristen, and that's bass hamas. hamas failed to come up with another list of women and children that could be released. we know they're holding additional women and children. not combatants or idf soldiers, but innocent civilians, women and children that they have that they couldn't put on a list and turn that in, so unfortunately negotiations have stopped. that said, what hasn't stopped is our own involvement trying to get those back on track and trying to discuss with those partners and all of those interlock lars and see if we can't get that back in place. >> vice president kamala harris spoke with the leaders at the climate summit. she spoke about what the future will look like in gaza following the war. on the sidelines, the vice president shared more details. >> i've had a number of in-depth conversations with i rehab leaders here in dubai. specifically i focused three areas of focus. one, reconstruction. the international community must dedicate significant resources to support short- and long-term recovery in gaza. second, security. the palestinian authority security forces must be strengthened to eventually assume security responsibilities in gaza. until then, there must be security arrangements that are acceptable to israel, the people of gaza, the palestinian authority, and the international partners. the palestinian authority must be revitalized, driven by the will of the palestinian people, which will allow them to benefit from the rule of law and a transparent response of government. >> joining us now here on set, senior fellow for for the institute of global affairs, mark hannah. good to see you. you have a piece in "the new york times" about the biden administration's handling of the war, the israel/hamas conflict. explain what you mean. >> let me establish right out of the gate, most americans don't think about foreign policy during election time. the 2024 campaign might give us that rare phenomenon where americans care deeply about foreign policy. they're seeing the suffering coming in from gaza as well as the ukraine war, so we might be more focused on foreign policy. given his track record and deep experience in foreign policy, joe biden should theoretic will i do really well, but what we're seeing is because of his administration's handling of the war in israel, he's losing a lot of progressives when it comes to -- imperilling his election prospects in the way he's handling the war. the minority wants him to be as full-throated as he is. we're seeing a lot of progressives that -- you know, israel didn't used to be that kind of controversial thing. he said his job was basically pushing upon an open door. we're seeing that change. so he's getting hit from the left on the israel war, and according to our survey at the institute of global affairs, we're starting to see independence really align with republicans when it comes to the war on ukraine. so he's getting hit in the middle as well. >> so certainly the israel issue is impacting the standard pul v color. the issue is they would stay home. >> right. the motivation factor matters a lot, especially with this president, right? anecdotally, living around brooklyn, people are out protesting against this president's policies. they've said, and i believe them, they're not going to go vote when it comes to that. i will say, you know, being seen as insufficient lent pro-israel has been an issue for democrats before this. harry truman was afraid of losing the american jewish voter to thomas dewey, but what harry truman didn't face is the norms about human rights and this sort of mass media around the clock, social media images of the suffering coming out of gaza, and it's really changing the equation politically for democrats in 2024. >> lastly if you had advice for the bind campaign and the white house, how would you handle this? >> i saw john kirby say what he said about minimizing casualties of civilians. i don't think that goes far enough. i think the president's concerns doesn't resonate so far when you're supporting governments like bibi netanyahu, which has made a sort of rightward thrust and is alienating not just american jewish voters and center left voters in the united states that are turned off by the support, sort of unqualified support of israel, but people in israel, too, who are really annoyed and fed up with netanyahu's autocratic term. >> and, again, mark hannah, great to see you again. staying in the middle east, the pentagon says an american warship was threatened and multiple commercial vessels were attacked yesterday in the red sea by arranian-backed houthi rebels. they detected a missile launched from a houthi territory targeting a commercial ship shortly after 9:00 a.m. local time. the missile did not make contact, but as the warship came toward the commercial ship, they were forced to shoot and they shot down two incoming drones. 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