good afternoon. i m chris jansing live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. today another escalation in what is already a brutal 2024 presidential race. this time coming from hunter biden who says the right is trying to kill him in order to destroy his father. that accusation made in a rare interview after prosecutors filed a shocking new indictment. what his lawyer is saying and what this latest round of charges could mean as his dad tries to hold onto the white house. overseas, the u.n. calls the situation in gaza a, quote, spiraling humanitarian nightmare. people with open wounds and people stand in line for hours to use one shower or toilets. families who have lost everything sleep on bare concrete floors wearing clothes they have not changed for two month thes. the chilling new letter from the leading u.n. official on the ground who says they are, quote, hanging on by their fingertips. and the major controversy that just keeps growing after leaders of some of
from washington tonight. thank you so much for being with us. tricky for nice. that s the focus of tonight s angle. tawrtd of immigrant parent, an attractive political resume. the undeniable fact is republican voters do not trust politicians who claim to be common sense conservatives when their actual record shows the opposite and that they cited the same old guard that helped get us into the messes we are in right now. last night s news nation debate was a smackdown with both ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy both populist conservatives taking on haley and challenging her real views and record on issues like protecting girls private space in locker rooms and bathrooms. he said he didn t think bathroom bills were a good use of his time. look that up. i signed a bathroom bill in florida so that s obviously not true. i signed it. you didn t. you killed it. i signed it. i stood up for little girls. you didn t do it. i signed the bill. i protected the girls. do you know sou
in the middle east. john: it comes as we are getting brand-new information about the u.s.s. mason shooting down another drone in the red sea today, the drone fired from the same houthi-controlled area as the ones over the weekend. we will take you to the briefing as soon as it happens. sandra: israel moving into the third phase of ground operations, 138 hostages are still in captivity and hamas has vowed to not release anymore until there is a ceasefire. hello, john, welcome back. john: good to be with you. john roberts in washington, america reports . israel continuing its campaign against hamas hitting the terror group s strongholds in southern gaza overnight. idf engaging in house to house gun battles after entering the second largest city in the strip. sandra: israel s military says it has killed about half of hamas mid level batallion commanders by now and prime minister benjamin netanyahu said moments ago idf forces are encircling the house of a senior hamas le
the same outfits. putin is basically ruthless dictator barbie. all right. good morning. and welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, december 6th. we ve got a lot to get to this morning, including donald trump s response to questions about his promise to use a possible second term to seek revenge and retribution. we ll show you what he said. plus, republican senator tommy tubervillle finally drops his hold on hundreds of military promotions. but he s trying to spin it as both sides not getting what they want. let that breathe. also ahead, the partisan fight over the senate s foreign aid package. one contentious issue is threaten to sink the bill. we ll have the very latest from capitol hill. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire. congressional investigations reporter for the washington post, jackie al mayny and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good to have you all with us this morning. our top story this hour,
harris: we begin with a question. what about bob? the house gave republican george santos the boot. now many people are asking why is accused felon bob menendez still in the senate? he is the democrat senator with gold bars and cash stashed inside his home. some dirty details now are coming out and for one exactly where the gold bars came from. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. congress established a new precedent last week by expelling george santos even though he is not convicted of a crime. the case hasn t happened yet. taking the power right out of the hands of the courts and the voters to decide on him. bob menendez has a rather unique legal predicament. he has been indicted before more than once. this time on corruption-related charges. the democrats are in no apparent rush to give bob on the left from jersey the santos treatment except for one liberal senator john fetterman of pennsylvania. fetterman has been the one outspoken dem since the sto