people. tip o neill got along with ronald reagan. ted kennedy got along with orrin hatch. joe biden got along with john mccain. nancy pelosi got along with john boehner. ruth bader ginsburg got along with antonin scalia. all we are asking is house republicans to get along with each other. first time in 100 years there is no congress because of ambition or power grabs, dysfunction, and this is not a partisan criticism. understand this. it s embarrassing, it s dysfunctional. it s dangerous, it s stupid. those are words that republicans have used. yep, we still do not have a u.s. house of representatives as the republican deadlock enters a fourth day. we have new reporting about another potential deal in the works that could give kevin mccarthy the gavel, but no speaker, still. i mean, how many votes have there been. no speaker still. i think we re up to about ten now. willie, what great points. ruth bader ginsburg and justice scalia got along. tip o neill and ronald reagan
wander and to wonder in this life, to still have a child-like sense of the possible. and i this we ve lost that. and think what i m saying to people is, is that you ve got to get back in touch with you. because a happy mika, a happy sofia and a happy katty, means everything else in our life is happier. spouses, children, our relationships are richer because we re fulfilled and most of us just are not. we just drudge along, we re exhausted, we re tired, and we just accept our fate in life and we have to stop that. sofia nelson, thank you so much. the new book is be the one you need, 21 life lessons i learned taking care of everyone but me. and she has a new piece about the book up on know your value.com right now. and katty kay, thank you as well. starting super early this morning. we really appreciate it. it is now the top of our fourth hour of morning joe. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. we have at lot to get to this hour including the last-minute he
supreme court s first female justice. also, a guy who claims to be all three of those things. elon musk met with benjamin netanyahu this week and agreed that israel must destroy hamas. i think musk could destroy hamas almost instantly by becoming their ceo. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, december 4th. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. israel expanding its offensive in gaza with ground forces moving into the southern part of the territory. it comes as israeli officials have withdrawn from negotiations for another humanitarian pause. we ll get the very latest on these major developments in just a moment. plus, an update for you on the string of attacks on an american warship and multiple commercial vessels in the middle east. also ahead, the dangers of a possible second term for donald trump. we re going to go through a special feature from the atlantic. a major effort to detail all the threats our democracy could face. here s what th
have none of that until you can deliver me 218 votes, and if you all can t deliver me 218 votes, don t waste my time. i will sit on this floor with my 200 friends and we will sit here and keep voting until hell freezes over, and if you want to wreck the republican party, if you want to wreck the country, all right, fantastic, you do it. it s on your shoulders, not ours. and that s the sermon for today. and actually how republicans used to think, and how republicans used to play hardball because they sure as hell aren t playing it now. this is so weak and pathetic. right now he s just conceding to the crazies. but here s the thing, lemire, if you re conceding to crazy, and crazy is giving you your vote, okay, that s fine. he s conceding to crazy now, and crazy is going outside, i will not vote for you. crusty the clown, apparently,
howard. okay. that s sort of a crusty the clown. it was. so anyway, we re going to do some more sports, mika. good. how are you doing? i actually love soccer, so. yesterday s action at the world cup saw a second team officially eliminated from the knockout contingent. oh, canada. i hated to see this. out of the competition after two matches in qatar following its opening loss to belgium with a 4-1 defeat against 2018 runner up croatia. germany came away with a 1-1 draw against spain yesterday. they re going to need to beat costa rica to avoid a second straight early elimination from the four-time world cup champion. that would be something. team usa will need to beat iran in a politically charged match tomorrow afternoon. a draw or a loss eliminates team usa. wales and england, two ties, no wins, but, hey, here s your consolation trophy. england, 4 points followed by