during? this yes, i. and sit there and look pretty. let s dive into some of the big stories of the week. donald trump, a busy man on the campaign trail in new hampshire and in the new york city courtroom during the second day of the defamation damages trial he faces involving writer e. jean carroll. the judge threatened to throw former president donald trump out of court for talking, being disruptive ball carroll was testifying on the stand. the judge also scolded trump attorney alina habba, one before the start the trial trial, she requested for the third time the trial be adjourned today. so that trump could attend his mother lost funeral in florida. the judge denied that request again, telling her to sit down, which haven t responded, she does not like being spoken to in that way by the judge. understand yesterday, e. jean carroll testified about the sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hands of donald trump and how speaking about it in 2019 ruined her reputat
that s why they re sending all these democrats in to run. it s crazy. it is not personal for me. i have no you know, people want me to hate trump or love trump. that s not what it is. i just tell it on policy. i m not going to talk about him personally. i don t care about that. i think politics is too personal, and i think that s why people are so frustrated right now. donald trump and nikki haley with different approaches about talking about the other. both are making their pitch to voters in new hampshire, while ron desantis has his sights on haley s home state. we ll have more from the campaign trail straight ahead. plus, the latest on the foreign aid package that republicans have tied to border security. we ll go through yesterday s meeting at the white house between president biden and speaker mike johnson. also ahead, another concerning escalation in the middle east as pakistan launches a retaliatory strike inside iran. good morning. welcome to morning joe.
are the latest shipping companies to abandon the red sea area. the suez canal handles more than a tenth of the world s trade, but it s particularly vital for the movement of goods between asia and europe. the alternative is a long and expensive detour around the cape of good hope at africa s southern tip. because of the disruption, the cost to ship a container from china to the mediterranean has risen 44% this month alone. that s according to the online shipping marketplace, freightos. swedish homewares giant, ikea, is just one of the companies now warning of delays and possible availability issues for some of its products. shops in europe are already well stocked for christmas, but logistics experts warn there could be shortages in the new year if the crisis continues. we ll hearfrom one of the shipping companies in the moment, but first, let s get the background from our analysis editor, ros atkins. on the 19th of november, houthi rebels from yemen was an attack on the red
grassley, the longest serving sitting republican senator, all sit there right there with all, nodding along with all of it. going along with all of it. and then the next morning on the sober sunday shows, there is steve scalise, the number to republican in the house of representatives earnestly talking about the theory about the voting rules were rigged and biden s favor in states like pennsylvania and so therefore biden s win was somehow not right. that was this weekend. in pennsylvania this weekend, in pennsylvania, trump adviser steve bannon spoke at a gun cult event about how pennsylvania must have a full forensic audit and new canvas of the 2020 vote. and when i say this was a sort of cult event, i m not being flip about. that literally this is the event by the mooneys, the son of the mooneys who is the guy that proclaimed himself the masaya. he and his brother now run a gun factory and church in pennsylvania where the people who worship in the church are
about election fraud and forensic audits and election being stolen from him. just as nuts as ever. only now it s not just the my pillow guy and rudy giuliani with the hair dye running down his face. now it s the governor of iowa and republican senator chuck grassley the longest serving sitting republican senator all sitting there right with him nod ago long with all of it. going along with all of it. and then the next morning on the sober sunday shows, there is steve scalise, the number to republican in the house of representatives earnestly talking about the theory about the voting rules were rigged and bud en s favor in states like pennsylvania and so therefore biden s win was somehow not right. that was this weekend. in pennsylvania this weekend, in pennsylvania, trump adviser steve bannon spoke at a gun cult event about how pennsylvania must have a full forensic audit and new canvas of the 2020 vote. and when i say this was a sort of cult event, i m not being