don t want to be herbert hoover. oh, okay. donald trump hopes millions of americans lose their money from their 401(k)s and retirement savings within the next 12 months so he doesn t look bad. [ laughter ] we have a lot to get to this morning, including a key hearing today for trump s claim of presidential immunity in the federal election interference case. we re going to have expert legal analysis on that in just a moment. plus, the very latest on two major developments in the middle east. israel says it has killed a hezbollah commander in southern lebanon. it comes as the israeli military says it is shifting to a more targeted campaign inside gaza. retired four star navy admiral james stavridis will join us with more insight on both of those stories. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 9th. with us, we have former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington
Into the strengths of the israelis. they re very good at special forces. very good at the ability to do those kind of fine engineering tasks, to take out that center of gravity, that tunnel complex in the north. i think you re going to see them conversely slowing down, it ll appear to the outside world, but maeve moving effectively inside gaza. clearly, there was so much going on in the world, and there s no break over the holidays, so to speak. but the news of general loyal austin, or secretary austin just being out of touch, how dangerous do you think that was for america s national security readiness? well, let s start by simply saying, i ve known lloyd austin for decades. he s roughly a contemorary of mine, a couple years older perhaps, west point graduate. i won t hold that against him.